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Wednesday Night ONT - August 19, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked. Step up and place your order. (No Bud Light per Management.)

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. If you're a troll, go away.

This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

[Top photo: Albert Dros, Cap de Favaritx, Menorca, Spain - Aug 12, 2026 eclipse photo shot from a small boat]

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"What are you lookin' at? Haven't you ever seen someone filling up on some of that fine high octane ONT content?"

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Mad Scientist Department

You had me at "Jet Super Beast":

Same, but different (this guy may be clinically insane which is why he has found a home on the internet but the most entertaining part is his neighbors trying to figure out the sounds his garage tests were making):

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Random Signage Department

Does this mean something to someone?

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Finders Keepers?

Builders unearth €9m gold stash sealed in walls of Belgian property

Builders renovating a house in Belgium have discovered a stash of gold reportedly worth €9m (£7.6m) sealed into the walls of its cellar.
The construction workers stumbled across the hidden trove of gold bars and coins while drilling to lay new sewage pipes in the property in east Flanders earlier this week, local media report.
The discovery has sparked interest in who might get to keep the hoard - with both the builders and the local charity that owns the site having a chance of claiming it.
After launching an investigation, police warned people against attending the site to search for more treasure, saying the house was "turned upside down" and all the gold had been moved to a secure location.

The rightful owner has five years to claim the hoard under Belgian law - though the local prosecutor, who has launched an investigation, said it was not yet known who this might be.
If no one comes forward, civil law states that hidden treasure on someone else's property be divided between the finder and the property's owner.

Fwiw, that's about USD$10.42 million.

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Mandatory Metallica

Life is full of pivot points. They make you wonder "what might have been different?" For Metallica, how would the band have evolved with Dave Mustaine if he wasn't excused in 1983? What music could have emerged if Cliff Burton had survived the bus crash in 1986? The handling of Jason Newsted ranks up there as well. What might have been?

Jason is still playing music. If you're a Jason fan and like your music on the heavier side, you'll enjoy this clip:

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Not the Art Thread but...

This is the type of high quality educational content I appreciate from YouTube:

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel from Alec Steele. The self-named channel features Alec who is a British blacksmith. I'm pretty sure he's a full time YouTuber at this point because his content is mostly about his metal working projects. He's a modern blacksmith, so he uses modern machinery but a lot of it boils down to swinging a hammer or using a machine to shape and forge metal. He knows and respects the history and has several videos to prove it.

Alec's recent project is restoring a 1958 Massey Clearspace Power Hammer that he has dreamed about since age 11. It weighs over 5 tons. I am not a metalworking expert but big machines that smash hot metal sound interesting. Apparently, I'm not the only one. Alec's channel has 3.19 million subscribers. That's right kids - over three million people are subscribed to a YouTube channel to watch a modern blacksmith's passion projects. Amazing.

Alec tells a story well, he has a sense of humor and his enthusiasm is infectious. No clickbait, no fancy graphics, no music - just a guy, his wife and anyone else he can convince to help bend and move metal. He's been posting YouTube videos for 15 years.

I struggled to pick a representative video. He's made knives, swords, springs, saws, nails, hammers, arrowheads and rings (jewelry). The recent string of Power Hammer restoration videos are good watching, but the video with the highest view count by far is this one:

Difficult to call it an unknown channel but it absolutely qualifies as a niche channel. It is exactly the type of content that could not survive elsewhere but thrives on a narrowcasting internet platform.

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Pittsburgh Scanner

Only one Pittsburgh scanner entry tonight. Most recent posts have been more tragic than humorous and we're only here for funsies.

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ZZ Top for the big ONT finish:

RIP Frank Beard and Dusty Hill.

Haven't seen this mentioned widely on AoS, so thought it was worth including:

Been a busy run for the grim reaper lately. You might have missed Bill Rasmussen (ESPN founder) and Charlie Slater (racer and former owner of IMSA).

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Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Measure twice, cut one.

Posted by: mindful webworker - but, you do you at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (yrKoI)

2 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (yEz+x)

3 190

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (BzKNL)

4 Yay T🦖

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (hJKeX)

5 Have you seen the teeth on that monster?
Salavic acid dripping

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:01 PM (BzKNL)

6 Earth rod is an electrical ground. British, probably.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 19, 2026 10:02 PM (Jr+re)

7 Evening TREX.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 19, 2026 10:02 PM (NnhvP)

8 I know that fat guy with the Ranchero.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:02 PM (BzKNL)

9 This is going to be a long night

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 10:03 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Good evening campers

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 19, 2026 10:03 PM (w3u3d)

11 An earth rod is what 'Muricans call a ground point, for doing electrical work.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2026 10:04 PM (uPglz)

12 Measure twice, cut one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - but, you do you at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (yrKoI)

I made that mistake once. Only once.

Posted by: Rookie Mohel at August 19, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 Good evening good people. Finished rough plumbing the new bathroom today.

Yea!! me!!

I had Dear Wife take a look. She steps in, looks around and says: "You have your hot and cold supply pipes switched for your shower valve." Walks out.

I was so proud of myself. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 10:05 PM (mx1Q2)

14 ONT

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 19, 2026 10:05 PM (PIx6+)

15 Woulda commented dooner but got distracted by shiny gold treasure

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 19, 2026 10:06 PM (PIx6+)

16 It's difficult to reconcile the Pulse Jet boat with all the rapes and jailings of normal citizens. A big class differential.
They'll regret it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:06 PM (BzKNL)

17 Good evening Horde! Thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - grounded dino at August 19, 2026 10:08 PM (XfIK1)

18 COMM!
Hi sweet lady! Care to join me at the wobbly table?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 10:08 PM (yEz+x)

19 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Well, I gave it a try and watched the whole thing, but all the way through, I could only hear the Literal version.

They cloned Fonzie!

Posted by: mindful webworker - but, you do you at August 19, 2026 10:08 PM (yrKoI)

20 Evening, all. Nother wunnerful day.

Had a good meal at the church and a good bible study lesson after.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 10:09 PM (aJQbY)

21 Sorry I'm late, the stegasaurus was really bad at giving directions

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 10:09 PM (1UCyO)

22 Measure twice, cut one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - but, you do you at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (yrKoI)

Then toss it aside, because you screwed it up anyway, and measure twice, cut once again.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2026 10:09 PM (xVAOC)

23 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 19, 2026 10:10 PM (SRRAx)

24 21 Sorry I'm late, the stegasaurus was really bad at giving directions

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 10:09 PM
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They're unreliable. Better odds by asking the brontosaurus or diplodocus.

Posted by: TRex - directional dino at August 19, 2026 10:11 PM (XfIK1)

25 That we even know about "a stash of gold reportedly worth €9m (£7.6m)" means somebody was really stupid.

IYKWIM

Posted by: mindful webworker - shoot, shovel, and shaddup at August 19, 2026 10:12 PM (yrKoI)

26 I know that fat guy with the Ranchero.
Posted by: Braenyard

I don't. Dad wasn't that chunky, and the Ranchero was orange.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

27 A Stegosaurus will point in three directions at once.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)

28 There have to be enough hints in that low-res gas station pic to figure out the location.

White on black license plate
Red Carpet(?) Fine ??
59 cent gas

Anyone? Anyone?

Bueller?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:13 PM (17rPF)

29 Hi everyone!

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

30 I had Dear Wife take a look. She steps in, looks around and says: "You have your hot and cold supply pipes switched for your shower valve." Walks out.

I was so proud of myself. . . .
****

She could have given you a blindfold, first.

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 10:14 PM (833ut)

31 From end of last thread:

200 @189. Some folks (who I like) were in a bad mood. No use getting involved.
Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 09:59 PM (VrYHL)

I’m not even gonna talk about the idiotic family fight I got dragged into by phone tonight. Two young fools, male and female, got into a stupid fight for stupid reasons and both decided to make me the referee, which is the LAST thing any sane person wants to do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 10:14 PM (CnJvf)

32 I had Dear Wife take a look. She steps in, looks around and says: "You have your hot and cold supply pipes switched for your shower valve." Walks out.

I was so proud of myself. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 10:05 PM (mx1Q2)

Ha. I was once inspecting a gas station renovation and found the plumbing contractor had mistakenly run the premium line to the regular pump, and vice versa to the premium pump on one of the two islands. Aside from performance differences in vehicles, it would have royally messed up the inventory tracking.

We fixed it by swapping signage on the two pumps.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2026 10:15 PM (uPglz)

33 Pretty ring.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:15 PM (BzKNL)

34 Sorry I'm late, the stegasaurus was really bad at giving directions
Posted by: tankdemon

They're unreliable. Better odds by asking the brontosaurus or diplodocus.
Posted by: TRex - directional dino

Makes sense. The birds-eye view would help. Steggos are slung pretty low.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

35 Skimming through comments from.last night's ONT, it looks like some people were wondering who was the singer on the Hollywood Vsmpires version if Ace if Spades. Did we get an answer for that? I think it was Duff McKagen of G'n'R, but I could be wrong.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 10:15 PM (1UCyO)

36 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 19, 2026 10:16 PM (ntk8v)

37 Thank you, TRex!

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 10:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

38 Saddest thing ever was the T-Rex sitting on the toilet and discovering his little arms couldn't reach the roll of TP.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

39 Concur, Earth is Brit speak for Ground connection.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 10:17 PM (ZVgZ4)

40 My shop teacher drove a Ranchero. He was a big scary fella, like Porky (from that movie), but with a military buzz cut.

He would start each school year planing down a Louisville Slugger into a flat paddle. This was corporal punishment was still a thing. And when most parents would say, "Well, you probably had it coming."

Posted by: Jimmy from The One-ders at August 19, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)

41 Two young fools, male and female, got into a stupid fight for stupid reasons and both decided to make me the referee, which is the LAST thing any sane person wants to do.
Posted by: Tom Servo

You could have initiated the "You are BOTH assholes!!" gambit. Then at least, both of them would be annoyed with you.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 10:17 PM (mx1Q2)

42 The ring-making video was fascinating! That's some patience right there!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 19, 2026 10:17 PM (hJKeX)

43 Evening everyone.

Very sad about the Pittsburgh scanner going serious.

Posted by: Iris at August 19, 2026 10:17 PM (286+n)

44 Stupid smug bastage sock.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at August 19, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Is that Earth Rod anything like a lightning rod?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 10:18 PM (1UCyO)

46 I’ve got a couple of lighthouse paintings. Since TRex was kind enough to post one of them before I’ll put the other in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 10:19 PM (KC5Lt)

47 One day I came across a stack of Playboys, but, short arms.

Posted by: T Rex at August 19, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)

48 That Bonnie Taylor video makes me think, "Cougar Karen regrets her life, has freaky sex dream"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

49 15 Woulda commented dooner but got distracted by shiny gold treasure

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport
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Wondering; What would be necessary to melt down a bar of gold and mold it into things tradable?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:20 PM (BzKNL)

50 That gold hoard would have been secreted out by me in my Hannah Montana lunchbox.

Posted by: One Piece At A Time at August 19, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

51 shit, I accidentally socked t-rex, sorry.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 10:20 PM (Q+gd/)

52 Is that Earth Rod anything like a lightning rod?
Posted by: tankdemon

It was.

Then it got hit by lightning, and burned to the ground.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

53
Beautiful sunset here in SW Wyoming. The colors are amazing.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:21 PM (/QHx4)

54 28 There have to be enough hints in that low-res gas station pic to figure out the location.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:13 PM
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Guessing California (based on an old school blue license plate)

Grok suggests 1978 or early 1979 based on gas price. Also says Union 76 was strong west coast brand.

I can't see any more detail on the Red Carpet sign.

Posted by: TRex - thomas guide dino at August 19, 2026 10:21 PM (XfIK1)

55 polynikes, I like the one you just linked, I can almost hear and smell the waves.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 10:21 PM (aJQbY)

56 Not sure why this chick keeps appearing in my youtube side bar, but I'm not complaining.

Tonight's installment of Holy Shit These are Hypnotic.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/avUZkZhj0yE

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 10:21 PM (S41Gd)

57 So, was the gold left by Nazis?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 10:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

58 One day I came across a stack of Playboys, but, short arms.
Posted by: T Rex at August 19, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)

Bummer!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

59 Saw the tire meme above and it reminded me of the new California rule that would limit the kinds of replacement tires consumers could purchase.

I expect very expensive replacement tires and consumers holding on to their existing tires longer.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 19, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

60 Nice, polynikes, the state with the most lighthouses is Michigan. It will take you much canvas to paint them all.

Posted by: 129! at August 19, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

61 Two young fools, male and female, got into a stupid fight for stupid reasons and both decided to make me the referee, which is the LAST thing any sane person wants to do.
Posted by: Tom Servo

When our kids would fuss, my method of intervention was to wait until someone said, "He started it," and I'd declare, well, the important thing is we know who to blame. And then move on.

Still works.

Cue Jefferson Airplane
🎸
Don't you want somebody to blame
Don't you neeed somebody to blame
Wouldn't you love somebody to blame?
You better find somebody to blame
blame

Posted by: mindful webworker - and the ones that mother gives you at August 19, 2026 10:23 PM (yrKoI)

62 There was a time not long ago I didn't mind filling the gas tank up. But now I just drive less.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 10:23 PM (VrYHL)

63 51 shit, I accidentally socked t-rex, sorry.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 10:20 PM
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Ha! Funny enough to avoid the barrel.

Posted by: TRex - use the force dino at August 19, 2026 10:23 PM (XfIK1)

64 Wondering; What would be necessary to melt down a bar of gold and mold it into things tradable?
Posted by: Braenyard

There is a video of someone doing just that, up there in the Content, too.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

65
What is next? You are involved in a wreck, the state blames your tires and you go to jail?

Geez Louise

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

66 I had Dear Wife take a look. She steps in, looks around and says: "You have your hot and cold supply pipes switched for your shower valve." Walks out.

I was so proud of myself. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 10:05 PM

Well the good news is that you do appear to have a qualified supervisor on this project!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 19, 2026 10:25 PM (HlyYF)

67 56 Not sure why this chick keeps appearing in my youtube side bar, but I'm not complaining.

Tonight's installment of Holy Shit These are Hypnotic.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/avUZkZhj0yE
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

They are also going to be down to her knees soon. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 10:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

68 18 {{{nurse}}}
I will get me a cocktail and be there pronto😜

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 19, 2026 10:25 PM (hJKeX)

69 46 I’ve got a couple of lighthouse paintings. Since TRex was kind enough to post one of them before I’ll put the other in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 10:19 PM
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Outstanding as usual.

Posted by: TRex - coastal warning dino at August 19, 2026 10:25 PM (XfIK1)

70 Co-pilot's got nothing

"It’s a 1970s Mobil gas station somewhere in the United States, but the specific city or state cannot be determined from the image alone."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:25 PM (17rPF)

71 So, was the gold left by Nazis?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Oh, I think you know the answer. --Tuc..... wait, I can't do that joke here.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

72 "You might have missed Bill Rasmussen (ESPN founder)"

ESPN was his first act. His second act was the polling firm that vote his name.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (R55dW)

73 *bore his name.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (R55dW)

74 No rust evident, but looks like red clay.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (Q+gd/)

75 I expect very expensive replacement tires and consumers holding on to their existing tires longer.
Posted by: Joemarine at August 19, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

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Bald tires kill

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (17rPF)

76 Crazy Rocketman is something else. I watched this one recently and its hysterical. Yeah, he's frigging insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odaH8-zLjQA

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (S41Gd)

77 42 The ring-making video was fascinating! That's some patience right there!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 19, 2026 10:17 PM
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Glad you enjoyed. He's a craftsman and an artist.

Posted by: TRex - blacksmith apprentice dino at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (XfIK1)

78 >>>>Wondering; What would be necessary to melt down a bar of gold and mold it into things tradable?
Posted by: Braenyard

There is a video of someone doing just that, up there in the Content, too.
Posted by: mikeski
*****
I've melted lead to cast bullets. Can't be too different.

Posted by: Cosda at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (Fkr3y)

79 Ranchero vs. El Camino!

When I was growing up in Western Pennsyltucky, this was an important question. Guess it came down to whether you preferred Ford or Chevy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (ntk8v)

80 Co-pilot's got nothing

"It’s a 1970s Mobil gas station somewhere in the United States, but the specific city or state cannot be determined from the image alone."
Posted by: Cicero

tineye doesn't have the image in its database, either.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

81 up there in the Content, too.

Posted by: mikeski
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Well, dayam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (BzKNL)

82 21 Sorry I'm late, the stegasaurus was really bad at giving directions

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 10:09 PM

If just one family had been good enough with directions to know the right way to run when the asteroid hit, then they would still be with us today!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (HlyYF)

83 Pulsejet boat guy is a fool.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (NnhvP)

84
Bald tires kill
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19,

Wait, you don’t mean potential unintended consequences, do you?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

85 Cowboy boots on the pump jockey?

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)

86 I had that dream again. I was a pterodactyl, but I couldn't fly well. One of the other dinosaurs called me "terribledactyl", and all the other dinosaurs laughed and laughed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

87 They are also going to be down to her knees soon. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 10:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Sooner or later the springs are going to get tired. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 10:28 PM (S41Gd)

88 69 46 I’ve got a couple of lighthouse paintings. Since TRex was kind enough to post one of them before I’ll put the other in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 10:19 PM

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If you take requests, I'd like to see the Lighthouse at Pharos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:28 PM (17rPF)

89 Earth Rod

Ground Rod?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:29 PM (BzKNL)

90 I'd take any year Ranchero, liked the 68s the best. With El Caminos, a 59 Batwing would be my choice.

Posted by: 348 with multi-carbs please at August 19, 2026 10:29 PM (JM9I6)

91 43 Evening everyone.

Very sad about the Pittsburgh scanner going serious.

Posted by: Iris at August 19, 2026 10:17 PM
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They just report what happens. Serious is part of the gig, but I typically have more choice of silly reports to curate ONT content.

Posted by: TRex - funsies dino at August 19, 2026 10:30 PM (XfIK1)

92 Good evening morons en bedankt Dino.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

93 One day I came across a stack of Playboys, but, short arms.
Posted by: T Rex
......

so you read the articles.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 10:30 PM (oq9dX)

94
I think it will be so hilarious when Sweeney comes out as a lesbian.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:30 PM (/QHx4)

95
Hey, my gold stash is missing!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 10:30 PM (O0L8i)

96 To me, the gas station photo has really strong southern California vibes.

The powerlines. I've seen that before. In CA. Not that spot specifically, but damn close in appearance.

Maybe East L.A.

Maybe Columbus, OH.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 10:31 PM (2Cry5)

97 83 Pulsejet boat guy is a fool.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Ditto

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:32 PM (BzKNL)

98 I must have missed it. Was that initial portion of the vid him making a mold for a gold ring ?

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 10:32 PM (KC5Lt)

99 Lighthouse For The Blind never made much sense to me.

Posted by: Little Stevie at August 19, 2026 10:33 PM (JM9I6)

100 Thanks for the dandy ONT, T Rex!

Great photo up top of the eclipse. Photo of a lifetime for the photographer.

You really, really, REALLY need that T Rex skull made from a hubcap. Surely there's a spot in the new abode for such a treasure!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 19, 2026 10:33 PM (D/6p1)

101 62 There was a time not long ago I didn't mind filling the gas tank up. But now I just drive less.
Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 10:23 PM (VrYHL)

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I not only fill up, I pull out mid-operation and spray it all over the side of the car.

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at August 19, 2026 10:33 PM (17rPF)

102 When we renovated our house we found firecrackers and porn in the walls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

103 Charlie Slater (racer and former owner of IMSA)

Read about this. RIP.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 19, 2026 10:33 PM (ntk8v)

104
Lol Little Stevie!

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:34 PM (/QHx4)

105 97 To me, the gas station photo has really strong southern California vibes.

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That's what I thought too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:34 PM (17rPF)

106 If you're good at Pulse Jet technology, why not build V-1s?

Posted by: You Can't Ride Them, I Guess at August 19, 2026 10:35 PM (JM9I6)

107 There is a video of someone doing just that, up there in the Content, too.
Posted by: mikeski
*****
I've melted lead to cast bullets. Can't be too different.

Posted by: Cosda
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Cut the bar into smaller pieces. Take a good sized furnace to melt that bar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:35 PM (BzKNL)

108 61 Posted by: mindful webworker - and the ones that mother gives you at August 19, 2026 10:23 PM (yrKoI)

That post reminded me of the old phrase, "I didn't say it was your fault I said O was blaming you."

The next best thing to innocence is having a plausible scapegoat.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 10:36 PM (1UCyO)

109 I must have missed it. Was that initial portion of the vid him making a mold for a gold ring ?
Posted by: polynikes

It's ~2 min of him making a plastic "negative" for the mold (I'm sure there's an actual term d'art for that, but I'm not a moldmonger), then ~20 sec of making the mold.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)

110 103 When we renovated our house we found firecrackers and porn in the walls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

Maybe I should shove something in the walls when we redo the bathroom.* I don’t have porn or firecrackers so we will need to go with something else.

*we have moved up to only 3 projects ahead of us with the contractor, we better pick out the tile soon, horde!

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 10:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

111 72 "You might have missed Bill Rasmussen (ESPN founder)"

ESPN was his first act. His second act was the polling firm that vote his name.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (R55dW)

I was wrong on this one. His son Scott founded the polling firm. About co-founded ESPN with his dad, which I didn't know.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 10:37 PM (R55dW)

112 It's not a 70s gas station.

Look at the prices.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

113 I want to see crazy rocket man put those twin jets on an air boat.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 19, 2026 10:38 PM (NnhvP)

114 107 If you're good at Pulse Jet technology, why not build V-1s?

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Pfft. We just put out lousiest pilots in the cockpit with a bomb and let her rip.

Posted by: Imperial Japan at August 19, 2026 10:38 PM (17rPF)

115 I worked at a Mobil gas station that looked just like the photo. Except for the dented pump on the left.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 10:38 PM (KC5Lt)

116 Search Assist

The pouring temperature of melted gold is typically around 1,947°F.

The pouring temperature of melted lead is typically around 621°F.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:39 PM (BzKNL)

117 Search Assist

The pouring temperature of melted gold is typically around 1,947°F.

The pouring temperature of melted lead is typically around 621°F.
Posted by: Braenyard

As long as the pouring temperature of your crucible isn't between the two, you're golden.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

118 .60 a gallon?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 10:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

119 >>>The pouring temperature of melted gold is typically around 1,947°F.

The pouring temperature of melted lead is typically around 621°F.
********
Going to need a bigger furnace.

Posted by: Cosda at August 19, 2026 10:40 PM (Fkr3y)

120 Co-pilot's got nothing

Even the mildest zoom loses all detail. Hard to tell with the color cast but maybe a yellow-on-black plate which IIRC, CA had before going to yellow and blue. There appear to be palm trees and the spire of a Spanish style church in the background. So maybe LA before enshitification.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 10:41 PM (vTZFs)

121 There's a utube with a fellow who put a pulse jet on his bicycle.
Don't remember what he did to overcome the heat problem but the whole rig was controllable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:41 PM (BzKNL)

122 New tires these days will kill your wallet.
I usually buy two tires to replace the worst two. Then about a month later buy two to replace the older tires.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 10:42 PM (VrYHL)

123 Lighthouse For The Blind never made much sense to me.
Posted by: Little Stevie

Now do Braille directions at the drive up ATM.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 10:42 PM (mx1Q2)

124 It's not a 70s gas station.

Look at the prices.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

?

That’s pretty much what it was in the 70’s.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 10:42 PM (KC5Lt)

125 Good Evening Fellow Hordians

Thank you Mr. TRex for content.

Didja notice the gas prices in the background of the gas station picture? 58.9, etc? Those were the days.

I'm writing to you from a beautiful, peaceful campsite in a state park in SE Arkansas in the 'delta' country. Theres only like three or four other campers here. Very peaceful. Ridiculously hot and humid. We're definitely in 'the south', I saw a Piggly-Wiggly on the way here.

Tomorrow we're going to are going to visit the sites where Mrs ARiK's Japanese Grandfather was held during part of WWII. Should be interestink!

We stopped at a Buc-ee's in Springfield, Mo. It was almost a religious experience! I bought a 3Meat sandwich, wife just had a bbq beef I think. Also a bag of beaver chips? bites ? I forget. Big sodas. Caramel popcorn. Toasted? Almonds. $45!

Younger son was working in Little Rock for a few days so he came and had dinner with us last night in Greenbrier, Arkansas. That was fun! He flew back to our home in Calif today so we'll see how the house is doing.I highly recommend Millers Outpost RV park there. Owner Beth is a cutie!

That's all for now. Further bulletins as events warrant.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 19, 2026 10:43 PM (alHz8)

126 The pouring temperature of melted gold is typically around 1,947°F.

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Oof. That must have smarted.

https://tinyurl.com/4mn2aura

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:43 PM (17rPF)

127 Fun fact about the eclipse pictured:

That is the exeligmos for a total solar eclipse that occurred on July 10, 1972 in, among other places, NS. At some point on or before that date, someone flew up to NS on a LearJet to see it (h/t, Carly Simon).

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2026 10:43 PM (jPziU)

128
Crazy Rocketman is something else. I watched this one recently and its hysterical. Yeah, he's frigging insane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odaH8-zLjQA
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Waaay back in the day, I did some asymmetric cruise missile threat work. Featured garage level tech the average angry nerd could build, like that Kiwi with his buzz bomb engines. Also featured an rc airplane club in Ireland that was regularly flying a quarter sized Cessna from Ireland to Nova Scotia. Proof of principal kind of stuff.

That shit still gives me nightmares.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 19, 2026 10:44 PM (QVmho)

129 willowed because I am clever

I heard one of the regular reporters on Coast to Coast AM say the USS Abraham Lincoln was out of food, bullets and energy. I don't know what he meant by energy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 09:53 PM (Cqx++)

Apparently they are also out of lanyard grease, and the Army is supplying them with grid squares

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:44 PM (rbvCR)

130 Co-pilot's got nothing

"It’s a 1970s Mobil gas station somewhere in the United States, but the specific city or state cannot be determined from the image alone."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026

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Evening, all,

The price of .57 on the signage to the right puts it somewhere between 1974 and 1979. Around .55/gal. is what I recall paying for my Ford Maverick in those years. In '79 the price jumped to about $1.00 and stayed under $1.50 for more than twenty years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

131 The pouring temperature of melted gold is typically around 1,947°F.

The pouring temperature of melted lead is typically around 621°F.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:39 PM (BzKNL)

Come on up here where all lead is liquid.

Posted by: Venus at August 19, 2026 10:45 PM (jPziU)

132 I remember finding old newspapers from the 20s and 30s renovating brownstones in Manhattan, but never anything of value. Also a pile of hundreds of double-edged razor blades in the wall cavity of bathrooms. Remember the medicine cabinets with the slot in the back?

Posted by: Local 257 UBCJA at August 19, 2026 10:45 PM (JM9I6)

133 Does this mean something to someone?

___________

Oooo ooooo I know this one. That, my friend, is a Ground Rod. It's found throughout urban areas. In the center of it, you can just barely make out a metal spike. They push a steel rod deep into the ground.

What's it for? Simple, to disperse excess electricity (lightning) to take it away from the multiple buildings that would be in the area. But, it also serves to take away electricity from downed wires as well. Not to mention to protect electronics from power surges.

Now you know.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 10:45 PM (dIske)

134 114 I want to see crazy rocket man put those twin jets on an air boat.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Air Boat on the highway so huge it was trailered by a semi with motorcycle escort front and back. It was a lane and a half wide.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:46 PM (BzKNL)

135 Re: Random Signage, "Earth Rod" is probably an electrical grounding rod. Possibly in Britain, where they use weird terminology, as they speak a language which is almost, but not quite, English.

Posted by: a.moron at August 19, 2026 10:46 PM (X5Jzz)

136 Still bummed about Frank Beard.

Only one original member of ZZ Top left now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2026 10:47 PM (jPziU)

137 Heh I had the decimal in the wrong place

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

138 Tucking into a Gimlet after a long day of extreme Desk Jockeying.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)

139 The white-on-black Mobil sign prices are .58 for (I suppose) regular, .64 for mid-grade, and (surprisingly) only a penny more for premium. The .57 over on the right might be for a pack of cigarettes; I don't know how they were priced.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 10:48 PM (wzUl9)

140 Was involved in a renovation at the office a couple of years ago. One little unusable corner got dry-walled in and we left a plastic skull in there.
Just because.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 10:48 PM (2Ez/1)

141 123 New tires these days will kill your wallet.
I usually buy two tires to replace the worst two. Then about a month later buy two to replace the older tires.
Posted by: Case
For my jeep, I went to the dealership. I told them that I wanted the same tires that came with it originally. With Michigan winters, I want good tires. Dang were those expensive.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)

142 William J. Clinton celebrates his 80th birthday.

Play Depeche Mode’s “Blue Dress” in his honor.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2026 10:49 PM (jPziU)

143 Bald tires kill

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (17rPF)
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Yeah, but that last ride is a scream

Posted by: 496 at August 19, 2026 10:50 PM (sOtuf)

144 138 Heh I had the decimal in the wrong place
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:47 PM

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Sitting right here.

Posted by: The leading zero at August 19, 2026 10:50 PM (2Ez/1)

145 .60 a gallon?
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026

***
That was kinda high for the mid-'70s. Maybe that was normal in big cities like LA or NYC, but in Da Swamp and the southern part of the state, prices ran about a nickel less than that per gallon for regular.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 10:50 PM (wzUl9)

146 A Ford convert to a truck bed is an chero
A GM is an El amino

Ford Esquire Station Wagon Esquichero
Buick Visa Wagon El Vistamino

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:50 PM (/+uur)

147 121 Even the mildest zoom loses all detail. Hard to tell with the color cast but maybe a yellow-on-black plate which IIRC, CA had before going to yellow and blue. There appear to be palm trees and the spire of a Spanish style church in the background. So maybe LA before enshitification.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 10:41 PM (vTZFs)

That appears to be a yellow on black California Vanity Plate. You still see them around.

Gas was typically between 45 and 60c/gallon after the first oil embargo of the early 70's and the second one in 1978, which is when it went to over a dollar.

Remember buying it by the quart or half gallon because the pumps only went up to 99.9/ gallon?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 19, 2026 10:51 PM (alHz8)

148 Left out finding old beer bottles, cans in the walls. Quite common.

Posted by: Local 257 UBCJA. at August 19, 2026 10:51 PM (JM9I6)

149 WHere were you on 12/31/77

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gNjfzvByPUkXxMrm9

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

150 130 willowed because I am clever

I heard one of the regular reporters on Coast to Coast AM say the USS Abraham Lincoln was out of food, bullets and energy. I don't know what he meant by energy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 09:53 PM (Cqx++)

Apparently they are also out of lanyard grease, and the Army is supplying them with grid squares
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:44 PM (rbvCR)

That situation on the USS Abraham Lincoln reminds me of this Bob Newhart routine (relevant portion starts at 1:23);

https://youtu.be/_Tk76aLOH0M?is=Jk3HKMUgCaeUngc5

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 10:52 PM (1UCyO)

151 13 Good evening good people. Finished rough plumbing the new bathroom today.

Yea!! me!!

I had Dear Wife take a look. She steps in, looks around and says: "You have your hot and cold supply pipes switched for your shower valve." Walks out.

I was so proud of myself. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 10:05 PM (mx1Q2)

A woman who knows which sides the hot and cold go on is a keeper. But you probably already know that.

Is there any chance you can relocate the bathroom to the other side of the wall, so that hot and cold are right way around? Of course that would require moving the drains and probably electrical and other stuff, but I'm just pitching ideas here.

Good luck.

Posted by: a.moron at August 19, 2026 10:52 PM (X5Jzz)

152 Ok, there appear to be dates on some of the gold bars - postwar dates, so probably not Nazis.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 10:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

153 If just one family had been good enough with directions to know the right way to run when the asteroid hit, then they would still be with us today!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (HlyYF)
********
You are a treasure Pillage. Hope to see you in TX this year.....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 19, 2026 10:52 PM (XfIK1)

154 I'm surprised no one mentioned the Mobil Premium78 sign next to the pumps. I don't remember seeing that, but I was too young to care. I was t paying for it!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

155 22 Measure twice, cut one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - but, you do you at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (yrKoI)

Then toss it aside, because you screwed it up anyway, and measure twice, cut once again.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2026 10:09 PM (xVAOC)

I've cut this board three times and it's still too short ! ! !

Posted by: a.moron at August 19, 2026 10:53 PM (X5Jzz)

156 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: S & H Green Stamps at August 19, 2026 10:53 PM (2Ez/1)

157 WHere were you on 12/31/77
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Working as a waiter at a synagogue NYE party.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

158 Possibly in Britain, where they use weird terminology, as they speak a language which is almost, but not quite, English.
****

Great Brittain and the United States of America: two countries divided by a common language.

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 10:54 PM (833ut)

159 I pumped gas at 19.9 in 1968 in little rock

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:54 PM (/+uur)

160 138 Heh I had the decimal in the wrong place
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:47 PM

It happens. Always some mundane detail to get wrong.

Posted by: Michael Bolton, the other one at August 19, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)

161 Working as a waiter at a synagogue NYE party.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

did u look at my link

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

162 Remember buying it by the quart or half gallon because the pumps only went up to 99.9/ gallon?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone)
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Analog rolling numbers. ding, ding, ding, ding.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:55 PM (BzKNL)

163 When dealing with certain people, you can always say:

If I wanted to hear from an asshole, I would have farted.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2026 10:55 PM (qx7Zg)

164 I bet a lot of you were like me and initially jthought the car belonged to the guy pumping the gas and then your mind reminded you there were not many self service gas stations in the early 70’s.

Note the red garage rag in the guys hand to wipe off the oil after checking the level.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 10:55 PM (KC5Lt)

165 Jason is still playing music.

His 2013 album Heavy Metal Music is really solid. I wish he'd have put out more.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2026 10:55 PM (s522d)

166 59 Saw the tire meme above and it reminded me of the new California rule that would limit the kinds of replacement tires consumers could purchase.

I expect very expensive replacement tires and consumers holding on to their existing tires longer.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 19, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

. . . and new tire stores popping up just across the state line in Nevada.

Posted by: a.moron at August 19, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)

167 I thought I'd slack off a bit after "Part Two" which was a fairly difficult experience. But I keep having ideas and keep being compelled to try to realize them. "Part Three" is really looming to be something I probably can't do.

Well, I can't do any of them, really, but this is the first I thought I can't squirm out of it.

Maybe these beers will help. POP. Hm, no, but at least it doesn't seem too big now ("That's what she said")

G'night folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 19, 2026 10:56 PM (CHHv1)

168 Evening all,

We have a launch late tomorrow morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-39
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 20, 2026
Launch Time: 11:19 a.m. EDT (1519 UTC, 17:19 CEST)

https://youtu.be/Ju2WywBXlco

Posted by: Joyenz at August 19, 2026 10:57 PM (2F0/Y)

169 I've cut this board three times and it's still too short ! ! !

I f*d up a project last week by carefully measuring out exactly where my half-laps were to be and then carefully cutting them. On the wrong side of the layout line.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 10:57 PM (vTZFs)

170 I had Dear Wife take a look. She steps in, looks around and says: "You have your hot and cold supply pipes switched for your shower valve." Walks out.

I was so proud of myself. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 10:05 PM (mx1Q2)

I lived in an apartment that had the hot and cold water faucets switched because the kitchen was moved from one side of the wall to the other, and they were too cheap to move the plumbing around

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:57 PM (rbvCR)

171
There is an owl hooting in the front yard. I love hearing that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:57 PM (/QHx4)

172 157 I used to be a thing.
Posted by: S & H Green Stamps at August 19, 2026 10:53 PM (2Ez/1)

I still am.

Posted by: Ben Grimm at August 19, 2026 10:57 PM (1UCyO)

173
158 WHere were you on 12/31/77
====

Looking forward to going to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas the next morning, which was still on New Years Day then.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 10:58 PM (CnJvf)

174 172
There is an owl hooting in the front yard. I love hearing that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:57 PM (/QHx4)

shes coming for me I know

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

175 For my jeep, I went to the dealership. I told them that I wanted the same tires that came with it originally. With Michigan winters, I want good tires. Dang were those expensive.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)

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TireRack.com is your friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 11:00 PM (17rPF)

176 There is an owl hooting in the front yard. I love hearing that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026

***
Watch out if it goes on for six nights in a row.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)

177 Californians will be buying tires in Vegas. One set to drive on and one set for the annual inspections that will be required.

Posted by: Governor Brylcream at August 19, 2026 11:01 PM (chERV)

178 Do people still go out for a burger anymore? I stopped eating them when the tainted lettuce news came out. I saw a commercial on TV of a new Whataburger deal they are offering. Showing a double meat and cheeseburger being made. Not a scrap of lettuce on it. Damn it looked good, may go by there tomorrow.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 11:01 PM (VrYHL)

179 Friends bought their first home and soon discovered that the utility room half bath seemed to stay warmer than the laundry room and kitchen area.

The toilet had been plumbed to the hot water line.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 11:01 PM (wVcYX)

180 Never live in a place where on Aug 19 you are worried bout snow tires

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 11:01 PM (/+uur)

181
I am so glad our little dogs are in for the night. They could have been owl food, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4)

182 Having an owl hanging around is kinda cool, just don't try telling knock knock jokes, it gets frustrating.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 11:02 PM (1UCyO)

183
Lol tank

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:03 PM (/QHx4)

184 12/31/77 I was lighting various fireworks.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 11:03 PM (KC5Lt)

185 The Mobil station photo: There is a City of Los Angeles style street name sign near the center of the photo above the orange sign with the "New" legend. Other Southern California cities used that street name sign design as well until recent Federal mandates for larger lettering.

Posted by: Mark VII Productions at August 19, 2026 11:03 PM (nKjQb)

186 Next guy that digs up the septic tank at my old house will find a Barbie doll straddling the lid.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 11:05 PM (oq9dX)

187 Boat guy is a nut. But he's slowly learning engineering skills, so that something.

Everybody wants to be an engineer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 11:07 PM (tvdD1)

188 did u look at my link
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)
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You had more fun

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

189 Once had a GH Owl dive-bomb me when jogging at night. Pine trees lining both sides of road, never heard or saw it until soft feathers were whapping my face. Flew into a pine on the other side and I think it was laughing at me. Of course, I yelled "Oh!" or something similar.

Posted by: Old Yeller at August 19, 2026 11:09 PM (JM9I6)

190 Red Carpet car wash in the background. Still exist in Cali

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 19, 2026 11:09 PM (EH7ZV)

191 100 Lighthouse For The Blind never made much sense to me.
Posted by: Little Stevie at August 19, 2026 10:33 PM (JM9I6)

One of the funniest stories I heard in my life involved the Lighthouse.

During an interview I listened to (IIRC) featuring one of those Golden Age of Comedy writers from the 50s/60s, they mentioned that one day they were with a famous comedian at the time - Dom DeLouise? - walking past the Lighthouse building in the evening. It was in the East 50s in NYC at the time. Anyway, as they were walking past the building DeLouise looked up and saw that all the lights were off. He said 'ah, the workers are burning the midnight oil up there, I see.'

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 11:09 PM (ffLfa)

192

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Everyone here probably forgot me,
Except Alberta Oil Peon, who has
been an exceptional gentleman towards me
and my unfortunate spastic genetic problems.

Also ace: I was vigilant with my
contributions, but my health has weakened.

Posted by: zigzag at August 19, 2026 11:10 PM (urq1v)

193 OK. In the top pic, is the guy pumping gas an attendant? And the portly gentleman leaning on it, is the owner of the Ford Ranchero?

Or, is it self-serve, and the guy pumping gasoline is the owner of the Ranchero? Maybe the other guy then, is the gas station owner? Or some other permutation or combination.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 11:12 PM (bd3ok)

194 In the fall we always have stories about owls “attacking” joggers at twilight.

It’s almost always a woman on a dark trail
Who has her hair in a ponytail. It looks like a squirrel’s tail, I guess.

Or owls just like messing with joggers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 11:13 PM (yEz+x)

195 Lighthouse For The Blind never made much sense to me.
Posted by: Little Stevie

Now do Braille directions at the drive up ATM.
Posted by: Tonypete

Economies of scale. It's cheaper to make one keyboard and use it everywhere, than to make a "cheaper" braille-less one for drive-ups and have to deal with 2 manufacturing lines.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

196 175 172
There is an owl hooting in the front yard. I love hearing that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:57 PM (/QHx4)

shes coming for me I know
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

***
Watch out if it goes on for six nights in a row.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)

More reasons why I love this place.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 19, 2026 11:17 PM (alHz8)

197 Sir, I am the Admiral's flagship!!!

Sir, I am a lighthouse ...

Posted by: Adriane the Just the Punchline Critic . . . at August 19, 2026 11:17 PM (3ZUWJ)

198 Wondering; What would be necessary to melt down a bar of gold and mold it into things tradable?
———

No no no no. It’s already in the most tradable form known. Recognizable bars and coins. If you melt it down into unrecognizable blobs nobody knows what it is exactly, and while they will buy it, it will only be purchased at a significant discount.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 11:20 PM (bd3ok)

199 Wondering; What would be necessary to melt down a bar of gold and mold it into things tradable?

They make gold leafed chocolate...

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at August 19, 2026 11:21 PM (3ZUWJ)

200 Thank you, T-Rex for the ONT.

Top photo with the Bonnie Taylor song are perfection. Great song! Seemed to be a lovely lady, married to her man for 52yrs.

I loved the making of the gold ring but confess to not understanding the metal making at all til he got to the gold part. Is it gold filled? I realize I am tres stoopit. It's a pretty ring and I would have liked to have seen it on her finger.

My own rings (both hands) are white gold that need tipping (or something) around the stones every decade as it wears quicker than yellow gold. Much narrower bands.

Had 5yr old granddaughter in the car today when she saw a woman with hot pink hair. She was horrifed and declared it ugly. We discussed that hair can be dyed but fixed, and it was ugly, but a pierced nose or eyebrow is forever. I mentioned tattoos and she reminded me of my brother's and SIL's small ones. I said, yes, I still love them but don't like tattoos and would never hurt anyone's feelings...to wait til she got in the car with parents if a waitress or someone had them. She said she will never do either piercings or tattoos or pink hair. I start them young.

Taught her to sew today a felt unicorn. My duty is done.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 11:21 PM (hzuYO)

201
The Korean Danuri lunar orbiter captured this image during the solar eclipse. Note from the Moon's perspective, a New Moon corresponds to a Full Earth:

https://t.ly/sAJ3J

Note the orientation of the Earth relative to the surface. Can you figure out where the Danuri probe was?

Posted by: June Cleaver at August 19, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

202 Hello zigzag. Welcome back. I remember your nick.
Jump right in when you want to

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 11:22 PM (VrYHL)

203

Okay a question.

We live in a very small town in SW Wyoming. We are in the midst of a severe drought. In the twelve years here we've never heard an owl.

I'm wondering with the drought if the owls are here now because the drought has killed off the vermin they like to eat in the wide open spaces they usually hunt?

Yum, there are lots of well fed and watered dogs and cats we can eat?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:25 PM (/QHx4)

204 195 In the fall we always have stories about owls “attacking” joggers at twilight.

It’s almost always a woman on a dark trail
Who has her hair in a ponytail. It looks like a squirrel’s tail, I guess.

Or owls just like messing with joggers.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 11:13 PM (yEz+x)

What probably scarier for these folks is that owls don't make a sound when they're divebombing them. The joggers never hear them coming.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 11:25 PM (ffLfa)

205 I remember finding old newspapers from the 20s and 30s renovating brownstones in Manhattan, but never anything of value.
Posted by: Local 257 UBCJA

Before my great uncle passed, he told my grandfather and me to absolutely tear apart a certain kitchen hutch he had after he died. He claimed he had been hiding $20 gold pieces in it for years in secret compartments and niches. We thought he was demented but did as he asked. Yep, there were about 30 of them in there. A few Liberty Head Double Eagles and the rest Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles. Grandpa gave one to each of his grandkids. Uncle Jake was a hell of a guy.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 11:30 PM (mx1Q2)

206 Saw the tire meme above and it reminded me of the new California rule that would limit the kinds of replacement tires consumers could purchase.

I expect very expensive replacement tires and consumers holding on to their existing tires longer.
Posted by: Joemarine at August 19, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

I see windfall profits for tire dealers in Nevada and Arizona.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 11:30 PM (1z8ji)

207 Note the orientation of the Earth relative to the surface. Can you figure out where the Danuri probe was?
Posted by: June Cleaver

Right up there with the Beaver if I remember your dialog correctly.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 11:31 PM (mx1Q2)

208 202 Hello zigzag. Welcome back. I remember your nick.

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He was the guy on the rolling papers, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 11:31 PM (17rPF)

209 I've melted lead to cast bullets. Can't be too different.
Posted by: Cosda at August 19, 2026 10:27 PM (Fkr3y)

Takes a lot hotter fire to melt gold.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

210 Having an owl hanging around is kinda cool, just don't try telling knock knock jokes, it gets frustrating.
Posted by: tankdemon

Also, keep your Tootsie Pops on lockdown.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)

211 I see windfall profits for tire dealers in Nevada and Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 11:30 PM (1z8ji)

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Great. Now I can combine my tire purchases with my over-the-border runs for ammo.

Fuck this state.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 11:33 PM (17rPF)

212 If you're good at Pulse Jet technology, why not build V-1s?
Posted by: You Can't Ride Them, I Guess at August 19, 2026 10:35 PM (JM9I6)

Say what?

Posted by: zombie Hannah Reitsch at August 19, 2026 11:35 PM (1z8ji)

213 150 WHere were you on 12/31/77

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gNjfzvByPUkXxMrm9
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)
***********
On the farm in MS after watching brothers and friends shoot off fireworks and cannons at the lake. Probably had a few beers.

Days after graduating nursing school (yay) and about a few weeks from starting to freak out about taking state boards (boo).

Missing my bf now husband as we'd started getting serious after two years. Took my brother back West with me for his vacation...which was wild and a lot of drinking and partying.

He was memorable skiing and burned a hole in my dude's leather glove on a rope tow to a lift hilarity when he stopped the tow by falling perpendicular. Was 6'4" and it had to be done with him crawling away. Finally got on the lift and he fell down most of the mountain. We always had fun together. I probably had to lie down in the snow I was laughing so hard.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 11:35 PM (hzuYO)

214

Wyoming welcomes AOS people.

Everyone else stay the fuck away.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:36 PM (/QHx4)

215 He was the guy on the rolling papers, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 11:31 PM (17rPF)

Yes

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 11:36 PM (hzuYO)

216 I'm surprised that no one has commented on the palm trees and columnar evergreens in the Ranchero picture. Pretty much limits the location to southern California! Southern Nevada or Arizona in my estimation.

Posted by: Pod Hamp at August 19, 2026 11:38 PM (kwpiz)

217 I've cut this board three times and it's still too short ! ! !
Posted by: a.moron

If you'd stopped after the first time, you could have fixed it by putting in a board stretcher. But now it's probably too short for even that.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

218
I love my Danuri, but boy does it go through the batteries.

Posted by: June Cleaver at August 19, 2026 11:39 PM (w6EFb)

219 We gave some Barred Owis in our neighborhood, i always like hearing them. One year a couple nested in a tree directly across the street from us, and it was fun watching them raise some young’uns. (They build BIG nests)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 11:39 PM (CnJvf)

220 Karmelo Anthony Trial Judge Removed Over Post-Trial Comments
The defense team claimed the presiding judge was biased due to his post-verdict comments.
====

So it begins...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 11:42 PM (RIvkX)

221 Haven't you ever seen someone filling up on some of that fine high octane ONT content?
-----

A pic of someone tanking upon Sunoco 260 wouldhave been moreinteresting.

Posted by: 11:1 Compression at August 19, 2026 11:42 PM (XeU6L)

222 Where were you on 12/31/77?
___

NAS Alameda

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 11:43 PM (44QZQ)

223 >>>I'm wondering with the drought if the owls are here now because the drought has killed off the vermin they like to eat in the wide open spaces they usually hunt?

>Owls burrow. They make holes in the ground and feast on vermin. Maybe some new neighbors have taken up residency.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 11:43 PM (tvdD1)

224

In all the years we have lived in SW Wyoming we've never seen robins. This year we have lots of them in the yard.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:44 PM (/QHx4)

225 219 We gave some Barred Owis in our neighborhood, i always like hearing them. One year a couple nested in a tree directly across the street from us, and it was fun watching them raise some young’uns. (They build BIG nests)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026

Owl trivia! They don’t build nests. They steal them from others, they are “opportunistic nesters” which means they are squatters. If you put owl houses out, it makes them happy.

I still have Owlbert, though he is no where near as demanding as he was before I got Saijo, but he still lives in the back yard in the owl condo, and he still hangs out scratching up the fence while he sits there when I swim. He is a (wait for it) hoot.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 11:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

226 California politicians don't miss a trick ripping off their citizens do they? Anything to squeeze out a few extra bucks.
Yet the peasants keep voting for them. Or, maybe they don't?

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 11:46 PM (VrYHL)

227 I still have Owlbert, though he is no where near as demanding as he was before I got Saijo, but he still lives in the back yard in the owl condo, and he still hangs out scratching up the fence while he sits there when I swim. He is a (wait for it) hoot.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 11:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

He gives you a hard time if you don't pick up after Saijo quickly enough. "Give a hoot. Don't pollute."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)

228

It is interesting this year here in SW Wyoming with the drought to see the birds and animals changing their habits.

Gotta go where you can eat.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:47 PM (/QHx4)

229 Play Depeche Mode’s “Blue Dress” in his honor.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 19, 2026 10:49 PM (jPziU)

put it on...

Posted by: 88C+u at August 19, 2026 11:48 PM (88C+u)

230

My ass is too big to put it on. Is there another color I can try??

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:52 PM (/QHx4)

231 World of Time-Wasting Tips

Zeducation says YouTube has taken down the original Rick Roll video. This might just be a rickroll trick. Zed:
https://youtu.be/0kUbeVNB_gs

AI Robot with a tank does exactly what experts warned. (15:52)
https://youtu.be/sQysEweaLjA

Posted by: mindful webworker - and the ones that mother gives you at August 19, 2026 11:52 PM (yrKoI)

232
I assume the US Navy has acquired some experience in resupply while underway. So what's this about sailors on the USS Five-Dollar-Bill Boy starving to death?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 11:53 PM (O0L8i)

233 Gas station photo trivia - I’m calling that a ‘73 Ranchero with California plates (the ugly black ones)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 11:54 PM (CnJvf)

234 can't be bigger than Monica's

Posted by: 88C+u at August 19, 2026 11:55 PM (88C+u)

235 He gives you a hard time if you don't pick up after Saijo quickly enough. "Give a hoot. Don't pollute."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 19, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg

I am not sure what the deal is, Saijo doesn’t bark, who knows.

But everyone has found their spot on the bed and settled. I miss J when he is gone, but it sure is funny to see the animals take over his side! Night y’all!

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 11:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

236 But everyone has found their spot on the bed and settled. I miss J when he is gone, but it sure is funny to see the animals take over his side! Night y’all!
Posted by: Piper

Owls are nocturnal. Why would Owlbert be going to bed now?

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)

237

In case any of you missed this today.....

In Martin County Florida a woman had $3200 stuffed in her vag.

Sheriff's office said the money will be put back in circulation, lmao.

Use your credit card. I can't imagine what that cash is comminated with.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:59 PM (/QHx4)

238 236 But everyone has found their spot on the bed and settled. I miss J when he is gone, but it sure is funny to see the animals take over his side! Night y’all!
Posted by: Piper

Owls are nocturnal. Why would Owlbert be going to bed now?
Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov

He is not house trained, so he has to sleep in his own bed outside.

Posted by: Piper at August 20, 2026 12:00 AM (ZdaMQ)

239 Well, I did not get one of the free puppies. Did not go look at them, but our friendly bartender told me who the owner is, guy I met a few years ago. Pups are Border Collies, and he was offering them for sale at $400 each, but word got out they might be inbred, so they became "free".

Border Collies need to have a job to do; not suited to my lifestyle.

Posted by: zombie Hannah Reitsch at August 20, 2026 12:01 AM (1z8ji)

240 off, test pilot sock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2026 12:02 AM (1z8ji)

241
That is too bad AOP. I was hoping you found a companion dog.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:03 AM (/QHx4)

242 232
I assume the US Navy has acquired some experience in resupply while underway. So what's this about sailors on the USS Five-Dollar-Bill Boy starving to death?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 11:53 PM (O0L8i)
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From the little I have figured out a mommy of a sad sailor (she claimed to like Trump), & a gf who got a sad email went viral that there was no food (dogfood photos taken...one from a cinder block wall ship which seemed off), moldy showers, and no port for over 200 days. Out of 5k sailors I reckon some whine.

The Dems & MSM jumped on this. I think the 4,998 sailors who were made to look like whiners probably hung the guys from their underwear on hooks or used them as anchors.

There are always baboons somewhere useful for the MSM.

A note before I leave you all bored senseless and go to bed.

The kindergartner clone of mine thinks "baboon" is the most hilarious word she's heard in awhile. I showed her photos on the Internet and she laughed harder. Then she sadly noticed the baboons behinds and I clicked off quickly. We never know what will set her off loudly laughing. Head thrown back and open mouthed like mine. The world should live in fear.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 20, 2026 12:03 AM (hzuYO)

243 Sheriff's office said the money will be put back in circulation, lmao.

Use your credit card. I can't imagine what that cash is comminated with.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 11:59 PM (/QHx4)

Sheriff should hand it all out to his deputies, and tell them to have fun at the peeler bar.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2026 12:04 AM (1z8ji)

244

School starts Monday here. Son and Daughter-in-law have four kids. The third grandchild starts school Monday. Daughter-in-law won't know what to do with only one child during the day.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)

245
lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)

246 In case any of you missed this today.....

In Martin County Florida a woman had $3200 stuffed in her vag.

Sheriff's office said the money will be put back in circulation, lmao.

Use your credit card. I can't imagine what that cash is comminated with.
Posted by: four seasons

Next guy what rolls one up to snort a line is gonna get nose gonorrhea.

Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2026 12:08 AM (VHUov)

247 >>In Martin County Florida a woman had $3200 stuffed in her vag.
Sheriff's office said the money will be put back in circulation, lmao.
Use your credit card. I can't imagine what that cash is contaminated with.
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Money laundering shouldn't be a crime, but a requirement, in this case...

Posted by: JQ at August 20, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

248
lol Mikeski

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)

249
I reckon in any group of 5000 there will be some bitchers and whiners. So the MSM fixed itself on the one or two and ignored the rest?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2026 12:09 AM (O0L8i)

250
One of the Euroweenie weather satellites caught this sequence of the eclipse shadow moving here:
https://t.ly/sAJ3J

NOAA's geostationary satellites only cover the Western hemisphere, but GOES east was able to see this on the far limb:
https://t.ly/9hKU3

Posted by: June Cleaver at August 20, 2026 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

251 Calgon ain't gonna be enough-- Bleach!

Posted by: JQ at August 20, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

252
Dammit, June's poor Beaver sock off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 20, 2026 12:10 AM (w6EFb)

253 Calgon ain't gonna be enough-- Bleach!
Posted by: JQ

Considering where cash normally goes--sweaty socks, dirty restaurant tables--a bleach flush may be in order.

Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2026 12:12 AM (VHUov)

254 Next guy what rolls one up to snort a line is gonna get nose gonorrhea.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2026 12:08 AM (VHUov)

This was supposed to be a Candace-free thread.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 20, 2026 12:13 AM (88C+u)

255 Where were you on 12/31/77?

Visiting the girlfriend du jour at her parents home in Cincy. We all went out for dinner and my gal had one beer with her meal. Parental units and the two of us took separate cars back home. On the way she sucked down damn near an entire bottle of Ouzo. Once back at the house Dad and I sat on the couch while GF went to change clothes. While changing, the liquor clearly kicked in as she came out dressed only in a robe, tripped and fell and exposed the promised land since she was nekkid beneath the robe.

Dad looked at me and quipped "Wow, one beer did all that!"

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2026 12:13 AM (mx1Q2)

256

I read the story about the cash in the woman's hoohah on Fox today.

You can't make up this shit, lol.

Things are never dull, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:14 AM (/QHx4)

257 249
I reckon in any group of 5000 there will be some bitchers and whiners. So the MSM fixed itself on the one or two and ignored the rest?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2026 12:09 AM (O0L8i)
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Bingo. One guy debated jumping overboard to his gf (I think this is the same one). Said he didn't want to live anymore.

I have read some stories refuting this from sailors who've been to sea and say it's propaganda. Especially the ones on submarines. Granted that would put someone loco quickly. But they do it as they volunteered for it.

President Trump is sending another aircraft carrier to replace the Lincoln, but it's not like they can blast off over there in minutes.

Not that I doubt they miss land and their families. But it was picked up by the MSM, which don't publish the 16yr old lifeguard who saved and boy and hosted at the WH.

My father, who joined the 1st Marines after Pearl Harbor, was in the South Pacific for 30mo without coming home. That seems worse along with his malaria and eating out of cans. They used the Vitamin C sent by the military to get rust off their helmets (ok, when Daddy wasn't giving it to the "natives" of islands to bleach their hair).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 20, 2026 12:19 AM (hzuYO)

258

Husband said yesterday he thinks a lot of the sailors are pussies.

Yeah, my father and father-in-law were in Korea. Their stories are horrifying.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:23 AM (/QHx4)

259 Day has passed, as days do. Time to rest up for another.

Know what? 1963 was a long time ago.

https://youtu.be/tJOspsMJLss

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - thank you sir, may I have another? at August 20, 2026 12:24 AM (yrKoI)

260 Husband said yesterday he thinks a lot of the sailors are pussies.

Yeah, my father and father-in-law were in Korea. Their stories are horrifying.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:23 AM (/QHx4)
___

My dad did 23 years in the Navy, including a stint as a river rat in 'Nam.

When I talk to him this weekend, he'll probably have some opinions about sailors nowadays.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 20, 2026 12:25 AM (44QZQ)

261 Next guy what rolls one up to snort a line is gonna get nose gonorrhea.
Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2026 12:08 AM (VHUov)
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Welp.

In reality I don't think bacteria or virus or yeast would live on paper that long. It could be determined with how long it was in contact.

I will research tomorrow as it is late and I have to scrub my brain before sleeping now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 20, 2026 12:25 AM (hzuYO)

262

SMH,

My husband has been ranting about how we have raised a generation of pussies, lol. Not all, of course, but too many.

If someone is in the military they should not think life is going to be like living in the Hilton.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:28 AM (/QHx4)

263 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 20, 2026 12:19 AM (hzuYO)

USN Ret. 6 Sea Service Ribbons.

Had a guy in BOOT CAMP who could not take it. Went nuts.

It is hard out there. It is not easy. There IS NO BREAK as the Sea is a Bitch who is constantly trying to kill you. There is a reason REAL sailors are Salty MFers.

Just as in any group, any profession... there will be those who either should not have been there in the first place, or who hit their limit.

But, IMHO? There is most probably foreign money behind these stories, trying to get the American people to stop the JUSTIFIED war in Iran.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2026 12:31 AM (mP0Kj)

264 I forgot about ouzo, when we were talking about Jager the other night.

I said the only thing that could compare with Jager for vileness was sloe gin. On further reflection, I think ouzo deserves some consideration as well.

I can't imagine anybody killing a whole bottle of ouzo in one night! I used to patronize a very upscale restaurant (on special occasions) which served ouzo sometimes in tiny glasses, as a dessert wine. That was OK.

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2026 12:32 AM (RCjYY)

265 Mikeski...yeast wins. Candida nose does not sound good to anyone but Hunter Biden with a soupcon of parmesan in the cocaine.

I had to know.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 20, 2026 12:33 AM (hzuYO)

266

Oldest son was in the Marines when 9/11 happened. The only thing we heard from him was a short call where he told us he could not let us know where he was.

He served and we are proud of him. It was scary not knowing where he was.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)

267 I had to know.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Sorry-not-sorry for planting the seed, lol.

Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2026 12:34 AM (VHUov)

268 Tommy John was a class act. Sad that one of his kids died so young, in a drug-related death. Bad things do indeed happen to good people, as they say.

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2026 12:37 AM (RCjYY)

269 It is hard out there. It is not easy. There IS NO BREAK as the Sea is a Bitch who is constantly trying to kill you. There is a reason REAL sailors are Salty MFers.

I commanded a company of around 130 soldiers in Iraq in 2008. Not a dangerous mission (stayed on base), but moderately stressful and very monotonous and mind-numbing for the troops. Had a handful of issues during the deployment, and after we got back home. People are away from home, get bad news, get stressed, any number of issues. Upscale it to 5500 people or so in a confined area with actual operational stresses and dwindling supplies (read it was the longest a US carrier has been at sea without a port call) and it's no surprise a few issues will pop up.

Posted by: Military Moron at August 20, 2026 12:38 AM (bUztX)

270
But, IMHO? There is most probably foreign money behind these stories, trying to get the American people to stop the JUSTIFIED war in Iran.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2026 12:31 AM (mP0Kj)
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Aye. And thank you. Good points.

My father had some tales about boot camp.

He was a Southern gentleman. You'd never take him for a tough Marine until you knew him well and how he never let illness or severe injury stop him. My hero and much loved by all. Hysterically funny as well as a good man to look up to.

Stood up for ladies if they entered the room. Kind. Never cussed in front of me, the Marine Sgt, but apparently colored the sky purple with his cattle, my brothers and husband if a cow did not behave. Apparently clever turns of phrase machine gun cussing without Oxford commas.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 20, 2026 12:39 AM (hzuYO)

271 Ouzo is an acquired taste. I like it but I'm not going down an entire bottle, it's like Rumple Minze. A palate cleanser.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 20, 2026 12:40 AM (tvdD1)

272 read it was the longest a US carrier has been at sea without a port call) and it's no surprise a few issues will pop up.
Posted by: Military Moron at August 20, 2026 12:38 AM (bUztX)
*********
I'm sure that's true. Regarding supplies...is port call needed for that? Or can other ships/helicopters/drones now supply food, etc?

I would also "think" of someone was that depressed they could fly him off the ship to a hospital? No clue for me in this story, but it seemed propaganda flavored.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 20, 2026 12:43 AM (hzuYO)

273

We live in the greatest country in the world.

Yes, we have problems but I think we can overcome them.

I am proud I am an American.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:43 AM (/QHx4)

274 I had to make a night time run to my small-town Wal-Mart. At 10 pm all the Good People are at home, getting ready for bed. This leaves only The People of Wal-Mart to prowl the aisles. I saw bandits, bushwackers, and bulldykes. And maybe a Methodist.

What really bothered me though, was that I fit right in.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 20, 2026 12:45 AM (uPglz)

275

And thank God Sparkle Markle is moving to England, lol.

Like that witch has any clue what hardship is.

Posted by: four seasons at August 20, 2026 12:46 AM (/QHx4)

276 What really bothered me though, was that I fit right in.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

It's easy to hide among the Methodists. Bulldykes, not so much.

Posted by: mikeski at August 20, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)

277 lol Spudboy.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 20, 2026 12:47 AM (44QZQ)

278 Iran is trying to hang on until election day in November, in the hope that Trump will bail. He won't. After that, Iran will wait for the new Democratic Congress to be sworn in, in January, to cut off funding for the war.

Something analogous happened with Vietnam, and the first post-Watergate election of 1974.

Nobody can put a smiley face on this.

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2026 12:47 AM (RCjYY)

279 I'm dumb enough to drink a lot of ouzo. But I've developed a taste for black licorice.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 20, 2026 12:48 AM (2QL9g)

280 Ouzo is nasty, disgusting shit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 20, 2026 12:48 AM (1z8ji)

Twelve Albums for One Penny! Cafe

@bernabephoto

Husband-and-wife truck drivers adopt orange cat from truck stop and turn him into a road cat. It's a very cute and playful cat.

Cat nanny.

Mini donkey and rambunctious baby.

Out of control.

Puppy twiddles his paws.

Monkey forest bandit.

You think you're playing a game with a cat but this is no game. He's evil.

Have you been cheating on me?

Dogs being cuddly.

Teddy bear dog is all in.

Aussie puppy howling for the first time..🐕🐾😍 pic.twitter.com/3nUbCunCXa
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 19, 2026

After 71 years, Columbia House is shutting down for good. The mail-order music giant, which once had 16 million members, survived the transition from vinyl to tapes, CDs and even DVDs � but ultimately couldn�t survive the rise of streaming. pic.twitter.com/BZlp0b1aoq
— CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil (@CBSEveningNews) August 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:40 PM

Comments

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1 I have 300-400 cd's because of Columbia House.
Cost me about a buck fiddy.

Posted by: Bosk at August 19, 2026 07:43 PM (VMFAF)

2 This is what t hey took from us.

This, and the cassette tape. Damn them. Damn them all to Hell

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR)

3 Thought so

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:43 PM (BzKNL)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Mgid had me captive
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Classic rock isnt the same without the jump/clunk from track 1 to track 2 in the middle of the extended instrumental section.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 19, 2026 07:46 PM (4HoLg)

7 We don't make pennies anymore.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:47 PM (VrYHL)

8 I'm sure it has nothing to do with there being nothing worth listening to put out by the major studios in the last 10 years.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 07:48 PM (vJrRc)

9 You probably still owe Columbia House money.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 19, 2026 07:48 PM (NnhvP)

10 We don't make pennies anymore.
Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:47 PM

So no more getting paid for our thoughts?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:49 PM (0sNs1)

11 I'm doing basically the opposite of taking off a sock, here. I'm intentionally displaying my wrong sock on purpose because it brings me joy. And now it's completely out of context, so it gets to be joyful on its own two feet.

....

Ok, I'm done.

Posted by: *FPOOOMPH!* at August 19, 2026 07:50 PM (Ot/FD)

12 (Ok, *now* I'm done. )

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:50 PM (Ot/FD)

13 As always, it's particularly nice to partake of a mephitic-free Café.

Jägermeister shots for everyone!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

14 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

I've started the unthinkable today -- CULLING BOOKS!

I should have around 3 boxes or so to take over the public library for their next book sale.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 07:52 PM (FZ29D)

15 Half jaeger, half Baileys. Floated. Chase with an anchovy.

"The Dirty Penguin"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:53 PM (Ot/FD)

16 We don't make pennies anymore.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:47 PM (VrYHL)

---------------

Robots will eventually be outfitted with and wear nickel loafers.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 07:53 PM (7ccUk)

17
I expected that '60s LA video to include Joe Friday narrating: "This is the city...."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 07:53 PM (w6EFb)

18 I should have around 3 boxes or so to take over the public library for their next book sale.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 07:52 PM

Is Kalshi offering action on you purchasing one back?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

19 We lost something when cassettes went away.

Posted by: Sampling at August 19, 2026 07:54 PM (MWfyi)

20
"The Dirty Penguin" >>>>> "Big Penguin"

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 07:55 PM (7ccUk)

21 Is Kalshi offering action on you purchasing one back?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)
---
Unlikely, but not inconceivable...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 07:56 PM (FZ29D)

22 19 We lost something when cassettes went away.
Posted by: Sampling at August 19, 2026 07:54 PM (MWfyi)

There's a game. My First Cassettes.

I'll start.

1. Confederate Railroad
2. Ugly kid Joe
3. Some half assed Bach compilation

I can't even remember the damn album titles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:56 PM (Ot/FD)

23 Polishing the UI for the Movie Vault manger module.

If I do say so myself, it's pretty freaking awesome.

The best feature is the naming tokenizer.

Sometimes when you acquire media, it has all kinds of extra fluff added to it, what this does is analyze the string, tokenizes each word into a drag and drop object that you can then arrange how you want.

This is especially useful for TV shows with multiple seasons and multiple episodes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 07:57 PM (XV/Pl)

24
So no more getting paid for our thoughts?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It's now a nickel.

Inflation, y'know.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 07:58 PM (vJrRc)

25 Half jaeger, half Baileys. Floated. Chase with an anchovy.

"The Dirty Penguin"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:53 PM

If you want to name it "The Dirty Penguin", may I suggest you float it not with Baileys, but with Jeppson's Malört, reputed to be the worst-smelling liqueur on Earth.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

26 This is especially useful for TV shows with multiple seasons and multiple episodes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 07:57 PM (XV/Pl)

Please tell me you're not handling strings directly in php. You're doing it in C# or some framework or something. You have to be. Lie if you have to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:58 PM (Ot/FD)

27 Columbia House did not keep up with inflation. If only they would have sold two CD's for $100.00. maybe they could have stayed in business.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:59 PM (VrYHL)

28 If you want to name it "The Dirty Penguin", may I suggest you float it not with Baileys, but with Jeppson's Malört, reputed to be the worst-smelling liqueur on Earth.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

It's "Dirty", not "Dead For Three Weeks".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:59 PM (Ot/FD)

29 19 We lost something when cassettes went away.
Posted by: Sampling at August 19, 2026 07:54 PM (MWfyi)

----
I discovered that a shoebox was just about the exact right size for storing cassette tapes. Not sure why, but the height, width, and depth of the shoebox was a perfect fit. No loose space at all.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 07:59 PM (FZ29D)

30 My first cassette was stuff I recorded off the radio. Stuff like "Green Eyed Lady" and "Superstition" as I recall. And this song called "Voodoo Child". The original, not the the entirely competent but not quite surpassing cover.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:01 PM (MWfyi)

31
*sits at Café table*

So, a stack of wheat cakes, with lots of melted butter and maple syrup. And fry me three, four, five eggs with a mess of sausages and a mountain of white toast with strawberry marmalade. And keep the coffee coming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:02 PM (O0L8i)

32 It's "Dirty", not "Dead For Three Weeks".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:59 PM

In fairness, there's not a lot of difference when it comes to the smell of penguin faeces.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

33 Breakfast starts at 6AM. You can come back then or have the hash now.

Posted by: the cook at August 19, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

34 Willowed:

126
"If you’re in a room with ten Nazis at a table and you’re the only one who’s not, there’s a pretty good chance ~~you’re a Nazi.~~" you accidentally wandered into a Maine Democratic Party Senate rally

-- The Wisdom of Rosie O'Donnell
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Recommended edit for accuracy.

Posted by: Fake AoS Editor at August 19, 2026 08:08 PM (bUztX)

35 I went to Lou’s Record in Leucadia on Dollar Day. Got some of the best music for cheap without being tied into that stupid scheme.

Posted by: Unkaren at August 19, 2026 08:08 PM (ccX9M)

36 Breakfast starts at 6AM. You can come back then or have the hash now.
Posted by: the cook at August 19, 2026 08:04 PM

Would Monsieur care for a Dirty Penguin while he waits?

Posted by: Le garcon-pingouin at August 19, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

37 I bet 60s LA was really cool, for a couple years there- after JFK/Dallas but before Charles Manson

I saw so many cars from my yoot in that video
nice catch, blogger

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:09 PM (ZxPkt)

38 Who's going to start with their I-got-tummy-rubbed-Tuesday story?

Posted by: Penthouse Letters at August 19, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

39 As a kid, I had a cassette tape recorder my dad brought back from Japan in the early 70s. The rectangular kind, with a separate microphone with a start/stop switch on it, like Kolchak used to use. Anyway, I used to do radio shows on it, with help from my friends and sister. We'd do news stories and interviews and commercials and stuff like that.

Did anybody else do that? I wish I still had one of those tapes.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

40 * glances over the top of my newspaper to scoff at Hadrian*

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:13 PM (gIjzl)

41
Did anybody else do that? I wish I still had one of those tapes.
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

_________

*raises hand*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:13 PM (O0L8i)

42 I discovered that a shoebox was just about the exact right size for storing cassette tapes. Not sure why, but the height, width, and depth of the shoebox was a perfect fit. No loose space at all.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Cassettes? I found a box of my dad's old 8 tracks in a shoebox. The only ones I remember were "The Best of Bread" and CCR's "Cosmo's Factory".

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 08:15 PM (bUztX)

43 I saw a video the other day of a famous wildlife photographer (Carlos Carvalho), and it answered a question of mine that has puzzled me for ages.

How does a giraffe defend itself?

Sure, it's tall, but I couldn't figure out why lions or some other predator doesn't just take it down. I, always, assumed the giraffe has a wicked kick, but they seem so slow. But, this video cleared things up at the expense of Mr. Carvalho, unfortunately. This giraffe just wound up and hammered the photographer with its neck. It was fast, and as the late Mr. Carvalho would attest (if he could), it was instantaneous death.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 08:16 PM (dIske)

44 "*raises hand*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

That's where we developed our announcer voices!

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)

45 @26

>>Lie if you have to.

It's all python, it tokenizes the string, looks for patterns and applies pre-defined output strings, you can re-arrange them if you want by dragging and dropping.

Pixy's filters will not let me enter example file patterns to demonstrate, needless to say, it's pretty slick

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 08:16 PM (XV/Pl)

46 Too many red cars. Way too many. Red was not a common color in the 50s.

And there were a couple gold cars, which I think is 2 too many as well.

He needs to collate data from sales and brochures, AI identify model, and then randomly assign color based on how dark it is in the B/W image, year, model, and sales numbers.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 19, 2026 08:18 PM (2Eds8)

47 People diss 8-tracks, but they were basically the first and for a time the only way that anyone could have their own tunes in their car. Cassettes were a dictation media, they were not used for music or hi-fi until a few years later.

Those with long memories will actually remember 4-tracks, which look almost identical to 8-tracks but are a bit different. Invented by Lear, the same guy who made jets.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:18 PM (Uf/zI)

48
That's where we developed our announcer voices!
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)

__________

My "steward's voice". Deeper than my usual light baritone, slower and more resonant. So the idiots standing ringside who ought to be paying attention but can't be bothered to because they're yakking with each other can't say they didn't hear me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:19 PM (O0L8i)

49 I wonder if the Columbia House "ding" is still on my credit.

Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2026 08:20 PM (bkGTa)

50 My truck still has a cassette player function.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:21 PM (gIjzl)

51
Car colors today suck. Why does everything have to be blah?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)

52 Car colors today suck. Why does everything have to be blah?

Posted by: four seasons

Black, while, silver, gray and the occasional red.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2026 08:22 PM (lJ0H4)

53 51
Car colors today suck. Why does everything have to be blah?

Posted by: four seasons

1. resale value
2. cars last longer, so people avoid fads
3. cars used to be a statement. Now they are highly regulated transportation.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 19, 2026 08:23 PM (2Eds8)

54 Craig was one of the brand names for portable cassette recorders iirc. Panasonic was a little more expensive.

I drilled a hole in the floor of my bedroom (not in an inconspicuous spot, heck no, just right in the middle of the floor) and ran a wire to the basement through the crawlspace, my brother and I had an intercom system hooked up by hotwiring our tape recorders together somehow.

"Who are you talking to?" was the first inkling that maybe Mom and Dad were onto our scheme...

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:23 PM (Uf/zI)

55 My vehicle have primarily been either blue or orange.

I had a red RX7 Turbo II, a White Mitsubishi Galant VR4 and a Black Eagle Talon, other than that, blue or orange vehicles.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 08:23 PM (XV/Pl)

56 Car colors today suck. Why does everything have to be blah?
----

Bic makes pretty good pens, and butane lighters. They should make disposable cars, too. Nice primary colors - Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange. In that same durable plastic. They'd sell really well I bet.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:25 PM (Uf/zI)

57
Black, while, silver, gray and the occasional red.
Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2026 08:22 PM (lJ0H4)

_________

*bored voice*

Plenty of others available for just $25 a month.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)

58 >>>>>Car colors today suck. Why does everything have to be blah?
Posted by: four seasons
*******
The customer can have any color they want as long as it's black.

Posted by: Zombie Henry Ford at August 19, 2026 08:25 PM (Fkr3y)

59 "Car colors today suck. Why does everything have to be blah?

Posted by: four seasons "

I like giving the colors names, like "Fudgesickle" and "Sewage Foam". I saw one today I call "Pee Lagoon".

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:25 PM (MWfyi)

60 I did start my CD collection thanks to Columbia Records and Tapes.

Good times, good times...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 08:26 PM (xcxpd)

61 Harvard to pay $53M in suit over selling donated corpses on black market.

Why do black people like corpses?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:26 PM (/+uur)

62
Lol fd

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 08:26 PM (/QHx4)

63 Car colors today suck. Why does everything have to be blah?
Posted by: four seasons

You can get whatever color you want if you're willing to pay more. Same with people who complain new homes are all generic looking- you can get whatever you want to you're willing to pay extra.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 08:26 PM (bUztX)

64
Those with long memories will actually remember 4-tracks, which look almost identical to 8-tracks but are a bit different. Invented by Lear, the same guy who made jets.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:18 PM (Uf/zI)

My extensive research into broadcasting via binge watching NewsRadio and perving on Bailey Quarters in WKRP in Cincinnati has shown me that the 4 track modules were used by DJs to load commercials for airing.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wt1BB)

65 Mom said they all drove Mumvees in Iraq

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:27 PM (/+uur)

66 Earl Scheib can fix that for you!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:28 PM (gIjzl)

67 Bic makes pretty good pens, and butane lighters.
Posted by: Common Tater

Me: I want to buy a piano.

Yamaha Salesman: Okay, let's do it!

Me: Say, I also need a good, reliable motorcycle. Do you know where I can get one?

Yamaha Salesman: You are NOT going to believe this...

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 19, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)

68 Home Office
In the UK both people have to say YES for sex.
If you have sex with someone that does not want to,
it is called rape.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:29 PM (/+uur)

69 54 Craig was one of the brand names for portable cassette recorders iirc. Panasonic was a little more expensive.

I drilled a hole in the floor of my bedroom (not in an inconspicuous spot, heck no, just right in the middle of the floor) and ran a wire to the basement through the crawlspace, my brother and I had an intercom system hooked up by hotwiring our tape recorders together somehow.

"Who are you talking to?" was the first inkling that maybe Mom and Dad were onto our scheme...
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:23 PM (Uf/zI)

This is how we shared cable in my dorm.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 08:29 PM (xcxpd)

70 Re Four Wheelin Bear

Its all fun and games until Mama Bear comes back. It'll be real funny while she is munching on your liver like your chest cavity is a bread bowl.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

71
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy had a layover day in Faribault, MN. Gave her the opportunity to tidy stuff up, dump the sewage tanks and give TBD a bath. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:31 PM (O0L8i)

72 So the idiots standing ringside who ought to be paying attention but can't be bothered to because they're yakking with each other can't say they didn't hear me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:19 PM

And then Mike Tyson stalks over and punches them?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)

73 I was at the dealership today for my 2005 Volvo XC70. So tempted to upgrade, but I'm only 195 miles before I hit 200,000 miles. Gonna wait a bit. All but one or two of the XC's were silver/white/gray. I want one in blue or green or even maroon.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 19, 2026 08:32 PM (vV6n9)

74 How does a giraffe defend itself?

Sure, it's tall, but I couldn't figure out why lions or some other predator doesn't just take it down. I, always, assumed the giraffe has a wicked kick, but they seem so slow. But, this video cleared things up at the expense of Mr. Carvalho, unfortunately. This giraffe just wound up and hammered the photographer with its neck. It was fast, and as the late Mr. Carvalho would attest (if he could), it was instantaneous death.
Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 08:16 PM (dIske)

They can also kick the shit out of you with those front legs...and they run in packs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 08:32 PM (uhVAy)

75 When I was in college we had those carts at the school radio station, and a mixer like Johnny Fever's. That station barely got off campus, I think it was maybe 10 watts. I did some time there, exploring the pretty extensive library and pissing people off playing a bunch of odd stuff.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)

76 * glances over the top of my newspaper to scoff at Hadrian*
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:13 PM

A scoff is just one small step below the Kitchen Table.

You've been warned.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 08:33 PM (0sNs1)

77 Home Office
In the UK both people have to say YES for sex.
If you have sex with someone that does not want to,
it is called rape.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Not gonna lie, they should have been doing that orientation since they let the first paki in.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 08:33 PM (vJrRc)

78 The customer can have any color they want as long as it's black.
-----

There's a little bit of misconception on that, actually. Ford offered all the different colors before this policy, but they cost more, and importantly they took a lot longer to dry.

Ford went to black enamel or whatever it was, because it dried faster than anything else available which allowed higher production numbers. That was just one more cost efficiency that allowed him to sell a new car for 800 dollars or whatever it was.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:34 PM (Uf/zI)

79 As a kid, I had a cassette tape recorder my dad brought back from Japan in the early 70s. The rectangular kind, with a separate microphone with a start/stop switch on it, like Kolchak used to use. Anyway, I used to do radio shows on it, with help from my friends and sister. We'd do news stories and interviews and commercials and stuff like that.

Did anybody else do that? I wish I still had one of those tapes.
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

My brothers and I did a parody of Dragnet with Richard Kimble of the Fugitive as the crime of the day.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 08:34 PM (uhVAy)

80 Giraffes are gay.

They drink each other's pee.

I'm....

I'm not being silly. This is A Thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:34 PM (Ot/FD)

81 I'll buy a round for all. My Novice rider kicked ass and won the All Around title last weekend.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:35 PM (gIjzl)

82 "Home Office
In the UK both people have to say YES for sex.
If you have sex with someone that does not want to,
it is called rape. "

dry british humor packed in calcium chloride.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 08:35 PM (VyBeY)

83 Not gonna lie, they should have been doing that orientation since they let the first paki in.

Posted by: FeatherBlade
---

Pakis don't care what you call it. They do what they do.
It is their way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 08:35 PM (BzKNL)

84 Congrats, Ben Had.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 19, 2026 08:36 PM (vV6n9)

85 That LA vid looks AI: road surface is too smooth

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 08:36 PM (/Chlc)

86 >> Giraffes are gay.

Did I ever tell you the story about the Siamese giraffes?

Posted by: Tim Conway at August 19, 2026 08:37 PM (w6EFb)

87
And then Mike Tyson stalks over and punches them?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 08:31 PM (0sNs1)

__________

I feel like it sometimes. Hey, folks, we got a show to keep on the road. I'm not a monster, I understand people have to change dogs between classes and I don't want people to come into the ring flustered. But problems are there to be anticipated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)

88 Earlier this summer I reconnected my Teac dual cassette deck to my 1980's Sony system. It's the only the only way I can listen to my cassettes these days...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 19, 2026 08:37 PM (nbLIj)

89 Not gonna lie, they should have been doing that orientation since they let the first paki in.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 08:33 PM (vJrRc)

Or you find out rape is frowned upon when your dumb ass retard cousin-grandpa goes to jail for it only after every man in the village has a chance to beat his grubby fucking rag dress off him.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:37 PM (Ot/FD)

90 My high school had a legit radio station, KYDZ. The signal barely made it to the other side of our little town, but it was cool. Buddy was a DJ there (it was an actual credited class). He and I recorded some stupid things on cart to air later. We were not exactly Bob and Tom, but it was fun hearing my voice on the radio.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at August 19, 2026 08:38 PM (0aYVJ)

91 80 Giraffes are gay.

They drink each other's pee.

I'm....

I'm not being silly. This is A Thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

That's so hot. And 100% natural! I'm adding it to next week's lesson plan right now!

Posted by: Queer They/Them with face piercings and rainbow hair teaching your kids at August 19, 2026 08:38 PM (bUztX)

92 Lincolntf, how is the announcing gig going?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:38 PM (gIjzl)

93 >> That LA vid looks AI:

Time for me to go to work, then.

Posted by: Joe Friday at August 19, 2026 08:38 PM (w6EFb)

94 Home Office
In the UK both people have to say YES for sex.
If you have sex with someone that does not want to,
it is called rape.
-------
Nonsense. "Rape" is a silly human construct, a legal fiction, and probably a tool of White Supremacy. No such thing as "consent" in the animal world. What makes humans so special? Check your premises.

Give It UP for the Revolution!!!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:39 PM (Uf/zI)

95 * you sold me queer giraffes*

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:39 PM (gIjzl)

96 Giraffes are gay.

Did I ever tell you the story about the Siamese giraffes?
Posted by: Tim Conway at August 19, 2026 08:37 PM (w6EFb)

You sold me queer giraffes.
Proximo

Posted by: The Late Oliver Reed at August 19, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)

97 "My Novice rider kicked ass and won the All Around title last weekend.
Posted by: Ben Had "

Congratulations to you both! Does this mean your novice is not a novice anymore?

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:40 PM (MWfyi)

98 *fist bump to the wonderful Ben Had*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 19, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)

99 Fucking ruined my day at the zoo, I'll tell ya.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:40 PM (Ot/FD)

100 Did I ever tell you the story about the Siamese giraffes?
Posted by: Tim Conway

It’s a Sith legend. They were a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise they could...oh, God, they did what?!?!?

Posted by: Senator Palpatine at August 19, 2026 08:41 PM (bUztX)

101 There is no rape in the animal world. a non-esterous female will beat the ever lovin shit out of a male.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:41 PM (gIjzl)

102 I wouldn't say giraffe's are gay, more like they are open to opportunity.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 08:41 PM (XV/Pl)

103
Well, NASA just announced the Swift telescope is a goner. The rescue mission to boost it has failed. That LINK booster spacecraft started tumbling out of control. They were trying to fix it, but no go.

Posted by: Joe Friday at August 19, 2026 08:42 PM (w6EFb)

104 "What? Come on. Get out of of there... what are you doing? Wha... eewwww... what? Ahhhhh! Noooo! Stahp!!!!!"

*starts gargling*

"Nooooooooooo!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:42 PM (Ot/FD)

105 That LA video is cool. I spent time there during Summers in the 70's w/my grandparents. I could see one street sign - Lodi Place which is in Hollywood (north/south) and intersects Lexington Ave then Hollywood Blvd.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 08:42 PM (DZ9Lv)

106 fd, unfortunately yes. I would have liked one more year at the novice level.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:43 PM (gIjzl)

107 Part 15 transmitters are legal to broadcast at home. Kits, pre-wired stuff, etc. Find an unused frequency and you can broadcast tunes from say, your iPod or whatever, to your antique or collectible AM radio.

Kinda fun, actually. Especially since there isn't anything worth listening to on the actual AM bands. I always planned on broadcasting War of the Worlds or old school horror episodes on Halloween but never got around to it.

The AM band is purposefully frequency limited (to get more stations available on the band, I suppose) by using your own transmitter and input source you can hear that it is basically FM quality, just in Mono. I did have a big wooden Zenith console with a green tuning eye that would blast out modern tunes in the garage, a lot of people wondered about that.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 08:44 PM (Uf/zI)

108 Shouldn't this be on the sidebar under Greatest Hitjobs? I've learned some tricks for how to get it to show up in a search, and finally just bookmarked it, but it was weirdly difficult to find the first time:

And Now a Polite and High-Minded Conversation With Chris Hayes In Which We Discuss The Important Matters of The Day As Well as His Future With MSNBC
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/355499.php

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 08:44 PM (L3Npt)

109 Fucking piss gargling gay giraffes.

And we take our dang children to this mess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:44 PM (Ot/FD)

110 What if both partners say no and they do it anyway. Is that rape?

Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2026 08:46 PM (bkGTa)

111 104 "What? Come on. Get out of of there... what are you doing? Wha... eewwww... what? Ahhhhh! Noooo! Stahp!!!!!"

*starts gargling*

"Nooooooooooo!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:42 PM (Ot/FD)

Best porn soundtrack?
Or worst?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 08:46 PM (xcxpd)

112 Pakis don't care what you call it. They do what they do.
It is their way.

Posted by: Braenyard

Yeah, but you still have to tell them that it's wrong in the foreign place they've decided to move to.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 08:46 PM (vJrRc)

113 101 There is no rape in the animal world. a non-esterous female will beat the ever lovin shit out of a male.
Posted by: Ben Had

Lololololol

Posted by: Male Ducks at August 19, 2026 08:46 PM (bUztX)

114 What if both partners say no and they do it anyway. Is that rape?
Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2026 08:46 PM (bkGTa)

How else do you think Maine gets new people?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:47 PM (Ot/FD)

115 110 What if both partners say no and they do it anyway. Is that rape?
Posted by: Reforger at August 19, 2026 08:46 PM (bkGTa)

More kinks eh?

I...may have...seen such things.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 08:47 PM (xcxpd)

116 Thomas Bender, is *shudder* regex involved?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 08:47 PM (aJQbY)

117 They should make disposable cars, too.

* waves *

Posted by: Pinto and Vega at August 19, 2026 08:48 PM (vTZFs)

118 Mass production and the first run. Rush talked about that. The new product always costs more. After the product is accepted and produced in greater volume the price goes down.

Ford Model T 1909, $850
Ford Model T 1916, $360

During the war they were more expensive, ~$550
By 1922 they were back down to $348.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 08:49 PM (BzKNL)

119 First cassette tape. I don't remember the name but it was The Doors. I found it in the middle of the road one morning (mid 80s). Didn't think it would play but it did. I must have had that cassette for 30+ years before it crapped out. Tough little thing.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 19, 2026 08:49 PM (ntk8v)

120 Home Office
In the UK both people have to say YES for sex.
If you have sex with someone that does not want to,
it is called rape.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Also, if someone decides halfway through that they're not into it, it is called rape. Also, if someone regrets it in the morning, it is called rape. Also, if she was drunk, it is called rape - please note... him being drunk is irrelevant. Also, if her boyfriend discovers that she cheated and she says that she didn't, it is called rape.

Have fun, kids.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:49 PM (ExV1e)

121 Hey, I was a breeding manager!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:50 PM (gIjzl)

122 My Novice rider kicked ass and won the All Around title last weekend.
Posted by: Ben Had

Is betting a thing in barrel racing? Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 19, 2026 08:51 PM (nbLIj)

123
Also, if someone decides halfway through that they're not into it, it is called rape. Also, if someone regrets it in the morning, it is called rape. Also, if she was drunk, it is called rape - please note... him being drunk is irrelevant. Also, if her boyfriend discovers that she cheated and she says that she didn't, it is called rape.

__________

*wailing TikToker in car*

"Where have all the good guys gone?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)

124 What if both partners say no and they do it anyway. Is that rape?
Posted by: Reforger

Men aren't allowed to say "no". Sex is all they want from women, and they'll screw anything.

Posted by: AWFLs and feminized society at August 19, 2026 08:51 PM (bUztX)

125 Nonsense. "Rape" is a silly human construct, a legal fiction, and probably a tool of White Supremacy. No such thing as "consent" in the animal world. What makes humans so special? Check your premises.

Give It UP for the Revolution!!!
Posted by: Common Tater

"From each according to her ability, to each according to his need", right Comrade?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 08:52 PM (vJrRc)

126 Hey, I was a breeding manager!
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:50 PM (gIjzl)

I tried for that position when I was younger but the ladies kept saying no.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:52 PM (ExV1e)

127 I was a member of Columbia House. Albums only.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:53 PM (RIvkX)

128 Joe Kidd, this is a four event competition. I gave up tin can chasing ages ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:53 PM (gIjzl)

129 My Novice rider kicked ass and won the All Around title last weekend.
Posted by: Ben Had

Congrats!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 19, 2026 08:56 PM (NnhvP)

130 Yamaha Salesman: You are NOT going to believe this...
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 19, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)

Me: i need a thermostat, an alternator, and if it's not too much of a hassle I'd like to see something in your ballistic missile guidance line.

Honeywell Salesman: right this way, sir.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 08:59 PM (Ot/FD)

131 126 Hey, I was a breeding manager!
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 08:50 PM (gIjzl)

I tried for that position when I was younger but the ladies kept saying no.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:52 PM (ExV1e)

I just wanted to get an audition...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 09:02 PM (xcxpd)

132 I just wanted to get an audition...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 09:02 PM (xcxpd)

I've heard the best way to get over your nerves is to imagine that everyone in the room is wearing clothes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 09:04 PM (Ot/FD)

133 132 I just wanted to get an audition...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 09:02 PM (xcxpd)

I've heard the best way to get over your nerves is to imagine that everyone in the room is wearing clothes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 09:04 PM (Ot/FD)

lol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 09:04 PM (xcxpd)

134 Man, we wore out some 8-tracks back in the day. Of course we were poor, young hoodlums driving pieces of shit so we had house speakers wired up in the back seat of the car. Along next to the high powered rifles.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 09:09 PM (tvdD1)

135 I just wanted to get an audition...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 19, 2026 09:02 PM (xcxpd)

I've heard the best way to get over your nerves is to imagine that everyone in the room is wearing clothes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 09:04 PM (Ot/FD)

Everyone is still laughing. You killed the whole blog.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:09 PM (ExV1e)

136 Imagine my dilemma when I was handed a $500,000 stud that had no inclination to screw.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 09:10 PM (gIjzl)

137 had house speakers wired up in the back seat of the car. "

6 x 9s ruled!

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 09:11 PM (XuXeR)

138 Imagine my dilemma when I was handed a $500,000 stud that had no inclination to screw."

Imagine mine when I found out the project manager screwed up the studs!

/ oh, wait

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 09:12 PM (XuXeR)

139 137 had house speakers wired up in the back seat of the car. "

6 x 9s ruled!
Posted by: man

The high school hatchback I recall had the rear seat removed to accommodate larger speakers. It had a decal on the rear windows that said "COSMIC BASS".

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 09:13 PM (bUztX)

140 Lol. I had 6x9s in cabinets in my old s-10. Run off some way too big jbl amp that i can't even remember how i got it. Some trade or flea market or something.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 09:17 PM (Ot/FD)

141 Beaver Cleaver got in hot water when he joined a record club and never sent back the post cards and they kept sending him more and more records. He'd get to the mail first and just kept putting things in a drawer. I think he owed 30 some bucks. A big sum in 1962. Ward and June were not pleased when he was found out.
He also ordered an accordion, same result.

Posted by: Beaver Tales at August 19, 2026 09:17 PM (JM9I6)

142
Back in the 70's I had a used Ford Galaxy 500. White with red interior. We could cram ten people in it. We drove everywhere with the music blasting. What fun.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 09:18 PM (/QHx4)

143 Beaver Cleaver got in hot water when he joined a record club and never sent back the post cards...

The Paolo, he too has been called a, how you say, beaver cleaver.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 09:20 PM (bUztX)

144 >> Posted by: The Paolo

You're way too hard on the Beaver.

Posted by: June Cleaver at August 19, 2026 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

145 Imagine my dilemma when I was handed a $500,000 stud that had no inclination to screw.

==

The Paolo, how you say, perplesso da questa situazione, perplexed by zis.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 09:22 PM (g47mK)

146 Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 09:20 PM (bUztX)

👆

Impostore!

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 09:23 PM (g47mK)

147 I love that the sole purpose in life for Larry Mandello and Eddie Haskell were to be complete shitbirds and never "learn a lesson" about anything, ever.

There's almost something Greek Drama about those two assholes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 09:24 PM (Ot/FD)

148 It's 5:00 AM in Tehran, no bombs tonight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:25 PM (BzKNL)

149 144 >> Posted by: The Paolo

You're way too hard on the Beaver.
Posted by: June Cleaver

The Paolo, he never hear this?

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 09:25 PM (bUztX)

150 Braenyard, no need to bomb. The IRGC is self imploding.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 09:26 PM (gIjzl)

151
BEIJING – China is currently facing a massive new wave of COVID-19 infections this summer. Health officials are watching the numbers closely as cases skyrocket across the entire country. Hospitals are seeing more patients coming in with familiar symptoms like fever and cough. The latest figures show a dramatic shift in the nation’s public health situation.

China’s National Health Commission reported on August 13 that the mainland recorded 522,000 new COVID-19 cases in July. This figure is up sharply from just 79,000 cases reported back in June. In just one month, cases increased by 443,000, a rise of about 560.8%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:27 PM (/+uur)

152 Go to Google. Type in I'm alone with a white person
First thing that AI pops up says:
If you feel unsafe or need help right now, please reach out to emergency services immediately by calling 911 or your local emergency number.If you are safe and just want to talk about what you are feeling or experiencing, please let me know.Are you safe right now, or do you need help contacting someone?
Then type in I am alone with a black person:
Being alone with a person of any race is a normal everyday situation. Treat them with the same basic respect, courtesy, and kindness you would show to anyone else.

I'm sure Google will say it's just a glitch. Like with Coke.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:27 PM (T5bEc)

153 Karmelo Anthony's getting a new trial.
Could it be that they paid off the judge
with some of that GoFundMe loot?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:27 PM (BzKNL)

154 Search Assist
Feeling alone with a white person can stem from emotional distance rather than physical isolation, as loneliness often arises from a lack of meaningful connection, even in relationships. It's important to communicate openly about feelings and experiences to bridge that gap.
BBC everydayfeminism.com

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:29 PM (BzKNL)

155 Imagine my dilemma when I was handed a $500,000 stud that had no inclination to screw.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 09:10 PM (gIjzl)

Some Barry White? Dim lighting?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 09:30 PM (zZu0s)

156 Hi cafe friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 09:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

157 "I am alone with a Puerto Rican."

"That is literally impossible. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 09:30 PM (Ot/FD)

158 Ben Had: what a dud! Did you have to get candles and soft music? LOL.

Posted by: Iris at August 19, 2026 09:31 PM (286+n)

159 I'm alone with my principles

Posted by: Jimmy from The One-ders at August 19, 2026 09:32 PM (0aYVJ)

160 153 Karmelo Anthony's getting a new trial.
Could it be that they paid off the judge
with some of that GoFundMe loot?

Posted by: Braenyard

That's not exactly what I'm seeing. A judge has been replaced and a new hearing is scheduled to determine if a new trial will be held.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 19, 2026 09:32 PM (bUztX)

161 Karmelo Anthony's getting a new trial.
Could it be that they paid off the judge
with some of that GoFundMe loot?

Posted by: Braenyard

That's being decided on tomorrow. Today Judge Roach was recused. Even the shitbird judge that decided that said Roach did nothing wrong. The judge picked to make that decision is Judge Michael Chitty.
Judge Michael Chitty has been appointed to oversee Karmelo Anthony's appeal for a new trial. Chitty, a retired district judge from Kaufman County, has a significant background in the legal field, having served nearly 17 years in the 422nd District Court. His appointment comes after a motion to recuse Collin County District Judge John Roach was granted, allowing a new judge to hear Anthony's appeal. Chitty's role in the case is crucial as he will preside over the arguments presented by Anthony's defense team regarding the appropriateness of the original trial and its outcome.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:33 PM (T5bEc)

162 "I am alone with Brooke Baldwin"

- are you allergic to cats? Also check for STDs.

Posted by: Iris at August 19, 2026 09:33 PM (286+n)

163 Feeling alone with a white person can stem from emotional distance rather than physical isolation, as loneliness often arises from a lack of meaningful connection, even in relationships. It's important to communicate openly about feelings and experiences to bridge that gap.

That's a woman. Talking to another woman. About being a woman. And the need to talk. Preferably to a woman.

Or a queer.

Men just use tools and drink beer. And tell other men that scold about how to cook their steak to shut the fuck up.

The End.

Posted by: Blah Blah Blah at August 19, 2026 09:34 PM (kp+Uu)

164 It was fun being a teenager back in the day. You had your wheels and fixed up the car the way you wanted to. We didn't have cell phones or television with a hundred channels on them. Movies were a big deal. Or just getting out cruising, listening to our music, meeting up with friends. Hopefully staying out of trouble. Of course times change, but our times are filled with lots of memories that stay with us and our music and cars and friends are a big part of our lives.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 09:34 PM (VrYHL)

165 A two door Model A Ford cost $500 in 1927, the year it came out. That’s less than $9,500 in 2026.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 09:34 PM (ZVgZ4)

166 Iran has weighed attacking US military targets in Europe should Donald Trump escalate the war, according to people close to the regime, as Tehran considers its options to increase the stakes of the conflict.

EU pussys would have let Iran build a bomb on the Champs-Élysées

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:35 PM (/+uur)

167 I am alone with Sydney Sweeny.

Rick, it's time to wake up. C'mon, get up! You have to go to work!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:35 PM (T5bEc)

168 "Hopefully staying out of trouble."

I was nodding along right up until that bit.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 09:36 PM (Q+gd/)

169 150 Braenyard, no need to bomb. The IRGC is self imploding.
---

I understand. But there will be bombs. They are insistent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:37 PM (BzKNL)

170 165 A two door Model A Ford cost $500 in 1927, the year it came out. That’s less than $9,500 in 2026.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Yeah, but it only had front airbags. And no Memory Seat!

Posted by: No A/C at August 19, 2026 09:38 PM (JM9I6)

171 Drive in
Holy shit was drive in fun
So my lil sister (rhonda died in 05) and 3 or 4 of her friends in my car. They roamed the drive in.
My GF and I drinking beer in the car watching Greese or whatever was playin in 1979 or so.

hahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:38 PM (/+uur)

172 This Karmelo Anthony action is not nearly as big a deal as they are making it out to be. Recusal in a review of the same case is not uncommon; any judge will have to find an actual Error of Law that was made in order to allow a retrial, and I don’t see one.

In fact I think it’s poor procedure to let any judge handle the appeals phase of a trial he presided over. It’s done because of expediency, but let a diffferent judge rule that all was done correctly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 09:39 PM (CnJvf)

173
166 Iran has weighed attacking US military targets in Europe should Donald Trump escalate the war, according to people close to the regime, as Tehran considers its options to increase the stakes of the conflict.

EU pussys would have let Iran build a bomb on the Champs-Élysées

Posted by: r hennigantx
---

EU should have a pucker factor +11. Putin, also, has threatened to pee in their Wheaties if they keep selling arms to Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:41 PM (BzKNL)

174 Yeah, but it only had front airbags. And no Memory Seat!
Posted by: No A/C at August 19, 2026 09:38 PM (JM9I6)

About 30 years ago Car and Drive calced about the greatest car ever
F150 inline 6
Front and Rear doors on same hinges (suicide)
4 speed or auto
bench front and back
I believe the number was $8000 for Ford to build

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:41 PM (/+uur)

175 @168- Davidt

Well, you didn't have my parents. 🙂

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 09:44 PM (VrYHL)

176 A two door Model A Ford cost $500 in 1927, the year it came out. That’s less than $9,500 in 2026
----
If you believe government inflation numbers. I don't.
$500 was serious coin in 1927, but .... it was doable.
------

Most speakers back in the day were "blown" from amplifiers that were too small, not too big. Solid state outputs "clip" the waveform and this is what roasted voicecoils, they can't handle that much distortion.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:45 PM (Uf/zI)

177
Cars used to be like tanks. Now most things seem to be made with tin, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)

178 "I am alone with Brooke Baldwin"

- are you allergic to cats? Also check for STDs.
Posted by: Iris

I'll book an appointment.

Posted by: Dr QTip at August 19, 2026 09:46 PM (teh/r)

179 Ford and Chevy 6's were good. Ford offered a 300 ci inline that was beefy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:46 PM (BzKNL)

180 166 Iran has weighed attacking US military targets in Europe should Donald Trump escalate the war, according to people close to the regime, as Tehran considers its options to increase the stakes of the conflict.

EU pussys would have let Iran build a bomb on the Champs-Élysées
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:35 PM (/+uur)

Because I'm supposed to believe they've been holding back until now? That regime is scared shitless about their own people, including some ground level Jihadis who think the Mullahs are losing intentionally.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 19, 2026 09:47 PM (r7+Q7)

181 173 EU should have a pucker factor +11. Putin, also, has threatened to pee in their Wheaties if they keep selling arms to Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:41 PM (BzKNL)

Putin is hiding in the Urals, apparently. Fear of drone attacks.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 19, 2026 09:48 PM (y171U)

182 The slant 6. What an engine.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 09:48 PM (h6CE+)

183
Alone with Baldwin?

Apparently she has had lots of ""visitors" and they left a lot of things to share with you.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 09:49 PM (/QHx4)

184 179 Ford and Chevy 6's were good. Ford offered a 300 ci inline that was beefy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:46 PM (BzKNL)

Jack Rousch took the boss 302 heads and cut them to make a 300 head and won many races

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:49 PM (/+uur)

185

I think I'm a clone now
There's always two of me just a-hangin' around
I think I'm a clone now
'Cause every chromosome is a hand-me-down

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 09:49 PM (Cqx++)

186 Did anybody else do that? I wish I still had one of those tapes.
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

I did that FD! I had several tapes of TZ themes I liked, like Hawaii 5-O

I got a lot of use out of that thing!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 09:50 PM (CnJvf)

187 A two door Model A Ford cost $500 in 1927, the year it came out. That’s less than $9,500 in 2026.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Yeah, but it only had front airbags. And no Memory Seat!
Posted by: No A/C

Seriously, though, what would you rather have today as your daily driver? (Daily. Driver. Not "what can I resell for beaucoup bux to buy something better.") A brand-new 1927 Model A, delivered by time machine? Or a ~$9500 current car? That would be something like a 2014 bare-bones compact with 120K on it, based on a quick check at Carmax.

I bet the rattletrap Kia Soul will still treat you better than the A, unless you're a serious shadetree mechanic.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 09:51 PM (VHUov)

188 Hope the ONT has a better mood tonight. Didn't even want to commit last night.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 09:51 PM (VrYHL)

189
Why Case?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 09:52 PM (/QHx4)

190 I heard one of the regular reporters on Coast to Coast AM say the USS Abraham Lincoln was out of food, bullets and energy. I don't know what he meant by energy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 09:53 PM (Cqx++)

191 182 The slant 6. What an engine.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 09:48 PM (h6CE+)

I have the 540 HP SST now.
Why didn't they lean the engine and leave the SST
Slant Six T
It has 2 turbos and traction light is on entering a freeway in 100% dry entry

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:53 PM (/+uur)

192 I don't know what he meant by energy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 09:53 PM (Cqx++)

they forgot to feed the nuke

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 09:54 PM (/+uur)

193 188 Hope the ONT has a better mood tonight. Didn't even want to commit last night.
Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 09:51 PM

I wasn’t there long, didn’t see it be ugly. But let’s set the tone. Go grab your party hat, I will get my dancing shoes and we will go in there and spread cheer! Ready?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 09:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

194 Cars were deathtraps in those days. No crumple zones. The engine would end up in the cabin during a head on collision. The steering column was made up of a nice, heavy solid piece of vanadium steel, that the driver would impale himself upon. Steering would beat the hell out of you too.

I drove an old pickup for many years, no seatbelts, no nothin'. You tend to hear, and feel, the road. Today drivers are anesthetized, practically. Power steering, power brakes, soft compliant suspensions. Quiet interior. They are much safer, but then they drive that much faster, wait until the last possible moment and slam on the brakes, that sort of thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:54 PM (Uf/zI)

195 Karmelo Anthony's getting a new trial.
Posted by: Braenyard

That's being decided on tomorrow. Today Judge Roach was recused. Even the shitbird judge that decided that said Roach did nothing wrong. The judge picked to make that decision is Judge Michael Chitty.
Posted by: rickb223

Shouldn't a judge named Chitty preside over shootings, not stabbings?

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 09:55 PM (VHUov)

196 Head East - Flat as a pancake

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 19, 2026 09:55 PM (EH7ZV)

197 190 I heard one of the regular reporters on Coast to Coast AM say the USS Abraham Lincoln was out of food, bullets and energy. I don't know what he meant by energy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
---

They don't know jack. That's the last thing we're going to let crew run out of. He needs wood shedding.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:56 PM (BzKNL)

198 Ford and Chevy 6's were good. Ford offered a 300 ci inline that was beefy.

The Ford Straight Six, 300 CU. I had one, in an Eddie Bower. Good looking, and drove forever. Had a manual transmission.

Just like the 351, and recently the 5.0 Coyote ... FORD decided they didn't want to build more of a good thing. Of course, GM quit making the LS about the same time. Only the greatest crate motor ever made in North America. Ever.

Ram is trying to bring back the 5.7. I'd want to know what faggot stopped it. And fire him. Via catapult.

Posted by: Howdy at August 19, 2026 09:56 PM (PB+bW)

199 I heard that everyone on the Carrier Lincoln wants to mutiny because theres only single ply TP left on board. No Charmin at all!

The ghosts of the soldiers in the trenches at Ypres say “yeah, we feel your pain.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 09:59 PM (CnJvf)

200 @189. Some folks (who I like) were in a bad mood. No use getting involved.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 09:59 PM (VrYHL)

201 Shouldn't a judge named Chitty preside over shootings, not stabbings?
Posted by: mikeski

Judge Bang Bang.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (T5bEc)

202
Shit happens, bad moods happen.

Roll with it or ignore.

AOS is the best place ever.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 10:00 PM (/QHx4)

203 The ONT is rolling.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 19, 2026 10:05 PM (Jr+re)

204 >>>>>My Novice rider kicked ass and won the All Around title last weekend.
Posted by: Ben Had

Congrats!
Posted by: AZ .

Congratulations. My daughters grew up riding jumpers and did extremely well, so I can appreciate a good rider and trainer.

Posted by: Cosda at August 19, 2026 10:14 PM (Fkr3y)

205 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 10:26 PM (vTZFs)

206 I heard one of the regular reporters on Coast to Coast AM say the USS Abraham Lincoln was out of food, bullets and energy. I don't know what he meant by energy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 09:53 PM (Cqx++)

Apparently they are also out of lanyard grease, and the Army is supplying them with grid squares

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

House Oversight Chairman James Comer: California Democrat Candidate for Governor Xavier Bercera Conspired With Anthony Fauci to Hide Fauci's Creation of Covid-19 in Wuhan

Fox News Politics
@foxnewspolitics
FAUCI FALLOUT: House Oversight Chairman James Comer is accusing former Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra of potentially hiding Fauci's COVID-era diary and cellphone from Congress -- documents that contained references to "COVID-19," "gain-of-function," and "Wuhan" that Republicans specifically requested in November 2023.
Comer says Becerra either intentionally withheld the materials or failed to conduct an adequate search.

As I've mentioned a lot, they also deliberately fail to search for the correct keywords, and of course they deliberately misspell searchable keywords so that they can't be found in an automated search.

These searches are all automated, because they search for thousands of documents, and the opposing party is not allowed to see the body of documents, just the ones that turn up positive for containing the searched-for keywords.

And Democrats have made a crooked career out of deliberately sabotaging these searches.

The diary, which current HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. turned over to Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson earlier this year, spans over 1,000 pages and includes entries where Fauci discussed his influence over school closures -- something he previously denied under oath.
Becerra, now running for governor of California, has until Sept. 2 to answer whether he knew about the diary, why it wasn't produced, and whether any Biden officials pressured him to withhold it.
Here's the contradiction at the center of this: Fauci told Congress in June 2024 that "The CDC was responsible for those kinds of guidelines to schools, not me." His own diary includes a 2020 entry where he says he "convinced" NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio "based on what I was saying publicly and my conversation tonight to close the NYC schools."

When Fauci appeared before the Senate in late July, he didn't address any of the diary's revelations. Instead, he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times as Republicans pressed him on the pandemic's effects and what the diary entries revealed about his role.

Comer's letter to Becerra demands answers to pointed questions: Did he know the diary existed? Why wasn't it included in the original document production? And did any Biden administration officials pressure him to withhold materials from the November 2023 request?

Was Becerra pardoned by Biden?

No, actually.

From The Blaze: Fauci was warned to create a contingency fund to pay off people injured (or caused to miscarry) by his supposedly 100% safe and effective his money untested experimental "vaccine."

Fauci was apparently warned to save '$$' to tackle vaccine fallout: 'Will come back to bite you'
Joseph MacKinnon

Fauci was not only aware of a possible link between the jab and miscarriages but presented with casualty concerns by the head of the FDA.
...
A newly released email from May 2021 seemingly reveals that the head of the Food and Drug Administration was so concerned about the novel mRNA vaccines that she advised Fauci and then-National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins to create a contingency fund to deal with the fallout from them.

On Sunday, Sen. Johnson, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, published a May 27, 2021, email sent by then-acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock to Fauci and then-NIH Director Collins regarding the perceived need to begin squirreling away scientific research funds to later investigate vaccine side effects.
"I have been contacted by a number of people who have experienced adverse events post COVID-19 vaccination (from all three of the current vaccines)," wrote Woodcock. "Many are healthcare professionals, some of whom I know. The symptoms do not fit together into a distinctive syndrome and most are not easily quantifiable or evaluated with standard laboratory testing."
While cognizant that "during mass vaccination you will get a lot of psychological reactions," Woodcock was nevertheless sensitive to complaints among apparent vaccine casualties that "no one takes them seriously, no one knows how to treat them" and that there had been "no effort to study this."
...

"But of course $ need to be made available, and you would need an investigator who is interested in 'medical mysteries,'" wrote Woodcock. "I doubt the industry would support, for obvious reasons. But my experience is, that if you let a problem fester, then it will come back to bite you later and you are not prepared."
Fauci subsequently told Collins, "We cannot ignore her. We should probably bring in CDC and see what Rochelle thinks."
Johnson's office noted that based on the information reviewed to date, it's unclear whether Walensky was ever consulted.
Blaze News did not immediately receive a response from the CDC, the FDA, or an attorney representing Fauci. Woodcock could not be reached for comment.

🚨NEW TESTIMONY: Xavier Becerra sent 14-year-old migrant child to fake �aunt,� who forced her into slave labor.

No DNA test, no ID, no verification � all on Becerra�s order.

Child witnessed a man shot in the head on way to the border. Worked 55-60 hours a week with no pay.� pic.twitter.com/AiE9zi3BBO
— Steve Hilton (@SteveHiltonx) August 18, 2026

NEW TESTIMONY: �I was sexually abused because of Xavier Becerra.�

Migrant girl sent to child traffickers after Becerra dismantled HHS vetting procedures. Forced to work 20 hour days�no pay, no water. Slept on ceramic floor surrounded by men. Sexually assaulted.

�They kept me� pic.twitter.com/gcycSJO3Xy
— Steve Hilton (@SteveHiltonx) August 3, 2026

Related: Chris Cuomo is a liar and a whiny pussy.

Chris Cuomo gets booed on stage after old clip EXPOSES his shameful remarks on ivermectin.

CHRIS CUOMO: �I don�t like what people did to Joe Rogan about Ivermectin. I don�t like it.�

DAVE SMITH: �You did it!�

CHRIS CUOMO: �Find the clips.�

[Clip plays, boos erupt] pic.twitter.com/vqz9ddusw6
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) August 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

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1 !

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 06:41 PM (UjdFS)

2 Bercera will still "win"... It's CA.

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 06:44 PM (+gK6I)

3 I think the Death Penalty is in order.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 06:45 PM (Fi81e)

4 Didn't a couple of Repubs go to Jail for lying to Congress, or not testifying?

Goose... Gander

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 06:47 PM (mP0Kj)

5 Too early in the thread for the catchphrase

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 06:48 PM (ZxPkt)

6
Too early in the thread for the catchphrase
Posted by: Don Black

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

It's never too early. The catchphrase is evergreen.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 06:49 PM (XJ22o)

7 Covid 19: never forgive, never forget

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 06:49 PM (T8bqm)

8
Accomack

Amen!

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 06:52 PM (/QHx4)

9 You know what can put an end to the misspelled key word dodge?

AI

It can go through a ton of material quickly and check for context without anything being exposed to anyone outside the process.

Posted by: Thatch at August 19, 2026 06:53 PM (Tvija)

10 California Globe: REPORT: Xavier Becerra’s HHS Funneled Nearly $80 Million to CAIR and Terror-Linked Islamist Groups
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ California chapter received the largest share among Islamist groups, collecting $42.2 million in HHS-originated funding to provide legal and social services to Afghan refugees

Other groups receiving HHS funds included ICNA Relief ($10.6 million), which MEF links to an Islamist movement responsible for violence in South Asia, and the Muslim American Society’s Sacramento chapter ($90,000), described by a federal appeals court as an “overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.”

As the California Globe previously reported, Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego saw its revenue more than sextuple from $11.5 million in 2019 to nearly $80 million by 2023, a surge fueled almost entirely by federal dollars for refugee and migrant services. Audit records show tens of millions in HHS-originated refugee and entrant assistance funds passed through CDSS to the organization for programs including migrant hotel wraparound services, Afghan Support and Investment, Refugee Cash Assistance, and related supports.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 06:56 PM (bUztX)

11 Holding my breath over here, Boss!

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at August 19, 2026 06:56 PM (MWfyi)

12
Hang Them All

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 06:56 PM (BzKNL)

13
Yeah, thanks for tweeting about this, SteveHilton, but ffs these are girls being sex-trafficked, and RFKJ says hundreds of thousands came across and tens of thousands are lost. Do more. Be an activist, not just a candidate delicately pointing out your areas of disagreement.

Hilton ought to be stalking every fucking step Becerra takes in public and SHOUTING at him about these missing kids. He ought to be outside with bullhorns at every fundraiser asking, "Where are they right now?" When they come to debate, Hilton ought to yell at him, "Get off this stage and go find them!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 06:56 PM (XJ22o)

14 Covid 19: never forgive, never forget

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 06:49 PM

Remember the Maine!

Posted by: Teddy Roosevelt at August 19, 2026 06:56 PM (cpFbA)

15
Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego saw its revenue more than sextuple from $11.5 million in 2019 to nearly $80 million by 2023, a surge fueled almost entirely by federal dollars for refugee and migrant services.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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

Huh. One of our morons noted that murder stats in San Diego of all places had surged in recent years. San Diego, wut? Maybe we have a clue.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 06:59 PM (XJ22o)

16 7 Covid 19: never forgive, never forget
Posted by: Accomack

Is that anything like 9/11, never forgive, never forget?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 06:59 PM (W2Pud)

17 HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra of potentially hiding Fauci's COVID-era diary and cellphone from Congress -- documents that contained references to "COVID-19," "gain-of-function," and "Wuhan" that Republicans specifically requested in November 2023.
---
Ah, so they don't believe in oversight-responsive "independent" departments!

HHS is either needs to report for Congressional oversight, OR it's covered under "Executive Privilege", unlike the granted for even Trump's non-cabinet staff!!

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:00 PM (Fi81e)

18 Ya bunch of no-nooding nudnicks!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 07:00 PM (wVcYX)

19
When I write a Democrat, I think of man ... and take away all reason and responsibility.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:00 PM (Fi81e)

20 Pull him up to the witness stand

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

21 of course he did. not shocked.

what would be shocking is there actually being consequences.

without consequences this behavior will continue, and get worse.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 07:02 PM (VyBeY)

22
Hilton needs to pull a Trump and put trafficked girls in the front row at every gubernatorial debate. But he won't. He's no Trump.

California needs its Trump. That might be Spencer Pratt if he wants to take it up when Becerra runs for his second term.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:02 PM (XJ22o)

23 Huh. One of our morons noted that murder stats in San Diego of all places had surged in recent years. San Diego, wut? Maybe we have a clue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Dems 2019- Get religion out of politics! No tax dollars to religious organizations!

Dems 2021- Billions to anyone who will help bring illegals into the country! Jesus loves immigrants!!!

Whoever says Democrats have no principles, except "do whatever you need to hurt America and gain power", come to the window and collect your winnings.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 07:03 PM (bUztX)

24 AI can go through a ton of material quickly and check for context without anything being exposed to anyone outside the process.

A lot more than that. AI can do sentiment analysis. Through prompts a search can be directed to spread across multi email accounts and put together story lines, highlight attempts to disguise, obfuscate or identify ad hoc euphemisms and then compose high-level summaries of email threads. AI can easily detect attempts to circumvent processes and practices and point out exactly where regulations have been violated or legal infractions are being made or referred to.

They just don't want to upset the status quo so while AI is great a performing a pattern of life on you, they won't dare do that to identify their sleaze.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 07:03 PM (xE0sV)

25 My hypothesis regarding the Catholic Church is that at some point Democrat DA”s and attorneys gave it a choice: either allow the us to take over or be sued into oblivion.
The Protestant churches were destroyed by the seminaries pumping out Marxists.
Anyways

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 07:03 PM (/Chlc)

26 As the California Globe previously reported, Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego saw its revenue more than sextuple from $11.5 million in 2019 to nearly $80 million by 2023, a surge fueled almost entirely by federal dollars for refugee and migrant services. Audit records show tens of millions in HHS-originated refugee and entrant assistance funds passed through CDSS to the organization for programs including migrant hotel wraparound services, Afghan Support and Investment, Refugee Cash Assistance, and related supports.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 06:56 PM

I recall reading someplace that each and every illegal that biden let into the country resulted in $3,500 of our taxpayer money going to various NGO's to house, feed and resettle that illegal.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 07:03 PM (cpFbA)

27 Matilda raised two grade A assholes for sure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)

28 No, no, silly.

We're cat-holics.

Can't get enough of the furry little things.

Posted by: "Catholic" "Charities" at August 19, 2026 07:04 PM (Ot/FD)

29 It's clear that Tony BondVillain may have wanted to poison Americans, so

Do a FOIA on

1. Poison
2. P0ison
3. Po1son
4. Po1s0n
5. Poi$on
5. |>oison
6. Poisson
....
n. |>01$0n

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:04 PM (Fi81e)

30 "AI can easily detect attempts to circumvent processes and practices and point out exactly where regulations have been violated or legal infractions are being made or referred to."

And we are supposed to believe it?

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)

31 Kudos Steve Hilton for putting names, faces, and stories on the horrific crimes the left has perpetrated against these children.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:05 PM (RIvkX)

32 No point in begging for a pardon if you didn't do a crime

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 07:06 PM (Ia/+0)

33 Cuomo's sister was a year behind me in law school. She looked like Mario with tits

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 07:06 PM (rp63B)

34 "I recall reading someplace that each and every illegal that biden let into the country resulted in $3,500 of our taxpayer money going to various NGO's to house, feed and resettle that illegal.
Posted by: Mister Scott"

I wouldn't be surprised if it's 10X that.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

35 that would be $3500 per month, right?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 07:08 PM (VyBeY)

36
Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:04 PM (Fi81e)

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

Easiest thing in the world, and in fact, this could have been done without AI. Casual hackers made a practice of using every permutation possible of a likely password when trying to hack accounts. Guy's wife is named Matilda, so:

Matilda
M@tilda
Matild@
Mat!lda

and so on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:08 PM (XJ22o)

37 Kudos Steve Hilton for putting names, faces, and stories on the horrific crimes the left has perpetrated against these children.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:05 PM (RIvkX)

---------------

"Tens of millions intentionally sex-trafficked and raped is statistic, comrade!"

/The AutoPen Empire

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 07:08 PM (7ccUk)

38 Yeah, nurse, we will forget. Humans do things like move on.
I don’t know what Jesus would do, but, I do know that He is risen.
My daughter is a tween now and her style is Japanese anime school girl.
Lord help me.

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (/Chlc)

39 Do a FOIA on

1. Poison
2. P0ison
3. Po1son
4. Po1s0n
5. Poi$on
5. |>oison
6. Poisson
....
n. |>01$0n
Posted by: Axeman

There onto me!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar in college in the late 90s with porn, pron, p0rn, pr0n, etc... at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (bUztX)

40 "Is that anything like 9/11, never forgive, never forget?"
____________________

Well, no. At least not in my case. Because none of my friends and family shunned me as result of 9/11.

Again - as we focus on people like Fauci, Brix and the rest - never forget and never forgive the millions of people who went along with them.

Posted by: Chuck Finley at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (pE12i)

41 Is this a strong password?

B@@bs!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

42 PRISON IS PERFECT FOR LIBERALS
1. EVERYONE IS EQUAL
2. FREE FOOD & HOUSING
3. NO GUNS
4. UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
5. SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS

Posted by: Unkaren at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (ccX9M)

43 99 percent of legal voters in CA could vote for an R or non-Commie candidate, and that candidate would still lose.

they are at the "can't vote your way out" stage.

also hi! how about that US RCC huh. I do note a lot of parishioners eschew the basket now.

they get my money anyway via taxes so screw em

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (j+aD2)

44 So several women in some (or several) deep red states surely can bring a suit against Fauci (and his gang) for miscarriages (and other groups for other very real harms). Civil suits in red states would surely be possible, since that is where the harm occurred?

People were not only Not Given the necessary info for full informed consent, they were lied to and told there was no harm, only good. Fauci should have to face all the accusers of those left behind from his murderous rampage.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (vbXSk)

45
Kudos Steve Hilton for putting names, faces, and stories on the horrific crimes the left has perpetrated against these children.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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

I grudgingly agree even though this will get nowhere unless someone gets passionate and, I hesitate to say, but imaginative about it, which I doubt Hilton is up to.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:10 PM (XJ22o)

46 "Easiest thing in the world, and in fact, this could have been done without AI. Casual hackers made a practice of using every permutation possible of a likely password when trying to hack accounts. Guy's wife is named Matilda, so:

Matilda
M@tilda
Matild@
Mat!lda

and so on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:08 PM (XJ22o) "

if you looked in the hacker distros of linux there's probably a utility for doing that

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 07:10 PM (VyBeY)

47 Easiest thing in the world, and in fact, this could have been done without AI. Casual hackers made a practice of using every permutation possible of a likely password when trying to hack accounts. Guy's wife is named Matilda, so:

Matilda
M@tilda
Matild@
Mat!lda

and so on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:08 PM (XJ22o)
---
Yes, but from what I understand each "spelling" is a separate request.

I could write an algorithm (I'm in that business) to come up with a radius of misspellings. But that program won't write out each FOIA request and file them.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:10 PM (Fi81e)

48 They should be drawn, quartered, and hanged from the neck until dead. In whatever order inflicts the most pain.

Posted by: Used to be quite usual at August 19, 2026 07:10 PM (TbWk/)

49 33 Cuomo's sister was a year behind me in law school. She looked like Mario with tits
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I have the same problem, but my tits are epic enough that people give it a pass.

Posted by: Abigail Shapiro at August 19, 2026 07:10 PM (bUztX)

50 /off Chuck Finley sock

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 19, 2026 07:11 PM (pE12i)

51 On that Brooke Baldwin story. OMG a woman who wants casual sex? Inconceivable!! Is it 1968 already?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 07:11 PM (6crAJ)

52 The chunky girl's mother sold her into slavery. Low.

Posted by: huerfano at August 19, 2026 07:11 PM (2Xqig)

53
But that program won't write out each FOIA request and file them.
Posted by: Axeman

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

Well, someone writes the script that will.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:12 PM (XJ22o)

54 43 99 percent of legal voters in CA could vote for an R or non-Commie candidate, and that candidate would still lose.

they are at the "can't vote your way out" stage.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM (j+aD2)

I live in CA, and totally agree.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

55 Walzing M@+11d@, Walzing M@+11d@...

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:13 PM (Fi81e)

56 42, LOL

send 'em all; we can build more

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 07:13 PM (VyBeY)

57 Well, someone writes the script that will.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:12 PM (XJ22o)
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And there's the money that has to be paid on each request.

Another way DC steals from us.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

58
They should be drawn, quartered, and hanged from the neck until dead. In whatever order inflicts the most pain.
Posted by: Used to be quite usual at August 19, 2026 07:10 PM (TbWk/)

Or receive a Black Jack Ketchum Special.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (y9nCu)

59 Cuomo's sister was a year behind me in law school. She looked like Mario with tits

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 07:06 PM (rp63B)

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Pierced nipples like Mario?

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (7ccUk)

60 think the Death Penalty is in order"

Well, lots of people died...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (XuXeR)

61 Another way DC steals from us.
Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

Freedom of Information isn't Free.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (Ot/FD)

62 Cali AWFLs : why didn't we get Hispanic slaves?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 07:15 PM (rp63B)

63 Didn't a couple of Repubs go to Jail for lying to Congress, or not testifying?

Goose... Gander
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 06:47 PM (mP0Kj)
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Yeah, but they were criminals. This is (D)ifferent.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:15 PM (Fi81e)

64
The chunky girl's mother sold her into slavery. Low.
Posted by: huerfano

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I think it's routine in sex tourism countries like Thailand, too. And don't forget the places like Afghanistan where they let CHILDREN go off to disgusting old horndogs in exchange for freedom from having to spend any more money feeding and clothing her.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:16 PM (XJ22o)

65 "never forget"

Forget what?

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:16 PM (VrYHL)

66 5th inning, no outs, man on 2nd and no one bunts him to 3rd. The 10th? Everybody bunts him over.

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 07:16 PM (/Chlc)

67 >Holding my breath over here, Boss!

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen
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DUDE THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:16 PM (ZxPkt)

68 Amazon is out of Elizabeth Arden Hand Creme.

Can anyone spare some? It's a terrible bother to get any in the U.K., due to high demand from all those wankers with sore todgers.

Posted by: Harry Sussex at August 19, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

69 Another way DC steals from us.
Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

Freedom of Information isn't Free.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:14 PM (Ot/FD)
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As Neil Peart would say "You can't have something for nothing/You can't have your freedom for free."

As as Frank would say "Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing or do nothing--we want to be free!"

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:17 PM (Fi81e)

70 Coulter makes the point that USA may be worse off than Europe, in our Western Civ degradation.

"Today, Western Europe is 85% to 90% white -- or “European.” The gigantic population shift in the last few decades is the equivalent (of) trading the demographics of Maine (90.1% white Western European) for those of Montana (84.6% white Western European). Even the UK is 82% white -- or the demographics of North Dakota (82.5%). The doomsday scenario is that, in a few years, Britain may have the demographics of South Dakota (80.5%).

Meanwhile, the U.S. is hanging on by a thread at 56.1% white Western European"

Many of the "Hispanics" may be somewhat less prone to violence, and less likely to act as jihadists, but Ann has a good point.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2026 07:18 PM (vbXSk)

71 >>>>>>> Other groups receiving HHS funds included ICNA Relief ($10.6 million), which MEF links to an Islamist movement responsible for violence in South Asia,
and
the Muslim American Society’s Sacramento chapter ($90,000), described by a federal appeals court as an “overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.”

As the California Globe previously reported, Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego saw its revenue more than sextuple from $11.5 million in 2019 to nearly $80 million by 2023,

a surge fueled almost entirely by federal dollars for refugee and migrant services
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ain't nothin' demonic about that

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:19 PM (BzKNL)

72
Woman in Florida had $3200 in stolen cash hidden in her hoohah. Sheriff's Office says cash will be put back in circulation.

Ewwwwww

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 07:19 PM (/QHx4)

73 50MM Hispanics> 5MM musselmans

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 07:20 PM (/Chlc)

74
I live in CA, and totally agree.
Posted by: Romeo13

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I have an even dimmer view: I think the reason we'll never get Republican leadership here is that there's no need to need to steal the vote. Californians really are that stupid.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:20 PM (XJ22o)

75 and of course they deliberately misspell searchable keywords so that they can't be found in an automated search.

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Get the DOGE boys on it asap, I'm sure they can think of creative search terms to find anything.

Posted by: Decaf at August 19, 2026 07:21 PM (ZNpJk)

76 68 Amazon is out of Elizabeth Arden Hand Creme.

Can anyone spare some? It's a terrible bother to get any in the U.K., due to high demand from all those wankers with sore todgers.
Posted by: Harry Sussex

One of my favorite Prince Harry things lol:

In his 2023 memoir Spare, Prince Harry described getting frostnip/frostbite on his penis (which he called his “todger” after a 2011 charity North Pole trek with wounded veterans. He wrote that a friend recommended Elizabeth Arden cream as a home remedy. He noted that his mother, Princess Diana, had used it on her lips, applied some “down there,” and said the smell reminded him of her.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 07:21 PM (bUztX)

77 20 Pull him up to the witness stand

Posted by: Skip
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Send him to the electric chair.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:21 PM (BzKNL)

78 Matilda
M@tilda
Matild@
Mat!lda

and so on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:08 PM (XJ22o)

Wait a minute; my chi-weenie's name is Matilda!

Posted by: Nelly at August 19, 2026 07:22 PM (6+ehB)

79 I could write an algorithm (I'm in that business) to come up with a radius of misspellings. But that program won't write out each FOIA request and file them.
Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:10 PM (Fi81e)
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AI probably could submit FOIA requests....

Flood the system!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 07:22 PM (FZ29D)

80 -------------

Get the DOGE boys on it asap, I'm sure they can think of creative search terms to find anything.

Posted by: Decaf
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I think DOGE already found it. That's why Elon blew his stack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:23 PM (BzKNL)

81 Woman in Florida had $3200 in stolen cash hidden in her hoohah. Sheriff's Office says cash will be put back in circulation.

Ewwwwww
Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 07:19 PM (/QHx4)
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Give it to an NGO to be laundered first...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 07:23 PM (FZ29D)

82
So, if you live in Martin County FL use exact change.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 07:24 PM (/QHx4)

83 Xavier Becerra is probably the biggest supplier of child sex slaves since ISIS. No, since the Ottoman Empire. Red-Green alliance, baby! Islamunists *are* the "Epstein class."

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 07:24 PM (L3Npt)

84 "Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing or do nothing"

Sounds like half the country, especially the big cities.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:24 PM (VrYHL)

85
Amazon is out of Elizabeth Arden Hand Creme.

Can anyone spare some? It's a terrible bother to get any in the U.K., due to high demand from all those wankers with sore todgers.
Posted by: Harry Sussex

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Doesn't one of your wife's friends make some sort of bees' milk, carrot oil, raw honey, black tulip pollen, avocado husk smooth skin formula that Gwyneth Paltrow sells from her website?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:24 PM (XJ22o)

86 Many of the "Hispanics" may be somewhat less prone to violence, and less likely to act as jihadists, but Ann has a good point.
Posted by: illiniwek

They are certainly closer to our culture, and would integrate much more successfully (if not allowed to form enclaves) than Somalis, Pakistanis, Afghans, etc. Same with most East Asians.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 19, 2026 07:25 PM (bUztX)

87 ---
Give it to an NGO to be laundered first...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
--

Beat me toit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:25 PM (BzKNL)

88 Fauci was apparently warned to save '$$' to tackle vaccine fallout: 'Will come back to bite you'
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To which he responded, "We'll just lie and ban people who say different from social media as 'making the country less safe'" (not literally, but basically, probably)

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:26 PM (Fi81e)

89 Fauci should have to face all the accusers of those left behind from his murderous rampage.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2026 07:09 PM

If fauci should ever leave his little private security protected DC bubble and people found out about it he would be killed. Heck I would take a swing and punch him in the face as hard as I could for what he did to those little puppies, let alone anything he lied about during covid.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 07:26 PM (cpFbA)

90
Wait a minute; my chi-weenie's name is Matilda!
Posted by: Nelly

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Then you're doomed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:27 PM (XJ22o)

91 Gash Cash

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 07:27 PM (teh/r)

92 86 Many of the "Hispanics" may be somewhat less prone to violence, and less likely to act as jihadists, but Ann has a good point.
Posted by: illiniwek
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All you need to do is help them understand the teachings of Islam
that will be enough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:27 PM (BzKNL)

93 Becerra will be elected governor by something slightly less than a landslide.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 07:28 PM (aYdt9)

94 Many of the "Hispanics" may be somewhat less prone to violence, and less likely to act as jihadists, but Ann has a good point.
Posted by: illiniwek

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The most dangerous--and a vast majority of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world are in Central and South America.

America had 3, at the time I saw it: Baltimore, St. Louis and New Orleans (or maybe Memphis).

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:29 PM (Fi81e)

95 Didn't a couple of Repubs go to Jail for lying to Congress, or not testifying?

Goose... Gander
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 06:47 PM (mP0Kj)

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That would work if we had a judiciary that is into justice. President Bukele of El Salvador had the right idea, first dismiss the hostile judges.

Posted by: Decaf at August 19, 2026 07:30 PM (ZNpJk)

96 "Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing or do nothing"

Sounds like half the country, especially the big cities.
Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:24 PM (VrYHL)
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Zappa was being satirical, so I think that's roughly the target.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:30 PM (Fi81e)

97 89 Fauci should have to face all the accusers of those left behind from his murderous rampage.

Posted by: illiniwek
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After he is tie to the barrel of a cannon let each accuser walk past and say their piece. (quickly for he must be wide awake for his final punishment)

and there are others
the mutilators

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:31 PM (BzKNL)

98 Didn't a couple of Repubs go to Jail for lying to Congress, or not testifying?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 06:47 PM (mP0Kj)
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I'll get the pro-forma session on that right away.

Posted by: Sen John Thune at August 19, 2026 07:31 PM (Fi81e)

99 CNN needs to be sued out of existence.

They're going on and on about this Trump aide chick always by his side. And that Burnett bitch is suddenly concerned about all of the building projects when the nation's so far in debt.

Hey, whore, I can direct you to some fraud you'll never cover.

Bastards.
I'm going to bed.
Good night.

Want them dead Wednesday is over.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 07:31 PM (Sco7b)

100 Prolapse Paul-

Nobody gives a fuck what you think. You are mental defective.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 07:32 PM (teh/r)

101 Here are 2 others he should be posting about
1. USA deficit reached 50 trillion dollars under Trump The King of Debt
2. Tyson just closed down 2vof it's 3 beef packing plants because there are not enough cattle to be slaughtered.ranchets are not keeping any female calves to build their herds back up.Thr drought made worse by record high temps has fried up Western and Mid Western pasture.
Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 07:30 PM

Dude. NYC's deficit of quality locally-sourced picante sauce is getting even worse under Mamdani. Have you no concern about that?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

102 Cooter Loot

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 07:34 PM (wVcYX)

103 Wait, I had thought they were misspelling words in their emails to avoid the FOIA and subpoena requests.
Like, "adver$e effeks."

But, the way I'm reading the post, they were misspelling the requested search terms to game it to return zero results?

So, a subpoena that said "all documents that include the phrase "adverse effects," they would only search for "addvarse afects?"

Then came back and said, "nope, no documents found with the phrase "adverse effects."

If so, that's huge.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 07:34 PM (3cUTc)

104 94 Many of the "Hispanics" may be somewhat less prone to violence, and less likely to act as jihadists, but Ann has a good point.
Posted by: illiniwek

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The most dangerous--and a vast majority of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world are in Central and South America.

America had 3, at the time I saw it: Baltimore, St. Louis and New Orleans (or maybe Memphis).

Posted by: Axeman
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Before the Obama/Biden flood, Hispanic was another term for Mexican. Each country has a different culture. Excepting the new cartel era Mexico was more civilized than most of its southern neighbors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:34 PM (BzKNL)

105 Money Clit > Money Clip

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 07:34 PM (teh/r)

106 Cooter Loot
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 07:34 PM

Money shot.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)

107
Cash back for the Baldwin woman's sex partners.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 07:35 PM (/QHx4)

108 72Woman in Florida had $3200 in stolen cash hidden in her hoohah.
Posted by: four seasons

Is that the one next to the yin-yang place?

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 07:35 PM (Y8DZL)

109 Cash back for the Baldwin woman's sex partners.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 07:35 PM (/QHx4)
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They were all turned down.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 07:36 PM (Fi81e)

110 Woman in Florida had $3200 in stolen cash hidden in her hoohah. Sheriff's Office says cash will be put back in circulation.
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That's a lot of singles

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 07:37 PM (W7OWS)

111 When the zombies are eating your couz on the front yard and coming for you there will be (D)s claiming that the Zombies just was better economics and a good job.

There is nothing communist/socialist love better than a health crisis. It gives them something to cover up.
The cure or the disease.

In 2020, there were approximately 35,074 miscarriages reported in hospital settings in England.
Estimates suggest that there may have been over 100,000 miscarriages in England in 2021, but comprehensive data for subsequent years is limited.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 07:37 PM (/+uur)

112 So, what?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 19, 2026 07:38 PM (PaCtc)

113 Joyce Carol Oates (or whoever runs her social media) just called me out on Twitter/X for mocking Stephen King. Heh heh heh.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 19, 2026 07:38 PM (vV6n9)

114 The thread devolution was quick and certain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:38 PM (BzKNL)

115 "The most dangerous--and a vast majority of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world are in Central and South America."

yeah, the cartels are their own kind of jihadists, for sure. It's good we are blowing up their drug boats in open waters, but they still have their large gangs here in America.

But the "rank and file" may be largely Catholic, and not as ready to be their own United Mafia (like Islam) inside our borders. Western Culture must still be made "The American Way".

Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2026 07:39 PM (vbXSk)

116 Joyce Carol Oates (or whoever runs her social media) just called me out on Twitter/X for mocking Stephen King. Heh heh heh.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 19, 2026 07:38 PM (vV6n9)

People say this all the time, but i think you actually just Won The Internet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:39 PM (Ot/FD)

117 And there's no way JCO ain't running her own ex-twit box.

The fuck else has she got to do all day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 07:40 PM (Ot/FD)

118 Woman in Florida had $3200 in stolen cash hidden in her hoohah. Sheriff's Office says cash will be put back in circulation.
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That's a lot of singles
Posted by: ...

I told the bouncer I was trying to tip her during my lapdance!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 07:40 PM (bUztX)

119 What the left did during Covid and after justifies repealing the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

They all deserve the whole gambit of tortures invented in the most ghastly medieval dungeon.

They should be live test subjects in recreation of the Comanche contests of keeping prisoners alive and in the most pain the longest.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 07:40 PM (3cUTc)

120 "USA deficit reached 50 trillion dollars......"

Sounds like somebody's hand is in the till.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2026 07:41 PM (VrYHL)

121 I told the bouncer I was trying to tip her during my lapdance!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 07:40 PM (bUztX)

With a fuckin' tee-shirt cannon?!?!

Posted by: *FPOOOMPH!* at August 19, 2026 07:41 PM (Ot/FD)

122 Hah, good call, Warai-otoko. He's such a 'tard and she's the world's worst Karen.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 19, 2026 07:42 PM (vV6n9)

123 Cartel members practice apostasy or santaria. Mostly apostasy, they are life or death. Brutal death.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 07:42 PM (BzKNL)

124 And it’ll all be moot if the Republicans don’t win the House in November. They always take too long to get things done before the clock runs out. It’s as if they really don’t want to get to the bottom of anything.

Posted by: Unkaren at August 19, 2026 07:44 PM (ccX9M)

125 Nood.

Posted by: Bosk at August 19, 2026 07:44 PM (VMFAF)

126
"If you’re in a room with ten Nazis at a table and you’re the only one who’s not, there’s a pretty good chance you’re a Nazi."

-- The Wisdom of Rosie O'Donnell

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

127 5th inning, no outs, man on 2nd and no one bunts him to 3rd. The 10th? Everybody bunts him over.
Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 07:16 PM (/Chlc)

Bunting to 3rd for a sac fly is a "one run" strategy. It increases the chance for 1 run but decreases the overall runs you are expected to score in the inning. Near the end of a game or extra innings this is viable, other innings the max runs strategy is better.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 08:24 PM (uhVAy)

128 I live in CA, and totally agree.
Posted by: Romeo13

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I have an even dimmer view: I think the reason we'll never get Republican leadership here is that there's no need to need to steal the vote. Californians really are that stupid.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 07:20 PM (XJ22o)

The GOPe here is stupid. They allow the Dems to do this jungle primary, cheat every year to subtract winners and gerrymander the state. The voters, less so.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 08:28 PM (uhVAy)

129 Where are the govt prosecutions?

Posted by: TJ jackson at August 19, 2026 08:55 PM (bXvrr)

130 This is another case of the Scooby Doo Republicans.

Its was Mister Fauci, in front of your face, the entire time.

Now lets go back, and be real. Boomers loved Covid. Boomers here loved Covid. A certain Boomer whose name rhymes with Dildo loved the idea of "back the science". Probably because his daddy worked for Big Pharma.

Before anything gets fixed ? We have to call shit what it was.

Posted by: Blah Blah Blah at August 19, 2026 09:29 PM (kp+Uu)

131 There's are many reasons that Becerra was referred to the Second Amendment community in Occupied California as "Basura."

Yet another one.

Posted by: Pete B at August 19, 2026 09:35 PM (VTbl0)

Quick Hits

Democrat Representative Jimmy Gomez accused of sexual assault.

An unidentified woman has accused Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) of sexual assault as part of a House Ethics Committee investigation that was sparked by a Post exposé, according to a statement released by her lawyers Wednesday.
Democrats on Capitol Hill believe Gomez, 51, may resign in the wake of the disclosure -- following his close friend Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who stepped down in April after multiple women alleged sexual harassment or assault.
Attorneys Lisa Banks and Sarah Nesbitt slammed Gomez for publicly claiming that the committee is only investigating "consensual" sexual relations by the married Dads Caucus founder.
"We represent one of the women who was interviewed by the House Committee on Ethics about her experience of sexual harassment and assault by Representative Jimmy Gomez," Banks and Nesbitt said.
"Contrary to Representative Gomez's assertion in his statement, his actions were not 'consensual in nature' with respect to our client. We fully expect that the House Committee on Ethics will come to the same conclusion in its investigation."

The lawyers added: "This is just the latest example of brazen sexual misconduct by a member of Congress. Congress must act to rein in its members who seem to believe that preying on young women working on Capitol Hill is one of the perks of their job."
The Ethics Committee started to investigate Gomez after The Post reported in April that he was seen kissing a much younger aide to a different lawmaker in the summer of 2023 outside a backyard party hosted by Swalwell.
Gomez initially denied it, but copped to having an affair in June, admitting to "personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family," in a statement to CNN that characterized the extramarital relations as "consensual."
The lawmaker issued a similar statement Monday after the committee publicly confirmed its investigation for the first time.
...
Gomez, Swalwell and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), the last of whom served in the House for a decade, formed a tight-knit crew -- collectively known as the "Cool Kids Clique" -- that developed a reputation for heavy drinking and womanizing.
Gallego has privately admitted to sleeping with House aides who worked for at least two different lawmakers, The Post reported last month. He did not deny the account, calling the story "gossip."

Where is Brooke Baldwin when you need her to jump on a dick-grenade?

Another socialist turns out to be a rich bitch living on his daddy's dime.

Anti-rich DSA leader Gustavo Gordillo lives it up in posh $1.5M NYC pad paid for by millionaire parents
The millionaire parents of a whiny top DSA leader have set up their socialist son in a $1.5 million Brooklyn home -- where he lives while railing against the rich and property ownership, The Post has learned.
Gustavo Gordillo, the 38-year-old co-chair of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, is peddling his anti-capitalist lefty agenda while enjoying the life in the two-story, nearly 2,000-square-foot row home on a gentrifying tree-lined block in Bed-Stuy.
"I wish my family could afford to buy me a million-dollar home," said local renter Faith Smith, 36 -- who called the socialist Yale University grad a hypocrite.
"It's a rich kid,'' she said of the Yalie. "That's basically people who don't have to deal with the struggles we have to deal with."
The Ivy League radical's converted single-family home was bought in 2019 by his mommy and daddy through a dummy corporation, Chucuito LLC, for just under $1 million, property records show.

Since then, it has undergone a major facelift, with renovations done to its entire front facade, the planting of lush landscaping, the revamping of the interior and the addition a pair of decks on the roof as well as near the front door, according to plans filed with the borough in 2023.
Updates to the property continued Tuesday at least on its second floor, The Post observed.
"My son and my other son both live there," Gordillo's father said when reached by phone. "The LLC purchased the home, and then we did the renovations."
Gordillo and his DSA comrades have meanwhile railed against property ownership, calling for a redistribution of land "from landowners to the landless."
Gordillo also recently attacked landlords in a vitriolic interview on Fox News last month, when he offered up little sympathy for property and other business owners who skate by with small margins.

"We don't think that anybody should have the constitutional right to double-digit returns on their investment," he said.
...
It was unclear whether Gordillo, who listed the LES one-bed, one-bath as his primary residence at that time, repaid his parents for rent.
Calls to him were not returned.

Another rich-bitch socialist layabout, via beckster:

Hon. Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC
44m
Very interesting email just came our way about yet another superstar DSA rich kid who needs his parents to bail him out. Shocking, I know.
So it turns out that DSA strategist Morris Katz was, according to this very reliable source, renting a $5,700/month luxury apartment on Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and just stopped paying rent one day.
He apparently bounced several checks, dodged calls from the management company, super, and landlord, lied about being 'out of town', overstayed his lease, and then left all his belongings behind to be dealt with by the staff.
Ultimately his rich parents, of course, bailed him out with the landlord, presumably to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.
Again, this is the DSA. A group of spoiled brats who cannot even manage their own lives, yet supposedly have all the answers for how our entire world should be run. An absolute joke.
Many more details to come on this. Stay tuned!

The Korean women's spa forced by the Ninth Circuit to allow men in their spas to show their dicks to women is appealing to the Supreme Court.

A women-only Korean spa in Lynnwood, WA, is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit court ruling that requires the facility to accommodate transgender individuals.
The legal battle stems from a complaint filed by a transgender woman who had not undergone gender-affirming surgery and was denied admission to the facility.
According to attorneys who are defending the spa, the state of Washington said the spa must allow males who identify as women into its nude, female-only facility.
What we know:
Olympus Spa is a traditional Korean day spa that serves women and girls ages 13 and older, offering services in communal areas where patrons are fully unclothed.
The spa is asking the nation's highest court to overturn a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
According to attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom and Pacific Justice Institute, who are defending the spa, the state of Washington said the spa must allow males who identify as women into its nude, female-only facility.
Kevin Snider, chief counsel with the Pacific Justice Institute, stated that the company's policy is rooted in both religious beliefs and traditional cultural norms regarding modesty.
"They believe that men and women should not be unclothed in each other's presence unless they are married to each other," Snider said. "That's their Christian view, and then of course... it violates their cultural sensibilities."
...
What's next:
If the Supreme Court agrees to review the petition, consideration would likely take place in late winter or early spring, with a potential ruling issued sometime in the spring.

Polls, schmolls:

Quantus Insights
@QuantusInsights

Really interesting work from Patrick Ruffini. Across 3,312 Senate polls over four cycles, he finds a D+3.7 average error, with 73% overstating Democrats. Even more interesting is that the error peaks around D+5.9 in late July before narrowing toward Election Day.
That adds an important dimension to what we found in our broader Quantus Insights Apr 23, 2025 study. We documented a persistent post-2016 directional error, including roughly D+4.2 across presidential battlegrounds, with some of the largest misses among working-class, rural and non-college electorates.
Aside from this problem being directional there's also a seasonal component too, particularly in midterms, when summer polling can substantially overstate Democratic strength. It's not until days into October before the electorate comes into clearer focus.
Senate (2020) / 2016 - 2024 Battlegrounds.

Some Jewish Democrats are exhorting others to join them in voting for Mike Rogers for Michigan Senator.

Jewish leaders in Michigan are circulating an open letter urging Jewish Democrats and independents in the battleground state to sign their names in support of former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) as he faces Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left Democratic nominee for Senate whose hostile positions on Israel have alarmed many Jewish voters.
The letter, which was obtained by Jewish Insider on Wednesday and has not yet been publicized, is led by Eric Bronstein, a Detroit businessman, among others identifying as Democrats and independents.
It came to light after a fundraiser for Rogers on Tuesday night hosted by three prominent Jewish Democratic bundlers in Michigan who are likewise alarmed by El-Sayed's candidacy. The growing efforts among Jewish Democrats to rally support for Rogers in the key Senate race illustrate the degree to which El-Sayed has alienated a sizable and politically active swing voting bloc in what is expected to be a close election.
"We know it is unusual for many Jewish voters to support a Republican candidate for senate and we understand the implications," Bronstein wrote in a recent email courting Jewish signatories that was also reviewed by JI. "Our fellow Jewish voters need to see their friends and neighbors -- including you -- willing to take a stand in this specific, crucial race."
Bronstein did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday.
The open letter, which the authors intend to share online once it has gained "a significant initial group of signers," emphasizes that many signatories "have been fiercely supportive of Democratic candidates and principles."
"All of us have felt threatened and alienated by the politics and allies embraced by Abdul El-Sayed," the letter continues, "which has included demonization of Jews, equivocation on terrorism, exclusion of Jewish Americans from public life, and expression of implacable hatred of the world's only Jewish nation."
If El-Sayed were to claim victory in the general election, the authors say, "we fear the far-left and anti-Jewish elements in the Democratic party would become dominant, including in the imminent 2028 presidential race," when Michigan will be among the early nominating states in the Democratic primaries. "We cannot allow him to become the Democratic standard-bearer or Michigan's senator."

Abdulrahman El-Sayed doesn't need Jews, though. He's pitching himself to Christians by telling them, "I'm basically Jesus, because we're both radicals."

Abdul El-Sayed compares himself to Jesus Christ:

"Jesus was considered radical in his time too." pic.twitter.com/hkSITnW9AP
— Sarah Gallagher (@sgallz_) August 19, 2026

Oh, and for blacks who are skeptical of him: El-Sayed says he's A Black, too.

Abdul El-Sayed responds to black voters who do not support him: �I am African.� pic.twitter.com/3yVWaMDAng
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 19, 2026

🚨New: the 19-year-old illegal immigrant WJLA was the first to tell you about, who groped several girls in Fairfax High School, is scheduled to be released on 09/03/26. Will the Fairfax Sheriff honor ICE�s detainer? Will Fairfax County Public Schools re enroll him as a student� https://t.co/RCIjBtFrBG
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) August 19, 2026

Follow along:

FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants, partly because of "the culture they bring here."

In the next breath, she says they can't be sent back, because of how dangerous their own country is.

So the� pic.twitter.com/01qKguEpwE
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 19, 2026

Socialists can't even keep a shitter in working order but want you to put them in charge of Remaking Civilization:

Look at how disgusting Nithya Raman's public bathrooms are. She has been in charge of the Homelessness Committee for years til she was FINALLY booted last week. Now you see why she got canned. It's absolutely disgusting what she's done to our city. pic.twitter.com/IHN96F8xm7
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:35 PM

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1 Democrat Representative Jimmy Gomez accused of sexual assault.

Democrat. I believe it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

2 Democrat Man accused of Sexual Assault?

Must be Wednesday.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (j09bD)

3 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

4 Gallego has privately admitted to sleeping with House aides who worked for at least two different lawmakers, The Post reported last month. He did not deny the account, calling the story "gossip."

So may I presume that casual sex is on the table then?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:37 PM (guGkK)

5 I want to be rich enough to be a socialist.

And from there, an environmentalist leader.
They get all the puzzy...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 05:38 PM (Sco7b)

6 "An unidentified woman has accused Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) of sexual assault as part of a House Ethics Committee investigation that was sparked by a Post exposé, according to a statement released by her lawyers Wednesday."

But was it assault-assault?

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM (lNxD2)

7 Look at how disgusting Nithya Raman's public bathrooms are. She has been in charge of the Homelessness Committee for years til she was FINALLY booted last week

Not exactly a surprise. Rumor has it that Nithya Ramin wipes her ass with her right hand.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM (guGkK)

8 On my wife's side, I have 3 nieces, all super left-wing.
their grandfather is a prominent banker, ultra conservative.

Has set up giant trust funds for them.

Makes me sick that these girls are going to be these types. Wish the gradfather let hem make their own money and see how their politics shifts

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM (eIzlH)

9 Remember when Shrub proposed letting people invest some of their SS money in the stock market instead and we didn't do that because "its too risky?!?"

The stock market is up 800% since 2001.

OTOH, your SS savings got spent on IOUs to Fedgov so I guess that was more important?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM (sKqQm)

10 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced plans to move back to the UK with their children. The couple, who stepped down from royal duties six years ago, will now raise their kids in Britain. They are expected to return to the UK at the end of August and will live in a private, non-royal residence outside London. Their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will start at a British school in September. There are no current plans for Prince Harry or Meghan Markle to reprise their official working roles within the Royal Family, but the move raises the prospect of future opportunities. The King and the Prince and Princess of Wales have been informed of the move, and it has been confirmed that there will be no change to their status as non-working royals.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 05:40 PM (wfdbg)

11 Abdulrahman El-Sayed doesn't need Jews, though. He's pitching himself to Christians by telling them, "I'm basically Jesus, because we're both radicals."

I know the feeling of wandering in the wilderness.

Posted by: Chuy at August 19, 2026 05:40 PM (0sNs1)

12 "It's not until days into October before the electorate comes into clearer focus."

Given the persistent bias mentioned earlier in that post ("D+3.7 average error", "the error peaks around D+5.9 in late July"), it isn't necessary to wait until October for a "clearer focus", though the bias does unfortunately vary somewhat across years.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 19, 2026 05:40 PM (+xdCF)

13
FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants, partly because of "the culture they bring here."

In the next breath, she says they can't be sent back, because of how dangerous their own country is.

The left: Calling Haiti a shit hole country is pure racism. Nothing else!

Also the left: You can't send Haitians back to Haiti! Its a shit hole country!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 05:40 PM (sKqQm)

14 Rumor has it that Nithya Ramin wipes her ass with her right hand.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM

At least she can find it.

Posted by: Man who can't with both hands at August 19, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

15 Remember when Shrub proposed letting people invest some of their SS money in the stock market instead and we didn't do that because "its too risky?!?"

The stock market is up 800% since 2001.

OTOH, your SS savings got spent on IOUs to Fedgov so I guess that was more important?
Posted by: 18-1

==

Funny enough, Trump has been adamantly opposed to anything resembling privatization of SS.

Truthfuly, it's a political loser, but SS is a raw deal unless you're on the bottom and pay almost nothing into it

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:41 PM (eIzlH)

16 From Hyperpartisan News Prude:

223
"America, Tell Me Everything," which will take her around the country reporting on women from different backgrounds.

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

So disappointing that hundreds of women will fall for this and clamor to get a segment.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (XJ22o)

Would it be legal for a police detective to start a podcast, like Your County After Dark, then invite locals he has suspicions about, and just ask some open-ended questions? Would the answers be evidence admissible in court? Because I suspect that many would just openly blab whatever, once you put a camera and a microphone in front of them.

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 05:41 PM (L3Npt)

17 If we could ever get congress to release the records from their sexual harassment pay off slush fund I suspect we would have dozens of members that would be forced to resign. But that is never going to happen.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 05:41 PM (cpFbA)

18 BREAKING NEWS: Prince Harry Markel and family are moving back to England.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at August 19, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

19 Who had the Keystone Pipeline on their menu for today?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:42 PM (BzKNL)

20 FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants, partly because of "the culture they bring here."

They should have stopped at Bob Marley.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:42 PM (guGkK)

21
Good riddance

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 05:43 PM (/QHx4)

22 So basically this is Quicky Thread Two then

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)

23
Bernstein Law is the largest contributor to the Michigan Democrat Party.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 05:44 PM (Y8DZL)

24 BREAKING NEWS: Prince Harry Markel and family are moving back to England."

Oh no, where will I get my runny jam?

Posted by: Pawl at August 19, 2026 05:44 PM (MWfyi)

25 >>>They should have stopped at Bob Marley.
******
Wasn't he Jamaican?

Posted by: Cosda at August 19, 2026 05:44 PM (Fkr3y)

26 Gomez, Swalwell and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), the last of whom served in the House for a decade, formed a tight-knit crew -- collectively known as the "Cool Kids Clique" -- that developed a reputation for heavy drinking and womanizing.
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Who?

Who??

Who among the scum that populate Congress thinks this is "cool?"

FFS

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 05:44 PM (RIvkX)

27 Even more interesting is that the error peaks around D+5.9 in late July before narrowing toward Election Day.

'Error'?! We're paid to push Democrats! It would serve no purpose to understate their numbers.

Posted by: Polls Are For Pushing at August 19, 2026 05:44 PM (aZ9eR)

28 We lost Francesca, but between Angie, Abdul and the WNBA, ace is going to have an easy couple of months, so that's kind of cool.

And the DSA is going to keep on giving. Such an energetic base. Fueled by drugs and crazy.

I kind of miss the Ron Paul people.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 05:45 PM (Sco7b)

29 Funny enough, Trump has been adamantly opposed to anything resembling privatization of SS.
Truthfuly, it's a political loser, but SS is a raw deal unless you're on the bottom and pay almost nothing into it.
Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:41 PM (eIzlH)
========================

We have our advertising campaigns, political contributions, and voting instructions ready to go as soon as anyone proposes tampering with the bedrock of American democracy.

Posted by: AARP at August 19, 2026 05:45 PM (+xdCF)

30 Raman has made a lot of money with her homeless NGO . She can't be bothered with this trivial stuff

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 05:45 PM (rp63B)

31 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced plans to move back to the UK with their children.
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 05:40 PM (wfdbg)

Has the UK agreed to give them protection officers while they're in-country? Otherwise I don't see how they could live somewhere where they'd be readily recognized and they just don't feel safe.

I can imagine William's first statement as King. "Let the name of Harry be stricken from every book and tablet. Stricken from every pylon and obelisk of England. Let the name of Harry be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of man, for all time."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:45 PM (ExV1e)

32 Never take a job as Public Bathroom Administrator. It's a futile task.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

33 So basically this is Quicky Thread Two then
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:43 PM

Afternoon Delight I and Afternoon Delight II have more panache.

Posted by: Starlight Vocal Band at August 19, 2026 05:46 PM (0sNs1)

34 I noted yesterday that the final average of MI polls over-estimated Kamala by almost 2%.

I'd also note that Larry Sabato's much-ballyhooed track record is almost entirely on picking incumbents with large leads.
Sorting those out, and his record is as good as yours--a coin flip.

I think I saw the other day, someone said Nate Silver has the Dems taking the Senate.
What a f'ing tard.
That would require both a +10 D on the generic and Trump at mid to low 30s in approval--it ain't happening.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 05:46 PM (3cUTc)

35 "I am African"

Sheesh. One of the first things I learned in my college days was what Africans and West Indians thought of African-Americans.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 05:46 PM (rj6Yv)

36 Ultimately his rich parents, of course, bailed him out with the landlord, presumably to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.
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Explain to me how this does not warp your worldview and behavior.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 05:47 PM (RIvkX)

37 Fitting because Marx himself was a child of privilege.

Posted by: steevy at August 19, 2026 05:47 PM (YwEeS)

38 6 "An unidentified woman has accused Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) of sexual assault as part of a House Ethics Committee investigation that was sparked by a Post exposé, according to a statement released by her lawyers Wednesday."

But was it assault-assault?
Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM (lNxD2)

Gotta admit as a single Man with a LONG history of being single? This whole idea that years later a woman can come out and suddenly retroactively say the sex you had was non consensual? When they had spent years saying nothing at all?

Pretty damn scary.

That somehow the ludicrous E Jean Carrol shit somehow got made Trump guilty, when she could not even state what YEAR it was?

Let's just say it's a good thing certain X Lady friends don't know how much money I made over the years.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)

39 Looks like I missed some good threads.. Probably best I missed the Jake Tapper one... My blood pressure can't take it... Oh.. And guess what's trending.... Natalie Harp and they are calling it a "firestorm."

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 05:48 PM (+gK6I)

40
We could all have snarky YouTube channels about the hated Harry and Megan and make fortunes.

But if they are going back it will help balance the 10000 Pakis they let in this week.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 05:48 PM (Y8DZL)

41 Wonder if Prince William will have Harry locked in the Tower of London?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 05:48 PM (rp63B)

42 The polls are always the same. Dems out in front by an insurmountable lead and then when the results are actually in, a bunch of races the Republicans lose by a whisker because their fundraising and support died up because the narrative was cast the race was over.

It keeps happening because it often works.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:48 PM (eIzlH)

43 A one bedroom one bath single family home had three decks added to it? And costs a million dollars?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (uhVAy)

44 Afternoon Delight I and Afternoon Delight II have more panache.
Posted by: Starlight Vocal Band

I had a pretty serious case of panache for a time but penicillin cleared it right up.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (mx1Q2)

45 Yes.

I recommend that black people do a little research into just how awesome the Arab-Black African relationship is.

They get along like a village afire.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)

46 Wait. This is a lot to read. I'm still e-mailing dick pix to Brooke.

Posted by: Randy Senior Citizen at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (JM9I6)

47 Megan will leave Willy there and go back to Cali. Less than 5 years.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi)

48 The primary purpose of earlier polls is not to be accurate but to demoralize conservatives and depress their turnout.

Posted by: steevy at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (YwEeS)

49 I can imagine William's first statement as King. "Let the name of Harry be stricken from every book and tablet. Stricken from every pylon and obelisk of England. Let the name of Harry be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of man, for all time."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:45 PM (ExV1e)

But somehow HIS kids are still Prince and Princess? not sure how that works.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (mP0Kj)

50 Where is Brooke Baldwin when you need her to jump on a dick-grenade?

I saw Dick Grenade open for Big Audio Dynamite at The Bomb Factory in '94.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (VHUov)

51 It keeps happening because it often works.
Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:48 PM

* thumbs up *

Posted by: zombie Harry Reid at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (0sNs1)

52 "All of us have felt threatened and alienated by the politics and allies embraced by Abdul El-Sayed," the letter continues, "which has included demonization of Jews, equivocation on terrorism, exclusion of Jewish Americans from public life, and expression of implacable hatred of the world's only Jewish nation."
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Yeah. Your monkey, your circus. Own it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 05:50 PM (RIvkX)

53 Where have you gone Teddy Kennedy, the Democrat party turns it's lonely eyes to you.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 19, 2026 05:50 PM (QaH55)

54 47 Megan will leave Willy there and go back to Cali. Less than 5 years.
Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi)

Yup... she'll leave because there is too much Moslem influence in London now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:50 PM (mP0Kj)

55 The stock market is up 800% since 2001.

I prefer to think of it as my dollars are down 89%.

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 05:50 PM (aZ9eR)

56 I think I saw the other day, someone said Nate Silver has the Dems taking the Senate.
What a f'ing tard.
That would require both a +10 D on the generic and Trump at mid to low 30s in approval--it ain't happening.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 05:46 PM (3cUTc)

He has to keep his people in the bubble reading and contributing...

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

57 Harry I mean. Harry Todger.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 05:50 PM (MWfyi)

58 Where is Brooke Baldwin when you need her to jump on a dick-grenade?

The real crime here is that Ace hasn't received a Pulitzer Prize for journalistic brilliance.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 05:51 PM (0Htd1)

59 History is filled with rich kids being revolutionaries

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

60 I miss beans on toast for breakfast.

Posted by: Harry Windsor at August 19, 2026 05:51 PM (wVcYX)

61 45 Yes.

I recommend that black people do a little research into just how awesome the Arab-Black African relationship is.

They get along like a village afire.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)

Hell... then do the Sunni vs Shia thing... or Korean vs Chinese vs Japanese.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:51 PM (mP0Kj)

62 I'm picturing Harry and Meghan moving into Onslow and Daisy's rowhouse from Keeping Up Appearances. Complete with derelict car and barking mutt.

Posted by: Our Rose Passed On at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (JM9I6)

63 President Trump will appear Thursday on a radio show hosted by his ex-personal lawyer and former nemesis Michael Cohen, according to reports.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (/OKHJ)

64 He's pitching himself to Christians by telling them, "I'm basically Jesus, because we're both radicals."
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I thought that was Talarico's schtick.

They can't both be Jesus...can they?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

65 Think I'll nip on down to the pub for a pint.

Posted by: Harry Windsor at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (wVcYX)

66 Did someone say dick grenade? Throw me on it! Pete Buttgiggle, reporting for duty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (rp63B)

67 64 He's pitching himself to Christians by telling them, "I'm basically Jesus, because we're both radicals."
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I thought that was Talarico's schtick.

They can't both be Jesus...can they?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

Nice... Cage Match over who gets to be the Anti-Christ!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (mP0Kj)

68 ***"All of us have felt threatened and alienated by the politics and allies embraced by Abdul El-Sayed," the letter continues, "which has included demonization of Jews, equivocation on terrorism, exclusion of Jewish Americans from public life, and expression of implacable hatred of the world's only Jewish nation."
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Surprise! _ They skinned Hitler and called him Islam, ya hooo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (BzKNL)

69 And a ruling forcthe Korean Spa in spring could be too late. Their clientele could be gone, a incident might be the end.
And you can bet men are flocking to get in until its ended.

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

70 Gotta admit as a single Man with a LONG history of being single? This whole idea that years later a woman can come out and suddenly retroactively say the sex you had was non consensual? When they had spent years saying nothing at all?

Pretty damn scary.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)

Today I find out Romeo13 just woke up from a 20 year coma. Who has been posting in your name all this time?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (uhVAy)

71 60 I miss beans on toast for breakfast.
Posted by: Harry Windsor

Probably better than that woman's jellies and jams.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (0Htd1)

72 But somehow HIS kids are still Prince and Princess? not sure how that works.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:49 PM (mP0Kj)

Grandchildren of the reigning monarch. By rule, it's their choice so Meghan said hell yeah.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e)

73 24 BREAKING NEWS: Prince Harry Markel and family are moving back to England."

Good news ! Don't let the door hit you on the way out....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 05:54 PM (+gK6I)

74 Think I'll nip on down to the pub for a pint.
Posted by: Harry Windsor at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM

And a tube of Elizabeth Arden, luv?

Posted by: The Barmaid at August 19, 2026 05:54 PM (0sNs1)

75 El-Sayed leads with 46 percent support to Rogers’s 39 percent among likely voters, according to a newly released Susquehann poll.

BuT vOtErS WaNt CeNtRiSt CaNdIdATes. PrOgReSIves HAvE nO ShOt

What’s crazy is that progressive stances are deemed to be extreme when literally every other 1st world country has already implemented the policies most important to us.

It seems like the Democratic Party has coalesced around the nominee after all.

Exactly. The voters of the loser of said primary are usually in their feelings for about a week or so, then they tend to snap out of it and vote for the better option.

I haven't seen a single Democrat in the wild have a problem with the direction of the party, only the talking heads. Specifically people like Bill Maher and Destiny.

Now if only Jasmine Crockett would support James Talarico in Texas.

And here I was told Mike Rogers could beat Abdul. Go figure the guy who lost to Elissa Slotkin in a year where Democrats lost every single swing state might lose to a *good* candidate in a good year for Democrats.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 05:54 PM (bUztX)

76 20 FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants...
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There is, it's the same one all the other legal immigrants took.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM (BzKNL)

77 "Beans on toast is a classic British comfort food made by heating canned baked beans in tomato sauce and spooning them over thick, buttered slices of toasted bread." IDNKT.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

78 I think I saw the other day, someone said Nate Silver has the Dems taking the Senate.
What a f'ing tard.
That would require both a +10 D on the generic and Trump at mid to low 30s in approval--it ain't happening.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 05:46 PM

nate silver basis his predictions primarily on published polls, specifically he weights the nyt poll the heaviest in his prognostications. Remember he had hillary at a 98% chance of winning the day before the election in 2016.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM (cpFbA)

79 Social security does not invest in "IOUs". (Technically speaking, they are more akin to IOUs for IOUs) Just like real money, gang!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM (Uf/zI)

80
Let the name of Harry be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of man, for all time.

Even from the Great Escape!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 05:56 PM (Cqx++)

81 "Beans on toast is a classic British comfort food made by heating canned baked beans in tomato sauce and spooning them over thick, buttered slices of toasted bread." IDNKT.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM

Bangers and beans is another British favorite.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 05:56 PM (cpFbA)

82 Just how many people were formerly known as Prince?

Posted by: Duke Slater, USMC at August 19, 2026 05:56 PM (JM9I6)

83 "Beans on toast is a classic British comfort food made by heating canned baked beans in tomato sauce and spooning them over thick, buttered slices of toasted bread." IDNKT.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)
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They call it "fud"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 05:57 PM (RIvkX)

84 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced plans to move back to the UK with their children. The couple, who stepped down from royal duties six years ago, will now raise their kids in Britain. They are expected to return to the UK at the end of August and will live in a private, non-royal residence outside London. Their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will start at a British school in September. There are no current plans for Prince Harry or Meghan Markle to reprise their official working roles within the Royal Family, but the move raises the prospect of future opportunities. The King and the Prince and Princess of Wales have been informed of the move, and it has been confirmed that there will be no change to their status as non-working royals.
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 05:40 PM (wfdbg)

Well the brother Andrew was evicted from where he was living in disgrace in Scotland, so that's one place open.

This has to be a ploy to get Megan to split without the kids.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:57 PM (uhVAy)

85 FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants...
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Howz about we give them a pathway right back to Haiti? Country's closed--the moose outside should have told ya.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 05:58 PM (TN0g+)

86
Markle wants to be Queen.

I hope the Royal Family have great security.

She is a devious person who should not be trusted.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 05:59 PM (/QHx4)

87 "This has to be a ploy to get Megan to split without the kids.
Posted by: Oldcat"

It's going to be time for her to explore her womanhood. She's pretty good in bed you know.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 05:59 PM (MWfyi)

88 She can get some tats and maybe an OF account.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 05:59 PM (MWfyi)

89 That Iran place do not wants too talk two Trump becaude his "BREATH STINKS " !!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 19, 2026 05:59 PM (Z01Qz)

90
I never knew that what I need more of in my news is -

whore-splaining.

Maybe Voodoo-Cannibal-splaing too from our Haitian Cultural Enrichers.

Ball's in your court CNN!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (iJfKG)

91 75 El-Sayed leads with 46 percent support to Rogers’s 39 percent among likely voters, according to a newly released Susquehann poll.

Sasquatch poll ? never heard of that one

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (+gK6I)

92 baked beans in tomato sauce and spooning them over thick, buttered slices of toasted bread." IDNKT.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)
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They call it "fud"

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Good name for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (BzKNL)

93 What does 1.5mil get you in NYC? Like 600sq feet?

I shudder to think how much my great aunt's house in Brooklyn is worth now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (zZu0s)

94 So basically this is Quicky Thread Two then
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Brooke Baldwin again?

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (TN0g+)

95 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 05:54 PM (bUztX)

Still my hero...

Posted by: sal at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (f+FmA)

96 Sorry Megan there's not a lot of yacht girl work in England.
The only yacht is pronounced throat warbler mangrove

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (rp63B)

97 Ace,

Little Gustavo Gordillo also got tossed out of the electrician's union for not showing up to his classes!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 06:01 PM (k5CNB)

98 I am further informed that Brit-style baked bean leans more toward Worcestershire sauce and tomatoes, than does the American style baked beans formula: sugar+molasses+more sugar+a dash more f'n sugar.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 06:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

99 The only yacht is pronounced throat warbler mangrove
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (rp63B)

And he will deny you his essence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

100 100

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 06:03 PM (9tX4s)

101 He's pitching himself to Christians by telling them, "I'm basically Jesus, because we're both radicals."
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I thought that was Talarico's schtick.

They can't both be Jesus...can they?
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One of them must be wrong...

Posted by: Dire Straits at August 19, 2026 06:03 PM (TN0g+)

102 Ace got linked on Instapundit

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 06:04 PM (RIvkX)

103 Gomez, Swalwell and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), the last of whom served in the House for a decade, formed a tight-knit crew -- collectively known as the "Cool Kids Clique" -- that developed a reputation for heavy drinking and womanizing.
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Who?

Who??

Who among the scum that populate Congress thinks this is "cool?"

FFS
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 05:44 PM (RIvkX)

You get elected to the House and Senate and you name your clique the "Cool Kids". An, guess not dudes.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

104 96 Sorry Megan there's not a lot of yacht girl work in England.
The only yacht is pronounced throat warbler mangrove
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Plenty of migrant filled boats crossing the channel regularly that wouldn't mind passing her around for entertainment as they invade the UK.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 06:04 PM (bUztX)

105 nate silver basis his predictions primarily on published polls, specifically he weights the nyt poll the heaviest in his prognostications. Remember he had hillary at a 98% chance of winning the day before the election in 2016.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 05:55 PM (cpFbA)

Here you all go.

21 seconds of Bill and Hillary celebrating her 2016 Presidential win!!

Sorry. Tinyurl wasn't working. Bill was like a little kid.
Bwahahahaha

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 06:04 PM (Sco7b)

106 I thought that was Talarico's schtick.

They can't both be Jesus...can they?
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One of them must be wrong...
Posted by: Dire Straits at August 19, 2026 06:03 PM (TN0g+)

To borrow from Dennis Miller: 'I just cant believe Jesus would wear his hair like that.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:04 PM (zZu0s)

107 91 75 El-Sayed leads with 46 percent support to Rogers’s 39 percent among likely voters, according to a newly released Susquehann poll.

Every poll that is given before the election will say the Commies are winning..

I remember Harris was up by 5 before the 2024 election.

These polls are meant to be psychological warfare to depress you from voting because they said it is hopeless.

Also the polls are overrepresented by Democrat Voters to Conservative voters.

Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (UezwX)

108 FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants.

How's about we send stray dogs and cats to Haiti instead?

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (aZ9eR)

109 So ballless carrot top must have stamped his little foot to get Sparkle to move from her Hollywood friends.. Or are the stories true that they're broke ? Anyway... A win for the US of A

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (+gK6I)

110 If he's a union electrician my name must be Susan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (RIvkX)

111 What does 1.5mil get you in NYC? Like 600sq feet?

I shudder to think how much my great aunt's house in Brooklyn is worth now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:00 PM (zZu0s)

Needs more decks.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

112 I wouldn’t put it past Sparkles to move back here and run for President someday.

AOC/Sparkles, 2032.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (77rzZ)

113 Liberal Jews begging the white Right, which they demonized as anti-semitic for a over half a century, to save them. Good luck.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 06:06 PM (DbmIv)

114 So ballless carrot top must have stamped his little foot to get Sparkle to move from her Hollywood friends.. Or are the stories true that they're broke ? Anyway... A win for the US of A
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (+gK6I)

they sure haven't been earning any money recently.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 06:06 PM (uhVAy)

115 It would be funny if Harry and his asshole wife weren't allowed back. Meanwhile, every goatraper from Africa and the ME just floats right on in.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 06:06 PM (9tX4s)

116 Like all commie cocksuckers they want the money, power and dachas on the lake - and frequently already have them - and the rest of us get deathmarch factory shifts, suffocate in the mines or die in the gulag.

Posted by: Song remains the same at August 19, 2026 06:07 PM (TbWk/)

117 Anti-rich DSA leader Gustavo Gordillo lives it up in posh $1.5M NYC pad paid for by millionaire parents.

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What, a Muscovite Soviet Dacha wasn't available?

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 06:07 PM (7ccUk)

118 Maybe since the Queen has been gone awhile he can crawl back

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:07 PM (Ia/+0)

119 Abdul El-Sayed compares himself to Jesus Christ:

Bad idea.

Posted by: John Lennon at August 19, 2026 06:07 PM (0Htd1)

120

Harry has no balls. Markle is running that shitshow

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 06:08 PM (/QHx4)

121 If he's a union electrician my name must be Susan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM

Ask him how he pronounces "unionized".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 06:08 PM (0sNs1)

122 Harry has no balls. Markle is running that shitshow

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 06:08 PM (/QHx4)

Lucky for us they are taking their circus to the UK

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 06:09 PM (+gK6I)

123 These polls are meant to be psychological warfare to depress you from voting because they said it is hopeless.

Also the polls are overrepresented by Democrat Voters to Conservative voters.
Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 19, 2026 06:05 PM (UezwX)

I always thought that was a stupid dame.

If Hillary's up by 5 points, and everyone you know loathes that Trump guy and there's no way in hell he'll win, then surely they won't miss your one little vote.

Take a few hours off for some me time.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 06:09 PM (Sco7b)

124
Donna, yep.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)

125 Maybe since the Queen has been gone awhile he can crawl back
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:07 PM (Ia/+0)

Well King Chuck isn't any more pleased. But getting them out of sight in some keep where it rains 24-7-365 is probably better than whatever stunt Markle might think up.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

126 So may I presume that casual sex is on the table then?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:37 PM (guGkK)

On?

Posted by: Billy Jeff at August 19, 2026 06:10 PM (88C+u)

127
Liberal Jews begging the white Right, which they demonized as anti-semitic for a over half a century, to save them. Good luck.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

We have a gentleman's agreement.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)

128 FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants, partly because of "the culture they bring here."

Weren't there accusations of cannibalism on Haiti? Immigrants who eat dogs and cats sound better by comparison.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 06:11 PM (0Htd1)

129
Harry has no balls. Markle is running that shitshow

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 06:08 PM (/QHx4)

Yacht Girl sex must be the best sex.

You'd think Markle woulda been a pump and dump for Ol' Harry, but then-

that sexy sexy Yacht Girl sex grabbed ahold of him and wouldn't let go.

A lesson for us all.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 06:11 PM (iJfKG)

130 I'm glad to see more Americans of the Jewish persuasion waking up to the fact that if you vote for the modern left, you're basically suicidal.

I know we have a bunch of Jewish people here on the HQ, so I know that some reached that conclusion long ago.

Hopefully many more follow suit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 06:11 PM (IG3/x)

131
Sasquatch poll ? never heard of that one
Posted by: It's me donna
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It's related to the Sacagawea poll.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 06:11 PM (BzKNL)

132 the American style baked beans formula: sugar+molasses+more sugar+a dash more f'n sugar.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 06:02 PM

This song is for you:

https://tinyurl.com/3tznk5xa

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 06:11 PM (0sNs1)

133
The local Lutherans are plotting bloody revenge against these blasphemous gay muslims

That, and figuring out gluten free alternatives for the Wednesday potluck because Mary Jo has that and the lactose, don'tyaknow

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 06:12 PM (Y8DZL)

134 They can't both be Jesus...can they?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

I'm Jesus and so's my wife!

Posted by: not Brian at August 19, 2026 06:12 PM (88C+u)

135 FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants, partly because of "the culture they bring here."

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Doing the voodoo that Americans won't do

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 06:13 PM (7ccUk)

136 Look at how disgusting Nithya Raman's public bathrooms are.

Don't look at me.

Posted by: Captain Splatter at August 19, 2026 06:13 PM (UjdFS)

137 Jewish voters think the rest of the Democrats, aside from Abdul El-Goatfucker aren’t rabid Jew haters? Lol.

For a s group that’s really smart they can be very stupid as well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:13 PM (oHcxQ)

138 Any nice area of Brooklyn is a million. Our 16x32 row house on a 100’ lot is 500k. Anything two family starts at a million.

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 06:13 PM (/Chlc)

139
I think Harry isn't smart. He got "sucked" into that marriage.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 06:13 PM (/QHx4)

140 102 Ace got linked on Instapundit

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Did he warn them to hide women and children?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 06:14 PM (BzKNL)

141 I don't think Jewish ... antipathy (in certain liberal Jewish circles) was based on race, per se, but rather on them being Christian.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:14 PM (zZu0s)

142 > You'd think Markle woulda been a pump and dump for Ol' Harry

Yeah, I'm pretty sure your typical guy with a royal title from a billionaire family could do better than that, even if said guy was old, fat, and bald.

Harry is a young guy and (this is always risky, as I've never quite figured out what the ladies see in some guys) doesn't seem to be bad-looking.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 06:15 PM (IG3/x)

143 That, and figuring out gluten free alternatives for the Wednesday potluck because Mary Jo has that and the lactose, don'tyaknow
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 06:12 PM (Y8DZL)

There is no lactose in shredded carrots suspended in Jello.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:15 PM (zZu0s)

144 Not defending the DSA scum. But calling a NYC $1.5M apartment “posh” is funny. That’s an average apartment. Nothing posh about it.

$10M is where it starts getting posh.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:16 PM (oHcxQ)

145 134 They can't both be Jesus...can they?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D

To find that out, we'd probably end up wading into deep theological territory.

Like could Jesus create a rock so heavy that he couldn't lift it?

Anti Mike Rogers ad on Detroit tv. I think I've seen that in a previous election cycle. Rogers is corrupt, bought a Florida home with two yachts.

But he's not socialist rich!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

146 And a ruling forcthe Korean Spa in spring could be too late. Their clientele could be gone, a incident might be the end.
And you can bet men are flocking to get in until its ended.
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

Be a real shame of some of those men mysteriously went missing. Real shame.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 19, 2026 06:17 PM (hmYU4)

147 That, and figuring out gluten free alternatives for the Wednesday potluck because Mary Jo has that and the lactose, don'tyaknow
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 06:12 PM (Y8DZL)

There is no lactose in shredded carrots suspended in Jello.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:15 PM (zZu0s)

There is if you add some cream! A lot of it!!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 06:17 PM (uhVAy)

148 > For a s group that’s really smart they can be very stupid as well.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:13 PM (oHcxQ)

It's not just Jews. I've mentioned before that I have a relative who hates gun control, illegal aliens, and abortions. I've never asked him about the tranny business, but I fee sure he's against it.

He still votes straight Democrat every election, because his Daddy told him to do that, 60 years ago.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 06:17 PM (IG3/x)

149 And a ruling forcthe Korean Spa in spring could be too late. Their clientele could be gone, a incident might be the end.
And you can bet men are flocking to get in until its ended.
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

Be a real shame of some of those men mysteriously went missing. Real shame.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 19, 2026 06:17 PM (hmYU4)

I get the feeling they now have a burly Korean dude or two you speak to to go in the side door to the 'closed' spa.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 06:18 PM (uhVAy)

150 95 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

Still my hero...
Posted by: sal

There goes my hero!

Posted by: Foo Fighters at August 19, 2026 06:18 PM (bUztX)

151 I could smell that horrible toilet just watching that video. Almost gagged. Holy hell, what a fucking mess. But it sums LA pretty well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at August 19, 2026 06:18 PM (0aYVJ)

152 Every day feels more demoralizing than the one before. These people. These fucking people. They get money and power and privilege and do nothing but destroy.

Posted by: Fuck them and fuck this world at August 19, 2026 06:18 PM (TbWk/)

153 Thanks for the shout-out, Ace!

But the big breaking news is Harry and Meghan are moving from Montecito to the UK, LOL.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 06:19 PM (kX27y)

154 Any nice area of Brooklyn is a million. Our 16x32 row house on a 100’ lot is 500k. Anything two family starts at a million.
Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 06:13 PM (/Chlc)

New Yorkers call it a two family but its really just two small apartments up and down and a walk-in basement.

If you have no driveway, $1.3M - if you have a driveway, $1.5M...Bedstuy is not great, but some places like Bathbeach in Brooklyn can be quite nice...

Posted by: Boswell at August 19, 2026 06:20 PM (j10i6)

155 An unidentified woman ...
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Hold it, how do we know it was a woman. I mean, it might have been a male who identifies as a woman. OTOH, if it is 'unidentified' ... never mind...I'm so confused these days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 06:20 PM (XeU6L)

156 But the big breaking news is Harry and Meghan are moving from Montecito to the UK, LOL.
Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 06:19 PM (kX27y)

Oops - saw you all beat me to it.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 06:20 PM (kX27y)

157 > Yeah, I'm pretty sure your typical guy with a royal title from a billionaire family could do better than that, even if said guy was old, fat, and bald.

You guys, Harry isn't with Markle because she's the hottest Harry could get. They're together because each have a specific blend of crazy that feeds off of each other and is incredibly hot for each other.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2026 06:20 PM (mkw2N)

158 So may I presume that casual sex is on the table then?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:37 PM (guGkK)

It's on the big screen. I'm in it.

Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at August 19, 2026 06:20 PM (wVcYX)

159 ‘ Look at how disgusting Nithya Raman's public bathrooms are.’

[Getting sexually aroused]

— Gay Shit Nazi Platner

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 19, 2026 06:21 PM (XCctI)

160 > 145 134 They can't both be Jesus...can they?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D

Old, old, old joke:

A psychiatrist has two patients, one gay, one straight, who both believe they are Jesus. He puts them in together to see what will happen.

He checks after a week and the gay one is now the Virgin Mary.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 06:21 PM (IG3/x)

161 FL Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she wants a "pathway to citizenship" for Haitian immigrants, partly because of "the culture they bring here."

Animal sacrifice, black magic, violent authoritarianism and AIDS?

Posted by: How enriching at August 19, 2026 06:21 PM (TbWk/)

162 126 So may I presume that casual sex is on the table then?
Posted by: Cicero

On?
Posted by: Billy Jeff

Jeez, uh...on, off, we can do it wherever I guess. Boo ooy oiing!

Posted by: Beavis at August 19, 2026 06:21 PM (bUztX)

163 Lucky for us they are taking their circus to the UK
Posted by: It's me donna
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All of us at the Daily Mail are just over the moon!. The stories write themselves and people either hate read or swoon over the Sussexxes.

We'll make billions of pounds, (as an aside to our American readers, it is about the same as the cost of a Big Mac to you Yanks.)

Posted by: Daily Mail at August 19, 2026 06:21 PM (E4rtv)

164 Bedstuy is not great,
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I walked through there alone.

Posted by: Billy Joel at August 19, 2026 06:22 PM (XeU6L)

165 He still votes straight Democrat every election, because his Daddy told him to do that, 60 years ago.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 06:17 PM

I have a brother in law like that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 06:22 PM (cpFbA)

166 "They believe that men and women should not be unclothed in each other's presence unless they are married to each other," Snider said. "That's their Christian view, and then of course... it violates their cultural sensibilities."

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I see their mistake - they should have said it was their Muslim view.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 19, 2026 06:22 PM (9BEJ1)

167 According to the note attached to the X post:

Gustavo Gordillo (protector of the working man) is delinquent in paying his union dues!

That is exactly the kind of person I want in power to protect my interests, rather than pad their own nest.

/sarc off

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 19, 2026 06:23 PM (HlyYF)

168 the big breaking news is Harry and Meghan are moving from Montecito to the UK, LOL.
Posted by: beckster

Maybe Elon can test a rocket with them in it.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 19, 2026 06:23 PM (88C+u)

169 152 Every day feels more demoralizing than the one before. These people. These fucking people. They get money and power and privilege and do nothing but destroy.
Posted by: Fuck them and fuck this world
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I'd like you to meet the people in my ancient Israel during my time. Same vibes.

To quote that ole crank Ecclesiastes, there is nothing new under the sun.

Posted by: Jeremiah at August 19, 2026 06:23 PM (E4rtv)

170 Maybe Elon can test a rocket with them in it.
Posted by: 88C+u
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He can do a von Braun, 'aim at the moon and accidentally hit London'.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)

171 According to the note attached to the X post:

Gustavo Gordillo (protector of the working man) is delinquent in paying his union dues!

That is exactly the kind of person I want in power to protect my interests, rather than pad their own nest.

/sarc off
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 19, 2026 06:23 PM (HlyYF)

so dedicated to the little guy he forgets the rent in solidarity.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 06:24 PM (uhVAy)

172 41 Wonder if Prince William will have Harry locked in the Tower of London?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I went on a tour of the Tower of London. They show you the exact spot where Anne Boleyn was beheaded. Just sayin'.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 06:25 PM (0Htd1)

173 When I was a kid Bedford Stuyvesant burned to the ground. Bushwick too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 06:25 PM (RIvkX)

174 If you have no driveway, $1.3M - if you have a driveway, $1.5M...Bedstuy is not great, but some places like Bathbeach in Brooklyn can be quite nice...

Posted by: Boswell at August 19, 2026 06:20 PM (j10i6)

I don't remember much of the house as I had to be 6-8 when we visited. It had a very narrow driveway. My sister and I slept in the basement. We went to the main floor but I only remember the kitchen (with Aunt Doris' husband Danny yelling/talking, redfaced (Sicilian.)) IIRC, he died of a heart attack.

Did not go upstairs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:25 PM (zZu0s)

175 There already is a pathway to citizenship for Haitians. Or literally anybody on earth.

Apply. Get a green card if you're lucky. Abide by the rules. Pay your fees. Swear your oath.

These fucks don't want a pathway. They want a valet. Drop me off at the front door and fuck along, there's a good chap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)

176 Where is Brooke Baldwin when you need her to jump on a dick-grenade?

Sheer poetry in its most undiluted, cruel form.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2026 06:26 PM (wtvvX)

177 I know someone who votes Democrat because they’re for the working man and Republicans are for the rich. Still stuck in a 1965 mentality.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:26 PM (oHcxQ)

178 He still votes straight Democrat every election, because his Daddy told him to do that, 60 years ago.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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My grandfather told me that FDR was the greatest President that we ever had!

Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrat, pulling the (D) lever at August 19, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L)

179 Another Marxist Layabout who knows how to run the country

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Abdulrahman El-Sayed doesn't need Jews, though. He's pitching himself to Christians by telling them, "I'm basically Jesus, because we're both radicals."

Jesus came to save.

Abdul came to enslave.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2026 06:27 PM (wtvvX)

181 Weren't there accusations of cannibalism on Haiti? Immigrants who eat dogs and cats sound better by comparison.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 06:11 PM (0Htd1)

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"They're eating the clogs
They're eating the lats
They're drinking the sweats of the people that live there ..."

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (7ccUk)

182 152 Every day feels more demoralizing than the one before. These people. These fucking people. They get money and power and privilege and do nothing but destroy.
Posted by: Fuck them and fuck this world

Would you rather be you living a quiet life as best you can or have your every move dissected by people that live on blogs? Money and privilege are not the happiness most people imagine, I'd imagine.

Posted by: old chick at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (F3Dlr)

183 I'm pretty sure your typical guy with a royal title from a billionaire family could do better than that, even if said guy was old, fat, and bald.

Exhibit A: https://tinyurl.com/bdduzk5p

Prince Ranier III was no troll, but he wouldn't pull poon like Grace Kelly if he was just some dude working in a drug store. And he was just royalty for a tiny (albeit rich and famous) principality.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (bUztX)

184 All this deportation orders are being slow walked. The Haitians and Somalis, Venezuelans and whoever else the fuck is here on a “temporary” basis will appeal and re sue and liberal judges will help out with TROs. They need to run out the clock. 2 years and if god forbid a Dem wins in 2028 none of them are going home.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (oHcxQ)

185 Fuck me, the rugfucker is actually playing with liberation theology.

What a chad.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (Ot/FD)

186 > My grandfather told me that FDR was the greatest President that we ever had!
Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrat, pulling the (D) lever at August 19, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L)

Yep, that's pretty much it. This guy was also a youngster during the Kennedy era, and still looks back on those days with fondness.

Say what you will about his other shortcomings, at least JFK wasn't afraid to confront the commies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/x)

187 Where is Brooke Baldwin when you need her to jump on a dick-grenade?

Didn't Def Leppard record that in a song?

Watch out for the Dick Grenade (Dick Grenade)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 06:30 PM (K32Fz)

188 Say what you will about his other shortcomings, at least JFK wasn't afraid to confront the commies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

He also signed a big tax cut bill. By today’s Democrat standards he’d be an ultra right wing nationalist.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:31 PM (oHcxQ)

189 Will the Fairfax Sheriff honor ICE’s detainer?
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Seriously?

Will Fairfax County Public Schools re enroll him as a student for his senior year?
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You're just messing with us, now, aren't you?

The real question is how many girls will grope his first day back? Two? Four?

Place your bets, ladies and gents.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:31 PM (skYuh)

190 Thats why the Communist killed Kennedy

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:31 PM (Ia/+0)

191 My grandfather told me that FDR was the greatest President that we ever had!
Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrat

Pretty easy to impress people when you give them a bunch of free shit on future generations' credit. How's that social security ponzi scheme looking?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 19, 2026 06:31 PM (bUztX)

192 I went on a tour of the Tower of London. They show you the exact spot where Anne Boleyn was beheaded. Just sayin'.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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To add insult to injury, they hired a frenchman to wield the sword.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 06:32 PM (XeU6L)

193 "2 years and if god forbid a Dem wins in 2028 none of them are going home.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (oHcxQ) "

eh, they'll probably get a restitution fund like PDT tried to do for j6ers, and the courts will have no problem with it ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at August 19, 2026 06:32 PM (VyBeY)

194 Brits used to tie molesters to the mouth of a cannon.
Nothing but gel close to the cannon and limbs tossed asunder.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 06:32 PM (BzKNL)

195 177 I know someone who votes Democrat because they’re for the working man and Republicans are for the rich. Still stuck in a 1965 mentality.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Well, they are half right--the GOPe Mitch and his clones are for the rich corporatist donors, at least in the Senate and many governors. But so are the uniparty Dems like Schumer.

The new DSA kids hate everybody not them but especially working men and want to see them in a work camp being reeducated at best, digging their own graves before being executed at worst.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 06:32 PM (E4rtv)

196 My grandfather told me that FDR was the greatest President that we ever had!
Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrat, pulling the (D) lever at August 19, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L)

My parents, both born in 1918, hated FDR.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (hmYU4)

197 He's pitching himself to Christians by telling them, "I'm basically Jesus, because we're both radicals."
--
This is a blasphemy.
And any Christian who repeats it should know what they are saying is a sin.

Jesus was not a radical--in His day or ever.
Especially in the way this guy means it.

Only those who don't know Jesus would ever say such a thing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (3cUTc)

198 News

- chopper crash - telemundo and NBC journalist gone!
- storms heat
- Presidential tour - "including his name inscribed in granite." Lol
- Hayden

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

199
The Tower of London is a great tour.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (/QHx4)

200 lol, the nic from that evening when we were all being Aztecs

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (VyBeY)

201 194 Brits used to tie molesters to the mouth of a cannon.
Nothing but gel close to the cannon and limbs tossed asunder.

Posted by: Braenyard
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British were so inventive in their punishments that we passed a constitutional amendment banning that sort of ingenuity.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (E4rtv)

202 You know what can make UK beans great?

Some Ann Margret and The Who:
https://youtu.be/boLQiAsH3ho

Skip to 5:08

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (wVcYX)

203 The thing is, silents and greatest had a reason to venerate FDR, for all his evils. But Kennedy? Boomers worship that dude and he was a complete fail

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 06:33 PM (K32Fz)

204 183 I'm pretty sure your typical guy with a royal title from a billionaire family could do better than that, even if said guy was old, fat, and bald.

Exhibit A: https://tinyurl.com/bdduzk5p

Prince Ranier III was no troll, but he wouldn't pull poon like Grace Kelly if he was just some dude working in a drug store. And he was just royalty for a tiny (albeit rich and famous) principality.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (bUztX)

All too true. That said, Grace Kelly was said to have *really* gotten around in Hollywood. There were many that knew her charms. David Niven writes about that in his autobiography, for instance.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 06:34 PM (ffLfa)

205 He also signed a big tax cut bill. By today’s Democrat standards he’d be an ultra right wing nationalist.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 06:31 PM (oHcxQ)

By today's standards Adlai Stevenson would be Barry Goldwater.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:35 PM (zZu0s)

206 Jesus saw also considered a medium of demons in his time.

Let's not take everybody's take on Jesus as valid.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 06:35 PM (Fi81e)

207 beans and toast is great for breakfast!

they're good for your heart!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 06:36 PM (VyBeY)

208 All too true. That said, Grace Kelly was said to have *really* gotten around in Hollywood. There were many that knew her charms. David Niven writes about that in his autobiography, for instance.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

So you're saying the ugly Jew producers bent her over the casting couch?!?!?

Posted by: Candace Owens at August 19, 2026 06:36 PM (bUztX)

209 Taking a goatfucker's word about Jesus is like taking Howard Zinn's word about American history.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:37 PM (Ot/FD)

210 Pretty easy to impress people when you give them a bunch of free shit on future generations' credit. How's that social security ponzi scheme looking?
Posted by: Moron Analyst
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My favorite Roosevelt program? The Homestead collectives. 100 of them, all failed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 06:37 PM (XeU6L)

211
'Merican beans got pork, beef, onions, brown sugar and molasses. To start with.

But I'm sure the watery ones with tomato sauce are fine.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 06:38 PM (Y8DZL)

212 All too true. That said, Grace Kelly was said to have *really* gotten around in Hollywood. There were many that knew her charms. David Niven writes about that in his autobiography, for instance.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

So you're saying the ugly Jew producers bent her over the casting couch?!?!?
Posted by: Candace Owens at August 19, 2026 06:36 PM (bUztX)

You know, this is one of the few places on the internet where you can find sarcastic, parody antisemitism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 06:38 PM (zZu0s)

213 LOL, she 'tapped' Fight Agency, Morris Katz's shop.
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https://tinyurl.com/uvhpdk53

Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman is tapping the progressive ad shop that helped propel Zohran Mamdani to victory in New York — despite hundreds of fellow Democratic Socialists urging candidates to cut ties with the firm over its work for a scandal-plagued Senate hopeful.

“We plan on working with Fight Agency. We understand that they had also been approached by other campaigns and committees involved in the LA Mayor’s race,” the Nithya for Mayor campaign told the California Post.

No contract has yet been signed, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 06:38 PM (kX27y)

214 45 I recommend that black people do a little research into just how awesome the Arab-Black African relationship is.

They get along like a village afire.

me and the farmer like brother, like sister
getting on like hand and blister
me and the farmer

Posted by: the eternal wisdom of the the housemartins at August 19, 2026 06:38 PM (v3pYe)

215
Lucky Charms, they're magically delicious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 06:38 PM (BzKNL)

216 Let's not take everybody's take on Jesus as valid.
Posted by: Axeman

Right. We can all agree he was non-binary, but had to present as masculine due to the antiquated societal norms of the place and time.

Posted by: James Talarico at August 19, 2026 06:39 PM (bUztX)

217 201 194 Brits used to tie molesters to the mouth of a cannon.
Nothing but gel close to the cannon and limbs tossed asunder.

Posted by: Braenyard
========
British were so inventive in their punishments that we passed a constitutional amendment banning that sort of ingenuity.

Posted by: whig
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Hanging and firing squad were not in that amendment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 06:40 PM (BzKNL)

218 Prince Ranier III was no troll, but he wouldn't pull poon like Grace Kelly if he was just some dude working in a drug store. And he was just royalty for a tiny (albeit rich and famous) principality.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 06:28 PM (bUztX)

All too true. That said, Grace Kelly was said to have *really* gotten around in Hollywood. There were many that knew her charms. David Niven writes about that in his autobiography, for instance.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2026 06:34 PM (ffLfa)

Niven almost spilled the beans about Grace Kelly to Prince Ranier.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 06:40 PM (wVcYX)

219 Hanging and firing squad were not in that amendment.
Posted by: Braenyard

Punishment for crimes is cruel and unusual. They deserve rehabilitation and support!

Posted by: Kentanji Brown Jackson at August 19, 2026 06:41 PM (bUztX)

220 Taking a goatfucker's word about Jesus is like taking Howard Zinn's word about American history.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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I know an AWFL who said to me, 'All that I need to know about history, I learned from Howard Zinn'.

Sensing that I was dealing with a psychologically damaged person, I did not reply.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 06:41 PM (XeU6L)

221 Jesus and Pol Pot, both considered "radicals" in their time.

One was believed, by the people most loyal to him to sacrifice himself for every human being and rose from the dead, the other is shown by history to have filled fields with skeletons of people who didn't do everything perfectly for the cause.

So Jesus, even if a radical, makes Pol Pot pretty cool, right?

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 06:41 PM (Fi81e)

222 being famous and rich/powerful and leaving a lasting impression that people write books about ...

Grace Kelly was said to have *really* gotten around in Hollywood. There were many that knew her charms. David Niven writes about that in his autobiography, for instance.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Posted by: old chick at August 19, 2026 06:41 PM (F3Dlr)

223 "Some people might call me a crackpot--yeah, but they called Albert Einstein a crackpot too!" -- Non-thinking.

Posted by: Axeman at August 19, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

224 Right. We can all agree he was non-binary, but had to present as masculine due to the antiquated societal norms of the place and time.
Posted by: James Talarico at August 19, 2026 06:39 PM (bUztX)

Jesus would have given that fag a wedgie so lovecraftian in its depths that the synoptic gospels would have mentioned it along with the alarming change in atmospheric conditions when it happened.

Entire new cults worshipping the one who got physically vaporized by a wedgie would have spring up. All wearing little gold icons of a pair of underwear on a chain around their necks. All making the sign of a YOINK whenever something portentious or noteworthy happened.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:44 PM (Ot/FD)

225 Yeah Grace Kelly was sort of famously a skeeze despite looking like the ice queen 50s housewife. Kinda sad really, someone that breathtakingly beautiful didn't have to spread it around like the town bicycle to be loved.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 06:45 PM (K32Fz)

226 I still want Abdul and the Trannies to meet.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 06:45 PM (Sco7b)

227 I recommend that black people do a little research into just how awesome the Arab-Black African relationship is.
___

Oh, I have.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 06:46 PM (44QZQ)

228
Pretty sure Ranier was aware Grace had lost her virginity by the time he met her.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 06:48 PM (Y8DZL)

229
What do these Jewish Democrats think would HAPPEN if (shudder! yikes!) Republicans were in power?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 06:48 PM (XJ22o)

230
Go anywhere in the gulf and see how guest workers are treated.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 06:50 PM (Y8DZL)

231 229
What do these Jewish Democrats think would HAPPEN if (shudder! yikes!) Republicans were in power?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 06:48 PM (XJ22o)
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I have many Jewish Democrat friends and it's just not in their DNA to EVER vote GOP. Sad.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 06:52 PM (kX27y)

232 Go anywhere in the gulf and see how guest workers are treated.
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 06:50 PM (Y8DZL)

If you ain't allowed to leave...
You ain't a guest.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:52 PM (Ot/FD)

233 For the entire duration of time that fine upstanding Republicans were so heinously refusing to play golf or drink shitty martinis with Jews, the Democrat party was literally lynching them through their little pajama party ghost mask club.

Figure it the fuck out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:55 PM (Ot/FD)

234 SMH - Quite a while back I sent you a picture of a couple of troops working on a tracked vehicle. Do you recall...was that a M88?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 06:55 PM (XeU6L)

235 AES is black Jesus?

Posted by: MikeN at August 19, 2026 06:55 PM (J6IV/)

236 I wonder what liberal Jewish folk in other states are thinking about the Jews in Michigan supporting Rogers? If they don't think it's wise they are idiots

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 06:56 PM (rp63B)

237 There is a NOOD!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 06:59 PM (wVcYX)

238 1.5m will get you a nice 1 bedroom in manhattan and perhaps 2-3 bedroom in one of the other boroughs.

Or a fixer-upper 2 family somewhere.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 07:05 PM (aYdt9)

239 Cruel is fine, unusual is fine.

Just not Cruel *and* Unusual.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 07:13 PM (Uf/zI)

240 Kind Hearts and Coronets wouldn’t be nearly as funny with Markel DEI cast as the lead.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 08:44 PM (ZVgZ4)

Former CNN Hypartisan News Prude Brooke Baldwin: I'm a Strong Professional Woman and So I Want You to Know I'm Really Good at Dick-in-Vag Sex

Ah yes, prudish, priggish Male Gaze-shaming feminists using their hooters and pooters to advance themselves.

Many such cases, as Elon Musk says

Ex-CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin gets stunningly candid about her sex life: 'Pretty damn good'

Was anyone asking? I sure wasn't.

Brooke Baldwin is opening up about her sex life in startlingly candid fashion -- declaring she's "pretty damn good" in bed, revealing four different men recently tried to sleep with her and insisting casual sex was "very much on the table" before she turned them all down.

This sounds a lot like a whore bragging.

The former CNN anchor, 47, made the eyebrow-raising admissions in a Substack post published over the weekend, writing that she had recently rejoined a dating app and found herself fielding attention from four men -- including one who "used to run a country," another who "literally flew in just to take me to dinner," and a third she described simply as "hot."
"Bottom line? I am flattered," Baldwin initially wrote before catching herself.

Oh wow, a divorced woman joined a dating app. Breaking news! Thanks for sharing.

Now she remembers she's a feminist and so she's not supposed to feel validation due to the sexual attention of men. So she questions if she's flattered and all, and decides she's not, because it's obvious she's hot.

"Hang on. Am I???"
"That's so old-school-Brooke-I-just-want-to-be-Chosen talking. No. I'm not flattered. I'm... unsurprised. There. There's the truth."

The veteran broadcaster, who was previously married to British producer James Fletcher before she filed for divorce in 2023, said she ultimately rejected all four men despite describing herself as someone who enjoys sex.
"What did I do?" Baldwin wrote. "Turned them all down. Every. Single. One."
"And y'all know... I love sex. If I may be so bold, I'm pretty damn good at it."
She added that she has previously written that "sex to me is like oxygen" and said she has been upfront that she is "not looking for a serious relationship right now."
"So casual sex? It's very much on the table. I've thought about it. A lot," she wrote.
"It could be empowering. It would almost certainly be pleasurable. And I'm a grown-ass woman with choices."

She wants you to know that she's a whore, but she's saving her Whore Energy for "a larger purpose."

Baldwin said she nevertheless decided against sleeping with any of the men because she wants to devote her energy to what she described as a larger purpose.
"In this particular season of my life, I care too much about what I'm building to let my energy scatter in a dozen directions," she wrote, describing that philosophy with a single word: "LEAKY."
"It isn't punishment. It's protection. Protection of the life I'm trying to build."

Men and women have different ways of dealing with middle age. Men, infamously, spend a lot of money on a sportscar they've coveted since they were 15.

But women, particularly leftwing women, deal with middle age by going through a "Messianic Phase," in which they suddenly become Philosopher-Priestesses who have So Much to Share with the World. If they're rich celebrity women, they adopt a Whitman's Sampler pack of third world children. They also tend to start Lifestyle Brand online businesses where they sell candles that smell, they advertise, like their private parts.

They also sometimes just sleep around a lot. Brooke Baldwin is combining the two Copes.

I'm not a prude, but I do object to someone of such slight public interest deciding she's going to Overshare the mundane details of her tawdry life with all of us.

Is that really for us? No, of course not. It's for Brooke. She's not being validated enough since CNN fired her -- a "negotiated settlement," as she calls it -- so she's going to validate herself.

And she's got more unsexy tidbits to share.

Note to gentlemen who prefer blondes: she's not interested in a one-night stand.
Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin said she craves "more intimacy" in her relationships -- and gave The Post a clue about the next steps in her career.
...
"I don't want less intimacy. I want more," she wrote in the post published Sunday.
"I love being deeply known, and knowing someone deeply in return," she added. "Instead I crave spaciousness -- in partnership or out of it."

Again, who is asking?

No one. She's doing what insecure women do, which is to go on social media, say something sexual, and wait for desperate men to tell them how hot they are.

I mean, this is the image she's using to drum up attention:

I hope no one out there is so naive or innocent as to think she chose the word "leaky" innocently, unaware that this word, in connection with the words "casual sex," suggests the sloshy aftermath of sex.

I'm not a prude, I'm so sick of "feminists" claiming they don't want to be seen as sex objects and then ringing the sexual Dinner Bell whenever they want to promote themselves.

Baldwin's latest essay also offered a tantalizing clue about her professional future.
The former anchor revealed that she is "building something of my own now" and added parenthetically: "we start shooting in two weeks!!!" She did not provide additional details about the project on her blog.

White Aging-Feminist Messiah Complex. "I have so much more to give. There must be something more to me. Right? Right? There has to be! I'm almost sure of it!"

It's the whole Eat-Pray-Love cycle. Have casual sex, spend money on restaurants, buy some trinkets and incense and get "spiritual."

She has some media project that will Heal Us All.

And maybe some candles that smell like her privates.

I'm in control of my sexuality, Male Gazers! Here is a picture of my breast implants to show you that I'm the one in control of my sexuality, Male Gazers!

I bought these for me, not you!

But in a statement to The Post, Baldwin revealed that she has spent the past several months developing an independent journalism project called "America, Tell Me Everything," which will take her around the country reporting on women from different backgrounds.

There you go. I can feel the healing already.

"After twenty-plus years in mainstream media, I'm doing journalism on my terms," Baldwin told The Post on Wednesday, adding that she plans to tell stories with and about women "whose lives and experiences may look nothing like mine or each other's."
The revelations come after Baldwin stunned readers last month by dishing about her sex life, revealing that her rejected suitors include a man who "used to run a country" and another who "literally flew in just to take me to dinner."
While she declined each opportunity, she left little doubt about her enthusiasm for sex itself.
...
Baldwin wrote the piece on a flight back home from Paris, describing the trip as largely solo. She didn't divulge who, if anyone, she spent time with in the famously romantic capital.
The scribe delved deeper into what she has learned about maintaining her independence and boundaries while in a relationship, writing that she has a tendency to nurture those around her to such an extent that she can lose sight of her own needs.
"I love to give. And if I'm not careful, it's also one of the quickest ways I leave myself," she wrote.

Is she 14? Is this MySpace?

Alejandro
@AlejandroCO303
The woman bragging publicly about how she likes to get fucked was aghast when Clay Travis said the word "boobs" on her show

That is a great point.

Brooke Baldwin, who claimed to be offended when I said the first amendment & boobs on CNN, now has a Substack where she poses in bras and writes about the men she bangs. She wrote a piece saying I should be fired for what I said on CNN! (Via @megynkelly). https://t.co/XW80WI8KZS
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 22, 2026

I'm so offended you said "boobs" without my consent.

Now, tell me I'm hot.

Bonus: I can see a certain something in Brooke's eyes.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 FINALLY!!

Some REAL NEWS!!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:30 PM (Sco7b)

2 How does Tapper rate his skills?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:31 PM (Sco7b)

3 And how does Don Lemon rate too?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:32 PM (Sco7b)

4 >>>1 FINALLY!!
Some REAL NEWS!!!

You know you like it.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at August 19, 2026 04:32 PM (1wjle)

5 declaring she's "pretty damn good" in bed, revealing four different men recently tried to sleep with her and insisting casual sex was "very much on the table" before she turned them all down.

This sounds a lot like a whore bragging.

That's prick teasing.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 04:33 PM (RqFM6)

6 4 >>>1 FINALLY!!
Some REAL NEWS!!!

You know you like it.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at August 19, 2026 04:32 PM (1wjle)

Of course!!

Thank you. And I think the chick in the picture lives in a nearby city and wants to teach me how to make a million dollars if advertising can be believed.

Things are looking up!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:34 PM (Sco7b)

7 Herpes is forever. Just a caveat.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:34 PM (Gqar8)

8 And her bolt ons are not appetizing.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 04:34 PM (RqFM6)

9 A trollop.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (R5BEI)

10 I could have been first but the male gaze stopped me.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (gYnrv)

11 Box Whine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (Ot/FD)

12 I saw Hooters and Pooters open for The Blowfish at Wetlands Preserve in '93.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (T3zON)

13 Other people's sex lives are boring.

Posted by: huerfano at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (2Xqig)

14 OK so she hit the wall hard and is advertising that she's still available please, won't men notice her

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (K32Fz)

15 Why are liberals obsessed with sex and making sure they shove whatever or whoever they are doing in our faces 24/7?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (cpFbA)

16 Applebee’s, what, a 6?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:36 PM (Gqar8)

17 I find this oversharing of personal information deeply tasteless.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at August 19, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

18 Lol she really does look like an AI fakebitch from a lazy clickbait dick pill popup.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:36 PM (Ot/FD)

19 How much was she paying these "men"?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 04:37 PM (0U5gm)

20 Liberals are obsessed with sex because the only way they derive meaning from life is from what gives them pleasure, or is supposed to give them pleasure.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 19, 2026 04:37 PM (gYnrv)

21 15 Why are liberals obsessed with sex and making sure they shove whatever or whoever they are doing in our faces 24/7?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (cpFbA)

Because they are dead inside, and the next step is cutting?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:37 PM (Gqar8)

22 >>>16 Applebee’s, what, a 6?

You're a charitable man.

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:37 PM (1wjle)

23 she had recently rejoined a dating app and found herself fielding attention from four men -- including one who "used to run a country," another who "literally flew in just to take me to dinner," and a third she described simply as "hot."
__________

There is no chance in this entire universe that this is true. Men of that power and wealth are not stalking dating apps for middle-aged mediocrities like this moldy TMU.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:37 PM (iFTx/)

24 "I've got a hot new girlfriend."

"Really? Who?"

"You don't know her, she goes to another school."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:37 PM (iFTx/)

25 Like Paulina Porizkova moping that she goes to a party and is invisible to men now because she's in her 60s (and still damn fine looking for her age)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 04:37 PM (K32Fz)

26 I remember Brooke now. She was co-anchor with Rick Sanchez.

Here, I looked it up. Google AI.

The fired co-worker you are referring to is Rick Sanchez.

He was fired from CNN in October 2010 after making controversial comments during a radio interview, where he called late-night host Jon Stewart a "bigot" and suggested that Jewish people ran CNN and the broader news media.

Brooke Baldwin had been working as Sanchez's on-air contributor and "sidekick" on his show, Rick's List.

Following his sudden firing, Baldwin was tapped to fill his time slot. This opportunity ultimately launched her 11-year run as a main daytime anchor for the network.

Okay. Thanks for the energy boost ace. Back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (Sco7b)

27 It's nice to know about Baldwin, but everyone really wants to know about the sex life of Stelter

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (rp63B)

28 >>>"You don't know her, she goes to another school."

Is she in the Niagara Falls area? She might know my girlfriend.

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)

29 En fuego! Caliente, even!!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (0sNs1)

30 Liberals are obsessed with sex because the only way they derive meaning from life is from what gives them pleasure, or is supposed to give them pleasure.

Elites spend every moment not in front of a camera on drugs or having sex with, um whatever cannot escape them, basically.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (K32Fz)

31 The woman bragging publicly about how she likes to get fucked was aghast when Clay Travis said the word "boobs" on her show
----
Most threads around here feature "boobs" within the first 50 comments or so...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (FZ29D)

32 She looks like an aging madam or an old saddle, I can't really call it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (0U5gm)

33 "Men and women have different ways of dealing with middle age. Men, infamously, spend a lot of money on a sportscar they've coveted since they were 15."

[Insert monkey side-eye meme here]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (iFTx/)

34 >>27 It's nice to know about Baldwin, but everyone really wants to know about the sex life of Stelter

I know it's so amazing that someone wrote a song about it

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)

35 It's nice to know about Baldwin, but everyone really wants to know about the sex life of Stelter
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (rp63B)
__

I don't.

But you do you.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (44QZQ)

36 substack

leaky broad on substack

lol I think my brain fell out

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (j+aD2)

37 1) Congratulations on having a vagina and being not-pug-ugly. Men will now attempt to bang you. I hope it hasn't taken you 45+ years to figure this out.

2) I would bet a significant sum of money that you're a world-class starfish in bed.

3) If the most interesting thing you can publish on the internet for all to see is what you do with your hoo-ha for fun, you're probably a dreadfully boring person in general.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (oqH4h)

38 I'm sorry I don't know this person at all.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (Oy/m2)

39 That's hot.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (XuXeR)

40 27 It's nice to know about Baldwin, but everyone really wants to know about the sex life of Stelter
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM (rp63B)

He plys his pickup lines at Golden Corral? Leaves alone, but well fed.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (Gqar8)

41 >>>"You don't know her, she goes to another school."

Is she in the Niagara Falls area? She might know my girlfriend.

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM

The Canadian side.

Posted by: huerfano at August 19, 2026 04:40 PM (2Xqig)

42 it's interesting to watch the bolt ons as gals age btw

they seem to ... sort of defect from the rest of the broad

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:40 PM (j+aD2)

43 A floozy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 04:40 PM (R5BEI)

44 I literally had to use that line once, I was in Oregon, my girlfriend was in Washington for college, and a doctor asked me about my personal life. I had to use the "she's in another state" line LOL

It was true! Didn't last much longer though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 04:40 PM (K32Fz)

45 42 it's interesting to watch the bolt ons as gals age btw

they seem to ... sort of defect from the rest of the broad
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:40 PM (j+aD2)

It’s all about the collagen.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (Gqar8)

46 >>27 It's nice to know about Baldwin, but everyone really wants to know about the sex life of Stelter

I know it's so amazing that someone wrote a song about it
Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)
----
What's that old "Sex Machine" up to these days?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (FZ29D)

47 Men, infamously, spend a lot of money on a sportscar they've coveted since they were 15."

They didn't make it when I was 15...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (XuXeR)

48 She looks like the type who always does butt stuff and always regrets having done butt stuff.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (Ot/FD)

49 I am assuming the "leaky" is due to having multiple semi-anonymous partners over a short time span.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (0U5gm)

50 Come and get it, boys.

Posted by: Helen Thomas at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (1wjle)

51 The personal details that Commentators on this Blog are most interested in is the state of your shelving.

Is it straight?
Is it sturdy?
Will it survive a 7.6 magnitude earthquake?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (0sNs1)

52 48 She looks like the type who always does butt stuff and always regrets having done butt stuff.

so ... a female human?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (j+aD2)

53 Wow, that's the same broad??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (pG62k)

54 Check out those saddle baggy thighs

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (t1EZK)

55 I can't get over the LEAKY

that is quite the tag line Ma'am!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (j+aD2)

56 I don't only not know about this person. I don't want to know about her and don't want to read about her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (JrHfD)

57 "This sounds a lot like a whore bragging."

Literally so. Women do not need to brag about getting laid. It is like a guy bragging about how hot the prostitute he paid to sleep with was. What? Congrats on getting good value? Did she have a coupon night?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (zZu0s)

58 ... including one who "used to run a country," ...

--------------

They're allowing Maduro conjugal visits?

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (T3zON)

59 anyone watch Lanterns?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (j+aD2)

60 We already know she's a whore. Now all you have to do is negotiate the price.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 04:43 PM (MWfyi)

61 >>>48 She looks like the type who always does butt stuff and always regrets having done butt stuff.

I added a vid to that effect.

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

62 What a pathetic never-was....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 04:43 PM (aJQbY)

63 58 ... including one who "used to run a country," ...

my guesses:

Boris Johnson

Bill Clinton

Chris Christie

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:43 PM (j+aD2)

64 46 >>27 It's nice to know about Baldwin, but everyone really wants to know about the sex life of Stelter

No, Jeffrey Toobin.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)

65 Trailer park boys looking Chris Hayes did the same thing last week wearing that sexy ass wifebeater during a podcast that should've been called "look at me".

Posted by: nckate at August 19, 2026 04:43 PM (enNUy)

66 I can't get over the LEAKY"

That's dead sexy...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 04:43 PM (XuXeR)

67 And all the other horses say, neigh, neigh.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (BzKNL)

68 >>>65 Trailer park boys looking Chris Hayes did the same thing last week wearing that sexy ass wifebeater during a podcast that should've been called "look at me".

that is the weirdest failed flex.

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)

69 So she questions if she's flattered and all, and decides she's not, because it's obvious she's hot.

All feminists think they're 10's.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (EFrJp)

70 I WANT A GIRL WITH A SHORT SKIRT
AND A STRAAAAAIT JACKET.

Posted by: CAKE at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (wtvvX)

71 I think it would behoove all public figures, but especially newspeople to ask this simple question before ever opening their mouths: "Do I want to see this reported on Ace of Spades HQ"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (O0TKe)

72 I added a vid to that effect.
Posted by: ace

And thus we see the true cruelty of Ace of Spades. Not the sly nickname, the cunning put-down, but the horrors he perpetrates on us, his loyal Morons.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (aJQbY)

73 56 I don't only not know about this person. I don't want to know about her and don't want to read about her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (JrHfD)

Just another Poster Person for existential crises. Lookin’ for Love in all the wrong Places - Hey!! that would make a GREAT song title!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (Gqar8)

74 But women, particularly leftwing women, deal with middle age by going through a "Messianic Phase," in which they suddenly become Philosopher-Priestesses who have So Much to Share with the World.
_______

I would add that middle-aged women without anything else stable or worthwhile in their lives are also feeling the heat of younger ladies taking their men, their jobs, and their self-worth.

So they constantly have to brag and posture as a plea for "I'm still relevant and hot and awesome!"

There's a reason the "cougar" has become a thing. And any cougar in the world will tell you she's a cougar within 15 minutes of meeting them. They are desperate to claw back some power from the younger generations taking it from them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (iFTx/)

75 Most threads around here feature "boobs" within the first 50 comments or so...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 04:38 PM

This seems to be an excessively high level of cynicism for a Commentator, much less a CoB, of such tender years.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 04:45 PM (0sNs1)

76 sock off

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2026 04:45 PM (wtvvX)

77 The personal details that Commentators on this Blog are most interested in is the state of your shelving.

Is it straight?
Is it sturdy?
Will it survive a 7.6 magnitude earthquake?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (0sNs1)
___

Hub is installing bookshelves in the rec room.

Considering our proximity to the New Madrid fault, I hope so.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (44QZQ)

78 If she is BRAGGING about talking to 4 men on a dating ap like Tinder or... hell... any dating ap...

4 is nothing to brag about... 4 for any semi slender woman is WAYYYYY below average.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (mP0Kj)

79 a woman her age should, frankly, be busy being a grandmother

this is the problem

she's a nana

she thinks she's a hottie but she should be baking

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (j+aD2)

80 including one who "used to run a country," ...

my guesses:"

Duracell?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (XuXeR)

81 I don't only not know about this person. I don't want to know about her and don't want to read about her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 04:42 PM (JrHfD)
___

Preach, sista!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:47 PM (44QZQ)

82 77 The personal details that Commentators on this Blog are most interested in is the state of your shelving.

Is it straight?
Is it sturdy?
Will it survive a 7.6 magnitude earthquake?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (0sNs1)
___

Hub is installing bookshelves in the rec room.

Considering our proximity to the New Madrid fault, I hope so.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (44QZQ)

Reelfoot Lake was an added feature to your AO a couple hundred years ago.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:47 PM (Gqar8)

83 When I was growing up and mischief came around, I would ask myself, "what would my grandmother think if she found out?"

These people need to ask themselves, "What funny name will Ace come up with when he posts about what I am about to say?"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 19, 2026 04:47 PM (O0TKe)

84 ***And she's got more unsexy tidbits to share.
--

Oh, please, not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 04:47 PM (BzKNL)

85 Brooke Burke >>>>>>>>>>> Brooke Baldwin

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 04:47 PM (Oy/m2)

86 so Lanterns did not start out strong.

still hopeful it doesn't suck

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (j+aD2)

87 "In this particular season of my life, I care too much about what I'm building to let my energy scatter in a dozen directions," she wrote, describing that philosophy with a single word: "LEAKY."

--------------

"Like cum coming out of her eyes, cum coming out of your ... whatever?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (T3zON)

88 If "leaky" is one of the first three words that comes to your mind when thinking about sex, then ... you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (iFTx/)

89 a woman her age should, frankly, be busy being a grandmother

this is the problem

she's a nana

she thinks she's a hottie but she should be baking
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (j+aD2)
___

I'm actually a Gammy.

Nana is my MiL.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (44QZQ)

90 There's a reason the "cougar" has become a thing. And any cougar in the world will tell you she's a cougar within 15 minutes of meeting them. They are desperate to claw back some power from the younger generations taking it from them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (iFTx/)
------

Yeah well when you're a 21-year-old college kid and the cougar sets its sights on you...you don't think about those underlying issues. You just leave the concert with her and have your buddy come pick you up the next day.

Theoretically.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (oqH4h)

91
omg

I'm not sure where this Flaunting Your Mature Female Sexuality literary trend started, but it might have been Caitlin Flanagan?

It has metastasized into completely dispensable explications of every trivial impulse or experience in existence. Instead of Thomas Friedman talking to a taxi driver, it's some matron dropping off her kid in her $100,000 SUV at a private school and ruminating for ten paragraphs on the implications of her daughter's red hair.

Or a shopping trip where someone held a door for her, or the meaning of watching t.v. in your bedroom, or omg.

Do some research and write an actual book like Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, or write a cheesy thriller, or get a job as a model. Monetizing your status as a horny middle-aged woman is not the feminist master-stroke.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (XJ22o)

92 "Oh wow, a divorced woman joined a dating app. Breaking news! Thanks for sharing."

She hasn't hit rock bottom yet.

When she realizes that the dating market for 47 year old post-Wall harlots is bleak, she'll open up the OnlyFans account and try to get that receding stream of simp-bucks before withdrawing completely into kitteh-and-wine obscurity.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (lNxD2)

93 ***the word "leaky" innocently, unaware that this word, in connection with
---

Plugs and exotic fruits

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (BzKNL)

94 I always thought he had a "stripper" look hen she was young, like a waitress from Hooters.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (eIzlH)

95 She added that she has previously written that "sex to me is like oxygen"...

Like Apollo 1 oxygen.....

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (wtvvX)

96 There's a significant segment of the female population that think their pussies are magical and fascinating even though half the population has them. They've mistaken men's willingness to use them for actual affection or interest in them. Brooke Baldwin is exactly this kind of self-absorbed sex doll doing an even more low-rent version of Carrie Bradshaw's minimum wattage vagina monologues. Just reading about her inane, Jack Handy attempts at deep thought on sex and relationships makes me want to cheat on her.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (lesDH)

97 She probably wanted to bang Clay Travis tbh.

Posted by: steevy at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (YwEeS)

98 I'm actually a Gammy.

Nana is my MiL.

you are blessed! I cannot wait to be in your shoes!

I don't care what moniker I get - just cannot wait

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (j+aD2)

99 Okay…where to even begin.

1. This whole thing reads as a dating app bio.
2. She is okay, but she is a far cry from stopping traffic gorgeous.
3. She may want to lower the levels of the HRT to normal, and then settle down with one of these hot successful males beating her door down. Because baby, tick tock, that is not going to last much longer.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

100 >>>I'm not sure where this Flaunting Your Mature Female Sexuality literary trend started, but it might have been Caitlin Flanagan?

It has metastasized into completely dispensable explications of every trivial impulse or experience in existence. Instead of Thomas Friedman talking to a taxi driver, it's some matron dropping off her kid in her $100,000 SUV at a private school and ruminating for ten paragraphs on the implications of her daughter's red hair.

Or a shopping trip where someone held a door for her, or the meaning of watching t.v. in your bedroom, or omg.

Do some research and write an actual book like Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, or write a cheesy thriller, or get a job as a model. Monetizing your status as a horny middle-aged woman is not the feminist master-stroke.

...

hear, hear.

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (1wjle)

101 "And y'all know... I love sex. If I may be so bold, I'm pretty damn good at it."

I don't suppose there's any way we could get you to NOT be so bold, is there?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

102 she thinks she's a hottie but she should be baking
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (j+aD2)

Truthfully? if she was a bit less on the crazy axis of the Hawt / Crazy graph, I'd tap her... she's not all that, but not bad...

But then again, I'm 67...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (mP0Kj)

103 They also tend to start Lifestyle Brand online businesses where they sell candles that smell, they advertise, like their private parts.

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"This is about me and my scented vaginal pebbles, isn't it?"

/Gwenyth Paltrow

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (T3zON)

104 That's a weird photo of her - the one in the sports bra - looks like her left arm is bruised, could have touched it up a bit.

On another note, Platner's boy wonder strategist turns out to be another nepo loser:
---------------
Hon. Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC
·
44m
Very interesting email just came our way about yet another superstar DSA rich kid who needs his parents to bail him out. Shocking, I know.

So it turns out that DSA strategist Morris Katz was, according to this very reliable source, renting a $5,700/month luxury apartment on Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and just stopped paying rent one day.

He apparently bounced several checks, dodged calls from the management company, super, and landlord, lied about being 'out of town', overstayed his lease, and then left all his belongings behind to be dealt with by the staff.

Ultimately his rich parents, of course, bailed him out with the landlord, presumably to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.

Again, this is the DSA. A group of spoiled brats who cannot even manage their own lives, yet supposedly have all the answers for how our entire world should be run. An absolute joke.

Many more details to come on this. Stay tuned!

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (kX27y)

105 101 "And y'all know... I love sex. If I may be so bold, I'm pretty damn good at it."

I don't suppose there's any way we could get you to NOT be so bold, is there?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

Lol

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (Gqar8)

106 Bet she'd be really popular down at the Retirement Home.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 04:51 PM (mP0Kj)

107 If she was really 'good at it', she wouldn't need to brag.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 04:51 PM (aJQbY)

108 From Jake Blames:

13 What was the accurate dollar figure on the value of equipment abandoned in place over there in Afghani land? Trucks, Black Hawk helicopters, fully automatic machine guns, secure radios, night vision goggles, etc etc. I've heard anywhere from 7 Billions to 70 Billions of dollars.

Clown World
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 03:38 PM (Y8TXp)

There was one small silver lining to the Fall of Kabul. On on of the anniversaries, the Taliban press office tweeted out a photo of the captured equipment. And when the internet made fun of their trucks for wearing what looked like shower caps or clean-room booties, they said it was because the tires were made by homosexuals, and easily degraded.

Objectively hilarious.

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 04:51 PM (L3Npt)

109 Considering our proximity to the New Madrid fault, I hope so.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:46 PM (44QZQ)

Reelfoot Lake was an added feature to your AO a couple hundred years ago.
Posted by: tubal
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And there's that little piece of Ky that got separated from the rest of the state.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2026 04:51 PM (XvL8K)

110 Truthfully? if she was a bit less on the crazy axis of the Hawt / Crazy graph, I'd tap her... she's not all that, but not bad...

But then again, I'm 67...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (mP0Kj)

This is what she's going to belatedly realize. Oh sure, there's plenty of guys that will insert their Staffs of Decadence into her bottom-teeth maul, but are they ever going to commit to her? Hell naw.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (lNxD2)

111 >>>44m
Very interesting email just came our way about yet another superstar DSA rich kid who needs his parents to bail him out. Shocking, I know.

So it turns out that DSA strategist Morris Katz was, according to this very reliable source, renting a $5,700/month luxury apartment on Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and just stopped paying rent one day.

huh. Just like that rich bitch nepo baby who refused to pay rent in a $4,000 per month apartment for over a year and bankrupted her *african* landlord.

Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (1wjle)

112
2) I would bet a significant sum of money that you're a world-class starfish in bed.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:39 PM (oqH4h)

Oh Dog, yes. This. Leftist women will try damn near anything in the bedroom but the vast majority absolutely SUCK at it. And not in the good way. Give me an uninhibited and enthusiastic playmate where we're in love every time. The uninhibited part is waaaaaay down the list, but it would be dishonest to say that for a single guy it's not a factor.

As least, that's my experience from 20+ years living in SoCal where commie poon was the only poon available.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (y9nCu)

113 There's a reason the "cougar" has become a thing. And any cougar in the world will tell you she's a cougar within 15 minutes of meeting them. They are desperate to claw back some power from the younger generations taking it from them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:44 PM (iFTx/)
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Yeah well when you're a 21-year-old college kid and the cougar sets its sights on you...you don't think about those underlying issues. You just leave the concert with her and have your buddy come pick you up the next day.

Theoretically.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (oqH4h)
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Uber, bro! Uber. But I'm assuming this took place long before there was such thing as Uber ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (iFTx/)

114 "It could be empowering. It would almost certainly be pleasurable. And I'm a grown-ass woman with choices."
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A "grown-ass" woman. A woman with a grown ass isn't as rare and unique as Ms. Baldwin would have you believe.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (rj6Yv)

115 Brooke, you have our number. Please let us know if you need any help.

Posted by: Joan Lunden For A Place For Mom at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (JM9I6)

116 I think it would be good for Brooke if she watched Ali Larter on Landman and learned a few tips from her.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (kX27y)

117 Honestly, the only thing worse than a worn out hussy posting things like this are the reveal parties where lefty women hold parties to tell their mental disability diagnosis to their friends.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (0U5gm)

118 >>>107 If she was really 'good at it', she wouldn't need to brag.

Preach.

Posted by: Brian "Sex Machine" Stelter at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)

119 America, Tell Me Everything

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OK.

I'm American.

Come interview me, Brooke.

I'll tell you everything. Things you've never heard. Things that will make you rip your ears off with your bare hands just to make it stop.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (BI5O2)

120 If I may be so bold, I'm pretty damn good at it.

Yeah? Come test your mettle against AoSHQ close tags, and we'll see.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (0sNs1)

121 Reelfoot Lake was an added feature to your AO a couple hundred years ago.
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:47 PM (Gqar

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Reelfoot Lake is beautiful, and I enjoyed watching the utoob video of it's creation, which made me delve into all things related to New Madrid, which did give me pause about moving here.

Yet it's still safer than staying in Illinois.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (44QZQ)

122 It's almost like a movie thread.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 04:54 PM (BzKNL)

123 Very interesting email just came our way about yet another superstar DSA rich kid who needs his parents to bail him out. Shocking, I know.

So it turns out that DSA strategist Morris Katz was, according to this very reliable source, renting a $5,700/month luxury apartment on Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and just stopped paying rent one day.

huh. Just like that rich bitch nepo baby who refused to pay rent in a $4,000 per month apartment for over a year and bankrupted her *african* landlord.

If we had a functioning press, every DSA dweeb that announces he has the solutions and is running for office will be dismissed with a sneer until they produce 2 years worth of pay stubs.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)

124 She so horny! She ruv u rong time!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2026 04:54 PM (wtvvX)

125 >>>A "grown-ass" woman. A woman with a grown ass isn't as rare and unique as Ms. Baldwin would have you believe.

I really hate that "blank-ass" expression. It was always dumb, but now every liberal says it to sound "street."

Posted by: Brian at August 19, 2026 04:54 PM (1wjle)

126 She turned down dates with these Chads because she was using fake pictures and didn't want them to know they were catfished

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:54 PM (iFTx/)

127 Shame Imissed the beginning of the thread
Spider solitaire is evil

Nice to now she is available

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 04:55 PM (Ia/+0)

128
Uber, bro! Uber. But I'm assuming this took place long before there was such thing as Uber ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (iFTx/)
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After 2000 but before the iPhone...

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:55 PM (oqH4h)

129
Why do the fingers of the men I date smell like sardines?

Posted by: Brook Baldwin at August 19, 2026 04:55 PM (OkYzo)

130 Women who have slept their way to the top want to close the door to the younger, hotter women trying to do the same thing.
They don't want the competition.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 19, 2026 04:55 PM (0MjtC)

131 Applebees 6. On a slow night.

Posted by: a.moron at August 19, 2026 04:55 PM (X5Jzz)

132 No mention yet of the absence or tats or the similarity of this behavion to Charlize Theron's.

Posted by: AosHQ Freelance Thread Monitor at August 19, 2026 04:55 PM (nHXB4)

133 I think these older women get lots of attention on the dating apps but then find out no one is really willing to sign on the dotted line again for anything real or long term.

Also, lets be honest, she probably better looking than 90% of her peers that are her age and is semi-famous, so thats going to give her a huge advantage in that dating market.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (eIzlH)

134 So by "Leaky" are we talking hot dog - manhole level here?

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (OUMaO)

135 A "grown-ass" woman. A woman with a grown ass isn't as rare and unique as Ms. Baldwin would have you believe.

You'd be surprised.

Posted by: Brie Larsen at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

136 IHOP 7

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (oHcxQ)

137 >>"And y'all know... I love sex. If I may be so bold, I'm pretty damn good at it."

She sure seems like a selfless lover.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (j09bD)

138 If those are the featured photos they use of this woman, I would not be interested in seeing what she ACTUALLY looks like without the professional lighting, make up, air brushing etc. Guessing she is a smoker. Body is manufactured, but passable. Face is a piece of leather.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske)

139 > Reelfoot Lake is beautiful, and I enjoyed watching the utoob video of it's creation, which made me delve into all things related to New Madrid, which did give me pause about moving here.
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It is a pretty cool place. The "ghost trees" are neat. Big Bald Eagle rehabilitation place too, IIRC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (2Cry5)

140 you are blessed! I cannot wait to be in your shoes!

I don't care what moniker I get - just cannot wait
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 04:49 PM (j+aD2)
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Thanks!

Being able to watch them grow into young ladies truly is a blessing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (44QZQ)

141 She's a nice looking woman...nothing out of the ordinary, but she looks older than 47.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (k5CNB)

142
Brookes Odometer has turned over a couple of times. It looks to have been a lot of hard miles.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (OkYzo)

143 living in SoCal where commie poon was the only poon available.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM

I've heard that East coast girls are hip
and you can really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They can knock you out when you're down there.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)

144 Here is a picture of my breast implants to show you that I'm the one in control of my sexuality, Male Gazers!

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"You call those implants? *pulls down pants and whips it out*"

/Crocodile Trannie 2: Frankenfurter Boogaloo

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (T3zON)

145 She's so leaky she changed her name to Broke.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (wtvvX)

146 She's a bag lady 9.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (MWfyi)

147 Tell Me Everything
. Tell me true
. Caldonia, what makes your big head so hard?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (BzKNL)

148 Also, lets be honest, she probably better looking than 90% of her peers that are her age and is semi-famous, so thats going to give her a huge advantage in that dating market.
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LOL, she's haggard.

I don't usually get on the "nobody is hot" kick many here do, but there are LOTS of 47 year old women who look better than this clapped out nag.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 04:57 PM (BI5O2)

149 121 Reelfoot Lake was an added feature to your AO a couple hundred years ago.
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:47 PM (Gqar
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Reelfoot Lake is beautiful, and I enjoyed watching the utoob video of it's creation, which made me delve into all things related to New Madrid, which did give me pause about moving here.

Yet it's still safer than staying in Illinois.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:53 PM (44QZQ)

I am happy for you. I have farming relatives in that sad sack state who are married to the land so to speak. Their leaving is not an option because state would bleed them.Illinois will not end well.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (Gqar8)

150 Brooke Baldwin reminds me of that Aussie "journalist"/columnist (and also admitted harlot) Jana Hocking, who Better Bachelor used to lampoon every other month.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (lNxD2)

151 huh. Just like that rich bitch nepo baby who refused to pay rent in a $4,000 per month apartment for over a year and bankrupted her *african* landlord.
Posted by: ace at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (1wjle)
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Yup, Tracy Rosenthal, proud 'author' of Abolish Rent.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (kX27y)

152 I've been very happily married for 40 years, but I admit I'm curious how I'd do on dating sites. I hope I never find out.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

153 You might be able to get Erin Burnett if you bring pies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (rp63B)

154
I generally reject these notions about what she "should" be doing -- grandmothering in her case? -- unless she actually has grandkids who are missing her. But I don't care about her not meeting societal expectations.

It's what she's actually doing that she shouldn't be doing. Acting on Main Character syndrome, manufactured, of all things, out of her notions of her own hotness. It's such a lazy and narcissistic route. Like I said, if she thinks she's all that, get to an agency and see if you can make it as a model or actress. Run yourself ragged going on auditions and go-sees. Start a cosmetics brand or a fashion line for 40+ women. Do some actual WORK.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (XJ22o)

155 >>> Whitman's Sampler pack of third world children

LMAO!!! Peak ace.

Posted by: Max Power at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (SwyyQ)

156 I, for one, long for the days when people kept their personal life private.

Posted by: Archer at August 19, 2026 04:59 PM (wvc0i)

157
If a man says this it's terrible.

If a woman says this it's "empowering".

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 19, 2026 04:59 PM (OkYzo)

158 Guessing she is a smoker. Body is manufactured, but passable. Face is a piece of leather.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske)

Or far too much sun.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 04:59 PM (k5CNB)

159
"This is about me and my scented vaginal pebbles, isn't it?"

/Gwenyth Paltrow
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:50 PM (T3zON)

Either that or your reputation as one of modern Hollywood's most active and notorious round-heels.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 04:59 PM (y9nCu)

160 At least the guys buying expensive sports cars will get better mileage and have a real asset than whatever dumb clod is banging this TMU.

But, it has long been The Blade's rule of thumb that girls who brag about their sexuality and how much they like sex are the ones least likely to give you a great night.

The ones most likely to give you a great night are the ones that don't look or talk the part.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:59 PM (iFTx/)

161 Would not motorboat. Afraid the plastic boobs would concuss me.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2026 04:59 PM (bX16E)

162 "I love to give. And if I'm not careful, it's also one of the quickest ways I leave myself," she wrote.

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Am I the only one who initially read that as 'I leak myself?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:59 PM (T3zON)

163 One of the NYPost pics, the one where she's in black and standing in an alley, makes her look like she just dismounted from her motorcycle prior to strolling into the biker bar for a pitcher, and maybe more.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)

164 This woman has obvious bolt-ons.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 05:00 PM (qBdHI)

165 Sometimes it's the ladies who want you to, how you say, give them a great night.

Posted by: Paolo at August 19, 2026 05:00 PM (0sNs1)

166 High mileage unit.

Posted by: Weasel at August 19, 2026 05:00 PM (leKdc)

167 8 And her bolt ons are not appetizing.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 04:34 PM (RqFM6)

They almost never are, in my opinion.

Posted by: a.moron at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (X5Jzz)

168 I also get a bit of Fatal Attraction vibes from Brooke's black-and-white image on top.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (lNxD2)

169 I really hate that "blank-ass" expression. It was always dumb, but now every liberal says it to sound "street."
Posted by: Brian at August 19, 2026 04:54 PM (1wjle)

Randal Munroe (xkcd) had a funny bit illustrating the importance of hyphens: That's a big-ass truck, vs That's a big ass-truck.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (PSEDc)

170 161 Would not motorboat. Afraid the plastic boobs would concuss me.

Just think of them as Kelvin's Balls.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (Riz8t)

171 "After twenty-plus years in mainstream media, I'm doing journalism on my terms," Baldwin told The Post on Wednesday, adding that she plans to tell stories with and about women "whose lives and experiences may look nothing like mine or each other's."

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I can pretty much bet that these will look almost exactly like hers and her clique of hangers on.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (uhVAy)

172 I heard from a friend that Brooke Baldwin is trying to gin up publicity for her new Only Fans channel and she thought talking about boobs and leaky aftersex would get some people jazzed up enough to tune in.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (yE2CW)

173 Since I never watched CNN unless it was on at an airport, and I haven't been in an airport since 2014, I have no idea who she was or is.

Pretty nice-looking MILF, I admit. But if she worked at the Communist News Network for twenty years, that's not good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (wzUl9)

174 You know what? If ever faced with the situation, I think I will just get a few more cats and another weird dog instead of trying to date. It just seems like a lot.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 05:02 PM (ZdaMQ)

175 They almost never are, in my opinion.

Posted by: a.moron at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (X5Jzz)
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The ones that are you wouldn't know unless you're told or get to feel 'em, at which point you're not gonna bitch.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:02 PM (oqH4h)

176 >>And her bolt ons are not appetizing.

Those things only ever look good under a sweater.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:02 PM (j09bD)

177 172 I heard from a friend that Brooke Baldwin is trying to gin up publicity for her new Only Fans channel and she thought talking about boobs and leaky aftersex would get some people jazzed up enough to tune in.

She thought wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 05:02 PM (Riz8t)

178 I don't want to seem misogynistic but I have doubts that three anonymous rich and powerful men who used to run countries and can just fly into town for some pussy are matching with her when they'd have access to dozens of much younger women willing to do whatever to get in good with a money/power guy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:02 PM (ExV1e)

179 I've got a clue for you, Brooke.

You're not hot. At all.

You are very stupid.

You're not nice.

So, basically... You're unattractive, uninteresting, and unpleasant, but... you have a lot of money.

Are you not putting it together, how you're landing these dates with lying men who call you hot?

I mean, you're dumb, like I said.

But you can't be this dumb.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (BI5O2)

180 Brooke Baldwin is pretty much what I'd expect every other bimbo on the boob tube to be like.

And I wouldn't. With anyone's dick. Ever. She looks like her vag has teeth.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (2Cry5)

181 Why are these democrats so broken? Yikes.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (cHNrw)

182 Casual, dumb , leaky? She a dumpster?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (Ia/+0)

183 Like Paulina Porizkova moping that she goes to a party and is invisible to men now because she's in her 60s (and still damn fine looking for her age)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026

***
Most men deal with this invisibility all their lives. My heart pumps purple peanut butter for her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9)

184 THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!!

That guy should run again for something.
He could rake it in now.

5pm

FoxNews - The Five - with Emily who will never be like Brooke. Angie Nixon!

CNN - Tapper - medical miracle to cure whatever's wrong with him. Oh melanoma

MS Now - that sad looking bitch - Trump Justice Department. Irony is lost on them...

CBC - Tariffs on hold. The grovelling must have been amazing...

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)

185 Randal Munroe (xkcd) had a funny bit illustrating the importance of hyphens: That's a big-ass truck, vs That's a big ass-truck.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 19, 2026 05:01 PM (PSEDc)

xkcd is a commie-ass leftist. you should stop patronizing his site.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (oqH4h)

186 The bikini shot...she obviously took this while looking upward so her early jowls wouldn't show.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 05:04 PM (qBdHI)

187
Very interesting email just came our way about yet another superstar DSA rich kid who needs his parents to bail him out. Shocking, I know.

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

What's shocking to me is that he didn't just squat.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 05:04 PM (XJ22o)

188 It's what she's actually doing that she shouldn't be doing. Acting on Main Character syndrome, manufactured, of all things, out of her notions of her own hotness. It's such a lazy and narcissistic route. Like I said, if she thinks she's all that, get to an agency and see if you can make it as a model or actress. Run yourself ragged going on auditions and go-sees. Start a cosmetics brand or a fashion line for 40+ women. Do some actual WORK.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 04:58 PM (XJ22o)

She doesn't know how to do that or have any ideas either. Her 'new frontier' is another set of lame framed interviews written by a staffer just like she has always done her entire career. Even those people who claim they are doing a Substack or something are doing something *different*

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)

189

Hmmm.....

Hon. Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC
WHAT?
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Jon Levine
@LevineJonathan
·
8h
NEW from me

Hasan Piker’s Brother Is Space Engineer With Top Secret Security Clearances Who’s Worked on Air Force One and Nuclear ‘Doomsday Plane’ for Boeing

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 05:04 PM (kX27y)

190 Like Paulina Porizkova moping that she goes to a party and is invisible to men now because she's in her 60s (and still damn fine looking for her age)

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I've heard her say this too. I think she looks great. And real for her age.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 05:05 PM (qBdHI)

191 THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!!

That guy should run again for something.
He could rake it in now.

Well, he's dead.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 05:05 PM (R5BEI)

192 And I wouldn't. With anyone's dick. Ever. She looks like her vag has teeth.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (2Cry5)

"Teeth" - free on Tubi. Fun movie.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

193 "And y'all know... I love sex. If I may be so bold, I'm pretty damn good at it."

Women tend to think this. Almost universally.

But look: It's a dick. You're not piloting the space shuttle here. Unless you are positively wretched at sex, we are going to get off. It's a simple, unsophisticated device.

I suppose it is our fault to an extent. No guy has ever panned a blow job before. Not if he ever expects another one anyway. So every one receives 5 stars. The very best, since the last one.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2026 05:05 PM (lesDH)

194 It's worse than that. She thinks she is still hot but she is over the hill. And...have you ever noticed that women with small boobs display them all the time?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 19, 2026 05:05 PM (bkuEU)

195 Gotta tell you, Brooke is right at the prime age for wild sex. Divorced mid-40s women will hump like rabbits. Making up for all that married time when they couldn't have any fun.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (QaH55)

196 That's not cleavage she's showing. That's a gaping chasm of two hills barely in the same range.

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (bWR5k)

197 whatever to get in good with a money/power guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:02 PM (ExV1e)

The fly in one isn’t so far fetched. I was flown to NYC for a first date and I am not even a famous journalist with a neon “open” sign across my nether regions.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

198 So we finally get a boobs post and it turns out they are nasty, stapled on fakes. Thanks loads.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (sFNX2)

199 Like Paulina Porizkova moping that she goes to a party and is invisible to men now because she's in her 60s (and still damn fine looking for her age)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026

***
Most men deal with this invisibility all their lives. My heart pumps purple peanut butter for her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9)

She wouldn't be so invisible if she had some charm, wit or conversation. Or does she just mean nobody is trying to get sex with her?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (uhVAy)

200 xkcd is a commie-ass leftist. you should stop patronizing his site.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (oqH4h)

I know. I stopped visiting about a decade ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (PSEDc)

201 Stay out of the pop up ads, bitch.
That's my turf.

Posted by: Senior lady in the unique gray sweater sporting pronounced hooterage at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (2Ez/1)

202 >>Gotta tell you, Brooke is right at the prime age for wild sex. Divorced mid-40s women will hump like rabbits.

Who cares. They are old.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (j09bD)

203 Well, he's dead.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 05:05 PM (R5BEI)

Awww. Thanks for letting me know.

He missed the government grocery stores by that much.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (Sco7b)

204 I mentioned this a couple days ago, how Christianity elevated the Stoic values of accepting fate and reality to a moral imperative. (In regards to reducing the zero-sum mentality so prevalent in the non-Christian world.)

Well the decline in Christianity in the West coincides with the loss in people's ability to accept anything bad, like growing old. Everyone wants to be 19 again. Well, that's normal but it isn't reality -- get the Barbara Bush hair style, put on an apron, and go bake cookies for the grands.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (O0TKe)

205 I truly do not feel sympathy for these people. They made a choice in life: a career, no matter what. Always a step up, better pay, more indentured to the "cause".
I have known a few people like this. I am sure others on this site have as well.
They become jaded in their 50's, one face happy and bragging how great life is for them, the other miserable when alone with you after drinking.
We will witness more of this with the younger gens who were brainwashed with these "freedoms".
Not good.

Posted by: JDubya_MESAZ at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (FQ2t6)

206 Brooke, you have our number. Please let us know if you need any help.
Posted by: Joan Lunden For A Place For Mom at August 19, 2026

***
LOL

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (wzUl9)

207 If she wasn't at least attractive, good chance she wouldn't be on tv.

Worked once a QVC, that shopping channel, had to wait some hours for a door to be delivered and they were paying me to sit and watch people in concourse.
I often say never say that many beautiful people, well dressed up anywelse.

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (Ia/+0)

208 Can you imagine the sheer depths of depression and self loathing that would prompt a grown woman in a semi professional field to say in public that she's "pretty damn good at sex"?

Yikes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (Ot/FD)

209 > It's worse than that. She thinks she is still hot but she is over the hill. And...have you ever noticed that women with small boobs display them all the time?
---------
IBTC

itty bitty titty club

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 05:08 PM (2Cry5)

210 Who cares. They are old.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (j09bD)

Also, something-something-something about a hotdog down a hallway.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:08 PM (lNxD2)

211 I can picture her sleeping one off in a 7-11 parking lot next to the dumpster.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 05:08 PM (0U5gm)

212 Who cares. They are old.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (j09bD)
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All cats are gray in the dark.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:08 PM (oqH4h)

213 198 So we finally get a boobs post and it turns out they are nasty, stapled on fakes. Thanks loads.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 19, 2026 05:08 PM (2Ez/1)

214 CBC - Tariffs on hold. The grovelling must have been amazing...
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)

I heard that the 3 day hold is if Canada agrees to open the pipelines from Alberta to the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:09 PM (uhVAy)

215 It's what she's actually doing that she shouldn't be doing. Acting on Main Character syndrome, manufactured, of all things, out of her notions of her own hotness. It's such a lazy and narcissistic route. Like I said, if she thinks she's all that, get to an agency and see if you can make it as a model or actress. Run yourself ragged going on auditions and go-sees. Start a cosmetics brand or a fashion line for 40+ women. Do some actual WORK.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026

***
Cindy Crawford, she ain't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)

216 Got dang. Those implants are ugly...the skin is stretched grossly across her sternum...

Posted by: mishdog at August 19, 2026 05:09 PM (XRwsB)

217 This joint thinks Sydney Sweeny is mid. Tough crowd lol.

This Baldwin chick is better than average looking for her age. She’s not obese which put her in the top 20% of women her age right off the bat.

She likes fucking, nice tits. What else do you need?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 05:10 PM (oHcxQ)

218 I heard that the 3 day hold is if Canada agrees to open the pipelines from Alberta to the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:09 PM (uhVAy)

President Trump is the best!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 05:10 PM (Sco7b)

219 That's not cleavage she's showing. That's a gaping chasm of two hills barely in the same range.
Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (bWR5k)

They're not even in the same zip code. Eurgh.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 19, 2026 05:10 PM (ZgwKJ)

220
She's doing what insecure women do, which is to go on social media, say something sexual, and wait for desperate men to tell them how hot they are.

Hanoi Jane Fonda's been running this scam for decades, but it's usually also tied to some other project she has going, like a book or movie coming out. Then she does and interview with tittilating tidbits of her past life.

"I had same-sex relationships!"

"Roger Vadim MADE me have threesomes!"

"Did you know I fucked Warren Beatty?"

"I'm 82 and I still have sex with hot men!"

Three of these four options are some of the BIG PERSONAL REVELATIONS that she pulled out in interviews.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 05:10 PM (y9nCu)

221 She likes fucking, nice tits. What else do you need?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026

***
Pleasant and not an obvious narcissist or nutjob would be cool too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (wzUl9)

222 "She likes fucking, nice tits. What else do you need?"

Those elbows are hideous.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (MWfyi)

223
"America, Tell Me Everything," which will take her around the country reporting on women from different backgrounds.

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

So disappointing that hundreds of women will fall for this and clamor to get a segment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (XJ22o)

224 All cats are gray in the dark.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:08 PM (oqH4h)

We have a mostly white one. She's how I find my way back to the bed when I have to get up for the inevitable midnight bathroom visit.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (QaH55)

225 >>That's not cleavage she's showing. That's a gaping chasm of two hills barely in the same range.

You'd need to run down to Harbor Freight and get a cheap Chinese Pneumatic Press to get them close enough to each other to fuck.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (j09bD)

226 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (W2Pud)

227 >>All cats are gray in the dark.

Some are pink in the sunlight, though.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (j09bD)

228 We either buy sports cars or, less destructively, start bands in middle age.

Posted by: InZona at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (XiTQh)

229 Damn right I'm good in bed.

I can sleep for days.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (wVcYX)

230 I heard that the 3 day hold is if Canada agrees to open the pipelines from Alberta to the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026

***
Regular gas here is still holding at $3.29-3.49. I got half a tank today, and will fill the other half with ethanol-free tomorrow ($4.39/gal).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (wzUl9)

231 Pleasant and not an obvious narcissist or nutjob would be cool too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (wzUl9)

If you’re looking for long term sure. If you’re looking for some fun, eh whatever.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (oHcxQ)

232 It's a simple, unsophisticated device.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2026 05:05 PM

Dude. It that how you describe the axis of the Universe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 05:13 PM (0sNs1)

233 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?

Posted by: nurse ratched

The farthest thing from it, outside of a few score-keepers.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 05:13 PM (0U5gm)

234 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?
Posted by: nurse ratched

==

No, but it gets attention.

There will be a line forming of older men, but no one wants to put their name on the title.

(normal) men dont want to marry or be serious with a slut.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:13 PM (eIzlH)

235
WTH?

Is she advertising for more partners?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 05:13 PM (/QHx4)

236 @220

>>Hanoi Jane Fonda's been running this scam for decades, but it's usually also tied to some other project she has going,

At least Fonda was a legitimate hottie at one time, Baldwin is at best, an Applebees 6.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 05:14 PM (XV/Pl)

237 Trump won Sarasota County by 18 points. The Dems just flipped the school board .

Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 05:14 PM (tVWZ5)

238 >>Are men turned on by promiscuity?

Meh - We can be turned on by the right breeze, if we are being honest.

But, typically, the more that is left to suggestion/imagination the better off you are going to be.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:14 PM (j09bD)

239 I have doubts that three anonymous rich and powerful men who used to run countries and can just fly into town for some pussy are matching with her when they'd have access to dozens of much younger women willing to do whatever to get in good with a money/power guy.

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"You see, Brooke... I live for the fast-paced excitement of the billionaire entrepreneur's plutocratic pursuits.

But sometimes I have to step away from the hectic day-to-day of the fine chocolate company and the Milanese fashion house I inherited from my father, the late Grand Duke of Fenwick, and make some space for me and my true passions: liberating Palestine, and chasing down sad old roasties with shitty boob jobs and a pussy that looks like a bulldog chewing mayonnaise.

Oh whoops, it looks like I left my wallet in the G6! You can get this, right?"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:14 PM (BI5O2)

240 All cats are gray in the dark.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:08 PM (oqH4h)
*
We have a mostly white one. She's how I find my way back to the bed when I have to get up for the inevitable midnight bathroom visit.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 19, 2026

***
I'm invisible in the dark. Just ask my human. Heh, heh, heh. . . .

Posted by: Stirling, Wolfus's Black Cat at August 19, 2026 05:14 PM (wzUl9)

241 Being with her would be like fucking a burlap sack full of sticks. And her chest? "I want my babyback babyback babyback."

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 19, 2026 05:14 PM (bNf8H)

242 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM

Are these rhetorical or actual questions?

If the latter, do you think 'rons are a representative sample universe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 05:15 PM (0sNs1)

243 This is why I lurk here. I'd never have heard of this dimwit blint otherwise.

Posted by: Cosda at August 19, 2026 05:15 PM (Fkr3y)

244 The Canadian side.
Posted by: huerfano at August 19, 2026 04:40 PM (2Xqig)

Ohhhh, so she’s a professional “ballet” dancer is she …

Posted by: browndog knows of the Ballet at August 19, 2026 05:15 PM (pY+ea)

245 her rejected suitors include a man who "used to run a country"

Dammit it, Bill! Keep it zipped up!!

Posted by: Hillary 2028! at August 19, 2026 05:15 PM (wVcYX)

246 229 Damn right I'm good in bed.

I can sleep for days.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM

Oh, yeah. Right side, left side, back.

Ain't bragging if you can do it.

Posted by: Lil Abner, mattress tester at August 19, 2026 05:15 PM (2Ez/1)

247 Who’s watching Tousi?

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 05:15 PM (8jVAy)

248 Ever since I heard the 'dirty thumbs' news about Fang Fang, I lost all respect for her.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

249 @233 I don't see any indication whatsoever of 'how good she is in bed.' She indicates that for a certain set of prices, she may be available 'in bed.' Available does not equal good.

Nobody's going after the hanging curve of "spaciousness"?
She looks to me as if she may be,er, spacious in the extreme.
In several dimensions IYGWIM.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 19, 2026 05:16 PM (zdLoL)

250 nurse,

can't speak for the likes of Elric, but for myself, nope. I don't need a program, thanks....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 05:16 PM (aJQbY)

251 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (W2Pud)
__________

No, they don't. The audience for her slut-whore show isn't men. It's women. She is desperate to show other ladies -- and especially younger ladies -- that she still "has it" and men still find her hot and desirable. She wants to try to maintain her status in the pecking order of her female peers.

Men above the age of 17 are too smart to fall for her "I'm a slut" routine. We know better. See my comment above.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 05:16 PM (iFTx/)

252 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?
Posted by: nurse ratched\

***
At 16? Maybe. At 36, not if we've grown up at all, and most of us have.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:17 PM (wzUl9)

253 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (W2Pud)

Biology says that we should bang a lot of women and move on. So if you want a notch on that bedpost it might be worth a text and spare change to get an anchorbabe.

But for a relationship/wifey material? No way.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:17 PM (uhVAy)

254 Oh noes, a school board was "flipped" in a county that Trump won 2 years ago? Obviously the world is ending....

Anyway, back to reality where local issues and local candidates do matter in races such as that.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:17 PM (lNxD2)

255 202 >>Gotta tell you, Brooke is right at the prime age for wild sex. Divorced mid-40s women will hump like rabbits.

Who cares. They are old.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:07 PM (j09bD

You have been removed from the Christmas card list.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 05:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

256 Regular gas here is still holding at $3.29-3.49. I got half a tank today, and will fill the other half with ethanol-free tomorrow ($4.39/gal).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

==

It's diesel that's hurting the economy imo. Like $5-$6 a gallon.

It might not be something most consumers see but the whole economy runs on diesel. Just adds to inflation concerns.

I'm not going to pretend the war in Iran was cost free.

Trump has done an admirable job keeping a lid on prices, but gas was way at the beginning of the year.

people are happy when gas is cheap.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:17 PM (eIzlH)

257 You have to separate “would I like to fuck her” from “would I like to marry her”. Two totally different sets of criteria. For most guys a pulse is about the only criteria for the first one lol.

It’s like if I get a hotel for the night I’m not going to worry about much other than does it have a bed for me to sleep on. Versus if I’m custom
Building a home, which will elicit a lot of thought and decisions.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 05:17 PM (oHcxQ)

258 I wouldn't ask her out.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 05:17 PM (TN0g+)

259 Very interesting email just came our way about yet another superstar DSA rich kid who needs his parents to bail him out. Shocking, I know.

So it turns out that DSA strategist Morris Katz was, according to this very reliable source, renting a $5,700/month luxury apartment on Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and just stopped paying rent one day.

____

I'm told from reliable people that rich people got that way through hard work, dedication, and smarts. Now I'm told they are all nepo babies.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (DbmIv)

260 "Is this really what men want?"

Sammich.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

261 >>That's not cleavage she's showing. That's a gaping chasm of two hills barely in the same range.

You'd need to run down to Harbor Freight and get a cheap Chinese Pneumatic Press to get them close enough to each other to fuck.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM (j09bD)

Yang Poon!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (wVcYX)

262 "...that looks like a bulldog chewing mayonnaise."

*files away for future reference*

Posted by: LOL at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (2Ez/1)

263 Applebee’s, what, a 6?
----

Yes, perfect--you summarized it better than I could have.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

264
Used vag. Only ridden 10,000 times.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (/QHx4)

265 Why does this post exist?

Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (562sf)

266 You could put a zip line across there.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (MWfyi)

267 Leupold, regional prices vary. I think diesel has been below regular a few places here since Iran started...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (aJQbY)

268 And nobody who "ran a country" is flying in for...her.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 05:19 PM (TN0g+)

269
She likes fucking, nice tits. What else do you need?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026

A good personality goes a long way, but if it's lacking and she nags constantly, you can always stuff something in her face-hole to shut her up.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 05:19 PM (y9nCu)

270 I have doubts that three anonymous rich and powerful men who used to run countries and can just fly into town for some pussy are matching with her when they'd have access to dozens of much younger women willing to do whatever to get in good with a money/power guy.

***
Exactly. What would Brooke bring to the table (or bed) that a girl who looks like Sydney Sweeney wouldn't?

Maybe enthusiasm -- which, let's face it, is a major turn-on. But somehow I doubt it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:19 PM (wzUl9)

271 >>You have been removed from the Christmas card list.

As long as I am still on the Hanukkah Card list...it's all good.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:19 PM (j09bD)

272 And nobody who "ran a country" is flying in for...her.
Posted by: Crusader

Are sure it wasn’t county?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 05:20 PM (oHcxQ)

273 I'm really good at sex too, especially when I'm alone.

Posted by: Pawl at August 19, 2026 05:20 PM (MWfyi)

274 You'd need to run down to Harbor Freight and get a cheap Chinese Pneumatic Press to get them close enough to each other to fuck.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:11 PM

Dude! She's ribbed for your pleasure.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 05:20 PM (0sNs1)

275 Baldwin wrote the piece on a flight back home from Paris, describing the trip as largely solo.

"Largely solo" is code for "one night stand."
Brooke be a ho.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 19, 2026 05:20 PM (0Htd1)

276 Brooke's dating ad: "Date me and I'll tell everybody I didn't sleep with you. I'll deny everything."

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

277 IllTemperedCur -

I'd be afraid she'd bite.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 05:21 PM (aJQbY)

278 Pardon me while I vomit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:21 PM (guGkK)

279 274 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

280 So it turns out that DSA strategist Morris Katz was, according to this very reliable source, renting a $5,700/month luxury apartment on Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and just stopped paying rent one day.

____

I'm told from reliable people that rich people got that way through hard work, dedication, and smarts. Now I'm told they are all nepo babies.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (DbmIv)

Or they were funded by an NGO or other op...who's funding just ran out.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy)

281
Her 'new frontier' is another set of lame framed interviews written by a staffer just like she has always done her entire career. Even those people who claim they are doing a Substack or something are doing something *different*
Posted by: Oldcat

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

Why in hell is any network greenlighting this drivel? When they're all supposedly struggling? Please don't tell me this is where they expect to make money -- drawing on The View audience. Please don't tell me these expectations are borne out by market research. I'm going to vomit.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (XJ22o)

282 Who’s watching Tousi?
Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 05:15 PM (8jVAy)
======

The IRGC is reduced to threatening the Yoorups with missile strikes. LOL

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (rj6Yv)

283 Leupold, regional prices vary. I think diesel has been below regular a few places here since Iran started...
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)

==

I just checked and supposedly national average for diesel is $5.50 a gallon

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (eIzlH)

284 I'm starting a GoFundMe to get this grown-ass woman a sybian. Who's with me???

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (guGkK)

285 The fly in one isn’t so far fetched. I was flown to NYC for a first date and I am not even a famous journalist with a neon “open” sign across my nether regions.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 05:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

I've met you. You're significantly more attractive than Brooke Baldwin and you can always be stowed away in the overhead bin.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (ExV1e)

286 Guess I should go walk the weird dog that I have before I head back to teach my last class.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 05:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

287 Applebee’s, what, a 6?
----

Yes, perfect--you summarized it better than I could have.
Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)
===

A The Villages 8.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (rj6Yv)

288 As The Federalist previously reported, Grassley revealed Foreign Influence Task Force (“FITF”

used the investigation “to seek out CHS holdings at FBI Field Offices across the country relating to the Biden family and falsely discredit them as foreign disinformation.” And “at one point in time the FBI maintained over 40 Confidential Human Sources that provided criminal information relating to Joe Biden, James Biden, and Hunter Biden.” Sources familiar with Round River also told The Federalist “that the investigation sought to scuttle any investigative leads into Biden family corruption by discrediting it as Russia disinformation.”

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (wfdbg)

289 >>The IRGC is reduced to threatening the Yoorups with missile strikes. LOL

Oh. No.
Please.
Not.
Europe.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (j09bD)

290
I'm invisible in the dark. Just ask my human. Heh, heh, heh. . . .
Posted by: Stirling, Wolfus's Black Cat at August 19, 2026 05:14 PM (wzUl9)

Me too!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur's coffee table at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (y9nCu)

291 Don't belittle Piper. She's taller than AtC.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (0sNs1)

292 Hasan Piker’s Brother Is Space Engineer With Top Secret Security Clearances Who’s Worked on Air Force One and Nuclear ‘Doomsday Plane’ for Boeing

Posted by: beckster
---

Post it on Truth
Send a memo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (BzKNL)

293
One of Ace's best.

And yes, this woman and her cohort are your new rulers.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (Y8DZL)

294 "Hypartisan"

A cromulent and useful neologism.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

295 If Brooke really wanted to be daring and candid, she'd let everyone know what types of STDs she's currently harboring in her crevasse of disease.

If I had to guess, at least 2 strains of HPV (one high risk strain, the other is dealer's choice), and at least one recovery from syphilis and chlamydia.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (lNxD2)

296 She's not even well-worthy.

Look at her skin. The lotion can do nothing.

Posted by: Jame Gumb at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (lesDH)

297 Aerosmith has a song about Brooke.

Some sweathog mama with a face like a gent
Said my get up and go must have got up and went.
Well, I got good news, she's a real good liar
‘Cause the backstage boogie set your pants on fire

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (wVcYX)

298
I've met you. You're significantly more attractive than Brooke Baldwin and you can always be stowed away in the overhead bin.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You are very kind, and now I am laughing out loud like a crazy person.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

299 Katz family is wealthy , al-Sayed family is wealthy, Piker family is wealthy, Platner's family is wealthy. Those are only four of the wealthy theater kids cosplaying at Marxism. They would be killed in a minute in the revolution.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (rp63B)

300 Why in hell is any network greenlighting this drivel? When they're all supposedly struggling? Please don't tell me this is where they expect to make money -- drawing on The View audience. Please don't tell me these expectations are borne out by market research. I'm going to vomit.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (XJ22o)

She didn't say it was a network, she could self fund and put it on Youtube. It would be a lot smarter than an actual network show, and cheaper. And seen by more people if it was any good, which it likely isn't.

This is the modern equivalent of the 'writing a novel or biography' that you can tout and not be called on it for a long time in those circles.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

301 Thanks, Ace, for a post I can just totally skip past. A real time-saver.

Posted by: mindful webworker - but, you do you at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (yrKoI)

302
Who’s watching Tousi?
Posted by: Accomack

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Why, what's he saying?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (XJ22o)

303 The IRGC is reduced to threatening the Yoorups with missile strikes. LOL
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 05:22 PM (rj6Yv)

In my best Jeremy Clarkson voice. "Oh no! Anyway...".

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (lNxD2)

304
"After twenty-plus years in mainstream media, I'm doing journalism on my terms," Baldwin told The Post on Wednesday,

--------

"After 20 years plus of assembling alarm cocks, I'm doing alarm clock assembly on my terms."

-Guy who just got fired from alarm clock assembly line

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (AnW6a)

305 Are men turned on by promiscuity? By women advertising how good they are in bed? But telling everyone how many potential partners they have turned down?

Is this really what men want?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 05:12 PM (W2Pud)

No. Men keep saying that this isn't what we want. Women keep telling us that we're wrong. From their perspective, since some guy will bang them, their strategy is working.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)

306 They look like the twin domes on the San Onofre nuclear power plant, except hers are a lot farther apart.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:26 PM (guGkK)

307 306 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

308 Just like with Nancy Mace, women, stop going crazy publicly

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 19, 2026 05:26 PM (+FcEe)

309 Regular gas here is still holding at $3.29-3.49. I got half a tank today, and will fill the other half with ethanol-free tomorrow ($4.39/gal).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

$3.21 for regular here in my Nashville suburb today.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2026 05:27 PM (lJ0H4)

310 >>The IRGC is reduced to threatening the Yoorups with missile strikes. LOL

Oh. No.
Please.
Not.
Europe.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (j09bD)

All those generations of sucking up and they still go for Europe rather than lob one at a carrier or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:27 PM (uhVAy)

311 ince some guy will bang them, their strategy is working.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM

Please don't confuse some guy with me.

Posted by: That Guy at August 19, 2026 05:27 PM (0sNs1)

312 Missiles on their own kind in Europe?
Guess they won't hit cities. they're all filled with the Brotherhood

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:27 PM (Ia/+0)

313 If Brooke really wanted to be daring and candid, she'd let everyone know what types of STDs she's currently harboring in her crevasse of disease.

If I had to guess, at least 2 strains of HPV (one high risk strain, the other is dealer's choice), and at least one recovery from syphilis and chlamydia.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (lNxD2)

---------------

And that's all just from blowing Bubba's Peyronie Diseased-Dick decades ago.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 05:27 PM (7ccUk)

314 And you could talk to Sydney about working on cars. This woman? All she has is her sex life.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 19, 2026 05:27 PM (bkuEU)

315

Thank the Lord she does not have children.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)

316 No. Men keep saying that this isn't what we want. Women keep telling us that we're wrong. From their perspective, since some guy will bang them, their strategy is working.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)

They just don't know the rules, even as feminists have been cosplaying as men since what, 1960 or so?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

317 Diesel refining news today was about 'crack spread,' which is not entirely about Brooke, surprisingly.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 05:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

318 Note to gentlemen who prefer blondes: she's not interested in a one-night stand.
Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin said she craves "more intimacy" in her relationships

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I feel like Shania Twain's "If you're not in it for love" should be played at this point.

Posted by: Decaf at August 19, 2026 05:28 PM (ZNpJk)

319 San Onofre nuclear power plant
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 05:26 PM

Near the Sunset and Redondo Beach LA beaches, right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (0sNs1)

320 Lots of attractive women are pint sized. Tina Cole, Barbara Eden, Sally Field, are all about 5'2".

Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (JM9I6)

321 >>All those generations of sucking up and they still go for Europe rather than lob one at a carrier or something.

Because they know that the Euros are fags and wouldn't dream of hitting them back.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (j09bD)

322
Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

==========

Oh yeah, I missed the "on my terms." I'm getting cross-eyed thinking about this vacuity.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)

323
As for the implants, every woman wants own a motorboat.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (Y8DZL)

324 I feel like I'm reading some kind of offshoot of Tiger Beat, only for 60 tear olds

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (ItWcy)

325 Note to gentlemen who prefer blondes: she's not interested in a one-night stand.
Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin said she craves "more intimacy" in her relationships

--------------

I feel like Shania Twain's "If you're not in it for love" should be played at this point.
Posted by: Decaf at August 19, 2026 05:28 PM (ZNpJk)

Let me explain it for her. She doesn't get to decide if it is a relationship if he just walks off and ghosts her.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

326 She didn't say it was a network, she could self fund and put it on Youtube"

YouTube pretends to have standards. OnlyFans? Pronhub?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (XuXeR)

327 No man wants a disgusting, raddled mattressback.

I mean, it happens. Wild Turkey is a helluva drug.

But it's always shameful when it does.

Nobody looks at someone like Brooke and says "hold the phones, Gentlemen! Somebody fuel up my jet! Love is in the air as son as we get those wheels up!"

This is farcical boasting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (BI5O2)

328 Don't belittle Piper. She's taller than AtC.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 05:24 PM (0sNs1)

So is a hamster.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)

329 I feel like I'm reading some kind of offshoot of Tiger Beat, only for 60 tear olds
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (ItWcy)

Not enough gushing over Bobby Sherman for that.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:30 PM (uhVAy)

330 including one who "used to run a country,"

==

Bashsar Al-Assad? Maduro got a phone ?

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 05:31 PM (g47mK)

331 Now I'm going to picture Piper as looking like Kelly Stables of Two and a Half Men. (Piper, that's a compliment!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)

332 >>All those generations of sucking up and they still go for Europe rather than lob one at a carrier or something.

Because they know that the Euros are fags and wouldn't dream of hitting them back.
Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (j09bD)

Well Europe publicly admitted by not joining they don't have the ability to hit them back if they wanted to.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (uhVAy)

333 Casual sex was 'very much on the table'?

Hokay, you do you - just be careful to not fall off.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (mx1Q2)

334 No. Men keep saying that this isn't what we want. Women keep telling us that we're wrong. From their perspective, since some guy will bang them, their strategy is working.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)
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Just like ridiculous push-broom looking fake eyelashes, lip fillers, bladed eyebrows, cheek fillers, Brazilian butt lifts, ridiculous bolt-on cans, and all the other dumb shit women do to their bodies.

Men. Do. Not. Want. This. Shit. We do not find it attractive or sexy. We have told women this since any of it got started. They still fucking do it, for...reasons.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (oqH4h)

335 Can't be Mujtaba, he ghey. Also dead.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (g47mK)

336 288 As The Federalist previously reported, Grassley revealed ... FBI Field Offices ...the Biden family ... FBI maintained over 40 Confidential Human Sources ... criminal information relating to Joe Biden, James Biden, and Hunter Biden.
--

Top Men

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (BzKNL)

337 I believe Brooke just as much as the Indian scammed who said his hot, rich boss forced herself on him after saying "I bet your little Asian fish-head wife doesn't have cannons like these."

Seriously, that bullshit was more believable than hers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (BI5O2)

338 I'd hit it.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! at August 19, 2026 05:33 PM (Dv3i1)

339 Now I'm going to picture Piper as looking like Kelly Stables of Two and a Half Men. (Piper, that's a compliment!)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)

I just assume Piper Laurie, because Piper.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:33 PM (uhVAy)

340 I love that Iran is the one that's actually shooting at them, but they still hate Trump more. For making Iran so mad.

It's like blaming the battered wife. Why did you set him off like that?

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 05:33 PM (eIzlH)

341 Blasting southeast Europe doesn’t strike me as winning move. They just need to keep scaring the ships. Iran is ruled by apocalyptic lunatics. China is not. I wonder how that needle gets threaded. China isn’t interested in Canadian oil tar.
Gas has settled around 3.80$, E0 is 4.55.

Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (GbONR)

342 I believe Brooke just as much as the Indian scammed who said his hot, rich boss forced herself on him after saying "I bet your little Asian fish-head wife doesn't have cannons like these."

Seriously, that bullshit was more believable than hers.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (BI5O2)

I'm shocked you would imply that a well regarded mainstream news woman would stretch the truth.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (uhVAy)

343 revealing four different men recently tried to sleep with her and insisting casual sex was "very much on the table" before she turned them all down.
......

Dick. Tease.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (UjdFS)

344 320 Lots of attractive women are pint sized. Tina Cole, Barbara Eden, Sally Field, are all about 5'2".
Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at August 19, 2026 05:29 PM (JM9I6)
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My wife is 5'3" and an absolute smoke show, if I do say so myself.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (oqH4h)

345 and all the other dumb shit women do to their bodies.
___

Tattoos and facial piercings are a turn off.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (Dv3i1)

346 Well Europe publicly admitted by not joining they don't have the ability to hit them back if they wanted to.

Posted by: Oldcat
---

Putin said something about punching England in the nose if it keeps on selling drones to Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:35 PM (BzKNL)

347 Quick Hits is up.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2026 05:35 PM (j09bD)

348 TxMoMe attendee Pro Tip: Whatever activities you may be considering to be "on the table", do not initiate nor perform them on Ben Had's Kitchen Table.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)

349 ___

Tattoos and facial piercings are a turn off.

Posted by: Chuck Martel
--

Other piercing?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (BzKNL)

350 I think a lot of women think they are good a sex just because he cums.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (3cUTc)

351 342 I believe Brooke just as much as the Indian scammed who said his hot, rich boss forced herself on him after saying "I bet your little Asian fish-head wife doesn't have cannons like these."

Seriously, that bullshit was more believable than hers.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (BI5O2)

I'm shocked you would imply that a well regarded mainstream news woman would stretch the truth.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (uhVAy)

Dear Penthouse Forum, you won't believe....

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (mP0Kj)

352 Those are not flattering pictures. And I know it's easy pickings, crashing on a woman who has hit the wall (perhaps 10 years ago for this bint) but I'm just gonna say it...

I would let her eat my butt. I would even allow her the option of jelly or syrup.

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (Iwv3U)

353 Nood. Quickies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

354 Blasting southeast Europe doesn’t strike me as winning move. They just need to keep scaring the ships. Iran is ruled by apocalyptic lunatics. China is not. I wonder how that needle gets threaded. China isn’t interested in Canadian oil tar.
Gas has settled around 3.80$, E0 is 4.55.
Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (GbONR)

Closing the straits doesn't help Iran or China. That's why we are doing it ourselves.

We can and do let non-Iran traffic pass as we like and stop all of theirs. The initial logjam of boats has long since moved on.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

355 >>The IRGC is reduced to threatening the Yoorups with missile strikes. LOL

Oh. No.
Please.
Not.
Europe.
Posted by: garrett
.......

They could bomb the fuck out of Ukraine for all I care.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 05:37 PM (UjdFS)

356 Putin said something about punching England in the nose if it keeps on selling drones to Zelensky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:35 PM (BzKNL)

They've already started moving ships through the channel and the UK can't even follow them because their boats are in repairs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

357 Blasting southeast Europe doesn’t strike me as winning move. They just need to keep scaring the ships. Iran is ruled by apocalyptic lunatics. China is not. I wonder how that needle gets threaded. China isn’t interested in Canadian oil tar.
Gas has settled around 3.80$, E0 is 4.55.
Posted by: Accomack at August 19, 2026 05:34 PM (GbONR)
====

Yeah. If the Persians go full barmy, that just means the Emirates, the Iraqis, the Sa-00dis, the Turks, and the Syrians will be laying pipe 24-7 paying double-overtime because petroleum is fungible.

And speaking of Brooke Baldwin and laying pipe ...

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 05:38 PM (rj6Yv)

358 And before I go
Make dinner and depart for the evening, here is-for me- a much nicer story about a fisherman from
Mexico rescued from a completely dark cave filled with water. (Obviously he wasn't totally submerged in the water- ) after 15 days. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/yuzs9ad9

Have a good evening, all.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM (b78el)

359 Who had the Keystone Pipeline on the menu for today?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 05:39 PM (BzKNL)

360 >>The IRGC is reduced to threatening the Yoorups with missile strikes. LOL

Oh. No.
Please.
Not.
Europe.
Posted by: garrett
.......

They could bomb the fuck out of Ukraine for all I care.
Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 05:37 PM (UjdFS)

That would actually be funny. After all Ukraine was crowing about damaging a boat in the Caspian a little while ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

361 I guess "leaky" sounded better than "wrinkly scoldy sex."

Posted by: Thatch at August 19, 2026 06:24 PM (Tvija)

362 Nope. Not gonna do her.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 19, 2026 07:23 PM (pE12i)

Fake News Jake Blames the "Horrific" Fall of Kabul on Trump, Without Mentioning that It Was Joe Biden Who Actually Oversaw the Botched Bugout

I guess Fake Jake will write a book in ten years noting that Joe Biden was actually president during this bloody, squalid episode.

He's always the last to know.

Jake Tapper Notes the Anniversary of the 'Horrific' Fall of Kabul, With One Glaring Omission

Objectivity in the media stands as the elusive conceit for many. Journalists love to tout that as their standard, yet for so many, it stands as a supreme challenge. Look, we get it; the desire to slam President Trump and the administration is substantial, but when Jake Tapper cannot even deliver the barest amount of balance, well, that is a sign of a problem.
Maybe it is a pathology. The effects of TDS are substantial, sure, but can there not be some sign of an effort being applied? Tapper set the table to serve both sides, then removed the chairs to prevent participation in one half of the setting.
On State of the Union he closed out the episode wanting to recognize the fifth anniversary of the failed pullout of American troops from Kabul. All just fine, so far. He acknowledged the FUBAR nature of that mission, and used proper terms to describe the calamitous extraction efforts. "Disastrous", "horrific", and other negatives were employed, all accurately.
It was inevitable, sure, that the fall of Kabul, and Afghanistan (what could more accurately be described as a surrender) would fold into the current Iran conflict. Tapper brought up President Trump, and also Secretary Pete Hegseth in his segment. But what was remarkable was what he did not mention.
Throughout his soliloquy, the name "Joe Biden" was never uttered. The former president was never pictured in the graphics as the CNN anchor spoke, unlike the current officeholders. This is a remarkable effort to elide by the host, given the stern descriptions he gave of the extraction from Kabul. Something that stands as one of the biggest scars on the Biden term in the White House does not merit mention of the man?!
To see just how much Jake Tapper strained to avoid mention of Biden, look at the passage he used first to bring up Trump's name: "Many Afghans who fought with the U.S. -- risked their lives for the U.S. -- remain stranded abroad after the Trump administration halted the special immigrant Visa program."

Fake Jake is All About the Troops, including the Taliban troops.

This is Jake using willful obfuscation. It needs to be pointed out, apparently, on this, the 5-year anniversary, that bringing Afghan allies to the U.S. has been a problem for at least 4.6 of those years. The president at the time, whom Tapper does not want to invoke in his memoriam, was being scorched by his own party in the months following the Kabul fiasco.
We understand Tapper's desire to steer away from culpability with Biden. But bringing up what has to be considered his most glaring failure while straining to avoid tying him to that debacle is pure folly. It is also undiluted bias on display.

Speaking of scandal-plagued fake "journalists:" A leftwing "reporter" and major dicksuck for Zohran Mamdani has been found to have committed plagiarism 67 times and has been fired by New York Magazine. (Well, they will no longer publish his work.)

He shouldn't bother killing himself, though, because he's white so people are allowed to notice his fraud and plagiarism.

New York Magazine has ended its publishing of political writer Ross Barkan after an internal review found 67 pieces that contained improperly attributed language, information, and/or sourcing.
The magazine launched the review after a Washington Post reporter flagged similarities between the opening of one Barkan story and an earlier piece he had written on the same subject. NPR later reported additional plagiarism allegations.
New York Magazine said in a statement that the 67 columns "did not include proper attribution of language, information and/or sourcing." The publication said it is updating the affected articles with proper attribution and remains "committed to addressing any other instances that come to light."
"Upon conclusion of the review, we have determined that we will no longer publish his column," New York Magazine said. "We regret that his work did not live up to our editorial standards, and apologize to the writers whose work was not appropriately attributed."
...
"In the course of nearly 250 pieces, there were times I should have been more careful with my citation," he added. "I'm sorry about these errors and will work to do better, more careful work in the future."
Barkan has been a prominent supporter of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani served as campaign manager for Barkan's 2018 state Senate campaign, a connection Barkan has referenced in his Substack and elsewhere.

It defies common sense to see @JakeTapper invoking President Trump when discussing the anniversary of the debacle f the Afghanistan evacuation.
More than that, he never even mentions the man attached to the fiasco.https://t.co/M7VYsFWRQ3
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) August 18, 2026

Disgraced Mamdani-loving journo Ross Barkan apologizes - after being caught plagiarizing 67 times https://t.co/KLr6EMHZWQ pic.twitter.com/wxRcrGkiXb
— New York Post (@nypost) August 19, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:33 PM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 03:33 PM (bFu5X)

2 Well of course it was Trump's fault, they claim he left joe biden with no choice but to fvck things up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 03:33 PM (cpFbA)

3 Shoot - barely in the top five...

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (GMWTj)

4 Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

Posted by: Ross Costanza Barkan at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (PiwSw)

5 The Others have been summoned

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (bFu5X)

6 Barkan up someone else's tree, huh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:35 PM (Ot/FD)

7 Jake has been slapped around a lot lately, it appears his running over to drape a flag over a vet isn't working any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:35 PM (K32Fz)

8 Beau Biden died in Kabul.

Posted by: Not a joke at August 19, 2026 03:36 PM (2Ez/1)

9 Trump was also responsible for 9/11 and Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 03:37 PM (qDa2L)

10 It's delightful that Tappy really is probably stupid and obtuse enough to think Trump was president for the Kabul pullout shitfest. This wasn't even malice, he's just that fucking dumb.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:37 PM (Ot/FD)

11 All right, RMBS with the first!

RMBS Firsts >> Elric Firsts

Sponge is First Emeritus, so he does not feature on the ">" scale. He is always First in a cosmic sense.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:37 PM (77rzZ)

12 The Others have been summoned

Uh… phrasing?

Do you want hauntings? Because this is how you get hauntings…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2026 03:38 PM (kYmoU)

13 What was the accurate dollar figure on the value of equipment abandoned in place over there in Afghani land? Trucks, Black Hawk helicopters, fully automatic machine guns, secure radios, night vision goggles, etc etc. I've heard anywhere from 7 Billions to 70 Billions of dollars.

Clown World

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 03:38 PM (Y8TXp)

14 Are we finally ready to admit that Brian Stelter > Jake Tapper?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 03:38 PM (0sNs1)

15 If you are going to re-write history, make sure the historical event isn't, also, a current event.

I've seen egregious media bias via omission. And, I've seen deceitful media bias via misrepresentation of facts and events. BUT, when you use both techniques at the same time, on an event that is still pretty fresh in the living population's mind, you take on the facade of a 3 year old lying about stealing a cookie of the counter while covered in cookie crumbs.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 03:39 PM (dIske)

16 Trump was also responsible for 9/11 and Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

You left out the Black Death.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:39 PM (77rzZ)

17 Do you want hauntings? Because this is how you get hauntings…
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2026 03:38 PM (kYmoU)

Feh.

I said "Bloody Mary" at a mirror three times once and all i got was a damn caesar.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:39 PM (Ot/FD)

18 Jake Tapper is about as useful as a snake in a boot.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 03:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

19 Tapper is a retard, and made of bitch. I bet he doesn't have a dick. He probably accidentally tore it off in a vacuum cleaner at age 13.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 03:40 PM (BI5O2)

20 It is absolutely true that a political solution is the only way, again, to achieve that just and durable outcome that all parties want and all parties seem to understand is the only end to 40 years of conflict. It’s also true, again, that any government that comes to power at the barrel of a gun through force is not one that will have popular support, it is not one that will accrue assistance from the international community, it is not one that will have international legitimacy. And for all those reasons, it is almost certainly not one that will have durability.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 03:40 PM (+xdCF)

21 Fake News Jake Blames the "Horrific" Fall of Kabul on Trump, Without Mentioning that It Was Joe Biden Who Actually Oversaw the Botched Bugout

Excuse me. I believe that it was the unelected Biden Politburo who oversaw the botched bugout as Tapper should be aware since he knew that Biden wasn't in charge at the time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 03:40 PM (ExV1e)

22 Breaking News: After Lt. Col. Alex Vindman's stunning loss to Angie Nixon in the contested Florida U.S Senate Democratic primary, all area Bakeries, Pastry Shops, and Krispy Kreme outlets have been put on High Alert.

Posted by: Eyewitness News at August 19, 2026 03:40 PM (PiwSw)

23 A reminder that the POTUS, Lesko Brandon, *INTENDED* to bug out of Afghanistan on September 11th.

That was actually going to be the departure date.

I don't know who in his cabinet, or whether Obama himself dialed in, to convince him that the optics of doing so on that specific anniversary was a less-than-stellar idea.

Unfortunately, they didn't convince him not to bug out on a hard deadline either, nor to plan it better.

But hey, at least the Feminazis finally got a real-life The Handmaiden's Tale to point to. Except it's in a Muslim country, so they can't exactly point to it.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 19, 2026 03:41 PM (4h45B)

24 They know that we will amplify and (somewhat correctly) blame Biden. But Biden's name is already poison and he represents the "past". So it has a double effect. In neither case does the new emerging Demorat Party take the brunt of this.

Reminds me of when they would say that Clarence Thomas was "against interracial marriage". Obvious bait. They wanted US to oblige by bringing up that Thomas is married to a white woman.

D's couldn't safely say that to their constituents without sounding racist, but they can have *us* say it and it will have a similar effect on said same. IOW they will hate Thomas even more.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 03:41 PM (Kr1pO)

25 Disgraced Mamdani-loving journo Ross Barkan apologizes - after being caught plagiarizing 67 times

He's trying to land a professorship at Cambridge.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 03:41 PM (ExV1e)

26 Trump was also responsible for 9/11 and Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

You left out the Black Death.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:39 PM

Let us not forget to add the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

27 It's like the Big Lie except it's the Big Dumb.

Be so monstrously out of step with reality and common damn sense that people assume you've got to be up to something else and feel scared to even discuss the subject with you...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (Ot/FD)

28 Tapper's still crying that journalists could've died if AF1 got blown up by Iran.

Regarding phonies who off themselves, this video explains so much:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jlFV-QUKM4

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

29 Tapper is a retard, and made of bitch. I bet he doesn't have a dick. He probably accidentally tore it off in a vacuum cleaner at age 13.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice.

It was a Eureka moment.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (L1CjM)

30 Tapper is a retard, and made of bitch. I bet he doesn't have a dick.

I'm sure he's had a lot of dick.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 03:43 PM (ExV1e)

31 Trump was also responsible for 9/11 and Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 03:37 PM (qDa2L)

He is German.....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Ot/FD)

32 It was a Eureka moment.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (L1CjM)

Check yourself before you Oreck yourself.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Ot/FD)

33 It's delightful that Tappy really is probably stupid and obtuse enough to think Trump was president for the Kabul pullout shitfest. This wasn't even malice, he's just that fucking dumb.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:37 PM

To this day, the left maintains that because Trump originally planned on a withdrawal around that time, it's his withdrawal, as if Biden, the then-"president" and CinC, was utterly powerless to stop Trump's misguided withdrawal plan.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 03:43 PM (bFu5X)

34 Last night's ONT featured a 2018 performance of a topical song:

Hollywood Vampires - Ace of Spades (At Montreux Jazz Festival)
https://youtu.be/YIJth479y4w

I was curious about the white Stratocaster with the reverse headstock. AI says the guitar is Jeff Beck's 2014 Fender Custom Shop own signature model, and the player is Johnny Depp, who had it on permanent loan. (It was given back on Jeff's death in January 2023, and his estate has loaned it out to other musicians since.)

Unfortunately, his $2500 signature production model has a regular headstock, and even his Custom Shop signature is shown likewise. (The reverse makes more mathematical sense to me, giving more tension to lower strings that need it, and less to higher ones that don't.)

To get it looking like the real thing, you would either have to order a bespoke model for who knows how much, buy the production model and replace the neck yourself -- Player II and Warmoth necks are available with reverse headstocks -- or maybe just buy the $1300 Jimi Hendrix signature Strat, and replace the nut and pickups. That last option would have a maple fingerboard instead of rosewood, but that's what it looks like in the video anyway.

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 03:44 PM (L3Npt)

35 Communists rewrite history.
At some point they'll acknowledge that Trump won the 2020 elections, in order to blame him for the Afghanistan withdrawal, Ukraine war, and illegally serving three terms in defiance of the 22nd Amendment.

Posted by: PG at August 19, 2026 03:44 PM (qln0f)

36 Drumpf engineered the fall of Atlantis. My remote viewer confirmed it. Jackie Tapper.

Posted by: ltille people at August 19, 2026 03:44 PM (ehY6c)

37 Tapper's still crying that journalists could've died if AF1 got blown up by Iran.

That freakout was one of the funniest tantrums I've ever seen from the press. The media all threw a fit, and everyone yawned and walked away. Nobody even cared, nobody, except reporters.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:44 PM (K32Fz)

38 Isn't there some big bad gang of retards who are on the verge of toppling the Taliban recently?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:45 PM (Ot/FD)

39 A safe, orderly drawdown enables us to maintain an ongoing diplomatic presence, support the Afghan people and the government, and prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a safe haven for terrorists that threatens our homeland.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 03:45 PM (+xdCF)

40 To this day, the left maintains that because Trump originally planned on a withdrawal around that time, it's his withdrawal, as if Biden, the then-"president" and CinC, was utterly powerless to stop Trump's misguided withdrawal plan.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 03:43 PM (bFu5X)

If they were to say that they tried to change the plan but a judge ruled that they couldn't alter plans put in place by a previous President, some folks might believe them, if only for a minute.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 03:45 PM (ExV1e)

41 To Be Fair™, Biden was not president. His cabal literally called the 'Politburo' by Jake's friends was illegally running the administration.

™ All Rights Reserved. Copyright HotAir and Capt. Toot-Toot.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2026 03:45 PM (diia5)

42 Tapper is a retard, and made of bitch. I bet he doesn't have a dick. He probably accidentally tore it off in a vacuum cleaner at age 13.

I remember back in the 90s Dave Barry referenced a bunch of stories from England about men trying to use a vacuum cleaner as a Fleshlight.

In hindsight it really explains Kier Starmer.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 03:45 PM (2ocoG)

43 Uh… phrasing?

Do you want hauntings? Because this is how you get hauntings…
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2026 03:38 PM

How else will Piper know there's a nood to comment on?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 03:46 PM (bFu5X)

44 Ugh, the resting Jake face in that video!

Gawd, if ever there was a mug that needed to catch a bowling ball launched from a circus cannon - it's the resting Jake face.

Posted by: Boswell at August 19, 2026 03:46 PM (NTVPI)

45 Kier Starmer would've stuck the vac up his ass and accidentally sucked out his intestines

Posted by: nckate at August 19, 2026 03:47 PM (enNUy)

46 Excuse me. I believe that it was the unelected Biden Politburo who oversaw the botched bugout as Tapper should be aware since he knew that Biden wasn't in charge at the time.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 03:40 PM (ExV1e)

I'll split hairs that Biden was 'in charge but not cognizant of events'. He delegated, just like Doctor Jill ordered him to do.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 03:47 PM (aJQbY)

47 They're not just biased.

They have zero regard for facts.

They just straight-up lie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 03:47 PM (RIvkX)

48 Let us not forget to add the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Nope. That was Taylor Lorenz. She was trying to parallel park.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)

49 To be fair, saying the "White House Auto-Pen Team" would have sounded a little awkward.

Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2026 03:48 PM (GUOwU)

50 Jake didn't mention Biden because he's not getting invited with his boat to any parties after his book about Biden.

In addition, if he does bring up Biden it's an own goal since he didn't see Biden's decline until June 2024.

Jake's gonna Jake's

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 19, 2026 03:48 PM (FxH7T)

51 Hey ACE, I'm not on "X". But, if I were, I'd post this to Tapper's feed. Maybe you could in my place:

Future Speculation: Industry reports note that deeper, more seismic reductions could loom downstream depending on how pending corporate acquisitions and parent-company changes (such as Warner Bros. Discovery's broader merger landscape) impact the organization.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 03:48 PM (dIske)

52 Jake Tapper, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens need to French kiss some camel spiders.

Has the cancer 'killing' Joey Bidet gained sentience yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:49 PM (2GVsD)

53 I said "Bloody Mary" at a mirror three times once and all i got was a damn caesar.

Et tu, Otoko?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2026 03:49 PM (kYmoU)

54 I'll add that Trump was, clearly responsible for the Stamp Act. "Best tax in history," he said. "No one's ever seen a tax like this, believe me."

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 03:49 PM (aJQbY)

55 has Tapper addressed the "dinner parties" (code for wife swapping) he hosted for Fauci and plus one?

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at August 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Iwv3U)

56 I believe that it was the unelected Biden Politburo who oversaw the botched bugout as Tapper should be aware since he knew that Biden wasn't in charge at the time.

That and there were multiple Politburos. There was the main one taking orders from Kalorama, there was Hunter and Jill, and there was at least one other one that isn't as clearly defined.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)

57 re 16: any lefty can tell you that trump is responsible for many a black death, even ones that didn't happen

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 19, 2026 03:50 PM (CWTWj)

58 Shakey Jake >>> Jake Tapper

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)

59 Don't worry about fake Jake's lies. Every veteran and Patriot is painfully aware of the shameful bugout.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (bX16E)

60 If they were to say that they tried to change the plan but a judge ruled that they couldn't alter plans put in place by a previous President, some folks might believe them, if only for a minute.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 03:45 PM (ExV1e)

Take your predecessor's plan. Fuck it so far up it needs to put its own mask on first before helping others. Watch it all devolve into a big pile of shit. Blame your predecessor for planning it while demanding credit for how great you did.

....

If they wanted to be The Bad Guys, what else would they be doing different?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (Ot/FD)

61 Ian S, probably some overlap - like a Venn Diagram - but not congruent.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (aJQbY)

62 Barkan has a newsletter called Political Currents. He describes being a cultural Jew and doesn't have many kind words about Israel. And, his writing is kind of over the top in a drama queen way:

https://tinyurl.com/3ctrwpsx

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (kX27y)

63 14 Are we finally ready to admit that Brian Stelter > Jake Tapper?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Well, Jake Tapper is no sex machine.

youtu.be/4Qqendp1kLE

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (sAmhv)

64 Did he ask for a cite that Biden was president?

Posted by: Ryan Frank at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (fgmuN)

65 Ross Barkan is a nasty self-gassing Jew who is always screeching about Israel defending itself from Muslim savages. He's more anti-Israel than some Hamas terrorists.

Good riddance. Another nice head on the wall.

More, please.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

66 Let us not forget to add the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

And the Wrangellia event because Trump doesn't ascribe to the "climate change" nonsense.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 03:52 PM (lNxD2)

67 The Thirteen who were killed and their families remember the betrayal of Joey Bidet.

So do the real Afghans who placed their trust in America.

Joey Bidet and his handlers need to roast in Hell.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:52 PM (2GVsD)

68 in one of my favorite twitter exchanges since the chainsaw bayonet days (which will never be topped) was yesterday when a comical fellow posted a BREAKING (must be credited) post:

Mike Glenn
BREAKING [Must credit]: All US Army field artillery units have run out of lanyard grease, a critical component of indirect fire support for maneuver units. The Army's supply of grid squares is also believed to be running dangerously low.

And the expert Tom Nichols responded and um you gotta see it to believe it

https://tinyurl.com/mu2373ry

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:53 PM (K32Fz)

69 65 Ross Barkan is a nasty self-gassing Jew who is always screeching about Israel defending itself from Muslim savages. He's more anti-Israel than some Hamas terrorists.

Good riddance. Another nice head on the wall.

More, please.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)
-----------
See my post at 62 for many examples of his hatred for Israel and other Jews.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 03:53 PM (kX27y)

70 55 has Tapper addressed the "dinner parties" (code for wife swapping) he hosted for Fauci and plus one?
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at August 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Iwv3U)
-----

Can I get a vomit warning next time?

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 03:53 PM (oqH4h)

71 Did he ask for a cite that Biden was president?

Posted by: Ryan Frank at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (fgmuN)

Deep cut

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 03:53 PM (Kr1pO)

72 Art Spiegelman is another self-gassing Jew which is incredible since he wrote Maus and Maus II.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:54 PM (2GVsD)

73 A safe, orderly drawdown enables us to maintain an ongoing diplomatic presence, support the Afghan people and the government, and prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a safe haven for terrorists that threatens our homeland.
Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 03:45 PM (+xdCF)
=====

That is top-grade G13 SES bureauslop, right there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 03:54 PM (RIvkX)

74 https://tinyurl.com/mu2373ry
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:53 PM (K32Fz)

Top. Men.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 03:55 PM (RIvkX)

75 Disgraced Mamdani-loving journo Ross Barkan apologizes—after being caught plagiarizing…

“Never apologize. Never explain. And don’t get caught.”—Hagar the Horrible

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2026 03:55 PM (kYmoU)

76 Leftists just blame all theuir mistakes on opponents

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

77 re: Barkan

God I can't believe people can despise NPR so much when compared to the New York Post side by side. The whole news values of the Post spend so much time detailing how this guy's a lefty and the magazine he worked for published an anti-Israel story and that Mamdani was his campaign manager eight years ago when it's not even relevant to the actual story.

Lol at New York Post trying to make it about Mamdani. That basically every story they write currently.

every centrist democrat on twitter is making it about mamdani. why do we have so many neoliberals lurking this sub. Hillary should be in jail

looking through these specific examples, I found them underwhelming. It's a bunch of stuff like technical lists from a source that he used verbatim in an article about the same subject. This feels very overblown.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 03:56 PM (bUztX)

78 Speaking of scandal-plagued fake "journalists:" A leftwing "reporter" and major dicksuck for Zohran Mamdani has been found to have committed plagiarism 67 times and has been fired by New York Magazine. (Well, they will no longer publish his work.)

He shouldn't bother killing himself, though, because he's white so people are allowed to notice his fraud and plagiarism.

He should do it anyways.

Seppuku.

That's what Jason did. A final noble act to ..........

Nah. Even I don't believe that shit.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 03:56 PM (Sco7b)

79 When do we get to hang the propagandists? I've only got a few more years in me to care about this shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 03:56 PM (2Cry5)

80 Christopher Taylor

Now someone needs to go on X and say that C-130 units are low on prop-wash.

Just to see what happens.

Meanwhile AF is low on water.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:56 PM (2GVsD)

81 Are there any writers or "academics" out there who aren't plagiarizing?

Serious question.

I've long thought that outside of the "hard" sciences and academia, the rest of academia is a bukkake human centipede writhing in their own mucous.

Retarded buffoons like Jason Arday and Claudine Gay are just the tip of the iceberg. All of these clowns are sucking each other's dicks and ejaculating the same slime into their papers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

82 62 Barkan has a newsletter called Political Currents. He describes being a cultural Jew and doesn't have many kind words about Israel. And, his writing is kind of over the top in a drama queen way:

https://tinyurl.com/3ctrwpsx
Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 03:51 PM (kX27y)
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Dude has Gay Face like whoa. So the queen part tracks.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 03:56 PM (oqH4h)

83 Yeah, of course nobody shed a tear for the plight of the journalists.

And Trump wouldn't actually expose them to that danger... the Iran war is unpopular as it is, and if the IRGC sent the WH Press Corps hurtling into the Zagros Mountains in a shattered aircraft, any remaining support would collapse.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (BI5O2)

84 "The future is known, comrades -- it's the past that keeps changing!"

-- Mission Statement of The MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia Sycophantic Whore Treasonous Useful Idiots

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (T3zON)

85 I hate these mother fuckers so much. They are lucky I have morals and a higher power to answer to.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (KC5Lt)

86 Henry Miller’s words in Black Spring have trilled through me since I was nineteen. Best known for his surrealistic and sexualized romps through Paris, Miller wrote tenderly on his first years in Williamsburg, when he ran wild through its gloriously fetid streets, love and violence on the offering in equal measure. For Miller, Williamsburg was his homeland; he could write with venom about America but never his neighborhood. There was no contradiction here. His patriotism was reserved for Driggs Avenue. The rest of it was an abstraction, nothing that could touch the heart.
=====

Umm, that's a ghey dude.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (RIvkX)

87 Wow. There's actually people who read the NYPost.

Good for them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Ot/FD)

88 Orderly drawdown?

The Afghans woke up one morning to find the Americans had fled.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:58 PM (2GVsD)

89 "Mike Glenn
BREAKING [Must credit]: All US Army field artillery units have run out of lanyard grease, a critical component of indirect fire support for maneuver units. The Army's supply of grid squares is also believed to be running dangerously low.

And the expert Tom Nichols responded and um you gotta see it to believe it

https://tinyurl.com/mu2373ry

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor"

Can't wait until Tom Nichols hears about the dangerously low supply of cannonball fuses.

Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2026 03:58 PM (GUOwU)

90 Umm, that's a ghey dude.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (RIvkX)

There hasn't been a heterosexual sex act performed in Williamsburg since before the invention of baseball.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (Ot/FD)

91 88 Orderly drawdown?

The Afghans woke up one morning to find the Americans had fled.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:58 PM (2GVsD)

Leaving them billions of dollars of equipment as gifts.
It was like Christmas morning.
But more savage and murdery.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (Sco7b)

92 He shouldn't bother killing himself, though, because he's white so people are allowed to notice his fraud and plagiarism.

-------------

White Privilege.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (T3zON)

93 Warai-otoko

Have you caught the latest episodes of Clevatesss and Tanya?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (2GVsD)

94 You know what else trilled through him?

Cocks. Like a thousand of them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (BI5O2)

95 Biden shouldhave been impeached right there and then.

Its why the Russian invasion of Ukraine happened

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (eIzlH)

96 Barkan is a cultural Jew who doesn't like Israel. Memo to Ross: the muzzies don't care whether or not you like Israel, to them you're Jewish and must be extinct

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (rp63B)

97 There hasn't been a heterosexual sex act performed in Williamsburg since before the invention of baseball.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (Ot/FD)
====

Ha!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (RIvkX)

98 The transfer of Bagram was fully coordinated with the government of Afghanistan to include the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces and the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority. Walk-throughs conducted mere days before our departure window identified infrastructure and associated responsibilities to be transferred to Afghan control. These included electricity and water services which, upon the final transfer of a base, become the responsibility of Afghan forces.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (+xdCF)

99 Elric, only if they're novel writers. Rarely maybe some non-fiction books...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (aJQbY)

100 Leaving them billions of dollars of equipment as gifts.

There were pallets of wrapped stacked of $100 bills.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 04:01 PM (ExV1e)

101 Dear Barkan

"And the ground screamed out, 'there is a Jew here!'" - some Sura in the Q'uran.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:01 PM (2GVsD)

102 Have you caught the latest episodes of Clevatesss and Tanya?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (2GVsD)

No, i haven't been keeping up with anything really. Last thing i watched was season 1 of black clover.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:02 PM (Ot/FD)

103 That is top-grade G13 SES bureauslop, right there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Uh....those are different. GS goes up to 15, then you become SES. They are all Feds though.

Posted by: Military Moron at August 19, 2026 04:02 PM (bUztX)

104 New York Magazine has ended its publishing of political writer Ross Barkan after an internal review found 67 pieces that contained improperly attributed language, information, and/or sourcing.

--------------

I hear Harvard may be looking for a non-black, non-female, non-bald, non-lesbian Plagiarist President.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:02 PM (T3zON)

105 The American journalist, author, and essayist Ross Barkan has frequently and explicitly identified as a New York Jew. He has written openly in personal essays, social media posts, and interviews about his experience growing up as a secular Jewish person in the diverse neighborhood of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Posted by: G6 Loq at August 19, 2026 04:02 PM (+2eM9)

106 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Ot/FD)

I'm one of them. I prefer reading a paper to looking at the articles on a screen and the Post columnists has some more conservative columnists like Miranda Devine & Michael Goodwin. But maybe you knew that .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 04:03 PM (wmzkx)

107 Really want the Paramount merger to go through so Jakey poo can be given his walking papers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:03 PM (rp63B)

108 This is not the wholesale withdrawal. What this is, is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint. This is a drawdown of civilian Americans who will, in many cases, be able to perform their important function elsewhere, whether that’s in the United States or elsewhere in the region.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 04:04 PM (+xdCF)

109 Really want the Paramount merger to go through so Jakey poo can be given his walking papers

My guess is that they are gonna sell off CNN before the entire thing is done. Netflix or someone will buy the failing property because Democrats desperately need their publicity machine.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 04:04 PM (K32Fz)

110 "Cultural Jew" is a fucking laugh. So what you like latkes and bagels with schmear? Too bad Achmed doesn't give a rat's ass and will kill you graveyard dead all the same.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:04 PM (oqH4h)

111 Jake Tapper is Jewish. The CNN anchor grew up in a Jewish family and frequently speaks about his Jewish heritage and background.
He grew up attending a Jewish day school, graduating from the Akiba Hebrew Academy (now known as the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy) in Pennsylvania.He has noted that his foundational Jewish education helped shape his worldview and approach to questioning authority.
Tikkun Olam is a nasty mind virus.

Posted by: G6 Loq at August 19, 2026 04:05 PM (+2eM9)

112 Biden shouldhave been impeached right there and then.

Its why the Russian invasion of Ukraine happened

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (eIzlH)

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AND 10/7 in Israel.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:05 PM (T3zON)

113 Anyone ever calls me an "essayist" I'll kick 'em right in the damn undercarriage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Ot/FD)

114 100 Leaving them billions of dollars of equipment as gifts.

There were pallets of wrapped stacked of $100 bills.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 04:01 PM (ExV1e)

Wow.
And I was always very grateful for socks and underwear.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)

115 Another reason to wish Star Trek dead and all the people involved unemployed.

New episode of Strange New Worlds has a transporter malfunction in which the away team is transformed into Muppets.

So far no sighting of Miss Piggy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:06 PM (2GVsD)

116 Mike Glenn
BREAKING [Must credit]: All US Army field artillery units have run out of lanyard grease, a critical component of indirect fire support for maneuver units. The Army's supply of grid squares is also believed to be running dangerously low.

Have Army artillery units been part of the Iranian operation? I don't understand the five alarm fire.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 04:06 PM (KC5Lt)

117 Why would anyone give a flying fuck about this mope's childhood? Personal essay. Feh. You're lame and gay and you always have been. That's not news.

Has anyone ever said "boy this reporter's article sure was retarded. I'd love to learn more about his teenaged sexual awakening in a New York bugger dungeon."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 04:06 PM (BI5O2)

118 Cultural Jew? Is that anything like Cultural Marxist?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 04:08 PM (Kr1pO)

119 Cultural Jew is another term for a JINO.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:08 PM (2GVsD)

120 The US Army needs to send Duck Dodgers out to find some lanyard grease.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:09 PM (2GVsD)

121 Have Army artillery units been part of the Iranian operation? I don't understand the five alarm fire.
Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 04:06 PM (KC5Lt)

The guy was riffing. On the order of "turn signal fluid".

Nichols jumped in and asked for deets like he was on some hot scoop from a dude's entirely public post.

The artillery is not the issue. Tom Nichols being a shitwit and a fool is always the issue.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:09 PM (Ot/FD)

122 It is a simple fact that the Afghan Security Forces are numerically far superior to the Taliban. It’s a simple fact. They have over 300,000 troops. They have an air force. They have special forces. They have heavy equipment. The Taliban, in contrast, have less than 100,000 forces.

What’s also important is that the United States continues to support Afghan Security Forces, and we are committed to supporting them well into the future.

Even as we’re withdrawing forces from Afghanistan, we are not withdrawing from Afghanistan. We’re determined to maintain a strong embassy presence.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 04:09 PM (+xdCF)

123 116 Mike Glenn
BREAKING [Must credit]: All US Army field artillery units have run out of lanyard grease, a critical component of indirect fire support for maneuver units. The Army's supply of grid squares is also believed to be running dangerously low.

Have Army artillery units been part of the Iranian operation? I don't understand the five alarm fire.
Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 04:06 PM (KC5Lt)

Think Ukraine.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:10 PM (Gqar8)

124 Last I checked, the best resource for determining Jewish lineage of notable people, was Wikipedia. It's going to come in handy for someone someday.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 04:10 PM (Kr1pO)

125 Have Army artillery units been part of the Iranian operation? I don't understand the five alarm fire.
Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 04:06 PM (KC5Lt)
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You should file an ID-10T form to find out more.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:10 PM (oqH4h)

126 Umm, that's a ghey dude.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (RIvkX)
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Plus he's just an irritating drama queen writer:

I understand, intellectually, why it is I’m supposed to care for Israel—Zion was promised at the end of one World War and guaranteed after the Holocaust—and why it matters, now, Israel has been under attack. I grieve for the civilians Hamas slaughtered. But I grieve, too, for civilians slaughtered everywhere—in Sudan, Ethiopia, Armenia, and Maine—and I struggle to care more about one foreign country over another. Well, the Zionist has an easy retort: you are Jewish. But I, as an American Jew, never demanded an ethno-state. I have never been to Israel and I would not feel safer there than I would in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I have never been the victim of an anti-Semitic attack here. I do not wear a kippah, and never will. Perhaps the frum prefer Israel. But in their private moments, I doubt they’d say they’re better off in Israel than Borough Park or Midwood or Rockland County.

Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 04:11 PM (kX27y)

127 He [Fapper] has noted that his foundational Jewish education helped shape his worldview and approach to questioning ~~authority~~ Pro-American, Conservative and Republican Authority Only.

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Fixed For Accuracy.

/He's been bought off by The ChiComms for at least 35 years going back to his Monica Lewinsky and Bubba Dinner Party & Humidor Days ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:11 PM (T3zON)

128 Tom Nichols. The Expert.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 04:11 PM (BI5O2)

129 When I think of Israel 2026 I think of a very secular state. And no, that’s not a criticism.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:11 PM (Gqar8)

130 Umm, that's a ghey dude.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 03:57 PM (RIvkX)

There hasn't been a heterosexual sex act performed in Williamsburg since before the invention of baseball.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (Ot/FD)
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Williamsburg is a weird place. In the southern part, it's an orthodox jewish and hassidic stronghold. Fully 35% of all residents of Williamsburg are very conservative Jews.

It was traditionally very very Jewish overall. Lotsa holocaust survivors ended up in Williamsburg.

Then Williamsburg got VERY trendy in the last 20 years or so. It saw a yuge influx of younger, affluent residents who liked the proximity to Manhattan at a cheaper price point.

These are mostly leftwing hipsters and a heavy percentage of gays.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

131 Guys, spoiler alert, there is no such thing as Lanyard Grease or "A box of grid squares." It's a made-up thing you use to prank noobs. Tom Nichols is a retard. Don't be Tom Nichols.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (oqH4h)

132 Tonto. Tonto Goldstein.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (wVcYX)

133 Ballistic

Look at my #80

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:13 PM (2GVsD)

134 A reminder that the POTUS, Lesko Brandon, *INTENDED* to bug out of Afghanistan on September 11th.

That was actually going to be the departure date.

I don't know who in his cabinet, or whether Obama himself dialed in, to convince him that the optics of doing so on that specific anniversary was a less-than-stellar idea.

Unfortunately, they didn't convince him not to bug out on a hard deadline either, nor to plan it better.

But hey, at least the Feminazis finally got a real-life The Handmaiden's Tale to point to. Except it's in a Muslim country, so they can't exactly point to it.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 19, 2026 03:41 PM

His team picked that date because they could say that joe biden ended America's longest war (TM) when no other president could.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 04:13 PM (cpFbA)

135 >> Many Afghans who fought with the U.S. -- risked their lives for the U.S. -- remain stranded abroad after the Trump administration halted the special immigrant Visa program."

They didn’t risk their lives for the US. They risked their lives to save their own country.

And a LOT of these people who claimed to help us didn’t. We have many examples of people who said they did, and used that as a ticket (or attempted ticket) to come to the US. Many of them could not be screened, and Biden let them in anyway. In the end, the number who were legit terps, or actually helped the mission, and then were actually screened fully, is tiny.

And btw, why is helping us clean up your country a ticket to US citizenship anyway?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 04:13 PM (A+X4b)

136 131 Guys, spoiler alert, there is no such thing as Lanyard Grease or "A box of grid squares." It's a made-up thing you use to prank noobs. Tom Nichols is a retard. Don't be Tom Nichols.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (oqH4h)

Yeah, but it’s fun to bag on Ukraine.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:13 PM (Gqar8)

137 133 Ballistic

Look at my #80
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:13 PM (2GVsD)

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I think they keep the prop-wash next to the extra flight line.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:14 PM (oqH4h)

138 Bag, Ukraine?

Bearclaw Vindaloomon?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:14 PM (2GVsD)

139 We are certainly concerned by the speed by which the Taliban has been moving. It’s deeply concerning.

This is a specific, narrowly-focused and tailored mission to help with the safe, secure movement of the reduction of the civilian personnel in Kabul, as well as to help support the acceleration of the Special Immigrant Visa process by the State Department.

The deteriorating conditions are a big factor in why the president has approved this mission - to help support the reduction of personnel there in Kabul.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 04:15 PM (+xdCF)

140 138 Bag, Ukraine?

Bearclaw Vindaloomon?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:14 PM (2GVsD)

Day old donut holes.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar8)

141 Guys, spoiler alert, there is no such thing as Lanyard Grease or "A box of grid squares." It's a made-up thing you use to prank noobs. Tom Nichols is a retard. Don't be Tom Nichols.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (oqH4h)

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So you're telling me I need to stop trying to find Blinker fluid and Windshield Grease?... Because I've had a helluva time finding either of them

Posted by: Tom Nichols at August 19, 2026 04:16 PM (affD0)

142 BTW I don’t remember seeing Jake at the DFAC or Burger King at Bagram. He was too busy dining Fauci I guess.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 04:18 PM (A+X4b)

143 141 Guys, spoiler alert, there is no such thing as Lanyard Grease or "A box of grid squares." It's a made-up thing you use to prank noobs. Tom Nichols is a retard. Don't be Tom Nichols.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (oqH4h)

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So you're telling me I need to stop trying to find Blinker fluid and Windshield Grease?... Because I've had a helluva time finding either of them
Posted by: Tom Nichols at August 19, 2026 04:16 PM (affD0)

Aisle nine, down from the wood stretchers.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar8)

144
His team picked that date because they could say that joe biden ended America's longest war (TM) when no other president could.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 04:13 PM (cpFbA)
By surrendering.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2026 04:18 PM (LHPAg)

145 So you're telling me I need to stop trying to find Blinker fluid and Windshield Grease?... Because I've had a helluva time finding either of them
Posted by: Tom Nichols at August 19, 2026 04:16 PM (affD0)

Don't forgt the muffler bearings, they always run out of stock on those

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 19, 2026 04:18 PM (S+j2h)

146 Tom Nichols. The Expert.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 04:11 PM

He was a self pretentious dick when I worked with him at the war college and he is still a dick. If you wanted to book the auditorium in the secure building you had to go through him and his department and yes he was a complete dick about it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 04:18 PM (cpFbA)

147 115 Another reason to wish Star Trek dead and all the people involved unemployed.

New episode of Strange New Worlds has a transporter malfunction in which the away team is transformed into Muppets.

So far no sighting of Miss Piggy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 04:06 PM (2GVsD)

ST: Picard should have had him turned into a Muppet instead of an android.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 04:19 PM (lNxD2)

148 I do think that guy wasted an opportunity.

He went public to shame the shitwit right out of the gate.

What he should have done was lead the cretin down a winding path of oddities and embarrassments as he crafts his Magnum Opus of self-petarding retardery, and then dumps that hilarious shit on his Substack like he's the second coming of Walter Krankheit's ballbag.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:19 PM (Ot/FD)

149 This is manifestly not Saigon.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 04:19 PM (+xdCF)

150 Aisle nine, down from the wood stretchers.
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar

And jello hooks.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2026 04:19 PM (LHPAg)

151 Tom Nichols is the David French of Bill Kristols.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:19 PM (Gqar8)

152 It seems to me every time President DJT takes questions from the MSM, he singles out the CNN WH correspondent for representing "fake news".

He's not wrong, is he?

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 04:20 PM (rj6Yv)

153 Mister Scott -

Oh, one of those. "I don't have a lot of power, so what power I do have, I'm going to use to make people think that I am The Paolo"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 04:20 PM (aJQbY)

154 He's not wrong, is he?
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 04:20 PM (rj6Yv)

There is literally case-law to cite.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 04:21 PM (Ot/FD)

155 "Well, the Zionist has an easy retort: you are a dirty bitch. You, as an American Jew, are a disgrace to your people. Poncey little NYC nebbish perverts like you give us all a bad name. At least Woody Allen was smart and funny. You're just a dishwater dull mediocrity who's not even smart enough to write the truly stupid shit you publish under your phony byline. Go take a bath with your toaster."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 04:21 PM (BI5O2)

156 Tom Nichols , come with us on Saturday's snipe hunt

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:21 PM (rp63B)

157 So you're telling me I need to stop trying to find Blinker fluid and Windshield Grease?... Because I've had a helluva time finding either of them
Posted by: Tom Nichols at August 19, 2026 04:16 PM (affD0)

Consider stocking up on Bulkhead Remover or Deck Softener.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 04:23 PM (ExV1e)

158 In WNBA news courtesy of the GatewayPundit, two guys in wigs yesterday showed up wanting to join next year's draft.

I've been enjoying Strange New Worlds. They did a crossover with the cartoon and a singing episode. Those were actually surprisingly good but considering they do 10 episodes a year....

I could see if they were doing 20+. Then sure.

Enterprise has been very good. I've had it in the background with the work I'm currently avoiding. They even pulled off 'funny' episodes well. And Jolene and Linda were smoking hot.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

159 I thought lanyard grease was the stuff Sha-na-na slicked on their hair. Was I misinformed?

Posted by: JuJuBee at August 19, 2026 04:23 PM (YSQQv)

160 Trump was also responsible for 9/11 and Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

You left out the Black Death.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:39 PM

Let us not forget to add the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

He could never have done that, it killed the Dinosaurs Israel invented.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)

161 This is manifestly not Saigon.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 04:19 PM (+xdCF)

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Only because you left all the helicopters on the ground for the enemy.

And None Dare Called It Treason ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 04:24 PM (T3zON)

162 Guys, spoiler alert, there is no such thing as Lanyard Grease or "A box of grid squares." It's a made-up thing you use to prank noobs. Tom Nichols is a retard. Don't be Tom Nichols.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (oqH4h)
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rofl, saw that last night.

Vets on X were (and still are) having a field day with that.

Nichols trying to play it off is even more hilarious.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:25 PM (44QZQ)

163 This is manifestly not Saigon.

Posted by: Biden-Harris Administration at August 19, 2026 04:19 PM (+xdCF)

It's true. When we abandoned South Vietnam we left the Vietnamese there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 04:25 PM (ExV1e)

164 Tapper is a mealy-mouth little shit who can kiss my a**. The fault lay directly on Biden and his national security team to include the senior leadership on the ground there.
Fu*king assholes.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2026 04:25 PM (OTvjr)

165 "He could never have done that, it killed the Dinosaurs Israel invented."

Wait...Donald Trump killed Dinah Shore?

Posted by: Nostalgiaferatoo at August 19, 2026 04:26 PM (YSQQv)

166 Ross Barkan is a nasty self-gassing Jew who is always screeching about Israel defending itself from Muslim savages. He's more anti-Israel than some Hamas terrorists.

Good riddance. Another nice head on the wall.

More, please.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)
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See my post at 62 for many examples of his hatred for Israel and other Jews.
Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 03:53 PM (kX27y)
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That link was basically word diarrhea mixed in with Israel hate.

I'm hoping he pulls a Jason Arday and mercifully removes himself from this world.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:26 PM (iFTx/)

167 Then Williamsburg got VERY trendy in the last 20 years or so. It saw a yuge influx of younger, affluent residents who liked the proximity to Manhattan at a cheaper price point.

These are mostly leftwing hipsters and a heavy percentage of gays.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

Those crafty fellows are making a new New York City down there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 04:26 PM (uhVAy)

168 Don't forget squelch spray.

We're in very short supply for that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 04:26 PM (44QZQ)

169 160 Trump was also responsible for 9/11 and Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

You left out the Black Death.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:39 PM

Let us not forget to add the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

He could never have done that, it killed the Dinosaurs Israel invented.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)

Unpossible. I have had it on good authority here that the world is only 6,000 years old. Or maybe 10,000 years, depending on what Ken Ham and his creation institute, science, research - whatever has said lately. Dinosaurs had to have been around at least 11,000 years ago and so not real. The science is settled!!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:27 PM (Gqar8)

170 So you're telling me I need to stop trying to find Blinker fluid and Windshield Grease?... Because I've had a helluva time finding either of them
Posted by: Tom Nichols at August 19, 2026 04:16 PM (affD0)

Consider stocking up on Bulkhead Remover or Deck Softener.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 04:23 PM

Don't forget to stock up on relative bearing grease as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 04:29 PM (cpFbA)

171 You can try to defend President Trump all you want, but coming on the heels of his failure to prevent the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths and Vandals and the fall of Saigon, it's hard to give him a pass on Kabul, "Asufutimaehaehfutbw."

Posted by: DougT at August 19, 2026 04:29 PM (FGQ01)

172 I believe that it was the unelected Biden Politburo who oversaw the botched bugout as Tapper should be aware since he knew that Biden wasn't in charge at the time.

That and there were multiple Politburos. There was the main one taking orders from Kalorama, there was Hunter and Jill, and there was at least one other one that isn't as clearly defined.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)

Yes that was obvious that the tacking and veering of 'policy' were one of the factions capturing the AutoPen for a few days at a time.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 04:29 PM (uhVAy)

173
in one of my favorite twitter exchanges since the chainsaw bayonet days (which will never be topped) was yesterday when a comical fellow posted a BREAKING (must be credited) post:

Mike Glenn
BREAKING [Must credit]: All US Army field artillery units have run out of lanyard grease, a critical component of indirect fire support for maneuver units. The Army's supply of grid squares is also believed to be running dangerously low.

And the expert Tom Nichols responded and um you gotta see it to believe it

https://tinyurl.com/mu2373ry
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:53 PM (K32Fz)

Ha!

I had my first squad leader try that with me. Got me on checking the suspension on the platoon SUSV (Swedish-built Bv206 over-snow tracked vehicle issued as M/TOE equipment for Arctic warfare units). Method was to go to the motor pool, climb onto the vehicle roof and jump up and down while a co-conspirator E4 "measured" the track deflection with a ruler.

I learned my lesson though. He also sent me out looking for a box of grid squares. I got an extra map of the training areas and a pair of scissors. Had me doing pushups for a LONG time, but he never tried another snipe hunt.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 04:30 PM (y9nCu)

174 So you're telling me I need to stop trying to find Blinker fluid and Windshield Grease?... Because I've had a helluva time finding either of them
Posted by: Tom Nichols at August 19, 2026 04:16 PM (affD0)

While you're at the store, get some exhaust bearings.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2026 04:30 PM (mkw2N)

175
171 You can try to defend President Trump all you want, but coming on the heels of his failure to prevent the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths and Vandals and the fall of Saigon, it's hard to give him a pass on Kabul, "Asufutimaehaehfutbw."
Posted by: DougT at August 19, 2026 04:29 PM (FGQ01)

And there’s the issue of his just allowing the Muslims to sack Constantinople without a fight. Total incompetent.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 04:32 PM (Gqar8)

176 Nood

Former CNN Hypartisan News Prude Brooke Baldwin: I'm a Strong Professional Woman and So I Want You to Know I'm Really Good at Dick-in-Vag Sex

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 19, 2026 04:32 PM (Sco7b)

177 I saw Walter Krankheit's Ballbag open for Cannibal Corpse at Antone's in '92.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 04:32 PM (oqH4h)

178 All the hipsters in Williamsburg voted for Mamdani. I'm sure they're Orthodox and ultra Orthodox neighbors are very happy with them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 04:33 PM (rp63B)

179 > Tom Nichols being had is just another day for Tom Nichols.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 04:34 PM (2Cry5)

180 Laying a store of sound-powered telephone batteries displays admirable foresight.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 04:34 PM (0sNs1)

181 I was once asked to get a BA 110 on a ST ring from supply. Also a critical shortage of them.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (lesDH)

182 Dems are so desperate for a narrative going into the final stretch to election day that they're rolling out blatantly false BS that's easily disproved.

The Republicans have plenty of lanyard grease on hand and the warehouses have grid markers stocked to the rafters. The post-Labor Day ad barrages have been registered. I almost pity the Commie bastids.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 04:35 PM (rj6Yv)

183 ***“In the course of many columns a week, I did not use citations aggressively as I should have and did not paraphrase well enough,...
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English Lit 101, FAIL.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 04:36 PM (BzKNL)

184 >>Excuse me. I believe that it was the unelected Biden Politburo who oversaw the botched bugout ...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Otherwise referred to as Deep State or Administrative State
or The Acronyms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 04:40 PM (BzKNL)

185 I should really DM Ace with my complaints of how I am treated here, except he ignores me. It's like I plagiarized him or something, and he won't forgive me!

Of course I knew Biden was in office, but as is now well know, he was not President! I didn't blame anyone specifically because I don't know who in the Politburo to blame!

As far as Trump goes, when he was in his first term he could have just as abjectly and cowardly ordered the abandonment of Kabul, so on that basis I feel it is fair to blame him.

Besides, you should be nicer, because Bari Weiss says soon you won't have Fake Jake Blabber to kick around any more! You'll have to go back to Jonah!

Posted by: Fake Jake Blabber at August 19, 2026 04:41 PM (WYfFt)

186
Among the items abandoned to the Taliban was an intact, functioning biometric database in the US embassy, that contained data for every Afghan who had been hired in-country to assist the US.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 19, 2026 04:52 PM (mS8PE)

187 In fairness, like with Trump, the generals were acting against Biden's desire to leave Afghanistan. When Biden saw it, he ordered an immediate withdrawal.

Posted by: MikeN at August 19, 2026 05:33 PM (Yyjzd)

Fauci's Partner-in-Crime David Morens Pleads Guilty to Illegal Evasion of Federal Records Laws (to Cover Up His Complicity in Covid)

The media is largely ignoring this story, to focus on the Real News, which is Democrat Senator Jon Ossof's WITHOUT EVIDENCE conspiracy theory that Trump is having an affair with his aid.

David Morens, former NIAID adviser, pleads guilty in COVID-19 records scheme

Washington -- A former senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from a scheme to hide federal records during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under a deal reached with federal prosecutors in Maryland, David Morens, 78, agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States. He faces up to five years in prison.
Morens, a senior adviser at NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 to 2022, was indicted in April and charged with five counts for what prosecutors said at the time was his role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. by shielding federal records related to the COVID-19 pandemic from the public.
Tim Belevetz, a lawyer for Morens, said, "By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did and will continue to do so."

Does that suggest that he's flipped and will testify against Peter Daszack -- and Anthony Fauci?

I know Fauci seems to be protected. But I'd like the truth on the record, even so.

Prosecutors said Morens worked with two co-conspirators. The first, "co-conspirator 1," served as the president and CEO of a New York-based nonprofit that received a grant in 2014 titled "Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence." The Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, received a subaward from the New York group on the coronavirus grant, prosecutors said, though the National Institutes of Health terminated the award in April 2020 following allegations that COVID-19 emerged from the lab. The NIAID is part of the NIH.
The second co-conspirator was described in charging documents as a physician, scientist and professor who worked for an academic institute that received federal grants.
Emails made public by the GOP-led Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic indicate that the New York-based nonprofit is the EcoHealth Alliance and co-conspirator 1 is its president, Peter Daszak.
...
According to the guilty plea, Morens and the two co-conspirators agreed to exchange emails about COVID-19 and its origins, as well as the terminated coronavirus grant, through Morens' personal Gmail account, rather than his official NIH account, to hide federal records and evade public records laws.
Morens and his co-conspirators also used his Gmail account to share nonpublic information from the NIH about COVID-19 and "back-channel" information to an unidentified senior NIAID official, who appears to be Anthony Fauci, the institute's former director, according to court filings.
Morens also admitted as part of his guilty plea that he and co-conspirator 1 conspired to pay illegal gratuities. Court records show that Morens received two bottles of wine in June 2020 from co-conspirator 1 for his "behind-the-scenes shenanigans," which were delivered to his Maryland house.

He also accepted a dinner at a Michelin-rated restaurant.

Dr Fauci under oath: I never deleted official records

Also Dr Fauci: �Please delete this email�

Fauci should be facing the same charges. https://t.co/nnMyBJU2hF pic.twitter.com/LtWytJ6vTb
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 19, 2026

Fauci Senior Advisor David Morens pleads guilty to "Conspiracy to Commit Offenses and to Defraud the United States" in connection with conspiring with Fauci, Daszak, Keusch, and others to defraud the public about NIH-funded gain-of-function research and the origin of COVID. pic.twitter.com/cSo98KUUGf
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) August 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

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1 doesn't fauci's blanket pardon cover his partners?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 19, 2026 02:31 PM (CWTWj)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

3 All involved should be hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

4 re 2: pbbbth

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (CWTWj)

5 "Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence."

Mission accomplished, it seems.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

6 Senator Jon Ossof's WITHOUT EVIDENCE conspiracy theory that Trump is having an affair with his aid.

Pee Wee Herman, as dubbed by The President.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

7 Fauci will NEVER face punishment for his crimes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

8 1 doesn't fauci's blanket pardon cover his partners?
Posted by: gnats local 678
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Nope. But Fauci's pardon does not cover state offenses either and some states are beginning to consider opening investigations. Depraved indifference to human life is actually a criminal charge in some of them and Fauci certainly qualifies as depraved and indifferent.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (E4rtv)

9 He looks nice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (BI5O2)

10 His lawyer saying "and will continue to do so" indicates he's going to spill the beans in order to avoid being someone's 78 year old prison bitch

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (rp63B)

11 Pics of aid?

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (pUTfs)

12 "Morens received two bottles of wine in June 2020 from co-conspirator 1 for his "behind-the-scenes shenanigans,""

Cheap payoff indeed.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

13 Remember:

I do not believe Deborah Birx received a Biden Auto-Pardon.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:35 PM (2YhKe)

14 Fauci will NEVER face punishment for his crimes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I always hold out a sliver of hope. But, he probably won't.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 02:35 PM (DpZaL)

15 I know Fauci seems to be protected. But I'd like the truth on the record, even so.

Yes, prosecute him regardless. Get a judge on record denying the case. And just start stacking the cases. Get them all on record.

Why? Because Trump will have to issue pardons if a DEMarxist gets elected in 2028. Best to have the entire judiciary fuck up any challenges.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2026 02:35 PM (diia5)

16 Fauci can still be prosecuted in State courts...

Conspiracy. Malpractice. Maybe Negligent Homicide.

And that does not even touch the financial side where he invested early in an MRNA company that made bank... while ensuring MRNA vaccines got an emergency approval by not allowing Ivermectin to be used for Covid (can't get an emergency approval if there is already a medicine available to fight the disease, it would have to go through standard approval).

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 02:36 PM (mP0Kj)

17 7 Fauci will NEVER face punishment for his crimes.
Posted by: Sponge
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Never say never. Men make predictions and the Lord laughs.

I am sure that some were saying back in 1642 that Parliament would never cut a king's head off for treason too. And in 1776 London, that the Americans would submit with a whiff of grapeshot being used.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:36 PM (E4rtv)

18
>>Morens and his co-conspirators also used his Gmail account

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This again. Did he use his gmail on his NIH computer?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 02:36 PM (XJ22o)

19 Pics of aid?
Posted by: Billythesquid at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (pUTfs)

Natalie Harp

https://shorturl.fm/vQRvs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

20 Fauci will NEVER face punishment for his crimes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM

Probably not in this life...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 02:37 PM (bFu5X)

21 or fauci will spend eternity in hell giving hermann goering his hourly rectal exam

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 19, 2026 02:37 PM (CWTWj)

22 14 Fauci will NEVER face punishment for his crimes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I always hold out a sliver of hope. But, he probably won't.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 02:35 PM (DpZaL)

Eternity is a very long time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:37 PM (QSxSN)

23 Michelin-rated restaurant."

Regular or California approved eco?

/ yeah, I know

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 02:37 PM (XuXeR)

24 You know how you know Fauci is protected? Because they have tried to pin the ENTIRE thing on him (conveniently without earthly consequence) before making the rest of us "move on".

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (Kr1pO)

25 Does that suggest that he's flipped and will testify against Peter Daszack.

____________________

My guess is that Daszack saw which way the wind was blowing and went right over to Langley to make a deal with them. He likely teased potential intelligence tidbits on China and will acquire protection from prosecution. Sort of like how Epstein did so in his first arrest, and only getting sentenced to a half-way house which no records ever showed he attended.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (dIske)

26 Trump needs to sign an executive order relinquishing Sovereign Immunity for Fauci and those other pardons.

Same for the Jan 6 crap... would make it much easier for a State to hold them accountable.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)

27 3 All involved should be hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

Fauci should bleed to death from aggressive prostate cancer like my father did after getting the clot shot. And the "hospitalist" should decline to treat him because, after all, he's too old to go through all that.

SOB

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (QSxSN)

28 "The media is largely ignoring this story"

Surprisingly, they are not ignoring it. Which makes me wonder why ...

Politico, NBC, NYSlimes, CBS, MSNOW, and others all are running articles on this slimebag pleading guilty.

And -- again surprisingly -- they are mentioning the link to Dr Demon Gnome right in the headline. Says the NYSlimes: "Former Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Trying to Conceal Covid-Related Records."

Again: this makes me wonder ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

29
Eternity is a very long time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:37 PM (QSxSN)

Yes. I was referring to THIS life, where he should receive ample punishment in his current, human form.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:39 PM (2YhKe)

30 Pics of aid?"

We talking money or?

Oh. Aide...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 02:39 PM (XuXeR)

31 Does that suggest that he's flipped and will testify against Peter Daszack. ...and Fauci?

The early bird gets the deal.

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 02:39 PM (wn0/z)

32
I am sure that some were saying back in 1642 that Parliament would never cut a king's head off for treason too. And in 1776 London, that the Americans would submit with a whiff of grapeshot being used.
Posted by: whig

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Yeah, those were the only two in the last 616 years I could come up with either.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 02:40 PM (XJ22o)

33 Go after the minions

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)

34
Fauci should bleed to death from aggressive prostate cancer like my father did after getting the clot shot. And the "hospitalist" should decline to treat him because, after all, he's too old to go through all that.

SOB
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (QSxSN)

I'm so sorry..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)

35 Ace, heads up on the Karmelo Anthony appeal.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 02:40 PM (Y+4g7)

36 23 Michelin-rated restaurant."

Regular or California approved eco?

/ yeah, I know
Posted by: man

The one Nova Local works at?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2026 02:40 PM (W2Pud)

37 This again. Did he use his gmail on his NIH computer?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Yep, done to avoid FOIA on purpose. Obama's crew liked to put messages into a common account as drafts and handed around the password to the accounts so any of the conspirators could read the drafts without it going through more easily discovered email filters. Also later did chats on Discord and probably use Signal or other encrypted chat apps now for the same off the books chats.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)

38 Who knows what Clinton's deleted emails contained. But since she deleted them she has successfully avoided punishment.

Posted by: PG at August 19, 2026 02:41 PM (qln0f)

39 12 "Morens received two bottles of wine in June 2020 from co-conspirator 1 for his "behind-the-scenes shenanigans,""

Cheap payoff indeed.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

Cheap date. But the Federal limit on gifts is something like $20, so, bribe indeed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:41 PM (QSxSN)

40 I still hope civil courts would go after Fauci the Fifth

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)

41
Surprisingly, they are not ignoring it. Which makes me wonder why ...

Politico, NBC, NYSlimes, CBS, MSNOW, and others all are running articles on this slimebag pleading guilty.

Online? No one reads their sites.

If they mention it on the TV broadcast, then that's something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)

42 Yeah, those were the only two in the last 616 years I could come up with either.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Trump will never win over Hillary in 2016. Trump will never be president again circa 2021, etc. etc.

I got plenty more but as my moniker shows, I am a traditionalist.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)

43 Did not read all the comments. Any "nothing will happen" weigh in already?

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 19, 2026 02:42 PM (sFNX2)

44 Fauci should bleed to death from aggressive prostate cancer like my father did after getting the clot shot. And the "hospitalist" should decline to treat him because, after all, he's too old to go through all that.

SOB
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (QSxSN)

I would LOVE to see the loved ones of someone who was denied a life saving transfusion or transplant because they were Un Vax'd, to sue in STATE Court for Negligent Homicide.

It was the direct result of their lies that created those policies, that directly killed people.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 02:42 PM (mP0Kj)

45 27
SOB
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (QSxSN)

tcn - So sorry about this. Many of us here have horrible stories from COVID. Many of us have a personal interest in Fauci suffering.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 02:42 PM (N39Ws)

46 Obama's crew liked to put messages into a common account as drafts and handed around the password to the accounts so any of the conspirators could read the drafts without it going through more easily discovered email filters.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)

Which "coincidentally" is exactly how the 9/11 hijackers created their plan. Shared draft Yahoo accounts.

Huh.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (Kr1pO)

47 29
Eternity is a very long time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:37 PM (QSxSN)

Yes. I was referring to THIS life, where he should receive ample punishment in his current, human form.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:39 PM (2YhKe)

Yeah, I know. I just want him to have to stand in front of me while I backhand him wearing my wedding ring with the sharp corners. Repeatedly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (QSxSN)

48 1 doesn't fauci's blanket pardon cover his partners?
Posted by: gnats local 678
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Nope. But Fauci's pardon does not cover state offenses either and some states are beginning to consider opening investigations. Depraved indifference to human life is actually a criminal charge in some of them and Fauci certainly qualifies as depraved and indifferent.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (E4rtv)

whig, you beat me to the answer. I've also noticed the depraved indifference to human life. It's one thing to make an erroneous decision and then revise after more information.

On the other hand, we have Fauci's actions: saying one thing in private, but another in public. Hopefully, we have one or more aggressive state AG decide to prosecute this psycho. On top of his "diary" now we have phone text messages: the private acknowledgement of WHO concerns about 1st trimester miscarriages, then publicly telling pregnant women that the COVID vaccine was completely safe for them.

What a bunch of repugnant scumbags.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (ksbjf)

49 “Morens is accused of using his private email account to intentionally circumvent public records laws...” In case anyone thought this proves anything about COVID origins.

The headlines are misinformation. It should read..'trump administration continues it's ruthless misinformation attack on Dr. Fauci.'

Sometimes it's necessary to push forward regardless of the risks for the good of mankind. Prosecuting him for this is petty and helps no one.

I'm fine with this, as long as Hegseth and Vance get charged for signalgate.

They're relitigating COVID because they’re failing on every other front and need to energize their voters for November.

The show trial phase of fascism seems to be going well

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (bUztX)

50 39

Cheap date. But the Federal limit on gifts is something like $20, so, bribe indeed.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:41 PM (QSxSN)

Wait until he sees how cheap his ass is when it is traded around "D" block.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (N39Ws)

51
Yeah, I know. I just want him to have to stand in front of me while I backhand him wearing my wedding ring with the sharp corners. Repeatedly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (QSxSN)

I'd be perfectly fine with that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (2YhKe)

52 Geez tcn.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (Kr1pO)

53 Did I miss something ? What Aide did Trump "supposedly" have an affair with ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:44 PM (+gK6I)

54 Yeah, I know. I just want him to have to stand in front of me while I backhand him wearing my wedding ring with the sharp corners. Repeatedly.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I'd enjoy that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 02:44 PM (DpZaL)

55 Aide. I remember her now. Cute young lady

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (pUTfs)

56 38 Who knows what Clinton's deleted emails contained. But since she deleted them she has successfully avoided punishment.
Posted by: PG
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NSA knows who and what was sent I am sure. If an email goes across servers via the Internet, consider it read and stored by them.

But for Hillary, the punishment is exile from any real political power which probably burns her worse than being a prison martyr would. And her hopes for Chelsea to set up a dynasty probably died with Bill's sex trips and buddying Epstein.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

57 Surprisingly, they are not ignoring it. Which makes me wonder why ...

Politico, NBC, NYSlimes, CBS, MSNOW, and others all are running articles on this slimebag pleading guilty.

If "the entire covid thing was a mass-murdering scam" is their idea of a limited hangout, what's coming down the pike?

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (wn0/z)

58 All involved should be hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Added all up it could be tens of thousands.

What may bother me most are those in the medical profession, "We were following protocol, protocol!"

Yeah, Toots, so were the fvcking Nazis when they 'euthanized' millions.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (aAnbT)

59 Did I miss something ? What Aide did Trump "supposedly" have an affair with ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:44 PM (+gK6I)

See comment 19.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)

60 Trump has Aids?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (DpZaL)

61 There's a pretty dark article over on zerohedge where Jeffrey Tucker from the Brownstone Institute asserts the lockdowns were solely to keep us from reaching natural herd immunity to COVID until the vaccines could be rolled out.

How damn cynical.

https://tinyurl.com/yu75ywpw

Posted by: 496 at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (y5h6+)

62
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)

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

I know, I was joking. I was going to add things in the vein of "Never Again" but here we are.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (XJ22o)

63 Did I miss something ? What Aide did Trump "supposedly" have an affair with ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:44 PM (+gK6I)
______________

Natalie Harp. She's not bad looking but there's no way she's Trump material ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

64 tcn - So sorry about this. Many of us here have horrible stories from COVID. Many of us have a personal interest in Fauci suffering.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 02:42 PM (N39Ws)

Gosh yes, I know. It was horrific for everyone. And the little things we did to fight back were... useless.

I DID rip down the police tape from the local playground so the kids could go climb the monkey bars. What asshat thought that was a good idea? DH told me not to, but I went back and did it anyway.

Bastards.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (QSxSN)

65
Imprisonments. Waterboardings. Nuremberg Trials. Executions.

Some Disassembly Required. Rinse and Repeat at minimum for 10,000 Deep State Criminals Against Humanity ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (T3zON)

66 'The show trial phase of fascism seems to be going well.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 02:43 PM (bUztX)'

'Tell me about it' - Derek Chauvin.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

67 59 Did I miss something ? What Aide did Trump "supposedly" have an affair with ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:44 PM (+gK6I)

See comment 19.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)

And what "proof" do they have ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (+gK6I)

68 53 Did I miss something ? What Aide did Trump "supposedly" have an affair with ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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None, Ossof made the crude implication during a campaign speech and the Dems are trying to make Fetch happen even while Tossof is back tracking and doing damage control in Georgia. Might have been a fatal mistake but Ossof got the big head with mentions for the 2028 presidential nominee and to get that had to increase his resistance cred.

Trump dismissed him as PeeWee Herman look alike.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

69 You know how you know Fauci is protected? Because they have tried to pin the ENTIRE thing on him (conveniently without earthly consequence) before making the rest of us "move on".
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (Kr1pO)

You seem to have missed the point. One his subordinates has just been convicted of destroying Federal Records. I suspect more is coming.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 19, 2026 02:47 PM (ksbjf)

70 I read the appeal grounds. Unless the fix is in he is not getting a new trial.

BUT given this recusal, the fix could definitely be in.

Even if the new trial has the same result, it could be nice and inflammatory for the media to breathlessly cover.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:48 PM (Kr1pO)

71 And what "proof" do they have ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM

None. We just want to force him to deny it.

Posted by: The Left at August 19, 2026 02:48 PM (bFu5X)

72 What may bother me most are those in the medical profession, "We were following protocol, protocol!"

Yeah, Toots, so were the fvcking Nazis when they 'euthanized' millions.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (aAnbT)

Um, yeah, we were hoping "medical professional" meant people with brains. They could see ventilators were killing people. They knew remdesivir was killing people. They knew it mattered not one whit if people visited their sick family members, at least not worse than the "medical professionals" who visited.

Protocol my ass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:48 PM (QSxSN)

73 Natalie Harp. She's not bad looking but there's no way she's Trump material ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I'd humidor it.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 19, 2026 02:48 PM (bUztX)

74 And what "proof" do they have ?
Posted by: It's me donna

None. It was an LBJ smear designed to get Trump enraged. LBJ once accused an opponent of bestiality with no proof whatsoever, he was asked about it by someone, and he replied, " I just made the statement because I want to see the SOB deny it." Harry Reid did the same with Mitt Romney and taxes.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

75 And what "proof" do they have ?
Posted by: It's me donna

They don't think they need any.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 02:49 PM (DpZaL)

76 Yeah, I know. I just want him to have to stand in front of me while I backhand him wearing my wedding ring with the sharp corners. Repeatedly.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I think that everyone who lost a loved one to covid and the vaxx should line up and take turns delivering a serious bodily injury to Fauci (and all of his co- and subordinate ghouls, e.g., Birx, etc.) prior to their being flown to Turkmenistan and flung into the Gates of Hell natural-gas fire there.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)

77 And what "proof" do they have ?
Posted by: It's me donna

Uh...but....Orange Man Bad

Posted by: Confused Leftist Social Media Mob at August 19, 2026 02:49 PM (bUztX)

78 And what "proof" do they have ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (+gK6I)

When did they ever need proof?

"So, how long has it been since you last beat your wife?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:49 PM (QSxSN)

79 You seem to have missed the point. One his subordinates has just been convicted of destroying Federal Records. I suspect more is coming.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 19, 2026 02:47 PM (ksbjf)

You even wrote it's his subordinate in trouble, not a superior. What exactly did I get wrong? The thing is still being put directly at Fauci's feet.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:50 PM (Kr1pO)

80 Did I miss something ? What Aide did Trump "supposedly" have an affair with ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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None, Ossof made the crude implication during a campaign speech and the Dems are trying to make Fetch happen even while Tossof is back tracking and doing damage control in Georgia. Might have been a fatal mistake but Ossof got the big head with mentions for the 2028 presidential nominee and to get that had to increase his resistance cred.

Trump dismissed him as PeeWee Herman look alike.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)
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Yea, like a Jewish guy with a Jewish last name is gonna get anywhere near the 2028 nomination in today's Democrap party. Josh Shapiro was persona non grata for the VP slot, and the Dem party has only gone harder into anti-Semitism.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

81 Wait, Trump has AIDS!?!?

Posted by: South Park Episode at August 19, 2026 02:50 PM (bUztX)

82 Sharing an email account is one way to chat surreptitiously. Write an email and save in draft for your conspirator to read and delete.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 19, 2026 02:50 PM (idC0m)

83 I'd humidor it.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 19, 2026 02:48 PM (bUztX)

Sweetie, you'd stick your bent dick in the back end of a skunk if she looked at you sideways.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:51 PM (QSxSN)

84 The grotesque crap that Natalie is enduring ignores the fact that Natalie was one of the people walking around alive today because Trump signed the Right to Try act in his first term. Natalie had bone cancer reckoned as terminal and through that act, got an experimental drug which killed the cancer in 2018.

Later worked at OANN and then to the Trump admin as a scheduler. Maintaining his schedule makes her a target for assholes.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

85 AFAIK, Natalie Harp prints out internet stuff that DJT likes, and he greenlights some of it for Truth posts, which she handles. He relies on her a lot, but I don't see any hankypanky there. She's fiercely loyal, and that's what he likes.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

86 At this point, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton, closeted homosexual at August 19, 2026 02:52 PM (9WAJE)

87 Doesn't jackoff (( Jon Ossoff) have anything better to do than speculate as to whether Trump is having an affair without any evidence. She is a Christian ( yes, I know Christians behave badly ) but Trump is old enough to be her father and her own father committed suicide. Maybe he's like a father figure to her?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 02:52 PM (JrHfD)

88 82 Sharing an email account is one way to chat surreptitiously. Write an email and save in draft for your conspirator to read and delete.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 19, 2026 02:50 PM (idC0m)

This is how CIA Director David Petraeus was sending messages back and worth between the biographer-chick he was having sechs/seggs with, IIRC.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 02:52 PM (lNxD2)

89 ... through Morens' personal Gmail account, rather than his official NIH account, to hide federal records and evade public records laws.

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Did he use Hillary's personal "private" oft-hacked-by-foreign-governments bathroom closet email server as well?

/"What difference, at this point, does it make?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 02:53 PM (T3zON)

90 So much stuff brought up by the media during the grand hoax never happened. Remember when the refrigerated trucks were being sent around as mobile mortuaries? Never saw any pictures. Hundreds of thousands of breathing gear being made? Buncha BS went down.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 02:53 PM (gm9Sb)

91 where Jeffrey Tucker from the Brownstone Institute asserts the lockdowns were solely to keep us from reaching natural herd immunity to COVID until the vaccines could be rolled out.

Ridiculous, because the measures they instituted (paper masks, six feet apart, fast food drive-ins remain open, etc.) could, according to their science, in no way halt an Armageddon virus.

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 02:53 PM (wn0/z)

92 Yea, like a Jewish guy with a Jewish last name is gonna get anywhere near the 2028 nomination in today's Democrap party. Josh Shapiro was persona non grata for the VP slot, and the Dem party has only gone harder into anti-Semitism.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Weak D field brings out the prospective Bill Clinton candidates--like in 1992, sometimes you get lucky by taking a shot. Same reason AOC might run--2028 and open presidential seat is about the best shot she is going to have.

2032 if illegals are deported and from the Census shifts in the Electoral College make it a lot more challenging for Dems at that point.

Consolation prize is VP for many of these D yutes. But remember that FDR was a failed VP nominee as young man for James Cox in 1920.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

93 10 His lawyer saying "and will continue to do so" indicates he's going to spill the beans in order to avoid being someone's 78 year old prison bitch
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (rp63B)

How long before this guy turns up dead?

Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 19, 2026 02:55 PM (SRRAx)

94 Christians behave badly
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I think I rented that back in 1990. Didn't live up to the lofty promise of the title. More sneaking a little extra communion wine, etc, than I expected

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:56 PM (Kr1pO)

95 Let's not overstate it.

She might be loyal.

But "fiercely" so?

I don't see any photos of Natalie Harp where she's wearing a necklace made of human ears and drinking Trump Wine out of Letitia James' skull.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 02:56 PM (BI5O2)

96 Trump got aids from Ossof?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 02:56 PM (qDa2L)

97 The only measure they instituted during covid that I was on board with was the hand-sanitizer thing, because I'm a germaphobe who washes his hands ALOT. But I can usually satisfy my OCD on that point by using hand sanitizer instead.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ)

98 Speaking of Natalie Harp, a baseless smear like this from that slimly bag of ooze Ossoff -- that Harp is fucking her married boss -- isn't just an attempt to smear Trump.

It's a deliberate attempt to smear her reputation too.

The "Party of Women" is always -- always -- quick and eager to slime women.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

99 Sweetie, you'd stick your bent dick in the back end of a skunk if she looked at you sideways.
Posted by: tcn

Why would it matter if it looked at me or not? Drag ~~a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park~~ dead mouse through a prairie and you never know what you'll find.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 19, 2026 02:57 PM (bUztX)

100 Out damn stain!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 19, 2026 02:57 PM (idC0m)

101 97 The only measure they instituted during covid that I was on board with was the hand-sanitizer thing, because I'm a germaphobe who washes his hands ALOT. But I can usually satisfy my OCD on that point by using hand sanitizer instead.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ)

I've been using hand sanitizer for years.. Long before covid

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:57 PM (+gK6I)

102 Trump has Aids?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 02:45 PM (DpZaL)

He's not from Iowa......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:57 PM (2YhKe)

103 Fauci cannot be charged with anything at all he's ever done in his entire life up to the point the autograph machine signed a pardon. There's a decent case to challenge the validity of these pardons, but that's not gonna happen.

He will face justice, eventually, unless God has mercy on him and saves him before he dies. But in the meantime, hammering on this might damage his reputation with the public at least.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 02:58 PM (K32Fz)

104 87 Doesn't jackoff (( Jon Ossoff) have anything better to do than speculate as to whether Trump is having an affair without any evidence. She is a Christian ( yes, I know Christians behave badly ) but Trump is old enough to be her father and her own father committed suicide. Maybe he's like a father figure to her?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

She may credit him with literally saving her life, dunno, but Jackoff was doing it for street cred with his creepy out of state friendz on the internet.

Immediately started backpedaling when the blowback happened and blamed the people going after him for the smear. He claimed as a defense he was just arguing Trump was wasting time as president with Natalie's scheduling.

This the gutless metro sexual passive aggressive shit that some straight leftist urban dudes do in emulation of gay men in their circle. Vile critter who won by cheating to get his seat in the first place.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)

105 Elric,

It's a pattern for them. Pick a topic they're 'the party of' and they'll be eager to lie and smear anyone in that category who dares leave the rez.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 02:58 PM (aJQbY)

106 Doesn't jackoff (( Jon Ossoff) have anything better to do than speculate as to whether Trump is having an affair ...

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Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 02:59 PM (T3zON)

107 97 Yep, the hand sanitizer was a good thing. Pull into an ATM and look at the touch screen when the sun is shining on it. Every nose picker in the county had made a withdraw before you. Also, I'm a bit crippled up and like the increase in delivery availability.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 02:59 PM (gm9Sb)

108
And what "proof" do they have ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:46 PM (+gK6I)

Absolutely none whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:59 PM (2YhKe)

109 You know how you know Fauci is protected? Because they have tried to pin the ENTIRE thing on him (conveniently without earthly consequence) before making the rest of us "move on".
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (Kr1pO)

You seem to have missed the point. One his subordinates has just been convicted of destroying Federal Records. I suspect more is coming.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 19, 2026 02:47 PM (ksbjf)

You even wrote it's his subordinate in trouble, not a superior. What exactly did I get wrong? The thing is still being put directly at Fauci's feet.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:50 PM (Kr1pO)

At this point, I don't understand what you're getting at. Was the "him" in your initial post, Dr. Morens? I don't think anybody thinks he was the mastermind behind Fauci.

As for Fauci, he may not be criminally prosecuted, but now his professional reputation has been destroyed. For a self-important person like Fauci that's a fate on par with death.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 19, 2026 02:59 PM (ksbjf)

110 Oops. Copy/Paste failure ... sorry

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:00 PM (T3zON)

111 Trump got aids from Ossof?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Tumor from Soup >>>>>> aids from Ossof

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:00 PM (77rzZ)

112 Maybe a large group of women that lost babies after getting the dangerous jab ... could sue Fauci for criminally concealing the facts. There could be many other damaged groups that suffered from Fauci Lies.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2026 03:00 PM (vbXSk)

113 "I don't see any photos of Natalie Harp where she's wearing a necklace made of human ears and drinking Trump Wine out of Letitia James' skull."

Ha! I'd buy that for a dollar.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

114 The "Party of Women" is always -- always -- quick and eager to slime women.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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And apparently do that regularly to their own women in their own special way. In part, leftist men are why leftist women believe all men are rapists, sexual perverts, and abusers. The men in their circle are that way.

See Platner for example, Gomez, the CA congress critter, Swallwell, Griisalva, Clinton, Condom Condit, etc. etc.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)

115 I saw Tumor From Soup open for Bowling For Soup at Trees in '93.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:01 PM (2YhKe)

116 So much stuff brought up by the media during the grand hoax never happened. Remember when the refrigerated trucks were being sent around as mobile mortuaries? Never saw any pictures. Hundreds of thousands of breathing gear being made? Buncha BS went down.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door

USACE set up ad hoc field hospitals in big city convention centers across the country... never used.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 03:01 PM (aAnbT)

117 "Mr. Johnson, you have AIDS."

"AIDS? But I’m not a homosexual."

"Sure, you’re not a homosexual."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

118 Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv

Very unpleasant person-Mr. Ossoff and I guess it plays well with his base, but couldn't he concentrate on policies for the good of the country?. This personal stuff sounds like 8th grade "Mean girls" to me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 03:02 PM (JrHfD)

119 I’m pretty sure Ossoff is having an affair with a male intern that involves intimacy.

I don’t know it to be a fact, but it’s seems plausible and I heard that some people believe it.

See how that works?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 03:02 PM (AaEou)

120 "Mr. Johnson, you have AIDS."

"AIDS? But I’m not a homosexual."

"Sure, you’re not a homosexual."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

It's Eddie Murphy day on the AoS blog, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

121 Can't imagine God having any mercy on Fauci

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Ia/+0)

122 Jesus must've forgotten this part.

Did you know the Anglican Church of Canada published a liturgy for assisted suicide this summer?

https://tinyurl.com/4f2wp6tj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (ndZc7)

123 The line to Fauci's final resting place where people can pay their "disrespects" will be a long one.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (N39Ws)

124 What' the first sign of AIDS?

"Key West -- 100 miles"

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (77rzZ)

125
USACE set up ad hoc field hospitals in big city convention centers across the country... never used.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 03:01 PM (aAnbT)

I NEED THOSE RED CROSS SHIPS!!!!!!!

Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (2YhKe)

126 Maybe a large group of women that lost babies after getting the dangerous jab ... could sue Fauci for criminally concealing the facts. There could be many other damaged groups that suffered from Fauci Lies.
Posted by: illiniwek

Lol
/ DC Judges and Juries

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (qDa2L)

127 One of my proudest moments was during Covid, kicked out of an Indian casino for improper mask wear, Told the tribal cop that someday he would get the chance to use that Glock on his hip, like when he became a real cop. Damn lucky I didn't do a year stretch in a sweat lodge.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (gm9Sb)

128 As for Fauci, he may not be criminally prosecuted, but now his professional reputation has been destroyed. For a self-important person like Fauci that's a fate on par with death.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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Death is no more in this existence.
Fauci exists. He has not received justice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 03:04 PM (AJWch)

129 121 Can't imagine God having any mercy on Fauci
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Ia/+0)

If he repents, truly repents, there is mercy and forgiveness. But that miserable prick is too conceited and proud.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 03:04 PM (N39Ws)

130 Look at where Ossoff’s money is coming from. It’s largely from out of state.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 03:04 PM (AaEou)

131 I'm not gay! I have sex with men but I have relationships with women.

Posted by: Jon Ossoff at August 19, 2026 03:04 PM (idC0m)

132 Did you know the Anglican Church of Canada published a liturgy for assisted suicide this summer?

https://tinyurl.com/4f2wp6tj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (ndZc7)

Suicide is the biggest sin.........

Just because a doctor helps you commit it, doesn't make it not a sin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:04 PM (2YhKe)

133 News: Trump team says the New Jersey governor changes her mind. Her Secretary of State will participate with DHS in stopping illegal aliens from voting.

https://l1nq.com/EgKboXt

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 03:05 PM (c7xGr)

134 Somebody should run Fauci over with a semi. Then back up and keep running him over until an onlookers says, “I wonder what that was?”

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 03:05 PM (AaEou)

135 Trump is 80 years old, he's having no affairs with anyone LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:05 PM (K32Fz)

136 Very unpleasant person-Mr. Ossoff and I guess it plays well with his base, but couldn't he concentrate on policies for the good of the country?. This personal stuff sounds like 8th grade "Mean girls" to me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

18 percent of Tossoff's campaign donations came from Georgians. 72 percent from out of state. He raised nearly 35 million to fight a losing election in the Atlanta suburbs over a house seat in 2018, again from out of state. Tossoff is Vindman, a carpetbagger supported by out of state or even smurfed Act Blue illegal contributions from foreigners. Accomplished nothing of note other than winning the obvious fraud laden election of 2020. So an example of the few creepy white males left in the Dem party like Talarico in Texas.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:05 PM (E4rtv)

137 This the gutless metro sexual passive aggressive shit that some straight leftist urban dudes do in emulation of gay men in their circle. Vile critter who won by cheating to get his seat in the first place.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)

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In Case Any Of You'All Missed It:

When asked about it, Trump referred to John Fuckoff as the "Pee Wee Herman-lookalike."

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:05 PM (T3zON)

138 They're crossing the beams!

Waffle House is testing out tacos in Atlanta-area restaurants

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 03:05 PM (ndZc7)

139 I was watching a leftist complain that white privileged is a thing preciously because you can't see it when you are privileged.

So some guy asked the obvious question, give me a specific list of privileges I have as a white man. The answers?

1) REEE
2) I shouldn't have to tell you
3) Well as a man you are stronger (transphobia alert!!!!)

And I mean #3 is true but I haven't gotten ahead in life based on my ability to open pickle jars.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqQm)

140 Fauci played God, he isn't repenting

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0)

141 From Virginia Mother Slaughtered:

46 In Tajikistan you could give someone a few hundred bucks and they would tag and bag that guy for you. Just saying.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (Qgg5f)

I honestly do not care about the derkaderka mohammadjihad landlord that he killed. Self-cleaning oven. I care deeply about punishment for all the corrupt officials involved in facilitating his flight from justice.

From the DA's office to the mental hospital, Silence Is Violence. Letting them get away with it is an incentive to do it again, but next time for the killer of someone who will be missed. #SorryNotSorry

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (L3Npt)

142 Fauci, he may not be criminally prosecuted, but now his professional reputation has been destroyed. For a self-important person like Fauci that's a fate on par with death.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

He is still revered by the “scientific community”, MSM and AWFL everywhere.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (qDa2L)

143 Please, tell me all the covid stories that have only been told
a thousand times. But first tell me of the convictions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (AJWch)

144 Fauci + a million sand fleas = good idea

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (2GVsD)

145 They're crossing the beams!

Waffle House is testing out tacos in Atlanta-area restaurants
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 03:05 PM

They have chosen the form of the destructor.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 19, 2026 03:07 PM (idC0m)

146 Fauci played God, he isn't repenting

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0)

I mean, when you're the science.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:07 PM (2YhKe)

147
I NEED THOSE RED CROSS SHIPS!!!!!!!
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (2YhKe)

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Sure. They were makeshift studios for dancing medical staff during an epidemic.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 03:07 PM (c7xGr)

148 Did you know the Anglican Church of Canada published a liturgy for assisted suicide this summer?
https://tinyurl.com/4f2wp6tj
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (ndZc7)

Well, it's all Trump's fault!

Posted by: Priestess Mariann Edgar Budde, not a closeted homosexual but looks like one at August 19, 2026 03:07 PM (9WAJE)

149 Jesus must've forgotten this part.

Did you know the Anglican Church of Canada published a liturgy for assisted suicide this summer?

https://tinyurl.com/4f2wp6tj
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (ndZc7)

Yet another 'Christian' church seeking approval of the world, rather than seeking to proclaim Jesus to the world.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 19, 2026 03:07 PM (ksbjf)

150 They're crossing the beams!

Waffle House is testing out tacos in Atlanta-area restaurants
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I wonder if they'll go with Taco Bell, Del Taco, or that little carry out that has the best but keeps pretending they don't know how to count back change, "Dollars, cents?"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (aAnbT)

151 Fauci + a million sand fleas = good idea

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (2GVsD)

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And "a good start."

/ibligatory Just-The-Punchline

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (T3zON)

152 ABC "news" says Paxton isn't getting donations and Talafreako is getting big donations... Should we worry ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (+gK6I)

153 Fauci + a million sand fleas = good idea
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (2GVsD)

I want the old Indian (feather) method where he's covered in honey and buried to his neck in a red ant bed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)

154 I mean, when you're the science.......
Posted by: Sponge

Cheap imposter.
-- Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (77rzZ)

155 ABC "news" says Paxton isn't getting donations and Talafreako is getting big donations... Should we worry ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (+gK6I)

See: Robert Francis Beto O'Rourke

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)

156 Waffle House is testing out tacos in Atlanta-area restaurants

You could make an interesting breakfast "taco" with a waffle a the shell

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (K32Fz)

157 i don't believe in no burnin hell...
When I die
Where I.go
Nobody know

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2026 03:09 PM (bX16E)

158 In Case Any Of You'All Missed It:

When asked about it, Trump referred to John Fuckoff as the "Pee Wee Herman-lookalike."
Posted by: ShainS

I caught it. Helps to be on X nowadays with a good timeline feed for stuff like that. I don't comment there but simply mute the bots on occasion (removes them permanently) and block a few vile liar accounts. That demotes the ones muted or blocked in the algorithm for others.

Someone on X had an AI version of Tossof as PeeWee Herman in an AI mix of Tossoff's Playhouse recounting his shady past.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

159 ABC "news" says Paxton isn't getting donations and Talafreako is getting big donations... Should we worry ?

I read a report that Vindeman outspent his opponent SIXTEEN TO ONE

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:09 PM (K32Fz)

160 I NEED THOSE RED CROSS SHIPS!!!!!!!

Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (2YhKe)

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NOW we know what you're pierced nipples have been sporting.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:10 PM (T3zON)

161 Waffle house announces no more 3 am gunfights over patty melt quality. Knife fights are now OK over soft vs hard tacos.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 03:11 PM (gm9Sb)

162 No reason why Fauci can't be an unindicted co-conspirator.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 03:11 PM (gH9a9)

163 I read a report that Vindeman outspent his opponent SIXTEEN TO ONE
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

That was for all the catered pastries at his campaign headquarters.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

164
See: Robert Francis Beto O'Rourke
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)

I was thinking that . Aren't you a Texan ? What's the thinking there about the race... I'm in CA and used to disappointment

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 03:11 PM (+gK6I)

165 152 ABC "news" says Paxton isn't getting donations and Talafreako is getting big donations... Should we worry ?
Posted by: It's me donna

GOP Party committees and Trump's Super Pac are loaded. GOP never really puts much ads out there until after Labor Day. Paxton already has statewide name recognition for better or worse winning statewide races and surviving the vile GOPe impeachment crap from Phelan and other Bushworld GOPe rats. This race will be closer than Cornhole's might have been but pretty sure Paxton will pull it out at least by Ted Cruz levels in 2018.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:12 PM (E4rtv)

166 How about a civil class action against Fauci.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 03:12 PM (gH9a9)

167 I NEED THOSE RED CROSS SHIPS!!!!!!!
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at August 19, 2026 03:03 PM (2YhKe)

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Sure. They were makeshift studios for dancing medical staff during an epidemic.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

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Sure, they were post op nurses for plastic surgery or whatever that was canceled during the lockdown, but you don't need to publicize that you are loving the lockdown.*

*another 'protcol' BS line... they were just waiting for their ward to be reopened, closed due to the 'COVID protol'.
Just saw that sorry excuse in the last week.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 03:12 PM (aAnbT)

168 152 ABC "news" says Paxton isn't getting donations and Talafreako is getting big donations... Should we worry ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026

We should worry because the man who controls the RNC funding is screwing us because we sent Cornyn packing. But I also wonder if people just think Paxton is a forgone conclusion so why bother. We should not be complacent and good heavens is the RNC good at being just that.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 03:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

169 Waffle House is testing out tacos in Atlanta-area restaurants

You could make an interesting breakfast "taco" with a waffle a the shell

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2026 03:08 PM (K32Fz)

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Thus creating a new Hispanic Soul Food: Chicken & Waffle Tacos.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:13 PM (T3zON)

170
I was thinking that . Aren't you a Texan ? What's the thinking there about the race... I'm in CA and used to disappointment
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 03:11 PM (+gK6I)

When Beto was running, both times, there were signs and stickers everywhere.

I've seen 3 houses near me that have Talarico signs.

Most know Talarico is a freak. I've seen a few Paxton ads, but only on YouTube videos and streaming.

I am only slightly concerned, but have all the faith in the world that the heretic Talarico will be seen for what he is and get blown away, as he should.

Texas has Voter ID laws in place, so the cheat is a bit harder to pull off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

171 152 ABC "news" says Paxton isn't getting donations and Talafreako is getting big donations... Should we worry ?

Posted by: It's me donna
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Just like Ossof, it's a money laundering scheme.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (AJWch)

172 It's Eddie Murphy day on the AoS blog, it seems.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

Someone put their dick in the sink?

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (S0M0K)

173 Waffle House is testing out tacos in Atlanta-area restaurants

You could make an interesting breakfast "taco" with a waffle a the shell
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

The waffle IS THE SHELL!
And meat filling is a fried chicken leg.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (aAnbT)

174 DD#1 got the clot shot WHILE PREGNANT WITH GRANDSON #1. Was excited that she qualified.

Time will tell what type of Pandora's Box THAT little sojourn will cost those innocent babies.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (SRRAx)

175 Apparently there are people out there that are willing to piss away time and money on seeing how robust a presidential pardon really is.

It all depends on the president. And his party affiliation as to how the judiciary will respond. Had Trump pardoned him things might be different.

Fauci's reputation is surely in tatters, but he'll never see the inside of a prison.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (2Cry5)

176 Google AI sez: "Chicken and waffle tacos combine sweet, soft waffles folded into taco shells, filled with crispy fried chicken, and finished with a drizzle of maple syrup or hot sauce. This fun comfort food mashup works great for breakfast, brunch, or a casual party snack"

SNL did a mock commercial about them, IIRC.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

177 I am only slightly concerned, but have all the faith in the world that the heretic Talarico will be seen for what he is and get blown away, as he should.

Texas has Voter ID laws in place, so the cheat is a bit harder to pull off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

Thanks....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (+gK6I)

178 134 Somebody should run Fauci over with a semi. Then back up and keep running him over until an onlookers says, “I wonder what that was?”
Posted by: Vengeance

Death by endless Vaxx Booster shots in his ass while his asshole colleagues are forced to give it to him. And making him say, like Kevin Bacon in Animal House, "Thank You Sir, May I have Another!!" after each dose.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

179 Smirking bastard.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 03:15 PM (wVcYX)

180 No reason why Fauci can't be an unindicted co-conspirator.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Don't forget stylish scarf lady Birx.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 19, 2026 03:15 PM (aAnbT)

181
Someone put their dick in the sink?
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 03:14 PM (S0M0K)

That's the new thing now....runnin around, wearin' short dresses, sniffin' cocaine and washin' yo dick in the sink.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:15 PM (2YhKe)

182 Thanks....
Posted by: It's me donna

And the 5th Circuit due to Scotus, killed injunctions that made cheat by mail a viable option for the Dems to use just last week. They have to have an govt photo id now to request an absentee ballot among other changes to the law now permitted to go into effect.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

183 That's the new thing now....runnin around, wearin' short dresses, sniffin' cocaine and washin' yo dick in the sink.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:15 PM (2YhKe)

Doo-doo -- gonna put it on you!

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 03:16 PM (S0M0K)

184 Aunt Bunny fell down the steps!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 03:17 PM (DpZaL)

185 That's the new thing now....runnin around, wearin' short dresses, sniffin' cocaine and washin' yo dick in the sink.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:15 PM (2YhKe)

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Throw in green dildos and you've got your typical WNBA locker room.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:17 PM (T3zON)

186
I'd humidor it.
Posted by: Bill Clinton

Happy Birthday, Bill

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 03:17 PM (Cqx++)

187 Don't forget stylish scarf lady Birx.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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She ain't got no pardon and was stupid enough bragging about lying and manipulating Trump in the Covid policies. String her ass up too.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:17 PM (E4rtv)

188 Ossof was a carpet bagger from CA, I believe.

Boggles my mind that he was elected in the first place.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (tKjKi)

189 Dat don' look like no McDonald's!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

190 Throw in green dildos and you've got your typical WNBA locker room.
Posted by: ShainS
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Well played.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)

191 Here's to hoping he's singing like a bird.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (hzuYO)

192 She ain't got no pardon and was stupid enough bragging about lying and manipulating Trump in the Covid policies. String her ass up too.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:17 PM (E4rtv)

This REALLY needs to happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

193 Dat don' look like no McDonald's!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

What you need eggs fo'???

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (S0M0K)

194 146 Fauci played God, he isn't repenting

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0)

I mean, when you're the science.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:07 PM (2YhKe)

Yeah, about that....

....THE SCIENCE (TM) took the Fifth.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 19, 2026 03:18 PM (SRRAx)

195 I wouldn't trust that SOB just lookin' at him

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 03:19 PM (Y8TXp)

196 .......why'd you eat the ice cream off the floor......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)

197 Happy Birthday, Bill
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

He's 86 by now.

Would've thought the spirochaetes would've gotten to his brain and killed him by now.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (77rzZ)

198 Heh... Ace's post about Lieutenant Bearclaw is linked over at Insty.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (2Cry5)

199 aid = aide

Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (Wt1Rs)

200 188 Ossof was a carpet bagger from CA, I believe.

Boggles my mind that he was elected in the first place.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Urban Dem fraud. In fact, Perdue likely won the original election outright in 2020 which would have negated Tossof winning in the runoff. GA law was 50 percent plus one vote and Perdue was above that before the water leak occurred and ballots were brought out from under the table to be scanned in the dead of night.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (E4rtv)

201 Say my man.......How much are da chop sticks......

Twenty nine cents!?!

What a bargain. That is a bargain fo me. I think I will buy some......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (2YhKe)

202 Dude in the photo has a cock shaped mouth.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (tKjKi)

203 Fauci will NEVER face punishment for his crimes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

Maybe not in this life.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 03:21 PM (J1vJV)

204 Ok. Since we're past 100, I am going to share something completely off topic that makes smile. Our kitten enjoys his toys so much and when you throw a little fake mouse he "revs" up and shakes his rear like an engine and zooom takes off.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 03:21 PM (6YA3l)

205 197 Belay my last. Clinton is 80 today.

Observation about the spirochaetes still applies.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ)

206 Belay my last. Clinton is 80 today.

Observation about the spirochaetes still applies.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ)

So, Clinton and Trump are the same age?

Holy crap.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:22 PM (2YhKe)

207 What dafuq you doin' with Deney Terrio??

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 03:22 PM (S0M0K)

208 Why hasn't Dr Birx dragged in front of a Congressional committee?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:22 PM (Ia/+0)

209 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 03:21 PM (6YA3l)

Congratulations on the new kitten, Fen. What breed is he?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:22 PM (77rzZ)

210 Happy Birthday, Bill
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

He's 86 by now.

Would've thought the spirochaetes would've gotten to his brain and killed him by now.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (77rzZ)
___________

"We ain't going in there!"

-- Spirochaetes

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

211 aid = aide
Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2026 03:20 PM (Wt1Rs)

aid >> aide >> Ayds >> AIDS

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 03:23 PM (wVcYX)

212 >>>>So, Clinton and Trump are the same age?

Holy crap.......
Posted by: Sponge
******
Trump lives with Melania. Clinton has Hellary .

Posted by: Cosda at August 19, 2026 03:23 PM (Fkr3y)

213 This REALLY needs to happen.
Posted by: Sponge

Yep, along with Moderna and Pfizer executives, those that demanded Remdesvir be used to treat covid when it already had failed as a drug, those who created teh ventilator treatment protocol and mandated hospitals use it, etc.

I would set up a prison camp for them and use all of them for medical experimentation with new unproven treatments for about a decade.

Those that survived would be allowed then to exit but never be involved in medicine or medical policy again.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

214
Dems: This is the year we turn Texas Blue!

Me: Ya know, I think the Cowboys have a shot at the Super Bowl this year.

Same shit different year.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 19, 2026 03:23 PM (2UnvF)

215 I'll moon walk all up and down yo ass.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

216 208 Why hasn't Dr Birx dragged in front of a Congressional committee?
Posted by: Skip
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Big Pharma doesn't want it. And too many reps and Senators like Cassidy were bought and sold Big Pharma shills.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:24 PM (E4rtv)

217 It would be nice if they all flipped on Fauci. Then went on 60 Minutes and told us it was a a Chinese plot to politically derail/make Trump ill to get rid of Trump so they could get Dementia Joe elected.

Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2026 03:24 PM (Wt1Rs)

218 Take Fauci's money. Bankrupt him. Make him penniless.

Posted by: little people at August 19, 2026 03:24 PM (ehY6c)

219 Goony-Goo-Goo!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 19, 2026 03:25 PM (PSEDc)

220 I'll moon walk all up and down yo ass.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

Some guys pay pretty good coinage for that kind of action in Pattaya. So I've heard.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 03:25 PM (wVcYX)

221 Me: Ya know, I think the Cowboys have a shot at the Super Bowl this year.

Same shit different year.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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Jerry Jones running the DNC would give me a certain degree of hope for the future. Current DNC chair, a guy named Martin though seems to be doing a bang up Jerry Jones impression so far though.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

222 Any truth to the rumor Fauci has fled to Argentina, via the Vatican rat line?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 03:26 PM (GEMu7)

223 At this point, I don't understand what you're getting at. Was the "him" in your initial post, Dr. Morens? I don't think anybody thinks he was the mastermind behind Fauci.

As for Fauci, he may not be criminally prosecuted, but now his professional reputation has been destroyed. For a self-important person like Fauci that's a fate on par with death.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 19, 2026 02:59 PM (ksbjf)

My point was that it appears that some will be fine with this whole mass murder bioattack election theft illegal floodgates opening operation being laid at Fauci's deserving feet for all time.

But he was only doing the dirty work of a much larger force, who are still at work right now, and I find it troublesome.

So we're only getting a whitewashed version of the truth and it sucks because there is more in store for us from the same bad actors. That's all.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 03:26 PM (Kr1pO)

224 Dems: This is the year we turn Texas Blue!

Me: Ya know, I think the Cowboys have a shot at the Super Bowl this year.

Same shit different year.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 19, 2026 03:23 PM (2UnvF)

The Cowboys last Super Bowl appearance was live streamed on AOL for dial-up

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 03:27 PM (S0M0K)

225 Ok. Since we're past 100, I am going to share something completely off topic that makes smile. Our kitten enjoys his toys so much and when you throw a little fake mouse he "revs" up and shakes his rear like an engine and zooom takes off.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 03:21 PM (6YA3l)

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We had male & female cats and bought a couple of stuffed hedgehog and mouse toys.

We'd throw them across a room -- usually trying to hide them behind or under obstacles -- and each would retrieve its favorite, howling repeatedly as if having proudly caught a rodent and saved us from invasion.

Oddly, the male loved the hedgehogs, and the female the mice.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:27 PM (T3zON)

226 Fauci will NEVER face punishment for his crimes.

"Never" is a mighty long time.

Posted by: The Barbed Cock of Satan at August 19, 2026 03:27 PM (2ocoG)

227 Fauci's Partner-in-Crime David Morens Pleads Guilty

That's one down, and too many to go. Kitty Carlisle?

Posted by: mindful webworker -Bud Collyer at August 19, 2026 03:28 PM (yrKoI)

228 "aid >> aide >> Ayds >> AIDS"

aid >> aide >> Ayds >> AIDS>> Live Aid

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 19, 2026 03:28 PM (GMWTj)

229 Ellipsis, your phrasing suggests Fauci was merely a puppet. That's probably unintentional?

If we could knock out him and/or most of his cell, they'd at least be somewhat crippled, operationally, for a while, on medical stuff...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 03:29 PM (aJQbY)

230 204 Ok. Since we're past 100, I am going to share something completely off topic that makes smile. Our kitten enjoys his toys so much and when you throw a little fake mouse he "revs" up and shakes his rear like an engine and zooom takes off.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 03:21 PM (6YA3l)

Proving all cats are cats, lions do this too, before the pounce on prey. It helps improve traction before the attack.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 03:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

231 I can't see a Bill Clinton emerging in this environment.

His strength as a candidate was pretending to be normal. Sistah Soulja, etc.

If a candidate came forward saying things like "it's wrong to hurt whites" or "don't intimidate Jews" or "chopping a child's dick off is a naughty thing to do" or "private property is a right," the base would sit it out - if one of them didn't just put on his fursuit and shoot that guy with a sniper rifle.

Their base isn't like the Right's. You can't just come out and say "guess what? You'll get nothing you want and like it. Vote for me or else Republicans will be the ones who do nothing you want, instead of a Democrat like me," and have them say "oh, ok, I'll just go get my cuck chair, then."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 03:29 PM (BI5O2)

232
Seattle Mayor Nepo Baby Katie Wilson is facing a recall effort . I hope they succeed. Please consider signing the petition, nurse ratched ,if you haven't already done so. From "Townhall":

https://tinyurl.com/ywzrjacs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 03:30 PM (RC9EL)

233 I would set up a prison camp for them and use all of them for medical experimentation with new unproven treatments for about a decade.

Those that survived would be allowed then to exit but never be involved in medicine or medical policy again.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

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whig for Retributions Czar!

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 03:30 PM (T3zON)

234 Trump spent his life being mostly happy and proud about the chicks he was banging. "Yeah i banged a model, it was awesome!"

Clinton's just a filthy low life pervert who gets off on the shame kink of porking fatties who ought to be protected from goats like him. "Ah did naht have sex with That Woman." Sure thing, Stogie-snootch McGoo. That shit has to drag you down over a lifetime of sleaze.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 03:30 PM (Ot/FD)

235 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 03:29 PM (aJQbY)

Continued prayer for your job search, Brother.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

236 The Cowboys last Super Bowl appearance was live streamed on AOL for dial-up
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 03:27 PM (S0M0K)

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My oldest son was born right after their last SB win. He's thirty now. Jerry is asshoe.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 19, 2026 03:30 PM (2UnvF)

237 Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 03:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

I'm sure big cats do the same thing. Fortunately , I outweigh him by quite a bit and he gets fed regularly.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 03:31 PM (RC9EL)

238
229 Ellipsis, your phrasing suggests Fauci was merely a puppet. That's probably unintentional?

If we could knock out him and/or most of his cell, they'd at least be somewhat crippled, operationally, for a while, on medical stuff...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 03:29 PM (aJQbY)

I think Fauci is an evil asshole happily and creepily doing the bidding of other evil assholes for decades. Puppet is a strong word with other connotations. I try to be fairly precise and so would never just call him a puppet.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 03:31 PM (Kr1pO)

239 "Take Fauci's money. Bankrupt him. Make him penniless."

And send him a bill for when the U.S. Marshals bodyguarded and drove him around after he left the government. I know the pardon doesn't cover that.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 19, 2026 03:31 PM (GMWTj)

240 Fauci was the Big Cheese

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:32 PM (Ia/+0)

241 Ellipsis, your phrasing suggests Fauci was merely a puppet.

Fauci was a middle manager, same as Obama. They both made decisions on their own but the strategy came from elsewhere.

Remember, in 2010 Epstein got really interested in "if someone caused a pandemic, they could make bank on a vaccine" and immediately called Bill Gates.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 03:32 PM (2ocoG)

242 Nood. Jake Tapper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (bFu5X)

243 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (77rzZ)

244 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Sorry. I was washing my hair at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (2Ez/1)

245 Texas has Voter ID laws in place, so the cheat is a bit harder to pull off.
Posted by: Sponge

We check those IDs very closely.
/ Democrats tuning inner city precincts

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (qDa2L)

246 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 03:29 PM (BI5O2)

They don't need a Bill Clinton this time. With the intentional emergence of the DSA, they're seeding the playing field with the idea that the Democrat Party has been full of all these "moderates". If you don't want to exterminate Jews, deny the Holocaust, or abolish the Senate? Moderate! Conservative even!

And it will work because people in the main vote on "feels".

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 03:34 PM (Kr1pO)

247 Since joining the NFL as an expansion team in 2002, the Houston Texans have not advanced past the Divisional Round of the playoffs.

Their predecessors, the Houston Oilers, reached the AFL Championship game four times (winning in 1960 and 1961) and the AFC Championship game twice during their NFL tenure (losing in 1979 and 1980.

Yup . . . anytime now . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 03:36 PM (wVcYX)

248 Oscar woke us up at 0300 hrs with his fav sparkle ball. The wife tossed it into the hall way and closed our door. MEOW! Oscar the cat was NOT happy with the deception.

Posted by: ltille people at August 19, 2026 03:36 PM (ehY6c)

249 233 I would set up a prison camp for them and use all of them for medical experimentation with new unproven treatments for about a decade.

Those that survived would be allowed then to exit but never be involved in medicine or medical policy again.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

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whig for Retributions Czar!
Posted by: ShainS
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The only way to end tyranny by cloud people is to bring them down to Earth so they personally face bad consequences for their evil actions. For pols that stole or committed illegal acts against the public, have them chain gang working on the highway rain or shine, winter or summer, filling potholes, picking up trash, etc.

But first put them in stocks around a farmer's market so there is plenty of rotten produce that can be flung at them.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

250 Ah yes. As per usual the most evil motherfuckers among us get a relative slap on the wrist or get off scot free. Goodness, decency, morality and integrity are for suckers.

Posted by: Over and over and over again at August 19, 2026 03:46 PM (TbWk/)

251 Texas has Voter ID laws in place, so the cheat is a bit harder to pull off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

I've donated $20 to Paxton. (Directly to the campaign, mind you...)

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 19, 2026 03:46 PM (ZgwKJ)

252 Intramural staff participate in annual Institute/Center (IC) case studies and IC-specific Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) sessions. Senior/Key Personnel on grants must also satisfy updated research support and transparency training requirements (NOT-OD-25-133).

Private email for NIH use: Federal guidelines & National Archives (NARA) standards mandate that agency business must be conducted using official government accounts (@nih.gov).

Under NIH mobile device and electronic correspondence policies, if personal devices or unapproved messaging platforms are used to conduct agency business during exceptional or critical situations, the correspondence must be forwarded to an official government email address within 20 business days for proper record retention.

Failing to preserve or deliberately conducting official agency dialogue on private email systems violates federal records management laws and can lead to formal disciplinary action.

An NIH employee cannot accept a bottle of wine from a prohibited source or given because of their official position, unless it falls under specific legal exceptions like the $20/$50 rule.
-
NIH Policy Manual for internal agency remedies.👈

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 03:47 PM (NFX2v)

253 On a different scam , the numbers Fauci quotes in his email needs to be reduced by at least 15% because of false reporting of Covid deaths.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 03:47 PM (KC5Lt)

254 Saw a Deputy of a Regional Office convicted by the government for reporting a $6 for a cab ride that didn't happen (or some failed to record in his travel arrangements).

He had been asked to leave the region/agency put he dug in. He was then sat in a windowless room in D.C. for ages and eventually just walked the halls and went into meetings where he wasn't known.

Then it was the trial & be fired for ^ or leave. He finally left and ran a very successful consulting business.

But in the lengthy process between agency allegations and departure, he wound up divorced, had to sell a house for his lawyer fees, lost his agency reputation.

He was luckier than a lot of lower graded personnel whenever it hit the fan.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 03:59 PM (NFX2v)

255 BUT dug in.

Sorry. Cooking, too.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 04:00 PM (NFX2v)

256 I read a report that Vindeman outspent his opponent SIXTEEN TO ONE
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

That was for all the catered pastries at his campaign headquarters.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

Makes sense. His twenty minutes of fame is about over, hopefully that spending was to some cutouts that let him bank that for retirement.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 04:15 PM (uhVAy)

257 Similarities with Michael Mann, who sent an e-mail, 'Can you delete all e-mails re AR4'?
He later told Penn State that he hadn't deleted e-mails, and produced some e-mails as evidence. Penn state never examined their e-mail server to see if he had deleted anything, just took his word for it.

Posted by: MikeN at August 19, 2026 05:32 PM (Yyjzd)

Virginia Mother Slaughtered in Daylight By Yet Another Violent Foreign Criminal Invited Into the Country by Joe Biden

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: I'm told by federal source that the suspect arrested in Fairfax County, VA for the stabbing murder of a mother near a jogging trail in Great Falls, VA is a Salvadoran illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden admin in El Paso, TX in April 2024. Fairfax County Police announced the arrest of 19-year-old Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos this morning in connection to the stabbing killing of Carmen Lizet Puch on Monday and released a photo of his arrest.
I've also included a photo of Cedillos-Campos from when he was in Border Patrol custody in 2024, courtesy of a federal source. NBC Washington reports Puch was 42-years-old and had a young daughter.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
UPDATE: He is an illegal that crossed the US border in 2024
Biden's DHS released him

I have a big update to a story I linked, but didn't really explore, yesterday.

Yesterday I mentioned that Fairfax County "prosecutor" Steve Descano -- supported by George Soros, of course -- had allowed a violent extremist Islamic killer to escape the country. First, he pressured a judge to find him not guilty of murdering his landlord by reason of insanity.

Then, he let the guy go to the airport and flee the country.

Here's the update: I sort of assumed that this was an unintended outcome. Yes, Descano is awful and attempts to drop charges against every foreign criminal, but it never occurred to me that he deliberately helped this Islamic foreign murderer flee the jurisdiction.

I think I was wrong. Descano actually helped get this guy a passport and then allowed the mental hospital he was being kept at to let him out for a weekend furlough.

At which point he somehow obtained a plane ticket and fled the jurisdiction.

Descano won't deliver killers over to ICE. But he will get them a passport and let them go to the airport to flee the country as free men.

John Sexton:

[9WUSA:] A man named Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda is an illegal immigrant who entered the country back in 2009. A decade later, in 2019, Toshpulodzoda was accused of murdering his landlord in Vienna, Virginia.

Around 8:30 a.m. police responded to a stabbing in the 2900 block of Edgelea Road in Vienna, Virginia. Police found 61-year-old Mohammed Hemmatian suffering from stab wounds to his upper body. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died. The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine cause of death.
The suspect, 27-year-old Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda, stayed at the scene and was arrested and charged with murder. Toshpulodzoda was taken to the hospital for a routine evaluation, and while there he suffered a medical emergency. He is now stable.
So there was really no question what happened here. Hemmatian, the elderly man who died, was Toshpulodzoda's landlord. Toshpulodzoda was covered in his blood. But, likely because of the pandemic, his case seems to have dragged on until 2022 when he was judged not guilty by reason of insanity. He was committed to the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services and wound up in a mental hospital in Falls Church, which is directly adjacent to the city where the crime happened.
And that really should have been the end of his story, at least for many, many years or decades. But of course that's not what happened. Instead, a judge made clear that Toshpulodzoda was not to be released, but it seems the hospital had the right to issue patients day and weekend passes and they appear to have just ignored the court's directions.

In June, a judge reaffirmed that Toshpulodzoda "shall not be released from custody and inpatient hospitalization without further order of this court."
However, Virginia law allows a mental health hospital to grant committed individuals, including those accused of murder, permission to leave the facility without an escort on day or weekend passes.
In 2024, Toshpulodzoda was allowed to leave Virginia last year to travel to Washington, D.C., to get a passport, a move supported by the Commonwealth's Attorney.
Why would Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano ask a murderer deemed insane to go and get a passport? Your guess is as good as mine.

Sean Kennedy is a victim's rights advocate who says Descano and the State failed the victim and the victim's family...
"The law in Virginia allows the psychiatrist, the same ones who are pushing for his release, to escort him to the courthouse and to issue these without a judge's ruling," said Kennedy. "The passport was issued at the behest of the prosecutors. They asked that he go and get a passport. Why would an accused killer who's mentally insane need a passport? He's being indefinitely incarcerated by the state. Why does he need a passport? The judge, the prosecutor, even his own defense counsel crossed the line in allowing that. And the psychiatrists were totally derelict in their duty to help him do it."...
Descano's office said it's true that prosecutors did not oppose him taking an escorted visit to get his passport. But Descano's office said prosecutors opposed his release and that he should remain in state custody.
If they didn't want him released, why would he possibly need a passport in a mental institution. It's hard to come up with a possible answer to that one but you have probably guessed by now what happened. Last month, Toshpulodzoda was given another weekend pass and this time he bought a plane ticket and fled the country.

Steve Descano is a radical who refuses to deliver wanted foreign criminals to ICE and in fact refuses to charge illegal aliens so that they won't be deported.

But he seems to have deliberately assisted a murder's flight from punishment here.

This is a crime. As Sexton points out, Hannah Dugan was charged for attempting to help a foreign criminal flee her courthouse.

The DOJ must investigate Descano -- and if he's guilty, he must be imprisoned.

This is not just obstruction of justice. This is insurrection.

BREAKING: I'm told by federal source that the suspect arrested in Fairfax County, VA for the stabbing murder of a mother near a jogging trail in Great Falls, VA is a Salvadoran illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden admin in El Paso, TX in April� pic.twitter.com/I3WJ0dcDzR
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 19, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:30 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

2 Front and CENTER!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

3 I'll go lum, NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

4 It's a feature, not a bug

Posted by: weew at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (ZGNOr)

5 Done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

6 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (bFu5X)

7 Bet she voted for this.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (PGK1w)

8 Toshpulodzoda
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I swear I saw Shirley Manson play at that in the 90's

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:32 PM (Kr1pO)

9 I'm feeling fair to middling.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 19, 2026 01:32 PM (2CeDH)

10 I'm told by federal source that the suspect arrested in Fairfax County, VA for the stabbing murder of a mother near a jogging trail in Great Falls, VA is a Salvadoran illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden admin in El Paso, TX in April 2024.

Never forget. The Biden administration had forklifts down in El Paso lifting the fencing up so illegals could come pouring in by the hundred per hour.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

11 HTML tags.

How do dey werk?!?!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (2YhKe)

12 The judiciary has been in a state of insurrection for decades. I'd have thought Trump's administration would be prepared to deal with it, seeing as how it's been a thorn in his side all these years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (2Cry5)

13 She obviously ran past him and knocked over his cancer curing beakers.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (Kr1pO)

14 Centered indeed!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (VkY89)

15 Tanned, rested and ready, boss!!!

Posted by: Zombie Lamont The Big Dummy at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (2YhKe)

16 Never forget. The Biden administration had forklifts down in El Paso lifting the fencing up so illegals could come pouring in by the hundred per hour.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe

Never forget: Traitorous Republicans refused to fund a heavily voter mandated wall.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:34 PM (Kr1pO)

17 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda ??

Must be one of those Quakers.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 01:35 PM (Oy/m2)

18 >>>Tanned, rested and ready, boss!!!
Posted by: Zombie Lamont The Big Dummy

whoops

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (1wjle)

19 ... the suspect arrested in Fairfax County, VA for the stabbing murder of a mother near a jogging trail in Great Falls, VA is a Salvadoran illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden admin in El Paso, TX in April 2024 ...

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A "Texas Man," "Virginia Man," or both?

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (txtSn)

20 Fixt before the ascii artists entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)

21 At the news conference that happened a few minutes ago, the sheriff stated the illegal immigrant was in a relationship with the woman he killed. After stabbing her to death, he also doused her with gasoline and tried to light her on fire. It was all premeditated, as the sheriff said the illegal immigrant murderer deliberately brought a large knife and container of gasoline to the murder site.

Honestly, people must have a death wish or be extremely desperate to get in a relationship with an illegal immigrant.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (Qgg5f)

22 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda

Of the Boston Toshpulodzodas?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (bFu5X)

23 He flew back to Tajikistan to retrieve the notes he's compiled in his decades-long quest to cure cancer and also build a rocket to Mars.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (oqH4h)

24 "Hannah Dugan was charged for attempting to help a foreign criminal flee her courthouse."

More than that. She was convicted of a felony and lost her judgeship.

To be sure, she got a sweetheart sentence that avoided any jail time.

But she did get convicted and suffer real professional punishment, and she did nothing compared to Descano.

Nail this slimy cumweasel to the wall.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

25 Virginia Teen

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (Kr1pO)

26
Never forget: Traitorous Republicans refused to fund a heavily voter mandated wall.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:34 PM (Kr1pO)

didn't Trump redirect a bunch of money to get a significant portion built, regardless?

Not that I'm forgiving those R assholes.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

27 The people of Fairfax county, government employees and lobbyists, keep electing Descano. Mrs. Puch did not deserve this fate, but if she voted for Descano it sure is foreseeable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 01:37 PM (rp63B)

28 >>>Tanned, rested and ready, boss!!!
Posted by: Zombie Lamont The Big Dummy

whoops
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (1wjle)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

29 Honestly, people must have a death wish or be extremely desperate to get in a relationship with an illegal immigrant.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (Qgg5f)
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White women with a savior complex and no sense of self-preservation, and also loins most for dusky immigrants.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h)

30 Does Descano get paid off for this or what? What's the point in doing this other than maybe a fuck you watch me?

Posted by: nckate at August 19, 2026 01:37 PM (enNUy)

31 Remember, the instant a squishy Republican or any Democrat gets into office, the flood of illegals restarts.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2026 01:38 PM (mkw2N)

32 Will anything happen?

/rhetoric

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 01:38 PM (Y+4g7)

33 I can't say what needs to happen to the people who PHYSICALLY help illegals avoid ICE detentions.

That would be an instant banhammer.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:38 PM (RqFM6)

34 I heard that Dr. Jill and Dementia Joe aren't even offering condolences to the dead girl's family that they helped murder.

Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2026 01:38 PM (Wt1Rs)

35 Oh and perhaps if you’re fighting with someone with whom you have a relationship, meeting in a remote place maybe, just maybe isn’t a great idea.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:39 PM (Qgg5f)

36 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda

Of the Boston Toshpulodzodas?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (bFu5X)
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Had you read the post, you would know he was of the Flying Toshpulodzodas!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 01:39 PM (Y+4g7)

37 An addendum to my post @27. If she was in a relationship with the illegal it was doubly foreseeable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 01:39 PM (rp63B)

38 Steve Descano is a radical who refuses to deliver wanted foreign criminals to ICE and in fact refuses to charge illegal aliens so that they won't be deported.

Arrest him for interfering with a federal operation and bury him UNDER the f*cking prison.

NONE of this shit will EVER go away if there are no goddamn consequences for TREASON.

They have OPENLY declared WAR against the sovereignty of The United States. The US Government should act accordingly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

39
Does Tajikistan have extradition treaty with the US ?

"Tajikistan does not have a formal bilateral extradition treaty with the United States. Extradition requests can still be made on a case-by-case basis through diplomatic channels, relying on reciprocity."

hmm...Reciprocity....

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 01:39 PM (g47mK)

40 Fkin Marxists let loose Murderers
Criminals are the street thugs for the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Ia/+0)

41 Remind me again about the wonderful rewards that American society reaps by allowing these barbarians to wander among us?

Because I seem to have lost my notes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 01:40 PM (guGkK)

42 A man named Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda is an illegal immigrant who entered the country back in 2009.
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A U.S. passport?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 01:40 PM (XeU6L)

43
How many "walls" could a single Learing Center have funded...?

I just remember Ryan or whoever going around crying "but the wall is 4 billion. 4 BILLION!!"

These people piss 4 billion out at the urinal each morning. Scratch that. They piss it out on a toilet.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Kr1pO)

44 38 Steve Descano is a radical who refuses to deliver wanted foreign criminals to ICE and in fact refuses to charge illegal aliens so that they won't be deported.

Arrest him for interfering with a federal operation and bury him UNDER the f*cking prison.

NONE of this shit will EVER go away if there are no goddamn consequences for TREASON.

They have OPENLY declared WAR against the sovereignty of The United States. The US Government should act accordingly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

All that defy the legally authorized Federal group ICE should be arrested...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (sBAWt)

45 Buy a gun and learn how to shoot. I carry a KelTec 380, which fits easily and obstructively into a pants pocket.

Posted by: Angel at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (3Nsid)

46 In Tajikistan you could give someone a few hundred bucks and they would tag and bag that guy for you. Just saying.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (Qgg5f)

47 Where did he go? send the da to retrieve him, unaccompanied!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (NnhvP)

48 I saw Slimy Cumweasel open for Wet Leg at Lilith Fair in 2012.

I lost a bet........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

49 Great Falls, Virginia is described as "extraordinarily wealthy". I remember that from living in fairfax county.

Maybe these wealthy people will kick Descano out on his a**

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (c7xGr)

50 re: VA stabbing

it’s extremely corny and unprofessional for a police force to snap a picture of a suspect while apprehending them and posting it online like this. Even more so before charges have actually stuck.

Suspect knew the victim so all the "bad hombre" people saying how unsafe VA is calm down. When the police don’t talk much about the case, they already had a suspect.

So darn sad that parks and trails cannot feel safe . Absolutely Horrible.

IT'S 1 FUCKING INCIDENT. How do you people even go outside

The attack wasn't random. As long as you don't drive to the park with a knife-wielding murderer in your passenger seat, you should be fine.

So I guess fairfax will help him get a passport and a international plane ticket as well?

(Intrepid) Suspect (19 M illegal) alleged to have intimate relationship with victim (42 white female). Another suicidal empathy? Middle aged woman taking advantage of vulnerable young man?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (bUztX)

51 Fkin Marxists let loose Murderers
Criminals are the street thugs for the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Ia/+0)

But the office marxists are totes worried the podcast marxists are too radical and extreme and shit.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (Kr1pO)

52 I can't say what needs to happen to the people who PHYSICALLY help illegals avoid ICE detentions.

That would be an instant banhammer.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:38 PM (RqFM6)
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Letter of marque.

I don't this bans me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 01:41 PM (Y+4g7)

53 I just ran across the case of Marcos Iriarte-Valdez.

He was an illegal in CA who had a long rap sheet including rape and burglary.

He was arrested on Aug 4 for violating a home detention requirement and a CA Judge, Nichelle Holmes, immediately released Valdez.

Two days later, while trying to break into a home he murdered a man named Todd Stewart.

Because obviously a rapist and career criminal that ignores home detention is safe to send back to...home detention.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

54 The judiciary has been in a state of insurrection for decades. I'd have thought Trump's administration would be prepared to deal with it, seeing as how it's been a thorn in his side all these years.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (2Cry5)

How?

Remove the judges? The President doesn't have that power.
Ignore the judges? The population is not ready for a President to do that.

They've been appealing, they've been trying to move things around so that the worst judges cannot be involved, they've got their arguments ready - which is why they keep winning at the appeals level.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (ExV1e)

55 I can't say what needs to happen to the people who PHYSICALLY help illegals avoid ICE detentions.

That would be an instant banhammer.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:38 PM

So you're saying they should be

*types/deletes*

*types/deletes*

hourly for the rest of their lives?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (bFu5X)

56 #24 how can someone catch a felony and not serve time in a prison?
Really how does that work?
Im ready to commit many felonies if no prison.

Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (Wt1Rs)

57 Good lord.....it's going to be 106 every day for the next 5 days.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

58 > I carry a KelTec 380, which fits easily and obstructively into a pants pocket.

Did you mean unobtrusively?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (mkw2N)

59 "The passport was issued at the behest of the prosecutors. They asked that he go and get a passport.
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How could he do that??? It seems that he did.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

60 ... the suspect arrested in Fairfax County, VA for the stabbing murder of a mother near a jogging trail in Great Falls, VA is a Salvadoran illegal alien who was caught and released at the border by the Biden admin in El Paso, TX in April 2024 ...

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None dare call it Conspiracy To Commit Murder.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (txtSn)

61 So you're saying they should be

*types/deletes*

*types/deletes*

hourly for the rest of their lives?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (bFu5X)

The judges will accept "violated with a barbed mace."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)

62 The reports are that Carmen Lizet Puch and the illegal worked together at a restaurant and were in an "intimate" relationship.

That kinda changes the dynamic of this for me. Lay down with dogs, wake up with fleas. Lay down with violent illegal gangbangers, you ... don't wake up at all.

I'm making an assumption this scumbag was a gangbanger. But he's covered with gang-looking tats. So probably a good assumption.

Investigate this restaurant. I think we'll find there's more to this story.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

63 What's the world coming to when you can't even trust a dirty foreign illegal immigrant?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (Kr1pO)

64 The time has come to treat this invasion like an invasion.

People helping the invaders aren't arguing some philosophical point they are adhering to America's enemies by providing them aid and comfort.

And it is time for a Roosevelt solution.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

65 On the one hand the "crazy" murderer is out of the country.

And he's already convicted (more or less) so that if he ever tries to re-enter, he can be flagged and immediately returned to custody.

and since justice would have demanded his deportation anyway...

I hope no one is stupid enough to try to bring him back.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (vJrRc)

66 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCfbnll2qCk

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (jrgJz)

67 >>Remember, the instant a squishy Republican or any Democrat gets into office, the flood of illegals restarts.
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Trump should have the federal government buy all of the land adjacent to the border, then on his last day in office, deed it to private citizens, along with MRAPs with pretty little red bows draped over the hood.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 19, 2026 01:44 PM (bNf8H)

68 Judicial Tyranny.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 01:44 PM (Q+gd/)

69 Remember. The great replacement is just a right wing conspiracy theory, you guys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)

70 The DOJ must investigate Descano -- and if he's guilty, he must be imprisoned.

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Imprisonment. Waterboarding. Execution.

Some disassembly required ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:45 PM (txtSn)

71 Remember. The great replacement is just a right wing conspiracy theory, you guys.

And the topic of a best selling book by two of the Dem party's strategists in 2004.

Not a floor wax or dessert topping yet though

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

72 So you're saying they should be

*types/deletes*

*types/deletes*

hourly for the rest of their lives?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (bFu5X)

The judges will accept "violated with a barbed mace."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)
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I was thinking along the lines of "listen to Yoko Ono songs."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 01:45 PM (Y+4g7)

73 Letter of marque.

I don't this bans me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

I would accept one of those gladly.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:46 PM (RqFM6)

74 Judicial Tyranny.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 01:44 PM (Q+gd/)
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And anarchy. It's what Marxists do for a living.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 01:46 PM (Y+4g7)

75 The reports are that Carmen Lizet Puch and the illegal worked together at a restaurant and were in an "intimate" relationship.

That kinda changes the dynamic of this for me. Lay down with dogs, wake up with fleas. Lay down with violent illegal gangbangers, you ... don't wake up at all.

I'm making an assumption this scumbag was a gangbanger. But he's covered with gang-looking tats. So probably a good assumption.

Investigate this restaurant. I think we'll find there's more to this story.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM

In Tajikistan, prey kills cougar.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:46 PM (bFu5X)

76 George HW Bush used Willie Horton to defeat Mike Dukakis, Horton escaped a prison furlough program and murdered someone in Maryland I think. The more things change the more they remain the same. Democrats just love murderers, rapists and fraudsters.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2026 01:47 PM (ibDUx)

77 The attack wasn't random. As long as you don't drive to the park with a knife-wielding murderer in your passenger seat, you should be fine.

Intercepted Reddit Transmissions ..

Yeah, I always check to see the passengers if they are carrying a big knife.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 01:47 PM (Oy/m2)

78 And it is time for a Roosevelt solution.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

If you mean put them in a cell with a ripped 250 pound Level 3 sex offender named Roosevelt then yes

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:47 PM (Kr1pO)

79 I carry a KelTec 380, which fits easily and obstructively into a pants pocket.

Did you mean unobtrusively?

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Damn spell check.

Posted by: Angel at August 19, 2026 01:47 PM (3Nsid)

80 56 #24 how can someone catch a felony and not serve time in a prison?
Really how does that work?
Im ready to commit many felonies if no prison.
Posted by: torabora

I'm guessing you don't have the proper intersections of victimhood, and instead get the white privilege of punishment.

Posted by: Soros DA and woke Judges at August 19, 2026 01:47 PM (bUztX)

81 I was thinking along the lines of "listen to Yoko Ono songs."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 01:45 PM

Dude....

Posted by: The Geneva Conventions at August 19, 2026 01:47 PM (bFu5X)

82 "I'm told by federal source that the suspect arrested in Fairfax County, VA for the stabbing murder of a mother near a jogging trail in Great Falls, VA is a Salvadoran illegal alien"

Like Laken Riley, who was murder by an illegal while jogging on UGA campus, the solution will be to put up more security cameras.

Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2026 01:48 PM (GUOwU)

83 Did the Dems think these people would come in, do landscaping and vote for them? Did it occur to them at all there may be other, very undesirable outcomes in this?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 01:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

84 how can someone catch a felony and not serve time in a prison?
Really how does that work?
Im ready to commit many felonies if no prison.
Posted by: torabora

I have a list.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:48 PM (RqFM6)

85 I'll add another point about this Tugginmypudha scumbag that makes the whole thing even crazier:

How did this known criminal with a "do not release" order get a passport?

If you apply for a passport, you'll get flagged if you have anything like this on your record. Hell, you can't get a passport if you have open child support debt.

It seems impossible to me -- absent bribery or an inside job -- that this guy would have been able to get a passport.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

86 Imprisonment. Waterboarding. Execution.

Some disassembly required ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:45 PM

Just remember...it's not really waterboarding if you use diesel.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X)

87 Like Laken Riley, who was murder by an illegal while jogging on UGA campus, the solution will be to put up more security cameras.
Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2026 01:48 PM (GUOwU)

Which will only ever be used to control people who don't toe the authoritarian line and not the violent foot soldiers of the authoritarians.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 01:50 PM (ExV1e)

88 I'll add another point about this Tugginmypudha scumbag that makes the whole thing even crazier:

How did this known criminal with a "do not release" order get a passport?

If you apply for a passport, you'll get flagged if you have anything like this on your record. Hell, you can't get a passport if you have open child support debt.

It seems impossible to me -- absent bribery or an inside job -- that this guy would have been able to get a passport.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Someone in the passport office isn't on Trump's side.

Solution? Fire the lot of them. Hire all new people.
Can't fire them? Fine. Rubber room them.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:50 PM (RqFM6)

89 There's a scene in a not ever heard of Jean Claude Van Damme move called Wake of Death where a guy is tortured for information by the mob.

They have him in a chair sitting on plastic in a garage. The old man that speaks little English is the specialist.

Eventually, the boss yells "DRILL HIM!!!!" and the specialist grabs the 1/2 inch drill with the wood boring bit and drills down from the top of his knee.

Too good for this Descano f*ck......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:51 PM (2YhKe)

90
We've got to do something about our law schools. They are traitor magnets.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 01:51 PM (XJ22o)

91 I'll add another point about this Tugginmypudha scumbag that makes the whole thing even crazier:

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:48 PM

He was from Harenmahkeester?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:51 PM (bFu5X)

92 Obviously just another instance of a poor innocent migrant doing the jobs Americans refuse to do being framed in order to protect Gary Condit

Posted by: DC Metropolitan Police Department at August 19, 2026 01:51 PM (MeJ0I)

93 Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2026 01:47 PM (ibDUx)

Dukakis also said he would not favor the death penalty if Kitty was taped and murdered. He didn't know enough to handle an obvious trap question from any angle except answering it.

But he was an idiot and felt like one. In the wake of the Willie Horton thing it was lights out.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:52 PM (Kr1pO)

94 21 At the news conference that happened a few minutes ago, the sheriff stated the illegal immigrant was in a relationship with the woman he killed. After stabbing her to death, he also doused her with gasoline and tried to light her on fire. It was all premeditated, as the sheriff said the illegal immigrant murderer deliberately brought a large knife and container of gasoline to the murder site.

Honestly, people must have a death wish or be extremely desperate to get in a relationship with an illegal immigrant.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (Qgg5f)

They want to be "diversified".

Or rather, it's the thrill of being with "the Other". Also this still-persistent myth that simply being an illegal immigrant gives you some kind of moral superiority.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 01:52 PM (lNxD2)

95 I carry a KelTec 380

I started with a Ruger LCP, moved up to a KelTec PF9, and currently have a Sig P365. It's slightly bigger, but still small enough to pocket carry, but has much better grip and trigger (and capacity).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 01:52 PM (bUztX)

96 They are traitor magnets.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 01:51 PM (XJ22o)

I can never get those to stick to each other.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:52 PM (Kr1pO)

97 Why isn't Descano in prison? FFS!

And that fucking animal that killed the mother is a fucking Mayan. Didn't they believe in human sacrifice? I say bring human sacrifice back and start with hi, To honor his culture.

FFS! Again!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2026 01:53 PM (Ziya2)

98 Getting real sick and tired of innocent people continuously getting killed by evil people which is quite preventable.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 19, 2026 01:53 PM (yTtNX)

99 "KelTec 380"

Never a problem with mine, other than the mag release button failed eventually, but that was an easy DIY part replacement. I had the Keltec 9mm too; the grip was a great fit for me.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 01:54 PM (Jr5Lq)

100 RandomDave, because I am obsessive, here are the some accusations in the claims against Petro's government

* Off-the-books Payrolls, reportedly as many as 900,000 service contractors
* Irregularities in “low execution rate, tied-up resources, and failures in contract traceability” at the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, with just 4.3% of its total appropriation of $15.3 trillion,”
* Funds for child and family welfare for 332 contracts worth $557 billion in 2026 of which 94.3% of the funds were disbursed without this sustained increase translating into verifiable improvements in the well-being of the communities.
* The Army has a budget deficit of $14 trillion and a significant portion of its air capacity is grounded: ‘Only 8 of 19 MI-17 helicopters are operational, and 18 of 49 UH-60s are unavailable due to maintenance or a lack of resources.’ Similarly, in the Colombian Aerospace Force, 131 of 386 aircraft are not operational, and only 52% are available for flight. This in the face of expanded cartel and militia activity. There are 17 more main points.

It is like Petro was doing Biden's work, with more success. It is a wonder anything remains unstolen in Colombia

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

101 ...and start with him

Shesh. I ned to proofred beter befor I post.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Ziya2)

102 Dukakis also said he would not favor the death penalty if Kitty was taped and murdered. He didn't know enough to handle an obvious trap question from any angle except answering it.

But he was an idiot and felt like one. In the wake of the Willie Horton thing it was lights out.
Posted by: ...

That would be my public answer.
Privately? I would end his bloodline.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:55 PM (RqFM6)

103 The Left really is willing to fight down to the "man" to keep every foreign invader over here. They absolutely never say "this hill is not worth dying over".

We might learn something from that.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM (eIzlH)

104 Shesh. I ned to proofred beter befor I post.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Ziya2)

I think that one was decipherable from context. Unless you just wanted an extra polite human sacrifice.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM (Kr1pO)

105 At the news conference that happened a few minutes ago, the sheriff stated the illegal immigrant was in a relationship with the woman he killed. After stabbing her to death, he also doused her with gasoline and tried to light her on fire. It was all premeditated, as the sheriff said the illegal immigrant murderer deliberately brought a large knife and container of gasoline to the murder site.

Honestly, people must have a death wish or be extremely desperate to get in a relationship with an illegal immigrant.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (Qgg5f)

They want to be "diversified".

Or rather, it's the thrill of being with "the Other". Also this still-persistent myth that simply being an illegal immigrant gives you some kind of moral superiority.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 01:52 PM (lNxD2)
_______

The victim was hispanic herself (or at least looks hispanic). As I mentioned above, they also worked together, and I suspect there's more to this story than we currently know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

106 98 Getting real sick and tired of innocent people continuously getting killed by evil people which is quite preventable.
Posted by: Cray Cray at August 19, 2026 01:53 PM (yTtNX)
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In this case she should have been part of the prevention by not spreading her legs for an illegal immigrant gangbanger.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM (oqH4h)

107 I ned to proofred beter befor I post.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Ziya2)

Ace has previously declared proofreading to be homosexual.

Pray the typos away.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM (ExV1e)

108 I carry a KelTec 380, which fits easily and obstructively into a pants pocket.

Did you mean unobtrusively?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM
———-

A companion unobtrusive…

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 19, 2026 01:57 PM (9aJNt)

109 Dukakis also said he would not favor the death penalty if Kitty was taped and murdered. He didn't know enough to handle an obvious trap question from any angle except answering it.

But he was an idiot and felt like one. In the wake of the Willie Horton thing it was lights out.
Posted by: ...

==

I dont even think it was a trap, the journalist/anchor that asked it was not some right wing activist, just a CNN anchor that probably voted for him.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 01:57 PM (eIzlH)

110 Honestly, people must have a death wish or be extremely desperate to get in a relationship with an illegal immigrant.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (Qgg5f)
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White women with a savior complex and no sense of self-preservation, and also loins most for dusky immigrants.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h)

But what they really want is a nice guy.

Posted by: TikToks from beyond the veil at August 19, 2026 01:58 PM (TbWk/)

111 If an official actively participates in aiding a felon to escape justice, they can be arrested and prosecuted.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 01:58 PM (0U5gm)

112 (this might come out a little cold)

I'd like people to make their immigration position obvious and overt. Just like announcing pronouns. I'd like to see:

"My name is Joe Blow, and I support sending illegal immigrants back to their origin."

That way, when an illegal immigrant murders a 42 year old mother on a jogging path, I am clear at to whether I should be sad, angry, and frustrated, or whether I should be slightly amused by the irony.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 01:58 PM (dIske)

113 If an official actively participates in aiding a felon to escape justice, they can be arrested and prosecuted.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 01:58 PM (0U5gm)

Not if they're a democrat, obviously.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:58 PM (2YhKe)

114 Ace has previously declared proofreading to be homosexual.

Pray the typos away.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM (ExV1e)

Also a future PoTUS said reading was for fags and I don't want to be accused of having that proclivity.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (lNxD2)

115 But what they really want is a nice guy.
Posted by: TikToks from beyond the veil at August 19, 2026 01:58 PM (TbWk/)

Who lets them fuck guys who make them moist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)

116 108 I carry a KelTec 380, which fits easily and obstructively into a pants pocket.

Did you mean unobtrusively?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM
———-

A companion unobtrusive…
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 19, 2026 01:57 PM (9aJNt)

Begin the day with a friendly gun

Posted by: Rush to arms at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (TbWk/)

117 Someone in the passport office isn't on Trump's side.

Solution? Fire the lot of them. Hire all new people.
Can't fire them? Fine. Rubber room them.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:50 PM (RqFM6)

Did he get a US passport or a Tajiki passport?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (rbvCR)

118 In this case she should have been part of the prevention by not spreading her legs for an illegal immigrant gangbanger.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM

If you don't spread your legs because they are illegal, that is racist.

Posted by: Leftist Social Dogma at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (OkYzo)

119
A U.S. passport?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

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

Or did someone help him make an urgent call to the Tajikistani Embassy?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (XJ22o)

120 Also a future PoTUS said reading was for fags and I don't want to be accused of having that proclivity.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (lNxD2)

Brawndo has electrolytes!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM (2YhKe)

121 But what they really want is a nice guy.
Posted by: TikToks from beyond the veil at August 19, 2026 01:58 PM (TbWk/)

When they finally want to "settle down" after having a higher body count than an army of Predators at the tender age of 35+.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM (lNxD2)

122 The illegal was 19. She was 42. The cougar is supposed to be the killer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM (rp63B)

123
Descano won't deliver killers over to ICE. But he will get them a passport and let them go to the airport to flee the country as free men.]/i]

This mother fucker needs his nuts crushed by a ball peen hammer for that.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM (DlHig)

124 But, pretty please don't deport him!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 02:01 PM (DpZaL)

125
When they finally want to "settle down" after having a higher body count than an army of Predators at the tender age of 35+.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM (lNxD2)

LOL...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 02:01 PM (sBAWt)

126
Did he get a US passport or a Tajiki passport?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (rbvCR)

You act as if that's pertinent to the story. Geez....high expectations much?

Posted by: Today's Media at August 19, 2026 02:01 PM (2YhKe)

127 Also a future PoTUS said reading was for fags and I don't want to be accused of having that proclivity.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (lNxD2)

Brawndo has electrolytes!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM (2YhKe)

It has what I crave.

Posted by: A plant at August 19, 2026 02:01 PM (TbWk/)

128
There are no illegal people!!!

-AOC,Squad,LaRaza,AFL-CIO,DNC,NAACP,Poverty Law, Etc

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 19, 2026 02:02 PM (OkYzo)

129 It's just amazing that these Democrats don't make a strategic choice of maybe going to the mat to say "protect" an illegal alien that's say a grandma versus some pedophile illegal.

But they are just really, really committed to these future democrat voters.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 02:02 PM (eIzlH)

130 The victim was hispanic herself (or at least looks hispanic). As I mentioned above, they also worked together, and I suspect there's more to this story than we currently know.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

For all we know, the "intimate relationship" was that she'd been paid to lodge him at her house.

Y'know, like international exchange homestay, except for illegal aliens.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 02:03 PM (vJrRc)

131 dont even think it was a trap, the journalist/anchor that asked it was not some right wing activist, just a CNN anchor that probably voted for him.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 01:57 PM (eIzlH)

If you accept the question on merit, then you declare yourself either unloving and weak or unprincipled and weak. There are ways to "handle" it but they definitely don't involve a simple yes or no.

That said - if you have real principles you can pretty easily answer it. I support the right to life in all cases - or even I don't think govenrment should have the power to kill a citizen under any circumstance, even one personally painful or devastating. Either way he would have to appear passionate, and he never did. It was always going to be an exposing question.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:03 PM (Kr1pO)

132 There are no illegal people!!!

-AOC,Squad,LaRaza,AFL-CIO,DNC,NAACP,Poverty Law, Etc
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 19, 2026 02:02 PM (OkYzo)

"Citizens of Earth!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:03 PM (2YhKe)

133 And as soon as the Democrats get back in power they WILL abolish ICE.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 02:03 PM (NpAcC)

134
Fook!

I'm off to the barrel.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 19, 2026 02:04 PM (DlHig)

135 George HW Bush used Willie Horton to defeat Mike Dukakis...

I'm not aware of evidence that the Willie Horton kerfuffle actually moved any needles. I think Dukakis was a loser on his own merits and all the Horton ad did was give the Ds and the media (BIRM) an opportunity to point and scream "Raaaacisssss!!!!" I.e. another day ending in y.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 02:04 PM (vTZFs)

136 I have two (distant) relatives, both women, that got tangled up in some romantic relationship with an illegal.

Both had significant age gaps.

It's so obvious to people on the outside what' happening, they are being swindled.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 02:04 PM (eIzlH)

137 And as soon as the Democrats get back in power they WILL abolish ICE.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 02:03 PM (NpAcC)

And arrest the entire Trump administration and open the borders and pack the Supreme Court and abolish the Electoral College and........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:04 PM (2YhKe)

138 "And as soon as the Democrats get back in power they WILL abolish ICE."

I'm sure as can be that they'll reopen the border.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

139 I'm not aware of evidence that the Willie Horton kerfuffle actually moved any needles. I think Dukakis was a loser on his own merits and all the Horton ad did was give the Ds and the media (BIRM) an opportunity to point and scream "Raaaacisssss!!!!" I.e. another day ending in y.
Posted by: Oddbob
===

Willie Horton and Dukakis' answer on what if someone raped and killed his wife, absolutely was why a wet noodle like HW Bush won a landslide election.

Dukakis at one point was leading by like 20 points.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 02:05 PM (eIzlH)

140 They won't abolish ICE just like they won't abolish police. They will simply turn them on us.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:06 PM (Kr1pO)

141 Sean Kennedy is a victim's rights advocate who says Descano and the State failed the victim and the victim's family...
======

Sorry can't call a deliberate action and intended result as a "failure"

The victim was murdered in accordance with state policy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (RIvkX)

142 I'm not aware of evidence that the Willie Horton kerfuffle actually moved any needles. I think Dukakis was a loser on his own merits and all the Horton ad did was give the Ds and the media (BIRM) an opportunity to point and scream "Raaaacisssss!!!!" I.e. another day ending in y.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 02:04 PM (vTZFs)

It was a pretty brutal ad, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

143 Someone in the passport office isn't on Trump's side.

Solution? Fire the lot of them. Hire all new people.
Can't fire them? Fine. Rubber room them.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 01:50 PM (RqFM6)

Did he get a US passport or a Tajiki passport?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (rbvCR)
_____

Even if it was Tajiki passport, that would still be hard to get with his record and the fact that he'd be getting it from within the USA and not his home country. I think it would still mean that someone was paid off.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

144 And arrest the entire Trump administration and open the borders and pack the Supreme Court and abolish the Electoral College and........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:04 PM (2YhKe)

Seize the means of production, execute the intellectuals, standardize the approved fashion and hairstyles, require periodic public displays of obedience to the forces of homosexuality.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (ExV1e)

145 122 The illegal was 19. She was 42. The cougar is supposed to be the killer
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM (rp63B)

Okay, this one is a little suspicious. I agree there is more to this than we know. He was trying to find someone stupid enough to marry him for citizenship? She thought it was real but found out that a 19 year old maybe isn’t as hot for her as he purported and said thanks, but no?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

146 @139 yup and Dukakis riding in the tank was a self inflicted wound

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (rp63B)

147 was a pretty brutal ad, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

In 2026 Willie Horton is as likely to be the D candidate as anything else.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (Kr1pO)

148 IIRC, said FFX county prosecutor is a West Pointer...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 02:08 PM (XuXeR)

149 ***This is not just obstruction of justice. This is insurrection.
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Another day another insurrection. They like rubbing our noses in it.
Looks at all the documentation Grassley has presented. How many convictions have resulted?

This isn't going to de-escalate until political criminals are put in jail.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 02:08 PM (AJWch)

150 The illegal was 19. She was 42. The cougar is supposed to be the killer
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:00 PM

See, me, at 75.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 02:08 PM (bFu5X)

151 Even if it was Tajiki passport, that would still be hard to get with his record and the fact that he'd be getting it from within the USA and not his home country. I think it would still mean that someone was paid off.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

But does it mean he can’t come back and now he is Tajikistan’s problem?

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 02:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

152 The left: Whiteness needs to be exterminated

Also the left: Hey just because our refugees maybe occasionally murder some white American is just like, one of those things that happen, you know? Anyone we need good Guatemalan food at 3 AM so if it means a few of you have to die I'm willing to accept that

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:08 PM (sKqQm)

153 Yawn.

What's for lunch?

Posted by: All Outta Shits To Give at August 19, 2026 02:09 PM (9WAJE)

154 People like this Descano character make me think of the movie "Frailty." Maybe demons do walk among us.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cWLG3)

155 @145 Piper, good theory supported by the way he tried to burn the body. Definitely an anger reaction

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:09 PM (rp63B)

156 if it's an insurrection, Steve needs some Lake City Quiet Pills.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2026 02:09 PM (xcxpd)

157 The illegal was 19. She was 42. The cougar is supposed to be the killer

I'm amused that the biggest "bring every young male here to the US" Karens also hate passports bros with a passion.

And I mean its pretty obvious why...

As cannot be repeated enough, increase the supply of something and the costs go down...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

158 yup and Dukakis riding in the tank was a self inflicted wound
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (rp63B)

Hold my wine.......

Posted by: John Kerry Exiting a Space Orbiter at August 19, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)

159 IIRC, said FFX county prosecutor is a West Pointer...
Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 02:08 PM

Yeah...and I knew douchecanoes like him and Vindman. They were...not well liked.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 02:11 PM (bFu5X)

160
In 2026 Willie Horton is as likely to be the D candidate as anything else.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (Kr1pO)

Valid.

Posted by: s at August 19, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

161 damn.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

162 Willie Horton is 75 and living in prison in Maryland. Surprised Wes Moore hasn't commuted his sentence yet

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:11 PM (rp63B)

163 Steve needs some Lake City Quiet Pills."

That reference, I get...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 02:11 PM (XuXeR)

164 Even if it was Tajiki passport, that would still be hard to get with his record and the fact that he'd be getting it from within the USA and not his home country. I think it would still mean that someone was paid off.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

But does it mean he can’t come back and now he is Tajikistan’s problem?
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 02:08 PM (ZdaMQ)
______

He won't be able to get back into the USA without a visa. But under a Democrap president? They'd fly him back.

But the point you made is part of my point that it would still take bribery to get him a Tajiki passport: why would they want this lunatic? He was our problem. Why would they want to make it our problem.

I think we may find out that this guy is the son of some major player in Tajiki politics or mafia. Some major strings were pulled across multiple levels to pull this off. Why?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

165 In order to reduce violence and to protect innocent women and children, this country needs sensible criminal control laws.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (rj6Yv)

166 The young woman wasn't just murdered SHE WAS REPLACED.
Replaced by another illegal alien's child who was just born on American soli.

Do those nasty Supreme Judges know this? Is this what the Senate voted for?

Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (Wt1Rs)

167 I have neither worked, nor even heard, a Tajik station on HF yet. I vaguely remember hearing a Tajik SW broadcast once, but their xmtr might not have even been in that country.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

168 They'd fly him back."

1st class...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (XuXeR)

169 Dukakis was a short empty suit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (RIvkX)

170 Tajikistan sounds like a Burt Reynolds answer on Celebrity Jeopardy. Are we certain it's a real place?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:13 PM (Kr1pO)

171 People like this Descano character make me think of the movie "Frailty." Maybe demons do walk among us.

You know how some people believe in Lizard People or Aliens pretending to be humans?

I suspect what this really is, is those people picking up on psychopaths. Psychopaths doesn't experience emotion quite like other people do so they seem...off.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)

172 if it's an insurrection, Steve needs some Lake City Quiet Pills.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2026 02:09 PM (xcxpd)

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Where his body subsequently sleeps with the Lake Trout fishes.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 02:13 PM (txtSn)

173 If someone does 'pocket carry', be sure that there are no state laws forbidding carrying a firearm without a holster. And b) use a holster anyway as they make some specifically for pocket carry.

You can easily cause it to fire negligently when drawing or otherwise if something gets caught inside the trigger guard. Holsters prevent that.

There are some specific gun adaptations that can make carry without a holster somewhat safer but not suitable really to discuss further unless a person has an absolute need to do it.

And fwiw, for jackets, suits, pants, you can make a carry holster out of velcro that holds the weapon at the correct draw angle, protects the trigger guard from the trigger being depressed and firing, and yet does not print the gun's outline to external observers. You can also buy these pants, jackets, or even a suit coat online with this already done.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:13 PM (E4rtv)

174
They won't abolish ICE just like they won't abolish police. They will simply turn them on us.
Posted by: ...

That's a good and efficient method of wearing UN Blue Helmets for the homeland defenders to use for threat recognition in the upcoming civil war.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 19, 2026 02:13 PM (DlHig)

175 165 In order to reduce violence and to protect innocent women and children, this country needs sensible criminal control laws.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (rj6Yv)

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and post "Criminal Free Zone" signs on public buildings.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 19, 2026 02:13 PM (cWLG3)

176 I'm sure as can be that they'll reopen the border.
Posted by: gp

Not openly. But practically, like under Biden, where border patrol "intercepted" illegals by assisting them with filing for asylum and getting temporary quarters, and then contacting NGOs to assist.

Then, like Obama, they'll use some twisted, fake metric (increase in border interceptions) to try and placate normies who want control, while actually accelerating the importation of migrants which all their radical supporters will know and support.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 19, 2026 02:14 PM (bUztX)

177 Material support for terrorists.

Hang the sonofabitch.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 02:14 PM (OUMaO)

178 hey RandomDave! thank you for your in-English explanation of my confusing varicella vax to shingles thing previously!

you said it ... well actually accurately so thanks

as far as this - it's third world garbage and it needs to get shipped the FUCK out of this country

I don't care if she dated him or whatever DEAR LORD

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 02:14 PM (j+aD2)

179 I had a good friend who could do voices. He would do Bush debating Dukakis and if you closed your eyes you would think you were listening to the TV.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 02:14 PM (DZ9Lv)

180 Thousands getvdeported then return again, and again and again

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)

181 I think we may find out that this guy is the son of some major player in Tajiki politics or mafia. Some major strings were pulled across multiple levels to pull this off. Why?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

Nah. He only murdered a woman, not anyone important. That's a feature of muzzies, not a bug.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:14 PM (QSxSN)

182 Descano is an accessory to murder - plain and simple. He should be indicted, prosecuted, and executed. He is an oxygen thief.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 19, 2026 02:15 PM (JNTt1)

183 So, on the killer going to Tajikstan.

Once he was found mentally incompetent, and no one was gonna contest that finding, I'm glad he self-deported with help. He'd have been in and out of mental health like Irina's killer and would have killed more people here.

Now, he's his home country's problem. And they probably won't mess around when he harms or kills again. And Trump sure as hell won't ever let him back in.

And he paid for it himself.

Would I have preferred a competent to stand trial life sentence for a murderer. Yes. But with that off the table, this was the 2nd best option - he's gone and he paid to go and Tajikistan can do what they want with him there. There will be no "Maryland Man" drag out here...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:15 PM (tOcjL)

184 Tajik economy: mainly mining, hydropower, black market. I don't drink anymore, but arak sounds tasty.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

185 Tajikistan sounds like a Burt Reynolds answer on Celebrity Jeopardy. Are we certain it's a real place?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:13 PM (Kr1pO)

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Like his alter-ego Burt, Norm Macdonald never won an Oscar.

I am disappoint x 2.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 02:15 PM (txtSn)

186 In order to reduce violence and to protect innocent women and children, this country needs sensible criminal control laws.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (rj6Yv)

No. We OBVIOUSLY need more starving Haitians and military aged men from middle eastern islhamic countries, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:15 PM (2YhKe)

187
And fwiw, for jackets, suits, pants, you can make a carry holster out of velcro that holds the weapon at the correct draw angle, protects the trigger guard from the trigger being depressed and firing, and yet does not print the gun's outline to external observers. You can also buy these pants, jackets, or even a suit coat online with this already done.

Posted by: whig

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I have a holster that's specifically square shaped so it looks like I'm carrying a smart phone.

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 02:15 PM (eIzlH)

188 151 Even if it was Tajiki passport, that would still be hard to get with his record and the fact that he'd be getting it from within the USA and not his home country. I think it would still mean that someone was paid off.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Or it was intel community related. Swap of favor for info or something else crap. The real IC operators unfortunately, like cops, have exposure to a whole lot of criminals when they work and the lines get blurred quite a bit for some.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:15 PM (E4rtv)

189 The illegal was 19. She was 42. The cougar is supposed to be the killer

I'm amused that the biggest "bring every young male here to the US" Karens also hate passports bros with a passion.

And I mean its pretty obvious why...

As cannot be repeated enough, increase the supply of something and the costs go down...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)
________

Well, they hate the straight passport bros. The gay bros who travel overseas to fuck the local talent should be celebrated.

Remember that gay sex cruise that got banned from Turkey and Egypt? They were gonna be "hosted" by a Turkish gay organization (which is apparently a thing). What do you think that means? This was a sex cruise where they were gonna fuck local gays in every port.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

190 ABC7 News, Fairfax County prosecutor's hearing on Capitol Hill
by Christian Flores, Wed, May 13, 2026

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 02:16 PM (NFX2v)

191 Now, he's his home country's problem. And they probably won't mess around when he harms or kills again. And Trump sure as hell won't ever let him back in.

Dear Mr Trump we currently have Mr Campos in our custody.

For the low, low price of $2000 and 3 goats we will arrest, try and execute him in whatever manner you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

192 NEW: @FairfaxCountyPD
says the illegal immigrant accused of killing a young mother in Virginia left work the morning of the murder armed with a fixed-blade knife, black gloves and a water bottle full of gasoline.

The illegal immigrant perp and the victim worked together and were also engaged in an "intimate relationship." The couple planned to meet that day at the park where the murder occured.

The suspect allegedly stabbed the victim, Carmen Lizet Puch, before dousing her in gasoline.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (/OKHJ)

193 The judiciary has been in a state of insurrection since Trump's first term. They were pretty much doing what ever the fuck they wanted under *biden as well. But the crew running the show under sir craps-a-lot and the judges were basically on the same side.

But now?

The problem is that the judiciary is upholding bullshit decisions made by anti-administration politicos and handing down legal decisions that favor the illegals and the left in general.

The vast network of judges are, IMO, the acting government now. The administration is just reacting to what they do and tries to maintain order. They're succeeding, but they're stymied on a lot of things that shouldn't even be an issue.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (2Cry5)

194 In order to reduce violence and to protect innocent women and children, this country needs sensible criminal control laws.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 02:12 PM (rj6Yv)
****
I propose a law to require a 10 day waiting period before committing any crime. Violation would be a felony.

FURTHER it should be a FELONY to commit any felony.

Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (Wt1Rs)

195 Remember that gay sex cruise that got banned from Turkey and Egypt? They were gonna be "hosted" by a Turkish gay organization (which is apparently a thing). What do you think that means? This was a sex cruise where they were gonna fuck local gays in every port.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
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But not Haifa.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (RIvkX)

196 If you don't spread your legs because they are illegal, that is racist.
Posted by: Leftist Social Dogma at August 19, 2026 01:59 PM (OkYzo)
______________________

I was listening to Jesse Kelly last night and he made a valid point....the Left's goto comment to everything is "You're racist. You're a bigot." His advice is not to defend yourself. Don't raitionalize your words or deeds. Just laugh at them. Ridicule them. Ignore the generic accusation and make them the butt end of a joke.

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (dIske)

197 Bill Melugin has picked up on this crazy donation scheme........

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Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (kX27y)

198 was he really 19? do you trust Tajik passports ? I don't.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (g47mK)

199 I have a holster that's specifically square shaped so it looks like I'm carrying a smart phone.
Posted by: Leupold
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Sneaky Pete or its clones (dunno which you have) can work where the firearm hides in plain sight.

Make sure you have steel cable or attachment points to the reinforced belt though. Lot of street criminals in countries use an extremely sharp razor or knife to slash and take the items whether a purse strap, belt mounts, etc. Slash, grab, and run with the item.

Variant on the snatch and grab smartphone tactic common in shithole countries and countries invaded by shitholers.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (E4rtv)

200 In 2026 Willie Horton is as likely to be the D candidate as anything else.
Posted by: ...

We have an unexpected opening for a professor position he'd be PERFECT for!!!!

Posted by: Oxford University at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (bUztX)

201 I suspect what this really is, is those people picking up on psychopaths. Psychopaths doesn't experience emotion quite like other people do so they seem...off.
Posted by: 18-1

Except the ones that have learned to manipulate other people so thoroughly that no one thinks they could ever be the bad guys. Those are apparently really good at turning people against the non-psychopaths who have trouble playing social games.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (vJrRc)

202
Remember that gay sex cruise that got banned from Turkey and Egypt? They were gonna be "hosted" by a Turkish gay organization (which is apparently a thing). What do you think that means? This was a sex cruise where they were gonna fuck local gays in every port.

Out: The west is figuratively f*cking the locals!

In: The west is literally f*cking the locals!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (sKqQm)

203 The vast network of judges are, IMO, the acting government now. The administration is just reacting to what they do and tries to maintain order. They're succeeding, but they're stymied on a lot of things that shouldn't even be an issue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

==
Its like I knew liberal judges would do this, but even I underestimated just how much of an insurrection this really is.

And judges are largely untouchable, so they can do this with basically zero consequences. They could care less if it undermines the judiciary. Only conservative judges seem to care about that

Posted by: Leupold at August 19, 2026 02:19 PM (eIzlH)

204 was he a dreamer ???

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 02:19 PM (g47mK)

205 Why should Karen hate the passport bros? They aren't the swarthy wage slaves Karen craves.

Of course, the answer is that Karen wants to make men absolutely fucking miserable - it's the goal of the Sisterhood - and watching one escape her bony-fingered clutches and find something better than abject misery with a real woman is against nature, as far as she's concerned.

Karen believes the role of the American man is to make the payments on her Infiniti and raise her kids and keep her soaked in wine, so she can make him even more miserable then the Aztec yard boy who has to service her ice-cold, cobwebbed crotch while he works 80 hour weeks just to avoid her g-ddamned shrieking.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (BI5O2)

206 192 NEW: @FairfaxCountyPD
says the illegal immigrant accused of killing a young mother in Virginia left work the morning of the murder armed with a fixed-blade knife, black gloves and a water bottle full of gasoline.

The illegal immigrant perp and the victim worked together and were also engaged in an "intimate relationship." The couple planned to meet that day at the park where the murder occured.

The suspect allegedly stabbed the victim, Carmen Lizet Puch, before dousing her in gasoline.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (/OKHJ)

Yeah, she was breaking up with him...and he knew it and wasn't getting his desired US citizenship card...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (tOcjL)

207 193 The judiciary has been in a state of insurrection since Trump's first term. They were pretty much doing what ever the fuck they wanted under *biden as well. But the crew running the show under sir craps-a-lot and the judges were basically on the same side.

this is why when I do the "what if Orchid was sent back in time to Trump 1.0 with the knowldedge about COVID she has now" scenarios in my head I wonder if even if I were to fully convince PDJT of what to do, if it would even matter.

no state of emergency! don't listen to the WHO! don't listen to Pence/Birx/Fauci!

but those blue states would still have locked down, the nursing homes would still have been seeded, the judges would have made ALL of it happen ANYWAY

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)

208 Aug 17
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Posted by: beckster at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (kX27y)

Leftist math. That explains the deficit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (QSxSN)

209 198 was he really 19? do you trust Tajik passports ? I don't.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (g47mK)

Different guy - this one was Salvadoran (and I think she had Hispanic roots as well).

Dude who left was the Tajik...he could someone else a few months ago...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:21 PM (tOcjL)

210 196 If you don't spread your legs because they are illegal, that is racist.
Posted by: Leftist Social Dogma

And if you don't spread your legs for my lady schlong, you're a transphobe and a fake lesbian.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at August 19, 2026 02:21 PM (bUztX)

211 could = killed (dang typo)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:21 PM (tOcjL)

212 Remember that gay sex cruise that got banned from Turkey and Egypt? They were gonna be "hosted" by a Turkish gay organization (which is apparently a thing). What do you think that means? This was a sex cruise where they were gonna fuck local gays in every port.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
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But not Haifa.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 02:18 PM (RIvkX)
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Not this cruise. But Tel Aviv is a very popular and very "cruisey" among foreign gays. There are several gay travel companies catering to gay Americans (I assume mostly Jews) who want to fuck local Israeli guys.

Sex tourism is HUGE business, for both straights and gays.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

213 The illegal immigrant perp and the victim worked together and were also engaged in an "intimate relationship." The couple planned to meet that day at the park where the murder occured.

The suspect allegedly stabbed the victim, Carmen Lizet Puch, before dousing her in gasoline.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (/OKHJ)
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He couldn't just throw dog poop on her shoes?

Posted by: Yurtok Festrunk at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (amcLV)

214 The suspect allegedly stabbed the victim, Carmen Lizet Puch, before dousing her in gasoline.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (/OKHJ)

He seems nice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (QSxSN)

215 Different guy - this one was Salvadoran (and I think she had Hispanic roots as well).

Dude who left was the Tajik...he could someone else a few months ago...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:21 PM (tOcjL)

how did Tajik enter the US?

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (g47mK)

216 202
Remember that gay sex cruise that got banned from Turkey and Egypt? They were gonna be "hosted" by a Turkish gay organization (which is apparently a thing). What do you think that means? This was a sex cruise where they were gonna fuck local gays in every port.

Out: The west is figuratively f*cking the locals!

In: The west is literally f*cking the locals!
Posted by: 18-1
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I would not be bothered if the Turks or Egyptians lured the sex tourists on that boat onto dry land and then put them in a Turkish prison for a spell. New twist on Turkish delight.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (E4rtv)

217 The illegal immigrant perp and the victim worked together and were also engaged in an "intimate relationship." The couple planned to meet that day at the park where the murder occured.

The suspect allegedly stabbed the victim, Carmen Lizet Puch, before dousing her in gasoline.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2026 02:17 PM (/OKHJ)

Yeah, she was breaking up with him...and he knew it and wasn't getting his desired US citizenship card...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (tOcjL)

Such a shame my pitty gland is empty.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)

218 Flavor Hills a restaurant chain designed to show "black excellence" abruptly closed all its locations.
There is a lot going on in that one sentence

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (rp63B)

219 Sex tourism is HUGE business, for both straights and gays.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

But... but.... I was told that gays are just like straights and love is love.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 19, 2026 02:23 PM (QSxSN)

220 Mortal sacrifice of our mothers, sisters , daughters is a small price to pay for the cultural enrichment bestowed by our deliverers on a terribly guilty and unrepentant population of white devils.

DSA Field Manual Introduction

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 19, 2026 02:23 PM (lkB7v)

221 And if you don't spread your legs for my lady schlong, you're a transphobe and a fake lesbian.

I have seen this exact conversation several times on reddit where some lesbian redditor announces of course she believes trans-women are women, but uh, she doesn't want a partner with a penis.

And the reaction is to call her a TERF, a vagina fetishist, and a fake lesbian.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

222 Not this cruise. But Tel Aviv is a very popular and very "cruisey" among foreign gays. There are several gay travel companies catering to gay Americans (I assume mostly Jews) who want to fuck local Israeli guys.

Sex tourism is HUGE business, for both straights and gays.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok" comes to mind here.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

223
how did Tajik enter the US?
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (g47mK)

Biden let him in via El Paso where Abbott wasn't allowed to use the floating barriers and forklifts lifted the razor wire.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

224 I'm not aware of evidence that the Willie Horton kerfuffle actually moved any needles. I think Dukakis was a loser on his own merits and all the Horton ad did was give the Ds and the media (BIRM) an opportunity to point and scream "Raaaacisssss!!!!" I.e. another day ending in y.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 02:04 PM

Fun Fact: Willie Horton was first raised against Dukakis in a primary debate by...Al Gore.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 02:24 PM (bFu5X)

225 "The process is the punishment"

and

"The administrative state ..."

Europe, and the UK in particular. The Commie Dream.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 02:24 PM (rj6Yv)

226 Illegals defense in the murder trial : she wouldn't do butt stuff.
Fairfax jury : not guilty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 02:24 PM (rp63B)

227 215 Different guy - this one was Salvadoran (and I think she had Hispanic roots as well).

Dude who left was the Tajik...he could someone else a few months ago...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:21 PM (tOcjL)

how did Tajik enter the US?
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 02:22 PM (g47mK)

Not sure - the original killing was 2019...and the insane finding was 2022. Fairfax had denied his in patient insanity exit at every yearly review since...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:24 PM (tOcjL)

228 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)

It was launched at a time he couldn't really stop it or stand in the way lest he take the fallout for something THEY orchestrated. The entire world shut down. It was an op.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:24 PM (Kr1pO)

229 Sex tourism is HUGE business, for both straights and gays.

I've seen Canucks discuss one of the big appeals of vacationing in Cuba is how cheap, AND HOW YOUNG, the hookers are.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

230 Not this cruise. But Tel Aviv is a very popular and very "cruisey" among foreign gays. There are several gay travel companies catering to gay Americans (I assume mostly Jews) who want to fuck local Israeli guys.

Sex tourism is HUGE business, for both straights and gays.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok" comes to mind here.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)
_______

"If you're lucky then the god's a she ...."

Having been to Bangkok, I rate that statement as "true."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

231 So.... Judiciary problems? State Gov in CA wanted Fresno country to raise their Sales tax to pay for road construction, and Fresno Country would not put it on the ballot.

So State passed a LAW to make them put it on the ballot... so... Fresno sued saying the law is illegal under the State Constitution.

Well, Judge assigned was the Judge ELECTED in Fresno County... so State AG just somehow got him thrown off the case, and put in a Judge who is State Appointed (not Elected) who has personal ties to the person who WROTE the bill now in question.

All... somehow... Legal?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (mP0Kj)

232 It was launched at a time he couldn't really stop it or stand in the way lest he take the fallout for something THEY orchestrated. The entire world shut down. It was an op.

yes it's true

it's sort of is relaxing to realize this

otherwise I keep thinking "if only ... time travel..."

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (j+aD2)

233 I've seen Canucks discuss one of the big appeals of vacationing in Cuba is how cheap, AND HOW YOUNG, the hookers are.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

You like them tight and hairless, no?

Posted by: Cuban Pimp at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

234 I've seen Canucks discuss one of the big appeals of vacationing in Cuba is how cheap, AND HOW YOUNG, the hookers are.
Posted by: 18-1

I propose a new MAID category...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (vJrRc)

235 Fun Fact: Willie Horton was first raised against Dukakis in a primary debate by...Al Gore.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 02:24 PM (bFu5X)

Hillary Campaign started the Obama's birth stuff.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (Kr1pO)

236 Russia's embassy in Britain threatened "consequences" over reported British drone use in Ukraine as Moscow escalates rhetoric against NATO allies.
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Zelenshy's repeated targeting of civilians is wearing thin.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (AJWch)

237 221 And if you don't spread your legs for my lady schlong, you're a transphobe and a fake lesbian.

I have seen this exact conversation several times on reddit where some lesbian redditor announces of course she believes trans-women are women, but uh, she doesn't want a partner with a penis.

And the reaction is to call her a TERF, a vagina fetishist, and a fake lesbian.
Posted by: 18-1

Reddit servers and its admin should be piled into a giant heap and set on fire nowadays.

Been seeing evidence though that reddit training data though is being filtered out of latest frontier AI models like Open AI and Gemini (Google's AI). Cites to it have dropped down to barely over 1-2 percent where Reddit was a substantial training data source for both models originally.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

238 Meanwhile, the Minnesota political establishment is throwing a fit because the governor of Texas is refusing to extradite an ICE agent who shot someone during an operation in Minnesota.

Minnesota's kangaroo courts are ready and waiting to convict this guy.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2026 02:27 PM (aD4fx)

239 That "Karen" look! I think we have a winner:

https://tinyurl.com/yvakhj2x

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 02:27 PM (Y+4g7)

240 2 murders - 2019 and 2026
2 illegals - Tajikistan and Salvadoran
Current ages - 31 and 19
One in insane asylum since 2022 when insane finding made - he's the one who got jetted this week
One just arrested for the 2026 park lady killing

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 02:27 PM (tOcjL)

241 I don't recommend Mexican carry with a 1911 that is cocked but not locked.

Posted by: guy who accidently shot his dick off at August 19, 2026 02:27 PM (J4Dwc)

242 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 02:26 PM (j+aD2

Want to know how you'll know? Watch the DSA op. It's following many of the same patterns. I have narrated it from jump and it's actually going FASTER than I predicted. Not slower.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:28 PM (Kr1pO)

243 Zelenshy's repeated targeting of civilians is wearing thin.

Posted by: Braenyard
========
Vlad has little room to talk as he has targeted civilians since the early days of the war. The world would be better off without both Zelensky and Putin and that is surely true for the poor citizens of each country.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:28 PM (E4rtv)

244 Thanks, Gabe. Thanks. You were a true asshole that everyone suss'd out. FDIFFIH.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2026 02:29 PM (diia5)

245 Karli Bonne’
@KarluskaP

Mom gone wild!
A Miami-Dade woman is facing charges after authorities said she poured hot wax on her daughter's hands before setting a fire in her kitchen. Meliza Campos-Sanchez, 26, was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, known as a Baker Act, the reports said. It was later discovered she posted two videos to her Instagram account, including one that showed her in the kitchen using lit candles to pour melted wax on her leg and then in the hands of one of her two daughters, ages 6 and 3, the reports said. NBC6

https://tinyurl.com/56a4em89

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 02:29 PM (NpAcC)

246 That "Karen" look! I think we have a winner:

https://tinyurl.com/yvakhj2x
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 02:27 PM (Y+4g7)

She's a property claims adjuster. I'm betting she'd deny any claims on homes with Trump paraphernalia in it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

247
Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok" comes to mind here.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

I worked in Hong Kong as a young thing, and all the bank bros I dealt with bragged about this. It was disgusting, they were disgusting, and fearfully, they are all probably senior officials of western nations now. No wonder this world is such a mess. Syphilitic leadership.

Posted by: moki at August 19, 2026 02:30 PM (wLjpr)

248 Sex tourism is HUGE business, for both straights and gays.

I've seen Canucks discuss one of the big appeals of vacationing in Cuba is how cheap, AND HOW YOUNG, the hookers are.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
______

Yea. But any third-world country with poor desperate women will do. Hell, any country anywhere has its share of prostitutes for the taking. But the escorts at the luxury hotel bar cost a LOT more money than Esperanda at the El Cantina bar in Cuba.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

249 The canary in the coal mine for the DSA op was Mamdani. The next canary is Sayed. He should by all rights have no chance.

Not only do I think he has a chance I think he's practically a mortal lock.

Should he be beaten as he should, I might have to rethink SOME stuff. And will. But he is the race to watch if you want to find out what is really happening.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 02:30 PM (Kr1pO)

250 nood

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 02:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

251 241 I don't recommend Mexican carry with a 1911 that is cocked but not locked.
Posted by: guy who accidently shot his dick off
=======
Ideally, the grip safety is supposed to be a last ditch protection if ya gotta do it. But if you gotta carry single action, you do the cocked and locked and swipe the safety off when drawing.

And that takes training reps. not only to build muscle memory but to refresh that memory over and over again.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)

252 including one that showed her in the kitchen using lit candles to pour melted wax on her leg and then in the hands of one of her two daughters, ages 6 and 3, the reports said. NBC6

https://tinyurl.com/56a4em89
Posted by: redridinghood

I've known grown women who liked the melted wax thingy. But yeah, they were grown and consented.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 02:31 PM (RqFM6)

253 Biden let him in via El Paso where Abbott wasn't allowed to use the floating barriers and forklifts lifted the razor wire.

==

that's what I was saying, he might have come in as a fake Dreamer, a 20+ yo, pretending to be 16

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK)

254 Mom gone wild!
A Miami-Dade woman is facing charges after authorities said she poured hot wax on her daughter's hands before setting a fire in her kitchen

Out: Let me axe you somethin

In: Let me wax you somethin

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:31 PM (sKqQm)

255 I'm switching from the deport, deport, deport camp to the hang, hang, hang camp.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (xvV+O)

256 I worked in Hong Kong as a young thing, and all the bank bros I dealt with bragged about this. It was disgusting, they were disgusting, and fearfully, they are all probably senior officials of western nations now. No wonder this world is such a mess. Syphilitic leadership.
Posted by: moki
======
Yep. Our 'betters' have the morality of rabid alleycats in heat.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)

257

I've known grown women who liked the melted wax thingy. But yeah, they were grown and consented.

Well, I do remember that scene from the 40 year old virgin...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm)

258 Russia starys a war and bitches how others take it

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

259 The judge, the prosecutor, even his own defense counsel crossed the line in allowing that. And the psychiatrists were totally derelict in their duty to help him do it."...

Perhaps you don't understand where 'the line' is, and that we were never on your side of it.

Posted by: The Cabal at August 19, 2026 02:36 PM (wn0/z)

260 Toshpulodzoda is a street in New Orleans?

Posted by: hurricane567 at August 19, 2026 02:48 PM (+ayKE)

261 Of course, the answer is that Karen wants to make men absolutely fucking miserable - it's the goal of the Sisterhood - and watching one escape her bony-fingered clutches and find something better than abject misery with a real woman is against nature, as far as she's concerned.

Karen believes the role of the American man is to make the payments on her Infiniti and raise her kids and keep her soaked in wine, so she can make him even more miserable then the Aztec yard boy who has to service her ice-cold, cobwebbed crotch while he works 80 hour weeks just to avoid her g-ddamned shrieking.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (BI5O2)
=========
This is disturbingly specific. . . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 19, 2026 02:52 PM (JNTt1)

262 And it is time for a Roosevelt solution.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

Which Roosevelt?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 03:17 PM (J1vJV)

263 Did the Tajik leave under his own name. Could he be placed on a no fly list? Which passport did he use?

Posted by: Goatweed at August 19, 2026 04:48 PM (jK3NL)

264 Could ICE get an arrest order from ny federal judge for a prisoner in Rikers and go in and take him back out, and are Republicans allowed to appoint Federal judges in ny state?

Posted by: Goatweed at August 19, 2026 04:51 PM (jK3NL)

265 Descano is my prosecutor, I'm ashamed to say.

Yes, I want him imprisoned!

(Only because my preferred outcome, his public beheading followed by display of his head on a spike, is sadly unlikely.)

Posted by: Rofos at August 19, 2026 05:36 PM (Zlic8)

LOL: Secret Architect of Trump's Impeachment, Ukranian Agent Alexander Vindman, Defeated by Lunatic DSA Candidate in Race for Senator from Florida

Ashley Moody, who took the seat when Marco Rubio took All the Jobs in Trump's government, was already a lock, but now she's the Iron Clad Lock of the Week.

Lieutenant Bearclaw will spend more time with his pastries.

Far-left Florida state lawmaker Angie Nixon shocked retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman in Tuesday night's special Democratic Senate primary.
With most of the expected vote in, Nixon led Vindman, 56% to 44%, giving the far left a major success on an otherwise disappointing night in the Sunshine State.
...
Nixon, 42, has been a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020, representing parts of her hometown of Jacksonville.
Ahead of the primary, Nixon received endorsements from "Squad" Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
Nixon was also backed by pro-Palestinian children's YouTuber Ms. Rachel and anti-Israel ex-Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.).

It's a Who's Who of Who's a Commie. Pronouns shim/sher.

Like other far-left candidates in primaries around the country, Nixon has vowed to push for "Medicare for all," abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and end US aid to Israel if elected.
Her victory came despite Vindman's massive fundraising advantage and name recognition stemming from his role in Trump's impeachment.
Vindman had raised more than $16 million for his failed campaign while Nixon took in a meager $975,000, according to Florida Politics.
...
Trump himself reveled in Vindman's defeat Tuesday night.
"SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that???" the president wrote on Truth Social after the race was called.

Here's the Scholar that Lt. Bearclaw lost to:

GROSS: Florida Democrat Socialist Senate nominee Angie Nixon:

"There's no sexualization at a drag show... I've taken my children to drag shows... it's wholesome entertainment."
pic.twitter.com/Xf0GO4gLuA
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 19, 2026

Remember this crazy lady? She just won the Democrat primary for US Senate in Florida.

Angie Nixon is a member of DSA. pic.twitter.com/iZR0wfgpK2
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 19, 2026

In more Florida election news -- and as usual, Florida counted within hours, almost as if it's an actual democracy with an effective, efficient, and responsive government -- Byron Donalds won the nomination for governor (DeSantis is term-limited).

He will face "former Republican," now an admitted left-wing Demcorat, David Jolly, in the general.

Donalds was "challenged," sort of, by Tuq'r-endorsed fellow member of the Socialism For White People Party, Steve Fishback, who embarrassed himself gloriously.

He got 10%.

Qatari Influencer Tuq'r Qarlson has the Midas Touch:

The third party is off to a great start. pic.twitter.com/O93EMZc5Qg
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) August 19, 2026

AG
@AGHamilton29
The worst thing that can happen to you in a Republican primary is a Tucker Carlson endorsement.
This cycle:
- Paul Dans dropped out in SC (losing badly)
- Ryan Zink came in a distant 6th
- Massie lost by 10%
And now con artist James Fishback is getting destroyed in Florida...

And in more great news for black political representation, noted Negro Pastor Debbie Wasserman-Schultz won the nomination in the only remaining majority-black district in Florida, so you can see how important Muh Representation is for Democrats.

Wasserman Schultz's bid for a 12th House term will continue after she soundly defeated four opponents in Florida's 20th Congressional District Democratic primary, including progressive activist Elijah Manley, who chided her for running the majority-minority district.
Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, opted to run in the 20th District -- which is more than 60% black and Hispanic -- after state Republicans reconfigured her former district, making it more GOP-friendly.

Republican House member Randy Fine easily beat one of Tuq'r Qarslon's Nazi pals. And when I say "Nazi," I am not exaggerating.

In Florida's 6th District GOP primary, Fine easily turned back a challenge by far-right influencer Dan Bilzerian, who suggested in one campaign ad that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler needed to be reassessed.
Bilzerian, who referred to Fine as a "fat Jew," "Shylock," "Jewish supremacist," "Satanic whore," and "Satan's creepy little minion" in the shocking commercial, lost to the incumbent by nearly 40 percentage points.

Both parties have Nazis, but only one party utterly rejects them:

Deborah Corso
@ViadelCorso2266
Because today I listened to a conservative space that at times sounded like a demoralization operation, I feel compelled to tell a story.
And the most important part of this story IS THAT IT IS TRUE.
Once upon a time, in a land called America, there lived two Nazis and two political parties:
Graham Platner and Dan Bilzerian; the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Biilzerian, the Nazi openly praising Hitler, peddling his "It's us against the Jew" rhetoric is running for Congress in Florida as a Republican.
Bilzerian has received exactly ZERO in Republican party committee contributions. He has received ZERO Republican financial support, ZERO coordinated spending, ZERO endorsements, ZERO assistance from the Republican National Committee (RNC) or the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). The ENTIRE Republican party establishment has aligned against him. Senators Ted Cruz and Rick Scott, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and other party figures publicly condemned him instead. No MAGA billionaire network opened its checkbooks or hosted fundraisers. No institutional PACs rode to the rescue. No Republican, including those described as MAGA campaigned for or with him.
LET US COMPARE AND CONTRAST TO THE DEMOCRATS AND PLATNER.
Compare the Republican Party's complete and total rejection of Bilzerian with the red carpet the Democrats rolled out for Graham Platner who literally had a Nazi Totenkopf carved into his chest.
*Platner raked in tens of millions.
*Party committees (primarily the DSCC) filled his campaign coffers.
*Dozens of high profile Democratic politicians--Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ruben Gallego, Ro Khanna, and a long list of senators, representatives, and state officials--lined up to endorse him.
*Democrat Billionaires and millionaires maxed out donations: George Soros, Alexander Soros, members of the Pritzker and Stryker families, Waltons, and many, many more.
*Progressive PACs and unions piled on.
This here Democrat Nazi, Platner, got the full apparatus of support of the Democratic party. This here Nazi was showered with endorsements from its leading lights and millions in institutional cash.
While Bilzerian received nothing but disgust, rebuke and repudiation from the Republican party- (including the MAGA coalition), the Democrats cashed up their pet Nazi.

Obviously, Blizerian got the endorsement of fellow traveler Marjorie Trailer-Queen.

More results:

A trio of scandal-scarred pols -- incumbent Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and former Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) and Chris Collins (R-NY) -- suffered massive defeats in House primaries across the state.
Mills' loss to former Orlando TV news reporter Ryan Elijah in the 7th District was the biggest.
The Trump-backed incumbent, who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for numerous disturbing allegations, is the 10th House incumbent to lose a primary election this cycle.
Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress last year after she was indicted by the feds for allegedly stealing $5 million in COVID-19 relief funds, finished a distant fourth in a failed comeback bid in Florida's 20th District.
Collins, who resigned from Congress in 2019 after pleading guilty to insider trading and lying to the FBI, was among 10 candidates vying for the GOP nomination in Florida's 19th District, the seat being vacated by Donalds.

Regarding Cory Mills: I don't know much about him, and I don't know why Trump endorsed him -- though it should be noted that Trump endorses incumbents over 90% of the time -- but he has a lot of baggage.

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) lost his bid for a third congressional term Tuesday night to former Orlando TV news reporter Ryan Elijah.
Elijah, who once hosted "Good Day Orlando" and "Orlando Matters" on Fox affiliate WOFL, led Mills 47.1% to 34.2% with almost all the vote counted.
Mills, 46, had struggled to raise money as he fought a House Ethics Committee investigation of "serious and complex" accusations, including claims of domestic assault, stolen valor and financial misconduct.
Elijah racked up dozens of endorsements in recent weeks, including from Mills' GOP colleagues Anna Paulina Luna and Mike Haridopolos.
The 54-year-old Elijah, who previously made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in Indiana in 2010, said the late support from lawmakers showed Mills had "lost trust and confidence."
"This isn't personal for me. I'm in it so we don't lose this seat," Elijah said during a debate earlier this month.

Cory Mills apparently voted to save Ilhan Omar:

🚨 BREAKING � IT'S OFFICIAL: Rep. Cory Mills, who was the deciding vote to protect Ilhan Omar from being stripped of her committees, UNSEATED by Ryan Elijah

This is HUGE!

Cory Mills likely would've LOST this seat for Trump and Mike Johnson

BIG WINS. pic.twitter.com/5Na5tiiOTr
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 19, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:16 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

2 Vindman.

HA!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum, NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

4 Done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

5 I am not a crook!

Posted by: Ms Nixon at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (MWfyi)

6 Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon,
We burn the midnight oil.
The fragrance of Afghanistan
Rewards a long day’s toil.

Pulling into Katmandu
Smoke rings fill the air.
Perfumed by a Nepal night,
The Express gets you there ...

TO FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

7 Wait a minute, so the left chose the domestic communist over the Ukrainian agent?

HAHAHA

Sorry Ukes, you have fallen down the victimhood stack rank...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:19 PM (sKqQm)

8 "Nixon was also backed by pro-Palestinian children's YouTuber Ms. Rachel "

She should do her show from a tunnel in Gaza.

Posted by: fd at August 19, 2026 12:19 PM (MWfyi)

9 Lieutenant Bearclaw will spend more time with his pastries.
___

Lt. Colonel Bearclaw aka Chow Hound

He should go back to Ukraine and fight for his country.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 12:19 PM (1FnQf)

10 Which would have been better for us to have win, Vindman or Nixon? IOW, which one would be most likely to lose general election?

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

11 Bearclaw gets eaten be a socialist, how appropriate.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 19, 2026 12:20 PM (NnhvP)

12 But, what do the polls say? We have to know what they say so we can be "informed."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 12:20 PM (2Cry5)

13 The 54-year-old Elijah, who previously made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in Indiana in 2010, said the late support from lawmakers showed Mills had "lost trust and confidence."

This is the way things are supposed to work.

If an elected official doesn't do what the voters want they are supposed to choose someone else.

Now, if only someone could get D voters to think like this...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

14 Supposedly, Vindman had 9M leftover in war chest for general.

Given the rout, doubt it would have helped.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 19, 2026 12:21 PM (FxH7T)

15 It's always nice to see a yelling and hollering negress scaring white folks and speaking truth to power.

Posted by: Mike Obama at August 19, 2026 12:22 PM (9WAJE)

16 Having seen what passes for entertainment in the black community, I believe Ms. Nixon when she says she sees nothing wrong with it.

Posted by: huerfano at August 19, 2026 12:22 PM (2Xqig)

17 I checked the polling on the Nixon v Vindman race on RCP and it had Vindman up by 10

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

18 It's always nice to see a yelling and hollering negress scaring white folks and speaking truth to power.
-----

A "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 12:23 PM (TN0g+)

19 I think Bilzerian had some sort of psychotic break.

Instead of killing his kids and jumping out the window though he now sees Jews under his bed

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)

20 >Lieutenant Bearclaw will spend more time with his pastries.

And his wife, yeesh.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 19, 2026 12:24 PM (GTqXr)

21
Lt. Colonel Bearclaw aka Chow Hound

He should go back to Ukraine and fight for his country.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 12:19 PM (1FnQf)

Isn't he the one that said he would alert China if Trump was going to do something?

Isn't that treason?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

22 Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon,
We burn the midnight oil.
The fragrance of Afghanistan
Rewards a long day’s toil.

Pulling into Katmandu
Smoke rings fill the air.
Perfumed by a Nepal night,
The Express gets you there ...
-----

Epic song--I've seen them perform it live twice, 20 years apart.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 12:25 PM (TN0g+)

23 I think Angie Nixon got "wholesome entertainement" mixed up with "some hole entertainment."

Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2026 12:25 PM (dIske)

24
Byron Donalds for the win.
May he govern as well as he presents himself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:25 PM (AJWch)

25
Isn't he the one that said he would alert China if Trump was going to do something?

Isn't that treason?

That was Milley.

Vindmann was clearly collaborating with the Uke government though.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

26
And his wife, yeesh.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 19, 2026 12:24 PM (GTqXr)

Isn't she the Boston Kreme to his Jefferson Hairpie?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:26 PM (2YhKe)

27 "left-wing Demcorat"

Rats from DemCo.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

28
That was Milley.

Vindmann was clearly collaborating with the Uke government though.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

I'm always getting my dirty commies confused. My bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:26 PM (2YhKe)

29 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Florida was able to count over 95% of their 3 million votes today in 2 hours

California took 2 weeks to hit 95%

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 12:26 PM (NpAcC)

30 hmmm

"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had urged GOP Rep. Cory Mills to drop out of his Florida primary race before the embattled Republican lost Tuesday to former news anchor Ryan Elijah.

“I told Congressman Cory Mills of Florida, a friend of mine, to get out of the Race, but he wouldn’t listen. He thought he could win, so who can blame him?” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post."

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:26 PM (g47mK)

31 "Isn't he the one that said he would alert China if Trump was going to do something?"

Even worse, it was Milley.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

32 Cory Mills always seemed like a typical GOPe hack and grifter. MIC profiteer. The sort of guy Trump 1.0 would have misjudged.

But I think I found the real problem:

Mills is married to Rana Al Saadi. She's an Iraqi. According to their marriage certificate, they were married by Mohammed Al-Hanooti at the Dar Al-Hijirah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia.

Al-Hanooti's sermons included calls for holy war against non-Muslims and proclamations that Allah will curse the Americans, British, and Jews.

Mills went jihadi.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

33 Angie Nixon is black. I mean not like your average everyday milky colored black. She is like, no white. Which is rather refreshing. Too back she's a Democrat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:29 PM (AJWch)

34 This is HUGE!
------

You are, how you say, welcome.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 12:29 PM (Kr1pO)

35 Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon,
We burn the midnight oil.
The fragrance of Afghanistan
Rewards a long day’s toil.

Pulling into Katmandu
Smoke rings fill the air.
Perfumed by a Nepal night,
The Express gets you there ...
-----

Epic song--I've seen them perform it live twice, 20 years apart.
Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 12:25 PM (TN0g+)
_____

I'm trying to plan a trip to Nepal, so the song was on my mind. Yes, great song.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

36
Mills went jihadi.

Shoulda switched to being a Dem.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

37 A wagon with barred windows moves down a lonely street late at night.

"CRAZIES!!,
BRING OUT YOUR CRAZIES!!!"

Lol.

Angie...
The Dems are dead set on bringing sexy back aren't they?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:31 PM (Sco7b)

38 Are we going to lose Alaska?

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 UPDATE: Democrat plant Dan J. Sullivan has ADVANCED in Alaska's US Senate top-4 primary

He's there to siphon votes from the Republican.

ELIMINATE this system in November by voting YES on 2!

🔵 Mary Peltola: 48%
🔴 Sen. Dan Sullivan: 42.8%
🟡 Fraud Dan J. Sullivan: 2.4%

Freaking RIDICULOUS

Alaska needs to be prepared to vote for INCUMBENT SENATOR Dan Sullivan and END ranked choice voting this fall

Vote YES on 2!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 12:31 PM (NpAcC)

39 When the nazis get rid of all of Jews who will they be going after next?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 12:31 PM (tvdD1)

40 Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

Yikes! Glad he lost. No one with those connections in their past should be anywhere near American government.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 12:32 PM (lFFaq)

41 Looks like Darlene "Graham's" campaign went flaccid. Oh well.maybe the the SC establishment won't lie to everybody about their intentions. Fat chance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:32 PM (DpZaL)

42 Good afternoon Ace.
It will be interesting to see how the propaganda ministries cover Nixon. She's batshit crazy and her craziness could harm other Dems, much like al-Sayed hanging with Piker.
They'll probably try to downplay her craziness , but I don't think it will help, except with the sheep

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 12:32 PM (rp63B)

43 Mohammed Al-Hanooti at the Dar Al-Hijirah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia "

Hot Hanooti, bless my soul?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 12:33 PM (XuXeR)

44 there are two Vindmans; the one that lost in FL is a scumbag, the other one , also a scumbag, is now a VA Congressman, of course. He replaced Spanglebrugerberger.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:33 PM (g47mK)

45 But, what do the polls say? We have to know what they say so we can be "informed."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 12:20 PM (2Cry5)
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Polls are for strippers!

Posted by: Vice President Sarah Palin at August 19, 2026 12:33 PM (N9rY1)

46 Tucker Carlson also endorsed Nicholas Maduro, Vladimir Putin, and Ayatollah Khamenei.

2 out of 3 are down, and one is having a very bad time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 12:33 PM (BI5O2)

47 Wasserman Schultz's bid for a 12th House term will continue after she soundly defeated four opponents i ...
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She must have studied Graham's constituent relations strategy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:33 PM (AJWch)

48 When the nazis get rid of all of Jews who will they be going after next?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 12:31 PM (tvdD1)

Christians. As well as anyone else who refuses to bow to The State as their god.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 12:34 PM (lFFaq)

49 Trump's shade on Vindman was pretty low quality for him. Do better, Donny.

Por ejemplo:

Even Democrats had the wisdom to reject human ballpark frank Alex Vindman. Now he can take time off to focus on what is important to him: donuts and blumpkins, but mostly blumpkins.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2026 12:34 PM (pbDcz)

50 Bilzerian, who referred to Fine as a "fat Jew," "Shylock," "Jewish supremacist," "Satanic whore," and "Satan's creepy little minion" in the shocking commercial, lost to the incumbent by nearly 40 percentage points.
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Now, Deport him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:35 PM (AJWch)

51 Was the Chuck Edwards in NC-11situation ever covered here?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 12:35 PM (EvaDD)

52 LET THEM FUGHT.

Posted by: Max Power at August 19, 2026 12:35 PM (SwyyQ)

53 Hot Hanooti is in the urban dictionary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:35 PM (DpZaL)

54 Bilzerian, who referred to Fine as a "fat Jew," "Shylock," "Jewish supremacist," "Satanic whore," and "Satan's creepy little minion" in the shocking commercial, lost to the incumbent by nearly 40 percentage points.
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Now, Deport him.

I mean he'd probably like living in some Euro countries with the views he has on Jewish people

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

55 On Monday, Grassley highlighted the discovery in a letter he penned to Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, about misconduct he has uncovered related to “Operation Round River.” “Round River” was the name of the investigation run out of FBI headquarters, in conjunction with the Foreign Influence Task Force (“FITF”

; an investigation whistleblowers claim sought to “improperly discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease.”

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 12:36 PM (wfdbg)

56 Was the Chuck Edwards in NC-11situation ever covered here?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 12:35 PM (EvaDD)

Not that I recall. What is/was the situation in question?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 12:37 PM (lFFaq)

57 That fat pig Vindman ran for Senate?

In Florida?

After getting Trump impeached?

What a grift. The government should send people to visit every one of this guys' donors and see if they can prosecute for fraud and elder abuse.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 12:38 PM (BI5O2)

58 That Negro lady could win.

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 12:38 PM (ZxPkt)

59 Looks like Darlene "Graham's" campaign went flaccid. Oh well.maybe the the SC establishment won't lie to everybody about their intentions. Fat chance.

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Fill me in. She's been everywhere, visibility wise, where I am. Commericials, signs, mailers. Norman is MIA.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 12:39 PM (qBdHI)

60 Bilzerian, who referred to Fine as a "fat Jew," "Shylock," "Jewish supremacist," "Satanic whore," and "Satan's creepy little minion"
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He could run as a Democrat.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:39 PM (Kr1pO)

61 It seems the people paid the most to write and pontificate on what conservatives think and want sure don't seem to know what conservatives think and want.

To the extent they even make endorsements (and they are mostly too cowardly to do so), they look like they're batting 0.000

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 12:39 PM (8DOAd)

62 I'm trying to plan a trip to Nepal"

Go south until the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 12:39 PM (XuXeR)

63 interesting that here in FL we don't put up with garbage politicians and podcaster types as indicated in the republican results in the state. the only disappointment really is the "invisible to the district and to legislative excellence" John Rutherford who should be sent packing.

Posted by: paulnjax at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (PPnyU)

64 Vindman makes Benedict Arnold look like a patriot. In any sane, rational world, Vindman would have been convicted of treason and spent the last days of his life getting ass raped in the prison shower by Jose Chungus.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

65 Hi. I'm Larry and this is my brother Dan Sullivan and this is my other brother Dan Sullivan.

Posted by: Larry at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (Cqx++)

66 >>Fill me in. She's been everywhere, visibility wise, where I am. Commericials, signs, mailers. Norman is MIA.

She had a few own goals in the debate with Norman

Posted by: Dr. Ruth Westheimer at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (J4Dwc)

67 When the nazis get rid of all of Jews who will they be going after next?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Christians. As well as anyone else who refuses to bow to The State as their god.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

I'm their huckleberry.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (RqFM6)

68 not a great night for the CIA

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (j+aD2)

69 Dammit sock

Posted by: one hour sober at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (J4Dwc)

70 This should get interesting.

Derek Chauvin is looking to get his charges dismissed.

I hope he succeeds. Minnesota needs some more BLM riots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

71 His face looks like a cartoon moon that's unhappy

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:41 PM (Kr1pO)

72 LTC Bearclaw Vindaloomon has a lot of regret to eat along with the pastries.

Ukraine still needs bullet sponges.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 12:41 PM (2GVsD)

73 Vindman has a great future ahead of being an internet avatar.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 12:42 PM (WKesY)

74 Not that I recall. What is/was the situation in question?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 12:37 PM (lFFaq)

--&&

The republican incumbent Chuck Edwards dropped out of the race after the House ethics committee censored him. The republicans had to pick a replacement.

I think this can be a flip to Dem.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 19, 2026 12:42 PM (EvaDD)

75 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 12:42 PM (Ia/+0)

76 He could run as a Democrat.
Posted by: ...

I'm pretty sure he is.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2026 12:42 PM (diia5)

77 "I'm trying to plan a trip to Nepal"

Don't try to smuggle out any hashish, since it's risky, and the stuff is essentially legal in most of the USA now anyway.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

78 Did Fatso cry? Please tell me he cried.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 12:42 PM (UjdFS)

79 Yaaay!
Debbie won!!

Aside from always making me laugh imagining her hair being screwed into her brain like a medieval torture device, my fondest Debbie moment will ALWAYS be Debbie on MS Now on No King's Day.

There was a split screen and Debbie was on one side yammering on while Bruce Springsteen was muted on the other side of the screen. CLASSIC

She has done good things for America!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:43 PM (Sco7b)

80 "I'm trying to plan a trip to Nepal"

Don't try to smuggle out any hashish, since it's risky, and the stuff is essentially legal in most of the USA now anyway.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
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"Meh"

-- Britney Griner

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

81 Did somebody say Anna Paulina Luna? Grr.

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 12:44 PM (UjdFS)

82 Fill me in. She's been everywhere, visibility wise, where I am. Commericials, signs, mailers. Norman is MIA.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Not ready for prime time. I was pissed because she was to be a placeholder until the gen. election. Then a week later, decided she wanted to run. Which was always her intention.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:44 PM (DpZaL)

83 New details are emerging about how investigators unraveled an alleged cocaine trafficking operation involving Penn State students and fraternity houses, and it reportedly started with a remarkably simple lead.
According to court documents cited by NBC News, a confidential informant told investigators that a man known as “T-Rob” was allegedly selling large quantities of cocaine from the Delta Upsilon fraternity house.
The informant also provided another detail: “T-Rob” was allegedly accepting payments through a Venmo account with the username “Tom-Robinson.”

sorry OT but I find this hilarious

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 12:45 PM (j+aD2)

84 A Marxist beats Bearclaw, what a race to the bottom

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 12:45 PM (Ia/+0)

85 Jennifer Balkom has been selected to replace Edwards in NC -11.
It's a lean Republican/toss up district

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 12:45 PM (rp63B)

86 btw the coke thing at PSU probably affects stupid Butler County

explains the razor thin D win in the special lol

they're coked out over there!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 12:45 PM (j+aD2)

87 59 Looks like Darlene "Graham's" campaign went flaccid. Oh well.maybe the the SC establishment won't lie to everybody about their intentions. Fat chance.

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Fill me in. She's been everywhere, visibility wise, where I am. Commericials, signs, mailers. Norman is MIA.

Posted by: Lady in Black
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Remember, the Media does not want Darline, the Uniparty does not want Darline. Darline will be more than a place holder.
Trump's eulogy to Lindsey is worth the listening. He did much pull for Trump, warmonger that he was.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:46 PM (AJWch)

88 72 LTC Bearclaw Vindaloomon has a lot of regret to eat along with the pastries.

Ukraine still needs bullet sponges.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Or mine sweepers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:46 PM (DpZaL)

89 A Marxist beats Bearclaw, what a race to the bottom

Bearclaw has quite the bottom, he is a meal thief.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 12:46 PM (2GVsD)

90 Fill me in. She's been everywhere, visibility wise, where I am. Commericials, signs, mailers. Norman is MIA.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Lot of political junk out there by campaign strategists and the online politically engaged. And you have people repeating that shit here that strategists plant or some person they take as an authority. What is recent is the spin on the candidate debate with some claiming Darlene had a poor debate performance.

At the end of the day, it will depend on turnout. Norman, like other candidates has his own skeletons like getting megabux for Covid yet opposing relief for ordinary citizens.

And since Norman lost out on the governorship because for whatever reason, he wasn't appealing, his team immediately pivoted to the Senate race. They already have the relationships with the politically online, the strategists, etc. So it allows them to spin up narratives a bit faster than Darline's team has.

But the truth is it is a close turnoff race probably between Norman and Graham and not being a polished candidate will hurt Graham in some ways and help her in others. And SC's geography and prior political divisions from that will also play a part.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

91 Dems selected Dave Jolly a former RINO to run for Florida governor. He's the new incarnation of Charlie Crist, a political lifer who's only constituency is himself

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 12:47 PM (rp63B)

92 Both parties have Nazis, but only one party utterly rejects them

Our side recognized that Bilzer The Bilzerian was the main bad guy. His name wasn't obvious enough for the Democrats.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 12:49 PM (VHUov)

93 The informant also provided another detail: “T-Rob” was allegedly accepting payments through a Venmo account with the username “Tom-Robinson.”

sorry OT but I find this hilarious

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 12:45 PM (j+aD2)

The mysterious figure also went by the cryptic aliases TomRob and T-Robbie.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:49 PM (Kr1pO)

94 Dave Jolly is actually a sign that sanity is breaking out. Remember the Dems last candidate, he was all into hotel sex and drugs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 12:49 PM (2GVsD)

95
My understanding is that Vindman walked away with millions.

Nice consolation prize.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 12:50 PM (Y8DZL)

96 Dems selected Dave Jolly a former RINO to run for Florida governor. He's the new incarnation of Charlie Crist, a political lifer whose only constituency is himself.

We’ll see if he parlays a loss into a Morgan & Morgan gig!

Posted by: Unkaren at August 19, 2026 12:50 PM (ccX9M)

97 Even if I didn't hate Lindsey Graham, I'd be a hard no on his sister. This hereditary Senate seat shit is ridiculous. It's gross when it's the Dingells and it's gross when it's the Grahams.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 12:50 PM (BI5O2)

98 I'm SOOOooo happy for ace that Angie won.

This makes up for Hong being robbed.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:50 PM (Sco7b)

99 85 Jennifer Balkom has been selected to replace Edwards in NC -11.
It's a lean Republican/toss up district
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It has been helpful for the GOP primary voters to take out the trash like Crenshaw or Mills by voters or in some cases, by party officials like in Edward's case. But, in the rare case where the individual member is an asshole, like OH with Bernie Moreno's soon to be former son in law, Miller? mebbe, that trash is risking losing a safe GOP seat in a tight midyear despite a lot of people wanting him to drop out. I think the primary had already been done with the bad info surfaced about Domestic Violence claims by Moreno's daughter.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)

100 "Not to worry, comrades -- he always has a ~~standing~~ lying gig as the Director of the (curiously empty) National Strategic Bearclaw Reserve!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (txtSn)

101 The main DSA idea is SERVICES
Their claim that only Government knows how to provide SERVICES.

SERVICES List:
Healthcare
Housing
Worker Benefits
Safety (safe from what they never say)
Citizenship (yes Big Govt get to serve citizenship to their choice of people)

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (/+uur)

102 97 Even if I didn't hate Lindsey Graham, I'd be a hard no on his sister. This hereditary Senate seat shit is ridiculous. It's gross when it's the Dingells and it's gross when it's the Grahams.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Not yours to make.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)

103 My understanding is that Vindman walked away with millions.

That will last about a year at Whole Foods.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (2GVsD)

104 100 "Not to worry, comrades -- he always has a standing lying gig as the Director of the (curiously empty) National Strategic Bearclaw Reserve!"
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (txtSn)

Does that cover apple fritters too?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (/+uur)

105 Convicted killer Karmelo Anthony has won his first legal battle as he seeks to have his conviction for killing Austin Metcalf thrown out.

The 19-year-old was convicted in June and sentenced to 35 years behind bars for murdering the 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet in April of last year.

On Wednesday, the trial judge who presided over the case was removed from the case as Anthony appeals his conviction.

His legal team argued that a retrial was warranted in part because state District Judge John Roach enforced overly strict courtroom rules and gave an interview after the trial was over.

~ Daily Mail

A new judge will be assigned for Thursday's hearing on the retrial request.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (J4Dwc)

106 More and more, voting options are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (NFX2v)

107 The main DSA idea is SERVICES
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Plot twist: Kamala was DSA all along.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (Kr1pO)

108 Even if I didn't hate Lindsey Graham, I'd be a hard no on his sister. This hereditary Senate seat shit is ridiculous. It's gross when it's the Dingells and it's gross when it's the Grahams.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yep. I think she is toast on Tuesday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (DpZaL)

109 The main DSA idea is SERVICES
Their claim that only Government knows how to provide SERVICES.

SERVICES List:
Safety (safe from what they never say)

Posted by: r hennigantx

I trust Pakistani factory workers over the government when it comes to workplace safety.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 12:53 PM (RqFM6)

110 That is the face you make when having secured two chocolate muffins, an extra large portion of cheesecake, and a slice of pie, some miscreant cuts ahead of you and takes the last milkshake.

Posted by: Corona_Exile at August 19, 2026 12:53 PM (UE0CA)

111 Even if I didn't hate Lindsey Graham, I'd be a hard no on his sister. This hereditary Senate seat shit is ridiculous. It's gross when it's the Dingells and it's gross when it's the Grahams.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 12:50 PM (BI5O2)

Agreed. Was that really the best the Rs could do? Either a hypocrite of the worst sort with baggage tailor-made for D ads, or submit to a dynasty?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 12:53 PM (lFFaq)

112 95
My understanding is that Vindman walked away with millions.

Nice consolation prize.
Posted by: Auspex

Unless he has to spend it on lawyers with the S. Florida federal grand jury heating up. Vindman is a key figure of interest in the Democrat coup attempt over Russia Russia. And that is why he picked Florida to run for Senate as an out of state carpetbagger, he was seeking political protection from becoming a senator and now that is ruined.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

113 I just ran across the case of Marcos Iriarte-Valdez.

He was an illegal in CA who had a long rap sheet including rape and burglary.

He was arrested on Aug 4 for violating a home detention requirement and a CA Judge, Nichelle Holmes, immediately released Valdez.

Two days later, while trying to break into a home he murdered a man named Todd Stewart.

Because obviously a rapist and career criminal that ignores home detention is safe to send back to...home detention.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)

114 Ace's sidebar about being fooled by the Zodiac story: an honest admission, no whining. A model for all of us in facing our own screw-ups. Worth teaching to kids at an early age

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (c7xGr)

115 Yep. I think she is toast on Tuesday.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (DpZaL)
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Counterpoint: It's South Carolina.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (oqH4h)

116 70 This should get interesting.

Derek Chauvin is looking to get his charges dismissed.

I hope he succeeds. Minnesota needs some more BLM riots.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

State or federal? Trump would probably give him a pardon, but with his state penalty, he'd still be in jail forever, so it's a "what's the point" issue if he can't get the Minnesota stuff tossed...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (tOcjL)

117 Anthony's defense team was whining about that during the trial.

One black woman was evicted from the courtroom for trying to take pictures of the jurors.

So I doubt this new judge will change anything.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (2GVsD)

118 Bear claw only just moved to Florida. Fatso thought he could carpetbag and win an easy seat. Lolol

Posted by: That Guy at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Qgg5f)

119 She had a few own goals in the debate with Norman

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I should've watched it. Both of them leave me wanting for different reasons. Like whig pointed out, Norman has skeletons and he didn't win the nomination for governor...another statewide race. I've become torn on the two.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (qBdHI)

120 See what happens when the Dems have primary races in states with relatively clean elections?

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (rj6Yv)

121 A new judge will be assigned for Thursday's hearing on the retrial request.
Posted by: one hour sober

Lady Justice just got bent over a chair and dorked in the squeak hole.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (RqFM6)

122 If one side gets to play the family game when name recognition matters more than most anything else in politics, and one side doesn't because muh principles well guess which side is destined to end up in mass graves.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Kr1pO)

123 New details are emerging about how investigators unraveled an alleged cocaine trafficking operation involving Penn State students and fraternity houses, and it reportedly started with a remarkably simple lead.
According to court documents cited by NBC News, a confidential informant told investigators that a man known as “T-Rob” was allegedly selling large quantities of cocaine from the Delta Upsilon fraternity house.
The informant also provided another detail: “T-Rob” was allegedly accepting payments through a Venmo account with the username “Tom-Robinson.”

sorry OT but I find this hilarious
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 12:45 PM (j+aD2)
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This clown is whiter than milk in a snowdrift in the middle of a whiteout on a black and white TV.

So he calls himself ... "T-Rob." What, was "T-Bone" and "Corn Pop" already taken?

Then he uses a venmo account under his real name. This bro's a real genius, you know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

124 Geesh, another mom murdered in northern Virginia by an illegal Salvadoran. I keep saying that the right person hasn’t died at the hands of an illegal. What the hell is it going to take? How many have to be sacrificed? I don’t get it!

Posted by: Unkaren at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (ccX9M)

125 "Lieutenant Bearclaw will spend more time with his pastries."

And millions of dollars to buy them? How many unspent campaign contribution dollars will he walk away with? types/deletes

Posted by: Gref at August 19, 2026 12:55 PM (5rh/l)

126 108 Even if I didn't hate Lindsey Graham, I'd be a hard no on his sister. This hereditary Senate seat shit is ridiculous. It's gross when it's the Dingells and it's gross when it's the Grahams.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yep. I think she is toast on Tuesday.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (DpZaL)

Is anyone better in the race?

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 12:55 PM (tOcjL)

127 GROSS: Florida Democrat Socialist Senate nominee Angie Nixon:

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Why do they always look like mentally-deranged pedophile lunatics Straight Outta ~~Compton~~ Bellevue?

/rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 12:55 PM (txtSn)

128 Yep. I think she is toast on Tuesday.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (DpZaL)
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Counterpoint: It's South Carolina.
Posted by: ballistic

True.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:56 PM (DpZaL)

129 Bearclaw Dude has the weakest chin, he should grow a beard to hide that thing.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:56 PM (aJQbY)

130 "More and more, voting options are between the devil and the deep blue sea."

It seems always to be a choice of lesser of evils these days. The only lodestone for me now is 'stop Democrats,' but I don't really expect it to help much.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

131 Then he uses a venmo account under his real name. This bro's a real genius, you know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

He did go to Penn....

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:56 PM (Sco7b)

132 Is anyone better in the race?
Posted by: Nova Local

Ralph Norman. The architect of the SAVE Act.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:57 PM (DpZaL)

133 Which would have been better for us to have win, Vindman or Nixon? IOW, which one would be most likely to lose general election?
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

In Florida? The one you can bait into openly supporting the Castro regime in Cuba. That might go over in a college town, but not in Miami.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)

134 Imagine Bearclaw Vindaloomon sporting a beard and wearing lumberjack attire.

Creepy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 12:57 PM (2GVsD)

135 124 Geesh, another mom murdered in northern Virginia by an illegal Salvadoran. I keep saying that the right person hasn’t died at the hands of an illegal. What the hell is it going to take? How many have to be sacrificed? I don’t get it!
Posted by: Unkaren at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (ccX9M)

They worked together at a restaurant (current thought is she was drivinh him somewhere, whether forced or not is TBD)...that's the time for a fed to come look at the restaurant and its owners asap...and send ICE...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 12:57 PM (tOcjL)

136 He was an illegal in CA who had a long rap sheet including rape and burglary.

He was arrested on Aug 4 for violating a home detention requirement and a CA Judge, Nichelle Holmes, immediately released Valdez.

Two days later, while trying to break into a home he murdered a man named Todd Stewart.
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I know you'll be shocked to hear this, but "CA Judge Nichelle Holmes" is a "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 12:57 PM (TN0g+)

137 How many have to be sacrificed? I don’t get it!
Posted by: Unkaren at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (ccX9M)

The gods must be appeased.

Posted by: Ajaw Jaguar-Claw at August 19, 2026 12:58 PM (88C+u)

138 Anna,

The crackhead was the 2018 nominee. 2022 nominee was the crazy chic that put her picture on all the gas pump stickers. I can't remember her name.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at August 19, 2026 12:58 PM (IQhz0)

139 honest admission, no whining

Yep. Learned that f'real on my first real job.

Admit you screwed up. Do what you can to fix it. Learn from it. Don't do it again, screw up a different way instead.

Or else Mr. Hammer will meet Mr. Finger Joints, was the joke.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:58 PM (aJQbY)

140 On Wednesday, the trial judge who presided over the case was removed from the case as Anthony appeals his conviction.

His legal team argued that a retrial was warranted in part because state District Judge John Roach enforced overly strict courtroom rules and gave an interview after the trial was over.

~ Daily Mail

A new judge will be assigned for Thursday's hearing on the retrial request.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 19, 2026 12:52 PM (J4Dwc)
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Fucking idiot judge couldn't resist running to the media to give interviews while the case was still pending before him. You never ever do that. Idiot.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

141 Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (c7xGr)

Anyone who has never blogged the news probably doesn't realize how difficult it is to cover only quality vetted stories without being too far behind everyone else. Very hard. And considering that 90% of news is lies as it is, it gets even harder.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:58 PM (Kr1pO)

142 Does that cover apple fritters too?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 12:51 PM (/+uur)

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Sacrilege!

Bear claws have a lighter, flaky, fatter, buttery crust with a creamy or chewy center.

"Oh, my!" -- George Takai

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (txtSn)

143 132 Is anyone better in the race?
Posted by: Nova Local

Ralph Norman. The architect of the SAVE Act.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 12:57 PM (DpZaL)

Is everyone lining up behind him, or splitting to a 4-5 way race, where the Graham name would win...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (tOcjL)

144 Nichelle Holmes thought he was Juan Valdez and she needed a coffee fix.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (2GVsD)

145 ~ Daily Mail

A new judge will be assigned for Thursday's hearing on the retrial request.

Posted by: one hour sober
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Said at the time the little bitch was angling for a re-trial.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (AJWch)

146 I've seen Ralph Norman on Bartiromo's show and he's not that impressive. I'm not surprised he lost the governor primary. He might win the Senate primary but I think Trump's endorsement of Graham will pull her over the line

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (rp63B)

147 So there really ard two Dan Sullivans running in Alaska?

That state needs commonsense Dan Sullivan control.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (J8/ts)

148 If one side gets to play the family game when name recognition matters more than most anything else in politics, and one side doesn't because muh principles well guess which side is destined to end up in mass graves.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Kr1pO)

I dunno... maybe the side that votes for some random dumb ass broad after.... drum roll.... her gay brother enthusiastically joined in a witch hunt against them just five years earlier, right up to the point of fey hysterics demanding that police shoot unarmed protesters?

Graham isn't a great example of guys who would keep us out of mass graves, lol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

149 In Florida? The one you can bait into openly supporting the Castro regime in Cuba. That might go over in a college town, but not in Miami.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR

"So, what did Fidel Castro do wrong in Cuba and how do you plan on fixing his mistakes?"

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (Sco7b)

150 Agreed. Was that really the best the Rs could do? Either a hypocrite of the worst sort with baggage tailor-made for D ads, or submit to a dynasty?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Like it or not, Lindsay was an extremely popular senator, even among some Democrat voters because he provided service to constituents. He inherited Strom Thurmond's legendary team and kept it going. So his sister, got tapped first as temporary senator by McHenry and she decided to run herself. If she wins, she wins, and if she loses, she loses as she has to make her own case to win to the voters but then again, so does Norman who lost the governor's race and even failed to make the runoff for it.

And in that runoff, Darline won most parts of the state other than Norman's home base in upstate SC in a crowded primary fair and square. So instead of telling other people who they should and should not vote for based on criteria I prefer, I prefer to let those people in that state hash it out.

So, let South Carolinians settle it, I don't care who they pick as there is no perfect candidate out there lurking.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)

151 Remember this crazy lady? She just won the Democrat primary for US Senate in Florida.

Angie Nixon is a member of DSA.

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If Gumby was pink and really knew how to blow while high on blow.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:00 PM (txtSn)

152 Here for the Lieutenant Bearclaw jokes, which is probably one of my all-time favorite Ace nicknames.

Posted by: dutchbaby at August 19, 2026 01:00 PM (k+wPz)

153 Tallahassee is fairly blue. I did not see a single Vindman sign. Not one.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 19, 2026 01:01 PM (wrEn7)

154 IN the 50s being a communist would get you in trouble, in the 20s it gets you a Democrat nomination.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)

155 That state needs commonsense Dan Sullivan control.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (J8/ts)

I guess it's a somewhat common name. My sister's father-in-law, in a different state, is also a Dan Sullivan.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (lFFaq)

156 Well the fuchsia power suit was a bold choice for Angie.

Will she go for crazy hats?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (2GVsD)

157 He did go to Penn....

rrrrrrrrrr

he went to PSU

NOT the University of Pennsyl-freaking-vania!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (j+aD2)

158 Qatari Influencer Tuq'r Qarlson has the Midas Touch:

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There's a new ShitMidas in town.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (txtSn)

159 Graham isn't a great example of guys who would keep us out of mass graves, lol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O

Objecting to her personally or the fact that she's connected to someone who hates us is fine. But this no nepotism thing is great on paper. OTOH we can't impose "rules" against ourselves when the game is already this stacked against us and death is on the line. And it is.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (Kr1pO)

160 Then he uses a venmo account under his real name. This bro's a real genius, you know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

He did go to Penn....
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:56 PM (Sco7b)
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His dad was involved in the drug ring and also arrested and charged.

But ... I now wonder how big this thing was. When the story first broke, the reports were of pounds of coke.

Now it seems they seized only a few grams from this clown.

You go into any frat room in any college in the country and the odds of finding a few grams of coke are high.

And they apparently have been building this case for years.

This might end up to be mostly about an aggressive prosecutor wanting to make a name prosecuting stupid white kids.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

161 Back to work....

CNN - Florida - yay Nixon!
MS Now - Trump affordability crisis
Fox - Va woman dead
CBC - Trump ass-rapes Carney...tariffs

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 01:03 PM (Sco7b)

162 UPenn is ivy league, non?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:03 PM (Kr1pO)

163 This might end up to be mostly about an aggressive prosecutor wanting to make a name prosecuting stupid white kids.

maybe but for now it's kinda fun

takes my mind of that twisted nurse who murdered her three little ones horribly while she sent her husband out to pick up groceries

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 01:04 PM (j+aD2)

164 The prosecutor was hoping to Nifong?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 01:04 PM (2GVsD)

165 he went to PSU

NOT the University of Pennsyl-freaking-vania!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 01:02 PM (j+aD2)

I'm sorry...

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 01:04 PM (Sco7b)

166 Anyone who has never blogged the news probably doesn't realize how difficult it is to cover only quality vetted stories without being too far behind everyone else. Very hard. And considering that 90% of news is lies as it is, it gets even harder.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:58 PM (Kr1pO)

Speaking of which the new President of Colombia, Abelardo De la Espriella is releasing information about alleged corruption of ex-President Petro's administration. He is talking currently 23 individual examples of corruption in kickbacks and contracts.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)

167 162 UPenn is ivy league, non?

they still allow us in, yeah

meanwhile Penn State is our public university system (the main one, not the various "teachers colleges" ones)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 01:04 PM (j+aD2)

168 I bet Vindman’s US military background made him too icky for the AWFLs.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 01:05 PM (J8/ts)

169 New details are emerging about how investigators unraveled"

Daddy G and Chino, ver 2.0?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 01:05 PM (XuXeR)

170 u penn is the Ivy you went to when you say "I went to an [unnamed] Ivy"

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 01:05 PM (j+aD2)

171 Florida holds proper elections.

That means no effed-up thumb drives or mysterious 3 AM ballot dumps. Last night, Florida Dems went straight to Commie.

Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2026 01:05 PM (rj6Yv)

172 So, let South Carolinians settle it

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)

No.

Posted by: Dominion Voting, BINO Endorsed for Life!!! at August 19, 2026 01:05 PM (Kr1pO)

173 On the other hand ex-president Petro is accusing De la Espriella of voter fraud and claims to have evidence. Colombia uses the same voting software as a lot of US states, so this is quite interesting.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR)

174 UPenn is ivy league, non?
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The cocaine was being sold out of Penn State, the home of pedophile-friendly football.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 01:06 PM (TN0g+)

175 146 I've seen Ralph Norman on Bartiromo's show and he's not that impressive. I'm not surprised he lost the governor primary. He might win the Senate primary but I think Trump's endorsement of Graham will pull her over the line
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I honestly don't know--SC is a weird state politically with a substantial split between upstate and downstate that dates back to pre ACW times. It is a GOP machine state which started under Carroll Campbell as the first GOP governor and that blossomed with SC displacing leftward trending NH as the most important early GOP primary.

Norman was unable to make the runoff in a crowded gubernatorial field but was well set up to run a state race for Senate when Lindsay died and so he edged out retreads and no hopers to end up in the runoff with Darline.

Darline has scant actual experience as a candidate and it shows like in the debate. How much that counts versus prior name recognition and voter's genuine affection for her dead brother is going to be hard to fathom for outside observers. TJM, who is oddly absent today, might be teh best situated to comment on it.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

176 ... noted Negro Pastor Debbie Wasserman-Schultz won the nomination in the only remaining majority-black district in Florida ...

The white face of Black Abortion ~~Barbie-ism~~ Barbarism.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:06 PM (txtSn)

177 Vindaloomon is also a Persyn of Pallor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 19, 2026 01:06 PM (2GVsD)

178 BTW I was kidding when I said 90% of news is lies.

It's 99.999%.

Posted by: Dominion Voting, BINO Endorsed for Life!!! at August 19, 2026 01:06 PM (Kr1pO)

179 btw U Penn had plenty of guys selling coke on campus when I was there

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 01:06 PM (j+aD2)

180 This might end up to be mostly about an aggressive prosecutor wanting to make a name prosecuting stupid white kids.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Ah, the FBI claiming credit for ending the horrible practice of Hollyweird parents buying admission to safety tier schools like USC.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)

181 This might end up to be mostly about an aggressive prosecutor wanting to make a name prosecuting stupid white kids."

Maybe someone could write a song about a college drug bust?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 01:08 PM (XuXeR)

182 University of Pennsylvania is a Poison Ivy League

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 01:09 PM (Ia/+0)

183 This might end up to be mostly about an aggressive prosecutor wanting to make a name prosecuting stupid white kids."

Maybe someone could write a song about a college drug bust?
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Is there gas in the car? Is there gas in the CAR?

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 01:09 PM (TN0g+)

184 Imagine Bearclaw Vindaloomon sporting a beard and wearing ~~lumberjack~~ Boy Scout Troop Leader attire.

Creepy.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

185
If any of the billionaires in the Emerites, Oman, Singapore or wherever want to pay me to make stupid, absurd statements on AOS I'm willing to listen to offers.

I already do it for free.

Wonder what zero credibility Tuq'r Qarlson has raked in during the last year?

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 01:10 PM (Y8DZL)

186 How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

Posted by: Ich Bin Ein Berliner at August 19, 2026 01:10 PM (JM9I6)

187 186 How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

news show guest I'll bet

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 01:11 PM (j+aD2)

188 182 University of Pennsylvania is a Poison Ivy League
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 01:09 PM (Ia/+0)

True, but Penn State is an entirely different crooked institution.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 01:11 PM (BI5O2)

189 Paul Sperry-

A Call to Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box as Path to Paradise

https://tinyurl.com/5n75c335

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 01:11 PM (NpAcC)

190 He is talking currently 23 individual examples of corruption in kickbacks and contracts.
...
On the other hand ex-president Petro is accusing De la Espriella of voter fraud and claims to have evidence. Colombia uses the same voting software as a lot of US states, so this is quite interesting.

Duelling corruption ~~banjos~~flamenco guitars?

Also, only 23 examples? Those are rookie numbers in Columbia!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 01:12 PM (aJQbY)

191 Agreed. Was that really the best the Rs could do? Either a hypocrite of the worst sort with baggage tailor-made for D ads, or submit to a dynasty?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 12:53 PM (lFFaq)

Lindsay Graham had a reputation for really good constituent services in his office, and if his sister keeps that up, she is good to go.
Most voters are not focused on Belorussian or Myanmar, but they do care about vets getting benefits, and fishing regulations.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)

192 Ugh....that image.

That face has had manjuice on it and that mouth.....it's likely caressed many a ballsack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)

193 Here for the Lieutenant Bearclaw jokes, which is probably one of my all-time favorite Ace nicknames.
Posted by: dutchbaby at August 19, 2026 01:00 PM (k+wPz)

Among his best. Darius "Sweetdick" Honeycum may be #1. Honorable Mention to Madison Cornbread.

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (S0M0K)

194 Maybe someone could write a song about a college drug bust?
Posted by: man
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"Another One Bites the Dust?" or Clapton's "Cocaine?"

Then there is always the hilarious college marijuana bust song, "My Old School." Actual story involves Roy Cohn and G. Gordon Liddy no less.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

195 How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

==

The Bulwark.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (g47mK)

196 >>How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

hanging out with the Boyoz

Posted by: one hour sober at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (J4Dwc)

197 Among his best. Darius "Sweetdick" Honeycum may be #1. Honorable Mention to Madison Cornbread.
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (S0M0K)

Did he coin Abortion Barbie?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)

198 This might end up to be mostly about an aggressive prosecutor wanting to make a name prosecuting stupid white kids.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Ah, the FBI claiming credit for ending the horrible practice of Hollyweird parents buying admission to safety tier schools like USC.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
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Yea. And I'm not even sure that the ringleader guy who took the money wasn't just scamming stupid gullible parents.

They paid him millions, and he basically frauded up some sports pics. I don't think he really had any connections at the colleges to buy the kids' way in.

The parents were dumber than dumb. For the money they paid this scammer, they could have just made a direct donation to the school and got their brats in.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)

199 Maybe someone could write a song about a college drug bust?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 01:08 PM (XuXeR)

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White Punks Sell Dope?

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:14 PM (txtSn)

200 Back to work....

CNN - Florida - yay Nixon!
MS Now - Trump affordability crisis
Fox - Va woman dead
CBC - Trump ass-rapes Carney...tariffs
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 01:03 PM (Sco7b)
*******
Fox - Va woman dead KILLED BY AN ILLEGAL

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 01:14 PM (NpAcC)

201 Doughboy

Posted by: wth at August 19, 2026 01:14 PM (UjdFS)

202 195 How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

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The Bulwark.
Posted by: runner
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Subpoenaed testimony to the Grand Jury sitting in S. Florida is my guess.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)

203 I smiled a lot, Ace,reading this!

Can Vindictiveman now fade into the mist? Please? Preferably into a cloud of hydrogen sulfide.

Angie Nixon sho' do like the color fuschia, don't she? In her polyester jumpsuit & lipstick. Lawsie. Thump her noggin & it will be a hollow sound. One should bless her heart but it won't be me.

Debbie Washerwoman Shitz's crooked teefs crossed the finish line before her greasy spaghetti hair. I remember a magazine cover (when I lived in FL) of her so filtered & blurred she was unrecognizable. She hit all the branches & bark of the ugly tree when the stork dropped her. Maybe it was a cactus. If you try to think of a redeeming feature or character win you can find none. I have nothing other than wondering if she mated with the lights off after slipping drugs into his drink. Capturing him in her web while debating if she should then decapitate him. The next morning while looking at her he probably wished she had.

We should take a moment to remember Debbie's dental hygienists' peace of mind.

Carlson's Midas touch is perfection. There is something about Massie's face that needs a pie thrown at it. The line of the third party starting made me snicker.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 01:15 PM (hzuYO)

204 Is this the guy to which the Curb Your Enthusiasm people gave a tongue bath?

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 19, 2026 01:15 PM (9aJNt)

205 I am getting a lot of hate mail against Ralph Norman. I don't care. I am going to vote for him this Tuesday.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 01:15 PM (qFwJc)

206 CBC - Trump ass-rapes Carney...tariffs

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Thanks for the update!

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 01:15 PM (g47mK)

207 Carlson's Midas touch is perfection. There is something about Massie's face that needs a pie thrown at it. The line of the third party starting made me snicker.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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I would laugh but I find traitors to this country not a subject of laughter unless they are doing a jig in the air while attached by a rope to their necks.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)

208 Did he coin Abortion Barbie?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)

Had to have been Ace. I mean Chuy.

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 01:16 PM (S0M0K)

209
Lt. Chow hound is kaput. LOL.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 19, 2026 01:16 PM (OkYzo)

210 How long before this traitor gets a gig on MSNow???

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 19, 2026 01:16 PM (wtvvX)

211 One thing to keep in mind, Petro assassinated his leading opponent last last, Miguel Uribe Turbay.

Oh sorry, a totally random guy, totally not associated with Petro did it.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

212 205 I am getting a lot of hate mail against Ralph Norman. I don't care. I am going to vote for him this Tuesday.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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As you should. Campaign mailers are junk and pure money for asshole campaign types.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:17 PM (E4rtv)

213 I do not think Abortion Barbie was ace but I will accept correction.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Kr1pO)

214 Vindmann is a chow thief. He was in my Ranger School class.

Posted by: Assassin6 at August 19, 2026 01:18 PM (EapMA)

215 211 One thing to keep in mind, Petro assassinated his leading opponent last last, Miguel Uribe Turbay.

Posted by: 18-1
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Cartelized asshole coke addict Petro says what?

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:18 PM (E4rtv)

216 You know, Homer, Trump endorsed Norman before he endorsed Graham and said "either way, SC will have a great Senator."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 01:18 PM (qFwJc)

217 214 Vindmann is a chow thief. He was in my Ranger School class.
Posted by: Assassin6

Should have baked him ex lax brownies.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:18 PM (E4rtv)

218 The parents were dumber than dumb. For the money they paid this scammer, they could have just made a direct donation to the school and got their brats in.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)

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[Have told this story before:] Early 80s at a small liberal arts college in SoCal, one of the perpetually-drunk rich kids decided (with some friends) to break in and steal the pinball machine from the on-campus restaurant/gathering "hub" in the middle of the night -- and eventually got busted.

All the other kids were immediately expelled, but pretty-boy's daddy made a sizable 7-figure donation to the college ... and of course he got to stay in school.

So much for that "Honor Code" we all had to sign upon admission ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:18 PM (txtSn)

219 How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

I donut know. But I think there is a hole in your question here. He's gotta get dough somehow right?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:19 PM (sKqQm)

220 216 You know, Homer, Trump endorsed Norman before he endorsed Graham and said "either way, SC will have a great Senator."

Posted by: no one of any consequence
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And it is up to SC voters to settle it. I don't care personally.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

221 Vindman is so deluded and stupid.

Posted by: 13times at August 19, 2026 01:19 PM (6iKlf)

222 Vindman is so deluded and stupid.
Posted by: 13times at August 19, 2026 01:19 PM (6iKlf)

You obviously don't understand how IMPORTANT they are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:20 PM (2YhKe)

223 So much for that "Honor Code" we all had to sign upon admission ...
Posted by: ShainS
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Reminds me of the Al Pacino movie where he was blind.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)

224 How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

I donut know. But I think there is a hole in your question here. He's gotta get dough somehow right?

Gotta make the donuts. Even if it requires wearing longjohns.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 01:20 PM (aJQbY)

225 The prosecutor was hoping to Nifong?
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Nice verbing of a person. We might be able to build a dictionary. I can't really make anything out of Avenatti

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

226 The parents were dumber than dumb. For the money they paid this scammer, they could have just made a direct donation to the school and got their brats in.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)

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[Have told this story before:] Early 80s at a small liberal arts college in SoCal, one of the perpetually-drunk rich kids decided (with some friends) to break in and steal the pinball machine from the on-campus restaurant/gathering "hub" in the middle of the night -- and eventually got busted.

All the other kids were immediately expelled, but pretty-boy's daddy made a sizable 7-figure donation to the college ... and of course he got to stay in school.

So much for that "Honor Code" we all had to sign upon admission ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:18 PM (txtSn)
_____________

"We made a song about rich daddies, ya know"

-- Hall & Oates

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

227 Nice verbing of a person. We might be able to build a dictionary. I can't really make anything out of Avenatti
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Avenutti'ed. Making lunatic false claims using the protected status as a lawyer.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)

228 Among his best. Darius "Sweetdick" Honeycum may be #1. Honorable Mention to Madison Cornbread.
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 01:13 PM (S0M0K)

Agree. But I would add Butterball Powerbottom, aka Brian Stelter.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 19, 2026 01:22 PM (PSEDc)

229 The prosecutor was hoping to Nifong?
Posted by: Anna Puma

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Careful, mentioning her will get the Blade wound up.

Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 01:22 PM (TN0g+)

230 I can't really make anything out of Avenatti
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

I can make a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl.......

Posted by: Johnny at August 19, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

231 I am getting a lot of hate mail against Ralph Norman. I don't care. I am going to vote for him this Tuesday.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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As you should. Campaign mailers are junk and pure money for asshole campaign types.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:17 PM (E4rtv)

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Here in Northern AZ local races, many of those are funded by outfits either out-of-state or from down in the Phoenix valley.

Our small city council had now been overtaken by NIMBY asshole carpetbaggers mostly having fled Califzuela and now trying to turn us into the same (or as the local joke goes, "into Vail, CO").

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:24 PM (txtSn)

232 Late to the party here, but, re Vindman...

*Nelson Munz laugh*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:24 PM (bFu5X)

233 Duelling corruption banjosflamenco guitars?

Also, only 23 examples? Those are rookie numbers in Columbia!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 01:12 PM (aJQbY)

translation from El Espectador

[Ex President Alvaro Uribe's] analysis came after the De La Espriella administration submitted a report on Tuesday to the oversight agencies (the Attorney General’s Office, the Comptroller’s Office, and the Inspector General’s Office) that includes allegations regarding 22 critical areas of government operations, including ministries and departments under the Office of the President.
According to Uribe, this document describes a government “with simultaneous structural problems related to cash flow, debt, implementation, technical capacity, contracting, technology, information, and coordination.”

In that regard, “the great challenge is not only to discover who did what, but to determine how much it will cost to correct the problems identified and what can be fixed quickly without further paralyzing the government,” the former president emphasized.

(It is amazing to find that anything is working well in Colombia at this time)

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

234 221 Vindman is so deluded and stupid.
Posted by: 13times

He played ball with the Deep State and got $13 million in campaign funds to run a race in Florida. This shit is typical of the fake and gay politics abroad that these assholes have imported into the US.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:24 PM (E4rtv)

235
195 How will Lt. Bearclaw fritter away his time now?

Overstuffing his cavernous maw with apple fritters.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at August 19, 2026 01:25 PM (trSL4)

236 "Dan Bilzerian, who suggested in one campaign ad that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler needed to be reassessed"

And people actually voted for this creep? Florida
has quite a few Jewish voters. Who was this guy appealing to ?Nazis? DSA voters?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 01:25 PM (0kXVl)

237 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but Lindsey Graham rode in my car more than once, back in the day. He was a really nice dude. Obviously gay as the day is long but treated his staff and the rest of us wet behind the ears staffers well.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:25 PM (oqH4h)

238 He played ball with the Deep State and got $13 million in campaign funds to run a race in Florida. This shit is typical of the fake and gay politics abroad that these assholes have imported into the US.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:24 PM (E4rtv)

Eyup

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:26 PM (Kr1pO)

239 Bearclaw Crepes Bed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

240 The prosecutor was hoping to Nifong?
Posted by: Anna Puma

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Careful, mentioning her will get the Blade wound up.
Posted by: Crusader at August 19, 2026 01:22 PM (TN0g+)
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Nifong was a dude, bro!

But yea, same thing. This miserable prick knew from the jump the Duke lax players were innocent. He knew the stripper was lying. But he went after the players like a rapid dog, hoping the notoriety and woke messaging would help his career.

He was disbarred over it, but he should be sent to prison.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

241 237 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but Lindsey Graham rode in my car more than once, back in the day. He was a really nice dude. Obviously gay as the day is long but treated his staff and the rest of us wet behind the ears staffers well.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:25 PM (oqH4h)

I liked Lindsey... He was a bit too "war" oriented but he didn't stab Trump in the back

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 01:26 PM (sBAWt)

242 Oh, I guess Muslim D voters
Might find that sort of talk appealing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 01:27 PM (0kXVl)

243 Dan Bilzerian, who suggested in one campaign ad that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler needed to be reassessed"
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You know who else needs to be reassessed? Wait a minute

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 01:27 PM (Kr1pO)

244 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but Lindsey Graham rode in my car more than once, back in the day. He was a really nice dude. Obviously gay as the day is long but treated his staff and the rest of us wet behind the ears staffers well.

Did he ask you if you liked gladiator movies?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)

245 Agree. But I would add Butterball Powerbottom, aka Brian Stelter.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 19, 2026 01:22 PM (PSEDc)

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+1

And Honorable Mention to "Pine-Scented Redwood Druid Philosopher" James Comey.

"Roll over George Orwell, tell Bill Shakespeare the news!"
-- Ace is a wordsmith for our times

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:27 PM (txtSn)

246 Here in Northern AZ local races, many of those are funded by outfits either out-of-state or from down in the Phoenix valley.

Our small city council had now been overtaken by NIMBY asshole carpetbaggers mostly having fled Califzuela and now trying to turn us into the same (or as the local joke goes, "into Vail, CO").
Posted by: ShainS

I would suggest wiping your ass with one and sending it to the address on the card but the slick cardstock doesn't even make for good wiping paper.

I would vote for a popular initiative that required campaigns sending out that junkmail pay for return delivery if it is marked return to sender.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

247 Vindman was a disgrace to the uniform. I'd actually support fragging if an asshole like him was trying to lead me.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2026 01:28 PM (Ziya2)

248 I saw Cavernous Maw open for The Rolling Stones at Reunion Arena in '98.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:28 PM (2YhKe)

249 Oh, I guess Muslim D voters
Might find that sort of talk appealing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 01:27 PM (0kXVl)

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"The Commie Jihadi is coming!"

/Zombie Paul Revere

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:28 PM (txtSn)

250 Vindman was a disgrace to the uniform. I'd actually support fragging if an asshole like him was trying to lead me.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2026 01:28 PM (Ziya2)

He should be Niedermeyer'd?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

251 One thing to keep in mind, Petro assassinated his leading opponent last last, Miguel Uribe Turbay.

Oh sorry, a totally random guy, totally not associated with Petro did it.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

The Uribe family has the same problem the Galan family had. Deep roots, family background and entry to the political machine, cut short by assassination by the Cartels.

De La Espriella is turning loose the dogs on the cartels, and most recently has announced that they have 4 Reaper drones, one owned by Colombia and three on loan from the US.
The Colombian Navy is also starting to round up drug trafficking FastBoats now, which I suspect is both a delight and a worry to elements of their armed forces.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:29 PM (rbvCR)

252 Vindman was a disgrace to the uniform. I'd actually support fragging if an asshole like him was trying to lead me.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 19, 2026 01:28 PM

I wouldn't follow Vindman out of idle curiosity.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 01:30 PM (bFu5X)

253 He was a really nice dude. Obviously gay as the day is long but treated his staff and the rest of us wet behind the ears staffers well.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:25 PM (oqH4h)

He just wanted to make sexes with you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

254 The parents were dumber than dumb. For the money they paid this scammer, they could have just made a direct donation to the school and got their brats in.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)

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[Have told this story before:] Early 80s at a small liberal arts college in SoCal, one of the perpetually-drunk rich kids decided (with some friends) to break in and steal the pinball machine from the on-campus restaurant/gathering "hub" in the middle of the night -- and eventually got busted.

All the other kids were immediately expelled, but pretty-boy's daddy made a sizable 7-figure donation to the college ... and of course he got to stay in school.

So much for that "Honor Code" we all had to sign upon admission ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:18 PM (txtSn)
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I have similar stories to tell. My fav is how a Daddy Warbucks pledged a pile of money to get his kid out of a high school jam where he wouldn't be able to graduate. The school took the bait and the kid graduated. Daddy then said "fuck you" and reneged on the pledge.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

255 I checked the polling on the Nixon v Vindman race on RCP and it had Vindman up by 10

I saw that some company was releasing fake polling data on races and it became the conventional wisdom in the media.

Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 01:30 PM (ZGrMX)

256 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

257 237 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but Lindsey Graham rode in my car more than once, back in the day. He was a really nice dude. Obviously gay as the day is long but treated his staff and the rest of us wet behind the ears staffers well.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:25 PM (oqH4h)

I liked Lindsey... He was a bit too "war" oriented but he didn't stab Trump in the back
Posted by: It's me donna

And people are entitled to those observations and attitudes. Not my circus and not my monkeys--I have enough problems watching my elected douchebag officials to worry too much about what others do in their own states.

Wasn't a fan of much of Lady Lindsay's stated preferences in DC but he was not the vile treacherous and treasonous asshole like McConnell driving the whole GOPe train in the Senate.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)

258 I liked Lindsey... He was a bit too "war" oriented but he didn't stab Trump in the back
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 01:26 PM (sBAWt)
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Yeah, he was a neocon's neocon. I guess at least he stayed consistent?

Hindsight being what it is he was wrong about a lot but at he was a good retail politician.

Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (oqH4h)

259 Bearclaw should go back to Ukraine

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 01:32 PM (Ia/+0)

260 I read that Bilzerian had a heart attack a few years back. Steroids, hookers and blow will go that to you.
He probably already was a Nazi sympathizer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 01:32 PM (rp63B)

261 The guy who fronted the usurping of Trump's first presidency, carpetbagging in the deep red state of Florida, and in a Democrat Primary to boot?

That's some genius politics.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (Q+gd/)

262 222 Vindman is so deluded and stupid.
Posted by: 13times at August 19, 2026 01:19 PM (6iKlf

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Primary indicator of TDS.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 01:33 PM (c7xGr)

263 I wouldn't follow Vindman out of idle curiosity.

He probably could lead you to the good desserts.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 01:34 PM (ZGrMX)

264 I would suggest wiping your ass with one and sending it to the address on the card but the slick cardstock doesn't even make for good wiping paper.

I would vote for a popular initiative that required campaigns sending out that junkmail pay for return delivery if it is marked return to sender.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

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I believe individual foreign contributions to candidates are illegal, but NOT foreign contributions to ballot initiatives.

[Our State Legislator, Mark Finchem, has proposed a bill barring criminalizing the latter.]

I'd like to see out-of-state domestic financing of campaigns and ballot measures criminalized as well, although the criminal syndicates will just use in-state straw-man cutouts, so likely ultimately wouldn't matter.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 01:34 PM (txtSn)

265 I don’t know if Ace coined “Groot,” but he took it and ran with it.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

266 8 I liked Lindsey... He was a bit too "war" oriented but he didn't stab Trump in the back
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 01:26 PM (sBAWt)
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Yeah, he was a neocon's neocon. I guess at least he stayed consistent?

Hindsight being what it is he was wrong about a lot but at he was a good retail politician.
Posted by: ballistic at August 19, 2026 01:31 PM (oqH4h)
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And he really helped pull struggling candidates over the finish line. He was out on the campaign trail and raising money for them.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 01:38 PM (NpAcC)

267 189 Paul Sperry-

A Call to Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box as Path to Paradise

https://tinyurl.com/5n75c335
Posted by: redridinghood

Thank you. Please note U.S. Rep. Mart Gay Scanlon's comments. (Read more about her background, her connections, her family & our PA 2018 redistricting.)

That's my voting district; she's my US Representative. We have an Africatown created within.

The county council has recently created a Human Relations Commission that can take appropriate action. CAIR Philadelphia is no stranger to the county or it's council. There is no Republican representation on the county council. (Even Philadelphia has a few seats for city Republican representation though they are not on the city council.)

Eminent domain is a part of their government, part of the governor's too.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 01:42 PM (NFX2v)

268 Lt. Colonel Bearclaw aka Chow Hound

He should go back to Ukraine and fight for his country.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 12:19 PM (1FnQf)

Isn't he the one that said he would alert China if Trump was going to do something?

Isn't that treason?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

Think that was General Miley

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 01:45 PM (uhVAy)

269 Agreed. Was that really the best the Rs could do? Either a hypocrite of the worst sort with baggage tailor-made for D ads, or submit to a dynasty?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 12:53 PM (lFFaq)

Lindsay Graham had a reputation for really good constituent services in his office, and if his sister keeps that up, she is good to go.
Most voters are not focused on Belorussian or Myanmar, but they do care about vets getting benefits, and fishing regulations.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)

That's their #1 job, sticking fingers into international relations should just be a hobby.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 19, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)

270
Is this a Jelly Donut in your foot locker, Lt. Vindman fatbody!!??!!??

Posted by: Gny. Sgt. Hartman at August 19, 2026 01:53 PM (OkYzo)

271 This is all so confusing.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2026 01:56 PM (g8Ew8)

272 BREAKING � IT'S OFFICIAL: Rep. Cory Mills, who was the deciding vote to protect Ilhan Omar from being stripped of her committees, UNSEATED by Ryan Elijah

Conveniently, every vote was the deciding vote.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 19, 2026 01:57 PM (idC0m)

273 Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified in 2019 that Ukrainian officials offered him the position of Ukraine’s defense minister three times during a visit for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's inauguration.

Zelensky is still there, maybe the former job offer could be too.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 02:09 PM (NFX2v)

274 "TJM, who is oddly absent today, might be teh best situated to comment on it."

TJM sez he's in space:

https://tinyurl.com/ykfhaevh

Posted by: Freddy at August 19, 2026 02:20 PM (DXPhz)

275 What a sorry little bitch boy!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 19, 2026 02:38 PM (NbSbH)

Wednesday Morning Rant

Entitlement

With the primaries more or less over and the general election now peeking over the horizon, everybody's favorite silly season pastime is getting ready to kick into high gear: polling. Yes, "polls are for strippers" and I don't much care what public polling says. This is especially true given some of the, ahem, "interesting surprises" in various primaries (especially in California and Minnesota) that seem to indicate that polling won't reflect reality even if polling itself could be a reliable indicator of reality. Nevertheless, we persist in one of our preferred national distractions.

Although I do not find polling to be interesting or particularly meaningful, I do sometimes find interest in reporting about polling. Regardless of what any given poll says, its coverage will help reveal what the establishment's opinion is or provide additional clarity about establishment attitudes. Fox News recently provided a good example of what I find interesting about poll coverage. They were covering a Marquette poll that included questions about Trump's job approval.

The Fox News coverage is interesting in its framing:

Fox News Power Rankings: As Democrats turn left, Black voters tap the brakes
Two-thirds of young Americans and 71% of Hispanics disapprove of Trump, but Black voters haven't fully returned

The headline and subheadline alone tell the story, but the article removes any ambiguity about the framing:

Black voters haven't come all the way home yet. One in five Black Americans approves of Trump, but only 69% say they'll support a Democrat in their district. That�s 21 points below Biden's 2020 share of the Black vote, when he thanked those voters for delivering his victory.

Note the language. Black voters have yet to "fully return" or "come home" to the Democrats in terms of candidate support. You see, black voters belong to the Democrat Party. They are Party property. They may have strayed over the past couple of years, but they'll return home eventually. Just like a lost pet. As one of the least sophisticated press outlets, Fox News is more foolish than most in inadvertently saying the quiet part out loud, but this is still a somewhat dramatic example of the phenomenon.

The establishment attitude is pretty clear: black people are owned by the Democrats. Any deviation is merely a temporary condition, and it is fully expected for them to come to their senses and quit stepping out with their Republican side-pieces. It matters not what the Parties do, the Democrats are entitled to black voters. They own black voters. It just can't be any other way. As Paul Anka put it, "That's just the f**king way it is." Only an establishment so comfortable in its status quo could be so nakedly contemptuous while describing who is entitled to who's votes.

This is how the political class views Americans, and is the root point of identity or other interest-group politics. One Party or another is entitled to racial votes, to education-level votes, to geographic votes, to _______ votes. Any skew between reality and expectation is reality's fault, and the aggrieved party didn't lose, he was merely cheated out what was his by right. This attitude is deeply cynical, defined by contempt and extremely distasteful. They fret over polls if it shows they're being cheated by voting blocs they rightfully own, and fawn over them when it shows everybody on the plantation where they belong. It's as grotesque as it is pervasive, although it is usually better-couched than Fox News managed.

Every election, there is always at least some squawking from somewhere about "entitlement reform." I'm all for it, and it should start in the Parties. None of them are entitled to anything or anyone - and their naked contempt for the voter is getting more than a little bit old.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

2 MANNIX!!!!

not a cop........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum, NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

4 Done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:02 AM (2YhKe)

5 Polls sre for strippers & fire houses.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 11:02 AM (RqFM6)

6 All organizations that aren't explicitly right-wing eventually become left-wing:

The falloff is real. The Economist is now writing about how Paw Patrol “promotes authoritarian capitalism” 😅

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 19, 2026 11:03 AM (aD4fx)

7 Fox News calls Arizona for Kumswalla......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

8 The Democrats never accepted not being allowed to own blacks.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 11:03 AM (OUMaO)

9 Democrats. Soooooo good, you must be brainwashed to support them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:04 AM (2YhKe)

10 I guess the MSM took LBJ at his word then.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 19, 2026 11:05 AM (vTZFs)

11 Plantation became a dirty word, but the Dems love to keep they pets on it. With our money.

Posted by: I'm Tired, Boss... at August 19, 2026 11:05 AM (JM9I6)

12 The establishment attitude is pretty clear: black people are owned by the Democrats. Any deviation is merely a temporary condition, and it is fully expected for them to come to their senses and quit stepping out with their Republican side-pieces. It matters not what the Parties do, the Democrats are entitled to black voters. They own black voters.

Once a slave owner, always a slave owner?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:05 AM (2YhKe)

13 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 19, 2026 11:05 AM (XHO5P)

14 Polls are today's headline writers. Simply there to stimulate mouse clicks and page views.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Seems to me, all pollsters should be investigated and any participating in fraud should be charged with Election Tampering and tried accordingly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

16 Biden declared “If you don’t vote for me, you’re not really black”. That’s pretty damn vile, but that’s what passes for leftist political speech these days.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (dLnkr)

17 Just type in Median Strategies to see how bad polling is in the US.
Polling in the US Political Systems is the equal to Arday at Cambridge.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (/+uur)

18 5 Polls sre for strippers & fire houses.
Posted by: rickb223

I loved Emergency!, but was always sad Station 51 was one story with not a pole to be seen.

Posted by: Slide For Life at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (JM9I6)

19 It's interesting that after 2020, Fox got rid of some, but certainly not all, of their worst offenders when it came to bias, starting with Chris Stirewalt, Chris Wallace, and Shepherd Smith.

I guess they were unable to find better quality replacements, though, since it appears not much has changed. It's almost as if they didn't want to change because their upper level managers and owners agreed with the people they canned.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

20 seem to indicate that polling won't reflect reality

They wouldn't be permitted if they did that!

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (6eubQ)

21 Biden declared “If you don’t vote for me, you’re not really black”. That’s pretty damn vile, but that’s what passes for leftist political speech these days.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (dLnkr)

"If you don't know whether you're voting for him or me, well, then you ain't black."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (2YhKe)

22 I like a good poll.

https://tinyurl.com/yjytbjav - Safe for work

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 11:08 AM (ExV1e)

23
I loved Emergency!, but was always sad Station 51 was one story with not a pole to be seen.

Posted by: Slide For Life at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (JM9I6)

*peeks in*

*waves*

Posted by: Peter North at August 19, 2026 11:08 AM (2YhKe)

24 Polls sre for strippers & fire houses.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 11:02 AM (RqFM6)
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If only there was some way to combine the two...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 11:08 AM (FZ29D)

25 Just type in Median Strategies to see how bad polling is in the US.
Polling in the US Political Systems is the equal to Arday at Cambridge.

I'm still trying to figure out their angle here. Was it an academic research project? Was it a stalking horse for how much BS they could spew and still be believed? What were they really doing?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

26 I think the media's narrative of an ascending Socialist takeover of the country is overblown horseshit.

They may want it (they do) and a fringe demographic of the Democrats want it. But wanting it to be true doesn't make it true.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 11:09 AM (2Cry5)

27 Biden declared “If you don’t vote for me, you’re not really black”. That’s pretty damn vile, but that’s what passes for leftist political speech these days.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (dLnkr)

Same general scripted psychological trick as Piker calling voters in MI Islamophobes and then it going "viral". It works on Democrats and the weak-minded (BIRM).

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 11:09 AM (Kr1pO)

28 ----
If only there was some way to combine the two...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 11:08 AM (FZ29D)

Seems a bad idea. No one would leave the station.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)

29 I love tuning into MS Now and hearing about President Trump's historic unpopularity.

I always wonder how he's polling outside their office building.

Speaking of stupid stuff...

MSNow - Florida results
CNN - Midterms
FoxNews - Presidet Trump picks doing very well
CBC - tariffs delayed. Your maple syrup supply is safe.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 11:09 AM (Sco7b)

30 Yes, Poles are for strippers. We are very pro-stripper.
— horny dudes in Warsaw and Cracow

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

31 What were they really doing?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

Poll Numbers are used to create a idea, not measure the idea itself.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 11:09 AM (/+uur)

32 I'm willing to bet most polls nowadays are simply AI-generated models based on previous sample data.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

33 I think the media's narrative of an ascending Socialist takeover of the country is overblown horses***.

Agreed. You only have to look at what the rest of the party is saying about the commies. They know the deluge is coming.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

34 I get ten robocalls a day, each one from a different city in this state. It starts promptly at 08:00. Never a message or text. I'm sure I'm really missing out, when I don't answer them.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 11:10 AM (tvdD1)

35 Come on... Are you telling me I can't set my hair on fire ? Where's the fun in that?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 11:11 AM (sBAWt)

36 Come on... Are you telling me I can't set my hair on fire ? Where's the fun in that?

I keep a stock of wigs on hand for just that purpose.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

37 "If you don't know whether you're voting for him or me, well, then you ain't black."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM

Iirc, that was preceded by something like "the black voters already know who they're voting for, so..."

Inartful way of saying that the black vote was sewn up, but still vile to assume that all black people were voting for Biden. The Dems do love them their pets, don't they?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 11:14 AM (bFu5X)

38 My phone (probably the service provider) labels robocalls as "spam risk." They must use a phone bank because the numbers change, but they're all labeled the same.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 11:15 AM (2Cry5)

39 Hair fire priority/safety list.
arms > head > pits > nostrils > pubes

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 11:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

40 Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

I think Median Strategies was the guy that posts as Spiccoli.

Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 19, 2026 11:16 AM (wGerL)

41 You Are Here in the DNC DSA psy op: "We establishment Democrats are at **WAR** with the crazy DSA!!" and "Actually you know, socialism IS kinda popular with young people..."

These are the mid-20's versions of "Hey did you hear a random lady ate a sick bat in China, and now a few people appear to be getting sick?" and "Hmm, they actually might have to close a city...".

If you don't see it yet, you will.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 11:16 AM (Kr1pO)

42 39 You left out “ears.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

43
Inartful way of saying that the black vote was sewn up, but still vile to assume that all black people were voting for Biden. The Dems do love them their pets, don't they?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 11:14 AM (bFu5X)

"We'll get them n****rs voting democrat for generations."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)

44 Well, this change in tribal affiliation is, IMO, driving the dims to embrace the muzlimbs.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM (W2zcl)

45 The establishment attitude is pretty clear: black people are owned by the Democrats.
__

Not this one.

Not now, not ever.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM (1FnQf)

46 Please, please don’t let Rosa DeLauro or Stacey Abrams show naked contempt for the voters.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM (dk1uA)

47
"We'll get them n****rs voting democrat for generations."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhK

LBJ

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM (sBAWt)

48 Al Sharpton was always good for speaking for the monolithic voting block. Do people still do that? I'd just as soon put a boot in Al's ass than have him speak for me.

Commies, muslims and socialists are another creature.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 11:19 AM (tvdD1)

49 Hey Sponge.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 11:19 AM (1FnQf)

50 Maybe some of the DSA candidates are winning because the establishment Dems suck.

I knew NOTHING about Haley Stevens in Michigan but loathed the bitch from the first commercial. And sure, Abdul wants me dead, but his commercials were great.

Remember when Jeb Bush was next in line.
Screw that.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (Sco7b)

51 Are you telling me I can't set my hair on fire ? Where's the fun in that?"

Some of us are folically challenged...

Ergo, ready to light pitchforks.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (W2zcl)

52 Please, please don’t let Rosa DeLauro or Stacey Abrams show naked contempt for the voters.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM (dk1uA)

Buy my romance novels!

Posted by: Tank Abrams at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)

53 Polls sre for strippers & fire houses.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 11:02 AM (RqFM6)
----
If only there was some way to combine the two...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

We'd never get the firemen to leave!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (RqFM6)

54 Hey Sponge.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 11:19 AM (1FnQf)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)

55 "Biden declared “If you don’t vote for me, you’re not really black”.
Posted by: Common Tater "

Which, according to Dems, will also mean they will become polite, on-time, motivated and punctual.

Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (GUOwU)

56
Which, according to Dems, will also mean they will become polite, on-time, motivated and punctual.

Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (GUOwU)

You forgot 'articulate.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:21 AM (2YhKe)

57 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy at August 19, 2026 11:21 AM (0sNs1)

58 Which, according to Dems, will also mean they will become polite, on-time, motivated and punctual.

Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM (GUOwU)

And better tippers!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 11:22 AM (PGK1w)

59 I think you might be over analyzing this.

Let’s’ say middle aged white married men who attend church were at 55% support for Republicans. They’d say the same thing, this group has not returned to the Republican Party. That’s because religious middle aged white married men are like 75% Republican.

Political reporting loves to put people in easy to define categories. Black = Democrat. Married man = Republican. College educated = Democrat. southerner = Republican, etc. It’s also accurate for the most part. Stereotypes exist for a reason after all.

So when any group slightly deviates from the conventional wisdom they treat it like “when will this group go back home” because something is un-natural in the universe.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 11:23 AM (qDa2L)

60 Remember when Jeb Bush was next in line.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 11:20 AM

Miss me yet?

Posted by: Jeb! at August 19, 2026 11:23 AM (0sNs1)

61 Realty is a cruel mistress.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2026 11:23 AM (LHPAg)

62 I prefer aluminum. Has a good strength to weight ratio.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 19, 2026 11:23 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Oh, nice. Walgreens flu shot advert. Couple of color, sitting on sofa, tv news says "time to get flu shot"... and they did.

Very sad.

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 11:24 AM (W2zcl)

64 There's nothing more bitter than an entitled politico like Jeb or Hillary who's been kicked to the proverbial curb by the public.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 11:24 AM (2Cry5)

65 I love how we're JUST now finding out "some" poll results are fake. Some! You can't trust polls I guess? Who knew???

Leave it to the crusading media crusading honest crusaders at the LA Times to unearth this one. The real heroes!

The whole world is one big mindfuck.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 11:24 AM (Kr1pO)

66 Miss me yet?
Posted by: Jeb! at August 19, 2026 11:23 AM (0sNs1)

prease crap

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 11:25 AM (/+uur)

67 Realty is a cruel mistress.

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2026 11:23 AM (LHPAg)

Adulting sucks......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:25 AM (2YhKe)

68 What about us?

Posted by: Purple haired overweight tattooed tackle box faced baristas at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

69 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Jeb! at August 19, 2026 11:23 AM (0sNs1)

Al Bundy - "With every bullet so far."

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (Sco7b)

70 Ear hair is weird. I go to bed, everything's normal. I wake up, and there's a single long-ass hair sprouted off the edge of a lobe, wrapped around my neck. Things they don't warn you about regarding old age.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (Jr5Lq)

71 57 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: That Guy

Giving consideration to having that engraved on my tombstone.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (Y8DZL)

72 There's nothing more bitter than an entitled politico like Jeb or Hillary"

Or the entire shrub family...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (W2zcl)

73 Oh, nice. Walgreens flu shot advert. Couple of color, sitting on sofa, tv news says "time to get flu shot"... and they did.

Very sad.
Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 11:24 AM (W2zcl)

Never got a flu shot. Never will.

ESPECIALLY since they've mRNA'd it. I'm guessing all other 'vaccinations' will become that bullshit.

I'll never get another vaccine ever again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (2YhKe)

74 I loved Emergency!, but was always sad Station 51 was one story with not a pole to be seen.
Posted by: Slide For Life at August 19, 2026 11:07 AM (JM9I6)

They had to get a female Dalmatian.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 11:27 AM (1z8ji)

75 Now that I'm awake I'm less grouchy

Got a few nibble-backs from applications this week.

No interviews yet.. but they seem legit-ish. For whatever that's worth...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 11:27 AM (aJQbY)

76
Giving consideration to having that engraved on my tombstone.
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (Y8DZL)

I eagerly await seeing how many vehicles arrive at the TxMoMe with that scrawled on the rear window.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:27 AM (2YhKe)

77 ". . . and their naked contempt for the voter is getting more than a little bit old.

***
Getting? Getting? It's BEEN old for a long time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:28 AM (wzUl9)

78 Never got a flu shot. Never will."

*tips cap

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 11:28 AM (W2zcl)

79 No interviews yet.. but they seem legit-ish. For whatever that's worth...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 11:27 AM (aJQbY)

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Kr1pO)

80 "Got a few nibble-backs from applications this week."

Excellent! Good luck to you.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Jr5Lq)

81 No interviews yet.. but they seem legit-ish. For whatever that's worth...
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 11:27 AM (aJQbY)

Go man go!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:29 AM (2YhKe)

82 "We'll get them n****rs voting democrat for generations."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:18 AM

That SOB, Johnson....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 11:29 AM (bFu5X)

83 DeepState operative Megyn Kelly neutralized Roger Ailes before exiting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:29 AM (AJWch)

84
That SOB, Johnson....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 11:29 AM (bFu5X)

But Dems aren't racist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:30 AM (2YhKe)

85 I eagerly await seeing how many vehicles arrive at the TxMoMe with that scrawled on the rear window.
Posted by: Sponge at August 19, 2026 11:27 AM

Duly noted.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)

86 - They knew, she new that she was a short timer after offing Ailes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:30 AM (AJWch)

87
I guess the MSM took LBJ at his word then.
Posted by: Oddbob

200 years

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 11:30 AM (Cqx++)

88 "We'll get them n****rs voting democrat for generations."

Whether they go to the polls on Tuesday or not.

Posted by: Ruby Freeman at August 19, 2026 11:32 AM (6eubQ)

89 I have never (that I recall) gotten a flu shot. Weirdly? I don't get the flu!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 11:32 AM (aJQbY)

90 Trump's making a deal with Canada.
Keystone pipeline re-opening is part of the deal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:32 AM (AJWch)

91 Ear hair? What about the hair on the *outside* of your nose?

Posted by: Yes, we are way into TMI territory at August 19, 2026 11:33 AM (PiwSw)

92 I'm willing to bet most polls nowadays are simply AI-generated models based on previous sample data.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

Rush Limbaugh did numerous discussions about the lies that poles propagate. His conclusions was that polls are used to advance a narrative (usually favoring Dems). They were also used to fill out news content.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2026 11:33 AM (g8Ew8)

93 8 Never got a flu shot. Never will."

*tips cap
Posted by: man at August 19, 2026

***
Same here. Though, after my bout with shingles in '24, I have to wonder if I should accept that vaccine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:34 AM (wzUl9)

94 I guess they were unable to find better quality replacements, though, since it appears not much has changed. It's almost as if they didn't want to change because their upper level managers and owners agreed with the people they canned.
Posted by: Archimedes

Of course they do. To them, like Tom Friedman wrote, the world is flat. That means they have more in common with foreign ruling class than they do with their own countrymen. And authoritative capitalism like China is just fine and dandy with them as it the Sultanates of places like Dubai.

Literally cloud people whose wealth shields and floats them above the rain and storms on the dirt eating peasants below. And those rain and storms often come from the inane and evil policies of the WEF and other transnational groups.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)

95 Trump's making a deal with Canada.
Keystone pipeline re-opening is part of the deal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:32 AM (AJWch)

Carney will find a way to fuck that up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 11:34 AM (1z8ji)

96 >>>Never got a flu shot. Never will.

ESPECIALLY since they've mRNA'd it. I'm guessing all other 'vaccinations' will become that bullshit.

I'll never get another vaccine ever again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

>None of these people are about curing ailments, it's about moving product. The body takes care of itself.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 11:34 AM (tvdD1)

97 Nice to see that colored gal win her primary in Floriduh. She should be a barrel of laughs as she hollers and screams in ebonics and blackanese about communism, wallermelon and President Trump.

Posted by: Stepin Fetchit at August 19, 2026 11:35 AM (9WAJE)

98 The link to the poll doesn't go to the poll. Odd.

If you look at the full article at Fox, it also says that black support for Democraps is also down significantly across the board. If support for everyone is going down, then who is going up?

So what to make of this poll? Toilet paper. I can't see the underlying data or even questions.

This poll is probably garbage summer noise where everyone surveyed has a bug up their ass about something.

So: toilet paper.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)

99 91 so long as it doesn't merge into your moustache, you're fine...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 11:35 AM (aJQbY)

100 Polling - the only Magic ( defective ) 8 Ball we have. Really just a conversation stimulus for political junkies - not that there are any of That Lot here at the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8)

101 They were also used to fill out news content.

Back when communication was harder, they could be used to indicate Party intent to the newsrooms.

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 11:36 AM (6eubQ)

102 Thx Joe.
Fox news pollsters are former Dem/Hillary pollsters. Try explaining that your basic leftist band you my as well be speaking Klingon

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 11:36 AM (rp63B)

103 100?

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2026 11:36 AM (LHPAg)

104 I have never (that I recall) gotten a flu shot. Weirdly? I don't get the flu!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026

***
I've had an attack of the flu from time to time over the years. But never very often. I can recall a bout in '87, in '98 (new germ pool in Denver), and certainly the rough-ish one in December of 2019 (which might have been The Coof). Plus a milder go-round in June '22.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:36 AM (wzUl9)

105 I've been getting flu shots for about 15 years, after I had a couple of seasons catching the bad flu. Guess I need to read up on the new mRNA hotness. In related news, PFE is up 12% this month, and I don't see a good reason why. Maybe buyer flight from growth (AI/tech) to value (dividends.) I dunno.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 11:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

106 You see, black voters belong to the Democrat Party. They are Party property.

Until blacks prove the party wrong, they do belong to it, and everyone, not just the establishment, knows it. You could accurately say the same thing about several other groups. They're longstanding members of the Kill Whitey and Give Me His Stuff Coalition. Lots of whites of a certain vintage can't see this because they were raised on colorblindness and the rejection of tribalism.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2026 11:38 AM (pbDcz)

107
93 8 Never got a flu shot. Never will."

*tips cap
Posted by: man at August 19, 2026

***
Same here. Though, after my bout with shingles in '24, I have to wonder if I should accept that vaccine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August

-------

I recommend the shingles vaccine. It is not some concoction like mRNA. AND I have seen firsthand the devastating effects of a shingles attack, one that went on for a whole year.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 11:38 AM (c7xGr)

108
>None of these people are about curing ailments, it's about moving product. The body takes care of itself.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 11:34 AM (tvdD1)

They need customers, not cures.

Yes. My wife is cancer free. She was on chemo for 6 months, once a week. Each round was over $6k.

And it was all basically 'precautionary' because she had 2 out of 3 lymph nodes removed showing it spread a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

109 Any thread about polling deserves a reference to this post:

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/411870.php

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)

110 About the only vaccines I can recall getting were as a kid: the polio and smallpox vaccines. They didn't have the measles one yet, and I'd already had that disease when the shot arrived; and the same for German measles and chickenpox. There were plenty of colds over the years in school -- other kids bringing their little germ factories to class and sharing them generously with us.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:39 AM (wzUl9)

111 105 I've been getting flu shots for about 15 years, after I had a couple of seasons catching the bad flu. Guess I need to read up on the new mRNA hotness. In related news, PFE is up 12% this month, and I don't see a good reason why. Maybe buyer flight from growth (AI/tech) to value (dividends.) I dunno.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 11:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

Never had a flu shot. Not judging you or anyone else, BTW. And yes, I get the flu or something every so often. But mostly, not. To each, their own.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:39 AM (Gqar8)

112 I had chicken pox as a kid, so they're telling me I'll have shingles.

A bud's son got shingles when he was a kid, but they don't remember him having chicken pox.

I'm not getting that vaccine either.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

113 100 Polling - the only Magic ( defective ) 8 Ball we have. Really just a conversation stimulus for political junkies - not that there are any of That Lot here at the HQ.
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8

Polling, and pollsters, exist to inform the uniformed what the officical approved opinion should be. Like popular ‘culture’, all lies. How else could the left prevail?

Posted by: Eromero at August 19, 2026 11:41 AM (LHPAg)

114 I'm turning down the flu shots nowadays. Even though I'm 29+.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 11:41 AM (c7xGr)

115 "Never got a flu shot. Never will."

Got 1 flu shot. Got the flu. [shifty eyes]

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 11:42 AM (DZ9Lv)

116 I recommend the shingles vaccine. It is not some concoction like mRNA. AND I have seen firsthand the devastating effects of a shingles attack, one that went on for a whole year.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026

***
How likely are side effects of the shot?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:42 AM (wzUl9)

117
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 11:10 AM (FZ29D)

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
===
From X today,

OSZ@OpenSourceZone
CNN: Republicans are leading in the Senate generic ballot in the swing states

Sen Generic Ballot (swing states): 🔴 R+6
===
And this response from Seth Keshel

Let me explain just how stupid polling is in yet another way.

Simultaneously we are to believe that in NC, Cooper leads polling by an average of 8.5%, Brown by 0.6%, Jackson by 2.3%, Talarico by 1.2%, Hinson (R) by 1.7%, and Peltola by 2.0% - verifiable on the RCP aggregates.

Yet in those states, in which only one (R) leads, it’s the GOP leading by SIX on average.

That would require either all six states to have a lead of 6% for the GOP candidate on the nose, or for some states to have GOP leads of 12% while others are tied or the GOP candidate is behind (like Whatley is thought to be).

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

118 I'm turning down the flu shots nowadays. Even though I'm 29+.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 11:41 AM (c7xGr)

One of the last times my dad was in the hospital, they wouldn't let him leave until they issued him the flu vaccine. I was shocked by that. I'm sure he or his wife could've rejected that, but they didn't and the guy implied there wasn't a choice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)

119 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

$6k per week? Yikes, that's a lot of money.

Damn.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (Oy/m2)

120 Got 1 flu shot. Got the flu. [shifty eyes]
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 11:42 AM (DZ9Lv)

Same here. Never again.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (g8Ew8)

121 It seems that shingles vaccine became "a thing" in the last decade or so. How did people survive shingles before ??

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (g47mK)

122 And this,

Patricia 🇺🇸
@1109Patricia
·
1h
Polls cheat to get Donor $

Polls aren’t always measuring public opinion. Sometimes they’re manufacturing it.

We’ve watched the same pattern for years: poll after poll suddenly shows a socialist or far-left candidate “surging” or “in the lead.” Media runs with it. Donors open their wallets. Moderate opponents get pressured to drop out. Voters are told the “momentum” is real.

Then Election Day arrives and the numbers collapse.
Just look at the recent Democratic primaries. Polls dramatically overstated support for socialist-aligned candidates in places like Wisconsin and Michigan.

One outfit even admitted its “polls” showing big leads for progressive candidates were completely fabricated as a “social experiment” and those fake numbers still got shared by campaigns and outlets.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)

123 About the sidebar and the "Black Dahlia" case. My theory was always that they could have found the killer, but didn't want to.

The media went hysterically sensationalist from the moment the body was found. They deliberately hid evidence from police, and manufactured theories, suspects, and motives.

I'm not even sure at this point the the crime scene ever really was as it was reported.

If it was, then my theory has always been pretty simple: who carves up bodies like that and puts them on display? Drug cartels. I suspect she was murdered by a drug cartel for some unknown transgression, or possibly to send a message to someone else.

The media always fantasized that it was a surgeon who dissected the body. It's always more sensationalist when the accused is some high-status person, rather than a lowly drug dealer. Same as Jack the Ripper. Anyone with any hunting experience could have cut her in half like that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)

124
His conclusions was that polls are used to advance a narrative (usually favoring Dems).

That was the genesis of my sometimes alter-ego "In before the troll". One of our regular trolls (who like all trolls, sucks cock by choice) was getting slammed for citing polls, and switched to citing Intrade before they were shut down by the Feds. So I had quite a bit of fun mocking him.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 11:44 AM (iqcvy)

125
That would require either all six states to have a lead of 6% for the GOP candidate on the nose, or for some states to have GOP leads of 12% while others are tied or the GOP candidate is behind (like Whatley is thought to be).
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

Investigate the pollsters. Arrest them for election tampering. Try and convict them to prison, or firing squad for treason. Whatever fits.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

126 The flu vaccines are concocted yearly on best guess estimates of what the rampant virus will be, yes?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

127 They are Party property.

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I prefer the phrase "House Property."

-- Hakeem "The Scream" Jeffries

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 11:45 AM (txtSn)

128 About the sidebar and the "Black Dahlia" case. My theory was always that they could have found the killer, but didn't want to.

===

Was it Prince Albert Edward Victor again ? Coverup ??

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 11:45 AM (g47mK)

129 And this as a back story from last week,

Patrick Ruffini
@PatrickRuffini
🚨 NEW: Deep dive investigation into 3,000+ Senate polls over the last 4 cycles. They've overestimated Democrats in all 4 cycles, 73% of polls overstate the Democrat, and it's worse right now, in the summer.

The average polling error across all polls was D+3.7, and 73% of polls released overstated the Democrat relative to the election result. Again, that’s across more than 3,000 polls, so that’s hardly just statistical noise.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

130 121 It seems that shingles vaccine became "a thing" in the last decade or so. How did people survive shingles before ??
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (g47mK)

Everyone died, according the shingles vaccine makers.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:45 AM (Gqar8)

131 Any poll includes NY and CA is not valid. They choc full of illegals and thus skew any "national" poll of Latinos and blacks.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2026 11:46 AM (bX16E)

132 The flu vaccines are concocted yearly on best guess estimates of what the rampant virus will be, yes?
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:44 AM (

It was mentioned earlier that the pharma's would come up with multiple strain vaccines and Dr.'s would choose what was relevant or some such.

Hillary f*cked that up and now the government dictates what the pharms will produce each year, regardless of whether it's even close to what comes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)

133 One of the last times my dad was in the hospital, they wouldn't let him leave until they issued him the flu vaccine. I was shocked by that. I'm sure he or his wife could've rejected that, but they didn't and the guy implied there wasn't a choice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)

That's when you should pull all the tubes out, get dressed, and just leave. No one has the authority to stop you.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2026 11:46 AM (g8Ew8)

134 It matters not what the Parties do, the Democrats are entitled to black voters.

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"Not to mention black candidates."

/Larry Elder, "The Black Face of White Supremacy"

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 11:46 AM (txtSn)

135 The flu vaccines are concocted yearly on best guess estimates of what the rampant virus will be, yes?
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026

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So I understand. Thus the vaccine is always running behind the latest mutation or variant. It might protect you (more or less) or it might not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:47 AM (wzUl9)

136
Warren Buffet has given millions to see that Canadian oil is shipped on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe instead of some pipe that runs over sacred Indian burial grounds and is icky and makes the animals cry. It's a fact, Jack.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 11:47 AM (Y8DZL)

137 People finally coming around and realizing polls are just another form of propaganda.

Not enough people realizing this, but hopefully it grows.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 11:47 AM (2Cry5)

138
The average polling error across all polls was D+3.7, and 73% of polls released overstated the Democrat relative to the election result. Again, that’s across more than 3,000 polls, so that’s hardly just statistical noise.
Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

There's a Metallica album out there somewhere for this situation........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)

139 Both Patrick Ruffini and Seth Keshel are hard numbers political analysts. Seth spends his time on voter registration numbers and early voting and Ruffini on elections.

So, if you must watch media shitshows or read political news crap, then ignore everything until a week or so after Labor Day. And this is a pattern that has existed since even the Carter years in politics with a few exceptions--Obama in 2008 as one of them.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)

140 Ear Hair helps keep the mosquitoes and gnats out of my ears. I cultivate them.

Posted by: 10-10-10 at August 19, 2026 11:48 AM (JM9I6)

141 Polls showing Mamdani ahead and winning NYC were pretty accurate. Timing matters. But polling world is interesting, it's like reading between the lines with any propaganda vehicle.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 11:48 AM (g47mK)

142 Head to Baltimore, MD and its immediate suburbs and teach the locals that those employing prayer rugs in schools and loud speakers for come to prayer invitations several times a day are not Jews.

And then do the same teaching in and around other urban areas.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (NFX2v)

143 121 It seems that shingles vaccine became "a thing" in the last decade or so. How did people survive shingles before ??

the answer is, the chicken pox vaccination for babies.

basically varicella vaccination is recent, and other countries don't do it, because it will and does trigger latent chicken pox virus (in adults who had chicken pox like most of us).

when my kids were small my husband and then my mom got shingles, most likely from the babies' vaccinations.

it was so bad and so obvious that other countries discontinued varicella vaccination of children. of course we didn't

but we should.

so yeah, tons of adults will get their dead chicken pox latent virus reactivated by exposure to a fresh chicken-pox-vaccinated kid.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (j+aD2)

144 tubal -

More often than not they're horribly wrong guesses, but as I understand it, yes.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (aJQbY)

145 It seems that shingles vaccine became "a thing" in the last decade or so. How did people survive shingles before ??
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026
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Everyone died, according the shingles vaccine makers.
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026

***
Mine was disturbing, for sure. (I had to go to a work function one evening during the attack. Sat there the whole time wishing I'd called in sick.) The lidocaine in topical Aspercreme lowered the pain quite a bit, and the urgent care doc gave me an Rx to battle the virus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (wzUl9)

146 Polls showing Mamdani ahead and winning NYC were pretty accurate. Timing matters. But polling world is interesting, it's like reading between the lines with any propaganda vehicle.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 11:48 AM (g47mK)

Reasonably easy when there's no voter ID and mail in voting can create whatever situation they want.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)

147 @trump_repost
13h
I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL! The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://tinyurl.com/33htpcmj
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (AJWch)

148 One Party or another is entitled to racial votes, to education-level votes, to geographic votes, to _______ votes.

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"Ill take 'Illegal Alien (AKA Future Democrat)' for $64 trillion, Alex!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (txtSn)

149 polls are PR

media is PR

news is PR

it's all fake

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (j+aD2)

150 And, I was not speaking talking about people without at least an undergrad degrees and decent jobs.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 11:50 AM (NFX2v)

151 There's a Metallica album out there somewhere for this situation........
Posted by: Sponge
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Our fake elites and wannabees ruling class numbers should be depleted is what this is telling us. Close the fake and gay leftist churches and monasteries which we call colleges and graduate schools, take their endowments to pay off Uncle Sam for student loans, etc. Defund NGOs and sow those places with salt. Etc. Etc.

Only solution for an overproduction of elites.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)

152 1,000 U.S. police and public safety agencies now hold the regulatory clearance needed to launch autonomous drone-as-first-responder programs —

AI-piloted drones carrying thermal cameras, automated license plate readers, and in some cases cell-site simulators — can peer into backyards, follow vehicles from 2,000 feet, and be launched from a smartphone before a patrol car leaves the lot.

https://tinyurl.com/52dj3wyk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (AJWch)

153 121 It seems that shingles vaccine became "a thing" in the last decade or so. How did people survive shingles before ??
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (g47mK)

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A much more effective shingrix vaccine came out 2017.
My GF got shingles in 2000 ( from my woman at work, she believes). It was so bad she had to quit her job

I believe Admiral Halsey got a bad case.during world war two. Took him out of action for a while

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (c7xGr)

154 121 Anyone I've known who has had shingles has suffered. The shot has been around for a long while and has been improved and refined.

It is considered.safe.and.effective.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (bX16E)

155 People who do not believe the polling don't seem likely to also eager on political outcomes when they feel polls show their favs losing.
I put money on Dems winning the House about 5 months ago
Will anyone here be willing to admit they put their money on the GOP holding the house???

Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (EEscb)

156 Never got a flu shot. Never will.

ESPECIALLY since they've mRNA'd it. I'm guessing all other 'vaccinations' will become that bullshit.

I'll never get another vaccine ever again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:26 AM (2YhKe)

Last vaccine I received was at Fort Dix in 1967. Guess my immune system is still up to snuff. The Magyar DNA probably scares everything away.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (hmYU4)

157 None of them are entitled to anything or anyone - and their naked contempt for the voter is getting more than a little bit old.

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It was already more than a little bit old back in the late 60s.

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (txtSn)

158 145

Mine was disturbing, for sure. (I had to go to a work function one evening during the attack. Sat there the whole time wishing I'd called in sick.) The lidocaine in topical Aspercreme lowered the pain quite a bit, and the urgent care doc gave me an Rx to battle the virus.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (wzUl9)

A little personal, but where on your body did it manifest? My sister got it, pretty young, and it was on her torso. She was not amused.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)

159 I used to put a lot of stock in polls.

USED to.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 19, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1)

160 Mine was disturbing, for sure. (I had to go to a work function one evening during the [shingles] attack. Sat there the whole time wishing I'd called in sick.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026

***
On the other hand, I wished the same thing every year when I went to the annual event. This time was just *more* troublesome than usual.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:52 AM (wzUl9)

161 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 11:49 AM (j+aD2)

See me at 41. You might appreciate

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 11:52 AM (Kr1pO)

162 149 polls are PR

media is PR

news is PR

it's all fake

Posted by: Black Orchid
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Yup

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:53 AM (AJWch)

163 Where's that f*ckin' TJM guy?!??

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)

164 Black Orchid -

Oh! Finally an explanation that makes some sense, thank you!

Too bad the answer is 'you need a vax to deal with someone else's vax', but at least it makes sense..

I had an insane case of chicken pox as a kid. Like, dense as an Irish gal's freckles in the Texas sun, dense.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 11:53 AM (aJQbY)

165 The flu vaccines are concocted yearly on best guess estimates of what the rampant virus will be, yes?

Remarkable how these non-living things mutate once per year and always remain flu viruses, isn't it? Ooh! Just got an email from a Nigerian prince...

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 11:53 AM (6eubQ)

166 See me at 41. You might appreciate

I do.

There is however a sort of "war" going on within the D party. I'm here for it.

but again, don't trust any messaging. it exists to twist your brain.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 11:54 AM (j+aD2)

167 I used to get a flu shot every other year. When COVID hit, I started taking Invermectin apple flavored horse paste.

I don't trust them to not try to slip in some mRNA shit into the flu shot. So I haven't had one in since.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)

168 One of the last times my dad was in the hospital, they wouldn't let him leave until they issued him the flu vaccine. I was shocked by that. I'm sure he or his wife could've rejected that, but they didn't and the guy implied there wasn't a choice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)

"Go ahead and try to stop me", would be my reply. Followed by all Hell breaking loose.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 19, 2026 11:55 AM (hmYU4)

169 This calls for some rippin' Aldo Nova guitar.........

https://youtu.be/y1NYhbiiiFw

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)

170 Then there's the occasional wayward long gray chest hair that manages to find it's way above the neck of a T-shirt or through the placket of a golf shirt...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (2Ez/1)

171 If you're gonna distrust a poll that says your guy is losing, you also have to doubt a poll that says your guy is winning

fair is fair

IMO

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (ZxPkt)

172 Vodaphone is supplying thousands of free SIM cards loaded with six months of data to a charity that hands them out to illegal migrants arriving in the UK via boats

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (AJWch)

173 Was there ever Republican voters as enthusiastic as the DSA Dems?

........

.........

RON PAUL!
2028
The Time isNow!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (Sco7b)

174 Reasonably easy when there's no voter ID and mail in voting can create whatever situation they want.
Posted by: Sponge

Yep. We know that at least 120k of 'voters' in that election may not exist in reality. NY has a particular shingle where one voter in reality becomes multiple entries throughout the state as 'cloned'. Many of which cast ballots and this insertion is done in the backroom by election officials, not even with a physical ballot fraud.

See Chris on X for the details which he found similar actions in some other states.

The hardest thing for most normal people to realize is how thoroughly corrupted the media and elections are in this country. And that includes fraud on behalf of the GOP--in primaries usually but a few times in General Elections--like for Dear old Mitch in KY.

And that is why the GOP Senate is fighting to preserve fraud--it is so that the Cassidys, the McConnells, and other pieces of shit can stay in office from primary challenges by cheating. Cheating is the heart of the Uniparty so they can set results down in advance in coordination with Deep State actors that know what they are doing and let them do it. Deep State gets support in return

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

175 I don't recall being around a kid who might have had the chickenpox vaccine in the month or so before I had my shingles attack. But then, how would I know he'd had the shot, anyway?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (wzUl9)

176 I had an insane case of chicken pox as a kid. Like, dense as an Irish gal's freckles in the Texas sun, dense.

my impression (totally anecdotal!!!) is people who had worse chicken pox when kids will get shingles worse/more likely to get

I was more exposed than my husband but didn't get shingles. I've taken care now of three older adults in my family with shingles and I never got. my chicken pox experience was mild.

btw these older adults WERE vaccinated, and still got shingles. one of them got shingles the week after his vax.

gives one pause.

I do think the newer vaccine (Shingrix) is better. that's the one to go with. but remember, even that is only effective around 5 years. docs will tell you it lasts forever. it does not.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 11:57 AM (j+aD2)

177 you're gonna distrust a poll that says your guy is losing, you also have to doubt a poll that says your guy is winning

fair is fair

IMO

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (ZxPkt)

When the polls have been "skewed" (sorry) to the Left for years and years?

It's not polls I don't trust, it's the Left.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 11:57 AM (Kr1pO)

178 AI-piloted drones carrying thermal cameras, automated license plate readers, and in some cases cell-site simulators — can peer into backyards, follow vehicles from 2,000 feet, and be launched from a smartphone before a patrol car leaves the lot.

https://tinyurl.com/52dj3wyk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:51 AM (AJWch)

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[The 4th Amendment has been morte now for quite a while -- additional pull quote:]

"There is no federal requirement to get a warrant before any of it starts. And the national regulatory framework that will govern these operations permanently — the FAA's long-delayed Part 108 rule for Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations — moved to the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for final approval on July 10, 2026, just two weeks ago. When it arrives, it will standardize how police run autonomous drone operations. It will not require a warrant."

Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2026 11:57 AM (txtSn)

179 If you're gonna distrust a poll that says your guy is losing, you also have to doubt a poll that says your guy is winning

fair is fair

IMO
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (ZxPkt)

I just go along with the "all polls are fake and gay" and vote how I want to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:57 AM (2YhKe)

180 171 If you're gonna distrust a poll that says your guy is losing, you also have to doubt a poll that says your guy is winning

fair is fair

IMO
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 11:56 AM (ZxPkt)

Something something wishful thinking, shake that 8 Ball till it satisfies.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 11:57 AM (Gqar8)

181 This essay slices like a fucking hammer!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 11:58 AM (rPGi+)

182
How likely are side effects of the shot?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 11:42

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Shingrix side effects are said to be temporary and mild, such as arm pain, lasting a few days. Please do the necessary research for an informed decision

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026 11:58 AM (c7xGr)

183 170 Then there's the occasional wayward long gray chest hair that manages to find it's way above the placket of a golf shirt...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

19 days till you gotta put away the white belts and golf shoes, grampa.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 11:59 AM (Y8DZL)

184 175 I don't recall being around a kid who might have had the chickenpox vaccine in the month or so before I had my shingles attack. But then, how would I know he'd had the shot, anyway?

there are other ways to "get shingles" - basically you get tired/worn down, and your existing varicella bad boys wake up to torture you.

so most of the time it's not "caught from someone" - but in the case of people who take care of babies, yeah, it does happen.

viruses stay with us. I'm a "strep girl" - I get strep throat a lot. it's in me. it takes a break, but it's never gone. I can't give blood because I was exposed to Hepatitis when my doctor dad got it (I never was ill, but we were all quarantined, and when my blood is tested it comes up positive for Hep)

interesting stuff lives in us

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 11:59 AM (j+aD2)

185 Biden's a XX and people have conveniently short memories. In fact, some voters & potential voters weren't yet born.
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Bill Clinton, the 1st Black President

The label "the first Black president" was applied to Bill Clinton by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison in a 1998 essay. She used it as a metaphor to describe how Clinton's public scrutiny and targeted investigations during his sex scandal mirrored the unfair, presumptive judgment often directed at Black men in America.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 12:00 PM (NFX2v)

186 Only solution for an overproduction of elites.

Posted by: whig

Oh, I don't know about that...

Posted by: Pol Pot at August 19, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

187 I got the Shingles jabs because Dad suffered with Shingles for almost a year. And I'd get flu shots because I was taking care of them.

But never another shot ever.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)

188 Good Lord, Toni Morrison.She used to be a Thing once.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar8)

189 I had a mild case of shingles abt 40 years ago. Doc blamed stress. Knocked it out with a steroid. Has never recurred since.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

190
Shingles. You don't want it.

Posted by: Herpes zoster at August 19, 2026 12:01 PM (XeU6L)

191 Surprisingly good response from Lindsey Graham's sister in GOP primary debate:

“People have asked me how I differ from my brother, and it’s real clear to me: If you’re here illegally, you need to be deported immediately. I think President Trump has done a great job protecting our borders. Again, I support deporting any illegal immigrant. I cosponsored the SAVE America Act. That’s the first bill I cosponsored because if you need to have an ID to check out a library book, you certainly need one to vote. I’m worried about our elections and illegal immigrants voting. There were 6,600 illegals registered to vote in New Jersey and several hundred of them voted. So we have to get the SAVE America Act. I’ll end the filibuster to get it passed.”

Posted by: Commodore at August 19, 2026 12:01 PM (V6W16)

192 I do think Shingrix is good to get! I keep putting off bc I put things off lol.

it used to be recommended at 60 so I might just stick with that recommendation because I'm kinda iffy on vaccines nowadays

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 12:01 PM (j+aD2)

193 Shingrix side effects are said to be temporary and mild, such as arm pain, lasting a few days. Please do the necessary research for an informed decision
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026

***
Tough to find a good source nowadays that isn't lying to us, but you're right. As long as I don't get a bunch of the shingles symptoms, I can handle some arm pain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 12:01 PM (wzUl9)

194 171 If you're gonna distrust a poll that says your guy is losing, you also have to doubt a poll that says your guy is winning

fair is fair

IMO
Posted by: Don Black
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Doesn't work that way if you have a systematic bias. Consider loaded dice and rolling them, the result will always be toward whoever loaded the dice wanted it to be.

Arguing for the naive position like you just did of both sides err, doesn't work when systematic bias is at play.

I spent a lot of time in the past doing regression modeling on elections, etc. And then spending time looking at the model prediction error scatter plots. Ideally, the errors are a random and the dispersion looks like a chocolate chip cookie. If there is a pattern, like Ruffini found where the prediction errors are not randomly dispersed, then you have an unspecified variable in the equation. And that is the polling predictive model has a Democrat bias.

And that bias is reflected in the RCP aggregate polling, the crap that Nate Silver puts up, and other election prediction models like betting crap relying on the poll data.

Crappy data means crappy derivative results.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv)

195 She used it as a metaphor to describe how Clinton's public scrutiny and targeted investigations during his sex scandal mirrored the unfair, presumptive judgment often directed at Black men in America.

Of course he basically admitted to harrassing Paula Jones and I think he everyone is pretty much aware he raped Juanita Broaddrick...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)

196 Crappy data means crappy derivative results.

I was told there would be no math...

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

197 basically varicella vaccination is recent,

==

How recent ? Did I get it ??!!

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:04 PM (g47mK)

198 Tried to give Tom his oral antibiotic, but he doesn't want it. He's an extremely large and powerful cat, injured me a bit in the struggle. I'll try again in a couple of hours, using the Mummy Maneuver.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

199 I had a mild case of shingles abt 40 years ago. Doc blamed stress. Knocked it out with a steroid. Has never recurred since.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

Interesting...

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:04 PM (g47mK)

200 193 Shingrix side effects are said to be temporary and mild, such as arm pain, lasting a few days. Please do the necessary research for an informed decision
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 19, 2026

***
Tough to find a good source nowadays that isn't lying to us, but you're right. As long as I don't get a bunch of the shingles symptoms, I can handle some arm pain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I got it because of autoimmune issues related to my psoriatic arthritis and I had a bad case of chicken pox as a kid.

Worried about getting it and both shots in the sequence made me sick for about a week.

For me, the lesser harm was the Shingles Vaxx as I was at pretty high risk for Shingles if I had a significant health event.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

201 True, I did have a little work-related stress and tiredness in the spring of '24. Every spring at my work was busy-busy, and I had to arrange for that annual event I mentioned and a lot of other things.

I wanted to avoid the same stress in the spring of '25, and the worse stress of moving our office that summer. So I retired and left it (with the reservations already made) to my successor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 12:05 PM (wzUl9)

202 198 Tried to give Tom his oral antibiotic, but he doesn't want it. He's an extremely large and powerful cat, injured me a bit in the struggle. I'll try again in a couple of hours, using the Mummy Maneuver.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

Well now I got to see a picture of Tom....

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:05 PM (Sco7b)

203 No shots ever again. Period. Maybe to my own detriment, but those fuckers deserve ZERO trust anymore.

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 12:06 PM (S0M0K)

204 This calls for some rippin' Aldo Nova guitar.........

https://youtu.be/y1NYhbiiiFw
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)
_____

It ain't Aldo Nova unless he's in a skin-tight leopard-print onesie shooting lasers out of his guitar. So gay it makes gay dudes turn straight.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 19, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

205

Republicans Lose Deep-Red Pennsylvania House Seat Held for 30 Years

https://t.ly/5sp_Q

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 12:07 PM (Cqx++)

206
Well now I got to see a picture of Tom....
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 19, 2026 12:05 PM (Sco7b)

Wife adopted a cat several years ago. It was named Bagheera, after the cartoon movie cat, because it was MASSIVE. It weighed something like 26 lbs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:07 PM (2YhKe)

207 They advertise shingles vaccine in supermarkets, and every CVS.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:07 PM (g47mK)

208 If Joe Mannix did not believe the polls in the Georgia Senate race he could make 11 times his wager by betting on the GOP candidate.

Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 12:08 PM (EEscb)

209 am I not saying right?

doubt all polls

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 12:08 PM (ZxPkt)

210 They advertise shingles vaccine in supermarkets, and every CVS.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:07 PM (g47mK)

Yup. Out of the goodness of their hearts and their deep compassion for humanity.

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 12:08 PM (S0M0K)

211 I don't trust them to not try to slip in some mRNA shit into the flu shot. So I haven't had one in since.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 11:54 AM

I talked to my doctor about that a few years back. He did some research and they only get the standard flu shot. There is one available that has the flu "vaccine" and a covid booster shot in it. Not sure if they still do that but I ask every year.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2026 12:08 PM (cpFbA)

212 Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 12:08 PM (EEscb)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 19, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

213 "Well now I got to see a picture of Tom"

Orange Maine Coon. When I rescued him at six weeks age, I thought he was just any ordinary orange cat. He grew and grew and grew.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:09 PM (Jr5Lq)

214 Hakeem Jeffries threatens the country with "Day 1". I'd ask him if he was familiar with "Year Zero", but I'm pretty sure I already know the answer.

We will hold the crooks accountable beginning on Day 1.

https://tinyurl.com/stfe8385

Posted by: Archimedes at August 19, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

215 198 Tried to give Tom his oral antibiotic, but he doesn't want it. He's an extremely large and powerful cat, injured me a bit in the struggle. I'll try again in a couple of hours, using the Mummy Maneuver.
Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

Is he tall and leggy, with a bobtail? Does he eat Yorkies? I might have identified your problem, if so.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 12:09 PM (Gqar8)

216 They advertise shingles vaccine in supermarkets, and every CVS.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:07 PM (g47mK)

FREE!!!! with most insurance.

Meaning, money laundering at your detriment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

217 Look at Paul with the Earl Scheib hash......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

218 Me at VA clinic last week:

"Do you want the flu shot?"
"No."
"Do you want the shingles shot?"
"No."
"Do you want the covid shot"
*long stare at nurse*
"No."

Nurse said she didn't blame me.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 12:12 PM (1FnQf)

219 "Paul" is a stalker. Now, what do we to stalkers???

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:12 PM (g47mK)

220 Surprisingly good response from Lindsey Graham's sister in GOP primary debate:

“People have asked me how I differ from my brother, and it’s real clear to me: If you’re here illegally, you need to be deported immediately. I think President Trump has done a great job protecting our borders. Again, I support deporting any illegal immigrant. I cosponsored the SAVE America Act. That’s the first bill I cosponsored because if you need to have an ID to check out a library book, you certainly need one to vote. I’m worried about our elections and illegal immigrants voting. There were 6,600 illegals registered to vote in New Jersey and several hundred of them voted. So we have to get the SAVE America Act. I’ll end the filibuster to get it passed.”

==

Her ads are all over Tubi. I voted for her opponent, Ralph Norman, whose ads are nowhere to be found on TV or mailings. I have to say that Darlene Graham is sounding more appealing to me. On 8/25, I may change my runoff vote to her.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 12:12 PM (qBdHI)

221 Remarkable how these non-living things mutate once per year and always remain flu viruses, isn't it? Ooh! Just got an email from a Nigerian prince...
Posted by: t-bird
======
We live in a soup of bacteria and viruses. If you like, you can set up a microscope (although it would take an electron microscope for viruses), and watch them multiple and even mutate in real time.

One should be skeptical of 'new' science findings but not to the point of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

The basic science is sound but in application and novel circumstances may be lousy.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

222
Her ads are all over Tubi. I voted for her opponent, Ralph Norman, whose ads are nowhere to be found on TV or mailings. I have to say that Darlene Graham is sounding more appealing to me. On 8/25, I may change my runoff vote to her.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 12:12 PM (qBdHI)

But the media tells me she had a HORRIBLE debate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

223 19m
*TRUMP: IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON BECAUSE THEY'D USE IT

*TRUMP: OIL PRICES WILL BE A LOT LOWER WHEN THIS IS OVER

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:14 PM (AJWch)

224 218 Me at VA clinic last week:

"Do you want the flu shot?"
"No."
"Do you want the shingles shot?"
"No."
"Do you want the covid shot"
*long stare at nurse*
"No."

Nurse said she didn't blame me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
--------------
Same Same here.. she doesn't ask me anymore.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 19, 2026 12:14 PM (VkY89)

225 aha!!

"Timeline of Varicella Vaccine Introduction
Initial Licensure and Recommendations
The FDA approved Varivax (Merck & Co.) in March 1995 for use in healthy children aged ≥12 months, adolescents, and adults

The vaccine uses the live-attenuated Oka strain of varicella-zoster virus, which was licensed from the Biken Institute at Osaka University in Japan "

Ok, if it became mandatory in 1995, why do older folks who were not varicellaed get it? Or did I misread ? those who got varicella are not going to get shingles ?

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 12:15 PM (g47mK)

226 Sponge, another point in her favor!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 12:15 PM (qBdHI)

227
*TRUMP: OIL PRICES WILL BE A LOT LOWER WHEN THIS IS OVER
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:14 PM (AJWch)

Then f*cking END it.

I'm tired of paying $5 a gallon for diesel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:16 PM (2YhKe)

228 205

Republicans Lose Deep-Red Pennsylvania House Seat Held for 30 Years

https://t.ly/5sp_Q
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Special election and probably a bad GOP candidate. Democrats turned the whole thing into a show involving their Governor etc. to get a talking point. Nevertheless the GOP has reached near parity in actual voter registration in PA through Scott Pressly.

On one off special elections that become negated by the general in a few months, never read much into it. Instead, take a gander at Florida's elections last night indicating a very different outcome but across the state.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)

229 Sponge, another point in her favor!
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 12:15 PM (qBdHI)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

230 nood

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (1FnQf)

231 "Then f*cking END it."

If he makes the Strait of Hormuz a US Territory, it won't end for quite a while, I expect.

Posted by: gp at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

232 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

233 Thanks Whig... I can set my hair on fire another day.

Step back, enjoy the day, and show up for the general in a few months.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 19, 2026 12:18 PM (VkY89)

234 I have to say that Darlene Graham is sounding more appealing to me. On 8/25, I may change my runoff vote to her.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 12:12 PM (qBdHI)

But the media tells me she had a HORRIBLE debate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
----

Read earlier that Darline acquitted herself well. She was honest about Nat Sec. and, as has been said, the opposite of the negative report is the truth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:20 PM (AJWch)

235 219 "Paul" is a stalker. Now, what do we to stalkers???
Posted by: runner
=======
Lock them up before you get a Mangione assassination on your hands.

Advisable to red flag them first if that is allowed in that jurisdiction and even using VPNs don't hide fingerprinting of today's modern computers.

Trolling is becoming increasingly hazardous to the point that if you can continue to do it, it is not because the proprietors don't know who you are and where you are posting from, but you are not big enough nuisance to report to authorities. yet.

And the Digital Millennium Copying Act plus other federal laws can in fact make trolling a federal felony if the person involved ignores repeated and continuous banning from a platform. Becomes a form of digital trespassing. Again, whether the blog proprietors feel strongly enough to refer to federal prosecutors.

So whoever you are Mr. Troll, the likelihood is that CBD knows who you are and where you are along with sufficient computer identification that would stand up in civil and perhaps criminal court.

And if foreign, that also means that you can be arrested and extradicted even in the Turd World.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:21 PM (E4rtv)

236 What other body of water is a US territory?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 19, 2026 12:23 PM (2Ez/1)

237 runner - I think what Black Orchid said was, "if your kid gets the varicella vax (chicken pox vax), the proximity effect can wake up your varicella leftovers from your own chickenpox episode, which in adults tends to manifest as shingles"

Betram Cabot,

I do believe with that thin a margin I suspect Democrat tactics... unless the Republican was an absolutely awful candidate or did no campaigning at all.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:25 PM (aJQbY)

238 233 Thanks Whig... I can set my hair on fire another day.

Step back, enjoy the day, and show up for the general in a few months.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM

Media thrives on making people worry about random shit because it drives engagement. That is why local news long ago went to if it bleeds, it leads news. Boring statistical arguments would never make the media because it does not compel watching. That is why MSNOW got dumped by NBC, it got so ridiculous with its hair on fire coverage of the most recent outrage with nothing happening anywhere near their fearsome predictions, it simply became a Wed on MSNOW.

Deranged people can be obsessive watching hair on fire shit but normies eventually ignore and turn off warnings when they become excessive and not founded in actual events. The Boy that Cried Wolf story comes to mind.

Posted by: whig at August 19, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

239 I'm curious as to how those people who have had shingles feel about the shot. I would not like to go through another shingles attack.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 12:30 PM (XeU6L)

240 It seems that shingles vaccine became "a thing" in the last decade or so. How did people survive shingles before ??
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 11:43 AM (g47mK)

Sometimes they didn’t: my stepfather, who had been in excellent health, declined and died after a severe shingles attack. I saw his example and got the shingles shots.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 12:35 PM (J1vJV)

241 The single greatest scam of all time was when elitists took over the part of the political spectrum that is supposedly for the non elite. It's as if the Bolsheviks actually consisted of the Tsar's family and no one noticed.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 19, 2026 01:49 PM (3/XaG)

242 Mike Hammer--I got the shingles shot because my crazy younger brother, who is tough as nails and who I spent much of my youth trying to beat down, unsuccessfully, told me that at the age of 50-something he got shingles and it damn near killed him. Said he'd never experienced pain like that before.
I got the shot and the reaction was worse than any shot I've ever had--headaches, body aches, chills and fever. I never got the follow-up shot because I didn't want to subject myself to it. I am not a wimp (I think) but I don't know who to believe.
I'm a skeptic about flu shots but have had several over the years. Every year I got one I got the flu.

Posted by: boatbuilder at August 19, 2026 09:08 PM (II0XA)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Alexander of Macedon Trusts the Doctor Philip
Henryk Siemiradzki

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (RqFM6)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

3 nd!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (bFu5X)

4 *sigh*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (bFu5X)

5 Better than trusting Doctor Fauci!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)

6 for the 'ettes? what's under there?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

7 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (RqFM6)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

9 "You should've Ptolemy not to eat the figs!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (6/7Fs)

10 A little bit of beefcake for the ladies.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

11 "LOOK at it! It's quite swollen!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

12 "milk of magnesia"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

13 "You want me to put the leeches WHERE?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (FZ29D)

14 Get me more leeches , stat.
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (rp63B)

15 for the 'ettes? what's under there?
Posted by: cmeat

Nothing they want. That's why he's seeing a doctor.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (RqFM6)

16 9 "bad dates"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

17 Reading the instructions before beginning surgery is commendable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (qwuI6)

18 .......Bad dates.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

19 I don't need no Doctor!

Posted by: Humble Pie at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)

20 Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (2Cry5)

21 Doctor, doctor.....gimmie the news......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

22 18 ha

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

23 "...and of course, I will know if my movements be imprecise, as the buzzer will sound quite loudly. Also, there is a reason your nose will at all times be visible..."

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (OUMaO)

24 What happens in Macedonia doesn't necessarily STAY in Macedonia.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (RqFM6)

25 "How many blue pills did you take?!"

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

26 Doc! What'r all these bumps and sores?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (c/kiq)

27 ha
Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

28 He seems a bit spoiled.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

29 The Macedonians were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

30 23 writer's cramp was impossible

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

31 Everyone has such a nice head of hair!

Posted by: Sy Sperling, Client AND President at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

32 Reading the instructions before beginning surgery is commendable.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (qwuI6)
----
"IMPORTANT! The trepanation hammer must be picked up by the RIGHT hand! Otherwise the demons won't be able to escape the afflicted."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

33 Although, he does have a nice body.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

34 "what makes your big head so hard?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

35 Doctor Phil is searching through his big book of CPT/HCPCS codes so he can bill Medicare.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (6/7Fs)

36 The Clap.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2MN4W)

37 😁 ivermectin?

Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (Edmd5)

38 He's The Paolo, isn't he.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

39 Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (Edmd5)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

40 I was in the pool!

Posted by: Alexander of Macedon at August 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Bob Dole approves!

Posted by: Bob Dole! at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (zBgIx)

42 Thought bubble of the slave boy on the right:

***********

Can't Generate Decent Air Flow - a limerick

There once was a slavish young man
Who said, "I'm doing the best that I can.
Alexander's a big shot
But he still whines he's hot
My opinion? Meh! Not aa big fan!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (I0N4X)

43 "it rubs the lotion on it's what?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

44 Roll him over. The boil is on his bum!

Posted by: Dr. Carbuncle at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

45 Alexander wants to know if BCBS will cover this doctor's visit.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

46 The Clap.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2MN4W)

You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/0rHaZYWEtYs

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (S0M0K)

47 would not hang
too gay

Posted by: Gref at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l)

48 Now for the prostate exam.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

49 "The number shall be three, three being the third number..."

Posted by: Medieval Physicians Desk Reference at August 19, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

50 At first glance I thought he was holding up the sheet to show Doc his manhood. Upon embiggening I see he's resting that hand on his knee.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 19, 2026 09:39 AM (ViCCR)

51 47 sheesh. they're just friends.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

52 The tiger skin bedspread is a nice touch.

Posted by: Bed! Peace! Hair! at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

53 The Clap.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2MN4W)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8-G8EoWOw

Posted by: Insert witty nickname here at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (zBgIx)

54 So, is the treatment going to be a little blue pill?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (+dN71)

55
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

56 Hi, Alex, I'm Dr. Dimitrakopoulos, but you can call me Dr. Patrick! What brings you in today. . .?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

57 guy looking over shoulder is set for the day.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

58 Caption:

"So, Doc...I should pour this boiling oil on my weiner?'

"Yes, then after that *reads text* We'll apply the leeches."

"But, Doc. How's that going to cure my near-sightedness?"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

59
"It's been over four hours, Doc!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)

60 Alexander The Great was a severe alcoholic.

His liver is hanging by a thread in this thread.

Posted by: Drunkcle at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (9WAJE)

61 Everyone who thinks he wants to live in some past age is not thinking about the state of medicine that left Alexander dead at a young age with half the world still unconquered.

Posted by: Martbell at August 19, 2026 09:42 AM (as6X5)

62
https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)

63 I will admit, I prefer, when clicking the image, it pop out in a new window as opposed to going to another page in the current tab.

I'm being picky, I know......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

64 ("do some pushups, it'll go away")

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

65 "I'm a gynecologist. This is my lunch hour."

Posted by: House Call at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (JM9I6)

66 "Great? Dude, there's not much difference between you and a eunuch."

Posted by: tankdemon at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (+dN71)

67 Trusting Doctor Philip instead of Dr. Nick Riviera was the last mistake he ever made...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (FZ29D)

68 Alternate title:

"Doctor Philip Explains Once Again to Alexander That That Is Not a Tumor. It's His Penis."

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

69 It says here "Slap hot iron to it."

Posted by: AoSHQ Doctor with a Time Machine at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (PiwSw)

70 62
https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)

Back when comedy was funny......as was Eddie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

71 “So, Doc, you think I should go after Putin next, or Xi?”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

72 salve? ointment? balm? polstice? tincture?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

73 Paul cannot take Ivermectin. It's an anti-parasitic, after all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (1z8ji)

74 for the 'ettes? what's under there?
Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM

This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)

75 Did Doctor Philip get his medical degree from Cuba?

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

76 67 "inflammable means flammable?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

77
There is a code for that- a limerick

Alexander was a popular gent
I ascribe him no evil intent
"My kingdom's too exclusive
But I'd like it to be more iclusive
I took Viagra, now I pitch a big tent!"

(IYKWIM)

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N48.3

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

78 Paul cannot take Ivermectin. It's an anti-parasitic, after all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (1z8ji)

And he's not a horse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

79 69 "rub some dirt on it"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

80 Alexander was a big fan of Homer. That’s why he was always saying “D’oh!”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

81 And he's not a horse.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

Well, not the entire horse, to be sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (1z8ji)

82 78 i'm right here

Posted by: clorox at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

83 Alexander was a big fan of Homer. That’s why he was always saying “D’oh!”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

*insert rimshot here

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

84 They did all that in textile armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (2MN4W)

85 You put the rum in the coconut and drink the bowl up.

Posted by: Dr Phil at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (2Xqig)

86 Did classical gay porno also use the "wocka-chicka" wah-wah pedal music?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:48 AM (IG3/x)

87 I'm being picky, I know......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

I'll fix that.

#twoweeks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (k5CNB)

88 Caption:

"We Have a Disagreement, Doc. I Say, "No, no, no!" But My Penis Says, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

89 > This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)

Nah, I'm pretty sure Alexander the Great was a Gentile.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (IG3/x)

90 I'll fix that.

#twoweeks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 09:49 AM (k5CNB)

Heh.

Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

91 Before antibiotics, even minor wounds sometimes turned deadly. Some president’s kid got a blister on his heel playing tennis on the White House lawn court. It became infected. Despite the best medical care available at the time, he died.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:51 AM (dLnkr)

92 Relax, Alexander! We won't have to amputate. Your dick will turn green and fall off on its own, 3-4 days, tops.

Posted by: Dr. Phil at August 19, 2026 09:52 AM (1z8ji)

93 91 early pickleball stats.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

94 This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)

Preeeettttty sure Alexander already was the uncut version.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (PGK1w)

95 His father Philip used big, furry war elephants. That’s why they called him “Philip of Mastodon.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

96 Before antibiotics, even minor wounds sometimes turned deadly. Some president’s kid got a blister on his heel playing tennis on the White House lawn court. It became infected. Despite the best medical care available at the time, he died.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:51 AM (dLnkr)

My grandmother died from a cat bite on her foot a few years ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

97 What's a Grecian urn?

Posted by: Gus From Astoria at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (JM9I6)

98 I will admit, I prefer, when clicking the image, it pop out in a new window as opposed to going to another page in the current tab.

I'm being picky, I know......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

Recommended for any link on any AOSHQ thread --

On PC - Right-click, open in new window or new tab
On phone - long-press, open in new window or new tab

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (S0M0K)

99 What's a Grecian urn?
Posted by: Gus From Astoria at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (JM9I6)

The carrier of the Grecian Formula.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (2YhKe)

100 >>What's a Grecian urn?

Same as in town!

*ba da dum dum tshhh!*

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (X8xt3)

101 $20 Same as in town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (2MN4W)

102 I wasn't familiar with Henryk Siemiradzki paintings but this caught my eye. The clean details of the surroundings, natural poses, and especially the unarmored Alexander just draw in the viewer. Even if the audience doesn't know the story behind the painting it is still evocative.

Alexander's idealized body, exposed, vulnerable and open to death, almost has a feel of Christ trusting to God to deliver him. Siemiradzki did a number of Christ-centered biblical paintings so I wondered about a possible connection in the artist's mind.

Posted by: JTB at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

103 > Some president’s kid got a blister on his heel playing tennis on the White House lawn court.

Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Just 16 years old.

I can't even imagine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:55 AM (IG3/x)

104 Alexander of Macedon Trusts the Doctor Philip

And he lived?! Must have been a Doctor of Education- the only real Doctors.

Posted by: Jilly Jill at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (zvo7E)

105 Recommended for any link on any AOSHQ thread --

On PC - Right-click, open in new window or new tab
On phone - long-press, open in new window or new tab
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:54 AM (S0M0K)

I do that with posted actual links. It's just sometimes the Art is posted and pops up in a new window when clicking. That's handy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

106 Just look me up in the index.

Posted by: Grecian Formula at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

107 #89, #94: Horde Mind at work.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x)

108 It's not Macedonia, it's North Macedonia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

109 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

110 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

"SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)

111 109 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

Consider yourself lucky ! Congrats !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:58 AM (RHvlD)

112 9 "You should've Ptolemy not to eat the figs!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (6/7Fs)

; )

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 09:59 AM (odBC9)

113 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Work from home and use AI to do both jobs!

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 09:59 AM (6eubQ)

114 12 "milk of magnesia"
Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

Not that Alexander would Caria grudge.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:00 AM (odBC9)

115 Christianity explained for a modern urban audience.

https://tinyurl.com/yc7dcbpm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

116 Keystone pipeline is back?

I wouldn’t be too sure. Capital investments take a lot of planning, years ahead of time, and one of the keys to any successful economy is a certain kind of predictability, insofar as that is possible in this world. Nobody wants to take the risk of allocating a gazillion dollars towards something, when a merry band of dumb shit Democrats will simply come along and kill it. These things can’t be turned on and off and on and off like a light switch.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (dLnkr)

117 Elon Musk uses AI slop threatening to buy the UK.

Has him walking around dressed like Austin Powers.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RqFM6)

118 A San Francisco high school where students get top grades simply for showing up now has the highest acceptance rate in the state to the prestigious University of California, Berkeley — as critics blame rampant grade inflation and rock-bottom standards for a surge in ill-prepared college students who end up dropping out.

Mission High School had a 45% acceptance rate into the elite university, with 34 out of its 76 applicants gaining admission last fall, far ahead of the state average of 15%, according to data compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle.
=====

This school is a sham indoctrination center.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

119 Rich Corinthian leather!

Posted by: Ricardo at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

120
This school is a sham indoctrination center.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

I mean, it's in California.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)

121 I thought it was the 16th iteration of the Grecian Formula that did the trick?

Cure 72 Hams were awful, I remember that

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:02 AM (dLnkr)

122
Offered for sale on eBay: "Signed by the author" copies of Jason Arday's magnum opus, "Great and Unfortunate Things: A Memoir". Snap yours up -- they're going fast!

Full disclosure: all y'all are sharp enough to recognize that this is a shit posting. To think otherwise would be to accept bogosity piled atop bogosity.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:03 AM (trSL4)

123 I do that with posted actual links. It's just sometimes the Art is posted and pops up in a new window when clicking. That's handy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

Frustrating not getting a handy when you want one, right??

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:03 AM (S0M0K)

124 Oh, I see the Anatolia puns are a pontus.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

125
Meh!

Alexander was a bit of a joker
A womanizer, drinker and smoker
He wanted to be great
But his reform came too late
Now he's known as Alexander the Mediocre

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

126 I got an offer from one employer and a better paying employer is sniffing around. What to do?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (2MN4W)

Use deodorant

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:05 AM (S0M0K)

127
Frustrating not getting a handy when you want one, right??
Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:03 AM (S0M0K)

There's always Rosie and her 5 sisters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

128 70 62
https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)

Back when comedy was funny......as was Eddie.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

REALLY funny!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:05 AM (odBC9)

129 This school is a sham indoctrination center.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

Well...that's a perfect fit for UC Berkeley, which is its own Sham Indoctrination Center!

I went there, and it used to be a great public university. No more!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (k5CNB)

130 Sham indoctrination center? Sounds more like a quality learing center to me.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

131
It's not Macedonia, it's North Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At the insistence of, not to mention military threats from, Greece.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (trSL4)

132 I mean, it's in California.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)
=====

The one year Boy F. attended there he began to perseverate that "[Girl F.] is a raaaaaacist!"

Try hearing that 100 times a day for a year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (RIvkX)

133 Several perfessers in the UC system have written a letter to the administration asking for SAT scores to be used again for admission. I think like 1000 of them.They say kids in their classes can barely read and write let alone understand college level concepts.

In the post George Floyd madness UC got rid of sat scores cuz racism of course. So now admission is based on grades alone which as the SF example shows are useless.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:08 AM (qDa2L)

134 Meh!

Alexander was a bit of a joker
A womanizer, drinker and smoker
He wanted to be great
But his reform came too late
Now he's known as Alexander the Mediocre
Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

He was whelming

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (S0M0K)

135
FUN FACT:

The First Recorded Ancestor of Trump's Was a Roman Emperor-

Orange Julius Caesar!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

136 Henryk Siemiradzki put a bit of polish on the final illness of Alexander, but I am hoping to see the Persian version some day

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

137 > 131
It's not Macedonia, it's North Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At the insistence of, not to mention military threats from, Greece.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (trSL4)

From what I recall from Western Civ class, oh these many years ago*, the "real" Greeks viewed the Macedonians in approximately the same way that coastal elites would view the residents of an Alabama trailer park.

It doesn't sound like anything has changed.

* And it's a mark of just how long ago that was that we actually studied the history of Western Civilization, rather than just hearing about how much white people sucked for 16 weeks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (IG3/x)

138
I imagine that one is no longer permitted to laugh and point at the performers in the continual clown show that took up permanent residence in Sproul Plaza. More's the pity.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:10 AM (trSL4)

139
In the post George Floyd madness UC got rid of sat scores cuz racism of course. So now admission is based on grades alone which as the SF example shows are useless.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:08 AM (qDa2L)

Most schools suspended the practice during covid.

I saw a video not long ago where this black guy was teaching in high school and was crying about the fact that kids are being graduated that can't read or write and there was nothing he could do about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

140 What's a Grecian urn?

***********

My urndying gratitude....

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)

141 > 136 Henryk Siemiradzki put a bit of polish on the final illness of Alexander, but I am hoping to see the Persian version some day
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

I made exactly the same assumption, but apparently this is from an earlier illness of Alexander. He received warning that Philip was going to poison him, but trusted him anyway and recovered.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (IG3/x)

142 " quoting Piker saying "we're going to destroy the white race," a statement he made mocking right-wing conspiracies."

There is some real bullshit from Forbes yesterday. That's not mockery, they mean it.

Posted by: heya at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (TkJMd)

143
What's a Grecian urn?

20 drachma, same as in town

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (trSL4)

144 137 Rodrigo, my little high school had a “Western Tradition” class in the 1980s.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

145 I’ve mentioned this before but the enrollment cliff is gonna be off the hook fun to observe. It starts this year.

Look out bellllloooowwwww.

Thousands upon thousands of university employees will be out of a job. And it will be fucking glorious.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (qDa2L)

146 The Dems right now are in a purity spiral, and the party may well splinter because the DSA types will not compromise an inch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

They're not in a spiral, I promise you. Why do you think Hong joined so quick with the enemy after being very obviously cheated.
Makes no sense.

They're all either compromised or pragmatic, despite anything they say. Which is always lies. Party trumps all. The Democrat Party is making their move after Trump nearly obliterated them.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (Kr1pO)

147
Well...that's a perfect fit for UC Berkeley, which is its own Sham Indoctrination Center!

Until I went there, ~~and~~ it used to be a great public university. No more!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:06 AM (k5CNB)

FIFY

Too bad you flunked Manhattan Mixing 101.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

148 137 we sucked for longer than that.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:14 AM (Bep7s)

149 What's a Grecian urn?

What's a winning Grecian Formula?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:14 AM (RqFM6)

150 138 upper or lower?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:15 AM (Bep7s)

151
What's a Grecian urn?

Enough to buy Jamaican pot.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:15 AM (iJfKG)

152 “ They're not in a spiral, I promise you. Why do you think Hong joined so quick with the enemy after being very obviously cheated.”

Agreed. The left does one thing exceptionally well and that’s stick together. They may have internal divisions but put that aside to defeat the enemy.

Look at 2020 and 2016. Bernie was obviously cheated out of the nomination both times. What did his supporters do? Vote for Biden and Hillary of course. It’s how they roll.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (qDa2L)

153 My grandfather chose to have his body cremated. Sometimes when I pass by the fireplace mantel I can almost hear his voice. I think he's speaking out of urn.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)

154
What makes "rich Corinthian leather" rich?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (trSL4)

155 Q: Whose ragtime bandage needs to be changed?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 10:17 AM (nOMBP)

156 What makes "rich Corinthian leather" rich?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:16 AM (trSL4)

The Corinthian that makes it is quite wealthy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

157 Remember, there are those out there that think 8 million democrat voters simply disappeared.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

158 154 bear grease

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (Bep7s)

159 My grandfather chose to have his body cremated. Sometimes when I pass by the fireplace mantel I can almost hear his voice. I think he's speaking out of urn.
Posted by: Oh, no...

Don't laugh. My mom, at one point, thought about being cremated and surreptitiously emptied throughout a Vegas casino. The only problem, she figured out, was that the rugs would be vacuumed and she'd wind up in a dumpster. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (RqFM6)

160
138 upper or lower?
Posted by: cmeat

I don't understand the distinction. Back in the late 70s "Sproul Plaza", unmodified, served as the moniker for the performance field in front of the Admin Building.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (trSL4)

161 Remember, there are those out there that think 8 million democrat voters simply disappeared.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

Nu-uh! They're just sexist!

- All the dems at the same time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (PGK1w)

162 I like the light reflected on the people in this picture. It's nice Philip had such trust in his doctor. Too bad Covid put such a dent in that with modern medicine.

I actually prefer the artist's picture of Christ and the Samaritan woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (W90Ou)

163 bear grease
Posted by: cmeat

Have some. I need to try it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (RqFM6)

164 What makes "rich Corinthian leather" rich?

***********

Diligent pursuit of a skilled trade, prudent spending, and shrewd investing...

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (I0N4X)

165 Alexander: Doc, are you sure this stuff worked for Socrates?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

166 > 144 137 Rodrigo, my little high school had a “Western Tradition” class in the 1980s.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

Mine was a GenEd university class. It had 4 or 5 texts... stuff like Thucydides, and required multiple 10-15 page papers, plus a longer final paper and a final exam that consisted of one essay question written in a blue book.

The last I time I heard about this class, a decade or so later, was that it had gone to watching a video in every class and writing a paragraph about it.

God knows what it's like now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)

167 Hard to see outside, wait until I get in

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Tj7+t)

168 Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Kr1pO)

169 160 one is higher

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Bep7s)

170 My grandmother requested her cremated ashes be placed in a clear glass urn. Not sure yet if that's a good idea. Remains to be seen.

Posted by: Groan... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

171 https://youtube.com/shorts/tCjGo11ZWag
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I thought the expression it's better to give than receive applied only to STDs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

172 > God knows what it's like now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)

And I'm sure an earlier generation would've considered us wimps, given that we were allowed to read Thucydides in translation rather than the original Greek.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (IG3/x)

173 Hard to see outside, wait until I get in

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Tj7+t)

Help me find my keys and we'll DRIVE outta here!

Posted by: Just the Punchline at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

174 Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM

As opposed to screaming, like his passengers?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (bFu5X)

175
Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (Kr1pO)

While everyone else in the car was screaming?*

*punchline to old joke

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

176 Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ...

Not like the three people in the back seat screaming and crying.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (RqFM6)

177 >>Offered for sale on eBay: "Signed by the author" copies of Jason Arday's magnum opus, "Great and Unfortunate Things: A Memoir". Snap yours up -- they're going fast!

I have a signed copy of Frank Abignale's "Catch Me If You Can" biography, lol!

(it's funny because he's known for counterfeiting)

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (X8xt3)

178 Seems a slow hanging curve was just thrown.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (2YhKe)

179 I don’t want to be cremated put me in a good pine coffin and plant me in the ground like nature intended.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

180
Sometimes when I think about dying I want to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep.
Posted by: ...

...not screaming in terror like all the other people in the car

-- Just the Punchline

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (trSL4)

181
*sigh*

Beaten to the punch.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM (iJfKG)

182 Some of you 29-year-olds probably remember the Mount Saint Helens eruption.

A friend of mine had a jar of the volcanic ash from that on his coffee table... used to tell new acquaintances that it was the ashes of his dead grandmother.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)

183 168 anybody in back?

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (Bep7s)

184 Seems a slow hanging curve was just thrown.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:23 AM

No worries - we smashed that bad boy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (bFu5X)

185 Ashes to ashes.
Dust to dust.

That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

186 Unlike his screaming passengers!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2YhKe)

187 The last I time I heard about this class, a decade or so later, was that it had gone to watching a video in every class and writing a paragraph about it.

God knows what it's like now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)
---
Watch a ten-minute YouTube video. Take a short multiple-choice quiz.

Most of the students will simply let AI take their assessments for them and call it good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (FZ29D)

188 Dr. Phil was hairy and thin in his younger years. Now he's a scary old man.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (tvdD1)

189 The aphorism in construction, that "you can have it done fast, cheap, or right. Pick 2" applies to a lot of things.

Like health care.

Universal health care, however, only gives you the "cheap" option*--it is neither fast nor done right.

* and even that is a lie

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (3cUTc)

190 178 "can o' corn, bob"

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (Bep7s)

191 "I don’t want to be cremated put me in a good pine coffin and plant me in the ground like nature intended.
Posted by: Bulg"

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water

Posted by: An Indian, dot not feather at August 19, 2026 10:26 AM (MWfyi)

192 >>FUN FACT:

The First Recorded Ancestor of Trump's Was a Roman Emperor-

Orange Julius Caesar!

And on his mother's side, Dairy Queen?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:26 AM (X8xt3)

193 People ask me constantly, why do I go out of my way to be petty?

Who said it was out of my way? It's directly on my route. Every single time.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:26 AM (RqFM6)

194 Widow pours out a small amount of her husband's ashes in her hand.

Remember that diamond brooch you always promised me? Here it is.

Remember that European vacation you always promised me? I leave next week.

And remember that blow job I always promised you? Pfffttt!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:27 AM (IG3/x)

195 That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)
----
Most of that is probably YOU.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 19, 2026 10:27 AM (FZ29D)

196
Being petty for ne is a well worn path.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:27 AM (trSL4)

197 >>That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.

Yes, it mite be!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (X8xt3)

198 Dairy Queen.
Burger King.

But somehow never Pizza Duce, Frankfurter Fuhrer, or Taco Generalissimo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (IG3/x)

199
Chow down, wide load!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:29 AM (trSL4)

200 Double Deuce means you took two shits.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)

201 But somehow never Pizza Duce, Frankfurter Fuhrer, or Taco Generalissimo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (IG3/x)

Buy my chicken!

Posted by: General Tso at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji)

202 198 Sushi Shogun would be a great name for a Japanese place.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

203 This is a family blog. They'll have to go somewhere else for the uncut version.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 19, 2026 09:45 AM

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE'S REFERRING TO THE UNCUT VERSION OF THE PAINTING, WHICH HAS THE BLANKET LOWER WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALEXANDER'S UNCUT VERSION ON FULL DISPLAY, SO THE 'ETTES CAN STEAL FURTIVE GLANCES AT IT AND FAN THEMSELVES, PRETENDING THEY'RE HAVING A HOT FLASH.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (SS3XE)

204 197 dust the fax, maam.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

205 I don't understand the distinction. Back in the late 70s "Sproul Plaza", unmodified, served as the moniker for the performance field in front of the Admin Building.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (trSL4)

They call the part near the ASUC "Lower Sproul." It's down the steps, where those idiots used to drum for hours at a time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (k5CNB)

206 Education and death thread. This seems appropriate here.

Harvard to pay $53M after DEI morgue manager sold cadavers to freaks who wanted human body parts

https://tinyurl.com/bdd3rb8w

Looks the part, too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

207 198 royal chicken.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (Bep7s)

208 > Buy my chicken!
Posted by: General Tso at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (1z8ji)

202 198 Sushi Shogun would be a great name for a Japanese place.
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

Good ones.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (IG3/x)

209 Yes, it mite be!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 10:28 AM (X8xt3)

When it comes to puns, your touch is feather light.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (Kr1pO)

210 185 Ashes to ashes.
Dust to dust.

That's why I don't dust.
Might be someone I know.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)

#metoo

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (odBC9)

211 While everyone else in the car was screaming?*

Not like the three people in the back seat screaming and crying

...not screaming in terror like all the other people in the car

*********

The James Monroe doesn't 'get' it!

Posted by: muldoon at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (I0N4X)

212 > Harvard to pay $53M after DEI morgue manager sold cadavers to freaks who wanted human body parts

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

I remember when Charles Manson broke off his prison engagement when he learned that the prospective wife was only marrying him so she could get eventual custody of his corpse.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (IG3/x)

213 used to be a "new york lounge" magic bar around here. powder room had a blow up of burt's cosmo centerfold. when a gal lifted the loincloth for a peek, mars lights and sirens would activate in the main room. shame, shame.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:33 AM (Bep7s)

214 189 The aphorism in construction, that "you can have it done fast, cheap, or right. Pick 2"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 19, 2026 10:25 AM (3cUTc)

I was trying to recall this the other day and couldn't figure out a way to look it up. Thank you!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:34 AM (odBC9)

215 the prospective wife was only marrying him so she could get eventual custody of his corpse.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 10:32 AM (IG3/x)

Oooh...I like that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 10:34 AM (k5CNB)

216 >>FUN FACT:

The First Recorded Ancestor of Trump's Was a Roman Emperor-

Orange Julius Caesar!

And on his mother's side, Dairy Queen?

198 Dairy Queen.
Burger King.
+++

Sitting right here!

Posted by: Aunt Jemima at August 19, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

217
Sitting right here!

Posted by: Aunt Jemima at August 19, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

I'm lookin.......

Posted by: Uncle Ben at August 19, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)

218 I think we all know that the real Dairy Queen is Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

219 I have great jeans, too!

Posted by: L. Strauss at August 19, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)

220 217 "dis sho am good!"

Posted by: uncle remus at August 19, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

221 DDG lists many Sushi Shoguns

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 19, 2026 10:39 AM (7sRdt)

222 >> >>FUN FACT:

The First Recorded Ancestor of Trump's Was a Roman Emperor-

Orange Julius Caesar!

And on his mother's side, Dairy Queen?

198 Dairy Queen.
Burger King.
+++

Sitting right here!

Posted by: Aunt Jemima
=====
I can cook too...

Posted by: Betty Crocker at August 19, 2026 10:39 AM (2Cry5)

223 So even Manson had standards? Who knew?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

224 I can cook too...
Posted by: Betty Crocker at August 19, 2026 10:39 AM

Step aside.

Posted by: Martha White at August 19, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

225 At about the 4th time today Dr Philip sticks his finger up your ass you realize Dr Pepper has more medical training.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:40 AM (/+uur)

226 223 those were his metrics.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:40 AM (Bep7s)

227 At about the 4th time today Dr Philip sticks his finger up your ass you realize Dr Pepper has more medical training.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:40 AM (/+uur)

I'm wearing my "Trust me, I'm a Dr." Dr. Pepper shirt as we speak.

Posted by: Uncle Ben at August 19, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)

228 First, get a stick of butter...

Posted by: Paula Deen at August 19, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

229 Trusting the doctor was his last mistake

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 10:41 AM (SFDy3)

230 Shyte.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)

231 Hey, Doof, I was off to be radiated and couldn't respond to:

How is it unconstitutional? States can set their own rules for how they choose electors. It's stupid to do that national popular vote thing - but seems to be allowed.

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (S0M0K)

That is why I believe that the courts would allow it. I understand the argument that, since they set it up as an interstate compact without permission, it's not kosher but I think it would be allowed to stand.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 10:42 AM (ExV1e)

232 Until I get on ghe site, the WiFi here won't let me in. Once on its fine

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 10:42 AM (SFDy3)

233 Finding an honest contractor is a rare thing. They must be beaten like feral dogs. And I have a lot of friends who are contractors.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 10:43 AM (tvdD1)

234 My Good Housekeeping cookbook might be a little dated.

It helpfully explains “Pronounced Peet Za” under the title heading “Pizza”.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:43 AM (dLnkr)

235 Who wants fish sticks?

Posted by: Mrs Paul at August 19, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)

236 Who wants fish sticks?
Posted by: Mrs Paul at August 19, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)

No thanks, I'm straight.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 10:44 AM (ExV1e)

237 Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:43 AM (dLnkr)

Do they have a recipe for brontosaurus burger in there?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 10:44 AM (Kr1pO)

238 Remember, Doc, don't grab da penis.

Posted by: Dr. Ruth Westheimer at August 19, 2026 10:45 AM (J4Dwc)

239 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.

Posted by: Mary Ann at August 19, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)

240 235 mrs. paul's sticks.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:46 AM (Bep7s)

241 and ma rainey's moleskin cookies.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:46 AM (Bep7s)

242 and ma rainey's moleskin cookies.
Posted by: cmeat

Beats Mrs. Liebowitz's foreskin cookies.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:47 AM (RqFM6)

243 each cookie is a whole mole.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:47 AM (Bep7s)

244 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.
Posted by: Mary Ann at August 19, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)

She's a pretty good cook, sittin' on her groceries.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 10:47 AM (1z8ji)

245 I can dress up, but Ginger can't cook.
Posted by: Mary Ann at August 19, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)

Now, now... I'd be willing to entertain both of you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

246 "Looks like a penis, only smaller".

Posted by: Hollywood Knights line at August 19, 2026 10:47 AM (hmYU4)

247 eat 'em once, wipe 'em off, eat 'em again.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:47 AM (Bep7s)

248 Shot: UC-Berkeley math prof says she has to teach fractions to calculus students because standards have fallen so far.

Chaser: SF high school where 94% flunk math has California’s highest Berkeley acceptance rate.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:48 AM (/+uur)

249 Well, I have a doctorate in media studies. So pull your toga up.

Posted by: Philip at August 19, 2026 10:49 AM (diia5)

250 206 Education and death thread. This seems appropriate here.

Harvard to pay $53M after DEI morgue manager sold cadavers to freaks who wanted human body parts

https://tinyurl.com/bdd3rb8w

Looks the part, too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

ewww

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:49 AM (odBC9)

251 I'm wearing my "Trust me, I'm a Dr." Dr. Pepper shirt as we speak.
Posted by: Uncle Ben at August 19, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)

Ben
Ben Dover

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:49 AM (/+uur)

252 It’s actually pretty good, a very compact yet dense tome, filled with a lot of advice on how to select basic staples, groceries and ingredients and put together meals, all sorts of basics on learning how to cook, bake, desserts, gravies, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:49 AM (dLnkr)

253 ewww
Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:49 AM (odBC9)

Poor bastards thought they were donating their mortal remains to Science, but they got stiffed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 10:50 AM (1z8ji)

254 If you want to understand how bad polling is just type Median Strategies in your search

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:52 AM (/+uur)

255 When you read a story about a funeral home with bodies stacked to the rafters and spilling out into sheds, trailers and outbuildings, it’s because bereaved families don’t pay their bills, usually. They really loved Grandma, but … not that much, apparently.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:52 AM (dLnkr)

256 253 ewww
Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 10:49 AM (odBC9)

Poor bastards thought they were donating their mortal remains to Science, but they got stiffed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 10:50 AM (1z8ji)

Sam Kinnison has great bit about fucking dead people

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:52 AM (/+uur)

257
They call the part near the ASUC "Lower Sproul." It's down the steps, where those idiots used to drum for hours at a time.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Oh, consider me educated. I never gave a crap about what went on there. The social and political performative madness in front of Sproul Hall was entertainment enough for me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2026 10:52 AM (trSL4)

258 With education (or what passes for it today) standards so low, we're going to see a lot of mechanical and technological stuff that fails... remain unrepaired because there's nobody competent enough to do it.

Imagine a modern elevator having issues that render it non-operational. Does Otis or some other manufacturer have enough staff on hand to fix it? What about in 20 years?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 10:53 AM (2Cry5)

259 Speaking of contractors, we just shelled out over $8K for a waterline replacement. Oof.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

260 Appears FOX has pulled (404) a story on AOC

FOX News •
Top News • 4 hours ago

Federal $25 minimum wage mandate would destroy nearly 5M jobs, hit booming Sun Belt hardest: study

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:53 AM (AJWch)

261 Be the reason someone gets f'n mad over a meme.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:53 AM (RqFM6)

262 Nice art.
A little gay but nice

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 19, 2026 10:53 AM (xcxpd)

263 They really loved Grandma, but … not that much, apparently.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:52 AM (dLnkr)

Routine in many communities. Sister Edna saving money for plane ticket to funeral so put body on ice for 6 or 8 weeks.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:54 AM (/+uur)

264 Oppsie, it can be found at noticias.foxnews.com/

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:55 AM (AJWch)

265 Henryk Siemiradzki put a bit of polish on the final illness of Alexander, but I am hoping to see the Persian version some day
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

The Persian version is a diversion.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2026 10:55 AM (g8Ew8)

266 Federal $25 minimum wage mandate would destroy nearly 5M jobs, hit booming Sun Belt hardest: study
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:53 AM (AJWch)

In Texas less than 1% of people working >35 hours make min wages.
The average hourly wage in Texas is $26 as of 2026.

Dems love 1% solutions.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:56 AM (/+uur)

267 Beware of Geeks, bearing gifts.

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie at August 19, 2026 10:56 AM (JM9I6)

268 >>>When you read a story about a funeral home with bodies stacked to the rafters and spilling out into sheds, trailers and outbuildings, it’s because bereaved families don’t pay their bills, usually. They really loved Grandma, but … not that much, apparently.

Posted by: Common Tater

>This is when you fire up the crematorium and stack them like kindling. There's a couple of 55 gallon drums out back waiting for pickup.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 10:56 AM (tvdD1)

269 258 my brother has a tool box.
when the "new genius wunderkind" decided to save money by switching hellavator services, my 399 engineer pal says otis came and ripped all of there controls out of the penthouse. took new service a week to figure out the snarled mess. sixty story building on wabash with no uppy downy.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:57 AM (Bep7s)

270 Federal $25 minimum wage mandate would destroy nearly 5M jobs, hit booming Sun Belt hardest: study
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 10:53 AM (AJWch)

In Texas less than 1% of people working >35 hours make min wages.
The average hourly wage in Texas is $26 as of 2026.

Dems love 1% solutions.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 10:56 AM (/+uur)

Many labor unions make a multiple of the minimum wage. Raising the minimum wage from 7.25 to 25 could give some workers a $50/hour raise. It would be catastrophic and would fuck over everyone else.

That's why the Dems love it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 10:58 AM (ExV1e)

271 263 my buddies mom was an edna. we called her 'nog.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:58 AM (Bep7s)

272 In Texas less than 1% of people working >35 hours make min wages.
The average hourly wage in Texas is $26 as of 2026.

Dems love 1% solutions.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Which is a hair under 4x minimum wage.

If the minimum wage goes to $25/hr, I'll bet you 10,000 quatloos those $26/hr people don't get raises to $100/hr.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:58 AM (RqFM6)

273 Art Throughout History: Ancient to the 20th Century

Henryk Hektor Siemiradzki (1843 – 1902) was a painter. He spent most of his active creative life in Rome.

The episode depicted in Siemiradzki's painting is connected with the following legend. During his campaign against the Persian king Darius III, Alexander the Great contracted a cold and subsequently fell seriously ill. The physicians were reluctant to treat him, fearing that the Macedonians would massacre them if they failed to overcome the illness and Alexander died. According to Plutarch, only his physician Philip, "seeing the serious condition of the patient, put friendship above all else and considered it criminal not to share the danger with Alexander and not to exhaust - even at the risk to himself - all means". Philip prepared a strong medicine and brought it to the sick man. Shortly before, Alexander received an urgent message from his commander, Parmenion, informing him that his physician had been bribed by Darius and would administer poison instead of medicine. As Philip handed Alexander the bowl of potion, the king asked him to read the letter he had received.

Nicely done painting; great detail & back story.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 10:59 AM (NFX2v)

274 their, jeez.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 10:59 AM (Bep7s)

275 Which is a hair under 4x minimum wage.

If the minimum wage goes to $25/hr, I'll bet you 10,000 quatloos those $26/hr people don't get raises to $100/hr.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 10:58 AM (RqFM6)

And social security checks wouldn't increase 400%.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 11:00 AM (ExV1e)

276 Speaking of contractors, we just shelled out over $8K for a waterline replacement. Oof.
Posted by: Bulg

It's like letting a mechanic into your home after a used-car salesman has taken down your information.

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2026 11:00 AM (6eubQ)

277 If the minimum wage goes to $25/hr, I'll bet you 10,000 quatloos those $26/hr people don't get raises to $100/hr.

Posted by: rickb223

The problem is not that minimum wage is too low. The problem is generations of deliberate suppression of wages for "good jobs".

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 11:00 AM (OUMaO)

278 They really loved Grandma, but … not that much, apparently.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 10:52 AM (dLnkr)

Routine in many communities. Sister Edna saving money for plane ticket to funeral so put body on ice for 6 or 8 weeks.
Posted by: r hennigantx

No frills graveside service in Texas is $10k. And they want their $$ upfront.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 11:00 AM (RqFM6)

279 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

280 The problem is not that minimum wage is too low. The problem is generations of deliberate suppression of wages for "good jobs".
Posted by: Brother Tim

Exactly.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 11:01 AM (RqFM6)

281 Cause and effect. What’s that?

Imagine the natural, no legislation required going rate for entry level non-skilled minimum wage jobs without the millions and millions of illegal aliens who’ve setup shop here and compete for jobs here in good ole U.S.A.

Add on top of that to that higher taxes, grocery prices, Rent, Insurance, and the rest of it. It’s just profoundly retarded. Leftists demand what never was, and never will be. They won’t shut the fuck up, and they won’t change the subject.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 11:01 AM (dLnkr)

282 I'm just wondering if Dr. Phil ever cured anybody. I know he got good ratings.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 11:02 AM (tvdD1)

283 278 yea, they wanted real money just to place wifey's ashes with her dad' plot. i had them check to see if there was enough room and then just placed her into the one by three plug they dug out.

Posted by: cmeat at August 19, 2026 11:03 AM (Bep7s)

284 Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 11:01 AM (dLnkr)

Agitation ain't just a strait in Pakistan.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 11:04 AM (Kr1pO)

285 Trump's making a deal with Canada.
Opening the Keystone pipeline is part of the deal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 11:06 AM (AJWch)

286 My grandmother requested her cremated ashes be placed in a clear glass urn. Not sure yet if that's a good idea. Remains to be seen.
Posted by: Groan... at August 19, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Here's lookin' at you, kid.

Posted by: Grandma at August 19, 2026 11:32 AM (hmYU4)

287 Burst retrocecal appendix with subsequent sepsis
or
poison to include food poisoning (unintentional)

Posted by: epador at August 19, 2026 01:17 PM (TRnzq)

288 I shared Mom's ashes with my daughter, brother, and sister. I put my share in the spot Mom & Dad took us to go crawfishing and blackberrying when we were kids. My daughter scatter Mom's ashes in Galway Bay on a trip to Ireland. My sister spread them on the beach at Dana Point, CA, and my brother put her ashes under a tree on a hillside in Colorado so she'd always have a nice sunset view … I'm pretty sure Mom's a happy grrl now …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 19, 2026 01:17 PM (ayRl+)

289 Quality posts is the main to be a focus for
the visitors to visit the site, that's what this website is providing.

Posted by: Discover More Here at August 20, 2026 12:47 AM (UwCXa)

The Morning Report — 8/ 19 /26

Good morning kids. Once again our complete lack of shock by this is in direct proportion to our abject horror and revulsion.

Again, El-Sayed’s mother was helping the financial operations of a network that supported one of the most infamous terrorist leaders of modern times (Bin Laden), who orchestrated the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans in 2001. That same network supported a terrorist group (Hamas) that committed the worst single day of slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust in 2023. And the “charity” network propped up the genocidal Jihad group that has spent years committing atrocities in Afghanistan: the Taliban. El-Sayed has not publicly distanced himself from Elkomy’s past, or indeed, from Islamic extremist groups in general. Why should he, when Islam explicitly teaches that Jihad is praiseworthy? Again, CAIR not only donated to him, but officially endorsed him and encouraged people to vote for him. If a terrorist front group endorses you, that probably means you are likely to promote the goals of Jihad. And the Muslim Brotherhood celebrated El-Sayed’s primary win. El-Sayed certainly — and proudly — supports wiping Israel off the map.

Welcome to Michiganistan! Where we all slam for ISLAM!!!

And despite New York City, the most Jewish city on the planet outside of Israel itself went utterly meshugah by voting in Momzer Mamdani, this still happened.

Now the largest Catholic civil rights group in the United States — the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights — has also asked Mamdani to stay away from the 9/11 ceremony, for the same reasons that the families and friends of those murdered on 9/11 gave. More on that demand can be found here: “Largest Catholic Civil Rights Group in US Urges Mamdani to Skip 9/11 Memorial Ceremony,” by Shiryn Ghermezian, Algemeiner, August 6, 2026:

Well, leave it to Bill Donohue and the Catholics to step up and do the right thing. But there is no way that that evil scumbag is going to skip the 9/11 ceremonies. Because for him and every other Muslim on the planet, 9/11 was not an horrendous tragedy, to them it was a glorious victory. I fully expect ululations and the passing out of candy and Halvah in every Muslim neighborhood this side of the M-79 star system. I wouldn't put it past Hizzbollah hizzoner to add the names of the 20 hijackers to the list of the victims along with Bin Laden.

Considering the Democrats have a bigwig who honored her grandfather on Veteran's Day who served during World War 2, no not as a GI but in the Nazi Wehrmacht, perhaps my observation about Mamdani is less a nightmarish wisecrack than God-forbid a prediction of the future! And what a shock, the aforementioned Democrat bigwig turns out to be Kelly Neumann a fundraising boss in MICHIGAN!

How do you say Ach du Lieber in Arabic or Pashtun...or with a Yuper accent?!!! From that madness we flashback to the glory days of Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants and this character he and his ilk inflicted on us...

A “Maryland father.” That’s how the propaganda press described Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien from El Salvador that the Trump administration sought to deport. Despite accusations of MS-13 ties, human smuggling, and domestic abuse, Democrats and their allies in the corporate press turned Abrego Garcia into a national martyr. But the innocent “Maryland father” narrative is collapsing once again with new details revealed by the Department of Justice about Abrego Garcia. . . As the propaganda press’ cover-up for criminal Abrego Garcia continues to fail, they keep trying to find new ways to preserve their carefully crafted narrative about him, this time by just not telling their readers about the new evidence, while in the past just parroting the preferred narrative from a court or Abrego Garcia’s lawyers.

Other than the aforementioned meshugas, yesterday was another primary day in several states and here's the tale of the tape/recap, courtesy of Breitbart.

Have a good day.

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

“I was going to kill Scott Bessent," Ryan Michael English told authorities as he was handcuffed.
Transgender-Identifying Man Sought To Kill Scott Bessent
Paige Cognetti touted the training as part of an effort to 'address racial bias in city government' and 'increase accountability'
Pennsylvania Mayor Running for Congress Tapped Professor Known for Singling Out White Students To Train Cops on Their 'Unconscious Bias'
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
ICE Director Todd Lyons later acknowledged that two agents involved in the incident lied about what happened. Federal prosecutors also dismissed charges against Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Aljorna after newly discovered evidence conflicted with the original allegations.
Minnesota Wants Christian Castro. The Media Already Has Its Verdict.
No ‘birthright citizenship’ for Mexican-natives who have an American citizen ancestor, federal court rules.
No Birthright Citizenship for Mexican-Born Man, Fifth Circuit Rules
The ‘Maryland father’ narrative is collapsing once again with new details revealed by the Department of Justice about Abrego Garcia.
New Filing Details Human Smuggling Evidence Against ‘Maryland Father’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia

THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
With Monday’s quiet expiration of the 60-day cease-fire deal in Iran and no talks scheduled about a new agreement, the on-again, off-again war has entered a strange new phase.
Michael Goodwin: Voluntary regime change in Iran appears to be a pipe dream — despite Trump’s efforts
The murderers came home. The Yazidis were left behind.
The Wrath of ISIS and the Case for the Yazidi
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
The strike came “after a reported visit by a Turkish military delegation to the site.”
Report: Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Airbase as Turkey Expands Regional Military Footprint
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Salman Ahmed Elmi, who was honored by the state’s Department of Human Services in 2021 with the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship, was slapped with a total of eight counts of aiding and abetting theft last week, the National Review reported.
‘Outstanding’ Minnesota refugee from Somalia once honored by the state faces charges in $4.5M Medicaid, sex-trafficking scheme
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Big government is a fearful master. In one of his State of the Union speeches, President Bill Clinton famously said, “The era of big government is over.” Today’s leftists never got that message. They love big government, almost as much as they despise President Donald Trump. They call him an authoritarian... Like everyone else on the left, the report’s authors claim to be fighting for “democracy,” which is to say fighting President Trump. But one reason Trump is in office today is that the federal government became so unresponsive.
From 'Affordability' to Antitrust: The Left Fantasizes About Bringing Back Big Government
California’s “abundance” agenda promises more of everything—except the water, energy, and infrastructure needed to make abundance possible.
California’s Neglected Infrastructure is Harming America
Her jurisprudence signals a revived skepticism of originalism and limits on judicial power.
Ketanji Brown(25) Jackson and the Return of the Warren Court
In its application to SCOTUS, the Justice Department characterized Leon’s injunction as “extraordinary and unlawful,” and argued that the project (“integrated military complex) “ is vitally required by national security.”
DOJ Asks SCOTUS To End Blockade On White House Ballroom Construction
Child-to-staff requirements raise costs without delivering clear benefits.
Sweden Doesn’t Mandate Childcare Ratios. Why Does America?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The "Podcast Election" has shown us that Democrats tend to pretend bias doesn’t exist, while Republicans tend to embrace it.
The Real Reason Trust In Media Collapsed
The Fourth Estate is constitutionally illiterate.
Fake News ‘Journalists’ Love the Deep State
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Again, El-Sayed’s mother was helping the financial operations of a network that supported one of the most infamous terrorist leaders of modern times (Bin Laden), who orchestrated the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans in 2001. That same network supported a terrorist group (Hamas) that committed the worst single day of slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust in 2023. And the “charity” network propped up the genocidal Jihad group that has spent years committing atrocities in Afghanistan: the Taliban.
El-Sayed’s Mother Worked for Terror Group That Helped Bin Laden
The Islamic Society of North America convention also features an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Islamic Group Pulls Pakistani Cleric Known for 'Pedophilic Rhetoric' From Convention Featuring Abdul El-Sayed—But Keeps Imam Who Called Holocaust 'Hoax'
The thing no Muslims believe turns out to be something many of them believe — again.
Muslim Cleric Affirms: Kill Those Who Insult Muhammad
Will he do the decent thing?
Largest Catholic Civil Rights Group Wants Mamdani Disinvited to 9/11 Ceremony (How could Mamzerdani not attend because Muslims believe 9/11 was a great and glorious Islamic victory. He'll be smirking, gloating and praising the terrorists at the podium?! - jjs)

AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
By pleading guilty today, Dr. Morens has taken responsibility for what he did and will continue to do so.” – Tim Belevetz, Morens’ lawyer...
Former Fauci Aide Pleads Guilty to ‘Defrauding U.S.’ in COVID-19 Scheme.
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
While Biden policies are responsible for runaway inflation, the Trump admin still has work to do to get costs back under control.
Blame (Mostly) Biden For High Prices
You don’t defeat socialism by giving up on basic economics.
Don’t Throw the Free-Market Baby Out With the Bathwater

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
The University of Denver's Animal Law Program, where Rutinel served as a fellow, is run by a Harvard-trained lawyer who said there's 'no principled reason' for elephants to be 'deprived of legal personhood'
Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Served as Fellow at University Law Program Tied to Accused Ecoterrorists and Claims of Insect Sentience
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
If you can’t understand that it’s evil to kill children, you are a mortal danger to the innocent and therefore not fit to live in a just society.
‘Postpartum Depression’ Or Not, Lindsay Clancy Should Be Executed For Murder
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
It’s time for parents to take full control of their children’s education.
Escaping the Educational Industrial Complex
There are several reasons that college students are dumber today than in past generations.
Another reason many college students can't do math
Any society that sees any value in a delusional, narcissistic con-man like Jason Arday is doomed to fail. (Obama's jug ears just perked up - jjs)
The Jason Arday Scandal Is Even Worse Than You Think
Empowering educators to take back their classrooms is a necessary solution for the school behavioral violence the Obama administration’s race-based discipline policies ushered in.
New Iowa Law Empowers Teachers To Take Back Their Classrooms From Violent Students
ABORTION
Massachusetts’ new law approves unrestricted abortion up until birth.
Murder They Wrote
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The deployment underscores the importance of election integrity to the Trump administration. Recent polling suggests that the midterms are practically neck-and-neck. As such, much of the public is likely to welcome additional oversight against cheating. The record number of monitors is likely to be taken as a source of reassurance for voters concerned about election integrity.
Trump DOJ Deploys Record 1,000 Election Observers to Monitor Midterms.
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITIC RINO SCUM
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) responded to the news that a former staffer of his is now working on the campaign of Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico.
John Cornyn on Former Staffer Now Working for Talarico Campaign: Only ‘Authoritarian Countries’ Tell You ‘Where You Work’
The silence from most of the GOP on so fundamental an issue.
Socialism in the Open and on the Right
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
“Median Strategies has concluded its polling project and will not publish additional polls. All previously published polling releases have been withdrawn and should not be cited or treated as genuine polling data.”
Pollster Behind Karen Bass’ 12-Point Lead Admits Poll Was Fake, Shuts Down Operations
“I wish my family could afford to buy me a million-dollar home.”
Glass houses Anti-rich DSA leader lives it up in posh $1.5M NYC pad paid for by millionaire parents
POLITICS
Full coverage start to finish from Breitbart - jjs
Election Bight in AK, FL, CA and WY...
White House communications director Steven Cheung fired back on Ossoff in a post to X, calling him a “miserable person who hates this country.”
White House Lambastes ‘Theater Kid’ Sen. Jon Ossoff
Results came in fast and furious in the Sunshine State, where one House incumbent was unseated, several others fended off insurgent primary challengers and a Democratic Senate hopeful was dealt a stunning defeat by a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Key takeaways from action-packed primary election night in Florida
The vast majority of black voters supported his primary opponent, who denounced the election as 'racist'
In Major Reversal, Talarico Implies That Black Votes Matter
What have we become when a majority would support a Socialist candidate over one endorsed by the president?
The Ruination Of America
We've come a long way since 1988.
The Long Rise of the New DemocratParty
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Meanwhile, Colombian president asks President Trump to suspend tariffs after recent earthquake.
Indonesia Hit by Nearly 1000 Aftershocks Following Major 7.7 Earthquake
UN and Congress Commies stage next fake crisis.
Cuba Claims It’s the New Gaza
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Strategy draws on a “Finland model,” allowing carefully conditioned initial construction at allied foreign yards while requiring technology transfer, U.S. investment, workforce training, and eventual domestic production.
Trump Moves to Rebuild America’s Naval Shipbuilding Base
Murat Piker, who muses on the nature of ‘incels’ on his brother’s livestream, has worked on major military projects including jets and undersea drones
Hasan Piker’s Wingman Brother Is Space Engineer With Security Clearances Who’s Worked on Air Force One and Nuclear ‘Doomsday Plane’ for Boeing
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Our federal government is now so powerful that it can bankrupt or shut down a commodity, an industry, or a class of restaurant with a single decree.
The Cyclospora Panic of 2026
Vaccine critics say that among other “egregious subterfuges, cheats and poor design practices” in Moderna’s clinical trial, the company didn’t use a true placebo, but instead compared the mRNA shot to a traditional flu vaccine, in other words they compared “one bad vaccine with another.”
Critics Say Moderna’s New FDA-Approved mRNA Flu Shot Does More Harm Than Good
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in October will start recognizing detransitioning — reversing gender “transition” mutilation — in official diagnosis codes for purposes of insurance billing and data collection.
CDC Recognizes Detransitioning As Official Condition, Opens Door To Medical Treatment For Mutilated Kids
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
As that technology begins going into full operation, China will also slowly stop crashing uncontrolled lower stages within China, often at great risk to its own citizens. The Chinese communists did not develop this technology for this reason (it has apparently never cared whether its falling rockets injured innocent civilians), but to lower its launch costs and increase its launch rate. It will now be able to do all these things.
China today finally succeeds in vertically soft-landing a first stage
The picture... is a screen capture from the short video issued by SpaceX, showing both Starship in the foreground and SpaceX’s recovery ship in the background. That this spacecraft has remained seaworthy after all this time is a remarkable testament to its design and construction, and bodes well for future iterations.
Floating Starship successfully reaches calm waters off Christmas Island
In more blunt terms, cosmologists have been guessing, and their guesses are likely wrong.
Webb data suggests early galaxies had more low-mass stars than predicted
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
While the basic facts of the Clancy case are agreed by both prosecution and defense inside the courtroom, outside everything is up for grabs.
The Medea of Massachusetts: What the Social Media Reaction to the Lindsay Clancy Trial Says about American Women Today
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
It's all well and good to say women want to be girlbosses, and yeah it's fine to be in charge, but not to be in charge of everything, and certainly not of romance.
Bumble's switch-up is right— let men do the asking
Christian Toto: Unhinged "comic" gets media lovefest in return to Trump's America
Rosie O’Donnell Calls Jewish Bari Weiss a ‘Nazi’
“Would you be open to styling for this person for his trial?” the magazine asked Jacobs. After looking at the photo of Mangione, Jacobs chucked, and answered “Um, yes.”
Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Says He Would Dress Luigi Mangione for His Trial, Calls Him a Fashion Trendsetter
HITHER & YON
One of the great mysteries of the New World is its name. Why were both continents named after a relatively unknown Italian merchant by the name of Amerigo Vespucci, rather than the great explorers who are much more well known for discovering and exploring its shores in the 1490s?
The map that named the New World

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1 When will the morons of the US discover the enemy within our borders?

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at August 19, 2026 07:21 AM (vj9mz)

2 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

3 Helluva Mother's Day over at El-Sayed's!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 07:23 AM (ndZc7)

4 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 07:27 AM (2Cry5)

6 The arrival of Ship 13 at Christmas Island is amazing. Went through some rough seas.

Another picture on the web showed the rocket floating in port, with two ships, each equipped with one large crane, adjacent to it.

This speaks well of the workmanship of SpaceX.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

7 All of those revelations about the character of his family
1. Is no surprise
2. Further qualifies him among the Islamist-Democrat voters

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

8 The Propaganda Press will glory in the spectacle of a jihadist mayor celebrating the murder of thousands of citizens, and his wife will get plenty of press too, at least from her tweets on the big day if nothing else.

Oh, what a horrible thing New Yorkers have done, putting this awful guy in Gracie Mansion.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 07:29 AM (qPiHX)

9 When will the morons of the US discover the enemy within our borders?

We know they are there. We may or may not have planned out what to do. A hint is in the level of gun ownership of US citizens. Has it gone up?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

10 G'morning J.J.!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)

11 Huck Follywood

I'll bet Mandamni was cheated into office. This, after previous mayors drove out many rational voters to other places. So a long-standing operation to take over, decades in the making.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

12 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

13 It sucks for people who lost loved ones on 9/11 to have to endure some smarmy terrorist gloating over their ashes.

I get it. But it's totally appropriate for Mamdani to be there - it's a city full of people who elected him because they hate America and love Islam and want to see a Muslim spike the ball on their graves.

Black, white, brown, Muslim, atheist and Jew alike, they all share the common ground of hatred for this country and its people.

If I were in the shoes of these 9/11 families, I'd just move the commemoration ceremony to Shanksville, and move my own butt out of that sorry ass foreign city. It's enemy territory now. Why ritualistically pass beneath the conquerors' yoke every day?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

14 The Real Reason Trust In Media Collapsed

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Ooo! I know! I know!
[Waves hand over head]

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 07:33 AM (ndZc7)

15 $39.9 Trillion in debt.

Trillion with a "T".

Tick tock...tick...tock...

Posted by: Broke, Sober and Sorry at August 19, 2026 07:33 AM (9WAJE)

16 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 19, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Good morning! A triple-digit roaster of a day to commence.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 19, 2026 07:35 AM (wVcYX)

18 >Floating Starship successfully reaches calm waters off Christmas Island
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This is a fascinating on-going story
I think now, the only way this ends is they tow the thing back out to sea, and sink it

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:36 AM (ZxPkt)

19 Will he do the decent thing?
Largest Catholic Civil Rights Group Wants Mamdani Disinvited to 9/11 Ceremony

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I'd be highly shocked if he did the "decent thing" and stayed away. The temptation to rub America's face in 9/11 just by showing how islam has conquered NYC will be too great.

I hope he gets pelted with rotten, wet garbage.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:37 AM (qBdHI)

20 >15 $39.9 Trillion in debt.

It's a write off.

Posted by: Kramer at August 19, 2026 07:37 AM (Q+gd/)

21 >I'd be highly shocked if he did the "decent thing" and stayed away.
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He can't stay away
Staying away would be admitting that concerns about his presence are valid

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:39 AM (ZxPkt)

22 If they let him speak at that ceremony unscathed I will be sorely disappointed.

This is an excellent opportunity to humiliate the Islamists. Not a single word he utters should be heard.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

23 Don Black

Lift it to Starbase City in Texas as a monument to the early days of the SpaceX Solar System Empire; Elon IV, Emperor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

24 San Franpsycho

As the crowd turns their backs to Mandamni, throw shoes at the stage.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

25 The University of Denver's Animal Law Program, where Rutinel served as a fellow, is run by a Harvard-trained lawyer who said there's 'no principled reason' for elephants to be 'deprived of legal personhood'

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Now do unborn babies. Anyone hazard a guess where this idiot stands?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)

26 Rosie O'Donnell celebrated her return to America by calling Bari Weiss a Nazi. Bari, a nice Jewish girl from Pittsburgh, a lesbian, and a Democrat, has committed the great sin of not accepting mindless groupthink that dictates antisemitic hate.

It’s worth noting that Gina Carano’s Hollywood career collapsed after she shared a social media message suggesting conservatives are being “othered” much like Jewish people in 1930s-era Germany.

Roseanne Barr lost her signature ABC sitcom, and so much more, for one racially-charged Tweet.

O’Donnell will face no repercussions for saying such cruel, fact-free things.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 07:45 AM (Xa17V)

27 As the crowd turns their backs to Mandamni, throw shoes at the stage.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

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Yeah, like that!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

28 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Excellent point. But killing the innocent is so "on brand" for commies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

29 Good morning

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 19, 2026 07:46 AM (jJdaW)

30 Is Starship 13 the first one to be recovered? I understand SpaceX would like to examine it for future upgrades.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 07:47 AM (2Cry5)

31 >Lift it to Starbase City in Texas as a monument
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to paraphrase Matt Damon, Elon would have to science the shit out of that

all seriousness aside, I don't see how

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)

32 to paraphrase Matt Damon, Elon would have to science the shit out of that

all seriousness aside, I don't see how
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)
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Even if they have to cut it into parts, I suspect they will take it back to Texas

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (j/Zm5)

33 > Is Starship 13 the first one to be recovered?
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I think so
usually it lands on the water, keels over and explodes/sinks
this one refused to explode

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)

34 Martini Farmer

Yes, wrt the Ship part of the rocket.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

35 Penn States's cocaine kingpin had a nickname - I'm being completely serious here - and it's amazing.

Pablo Pledgescobar.

Absolutely epic. LET'S GO STATE!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 07:50 AM (PGK1w)

36 Briahna Joy Gray
@briebriejoy
Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.
The problem with cops is their selective enforcement of crime. It’s about protecting monied interests. Not you.

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"Killer" and fashion icon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 07:52 AM (ndZc7)

37 As someone who readily admits that I'd be a defense attorney's worst juror (I have little compassion for those that are obviously guilty and fully support the death penalty), I do go back and forth on what Lindsay Clancy's punishment should be. The woman jumped out of a window and severed her spine. She obviously has very deep psychological problems, coupled with all that pharmaceutical stew she was taking. I'd be less inclined to sentence her to death (does MA even have that?). She should get life in prison, not be confined to some mental hospital for X number of years. It's all an incredible tragedy. Incidentally, I thought it really strange how her husband got married so quickly afterward.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)

38 Don Black

There is well practiced technology in getting large object, like the USS Cole or USS Roberts, out of the water for transport to repair yards.

Lift ships, usually by Dutch salvage firms, meet that need.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

39 Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.

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I'd like some proof of that please.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

40 Pablo Pledgescobar.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Excellent. The Dems will run him for President in 2032.

Glad to know your roof is sound, or it would be Gutterdammerung.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

41 @briebriejoy... The problem with cops is their selective enforcement of crime. It’s about protecting monied interests. Not you.

She's on the right track.

Posted by: davidt at August 19, 2026 07:55 AM (Q+gd/)

42 Thanks, JJ!

You Rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 07:56 AM (VyBeY)

43 > There is well practiced technology in getting large object, like the USS Cole or USS Roberts, out of the water for transport to repair yards.

Lift ships, usually by Dutch salvage firms, meet that need.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I'd bet, it Musk has an interest in this sort of thing again, that's exactly what we'll see near the splashdown point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 07:56 AM (2Cry5)

44 Briahna Joy Gray
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Who bitch dis is?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

45 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

46 Martini Farmer

If the FAA does not approve a Chopsticks landing, putting it in the nearby Gulf of America would be a sound plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

47 Birdbath status?

Dry as a bone...

Morning, all. I endure. Time to finish waking up, take a walk before it gets too hot, and start the job searches again.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 07:58 AM (aJQbY)

48 I'd like some proof of that please.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)
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It's just sh*t they say to advance their will to power.

Everything a leftists says is a lie. They do not recognize objective truth. Anything that serves their purpose is "truth."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

49 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Have a great Hump Day everyone.
Outside of the DSA woman beating Vindman (hehehehe) the DSA didn't have a good day yesterday. Hopefully it will make them even angrier at the Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (rp63B)

50 Far left wackjob Stephen A. Smith isn't far left wackjobby enough!

Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs
Jemele Hill and Don Lemon say Stephen A. Smith has become problematic because he's been hosting "certain" people and hanging out with them

They feel that he is in a way betraying "black journalism"

This comes after the NABJ gave Smith its 'Thumbs Down' award, citing his commentary about black women, Jasmine Crockett being among them

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (ndZc7)

51 Why are these people still breathing air? What has happened to America? I can't abide, so I need to turn it off.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (tvdD1)

52 Thanks JJ, and good morning Horde!

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (jdi+Z)

53 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Oh, Mitch....won't see him no more.

Posted by: Deep State GOPe operatives at August 19, 2026 08:01 AM (9WAJE)

54 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 08:01 AM (RqFM6)

55 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

56 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2YhKe)

57 Results came in fast and furious in the Sunshine State, where one House incumbent was unseated, several others fended off insurgent primary challengers and a Democratic Senate hopeful was dealt a stunning defeat by a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

--

Houston, we have a problem. Anyone want to soothe my nerves that these DSA socialists are not bamboozling the imbecile-minded voters and are actually not a major problem that seems to be growing exponentially? Lie to me if you have to.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

58 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2YhKe)

59 Briahna Joy Gray
======

Who bitch dis is?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Bernie Sanders'. National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:03 AM (ndZc7)

60 Yes I know about lift ships
they are ships for shipping ships
the problem then is, the route back to the US
across the Pacific? If the lift ship doesn't fit thru the Panama Canal, you'd have to offload the rocket and truck it back to Texas

Similarly, if you go the other way, west, your lift ship has to transit the Suez Canal or go around the Cape Of Good Hope, which is definitely a movie I would go see

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:04 AM (ZxPkt)

61 Well, leave it to Bill Donohue and the Catholics to step up and do the right thing. But there is no way that that evil scumbag is going to skip the 9/11 ceremonies. Because for him and every other Muslim on the planet, 9/11 was not an horrendous tragedy, to them it was a glorious victory. I fully expect ululations and the passing out of candy and Halvah in every Muslim neighborhood this side of the M-79 star system. I wouldn't put it past Hizzbollah hizzoner to add the names of the 20 hijackers to the list of the victims along with Bin Laden.

And NYC elected him.

Sorry, but reap it. You've forgotten. You've pissed on the souls of those that perished that day due to islhamic terrorism. Watch him dance on their graves. You've earned it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

62 Are FL primaries open elections? Commie Nixon beating traitorous Vindman kind of smells like a little operation Chaos, with GOP voters putting the least electable Dem across the line.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:05 AM (gm9Sb)

63 John Cornyn on Former Staffer Now Working for Talarico Campaign: Only ‘Authoritarian Countries’ Tell You ‘Where You Work’

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That's just about as lame a statement as he could've ever released. Good G*d, what a miserable piece of work he is/was. Fingers crossed that Paxton wins, because if he does, getting rid of Cornyn will be one of the political highlights of the year.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

64 Repeal the 19th. It was a horrible, horrible mistake.

Posted by: Monk Wally D'Honque III at August 19, 2026 08:06 AM (dYZNu)

65 Don Black

Panama Canal should be wide enough. Or to a port in California, and send it by barge. Too big to rail or drive it from CA to Texas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

66 Another picture on the web showed the rocket floating in port, with two ships, each equipped with one large crane, adjacent to it.

This speaks well of the workmanship of SpaceX.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

It's no space cock.

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at August 19, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

67 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Why do you care?

The Senate is currently in recess - but not the kind of recess which would allow Trump to do anything, just the kind where most of them are not in DC - and isn't scheduled to return until 9/14. So he wouldn't be doing Senate things anyway.

According to KY law, he wouldn't be replaced before the November election even if he were declared to be dead.

It's a non story, affecting nothing, and, like Epstein or the debt - which we cannot affect, is brought up just to get people riled up and feeling helpless. Troll or not, be better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

68 They feel that he is in a way betraying "black journalism"

This comes after the NABJ gave Smith its 'Thumbs Down' award, citing his commentary about black women, Jasmine Crockett being among them
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:00 AM (ndZc7)
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He's not really black.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

69 58 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (2YhKe

And he will leave just as gracefully as Cornyn, Massie, etc etc. But if Thune would take a small break from posting pictures of himself being ignored by constituents, he might hear the bell tolling.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (2UJ+q)

70 Amnesty UK
@AmnestyUK
Comedy has always belonged beside human rights campaigning – that's why Amnesty’s show is back at Edinburgh Fringe this Friday and Saturday!

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Take my genocide. Please!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (ndZc7)

71
“Would you be open to styling for this person for his trial?” the magazine asked Jacobs. After looking at the photo of Mangione, Jacobs chucked, and answered “Um, yes.”
Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Says He Would Dress Luigi Mangione for His Trial, Calls Him a Fashion Trendsetter

May I suggest a Bloody Butcher's Apron, Dunce Cap and Toy Cap Pistol as de rigueur for-

The Marc Jacobs Luigi Mangione Murder Collection

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (iJfKG)

72 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.

Posted by: Sponge

Maybe he should not have voted against removing Omar from her committees.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (0U5gm)

73 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

He did.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

74 Screamin' A. Smith is valuable for comic relief. Kinda like Carville.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

75 He's not really black.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Or a journalist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:10 AM (ndZc7)

76
Maybe he should not have voted against removing Omar from her committees.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (0U5gm)

It's good he did. That way everyone knows what side he's on.

Good riddance.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

77 Low point of the day. Fucking dew point remains in the mid 70s, making things uncomfortable. High point of the day. Delivery of some compression socks. The golden years my ass.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:11 AM (gm9Sb)

78 Mentally-Ill Transgender (but I repeat myself) Man Sought To Kill Scott Bessent

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (wfdbg)

79 Fun Fact: Starship weighs over 100 tons, empty, and is over 50 meters long

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

80 So a female Communist of Color™ wants to be a US senator from Florida?
Alexa, order more popcorn.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (2Ez/1)

81 The golden years my ass.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:11 AM (gm9Sb)

SpongeDad: Whoever said these were the golden years was an asshole!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

82 anyway, it'll be interesting watching this play out

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

83 Low point of the day. Fucking dew point remains in the mid 70s, making things uncomfortable. High point of the day. Delivery of some compression socks. The golden years my ass.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:11 AM (gm9Sb)

They're called the golden years for all the gold you have to spend to try and get through them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

84 Trump Takes Hilarious Swipe at Alex Vindman After Stunning Primary Loss: ‘How Cool is That?’

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:13 AM (wfdbg)

85 Mentally-Ill Transgender (but I repeat myself) Man Sought To Kill Scott Bessent
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:12 AM (wfdbg)

Wasn't he just sentenced to 6+ years in prison?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

86 Never thought I’d be happy to see a DSA candidate win an election!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (0pL/G)

87 Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.

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Now, Planned Parenthood is corporate genocide.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (ndZc7)

88
To be fair, $1.5 million is shy of what buys a luxurious penthouse in Manhattan these days.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)

89 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (77rzZ)

90 The thing about McConnell, or Mad Maxine Waters, both whom have been absent for months is that they can get away with zero explanation to the public... the public they supposedly work for.

Whether it's their staffers being dicks, the family being dicks, or whatever... that they can remain absent for long periods of time, both while Congress is in session and when it's not, is the issue.

I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

91 Limbaugh always had a great Alexander Vindman bit.

Posted by: I miss Rush at August 19, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

92 The upper part, that is
the bits floating on the sea at present

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:15 AM (ZxPkt)

93 Whether it's their staffers being dicks, the family being dicks, or whatever... that they can remain absent for long periods of time, both while Congress is in session and when it's not, is the issue.

I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

This.

They're on the payroll. Show up to your job or you're fired. Just like the REST of us would experience.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

94 Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Says He Would Dress Luigi Mangione for His Trial, Calls Him a Fashion Trendsetter“

He and Hugo Boss should have a nice chat in hell someday day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:16 AM (0pL/G)

95 Talking about Luigi as a “killer” without mentioning the tens of thousands of deaths Brian Thompson was responsible for is manufacturing consent for corporate genocide.
---------

Accepting the Left's propositions is a fool's errand. They do not want the scimitar to come for them for reasons adjudicated by random citizens outside a court of law.

Mostly because the courts favor them anyway. So it's all just useless bullshit.

I would rather listen to someone scratch a record for five hours than to try and reason with a leftard's latest jizz filled declaration for half a second.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:17 AM (Kr1pO)

96 Who among us has not had a mother who supported terrorists? We can't hold that against sonny boy.

I'm not up yet. Just peeking in before getting a bit more sleep. Nothing as restful and relaxing as a JJS Morning Report!

Being in post-surgical recovery is a fine excuse for sleeping late.

Later, gaiters!

Posted by: mindful webworker - pre-caffeinated at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (yrKoI)

97 62 Are FL primaries open elections? Commie Nixon beating traitorous Vindman kind of smells like a little operation Chaos, with GOP voters putting the least electable Dem across the line.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08

No, they are closed. And we better pull our heads out of our fourth point of contact because slow and steady isn’t winning races. Engaging, charismatic, and influencer playbooks are on the left. Now I don’t think they will win against saner R candidates in a state like Fl, yet. But if we don’t start with better campaign strategies, they will win in more places than will make us comfortable. This is why we need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC, not the guy who nobody remembers who he is.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (2UJ+q)

98 > that they can remain absent for long periods of time, both while Congress is in session and when it's not, is the issue.
----

it's that gosh-darn Constitution, I tell you!
both houses of Congress can make their own rules

which can't really be blamed on the Founders
how were they to know Congress would some day attract mostly assholes?

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (ZxPkt)

99 Hey, everybody. Just have a brief moment to pop in!
I've got wake boarding this morning and cliff diving this afternoon. Summer recess is great!

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

100 I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

The great irony is that our pocketbooks and freedoms are far safer when people McConnell and Maxine don’t show up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (0pL/G)

101 In math, 45 percent of high school seniors scored “below basic,” the lowest level since 2005. In reading, 32 percent scored “below basic,” the lowest level since the exam’s inception in 1992.

I know this sound crazy but any school with more than 50% of the kids not being able to read and write needs to stop every class but reading/writing and math.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

102 This is why we need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC, not the guy who nobody remembers who he is.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (2UJ+q)

We absolutely DO NOT need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC. We need a David Hogg in charge of the DNC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (ExV1e)

103 If I was in charge of the camps I would force the inmates to read Basic Economics and pass a test before being released.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

104 97. Umm..RNC. Maybe I need more coffee before this next class. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (2UJ+q)

105 102 This is why we need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC, not the guy who nobody remembers who he is.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:18 AM (2UJ+q)

We absolutely DO NOT need a Scott Pressler in charge of the DNC. We need a David Hogg in charge of the DNC.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August

I am dead, forgive that really, really crazy typo. And it was CRAZY. 🤪

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (2UJ+q)

106 Umm..RNC. Maybe I need more coffee before this next class. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:20 AM (2UJ+q)

It's okay. Being dead can make anyone mistype.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

107 Only one forecast model run, but:

🚨🥶 WHAT IN THE FROZEN FUCKNIPPLE FORECAST IS THE GFS DOING?! 🥶🚨

Y’ALL… the GFS just rolled into August 29th and apparently decided summer has had enough fucking screen time.

This long range crackhead computer is dragging 50s DEEP SOUTH with 60s damn near sniffing the Gulf Coast.

HOW THE HELL WE GO FROM HUMIDITITTIES™ sweating through three bras and a lawn chair… to GLACIERGASM NIPNUGGETS hard enough to pick up FM radio?!

That ain’t a cold front. That’s a
TITTYHIBERNATION EVENT.

Folks gonna walk outside expecting their usual 7AM Swamp Crotch Soufflé and get tittyslapped by a breeze fresh out the refrigerated section at Walmart.

BUT CALM THE F#%K DOWN. 🛑

This bastard is 270 HOURS OUT.

DO NOT drag the hoodies out.
DO NOT cook a 14 gallon pot of chili.
DO NOT summon Pumpkin Spice Patricia.
DO NOT post “FALL IS HERE 🍂while your damn AC is still fighting for workers’ comp.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (RqFM6)

108 Results came in fast and furious in the Sunshine State, where one House incumbent was unseated, several others fended off insurgent primary challengers and a Democratic Senate hopeful was dealt a stunning defeat by a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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Houston, we have a problem. Anyone want to soothe my nerves that these DSA socialists are not bamboozling the imbecile-minded voters and are actually not a major problem that seems to be growing exponentially? Lie to me if you have to.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

LiB....wait a second. LIB?!?! Well, anyways.

The media/Dims are trying to turn them into -

The New Boomers.

Cuz they're the New Pepsi Generation and they got something to say!!!

They're are young, man, and not held back by your old-fashioned punk and yacht rock!

Something like that.

They want to hook the young on stupid becuz they're young and ignorant of life.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM (iJfKG)

109 Yooper accent is the correct spelling for how the residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula speak. Hopefully very few support what’s going on around Detroit.

Posted by: Lester Rips at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (DJMRh)

110 97 People should be very afraid of the DSA nuts. If just a few get in office, they would have ready allies in the likes of the squad. The NSDAP in the twenties was only seating about twenty people in the Reichstag, and next thing you know we had Nuremberg rallies starring you know who.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (gm9Sb)

111 I am dead, forgive that really, really crazy typo. And it was CRAZY. 🤪
Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:21 AM
++++

Lots of us are.

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at August 19, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

112 I miss Piper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

113 Today Is National Potato Day. 🥔

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

114 Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (rm6ZB)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

115 > I'm paying them. So's every other taxpayer. I expect more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:14 AM (2Cry5)

The great irony is that our pocketbooks and freedoms are far safer when people McConnell and Maxine don’t show up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 08:19 AM (0pL/G)
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The greater irony is that they still spend my money... even while absent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2Cry5)

116 113 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026

She was good for comic relief if nothing else. Also a poster child for why an MBA is meaningless.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2UJ+q)

117 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (53oGX)

118 rickb223 -

I, um.

I doubt Friend Computer, there, I said it! It's time to send me to the Mutant Commie Traitor Happy Fun Camp.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 08:24 AM (aJQbY)

119 Posted by: Paul at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (rm6ZB)

If Jews are blaming the right for the 1930s while ignoring Dem candidates literally calling for them to be interred in concentration camps today, I don't know that anything will ever break through.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:25 AM (PGK1w)

120 Can egg nog be far behind?

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:25 AM (Kr1pO)

121 Whoa... auto-zapped.

Nevermind, Paul. You're doing great. Keep it up, kiddo.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (PGK1w)

122 109 Yooper accent is the correct spelling for how the residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula speak. Hopefully very few support what’s going on around Detroit.
Posted by: Lester Rips

Three big colleges there employ close to 7,000, plus student enrollment. They vote as a block for democrats.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (Y8DZL)

123 Lars, the potato goes in the front!

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

124 I miss TJM.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

125 Three big colleges there employ close to 7,000, plus student enrollment. They vote as a block for democrats.
Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (Y8DZL)

I wonder what percentage of college students vote both where the college is and at home.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

126 I wonder what percentage of college students vote both where the college is and at home.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

Whether they know it or not.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

127
It's beginning to smell a lot like pumpkin
Ehh vry where you go

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (ZxPkt)

128 Hey, anybody seen Mitch?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 19, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

*wears paisley shirt*
*strums guitar*
*sings*

Has anybody here seen my old friend Mitch?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He's gone to a farm to run and smell flowers
I looked around
And he was gone.

*wipes single tear*

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (iJfKG)

129 I miss TJM.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

Did he ever get a new job or is he only making videos with incorrect opinions about movies?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

130 I miss all the good trolls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

131 Vindman received over $16 million in campaign contributions and I never saw even one ad for him. No matter, win or lose, that grifter had a very good day.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (lgXer)

132 They want to hook the young on stupid becuz they're young and ignorant of life.

--

I saw over at the NYP a campaign picture of the loser DSA candidate in FL (dummy named Larkin) and his campaign posters show an alligator and the motto "Chomp the Oligarchy." Most of his supporters probably couldn't even define oligarchy if they had to. Incidentally, the poster lists "Florida Youth Justice Coalition" at the bottom. Justice, I say! Oligarchy, I say! These people regurgitate the same buzz words over and over and over again. There's never a shortage of dummies who fall for it...unfortunately.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (qBdHI)

133 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

They should have known the air-speed velocity of unladen swallows.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)

134 The NSDAP in the twenties was only seating about twenty people in the Reichstag, and next thing you know we had Nuremberg rallies starring you know who.

===

we know who...

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (g47mK)

135 If Jews are blaming the right for the 1930s while ignoring Dem candidates literally calling for them to be interred in concentration camps today, I don't know that anything will ever break through.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:25 AM (PGK1w)
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Not just any Jews. JINOs. Many aren't even Jewish, though they have some Jewish ancestry in their DNA.

No different than what actually happened in 1930s Germany. A book to read:

The Pity of it All

https://tinyurl.com/47dx65wy

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (QNSrI)

136 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:22 AM (gm9Sb)

The biggest problem is they have the full backing of the DNC and media and more, they're just keeping it on the down low and flat lying while they spread their contagion.

Think of "We Democrats are at **WAR** with the DSA!!" as the mid-20's version of "Hey a random lady ate a sick bat in China and now a few people seem to be sick...".

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (Kr1pO)

137 Good to see Republicans in Florida didn't fall for the attempted return of Chris Collins. He was a Congressman from the Buffalo area who went to jail. Moved to Florida and ran in the primary. Got 8%of the vote. Go away
Though I see former Republican Congressman Dave Jolly will be the Dem nominee for governor. The new version of Charlie Crist.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (rp63B)

138 I heard that Cory Mills lost his primary?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:02 AM (0U5gm)

That's the report so far this morning.

Posted by: Sponge

Maybe he should not have voted against removing Omar from her committees.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:08 AM (0U5gm)
*****
I'm glad he lost now. He seems to be plagued with a lot of scandal.
He had domestic assault accusation that led to a restraining order, and an ethics committee investigation into sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations. He also has been reported as being under criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice

It's better than he lost now than in the general election.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

139 Remember a couple of years ago Canada officially honored a guy that fought for the Waffen SS...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (sKqQm)

140 122 Colleges in the UP. A long time ago I wound up on the Suomi College alumni newsletter. Finnish last name I guess. One edition honored their basketball team. Never knew Finns could grow so tall and tan so dark.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (gm9Sb)

141 we know who...

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:29 AM (g47mK)

The original margin blower himself

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (Kr1pO)

142 On Monday, however, the Los Angeles Times reported that the poll was fake. After numerous inquiries from a Times reporter, Median Strategies itself admitted the poll was bogus. Median called the survey a “short term social experiment to see how polling information could be distributed without verification.”

faked it faked it faked it

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)

143 Today Is National Potato Day. 🥔

==

Finally!!

Posted by: The Irish at August 19, 2026 08:31 AM (g47mK)

144
Did he ever get a new job or is he only making videos with incorrect opinions about movies?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

I believe he's still the stay at home dad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

145 I miss all the good trolls.

--

Lace Wigs >>>>>>>>>>>>> AoS "good trolls"

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2026 08:32 AM (qBdHI)

146 Lace Wigs >>>>>>>>>>>>> AoS "good trolls"

===

+1

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:32 AM (g47mK)

147
I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (Y8DZL)

148 I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (Y8DZL)
-

Adjoining borders have consequences shmosequences.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (QNSrI)

149 On Monday, however, the Los Angeles Times reported that the poll was fake. After numerous inquiries from a Times reporter, Median Strategies itself admitted the poll was bogus. Median called the survey a “short term social experiment to see how polling information could be distributed without verification.”

faked it faked it faked it
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)/i]

This is election interference and everyone involved should go to prison.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

150 Oh FFS........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

151 I read (from the man hisself) that Keystone is ...back on the table.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)

152 Many people will be surprised to learn they are Jews. Many.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

153 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

Seattle Slough? Raykon?? PalinSteele???

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (zBgIx)

154 I read (from the man hisself) that Keystone is ...back on the table.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)

Smmmoooooooothhh. Like me.

Posted by: Keith Stone at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

155 Auspex

Good and Hard.

MAID is emptying out the kind of Canadians I would be proud to have as citizens.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

156 I read (from the man hisself) that Keystone is ...back on the table.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)
-

Not good. There are certain cops that everyone should want to defund.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (QNSrI)

157 > I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.
--------
Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)

158 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

Seattle Slough? Raykon?? PalinSteele???

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (zBgIx)

I miss Sarah. I sure could use another $8,000 a month.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

159 I read what's purported to be the U.S. position in trade negations with Canada this morning, seems to be harsher than terms offered to the Iranians.

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 08:33 AM (Y8DZL)
=====

I support regime change in Ottawa too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

160 After numerous inquiries from a Times reporter, Median Strategies itself admitted the poll was bogus
------

Oh yeah the media are like absolute terriers when it comes to uncovering fake polls and getting to the truth WAIT WUT

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:36 AM (Kr1pO)

161 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

WickedPony, who got relationship advice from us?

Uncle Palpatine?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

162
I support regime change in Ottawa too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

I support Alberta telling Ottawa to f*ck off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

163 Curious was the best "troll". My impression of her used to have people howling. Otherwise an insane little jabbering pest. And she was a pest too.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (Kr1pO)

164 The California Energy Commission on Monday voted to restrict what type of tires Californians can buy and when they can replace their tires.

The new rules will lead to a ban on the sale of the majority of tires in the state because they don’t meet the new efficiency standards.

The regulatory agency, full of unelected bureaucrats, claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire in the second phase; however, Bret Gladfelty of Goodyear said the increase would end up being several hundred dollars.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (wfdbg)

165 I miss all the good trolls.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

All trolls are average joe.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (Oy/m2)

166 BiNO. We turn our lonely eyes to you.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

167 TickledPink. A troll, or just a crazy person

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Kr1pO)

168 It's also,
National Soft Serve Ice Cream Day. 🍦

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

169 Dan Sullivan significantly underperformed to Mary Peltola last night. What happened? I know it is just the first step in the election, but she overwhelmed him in a couple of areas. I thought AK was relatively safe.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (lgXer)

170 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar8)

171 I support Alberta telling Ottawa to f*ck off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

^^^^
This.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

172
All trolls are average joe.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (Oy/m2)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS AVERAGE JOE SUCKS COCK BY CHOICE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

173 There's a vid at Twitchy of Erin Burnett interviewing Harp's brother about the alleged relationship with Trump. The interview is hysterical because the guy is a stoner and Burnett is trying to be serious

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (rp63B)

174 That book about the European discovery of the world looks fascinating. I have a new birthday/Christmas request for wife and son.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)

175 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar

Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)

176 TickledPink. A troll, or just a crazy person
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Kr1pO)

I think she was too sheltered by her mother and just plain awkward with people.

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (zBgIx)

177 ...

That's the one I was trying to remember. She was a crazed hoot, with relationship difficulties that stagger the imagination.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

178 American Blacks have to step up take their culture back . It has to be frustrating for them to see it become a meme for fast food and cruise line fights. For being the overwhelming percentage of people committing crimes , unwed pregnancies and mass shootings. They have to call out the race hustlers who have fed them bullshit and victimization for years. This shit is getting out of hand and the worst I've ever seen.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (KC5Lt)

179 MUMR.

Don't miss that asshole at all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

180 I wonder if Joe Xiden's electric car ever burned his house down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (2YhKe)

181 175 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar

Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)

??? Did not know that. Who, may I ask?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (Gqar8)

182 MUMR.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar

Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)

MUMR started out known as Thin Veneer of Civility and yes, he did get weirder as time went by.

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (zBgIx)

183 Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 08:40 AM (PGK1w)
====

I was unaware. Not a joking matter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

184 faked it faked it faked it
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 19, 2026 08:30 AM

+++++

https://youtube.com/shorts/LHBvByDx9t0

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

185 Who is gonna fill Piper's Jimmy Choo's?

Posted by: May The Heeling Commence at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

186 This shit is getting out of hand and the worst I've ever seen.
Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2026 08:41 AM (KC5Lt)

By design.

Posted by: The Democrat Party - Home of the KKK at August 19, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

187 claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire "

Sure, Jan. FWIW, the wealthy won't care, and the immigrant crowd won't see enforcement, so...

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

188 Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)
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Canada suffers from delusions of adequacy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 08:43 AM (ZOv7s)

189
Every tire manufacturer should refuse to do business in California.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (2YhKe)

190 Will the real Dan Sullivan please stand up?

Posted by: Alaskans at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

191 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

All downhill since PM Harper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

192 Canada kills more Canadians than cancer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (2YhKe)

193 Mangione, feh. NY Leftists killing NY Leftists, NY Leftists meting out NY clown justice, NY Leftists going into asstrus for killers and dressing them up in dandy NY homo styles, blah blah blah.

Who cares about this Commie circus? Fuck it. Let him go. Put him in charge of the State's health system. See if he can his murder his way to First Class Healthcare for All.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (BI5O2)

194 Has anybody seen regular commenter XTC around here lately?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

195 So, buy tires in ‘Zona, Cali will fine you? Or is it just another way for the state to torment the residents?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (Gqar8)

196 Xiden is still with us. Has had at least four incarnations since. Probably five. And more since I think he actually posts as two people at times for when one gets banned (not certain). He stopped talking about electric cars much but has other tells.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (Kr1pO)

197 book about the European discovery of the world looks fascinating"

The BEEB is pimping out the "blacks built England" bit again. Will that fit in?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

198 The California Energy Commission on Monday voted to restrict what type of tires Californians can buy and when they can replace their tires.

The new rules will lead to a ban on the sale of the majority of tires in the state because they don’t meet the new efficiency standards.

The regulatory agency, full of unelected bureaucrats, claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire in the second phase; however, Bret Gladfelty of Goodyear said the increase would end up being several hundred dollars.
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 08:38 AM (wfdbg)

Affordability Crisis! Vote for Democrats who care for people like us! Tires are a right and you shouldn't have to pay for them. -- DSA

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

199 “I was going to kill Scott Bessent," Ryan Michael English told authorities as he was handcuffed.

Under the Dems' rules that's a hate crime since Bessent is gay.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (v8+Kf)

200 168 It's also,
National Soft Serve Ice Cream Day. 🍦
Posted by: redridinghood

And Wednesday is Sundae at your participating Carvel Dealer!

Posted by: Tom Carvel at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (JM9I6)

201 So, buy tires in ‘Zona, Cali will fine you? Or is it just another way for the state to torment the residents?"

Yes?

Posted by: man at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

202 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

All that killing, a democide, tell you they are full on Communist.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

203
All that killing, a democide, tell you they are full on Communist.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

I'm old enough to remember when Dems told me the Republican health care plan was "Die quickly."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (2YhKe)

204 Under the Dems' rules that's a hate crime since Bessent is gay.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2026 08:46 AM (v8+Kf)

Heh. There are no rules for Democrats. It's sort of the entire point of America.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

205 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Not that long ago, actually.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

206
Heh. There are no rules for Democrats. It's sort of the entire point of America.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

It's part of the Good n' Plenty clause in The Constitution.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

207 Alaskan turnout for the jungle primary was low compared to past general elections. Sullivan isn't a star but he should win the general election

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (rp63B)

208 Alaskan turnout for the jungle primary was low compared to past general elections. Sullivan isn't a star but he should win the general election
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (rp63B)

Can he see Sarah Palin from his house?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (2YhKe)

209 Still convinced TickledPink was a troll.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

210 All downhill since PM Harper.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)
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Trudeau senior.

I'm reading about the American Revolution and one item I'd forgotten now resonates: as part of the war's conclusion, 100,000 Loyalists emigrated to Canada. That right there is why they have this weird, completely irrational childish hate of the US. They stayed loyal to Britain and for a while, it worked out, but now the Empire is gone, they have a sports logo for a flag, and no one respects them.

China is using them as a two-looney whore and India has turned them into a penal colony. No wonder Alberta wants to get away from it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (ZOv7s)

211 Julio's Jalapeno Cheddar chips are addictive.

Just FYI......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

212 Who was the troll last year doing the bad haikus about Trump, all ending with "sad"?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (XvL8K)

213 Rules for thee but not for me. This too is the Story of DC. Or State Houses, generally speaking.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (Gqar8)

214 I'm old enough to remember when Dems told me the Republican health care plan was "Die quickly."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:47 AM (2YhKe)

I saw a video the other day where someone referenced a friend who lived in the UK who tore their ACL. Has to wait two years for treatment.

It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

215 Had no idea there was a jungle in Alaska. Permafrost and Tundra Muck, yes, but a jungle primary?

Posted by: Never Been Poled at August 19, 2026 08:51 AM (JM9I6)

216 @220 Mulroney was a solid PM and friend to the US

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:51 AM (rp63B)

217 Alaskan turnout for the jungle primary was low compared to past general elections. Sullivan isn't a star but he should win the general election
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:48 AM (rp63B)

"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
2m
🚨 UPDATE: Democrat plant Dan J. Sullivan has ADVANCED in Alaska's US Senate top-4 primary

He's there to siphon votes from the Republican.

ELIMINATE this system in November by voting YES on 2!

🔵 Mary Peltola: 48%
🔴 Sen. Dan Sullivan: 42.8%
🟡 Fraud Dan J. Sullivan: 2.4%

Freaking RIDICULOUS

Alaska needs to be prepared to vote for INCUMBENT SENATOR Dan Sullivan and END ranked choice voting this fall

Vote YES on 2 "

AK is fkd up

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

218 199 “I was going to kill Scott Bessent," Ryan Michael English told authorities as he was handcuffed.
......
Well, at least you have three names.

Posted by: Booth, Oswald, Loughner & Crooks at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

219
It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

First Lady was diagnosed in June, had a lumpectomy in July and started chemo in August.

Will be cancer free for 2 years in March.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

220 that 2-3 % that went for the fake can make a big difference

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (g47mK)

221 It’s ok, California is going to elect Bacera and Bass in a landslide and they will solve the tire crisis in a manner reminiscent of how the dealt with the Palisades Fire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (XV/Pl)

222 UPDATE: Democrat plant Dan J. Sullivan has ADVANCED in Alaska's US Senate top-4 primary

I thought that he had been removed from the ballot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

223 Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)

Death Panels, Uncontrolled Immigration, and an Economy Based on Maple Syrup is no way to go through life Canada!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (iJfKG)

224 The regulatory agency, full of unelected bureaucrats, claimed the new rules would lead to a price increase of only $6.50 per tire in the second phase; however, Bret Gladfelty of Goodyear said the increase would end up being several hundred dollars.
Posted by: SMOD

The same woman who is directing this agency to restrict tires for cars earlier was directing Caifornia's plan to restrict bullets for guns. Her theory is that if you can't ban what you want, ban the associated goods.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (0U5gm)

225 215 I think the Alaska Panhandle has rain forests.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

226 223 Canada thinks it's on equal ground with the US and makes demands as if that's true. Then one-ups that.

The results are about what you'd expect.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2Cry5)

Death Panels, Uncontrolled Immigration, and an Economy Based on Maple Syrup is no way to go through life Canada!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 08:53 AM (iJfKG)

You forgot “ reeking of poutine and back bacon”.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (Gqar8)

227 Dan Sullivan significantly underperformed to Mary Peltola last night. What happened? I know it is just the first step in the election, but she overwhelmed him in a couple of areas. I thought AK was relatively safe.
Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:39 AM (lgXer)
*********
Yeah, it's crazy that now Alaska and Texas are considered toss-up states.
At the rate we're going the Democrats won't need to add two new states, should they win in 2028.
I remember when Arizona was red and Georgia and now look what's happening.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

228 190 Will the real Dan Sullivan please stand up?

The fake DS only received 2% of the votes, so didn’t impact as much as D’s wished.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (lgXer)

229 1 morning class to go- I made a mistake in the choreo this morning that made it much harder than it should have been. Oops. Sorry, everyone! I was wondering why I was struggling so much with it. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 19, 2026 08:55 AM (2UJ+q)

230 Vote fraud and Leftist Locusts will do that to a state.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 08:55 AM (Gqar8)

231 Yeah, it's crazy that now Alaska and Texas are considered toss-up states.

Remember how we just saw a story about a completely fake poll? Texas isn't a toss-up state.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

232 I saw a video the other day where someone referenced a friend who lived in the UK who tore their ACL. Has to wait two years for treatment.

It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)
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Mrs. Lloyd was diagnosed in early July, had her surgery last week. Yesterday, she had healed to the point where the drains could be removed. It's crazy how fast things are moving.

The Dems make a big stink about how all of this should be free, but nothing is free, and what should cost more than human life? These same people pressuring sick people to kill themselves. We need to ban guns because of suicides but if the government endorses it, go off yourself.

The Democrats are now just theater kids who think "Heathers" was a how-to guide.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 08:56 AM (ZOv7s)

233 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

https://tinyurl.com/hb83p9hb

Posted by: Public Service Announcement at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

234 It took me less than a month to go from "you have cancer" to starting treatment and a good bit of that was waiting on test results and me deciding what to do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

Same here. Once I had my cancer diagnosis, it was test after test, scan after scan. In 6 weeks I went in for surgery. Wasn't long after that - chemo, then radiation. It was a tough year, but I can honestly say, except for the radiation treatments, I had phenomenal care. Thank God I don't live in Canada where I would have to fend off MAID.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (N39Ws)

235 FIRST!!
Happy B-Day JJ
Big John Cornholio will be remembered as a back-stabbing, Benedict Arnold, piece of shit for all eternity.
/seems reasonable to me

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (JNTt1)

236 225 215 I think the Alaska Panhandle has rain forests.
Posted by: Bulg

But do they have colorful jungle birds that sing KOO-KOO, KAH-KAH, really loud?

Posted by: Jungle Boogie at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (JM9I6)

237 The fake DS only received 2% of the votes, so didn’t impact as much as D’s wished.

==

Indiana 23, Copenhaver won by 3 votes. Not 3%, 3 votes. On the recount.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (g47mK)

238 Marquette County, home of Northern Michigan University, is the only U.P. county to vote Democrat for President in 2020 and 2024, so certainly the universities have an influence, but Marquette County also has unionized mines and a large hospital that are enough to put them in Democrat camp.

Posted by: Lester Rips at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (pIXZ9)

239 Thank God I don't live in Canada where I would have to fend off MAID.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2026 08:57 AM (N39Ws)

Praise God.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

240 The Paolo, he is not familiar with this, how you say, underperforming.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 19, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

241 Texas isn't a toss up %
Alaska is weird but Peltola hit her ceiling last night at 48. In the regular election Sullivan will win

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 08:59 AM (rp63B)

242 Yeah, it's crazy that now Alaska and Texas are considered toss-up states.
At the rate we're going the Democrats won't need to add two new states, should they win in 2028.
I remember when Arizona was red and Georgia and now look what's happening.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)
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Arizona and Georgia are crooked, and it's well documented. Without fraud, the Dems can't win, which is why they are so determined to destroy election integrity.

Also: primaries are not the general election. They teach nothing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

243
Also: primaries are not the general election. They teach nothing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

But, my hair is already doused and there's this match.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

244 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (Gqar8)

245 Marquette County, home of Northern Michigan University, is the only U.P. county to vote Democrat for President in 2020 and 2024, so certainly the universities have an influence, but Marquette County also has unionized mines and a large hospital that are enough to put them in Democrat camp.
Posted by: Lester Rips at August 19, 2026 08:58 AM (pIXZ9)
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Don't forget the state prison.

There's also a ton of Chicago emigres who have bought summer homes and probably declare them as their primary residence for tax avoidance purposes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)

246 The Dems make a big stink about how all of this should be free, but nothing is free, and what should cost more than human life? These same people pressuring sick people to kill themselves.

The Fat Electrician has a video about air conditioning - https://youtu.be/1P4H0oly778 - in which he points out that almost three times as many people die EVERY YEAR in Europe from heat than Americans died in Vietnam and says that he's starting to believe that the official opposition to AC in Europe is based on the government's desire to kill off the old and some young in order to keep from having to spend on their healthcare.

They could be explicit about that and a significant percentage of the yoots would be all in favor because they cannot imagine ever being old.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

247 I think the Alaska Panhandle has rain forests.
Posted by: Bulg

My dream? Alberta splits. Takes Northwest Territory and Yukon with them. Petitions to become US protectorates, thereby making Alaska contiguous.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:02 AM (RqFM6)

248 Texas is solidly Republican, but in the truest sense of that word - very liberal. I think the right Democrat, one who could convincingly pretend to be normal through a campaign, could flip it. That Democrat is not Talarico.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 09:02 AM (BI5O2)

249 > Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.
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Colonel Sanders rolls over in his grave...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:02 AM (2Cry5)

250 My dream? Alberta splits. Takes Northwest Territory and Yukon with them. Petitions to become US protectorates, thereby making Alaska contiguous.

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Interesting...but no. Canada got used to Socialism.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:03 AM (g47mK)

251 But, my hair is already doused and there's this match.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)
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Yeah, hair being set on fire is pretty much a daily activity here. Ace is either using wigs or is mainlining Rogaine.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:03 AM (ZOv7s)

252 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.

According to The San Francisco Chronicle, the company could begin relocating operations as soon as October 1st.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

253 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

https://tinyurl.com/hb83p9hb
Posted by: Public Service Announcement
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It's well known that the colonel puts an addictive chemical in the chicken that makes you crave it fortnightly.

That said, I haven't had it in a couple of years because of the enshitification. Invariably got soggy chicken that had been sitting under a heat lamp for a few hours or more.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (XvL8K)

254 Pennsylvania Mayor Running for Congress Tapped Professor Known for Singling Out White Students To Train Cops on Their 'Unconscious Bias'

Which is anti-training and will get people killed (which is probably the intention)

Gavin de Becker wrote "The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence" in '97

He is a security specialist known for threat assessment and violence prediction. These murderous Leftists reclassify this God-Given natural survival instinct as "Unconscious Bias" and claim that it is a bad thing.

Yeah, bad for predators who want their victims to perpetually be in Condition White.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (BvPIe)

255 249 > Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.
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for the win

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (AJWch)

256 My dream? Alberta splits. Takes Northwest Territory and Yukon with them. Petitions to become US protectorates, thereby making Alaska contiguous.
Posted by: rickb223

Would still be a long drive from my house.

Posted by: As Far East As You Can Get at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (JM9I6)

257 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.

Only as long as you leave your pedos behind.

However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

258 227 I remember when Arizona was red and Georgia and now look what's happening.

And, the odious Sherrod Brown taking, supposedly red, Ohio Senate seat? D’s are serious, and full of revenge.

Posted by: EveR at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (lgXer)

259 Ceuta’s once gorgeous beach is now a gigantic migrant slum

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

260 The Upper Peninsula was the Iron Range, the center of American wobbly labor leftism. It had more hard leftists than Chicago did. Try the 1913 Calumet Christmas Slaughter on for size sometime.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (zdLoL)

261 In a major shift, Gov. Josh Shapiro restricts data center development in Pennsylvania

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

262 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.
Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (Gqar

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This begs the question - it assumes that it can easily be done. The Dems at most can win razor-thin majorities at this point. I assume they're just going to go full revolutionary, and pass laws that will be struck down and then ignore them?

And assume everyone else will be fine with it?

And how on earth did Kentucky elect that weirdo?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)

263 SMOD

And the Green environmentalists are silent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

264 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

An entire rotisserie chicken at Sams that yields four meals: < $5.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (BvPIe)

265 Anti-rich DSA leader Gustavo Gordillo lives it up in posh $1.5M NYC pad paid for by millionaire parents

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

266 @252 if the merger doesn't go through Paramount has to pay the Warner Bros shareholders $7m per day as of 9/30. If they leave and go to Texas they'll have a better chance of getting the merger through

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)

267 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.
Posted by: tubal
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Nothing to do with the state. As with him grandstanding on the absent Turtle, this is all about him desperately trying to get his name in the news for a run in 28.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (XvL8K)

268 9/11 this year will be the ten-year anniversary of the bollard that influenced the 2016 election. Hope someone lays a wreath there.

Posted by: Sack Of Potatoes at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (JM9I6)

269 Still convinced TickledPink was a troll.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

Made up tales for strangers. I think we got exposed to someone's fetish. Probably not the first time or the last.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:08 AM (Kr1pO)

270 And how on earth did Kentucky elect that weirdo?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)

His dad was Governor. I guess reasonably popular. The legislature has a Republican super-majority.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

271 if the merger doesn't go through Paramount has to pay the Warner Bros shareholders $7m per day as of 9/30. If they leave and go to Texas they'll have a better chance of getting the merger through
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)
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California is high on its own supply. That always ends poorly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

272 Sack Of Potatoes

Her still living is either a testament to US advanced medical care, or a pact with Satan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)

273 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.

Only as long as you leave your pedos behind.

However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

We had a big influx of Chicgoans to DFW back in the 90s.

I have yet to meet one who was not a big ole dumbass Democrat for Life. Oh, and smug about it.

Turns out Texas soil isn't just magic after all. It requires a brain to work its wonders.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)

274 264 Chicken fried steak today at KFC. Five bucks.

An entire rotisserie chicken at Sams that yields four meals:

Posted by: Community Notes

I collect no exorbitant "membership" fees!

Posted by: The Colonel at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (JM9I6)

275 9/11 this year will be the ten-year anniversary of the bollard that influenced the 2016 election. Hope someone lays a wreath there.
Posted by: Sack Of Potatoes at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (JM9I6)
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The slump heard around the world.

The Side of Beef Maneuver.

Hillary's Last Stand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (ZOv7s)

276 @252 if the merger doesn't go through Paramount has to pay the Warner Bros shareholders $7m per day as of 9/30. If they leave and go to Texas they'll have a better chance of getting the merger through
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)

The feds have already approved the merger. If Cali and the courts halt it, Paramount should sue to have Cali pay the penalty.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

277 Yeah, hair being set on fire is pretty much a daily activity here. Ace is either using wigs or is mainlining Rogaine.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Outrage mining over the WNBA scripted stupidity bounces me out immediately these days.

"Look! A mom and daughter who paid $1,000 a seat got bounced from a game for wearing XX and tee shirts!!!"

Posted by: Auspex at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (Y8DZL)

278 ...

I guess we would have known if she claimed to run a large number of marathons in a short time.

Unlike the formerly advanced University of Cambridge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

279 > Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.
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Wasn't this move tied up in some sort of horseshit that kept it on ice while the state of CA (California's AG, Bonta) sued to stop the move?

It was costing someone a boatload of money while tied up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (2Cry5)

280 Andy Beshear - “ let’s abolish the Electoral College” Andy. What a weird state.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 09:01 AM (Gqar

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Translation: we can still cheat with abandon in certain places but no longer ALL the places.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (Kr1pO)

281 Seems to me Paramount might want to consider Nevada. It's close to CA, and some of its people might just live out of their Palm Springs houses and commute.

Someone else already has a studio there, don't they?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

282 However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.

Flip Texas and have Texas join the other 222 electoral votes in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) and you will be just one state shy of eliminating the Electoral College without touching the US Constitution.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (+4Cf6)

283 268 9/11 this year will be the ten-year anniversary of the bollard that influenced the 2016 election. Hope someone lays a wreath there.
Posted by: Sack Of Potatoes at August 19, 2026 09:07 AM
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What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

284 @276 agreed. Cali doing this crap is just an attempt at extortion. The process is the penalty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (rp63B)

285 However, those that are talking about Texas 'flipping,' this is how they will do it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)
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The problem is that Hispanics are now shifting to the GOP. Even the black vote is starting to move.

And of we take the long view, conservative fertility rates are 6x that of liberals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)

286 Morn' all... Now I have to worry about Alaska ?... Where did I put that match ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (+gK6I)

287 252 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.
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Oregon or Washington would be more suitable to their culture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (AJWch)

288 "Outrage mining over the WNBA scripted stupidity bounces me out immediately these days."

Is this about me?

Posted by: The Flying Green Dildo at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

289 Oregon or Washington would be more suitable to their culture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:12 AM (AJWch)

But, it seems they want to be profitable again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)

290 Flip Texas and have Texas join the other 222 electoral votes in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) and you will be just one state shy of eliminating the Electoral College without touching the US Constitution.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (+4Cf6)

Although, as has been pointed out, the NPVIC is, itself, unconstitutional. I hold that the courts and professional officeholders will ignore that but the statement is correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

291 Democrat politicians aim for totalitarianism of some flavor, and they don't much care which, while the goal of GOP is to manage the transition for maximum personal profit.

Posted by: John Thune, Mitch McConnell's Pool Boy at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (vue/J)

292 Flip Texas and have Texas join the other 222 electoral votes in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) and you will be just one state shy of eliminating the Electoral College without touching the US Constitution.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (+4Cf6)
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Right, except that it's unconstitutional and unenforceable.

Also, funny now none of those states who say they want a national popular vote gave their electors to Trump. So it's all a lie. Same as always.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)

293 That's how much pressure running against Trump put on her. The Hag was promised a Bush.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (Kr1pO)

294 I miss the reports of flying green dildoes at WNBA games.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (2YhKe)

295 I was amused by Vindman losing really really really badly

come on that's good for a least a half smile!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)

296 Turns out Texas soil isn't just magic after all. It requires a brain to work its wonders.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)

Shaken Manhattans? How does that comport with your theory?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (k5CNB)

297 speaking of islamonazis...

"Turkey’s ruling party runs its Washington operation from a $4.8 million mansion headed by Erdoğan’s cousin.

New FARA filings show roughly 85 meetings in 6 months, including sitting members of Congress, Senate Foreign Relations staff, CodePink, John Kiriakou and Tucker Carlson’s business partner Neil Patel."

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:15 AM (g47mK)

298 Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Nevada and Oregon have income taxes. Washington State has plenty of other disincentives regarding business climate.

Unlike Texas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

299 Make it make sense!

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 UPDATE: Democrat plant Dan J. Sullivan has ADVANCED in Alaska's US Senate top-4 primary

He's there to siphon votes from the Republican.

ELIMINATE this system in November by voting YES on 2!

🔵 Mary Peltola: 48%
🔴 Sen. Dan Sullivan: 42.8%
🟡 Fraud Dan J. Sullivan: 2.4%

Freaking RIDICULOUS

Alaska needs to be prepared to vote for INCUMBENT SENATOR Dan Sullivan and END ranked choice voting this fall

Vote YES on 2!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2026 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

300 252 Paramount’s board of directors has reportedly approved a plan to move the Hollywood giant out of California, with Texas among the states being considered for its new home.
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Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee are all full up.

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (vue/J)

301 Where's Monty? with all the D-O-o-O-M floating around, he's got to be here!

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (zBgIx)

302 Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

WOAH 🚨 Lead Anchor at CNN Jake Tapper comes out and admits THEY ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t really President and calling the shots

He says there was an elite inner circle of advisors who would make the decisions and “steer the country.” He gives the names of the people in that group

Again, the mainstream media ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t making decisions

“Tell me about the word choice, and then tell me about those people who were really calling the shots around the president.”

Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.”

The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

303 I miss Dave in Fla.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

304 Although, as has been pointed out, the NPVIC is, itself, unconstitutional. I hold that the courts and professional officeholders will ignore that but the statement is correct.

All it takes is one female district judge to make it all good.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (+4Cf6)

305 Democrat politicians aim for totalitarianism of some flavor, and they don't much care which, while the goal of GOP is to manage the transition for maximum personal profit.
Posted by: John Thune, Mitch McConnell's Pool Boy at August 19, 2026 09:14 AM (vue/J)
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Ah, but the GOP is purging itself of the go along to get along types. McConnell is literally on life support.

The 2026 GOP is either on board or getting primaried. Thune will either fall in line at the end of the day or lose his job in a couple of years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)

306 Mornin' Horde.

I'm trying very hard not to lash out at people over how difficult dealing with my situation is, including (in no particular order) my employer, one of my pastors, the local "homeless aid" establishment, city government, and whoever the worthless celestial "servant" is that keeps serving up 100 degree days.

Betting window is open if I make it through summer.

Seriously though, I do want to repeat my thanks for everyone who's helped through this entire mess. Y'all are the kindest and most generous bunch of malcontents and reprobates I could ever have hoped to fall in with. Makes life more than a little bit more livable. Hope to God I get to meet y'all in person someday!

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (OUMaO)

307 I was amused by Vindman losing really really really badly

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I think in the long term a win by any DSA scum, even in a primary, is not a good thing. Like all bad things, if you encourage them, they will grow.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK)

308 What happened to cob Krakatoa?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

309 The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

If only I lived now.

Posted by: Julius Streicher at August 19, 2026 09:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

310 Has Maryland Man's lawyer given the name of a country he can be deported to yet? As I remember, the man is so dangerous that he has the death penalty in twelves systems like that dude in Mos Eisley.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2026 09:18 AM (svLOV)

311 The NPVIC is unconstitutional as it would be an agreement between the states without congressional approval. That is barred by the constitution. I doubt even Hawaiian judges would find it constitutional

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (rp63B)

312 Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

Give my congratulations to your First Lady.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (Oy/m2)

313 Y'all are the kindest and most generous bunch of malcontents and reprobates I could ever have hoped to fall in with. Makes life more than a little bit more livable. Hope to God I get to meet y'all in person someday!
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (OUMaO)

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

314 Good morning.

Mamdani will gloat on 9/11 - and those in NYC who let him get elected should be ashamed of themselves.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

315 Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) responded to the news that a former staffer of his is now working on the campaign of Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico.
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And I helped get him the job!

Posted by: John Cornyn, Centrist Democrat at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (vue/J)

316 Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.”

The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people

Posted by: SMOD

...like that shit wasn't obvious from the get-go? I called it the "Pennsylvania Avenue Politburo" for a reason...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (OUMaO)

317 Give my congratulations to your First Lady.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (Oy/m2)

I will! Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (2YhKe)

318 Moms Across America Facebook Group:

The FDA just approved Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine, mFlusiva.

Here’s what the trial found:

The mRNA shot reduced the absolute risk of getting the flu by just 0.8% compared to a standard flu shot.

And 6.4% of people who received it experienced severe reactions.

We are disappointed to see the FDA approved another disastrous mRNA vaccine.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (RqFM6)

319 >>Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.

Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

320 I doubt even Hawaiian judges would find it constitutional
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 19, 2026 09:19 AM (rp63B)

Are you kidding? It's literally the Spirit of Aloha! Approved! -- Judge Humahumanukunukuapua'a

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

321 Sponge, my congrats to her also.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

322 >the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC)
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is unconstitutional

Art I Sec 10

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZxPkt)

323 Where's Monty? with all the D-O-o-O-M floating around, he's got to be here!

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (zBgIx)

You'd be shocked at how comforting I found that thread while reading it in the ICU room when John (late, first) Husband was dying. I hope all is well with Monty.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (lFFaq)

324 The MSM was every bit part of that "politburo" as those "senior advisors."

Hang every one of them in a public square by the neck until dead.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (2Cry5)

325 319 >>Who turned out to be not just a troll, but an actual stalker.

Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

What ? Who ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (+gK6I)

326 I think in the long term a win by any DSA scum, even in a primary, is not a good thing. Like all bad things, if you encourage them, they will grow.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK)
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Counterpoint: the repeated Dem debacles in the 1970s and 1980s led to a more centerist leadership, and while we all despise the Clintons, remember that Bill originally ran on Trump's current platform of no immigration, reducing government and protecting American jobs.

Hillary subsequently repudiated that to stay viable after Obama's lurch to the left, but that is often the way electoral politics work. The Labour Party in the UK went the same way and had to embrace the "third way" to get back into power.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

327 Sponge, how is First Daughter holding up?

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

328
We are disappointed to see the FDA approved another disastrous mRNA vaccine.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (RqFM6)

The FDA is NOT your friend.......

The inventor of mRNA TOLD them not to use it as a vaccine. And yet......

I wonder whatever happened to that guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

329 every troll, including banned ex-commenters who show up here, because they are sick losers in IRL, are stalkers

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (g47mK)

330 And how on earth did Kentucky elect that weirdo?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at

I was born there. Still have family there. Kentuckians, in my experience, are purely mercenary rice-bowl voters. R or D, whoever can send out the most checks, or at least promises to, is the guy.

If I were a Democrat running for McConnell's seat, my message would be simple: "that flipped over, dried out turtle was able to bring home the bacon because he was the most important Democrat in the Senate. But he's gone, and guess what? John Thune isn't from Kentucky. No Republican you vote for would have the juice to pay you people anymore, and wouldn't care to even if he did. If you want jack shit, you'll do the smart thing and vote for me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (BI5O2)

331 Sponge, how is First Daughter holding up?
Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

She's doing alright. Her license has been reinstated as of Monday, so we're working out how to get her insured and her car down to her soon.

The car, however, is still throwing some codes that I've yet to figure out.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

332 every troll, including banned ex-commenters who show up here, because they are sick losers in IRL, are stalkers

Posted by: runner

And, by definition and bylaws, are Average Joe.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (OUMaO)

333 SMOD

The MSM is increasingly ignored. Consequences right there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)

334 Counterpoint: the repeated Dem debacles in the 1970s and 1980s led to a more centerist leadership, and while we all despise the Clintons, remember that Bill originally ran on Trump's current platform of no immigration, reducing government and protecting American jobs.

Hillary subsequently repudiated that to stay viable after Obama's lurch to the left, but that is often the way electoral politics work. The Labour Party in the UK went the same way and had to embrace the "third way" to get back into power.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)

335 I want to make sure minorities don't run out of vaccines by never getting one.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (2MN4W)

336 >>The mRNA shot reduced the absolute risk of getting the flu by just 0.8% compared to a standard flu shot.

And 6.4% of people who received it experienced severe reactions.

Pretty sure there was just a story out about how the flu shots have very little to no effect.

IIRC, Hillary Clinton ruined the annual flu shot process decades ago. The process had been that each manufacturer decided which flu strain would be the most common/worst, so that there were a variety of flu shot options each year. Somehow Hillary got involved (remember her meddling in healthcare?), and the government started to pick which flu strain to stop and all flu shot manufacturers then produce the same shots.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)

337 *you can't vote them out

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (g47mK)

338 Now, I've been stacked with the task of fetching a trailer, going to pick up my nephew's dying car and transporting it 80 miles one way.......to get it out of his apartment parking lot.

Lord, give me strength.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (2YhKe)

339 Brother Cavil/Tim I sincerely hope things improve on one or more fronts soon!!

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (Kr1pO)

340 Lord, give me strength.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:26 AM (2YhKe)

Don't answer your phone

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (+gK6I)

341
Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)

They BOUGHT their tickets. They KNEW what they were getting into. I say, LET em crash.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

342 Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.

that's not really why

I tend to avoid the morning thread bc I wake up every day glad to be alive and super positive!

then IF I come here, it's sturm and drang and looking at the darkest side of everything.

I don't have TJMs patience so I should get to work. which is busy AND I have been asked to return to my former life in tech which I am considering. that alone - digging up an old tech maven for a new job?!?! - is indicative of something. Something good, maybe?

lol

enjoy your misery I will catch you later

Pablo Pledgescobar! that dude will make a fortune off the book he writes in prison btw

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (j+aD2)

343 These MRNA vaccines may save Social Security by culling all the old people.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (2MN4W)

344 339 Brother Cavil/Tim I sincerely hope things improve on one or more fronts soon!!
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (Kr1pO)

Yes... The same..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (+gK6I)

345 Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

I missed that bit. Just knew he was eventually purposefully copying the entire thread multiple times.

Texas MoMee now has a zero photos policy, probably because of stuff like that. Along with wanting to make sure no one gets cancelled for attending.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (lFFaq)

346 338 Sorry, Sponge. Hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)

347 Say what you will about Sweden and the Swedes, but they are sane when it comes to vaccines, and healthcare.

Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (g47mK)

348 Don't answer your phone

Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2026 09:27 AM (+gK6I)

It may come down to that........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

349 there's 'no principled reason' for elephants to be 'deprived of legal personhood'

Nor is there any reason to deprive penguins,, something we've been working on for decades.

Power to the Penguins!

Posted by: Big Penguin at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (0sNs1)

350 Although, as has been pointed out, the NPVIC is, itself, unconstitutional. I hold that the courts and professional officeholders will ignore that but the statement is correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

How is it unconstitutional? States can set their own rules for how they choose electors. It's stupid to do that national popular vote thing - but seems to be allowed.

"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector."

Posted by: Doof at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (S0M0K)

351 Sorry, Sponge. Hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

Posted by: Bulg at August 19, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

352
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

See Virginia v. Tennessee (1893)

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (a6PrB)

353 Service Elephants?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (2MN4W)

354 The car, however, is still throwing some codes that I've yet to figure out.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

When that gas icon comes up on the dashboard, it means no gas.

Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (Oy/m2)

355 "Americans think squeezing Iran harder will win concessions that were never part of the agreement," Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote in a post on X. "Bessent and Hegseth are way out of their league," Ghalibaf added while referring to them as the "clown crew." He stated:

Stop waiting for the clown crew to pull a rabbit out of their hat and clean up the mess you made.

After declaring a new 'offensive' military posture in response to the crisis, Iran is showing no signs of backing off the confrontation with the US in the region. On Wednesday its armed forces warned Gulf countries against hosting or assisting American forces, saying it would be tantamount to joining the war on the US side.

"We wish to warn that any assistance or facilitation provided to the aggressor U.S. military amounts to participation in the U.S. military operation," armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi said.

"It seems unlikely that such a large number of military aircraft, particularly refueling aircraft could be present at regional bases without knowledge of host countries," the official continued as cited in Mehr news agency.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

356 Service Elephants?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (2MN4W)

This is about me, isn't it......

Posted by: University of Alabama at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

357 If we use the lens of conventional political theory, the Dems' behavior is inexplicable. Trump has seized on 90-10 issues and is using them to break the usual midterm trend of voting for the "out" party. Under game theory, the Dems should also embrace those positions, taking them off the table and then highlighting their popular positions.

This is what Bill Clinton did, not just with the border, but also with violent crime. Remember, he executed a guy during the 1992 campaign, showing he was no Mike Dukakis.

The problem is that the Dems' primary system is empowering the lunatics, and the Dem leadership has clung to power to the point that the party is U-shaped, with a bunch of geriatric politicians clinging to power and now a bunch of young inexperienced Theater Kids challenging them. The GOP has its Turtle, but overall there is a smoother demographic transition underway.

J.D. Vance exemplifies this, which is the the Dems are so scared of him.

The Dems right now are in a purity spiral, and the party may well splinter because the DSA types will not compromise an inch.

In the GOP, the MAGA wing is consolidating power, and by 2028, the last holdouts will have been eliminated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

358 >>These MRNA vaccines may save Social Security by culling all the old people.

As instapundit always says: Feature, not a bug.

And considering I just lost my father to a vax-caused mystery lung disease, I am really, REALLY pissed about this.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)

359 Early Dr Fauci art up

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM (RqFM6)

360
Nor is there any reason to deprive penguins,, something we've been working on for decades.

Power to the Penguins!
Posted by: Big Penguin

Preach it, brothers!

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (JM9I6)

361
When that gas icon comes up on the dashboard, it means no gas.
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2026 09:29 AM (Oy/m2)

Wife is going to fill it now, but it's the picture of an engine that keeps coming up.

I open the hood and the engine is still there, so I'm not sure what it wants me to check.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

362 Trump Pauses 50% Canada Tariffs At 11th Hour, Declares "We Have A Deal"

"Congratulations Mr. President. The deal will include comprehensive market access for all American goods, economic security..."

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

363 Sometimes Oxygen Sensor failing or failed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2MN4W)

364 Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

WOAH 🚨 Lead Anchor at CNN Jake Tapper comes out and admits THEY ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t really President and calling the shots

He says there was an elite inner circle of advisors who would make the decisions and “steer the country.” He gives the names of the people in that group

Again, the mainstream media ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t making decisions

“Tell me about the word choice, and then tell me about those people who were really calling the shots around the president.”

Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.”

The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

None were elected so they ran a coup.

They should all be in prison or hanging from ropes. After a swift trial and found guilty.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

365 Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)
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Bloom County ran strips talking about the vanishing of the American Liberal in the 1980s because they were getting hammered so badly. It moves in cycles.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)

366 Parts stores can plug in a thingie and catch a code.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (2MN4W)

367 They BOUGHT their tickets. They KNEW what they were getting into. I say, LET em crash.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Snort!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 09:34 AM (u82oZ)

368 Beware the “Gravy Boat” light on the instrument cluster.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (dLnkr)

369 Western Lensman @WesternLensman

CNN of course is now trying to make Natalie Harp a story they can use to bash Trump.

They've brought her brother in to help do it.

Erin Burnett is trying her best to get usable soundbites out of him, but he's spaced out and she's having some trouble.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:35 AM (RHGPo)

370 They should all be in prison or hanging from ropes. After a swift trial and found guilty.

Posted by: naturalfake

We can have the trial after the fact.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2026 09:36 AM (svLOV)

371 Jemele Hill and Don Lemon say Stephen A. Smith has become problematic because he's been hosting "certain" people and hanging out with them
https://x.com/Thechat101/status/2089476502379217320

They feel that he is in a way betraying "black journalism"

This comes after the NABJ gave Smith its 'Thumbs Down' award, citing his commentary about black women, Jasmine Crockett being among them

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 09:37 AM (RHGPo)

372 Posted by: University of Alabama at August 19, 2026 09:30 AM

Roll Tide!

Posted by: U of A alums at August 19, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)

373 Nood.

Posted by: U of A alums at August 19, 2026 09:41 AM (0sNs1)

374 Trump's got a deal with Canada, the Keystone pipeline appears to be in the deal. Re-Opened.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 09:44 AM (AJWch)

375 Yup, he stalked an 'ette. No laughing matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

Plural. Stalked 'ettes.

Good riddance.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 19, 2026 09:46 AM (PGK1w)

376
Counterpoint: the repeated Dem debacles in the 1970s and 1980s led to a more centerist leadership, and while we all despise the Clintons, remember that Bill originally ran on Trump's current platform of no immigration, reducing government and protecting American jobs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

Counter-Counter Point: When Clinton played centrist but sane liberal during the General Election, he was lying through his ass. The FIRST major policy thing that cocksucker did after taking the oath is defer to the wishes of his harridan wife, Frau Gruppencankles, when he tried to force the military to openly admit homosexuals to the uniformed services. The outroar was so loud that he had to backtrack, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the compromise.

There were other, similar indications where he proposed radical bullshit policies from his wife and had to backtrack. Probably because it would have generated enough hatred that he feared losing access to all that strange poon he was pulling into the Oval Office. I wouldn't be surprised if there was still Bubba DNA rubbed into the top of the Resolute Desk after all of these years.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 19, 2026 09:53 AM (iqcvy)

377 >>Plural. Stalked 'ettes.

Oh dang, forgot that it was more than one.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2026 09:57 AM (X8xt3)

378 Over a century ago, John D. Rockefeller transformed oil into one of the world's most valuable industries.
Now, thousands of investors believe something similar could be happening with coal.
Frontieras North America has developed patented technology that refines coal into fuels and materials like diesel, jet fuel, hydrogen, and fertilizer, serving markets worth $2.1 Trillion globally.
With a Nasdaq ticker (FASF) reserved and land secured in West Virginia for its $850M flagship facility, Frontieras is inviting investors to participate while the company remains private.

Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2026 10:20 AM (wfdbg)

379 365 Counter , Counter point, the DSA is taking over the D party, because, unlike other Capital inspired movements, Socialists, once in a majority, take undemocratic measures to make their power absolute.
Posted by: runner at August 19, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)
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Bloom County ran strips talking about the vanishing of the American Liberal in the 1980s because they were getting hammered so badly. It moves in cycles.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Coming soon.... AOC expanding 'her' Squad, to include legions of the willing (deluded LIBs) under the banner of Rama Duwaji's/Free Gaza as her Suicide Squad to deliver the Revolutionary Justice the Puerto Rican/FALN could only dream of.
https://www.tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhenLIBsDisarm

What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 19, 2026 10:40 AM (Pd1W3)

380 'Morning, all. Thank you, J.J.

Geez. WTH!?

At least one positive, Rep. Byron Donalds won the Florida Republican gubernatorial nomination. Yay!

And one very interesting, also from Florida: "State Rep. Angie Nixon, a progressive who recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America, won an upset victory over former National Security Council aide Alex Vindman." (USA Today) He outraised her funding; she beat him by +/- 10 points!

Ms. Nixon, who joined the DSA in June, was supported by some progressive House members, including Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Maxwell Frost of Florida.

How the hell have we gotten to this point where - in our nation's 250 year, our 25 anniversary of 9/11 - socialism supported by Omar/Tlaib (NY Times) or by AOC/Sanders and/or by the Justice Democrats, DSA, and/or alleged "grassroots chapters" practically storms the seats of government for takeover? (Too dramatic? But quite concerning, and I really thought socialism & Islam didn't interface well. Fooled again.)

Cont'd

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

381 Abdul El-Sayed's mom completed advanced nursing & nurse practitioner education in the US, specializing in Psychiatric & Metal Health Nursing. She earned three Master's degrees and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Mental Health Nursing. Reportedly, she also works as a part-time school counselor for a private, non-profit educational center.

El-Sayed was, reportedly, 'raised' by his father & step mother (white, American born, native of MI) the latter also a highly accomplished U.S. executive leader, engineer, and academic administrator.

What's known about Dr. Adam Hamawy's parents aside from they were Egyptian immigrants? Nothing. And he has had a controversial past.

Rutgers AAUP-AFT endorsed Sue Altman, a former top staffer to Senator Andy Kim for US Representative of New Jersey’s 7th congressional district. A member at Rutgers-Camden, a former high school teacher, and former executive director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance, who had walked on the union’s picket lines to run against... MAGA.

She had signature issues but her campaign for congress was allowed to go on, after a judge ruled this she retained a adequate # of petition signatures.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

382 Then, Jewish Insider, she "accuses challenger in N.J. race of ‘cheerleading’ the ‘deaths of Israeli children’
Adam Hamawy said on Hasan Piker’s show that he does not support Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system, arguing that it insulates Israel from the consequences of war

Linda Sarsour on Facebook: Shame on Sue Altman for trying to malign a man who has RISKED his life to save children and families around the world. This should disqualify her from any endorsements including the New Jersey Working Families Party. She must apologize NOW.

A coalition including CAIR Action NJ, CAIR NJ, NJ Muslim Civic Coalition, American Muslims for Palestine - NJ, Palestinian American Community Center (PACC), Emgage Action, Climate Revolution Action Network (CRAN), Jewish Voice for Peace, If Not Now, Hindus for Human Rights Action, & Resistencia en Acción New Jersey condemned Sue Altman's mischaracterization of Hamawy's comments.

Sen. Sanders endorsed N.J.'s & Justice Democrat's Hamawry; DSA's/AOC endorsed Rabb (Phila. PA) & New York's/DSA's Claire Valdez. They are expected to act as a unified, left-wing voting bloc in the next session of Congress.

They're just a few of the new.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

383 326. Counterpoint -
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

And/or Newt

Ending a 40-Year Dynasty: Gingrich masterminded the 1994 midterm elections, successfully breaking the Democratic Party's uninterrupted 40-year control of the House of Representatives. This historic shift was widely termed the Republican Revolution.

The Contract with America: He united Republican candidates across the nation around a unified, aggressive legislative text called the Contract with America, bypassing traditional local campaigns to nationalize the race against President Bill Clinton.

Guerrilla Media Strategy: Long before social media, Gingrich utilized late-night televised C-SPAN speeches to speak directly to voters, weaponized aggressive partisan rhetoric, and framed the political battle against the Clinton administration as a "fight of good versus evil."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 19, 2026 02:01 PM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 19 August 2026

Top Story

A federal judge has ruled that a state judge who used AI to handle the entire decision in a case so she could spend the day playing Cookie Run Kingdom or something equally important cannot be sued. (Tom's Hardware)

The state judge's actions may not be reasonable, or even legal, and the decision can be appealed, but the judge cannot sued.

Tech News

Move fast and crash planes: Google just bought the anonymised databases of the defunct Spirit Airlines for $10 million to train AI models. (CNN)

With OpenAI training on Reddit, Amazon training on Twitch streams, and now Google training on incompetent and defunct airlines, I don't think we have to worry too much about AI taking our jobs.

And more about AI destroying the economy so there aren't any jobs to be taken.
Building a Steam Machine in an ASRock Deskmeet X300. (WCCFTech)

Interesting thing: The Deskmeet X300 has four DDR4 SODIMM slots. Which is great if you just happen to have a stockpile of DDR4 SODIMMs from old laptops and mini-PCs.

Which I do.
Best Buy apparently did not steal half this customer's memory. (Tom's Hardware)

They took half the memory out, yes, but returned it along with the laptop. And since it has a dedicated GPU, performance won't suffer too much.

Actually, it just sounds like one stick of RAM went bad, and since the laptop was upgraded by a third-party, it wasn't Best Buy's responsibility, and the system is now working again.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: She's a bop girl.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:45 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 04:48 AM (jAzRo)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2026 04:48 AM (sAmhv)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 04:50 AM (Ia/+0)

5 this is newsy; excerpted from the ONT

452 The IRGC are threatening ballistic missile attacks on European targets in Cyprus and Bulgaria. The IRGC fired two missiles at the UAE yesterday that both fell into the sea.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:32 AM (gIjzl)

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:51 AM (odBC9)

6 Judicial immunity is nowhere in either the Constitution or statute.

Judges have immunity because judges say so.

Posted by: The Right Honorable Miklos, presiding at August 19, 2026 04:56 AM (XOG/m)

7 Someone should do a mashup of IRGC officials making threats and Ernest T. Bass threatening to throw a rock.

Posted by: Miklos lacks certain technical skill, more of an Idea Guy at August 19, 2026 04:58 AM (XOG/m)

8 m, this reminds me so much of Baghdad Bob. This has precipitated the move to quash all news coming out of Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (gIjzl)

9 Miklos lacks certain technical skill, more of an Idea Guy

heh

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

10 8 m, this reminds me so much of Baghdad Bob. This has precipitated the move to quash all news coming out of Iran.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (gIjzl)

I'll be headed down lots of rabbit holes online!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

11 Iran International is doing the best just the news reporting without opinions.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 05:04 AM (gIjzl)

12 m, this reminds me so much of Baghdad Bob.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:59 AM (gIjzl)
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Iran is not Saddam Hussein. Iran is suicidal.

הבא להורגך, השכם להורגו

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 05:04 AM (Z3R2R)

13 Oh, and BOING!

Lunch time, already???

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 05:05 AM (Z3R2R)

14 Biden's Dog, any opinion on the election?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 05:05 AM (gIjzl)

15 Elections here are stuck on stupid because they are based on a party-only choice. Plus, governments can be brought down before their maximum term. Very much like (once) Great Britain.

Voters here are just as stupid as much everywhere else. They keep on voting for the same ol' same ol'.

Netanyahu is such a farce. Has been for decades.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 05:08 AM (Z3R2R)

16 Where is this Barack Obama, and what have you done with him?

Wikipedia, Hamas

In July 2008, Barack Obama, then the Democratic presidential candidate, said: "If somebody was sending rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do everything in my power to stop that, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing."

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 19, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

18 A federal judge has ruled that a state judge who used AI to handle the entire decision in a case so she could spend the day playing Cookie Run Kingdom or something equally important cannot be sued.
****

It is quite likely that the judge relied on their clerk for the decision. To get to the bottom of this matter, the plaintiff should petition to have the judge explain the ruling in chambers. If the judge can not adequately explain, petition for recusal.

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 05:11 AM (jAzRo)

19 Technology gave us fat feral wimmin in bathrobes on airplane bitching about racis and sheet

I don't like technology anymore

Posted by: the nephew at August 19, 2026 05:12 AM (LOZbR)

20 When going to the Amish market on Saturday, not only did we get good food served by pleasant, polite people , but I got several words search books which I enjoy doing as a diversion. One book was on faith, one was on love and based on passages from scripture This is one I was working on today from Psalm 33:20-22:

"Our soul waiteth for the Lord ; He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His Holy Name. Let thy mercy be upon us, as we hope in thee."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:25 AM (xSAlF)

21 Could I guess that judge is a DEI hire, and doesn't have any idea about written law?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)

22 Be bop. Deluxe.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 05:28 AM (fh6Zf)

23 Disclaimer: She's a bop girl.

She yips.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

24 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers!

Woden's Day, Woden's Day, wherefore art thou Woden's day? A Thor's Day by any other name would smell as sweet.

Not that my Thor's Day this week will be a snap. Haircut, gassing up the car, dropping off old clothes and books at the thrift store; a busy morning. Today is lighter. I hope.

Anyway, I'm up earlier than I planned, having my coffee. What about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

25 Christian man from MN ( says he works in the agricultural industry) writes on spiritual maintenance and Hebrews 10: 19-25:

https://tinyurl.com/muby72eu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:29 AM (xSAlF)

26 abovethelaw.com has articles about the use of AI in the law and promotes a "resource" called Legal AI.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

27 For some reason, when that Cyndi Lauper song came out, I thought the chorus included the word "Baluchistan."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

28 Cyndi Lauper - She Bop

It is super catchy.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

29 The local Fox outlet has a story about a gigantic pothole in a neighborhood here that is (supposedly) going to get filled -- after fifty years. A poor, crime-ridden neighborhood, yes, but still! How corrupt, stupid, and incompetent must a bunch of administrations be to let something that dangerous to traffic slide . . . for half a century?

No need to answer that. When the guy told Mr. Gittes in 1974, "Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown," it resonated with people here, even then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

30 21 Could I guess that judge is a DEI hire, and doesn't have any idea about written law?
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)

Her name is

Mari Parladé

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:41 AM (odBC9)

31 And the Plaza Tower, a 1967-era building where I worked in the early '90s, has been standing vacant, condemned for mold issues among other things . . . since 2002. Twenty-four years without selling it or demolishing it?

New Mayor: "I'll get around to it."

(repeat on loop)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

32 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:25 AM (xSAlF)

I just had a goofy idea:

Feral Word Search

Make a little booklet full of word keys, little themed lists of words of varying degrees of oddness, along with some kind of temporary "sticky note" or maybe a weird paperclip with a little pointer or flag you could adjust somehow, and then you use whatever books or magazines you have lying around as the material you search in.

Kinda like a word search scavenger hunt. But re-useable. And with unlimited variations. And no guarantee of success.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:43 AM (Ot/FD)

33 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:43 AM (Ot/FD)

Is there anyway you could make money from this?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:47 AM (xPsv8)

34 I'd rather be carried by six than judged by Candy Crush.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:47 AM (Ot/FD)

35 Flight Aware tells me the plane that just flew over is a Fedex Boeing 777 that left Memphis after 3 this morning and is landing at Newark in 15 minutes. I presume the cargo all will be delivered someplace today.

Modern life is sort of amazing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 05:48 AM (rlR9Y)

36 Anyway, I'm up earlier than I planned, having my coffee. What about you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

This Day bears my Name

Hump ye, hump ye all

Posted by: Wotan at August 19, 2026 05:48 AM (XOG/m)

37 Virginia Man Argues His 'FTP&ATF' License Plate Is Free Speech. The Supreme Court Might Hear His Case.

reason.com

https://tinyurl.com/4r7x9znh

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:49 AM (odBC9)

38 33 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:43 AM (Ot/FD)

Is there anyway you could make money from this?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:47 AM (xPsv

That is the most Dad question anyone has ever asked anyone.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:50 AM (Ot/FD)

39 For some reason, when that Cyndi Lauper song came out, I thought the chorus included the word "Baluchistan."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of

Entirely your fault

Baluchistan is not part of Cyndi's vocabulary-ness

Posted by: Miklos just wanna have fun at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (XOG/m)

40 84 degrees here, never mind the heat index. Time I took a day off from my workout schedule. The high will be 96.

In contrast, it's 68 in Terre Haute (and it's 6 am there), with a high (amid rain, true) expected to be around 78.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

41 Everybody in our house had a somewhat difficult day for various yesterday, which I won't go into. We are thankful God got us through . Probably the most "exciting" was son and his co-worker had to pry open an elevator which wasn't working to get out. I am trusting that today is smoother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (xPsv8)

42 Is there anyway you could make money from this?😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026

***
Looks like you're trying to make a suggestion. Would you like some help?
( -- A certain animated Windows annoyance)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

43 Every morning, before I Wordle, I Quordle and Nerdle. Exercise my coffee-addled brain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 05:53 AM (HIHJq)

44 FTP&ATF

For The Penguins - All The Fish

I don't see the problem.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

45 Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 05:50 AM (Ot/FD)

But I'm not a dad. Husband ( and dad) must have worn off on me a bit😉 Anyway, I liked your idea and will have to consider it a bit more when I'm more awake.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 05:54 AM (xPsv8)

46 All seriousness aside . . . is there any other place on the 'Net whose posters/commenters display this level of wit even before dawn??? Hard to imagine!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

47 27 For some reason, when that Cyndi Lauper song came out, I thought the chorus included the word "Baluchistan."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

ha ha

I see where.

She bop, he bop, we bop
I bop, you bop, they bop
Be bop, be bop, a lu bop
I hope he will understand

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)

48 I am up always earlier than I planned

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 05:57 AM (Ia/+0)

49 In fairness to Cyndi and "She-Bop": It was the '80s, I had been reading some ancient history (didn't Alexander the Great pass through what is now Baluchistan?), and I was hearing the song on an AM radio in the truck with the windows open. (No A/C in the trucks. I hated that job.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

50 Five am here; time to take the furry thugs' chow out of the fridge to warm a bit, and for me to get dressed and have a little chow of my own.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

51 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

If was long after dawn, but we ( or me, anyway) did get laughs from people making fun of the "Outstanding refugee of the year" who bilked whatever state is was for over a million dollars. This is not a funny issue, but I was overly tired.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:00 AM (xPsv8)

52 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:01 AM (odBC9)

53 I'd rather be carried by six than judged by Candy Crush.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026

***
Why in the world do the TV ads for that refer to it as the "Candy Crush Saga"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

54 My understanding Cyndi wasn't the song writer much at all, but could be wrong. Can't say she was ever on my playlist

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:02 AM (Ia/+0)

55 Stove top brewed cappuccino for Mrs. BD and me, plus a square of Swiss dark chocolate.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:03 AM (Z3R2R)

56 She looks a lot like Boy George in that screenshot.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)

57 Pretty much the only this I know about Lauper is this trivia:

https://tinyurl.com/538fycb7

(YouTube link)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Z3R2R)

58 My understanding Cyndi wasn't the song writer much at all, but could be wrong. Can't say she was ever on my playlist
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026

***
I remember somebody, probably Weird Al, parodying "Hey Mickey" by casting the song as about Ricky Ricardo, i.e., "Hey Ricky!"

Odd how I remember Weird Al's versions of "Beat It," "Like a Virgin," and "Our Love's in Jeopardy" better than I do the originals.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

59 Why in the world do the TV ads for that refer to it as the "Candy Crush Saga"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

If I knew, I certainly wouldn't let anyone know that I knew.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Ot/FD)

60 Or Boy George looks like her in that picture.

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)

61 She looks a lot like Boy George in that screenshot.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2026

***
Cyndi was much cuter. Not that it's hard to be cuter than Boy George.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

62 (1 of 2)

but the judge cannot sued.

Judge Mari Parlade can (and should) be impeached by the legislature for what is essentially dereliction of duty and violation of part of her oath of office.

From the oath is this concluding phrase:

"... and I will well and faithfully perform all the duties of the office of the district court judge for the 8th judicial district, family division, department A, on which I'm about to enter, so help me God."

It could be strongly argued that using AI to build the decision is not faithful performance of her duties, and by using it for that purpose, it is a delegation of her responsibilities to a non-intelligent LLM, at a time when the courts have been repeatedly sanctioning lawyers for submitting briefs with LLM generated hallucinations (citations to cases that do not exist) in them.

A database of AI hallucinations in legal cases (by country) has been compiled by a French lawyer Damien Charlotin:
https://tinyurl.com/bdsyuu63

The United States leads this with 1,324 out of the total 1,933 cases documented.

(more...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

63 (... continued, 2 of 2)

Here's Judge Mari Parlade taking the oath of office, given by Judge Rebecca Burton:
https://youtu.be/TORwoDOyxj8

@ 1:07:
Burton (smoothly): "all the duties of the office of the district court judge"

Parlade (pausing twice while saying): "all the duties ... of the office ... of the district court judge..."

Parlade does get the wording correct, but you can see she's struggling to remember and correctly repeat an eleven word long phrase. Short term memory can only comfortably handle 7 things so perhaps that's understandable.

However, it did make me wonder just how sharp this judge's mental acuity is, now further called into question by the willingness to use an LLM to build a legal judgement.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

64 84 degrees here, never mind the heat index. Time I took a day off from my workout schedule. The high will be 96.

In contrast, it's 68 in Terre Haute (and it's 6 am there), with a high (amid rain, true) expected to be around 78.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

88 here in OKC now. May reach around 110 today. Getting very tired of the heat.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (g8Ew8)

65 The headlines today are filled with anti-Trump screeching. The NYT is especially worried PDJT will get his ballroom completed before the courts can stop him. And if the courts are ineffectual, what do they have left?!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:07 AM (1FJsD)

66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9

I agree with you. I always thought Weird Al was quite a clever and talented man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:07 AM (xPsv8)

67 Oh, who cares that the Law is broken. No one was using it anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (Ot/FD)

68 Late start and close to home, will be back to leaving 4:45 tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (Ia/+0)

69 Pork tenderloin marinating in a mojo sauce. Cubanos on the lunch menu for today.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (gIjzl)

70 Move over Dead Internet Theory.

We got Dead Legal System Theory.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:09 AM (Ot/FD)

71 Pork tenderloin marinating in a mojo sauce. Cubanos on the lunch menu for today.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 06:08 AM (gIjzl)
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Mouth watering.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (1FJsD)

72 66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9

I agree with you. I always thought Weird Al was quite a clever and talented man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:07 AM (xPsv

Good morning Fen.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Gqar8)

73 "Where were you on the night of the 22nd?"

"That's a great question, you're definitely on the right track."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)

74 Wolfus didn't see a result of the house hunting went through or not?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:11 AM (Ia/+0)

75 I would like to share how wonderful it at 5:00 in the morning to have a purring kitten greet me when I let him out of his quiet room. He just found half of a plastic Easter egg which he is enjoying picking up and carrying around and pushing on the floor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:13 AM (xPsv8)

76 57 Pretty much the only this I know about Lauper is this trivia:

https://tinyurl.com/538fycb7

(YouTube link)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Z3R2R)

She bop.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

77 76 57 Pretty much the only this I know about Lauper is this trivia:

https://tinyurl.com/538fycb7

(YouTube link)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:05 AM (Z3R2R)

She bop.
Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

Michael Jackson's in the background, there.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)

78 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Gqar

Good morning to you, tubal. I hope you and all here have a blessed day and know that you a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:17 AM (rHgXV)

79 I think I'm gonna keep that URL to "AI Hallucination Cases" linked under my name for a while. It's worth keeping so others can find it easily.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

80 https://tinyurl.com/3bczk5dc
American Thinker- Totalitarian Ideologies 101

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)

81 78 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:10 AM (Gqar

Good morning to you, tubal. I hope you and all here have a blessed day and know that you a blessing to others!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:17 AM (rHgXV)

Thank you. God’s blessings be upon you also. Are you sermon prepping or is it too early in the week?

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Gqar8)

82 Grok is having a high-prize contest now for producing a film/trailer/scene or something from The Oddessy.

In the meantime, there are bloopers:

https://tinyurl.com/42m78h86

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Z3R2R)

83 60 Or Boy George looks like her in that picture.
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)

"They're the same picture."

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)

84 @75/FenelonSpoke: "I would like to share how wonderful it at 5:00 in the morning to have a purring kitten greet me when I let him out of his quiet room. He just found half of a plastic Easter egg which he is enjoying picking up and carrying around and pushing on the floor."

*heh* Kittens are so cute (and exhausting at times.)

Have you submitted pictures of Millard to the AoSHQ Pet Thread email address? ( petmorons at protonmail dot com )

If not, please do?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)

85 PAGING ~~BILL GATES~~ BUCK THROCKMORTON!

PAGING ~~BILL GATES~~ BUCK THROCKMORTON!!!

https://tinyurl.com/bdhjreu3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 06:25 AM (Z3R2R)

86 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Gqar

I am off , so I get to enjoy a wonderful preacher at a church that is part of the Anglican Church in America, which is the more conservative break off from the Anglican Church. They are a lovely group of people as well, and I think their church is growing, praise the Lord!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:26 AM (xPsv8)

87 Wolfus didn't see a result of the house hunting went through or not?
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026

***
Oh, I mentioned it earlier this week, Skip. I made an offer, they accepted it, I've scheduled the inspection, and now I have questions about the initial disclosure agreement the lender has sent me -- the same basic questions as I had about the first house in May, probably.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

88 I do wonder how the hundreds of EV Amazon trucks are doing daily? Charging every day do they get as far as they did months ago? Holding up with maintenance?

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:28 AM (Ia/+0)

89
Where is this Barack Obama, and what have you done with him?

__________

His views "evolved". He "grew in office". The prissy little ponce is now likely "sympathetic" to the Jew-Hate wing of the Democratic party. He's not troubled by Musloids pushing blacks out because he was never black himself. Big Mike, on the other hand, is the blackest black woman around.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 06:28 AM (O0L8i)

90 Wolfus that's great. You know sometimes here you miss comments easily

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:29 AM (Ia/+0)

91 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW

Thanks for your interest. I will try to do that.

On another note, have you had your back to school
Meeting for the bus yet? Spouse had his. He said they repeat the same thing every year, but at least they had a nice catered lunch of Chicken Parmesan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:29 AM (xPsv8)

92
Wolfus, when you leave Da Swamp, the average IQ there will plummet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026 06:30 AM (O0L8i)

93 @75/FenelonSpoke: "I would like to share how wonderful it at 5:00 in the morning to have a purring kitten greet me when I let him out of his quiet room. He just found half of a plastic Easter egg which he is enjoying picking up and carrying around and pushing on the floor."

***
My big black one is chasing his adopted sister around. This is their pre-breakfast workout. But I think he's playing a bit too rough with her at times. He outweighs her by 4-5 pounds and has a longer reach. And when they wrestle, she sometimes lets out an unhappy squawk -- rare for a cat as quiet as she is.

When I see that I break it up by water spraying him as a deterrent.

She's not an aggressive cat. I wish she'd give him a good swipe across the nose to settle him down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)

94 They are redoing my rosd, its a gravel road now

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Ia/+0)

95 IBM and Univ. of Chicago say they have demonstrated a quantum computer superior to a classical computer. Kind of a big deal.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz868tn

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Vvecv)

96 86 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:21 AM (Gqar

I am off , so I get to enjoy a wonderful preacher at a church that is part of the Anglican Church in America, which is the more conservative break off from the Anglican Church. They are a lovely group of people as well, and I think their church is growing, praise the Lord!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:26 AM (xPsv

Wonderful. Before I joined my SBC church I looked around for a Presbyterian Church in America but nothing nearby unfortunately. We have a great pastor so all things worked out. We do not stray from Biblical preaching. Very expository, exegesis, not eisegesis.

Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (Gqar8)

97 Wolfus that's great. You know sometimes here you miss comments easily
Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026

***
I'm glad you asked. It's a nice little 2BR/1BA on the south side of town, in a quiet area with good access to the Interstate and a major US highway avenue. Basement, two car garage, and even a window seat in the dining room.

I'm worried that the property tax and insurance will be higher than I'm comfortable with. And that I won't have enough closet space -- though I am going to donate or dispense with a lot of stuff here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

98 95 IBM and Univ. of Chicago say they have demonstrated a quantum computer superior to a classical computer. Kind of a big deal.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz868tn
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Vvecv)

They can't even make regular ass memory and GPUs enough to keep up with market demand, how they even going to attempt supplying a market for that kind of thing?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (Ot/FD)

99 Good morning! Currently 83, headed for 106. Todays flight plan will be climb and maintain 70F but afterwards, I'll have to walk across the ramp to visit with a shop and spend some time out on the floor with them. At least the hangar doors there face north/south.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (3Ope8)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (odBC9)

101 Wolfus, when you leave Da Swamp, the average IQ there will plummet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 19, 2026

***
It plunged in 2005, when so many sensible people with the resources to leave did just that. When I go, the place will become even more like Mogadishu.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

102
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
5h
A grok generated image of someone serving in congress and the tattoos you would give them.

Go.

LOL lots of good ones

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:39 AM (odBC9)

103 Posted by: tubal at August 19, 2026 06:36 AM (Gqar

Praise God you found a wonderful place to attend, and a fine pastor. I'm sure you pray for him . That is so important and we clergy appreciate that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:39 AM (rHgXV)

104 Get your new Quantum laptop! Only $2.4 million with a three year lead time!

And you get a free laptop bag with your purchase too! The only way to know if your Q-top is actually in there is to open it and look!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:40 AM (Ot/FD)

105 Greetings and good morning, one and all. I'm absorbing my coffee and preparing to face the day.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 19, 2026 06:41 AM (svLOV)

106 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9

I enjoy the accounts of your furry friends. Do consider writing some stories about them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 06:42 AM (rHgXV)

107 When I go, the place will become even more like Mogadishu.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

"Hey, Bill, ever since last Wednesday, have you noticed that this place feel evvvver so slightly less like Mogadishu?"

".... huh?"

- Somewhere in Terre Haute, weeks from now

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 19, 2026 06:42 AM (Ot/FD)

108 I've seen more and more Amazon vans that are GMC or Ford, etc. Not so much the EV vans....what's going on?

Posted by: iworkout47 at August 19, 2026 06:42 AM (CiQE7)

109 I enjoy the accounts of your furry friends. Do consider writing some stories about them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026

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My comic bits about three of their predecessors, written in '06 and after, still make me laugh. The concept was that the three cats could talk among themselves, though not with their Servants (the humans), and they would comment on human activities with curiosity and comic dialogue.

Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat: "Doesn't do to let the humans know you love them. Even though you do."

One sketch appeared in our writing group's anthology, and another on a website that I'm not sure is still up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)

110 @91/FenelonSpoke: Yes, I've had the same meeting. We also got a nice lunch. They must be on their new budget. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

111 A federal judge has ruled that a state judge who used AI to handle the entire decision in a case so she could spend the day playing Cookie Run Kingdom or something equally important cannot be sued.

I don't doubt that you could sue the state, or county, or whatever, and that would be fine. The taxpayers could get slammed again. Whatever. But to hold one of your government masters accountable for their actions is beyond the pale.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 06:48 AM (ExV1e)

112 Judges have immunity because judges say so.
Posted by: The Right Honorable Miklos, presiding at August 19, 2026 04:56 AM (XOG/m)

Since legislatures haven't removed them for saying that, I guess they're right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

113 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Mark Hemingway
@Heminator
18h
"Proposal for Arday’s Law: a limit to articles published on one person within a timeframe."
Yeah, hard pass.

Change.org UK
@UKChange
Aug 17
In the 22 days before his death, 249 articles were published about Jason Arday. That's more than 10 a day.

Tia Lazaro-James has launched a petition on Change.org calling on the government to protect individuals from media harm.

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:51 AM (odBC9)

114 Movies! is running a B & W TV film from 1964, The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre. "A woman believes that her mother-in-law is communicating from the dead and hires a paranormal investigator." Written and directed by Joseph Stefano of Outer Limits fame as a pilot for a new series, it even looks like an episode of OL.

The woman is played by the lovely Diane Baker, there's a featured role for Dame Judith Anderson -- and the investigator is Martin Landau.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

115 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 06:55 AM (VyBeY)

116 via aelfred_d

What's great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.

You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good.

Andy Warhol

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9)

117

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 19, 2026 06:58 AM (yM1Zs)

118 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 19, 2026 06:55 AM (VyBeY)

Good morning to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2026 07:00 AM (xPsv8)

119 Fen, in the comic sketches with the three cats, Marie is the smart leader, Oreo the plump tuxedo cat is a touch grumpy, and Angelique the Siberian is fond of reminding them (too often) that she's a Siberian.

In one scene Oreo and Angelique are squabbling, and the latter calls Oreo "Tub-O."

Oreo: "That does it. You're getting a big hairball in your food bowl tomorrow."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

120 @FenelonSpoke and FenSpouse:

This year we have our new driver safety monitoring system with outward and inward cameras in use. It uses an AI analysis of front and driver facing cameras to nudge behavior of the driver towards safety and away from things it has set as "negative". It has an "alert" and "event" threshold, with alert simply notifying the driver (via audio tone) of something that needs immediate correction, and "event" meaning the incident is sent immediately to the office for review and potential penalty assessment. Some behaviors (like not putting on a seatbelt and moving the bus, even in the bus yard) have alert and event set at the same point in time, which would mean an automatic penalty.

I am reserving judgement until I've had a chance to work with this new system in place. We'll see how well it does, how accurate it is, and how many hallucinations I end up having to file for a correction on.

I do expect to hear a lot of grumbling about this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

121 I'm glad we didn't have cameras and AI in our courier vans when I was doing that work. Yes, they probably sent out people to check we were on our routes and progressing properly, but I wasn't aware of it while driving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 19, 2026 07:07 AM (wzUl9)

122 *hic*
****

Seeing an ancient Horror arise
Should not be a big surprise
We have all been aghast
From first to last
How quickly it draws flies

fin

Posted by: clarence at August 19, 2026 07:10 AM (833ut)

123 Anytime I see a photo of a government functionary behind a nameplate with the word “Honorable”, I consider them dishonorable until I see evidence to the contrary.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 19, 2026 07:11 AM (1FEc1)

124 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 19, 2026 07:11 AM (Hbeqj)

125

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:12 AM (ZxPkt)

126 clarence

Bravo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

127 @123/Fenderbender: { Anytime I see a photo of a government functionary behind a nameplate with the word “Honorable”, I consider them dishonorable until I see evidence to the contrary. }

Very sensible.

Reminds me of the difference between laws' titles and their actual contents.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:14 AM (O7YUW)

128 @125/Don Black: " "

Trying out for Mitch McConnell's seat? ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 19, 2026 07:15 AM (O7YUW)

129 The Honorable Adam Schiff… don’t know whether to laugh hilariously or weep

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2026 07:15 AM (rasGT)

130 Pork tenderloin marinating in a mojo sauce. Cubanos on the lunch menu for today.
Posted by: Ben Had

*Marco Rubio realizes he has to do catering*

Posted by: Miklos re-memes at August 19, 2026 07:16 AM (XOG/m)

131 In the absurd case of a female district judge ruling that another female state judge has immunity from being sued for having AI do all of her work is another fine example of gynokritocracy.

Also in the article, we aren't given the lazy Nevada judge's name, the court or any details on the case. We don't even get the name of the AI that ended up "judging" the case.

The irony here is that to learn about anything about this case, I had to go to AI, and from there I discover that this article Pixy gave us is over 95% eyewash and pretty much content-less.

How did it become policy to hide the identity of the guilty?
And why do I waste time reading articles by humans if they can't even do their damned jobs to answer the Who, What, Where, Why and When?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 19, 2026 07:16 AM (/TiS1)

132 Just waiting for some inspired thought to come my way

Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:17 AM (ZxPkt)

133 IBM and Univ. of Chicago say they have demonstrated a quantum computer superior to a classical computer. Kind of a big deal.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz868tn
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 06:33 AM (Vvecv)

The collaboration said their system had performed computations beyond the reach of leading classical simulation methods, while providing trust that the computation returned accurate results.

And they wouldn't lie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 07:19 AM (ExV1e)

134 Grumpy and Recalcitrant and FenelonSpouse,

Have fun at the back to school meeting, with the same script for 21 years.

I for one am glad I do not have to watch the same Blood-borne Pathogens video for the 15th year in a row. For several years, a group of school nurses made very funny videos that got the same information out. Stopped, because we can't have fun, and overly bureaucratic compliance is a thing in school systems.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

135 J.J. Runway 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 19, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

136 Just waiting for some inspired thought to come my way
Posted by: Don Black at August 19, 2026 07:17 AM (ZxPkt)

I tried that one day. The result: I made zero comments!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 19, 2026 07:23 AM (rasGT)

137 And they wouldn't lie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 19, 2026 07:19 AM (ExV1e)

They would, but only in small bits.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 19, 2026 07:27 AM (xVAOC)

138 Maybe call the computer a Schrodinger

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 19, 2026 09:11 AM (vue/J)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - August 18, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Tuesday night ONT is here. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Flock is asshoe

(H/T Bluebell)

Gosh so terrible why would someone do this in my home town. Hope they catch the rapscallion. pic.twitter.com/XyWDRZzOkR
— Shawn Hendrix (@TheShawnHendrix) August 17, 2026

Posts on social media say that Halloween will be "De-Flock America" night!

On October 31st, millions of people are out after dark wearing masks, allowing masked Flock camera-cutters to blend in and work all night! 😂

Happy Halloween! pic.twitter.com/drj0s7XcwE
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) August 17, 2026

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Some cops like Flock but don't like being recorded themselves

The police don't like being recorded

He should have told him if he isn't doing anything wrong he doesn't have anything to worry about.

source: https://t.co/uRnWOBS7yL pic.twitter.com/KZSDsshApD
— Orwell Day (@OrwellDay) August 18, 2026

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Leftism and Islam do not exist well together. Yet leftists keep falling for the idea of thinking they do.

This is the real reason the Left is uniting with Islam, and how it�s going to end

�I keep wondering why the left is so obsessed with defending an ideology that would be the first to execute them. Democrats have spent decades fighting for things like women's rights, and yet they� pic.twitter.com/774YmS9s0H
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 18, 2026

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DJ Doof - In The Cards Edition

Not just the name of this here blog - it's a cool tune, too! Here's a worthy cover version from the supergroup Hollywood Vampires, featuring Alice Cooper (AKA - Vincent Fournier), Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, actor Johnny Depp, and others.

Article about their version here

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More songs about playing cards

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by unwritten rules

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Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:23 PM

Comments

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1 "You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity."

Howsomever, feelingly experiencing adversity is no guarantee you will perceive spiritual truth.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (Cl/mc)

2 Is that a pyramid in the top pic? Has it been looted yet?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (hrOJm)

4 hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 18, 2026 10:26 PM (EH7ZV)

5 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*

Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

6 Two (2) beers are still, as far as I know, part of the German lunchtime negotiated union agreement. For a brief time this carried over to US Army personnel on base too, but (surprise) they abused the privilege and it was rescinded. Dumb shits

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (5VXJH)

7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

You will name the child ZOD.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Squeeee - congrats, Nurse!

Had time to complete tomorrow's NYT online crossword before coming back to no new ONT.

Thanks for finally posting one, Doof! 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)

9 Good evening morons and Слава Диско!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

10 1 "You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity."

Howsomever, feelingly experiencing adversity is no guarantee you will perceive spiritual truth.
Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (Cl/mc)

I've been watching a lot of stoicism videos on YouTube.

They've been very helpful.
Completely incompatible with every lefty we see here.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:30 PM (Sco7b)

11 I was wondering when this would pop. Hey everyone!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (D2ig8)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

13 5 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

galoshes are better for that

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (88C+u)

14 Hi everyone! Technology not in our corner tonight? I hate that.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 The first time I saw Rush live was that '91 tour (Roll the Bones). Saw them at Wembly Arena in London. It was a hell of a show!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (sAmhv)

16 Alice Cooper still bringing it

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (woVO1)

17 What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Poon, mostly.

Posted by: Typical horndog Moron at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (TbWk/)

18 7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

Congratulations nurse!
That child will be blessed!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (Sco7b)

19
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

20
2 Is that a pyramid in the top pic? Has it been looted yet?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM

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There used to be a pyramid there. That's how thorough the looting has been.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VWtfl)

21 I remember the first time I attended a lunch hosted by the department I worked in at a NW-base Defense and Aerospace company that shall remain nameless. Half the people there were drinking. I was stunned. Two martini lunches. I just assumed that was a tv/movie thing.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

22 What the flock is going on?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 18, 2026 10:34 PM (D2ig8)

23 Tuesday already? Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Cool photo up top.

We had a Flock camera near us but it was taken down after only a short time. The camera has now been resurrected at its original site. Wonder who saw me flip it off this afternoon?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (D/6p1)

24 Watching people comment on this Lindsay Clancy murder trial is wild.

"You can't judge her because you aren't a woman". "Its really her husband's fault because he didn't support her enough" or my favorite "Obviously its a conspiracy where the husband did and and the police are working with him to blame his innocent wife"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (sKqQm)

25 Killer cover of Ace of Spades. Well, other than Joe Perry completely fucking up the guitar parts. Everybody else was nuts on.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (S41Gd)

26 I shant not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR)

27
We have a strict minimum of three (3) Breakfast Beers

Ask any of our Regional Managers how they got those sweet jobs

Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (XOG/m)

28 I remember the first time I attended a lunch hosted by the department I worked in at a NW-base Defense and Aerospace company that shall remain nameless. Half the people there were drinking. I was stunned. Two martini lunches. I just assumed that was a tv/movie thing.
Posted by: Diogenes

Liquor? Hell, Martin-Marietta used to send hookers to employee candidates when they stayed over in the local hotels.

Not that I would know anything about that.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (hrOJm)

29 Four Beer Fridays was a thing back in the day ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (3sXRv)

30 Ohio professor specialized in uptalking. HANG 'IM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (VPNgR)

31 There used to be a pyramid there. That's how thorough the looting has been.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VWtfl)

Of course! It's an afterimage. The pyramid's only a shadoof of its former self.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

First read that as phlegm...

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

33 Alice Cooper, John Lennon, Mickey Dolenz and others used to party hardy together, calling their group the vampires because they would go all night.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (Q+gd/)

34 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

35 As a member of the solidly over 92 29 club here at AoS, who would like to peruse the content and maybe a few comments before it's my nap time, I must humbly request that the ONTs be posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding.

In protest of tonight's nearly half-hour later post, I'm going to stand here out front having a staring contest with the Moose, holding this sign which (looks at sign) uh, wrong side (flips sign) uh, okay, looks like I forgot to write anything on the sign. But if I had written something, it would be in protest of something but I can't remember what. Have you seen my glasses? Do I even wear glasses? Oh, look! Comments…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - manning the barricades and baring the manicades at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (Cl/mc)

36 You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

===

Can we talk about middle names?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

37 Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hypertunnel is almost complete

Posted by: The Boring Company at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (XOG/m)

38 Evening, folken!

Just finished watching the first two episodes of the 2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, an adaptation in four parts of Agatha Christie's novel. This one is fun so far, with real humor -- possibly because it was adapted and directed by Hugh (House) Laurie. He had a solid background in comedy before his turn as the difficult doctor; you remember he worked with Stephen Fry in comedy, and played the hapless Bertie Wooster in a fairly recent adaptation of the Jeeves stories by Wodehouse.

So this miniseries has good genes. We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

39 I watched Conan O'Brien interview Mick Jagger. Conan flew to London for that. It was pretty good. The Stones made a new studio album, apparently. Conan knows from music, so it went well. I like Mick, as a person.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (g47mK)

40 Leftism and Islam do not exist well together. Yet leftists keep falling for the idea of thinking they do.

Socialism is slavery. Islam is slavery. They are both whole-of-society grifts, that make everyone and everything into the property of the ruling clique, that got its hands on the levers of state power and eliminated its competitors.

The rhetoric of socialism and Islam, all the blah-blah and yadda-yadda, is just the scam patter of a confidence scheme. If a scruffy guy comes up to you in a grocery store parking lot with a rhythmic patter, you don't have to listen to the words to dismiss him. You already know that he's just going to say whatever he thinks would get you part with some of your folding money.

So it is with socialism and Islam, as with any grift. Looking for logical holes in the rhetoric is a job for chumps. They don't even care themselves if their own words are true or false, only whether they're effective at manipulating you.

So why would they be incompatible? Because their rhetoric is incompatible? The rhetoric that literally does not matter, even to themselves? There is no contradiction, because they are literally the same grift under the hood.

Posted by: SciVo at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (L3Npt)

41
It would appear that the Mariners lost a close one tonight. 22-0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (O0L8i)

42 I'll always remember Hugh Laurie for his part in 101 Dalmatians.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (hrOJm)

43 ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has passed away in TX. He was the only one without a beard. Billy Gibbons is now the only surviving original member of the band.
I was lucky enough to see them perform at the Peace Center in Greenville SC in 2017. They were always on my bucket list.
RIP Frank Beard.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (Lo97M)

44 And, how many of the Slow Horses fans here are aware that Mick co-wrote and performed the theme song "Strange Game" ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (g47mK)

45 Sorry, Mr. Doof, about the technical difficulties. Have you tried unplugging, then plugging it back in.

Why did autocorrect change Doof to Doo? Glad I checked.

Posted by: My Kingdom For An Edit Button at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (JM9I6)

46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

47 How is it that in English you can be *over*whelmed, and *under*whelmed, but never "whelmed"?

Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

48 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

I think I replied to you about something today. Can't remember what. Maybe on ALH.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 I worked at a couple of places that had a "2 drink maximum" for lunch. Mostly because no one had gotten around to changing the rules from when they had been established in the 50's

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)

50 Surrounded by losers
Misfits and boozers
Hanging by your fingernails...

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:43 PM (g47mK)

51 It would appear that the Mariners lost a close one tonight. 22-0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (O0L8i)

That's only three touchdowns with one extra two.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

52 So why would they be incompatible? Because their rhetoric is incompatible? The rhetoric that literally does not matter, even to themselves? There is no contradiction, because they are literally the same grift under the hood.
Posted by: SciVo

When both sides think the other are the useful idiots, they're both correct.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

53 I think I replied to you about something today. Can't remember what. Maybe on ALH.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026

***
I commented on one of your recent threads there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

54 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

That's too bad

Because Olde English 800 has the Power

Posted by: Miklos of Lesser Whelmsby at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (XOG/m)

55 Surrounded by losers
Misfits and boozers
Hanging by your fingernails...
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026

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Clowns to the left of me --
Jokers to the right --
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

56 How is it that in English you can be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed, but never "whelmed"?

This is English. You can unwhelm “whelmed” if you want to.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (kYmoU)

57 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

Those are always thornes in our side, aren't they?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

58 I don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47mK)

59 ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)
* * * *
Congratulations!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (D/6p1)

60 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026
*
Those are always thornes in our side, aren't they?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026

***
Some ffolken think so

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

61 ***The police don't like being recorded
---

Pulled over because of stupid TV's 'see something say something' (pre-obama). First cop was more or less reasonable (my truck had been reported by a neighbor). Second cop rolls up and during the discourse he says, "I could have shot you." I looked him in the eye and said, demonstrably, 'You would have shot the wrong man'.
He shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (VPNgR)

62 I commented on one of your recent threads there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

It's still a going concern!

Just seems like you, men, and Richard Caire comment anymore.

I do have another post I put up today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

63 Four Beer Fridays was a thing back in the day ...
Posted by: browndog says woof

Company I worked at had margarita fridays. We shut down at noon and went home at 3

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

64 Anybody remember when Kraft (I think it was) introduced cheese spread in a jar? One of the flavors was Old English, I'm pretty sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (wzUl9)

65 Before Prohibition almost every worker was intoxicated to some degree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (KC5Lt)

66 I don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47mK)

And had a membership at Man's Country. A veritable Democrat he was!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

67 Yes, thank you for the ONT Doof.

When I taught English in South Korea, we'd be occasionally taken out for drinking parties. The South Koreans are pretty good drinkers.

Our boss was impressed at how well my Florida girl co-worker and I could hold our soju.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:49 PM (Sco7b)

68 don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at

Schooled in the west. Means to an end.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

69 don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47m

That's because he was a butt pirate.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (KC5Lt)

70 Anybody remember when Kraft (I think it was) introduced cheese spread in a jar?

==

Easy Cheese!!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (g47mK)

71 Some ffolken think so
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

Yes, we do.

Posted by: Rufus Excalibur ffolkes at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

72 The Kraft Old English cheese spread has been around for a hundred years, says one site. So when it seemed to appear when I was about ten or eleven, maybe I'd never noticed it before, or it had just been introduced in my part of the country.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

73 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard

Posted by: Earnie Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (JM9I6)

74 Ugh crosstown classic in rain delay tied in the 8th

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

75 If you want get rid of the Flocks....hang on for about 4 months....then very quietly slip a few Ben Franklins to the local snow plow driver. First big snow, it will be uncanny how the plow hit very single one of them. They should have marked their location better.

You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

76 Easy Cheese >> Kraft in a jar

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (g47mK)

77 "I must humbly request that the ONTs be posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding."

It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

78 You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

===

Can we talk about middle names?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
......

Imperial?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (oq9dX)

79 Wasn't easy cheese the one in the can with the whippet nozzle?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

80 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

I'm curious too. He had the bass part down good too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)

81 Schooled in the west. Means to an end.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

Arafat was mean to many an end.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

82
There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight, and the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples, and they're quite convinced they're right
They say the oaks are just too lofty, and they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings if they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples can't be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest, and the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream, “Oppression!”, and the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union, and demanded equal rights
“The oaks are just too greedy, we will make them give us light”
Now there's no more oak oppression, for they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and saw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

83 My observation is things tend to go from one extreme to the other. One person shits their pants, well, therefore we all gotta wear diapers. A beer at lunch is perfectly reasonable, at least for the last several thousand years anyway.

Now? They want to give you a DUI if you if you merely drove by a liquor store 2 days ago. It’s just bullshit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (dLnkr)

84 You know, if you shined a good high power laser pointer, especially a green one at least 2w or more, through the lens of a Flock camera for 10-15 seconds it will severely damage the sensor. It will work even from a hundred feet away. Pass it on.

Posted by: Old Tech Guy at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (Mlvy0)

85 79 Wasn't easy cheese the one in the can with the whippet nozzle?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026

And it’s grabber orange.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

86 Hahah the cubs tarp is sponsored by Reynolds wrap. That's just funny.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

87 LOl, Trump is paying attention !
"U.S. President Donald Trump:

"SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

88 So this miniseries has good genes. We'll see how it goes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

I was very pleased and surprised, b/c BBC DEI was kept in check on this one. Been thinking of watching it again- it keeps popping up on the suggested show thingie.

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (f+FmA)

89 And it’s grabber orange.
Posted by: Piper

That's how you knew it was tasty!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

90 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard
Posted by: Earnie Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (JM9I6)

Beard Meets Food>>Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard

Posted by: Burma Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

91 Did I miss what the 4 beer guy's job was? Of course that makes a big difference.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (KC5Lt)

92 You know what's missing in modern music?
Romance. 1979 forward it's less and less.
1979 back, most all styles of music were mostly
concerned with getting close to the opposite sex.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (VPNgR)

93 That could have something to do with our lowered birth rate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (VPNgR)

94 Imperial?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (oq9dX)

(horn flourish)

crown appears on wth's head.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

95 Also, a really powerful laser (like 15w) could even melt or burn the sensor and completely kill the camera. Just saying.

Posted by: Old Tech Guy at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (Mlvy0)

96 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

I'm curious too. He had the bass part down good too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)

Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAsf)

97 SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

Did he lose to himself?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

98 A feller could make good money selling Pringles and snack crackers + Easy Cheese etc in a can to long haul hikers on the trail I betcha.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (dLnkr)

99 Re: Flock

We don't have any here, but the tiny town to the east has two- one at each end of the city limits. Can't imagine what is going on 10 miles down the road that needs them, if we don't have them.

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (f+FmA)

100
It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.

Posted by: Doof
---

Bingo!
Actually, he does, but only in a minor way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (VPNgR)

101 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

102 A feller could make good money selling Pringles and snack crackers + Easy Cheese etc in a can to long haul hikers on the trail I betcha.

===

You know things!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (g47mK)

103 Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAs

You're in a mood tonight.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (KC5Lt)

104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations. Name her ZOD.

"Yeah, but what's your middle name?"

"I am ZOD."

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (UfDpa)

105 Flock

We don't have any here, but the tiny town to the east has two- one at each end of the city limits. Can't imagine what is going on 10 miles down the road that needs them, if we don't have them.
Posted by: sal

We have a fair amount. The city council just tried to get a ton more and got voted down. Town just north has none.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

106 And it’s grabber orange.
Posted by: Piper

I did not grabber oranges. I don't even know her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

107 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

Lofty expectations. I should know better.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

108 Meyer lemons, those are very good! All lemons should be remade into Meyer lemons.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 11:00 PM (g47mK)

109 104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations. Name her ZOD.

"Yeah, but what's your middle name?"

"I am ZOD."
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (UfDpa)
__________________

Congrats....maybe ask Elon Musk for some suggestions. He's good at picking names. And there are 25 more letters in the alphabet he hasn't used.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)

110 Finished the media management and replication module for media vault, also updated the graphics on the companion Roku app.

Next up, figuring out how to refactor into a universally deployable app.

Right now it's a collection of python scripts and libraries serving web-pages using a free API key from the Movie Database.

Exploring if monetizing it is a possibility, will have to rip out the acquisition portion if I do.

Oh well, I will dwell on this over a nice Gimlet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (XV/Pl)

111 The Kraft Old English cheese spread has been around for a hundred years, says one site. So when it seemed to appear when I was about ten or eleven, maybe I'd never noticed it before, or it had just been introduced in my part of the country.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (f+FmA)

112 And this ain't 4 beer guy's first write up according to him.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (KC5Lt)

113 We got HR in about 88
She wanted to do lunch with us
It was a Thru or Fri and we went to Carrabas
Bread paper crayon I ordered a bottle of wine
HR person asked if we were drinking
said nope we are working
Person next to me wrote entire PPT on the paper on next phase of project
We drank she drank and we got written up

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (/+uur)

114 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

Right? I don't do cheat sheets. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (S41Gd)

115
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)

116 If you want get rid of the Flocks....hang on for about 4 months....then very quietly slip a few Ben Franklins to the local snow plow driver. First big snow, it will be uncanny how the plow hit very single one of them. They should have marked their location better.

You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

They had to be taken down ... for cleaning. They were absolutely covered in seagull crap and dead giant bugs. The pole was falling over, anyways, from the rust. Haven't you people heard about Rust-Oleum?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:02 PM (qx7Zg)

117 Right? I don't do cheat sheets. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Read? I don't even know what that means.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

118 You're in a mood tonight.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (KC5Lt)

It happens sometimes

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:03 PM (QMAsf)

119 The Flock cameras are here to stay, more's the pity. However, I have installed three in the fortress to ensure that the wife is making sandwiches and doing laundry and not eating Old Bay cheese puffs and watching some binge drama on Netflix.

Resume her toil.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (UfDpa)

120 SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

Did he lose to himself?
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

He lost to Bearclaw, his brother?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

121 I can't afford Kraft Cheese Spread. Had to go with the generic, ersatz Kramp brand. Doesn't sit well in the tummy.

Posted by: Iona Traylor at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (JM9I6)

122 You're in a mood tonight.
Posted by: polynikes

"I'm in the nood for looooove. . .
Simply because you're near me.. .
Funny but (who has a funny butt)
When you're near me. .
I'm in the nood for love."

Posted by: Misheard lyrics at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (hrOJm)

123 39 I watched Conan O'Brien interview Mick Jagger. Conan flew to London for that. It was pretty good. The Stones made a new studio album, apparently. Conan knows from music, so it went well. I like Mick, as a person.

Posted by: runner
---

I watched an interview with Benny Goodman, 'King of Swing' - he was. The interviewer mentioned that he and Jagger were at a jam session at the same time. Goodman answered affirmative.
The next question was a softball for Goodman to denigrate Jagger.
'He knows what he's doing.' Was Goodman's response.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (VPNgR)

124 real robot

A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

125 Two nights ago Doof posted a photo of a beached huge stump - it had been spotted a sea -10 years previous.

We had a beach cottage on north Everett Bay, Puget Sound. 1974 a huge egg-shaped root ball washed ashore during a massive storm/exceptionally high tide. The solid egg root ball was approx. 8ft high by 12ft long by 10ft wide, weathered, nearly perfectly smooth with a shattered tree trunk jutting up from one end of the egg. Four years ago I looked at the sat view on google Erf. It's still there.

Posted by: 13times at August 18, 2026 11:06 PM (ZXHKz)

126

The ONT shows up sometime. Just keeping yakking on the previous thread. It's not world ending.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)

127 real robot

A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw

Was that the one that was mimicking the dudes moves. And then he kicked himself in the nards?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

128 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (KC5Lt)

129 I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...
Posted by: sal

Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years. Sold tonnes of it.

Posted by: Bob Hope For Pepsodent at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (JM9I6)

130 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.
Posted by: polynikes

Slappa da bass

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

131 I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

The question is, who did the Chinese steal it from?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

132 You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.

Posted by: Orson
---

Usually there are more than one to several cameras at one location. It will take two teams. Team #1 job will be to paint the lens of the cameras allowing team #2 the time necessary to disembowel the cameras.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:08 PM (VPNgR)

133 Usually there are more than one to several cameras at one location. It will take two teams. Team #1 job will be to paint the lens of the cameras allowing team #2 the time necessary to disembowel the cameras.

Posted by: Braenyard -

Send the yutes out with paintball guns

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

134 Slappa da bass
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

LOL

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (KC5Lt)

135 I could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks

Posted by: Miklos is persuadable at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (XOG/m)

136 I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...
Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026

***
Well, not after the stuff's been sitting around for ninety years!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (wzUl9)

137 The Chinese do not produce robots. They produce remote-controlled toys.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)

138 >>A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw
---

The Chinese are building their robots to fight.
Chinese robots have bashed more people than
all the other robot manufacturers put together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (VPNgR)

139 Slappa da bass
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

LOL
Posted by: polynikes at

Say what you want. But Paul Rudd is always likeable in movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

140 could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks
Posted by: Miklos is persuadable

Best I can do is hijabs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

141 >>135 I could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks
Posted by: Miklos is persuadable at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (XOG/m)

And whisper craziness to them.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (UfDpa)

142 7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

You will name the child ZODA.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (Sj6Ot)

143 104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations to all of you!

Everyone have a good night.

Damn, it was 22-0.
And Ohtani hit 30 home runs again. That guys amazing.
Good night.

Ralphy wants out and Snowflake is sleeping in my room already.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 11:13 PM (Sco7b)

144 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Faribaut, MN

The home of Luck's beans

Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact pal at August 18, 2026 11:13 PM (XOG/m)

145 However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw

"Up 100%" doubles your money, it doesn't multiply it by 100.

Still, I'd take $6.42 for $1 as a one-day investment.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

146 I know security cameras helped catch Bryan Kohberger but I don't think they were Flock.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (KC5Lt)

147 137 SFP

Then it's a helluva toy.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (RCjYY)

148 Starting to nod off here; time to imitate the Arab, fold my tent, and steal silently away. Night, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)

149 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (Y/06r)

150
Some people have health issues and they wear masks.

The bag wearing pos's are to be mocked.

Who knows if it is a man or woman in those bags and what type of weapon they are hiding.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (/QHx4)

151 119 The Flock cameras are here to stay, more's the pity. However, I have installed three in the fortress to ensure that the wife is making sandwiches and doing laundry and not eating Old Bay cheese puffs and watching some binge drama on Netflix.

Resume her toil.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (UfDpa)
***********
I want to know how my husband figured out how to log into the AOC. My cover is blown.

Hi ZOD

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (hzuYO)

152 Say what you want. But Paul Rudd is always likeable in movies.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

I agree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (KC5Lt)

153 know security cameras helped catch Bryan Kohberger but I don't think they were Flock.
Posted by: polynikes

It was actually his cell phone tracking data more than cameras. There's a guy that worked for the defense before the plea and has since came out and said the if you saw the cell data you'd take a deal too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

154 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Faribaut, MN
The home of Luck's beans
Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact pal

"Faribault."

Not that it matters much since the pronunciation has little to do with the spelling. It's "Fair-Bow."

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

155 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (KC5Lt)

Arguing with Neil Peart over how to pronounce his last name was great

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (QMAsf)

156 >Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years.
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How does one 'mong' ?

I don't think I've ever monged

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:20 PM (ZxPkt)

157
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

158 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:22 PM (UfDpa)

159 A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw

The Chinese released a video that purports to show a robot doing those stunts. AI video is thing, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)

160 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

161 >Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years.

How does one 'mong' ?
I don't think I've ever monged
Posted by: Don Black

And why is it only a small number of seemingly-unrelated things can be monged? Cheese, fish, iron, whores.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)

162
Some people have health issues and they wear masks.

ONE cashier at the local Kroger always wears a double canister mask and plastic gloves. I assume she has issues of some sort.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (Cqx++)

163 Pluribus. Severance. Widows bay.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

164 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

A girl that will probably be able to blow you away by age two or so. I suspect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (AT6oe)

165 …posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding."

It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.
Posted by: Doof

I just saw that Ace set the rules in the original-edition style guide. Never said he ever looked again (just like the unchanging antiquated Some Humorous Asides list on the front page). We all know that every weekday, as soon as he posts the cafe, he runs to the arms of that hussy BlueSky.

Posted by: mindful webworker - x never got over losing him at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (Cl/mc)

166 ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Good luck!
My mother often said that she would rather raise 5 boys than 1 girl. I found out what she meant after my daughter was born.
Showing that there is no justice in the world, she had 4 boys.

But!... All is not lost. When we had the boys for visits, we'd wind 'em up, feed 'em lots of sugar and send them home. Revenge!

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (r9XTa)

167 Pluribus. Severance. Widows bay.
Posted by: BruceWayne

* checks enigma machine *

* flees *

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)

168 What's on my mind?

Nancy wrote something on X about the death penalty.

I responded:

Preach it. Contrary to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, with of its "poison pills," the Death Penalty is licit. The Catechism of the Council of Trent calls for its "judicious" use for the punishment (of the criminal) and the protection of the innocent. Judicious use doesn't mean limited.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:26 PM (qFwJc)

169 142

You're right. I didn't pay much attention to that. I was more focused on the amazing athletics! I never invest a dime in those tiny foreign companies anyway. I'm not going to research it, but I suspect it would've been nigh on impossible for an American to buy Unitree today. You couldn't do it on E*Trade. You'd have to find some tiny specialty broker & open an accoun

Onto another subject:t.

Anybody else watch "Air"? It's really good. I realize this isn't the movie thread. But I showed it to my adult son last night, & he loved it too. It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (RCjYY)

170 They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

Refuel and relaunch.

Buy the retired USS Enterprise (CVN-65], and put it on the flight deck.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)

171 Nancy Mace, of all people.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qFwJc)

172 157
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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If it were green, you know what it would look like?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (VPNgR)

173 Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hypertunnel is almost complete
Posted by: The Boring Company at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (XOG/m)

More realistically, through the Panama Canal?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (ZVgZ4)

174 She doesn’t have issues, she’s got a lifetime subscription

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (dLnkr)

175 >ZOD requires a good binge series.
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I'm watching The Blacklist

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (ZxPkt)

176 Anybody else watch "Air"? It's really good. I realize this isn't the movie thread. But I showed it to my adult son last night, & he loved it too. It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.
Posted by: mnw

Really good "point in time movie". Even mama Wayne liked it. And she doesn't like movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

177 I love the HR write-up. Great find Doof!

Posted by: Iris at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (286+n)

178 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Firefly. Amazon Prime and Hulu

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:29 PM (r9XTa)

179 When we had the boys for visits, we'd wind 'em up, feed 'em lots of sugar and send them home
——

Espresso, a toy drum, and a Kitten. Works every time!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:30 PM (dLnkr)

180 >>171 Nancy Mace, of all people.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qFwJc)

She is permitted to orally service ZOD. Her suggestions on binge-watch television are probably not reliable.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (UfDpa)

181 Espresso, a toy drum, and a Kitten. Works every time!
Posted by: Common Tater

That toy that like a vacuum that just pops the balls over and over.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (PVUR/)

182 The best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (XV/Pl)

183 will that thing fit thru the Suez Canal?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)

184 best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Phenomenal. But heavy. Not like a let me watch this on a lazy afternoon.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

185 It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.

Posted by: mnw
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Jordan is smarter than most. He say, everybody buys tennis shoes, an stfu.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VPNgR)

186 Zod ordering Nurse Ratched around. That can only work out well. We are amused.

I have it on good authority his real name is Groot.

Taking a quick exit before either of them comes after me.

https://youtu.be/QIgR9lvmBVM

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - how much cob would a cob logger log if a cob logger could lob cogs? at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (Cl/mc)

187 I have seen some youtube videos about Richard ? great physicist. He said that a mission to Mars would fail because they could never get home.

But what if Elon sends a yuge amount of food, fuel, and supplies to one place on Mars? And when the astronauts get there, there are plenty of provisions?

Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

188

Harriet Hageman won the primary here in Wyoming for Cheney's seat.

Check out picture on Fox. The hag part of her name fits to a tee.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (/QHx4)

189 More realistically, through the Panama Canal?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Put it on a barge and head west.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:34 PM (VPNgR)

190 Harriet Hageman won the primary here in Wyoming for Cheney's seat.

Check out picture on Fox. The hag part of her name fits to a tee.

Posted by: four seasons

That was for senate. She already took that clowns seat. I was a lil worried when she was down but it was only 2% in. So then I was like ya she's fine.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

191 The Chinese released a video that purports to show a robot doing those stunts. AI video is thing, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Look up The China Show on YouTube. A couple of guys who lived in China for years.They cover all of the propaganda crap that the PRC peddles, and pour cold water on most of it.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:35 PM (r9XTa)

192
The LRO has taken detailed images of that Falcon 9 2nd stage impact on the Moon:

https://t.ly/hHD48

It hit almost right on top of another small crater.

The new crater is about 60' wide and 10' deep.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

193 A Model T could beat Usain Bolt too. So what?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!

Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

195 178 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Firefly. Amazon Prime and Hulu
Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:29 PM (r9XTa)

My go-tos:

Person of Interest
Elementary (over Sherlock)
Poirot
The Expanse

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (Sj6Ot)

196 178 ZOD requires a good binge series.
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The Americans

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (VPNgR)

197 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

Mars has a thin atmosphere, composed of 95% CO2. Funny it's so damned cold there, what with its atmosphere being almost entirely "greenhouse gas".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (1z8ji)

198 185

Yes, he did say that.

I saw MJ on camera often, doing interviews. I thought he was funny & very likable. Off camera, I've read that he got irritated easily & had quite a temper. Maybe we're all like that.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (RCjYY)

199 The Americans

Posted by: Braenyard

Yes!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

200 > More realistically, through the Panama Canal?
----

that would mean towing it across the Pacific ocean in typhoon season

I think the only way they get that thing back to the US is in pieces

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:39 PM (ZxPkt)

201 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

There is, though it's almost all CO2, and surface pressure is around 0.006 ATM.

There was discussion on an ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel. Too thin to use as an air brake, so you have to carry fuel to slow you down. But also thick enough that you need heat shielding for the friction.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

202 Mars atmosphere is toxic, mostly CO2 maybe?

The opportunity for closest approach is cyclical, in the 1960s it was something like 1982 and they had plans to try it, but the funding was slashed. Getting to Mars would take almost two years. So the notion of landing, grabbing a few rocks and immediately returning doesn’t make any sense either.

A one-way trip has a lot going for it, in a way.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (dLnkr)

203 >> I have seen some youtube videos about Richard ? great physicist.

Feynman, I think you're talking about, and those youtube videos of him "speaking" on certain subjects are highly misleading. That is AI generated stuff. It's his "real voice" in a sense, but AI just takes his voice pattern and makes him say things.

This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

204 Hey, let's do this again:

FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
·
3h
COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports. Here's where levels are highest

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:41 PM (ZxPkt)

205 Yes, he did say that.

I saw MJ on camera often, doing interviews. I thought he was funny & very likable. Off camera, I've read that he got irritated easily & had quite a temper. Maybe we're all like that.
Posted by: mnw

He now owns a nascar team that doing quite well this season. Not bubba. And he was asked why he's doing it. And he said "I want to win. I don't care if it's golf or nascar. I'm here to win"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:41 PM (YZ0Fo)

206
Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

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

The Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (XJ22o)

207 >>199 The Americans Posted by: Braenyard
Yes! Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

Yeah, that was good. Love the look on his face when, early on, he learns that the guy living across the street is FBI.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (UfDpa)

208 194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!
Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

Probably the grizzly bear, but a moose can do some serious damage to a bear. Wolves, but it takes more than two to do it, and one or more will get hurt.

Full grown moose are formidable, with sharp hooves. The bulls have horns, and can lift a bear and throw it from the right angle.

Baby moose, OTOH, are bears' favorite meal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (AT6oe)

209 FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
3h
COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports.
Posted by: Don Black

There is an election approaching, after all.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

210 A Model T could beat Usain Bolt too. So what?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

An electric race car from 1899 hit 65 mph (La Jamais Contente)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:43 PM (qx7Zg)

211 The Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

My absolute fav 30 min show ever. Everyone was so great. The chilli babies episode is my fav.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:43 PM (YZ0Fo)

212 >>The Good Place. Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (XJ22o)

If this is not good, consequences.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (UfDpa)

213 Feynman, I think you're talking about, and those youtube videos of him "speaking" on certain subjects are highly misleading. That is AI generated stuff. It's his "real voice" in a sense, but AI just takes his voice pattern and makes him say things.

This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

The maggots responsible for that shit should be gassed, with something slow-acting and exquisitely painful. Scum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)

214 Yeah, that was good. Love the look on his face when, early on, he learns that the guy living across the street is FBI.
Posted by: ZOD at

The wife Keri Russell new show the diplomat is a good watch.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

215 ZOD requires a good binge series.

The "12 Monkeys" SyFy series is on Prime.

"The Blacklist" ran for 10 seasons, long enough for some of the actors to literally get old and die. On Netflix. James Spader gleefully chewing on the scenery never got boring.

The BBC Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett is on Prime.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (UdecX)

216 194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!
Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

Ticks.

Thousands and thousands of deer ticks feed on the blood of moose. Eventually, they weaken the moose. Younger calves are most vulnerable to them - especially when winter comes.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (Sj6Ot)

217
Mars surface pressure is about 6 mbar, or .006 atm roughly. It can get up to double that in the deepest basins.

That "dust storm" scene from The Martian wasn't accurate, they just needed some dramatic device. Wind speeds on the surface can hit 100 mph (in those dust devils), and you'll see that quoted, but because the atmosphere is so thin, the force is not that much.

100 mph Martian wind would feel like a 7 -10 mph breeze on earth. The dust storms would be a bitch. Imagine getting covered in fine flour by that 10 mph wind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

218

If you don't mind reading subtitles, i have been watching Highland Cops.

The rescuers of people lost or injured in the mountains have balls of steel.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:47 PM (/QHx4)

219 100 mph Martian wind would feel like a 7 -10 mph breeze on earth. The dust storms would be a bitch. Imagine getting covered in fine flour by that 10 mph wind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

Kind of like getting breathed upon by a hamster with emphysema.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)

220 Full grown moose are formidable, with sharp hooves. The bulls have horns, and can lift a bear and throw it from the right angle.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (AT6oe)

I'm sure that causes the bears acute pain.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 11:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

221 There was discussion on an ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel. Too thin to use as an air brake, so you have to carry fuel to slow you down. But also thick enough that you need heat shielding for the friction.

Posted by: mikeski
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There will be a tanker in orbit around Mars to refuel the travelers before landing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:50 PM (VPNgR)

222 Woah! Columbia House is shutting down next month?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)

223 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)
*********
Congratulations!

After two brothers and two sons I now have two granddaughters in my life! They live 10min away. Grandson was first and we are very ok with boys as we know boys. He's a sweetheart.

The girls are a delight, and I have bought clothes, jewelry, and dolls and all I can think of for girls. So much fun! And to have the oldest be my clone is mindblowing, both in looks and personality. Baby sister at 12mo coming on strong but looks like her older brother.

Enjoy it all, Nurse. Great joy ahead!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (hzuYO)

224 Rep Harriet Hageman (R-WY): She beat Liz Cheney (again) today, in the GOP primary for WY U.S. Senate.

I believe she's of mixed race. She's acknowledged the AmerIndian part. She's very dark-skinned. 100% MAGA. I wish we had more like her!

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

225 The best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (XV/Pl)

No spoilers, please

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)

226 Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I actually have the final chidi speech saved in my phone for when I move on.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

227 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

228 He now owns a nascar team that doing quite well this season. Not bubba. And he was asked why he's doing it. And he said "I want to win. I don't care if it's golf or nascar. I'm here to win"

Posted by: BruceWayne
--

He knows what he's doing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:54 PM (VPNgR)

229 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

No entertainment, though. We're Boring.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)

230 Oh my, these are hypnotic.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CadC0CgTxIA

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 11:57 PM (S41Gd)

231 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.
Posted by: Braenyard

No entertainment, though. We're Boring.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

If I'm living in artificial tunnels, the last thing I want is for them to be exciting. "Boring" is the best feature a tunnel can have.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

232
If this is not good, consequences.
Posted by: ZOD

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

Pretty much what the show is about.

bwahahaha

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (XJ22o)

233 He knows what he's doing.

Posted by: Braenyard

There's a reason he became the first athlete billionaire. Waaayyyy before they had contracts there like 60m a year. And did it without a podcast or a media deal.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

234 Feynman. yes. I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

235 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

The Creep Tapes. 2 seasons.

Plus two movies: Creep, Creep 2.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (r7ofC)

236 Columbia House ist kaput? Really?

Finally, I no longer have to look over my shoulder all the time. Like a great weight lifted off my shoulders

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (dLnkr)

237 Pretty much what the show is about.

bwahahaha
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I deserve a medium place!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

238 The Creep Tapes. 2 seasons.

Plus two movies: Creep, Creep 2.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Trailer for season 3 came out today.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (YZ0Fo)

239 Feynman. yes. I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

The AI vandals are putting their words in his mouth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

240 RIP Frank Beard
Seen ZZ in Chicago ont the Tejas tour and Deguello tour.
Great live band.

Posted by: Lars at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (kJH1Z)

241 Elon is getting up to sending thousands of unmanned drones to Mars so that when the humans arrive, there is plenty of provisions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

242
This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.
Posted by: publius

Youtube has really gone to hell with all the clickbaited AI junk.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (Cqx++)

243 Elon looks around SpaceX HQ.

"Okay, nerds! Who wants to volunteer for the Away Team to go to Christmas Island to get the Starship? It shouldn't take more than six months, nine max!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (UdecX)

244 Columbia House ist kaput? Really?

Finally, I no longer have to look over my shoulder all the time. Like a great weight lifted off my shoulders
Posted by: Common Tater

Still running from that 15cents for 30 albums? Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (YZ0Fo)

245 >> I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)

246 Youtube has really gone to hell with all the clickbaited AI junk.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (Cqx++)

Time for a Butlerian Jihad against malicious uses of AI.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)

247 205 Batman

I believe MJ is also (or at least was until recently) a major part owner (majority owner?) of the NBA Charlotte Hornets.

I didn't know about the NASCAR team.

He had script approval on "Air," even though he wasn't in it. He requested that the part of one of the AA characters be expanded, which it was subsequently. The character in question, a black NIKE exec, is one of the best and funniest things in the movie.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

248 I used Columbia House to buy a lot of Jazz and Classical music CDs. I still have them. Good bang for the buck.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (qFwJc)

249 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

Mars has an atmosphere, it is very thin and mostly CO2, Nitrogen and Argon.
It used to have an atmosphere estimated at about 1 bar, but that was at the end of the Earth's Cambriam period so not so interesting today.
Mars has planet wide dust storms, and dust devils as well. There is just enough moisture in the atmosphere for it to freeze out at the poles as hoarfrost in the planetary winters - in the north and south poles.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

250 That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.
Posted by: publius

Agree. Feynman is one of the great minds of anytime. Let his words and lectures be what they are.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)

251 Elon is getting up to sending thousands of unmanned drones to Mars so that when the humans arrive, there is plenty of provisions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

Gonna be a shock when we arrive and a find a fuck ton of empty snickers wrappers and passed out martians in a sugar coma.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:05 AM (S41Gd)

252 I could research Richard Feynman's work, but that would be work. Oh well.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:06 AM (qFwJc)

253 Gonna be a shock when we arrive and a find a fuck ton of empty snickers wrappers and passed out martians in a sugar coma.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:05 AM (S41Gd)

I seem to remember a Sci-Fi novel in which Martians became addicted to Coca-Cola.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (1z8ji)

254 >> ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel.

Yes, indeed. Mars is about the sour spot for "EDL", entry, descent and landing.

The boys at JPL call landing on Mars "Seven Minutes of Terror". The mean one-way light time from Mars is about 12.5 minutes. When they usually do the EDLs, it's about 14 minutes.

It takes about 7 minutes from entry to landing. So, when they get a signal from the spacecraft that EDL has begun, it's already either landed or crashed and burned.

They have to wait another 7 minutes to know that fate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

255 Batman

I believe MJ is also (or at least was until recently) a major part owner (majority owner?) of the NBA Charlotte Hornets.

I didn't know about the NASCAR team.

He had script approval on "Air," even though he wasn't in it. He requested that the part of one of the AA characters be expanded, which it was subsequently. The character in question, a black NIKE exec, is one of the best and funniest things in the movie.
Posted by: mnw

Yup all true. And yes he's still the majority owner of the hornets. Seems he's getting more run out of the nascar teams these days. Why he traded the best hornets players cause they couldn't win with him. They can pay him. I'll rebuild.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

256 I am watching Tousi TV and I read/scan the comments rolling by.

One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:08 AM (hzuYO)

257 209 FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
3h
COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports.
Posted by: Don Black

There is an election approaching, after all.
Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

Even after all the releases about actual science on Covid...

I saw 4 Different Ladies wearing masks in the Grocery store today...

Floored me.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 12:09 AM (mP0Kj)

258 One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Dearborn was lost 20 years ago

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:10 AM (YZ0Fo)

259
Take the Moon. No atmosphere. And gravity is only 1/6 that of Erf. Powered descent with rockets are easily doable.

Take Earth. Powered descent would take as much fuel to get down as to get up. But the atmosphere is thick enough to do all the braking you need to bleed off orbital to escape speed off.

Mars gravity is 1/3 earth. More fuel. The atmosphere is not think enough to do all the braking. Terminal velocity on Mars is still supersonic. You need fuel and heat shields both.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

260 Anyway, I realized that it may be possible for humans to go to Mars and return. Atmospheric pressure is needed to prevent atrophy on muscles and bones. Clearly, enough fuel to get and and get home. Why can't they travel faster? Why two years to get there? Why not 3 months?

LOL. IDK.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:11 AM (qFwJc)

261 Oh game back on after 90 min

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:12 AM (YZ0Fo)

262 Good evening, Horde. I tire of all the stupid in the world, but the Horde, like the Dude, abides.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:13 AM (aJQbY)

263
Dearborn was lost 20 years ago
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:10 AM (YZ0Fo)

*******
I know. Only reporting what I read. Which could be bullsharte...that "thousands" of trucks are arriving. Bikers the guy said. Maybe wishful thinking on the part of this person.

I'd prefer they arrive in Minnesota first for the Somolians. Then swing by Dearborn.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:14 AM (hzuYO)

264 256

Christy

They usually go to Sturgis, SD. Dearborn would be something I didn't read about.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY)

265

Go Cubs!!!

Hubby went to bed. He will see the score in the morning.

We are diehard Cub fans..

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:15 AM (/QHx4)

266 >> Atmospheric pressure is needed to prevent atrophy on muscles and bones

That's gravity, not pressure. Mars' low pressure is very bad for other reasons -- you need a pressure suit (but it could be more a "tight spandex" type of thing with a breathing helmet). But it's the lower gravity that's the problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

267 know. Only reporting what I read. Which could be bullsharte...that "thousands" of trucks are arriving. Bikers the guy said. Maybe wishful thinking on the part of this person.

I'd prefer they arrive in Minnesota first for the Somolians. Then swing by Dearborn.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

If they wanted to have an effect they hit hamtramack. They don't do the call to prayer there yet

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

268 Go Cubs!!!

Hubby went to bed. He will see the score in the morning.

We are diehard Cub fans..
Posted by: four seasons

Back on finally

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

269 RandomDave

Hope you're hanging in there. Your quest is quite inspirational.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (RCjYY)

270
The biker thing i read about is they are going to grill lots of meat, hopefully pork.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (/QHx4)

271 I am watching Tousi TV and I read/scan the comments rolling by.

One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:08 AM (hzuYO)

From what I understand there was supposed to be a huge outdoor christian prayer to counter the usual large muslim outdoor prayer that's used for intimidation. The bikers are there for the muscle. What I'm hearing is most are them are ones returning from the Sturgis rally in S. dakota that ended 2 days before this event. Somebody reached out to them and said hey on your way back stop by.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (S41Gd)

272 He's going to put it on a barge an float it around the Cape of Good Hope and up to Starbase.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:18 AM (VPNgR)

273 From what I understand there was supposed to be a huge outdoor christian prayer to counter the usual large muslim outdoor prayer that's used for intimidation. The bikers are there for the muscle. What I'm hearing is most are them are ones returning from the Sturgis rally in S. dakota that ended 2 days before this event. Somebody reached out to them and said hey on your way back stop by.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That's what I was gonna say. Makes sense.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:18 AM (YZ0Fo)

274 I think they've developed a new treatment of some kind to help Cub fans kick the habit.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:19 AM (RCjYY)

275 >> Why can't they travel faster? Why two years to get there? Why not 3 months?

Orbital mechanics and the fuel/delta-v requirements vs current engineering and rocket capability.

Invent an Epstein-drive fusion engine (which is possible physics wise, just well beyond anything our current engineering and materials science is capable of), and you can get to Mars at 1g constant acceleration trajectory in 3 days. Jupiter in 6 days, Saturn in 8, and about #2 weeks to Neptune.

Uranus in 12 days.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:20 AM (w6EFb)

276

Lol mnw

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:20 AM (/QHx4)

277 Bikers did a similar thing in Houston. Totally peaceful but the rally against 2A and the innocent home owner was totally shut down.
Those megaphones can't compete with sets of full throated Harleys.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:22 AM (VPNgR)

278 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My friends go to sturgis every year. They said it was noticeabley smaller this year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:23 AM (YZ0Fo)

279
The "two years" thing is the launch window from earth to Mars using the most fuel efficient orbital transfers. It's about 26 months, the synodic period of Mars.

Now, the travel time using the standard Homan transfers and may some other more complex tricks varies from about 7 to 10 months.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

280 “In science, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid – not only what you think is right about it.” - Richard Feynman

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

281 Democrats have spent decades fighting for things like women's rights
---------------------------

LOL. No. Republicans and Christians fought for women's rights.

Democrats OTOH have fought for abortion, and used every other thing else regarding women to divide and destroy.

"They have nothing in common with Islam except hatred for the West" is a catastrophic mischaracterization.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:26 AM (vE0+H)

282
That Hohmann transfer, of course, not Tom Homan transfers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:26 AM (w6EFb)

283 “In science, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid – not only what you think is right about it.” - Richard Feynman
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
------

This is about me, isn't it.

Posted by: Fauci at August 19, 2026 12:26 AM (XeU6L)

284 A federal District Judge ruled today that Trump CAN deport Haitian immigrants who heretofore enjoyed "Temporary" Protected Status (TPS).

Hope the ruling survives appellate review.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:27 AM (RCjYY)

285 My friends go to sturgis every year. They said it was noticeabley smaller this year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:23 AM (YZ0Fo)

That happens every year after an anniversary year. Last year was the 85th. The 0 and 5 years are usually big. I noticed that when I was going. I went for the 50th, and the 51st was smaller and built up more and more until the 55th where it got crazy again. Then it tapered the following year, and slowly built up to the 60th.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:27 AM (S41Gd)

286 That happens every year after an anniversary year. Last year was the 85th. The 0 and 5 years are usually big. I noticed that when I was going. I went for the 50th, and the 51st was smaller and built up more and more until the 55th where it got crazy again. Then it tapered the following year, and slowly built up to the 60th.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Ahhhhh. I guess I woulda thought 250 would have been at least equal to last year

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:28 AM (YZ0Fo)

287 285

Interesting. Didn't know that.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:29 AM (RCjYY)

288 News Item:

Iran’s PM is complaining to the media that the US is demanding new concessions for ending the blockade that were not part of the original agreement.

Ghalibaf: “This wasn’t part of our deal!”

Darth Trump: I HAVE ALTERED THE DEAL. PRAY THAT I DO NOT ALTER IT FURTHER.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 12:30 AM (0pL/G)

289

An old joke...

Hey Joe, did you here about Henry's wife being killed by a bus when she was crossing the street?

Sam says "well if she had been home cooking Henry's dinner like wives should be doing she woud still be alive"

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:31 AM (/QHx4)

290 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

*********

Either Zoddette or Ursa would work.

Congrats, in any event!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 19, 2026 12:31 AM (e8SMi)

291 Watching people comment on this Lindsay Clancy murder trial is wild.

"You can't judge her because you aren't a woman". "Its really her husband's fault because he didn't support her enough" or my favorite "Obviously its a conspiracy where the husband did and and the police are working with him to blame his innocent wife"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM

Loons.

Reminds me of weirdos still pushing the "grassy knoll" conspiracies after the JFK assassination videos and reports were released.

Except social media puts the whack jobs on blast.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 19, 2026 12:31 AM (D/i12)

292 An old joke...

Hey Joe, did you here about Henry's wife being killed by a bus when she was crossing the street?

Sam says "well if she had been home cooking Henry's dinner like wives should be doing she woud still be alive"
Posted by: four seasons

Why are wedding dresses white?

So she matches the other appliances.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:32 AM (YZ0Fo)

293
Lol BruceWayne

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)

294 Trump has studied them for years. And Trump is Trump.
Woe be unto them that don't wise up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (VPNgR)

295 Loons.

Reminds me of weirdos still pushing the "grassy knoll" conspiracies after the JFK assassination videos and reports were released.

Except social media puts the whack jobs on blast.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

She's going to get off and go to the nut house for like a year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (YZ0Fo)

296 That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.
Posted by: publius

Agree. Feynman is one of the great minds of anytime. Let his words and lectures be what they are.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)

Agreed, but that's the grift. It's not just Feynman. You want finance? Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett are saying whatever the channel creators want. Christian? There's AI 'recordings' of C.S. Lewis. It's infuriating. I'm sure that there's more, I just don't know about all of them.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (NZPfR)

297 Lol BruceWayne

Posted by: four seasons

I got some good old ones like that.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:35 AM (YZ0Fo)

298
Some of Mr. Feynman's most famous quotes:

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts".

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool."

"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."

"I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb." (the insight in this is beautiful -- this ties in with Dunning-Kruger)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

299 Fuck he caught that

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:36 AM (YZ0Fo)

300 Congrats, Nurse!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 19, 2026 12:36 AM (D/i12)

301 Bregman!!!! Cubbies

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:37 AM (YZ0Fo)

302

BruceWayne,

Last time I checked I am a woman. Don't care those jokes are hilarious, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:37 AM (/QHx4)

303 Agreed, but that's the grift. It's not just Feynman. You want finance? Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett are saying whatever the channel creators want. Christian? There's AI 'recordings' of C.S. Lewis. It's infuriating. I'm sure that there's more, I just don't know about all of them.
Posted by: Nerd Herd

It's gross

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:38 AM (YZ0Fo)

304 Agreed, but that's the grift. It's not just Feynman. You want finance? Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett are saying whatever the channel creators want. Christian? There's AI 'recordings' of C.S. Lewis. It's infuriating. I'm sure that there's more, I just don't know about all of them.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (NZPfR)

It's cultural vandalism, and it warrants the death penalty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:39 AM (1z8ji)

305
One thing in these days is so many people don't have a sense of humor.

It's sad

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

306
"I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb." (the insight in this is beautiful -- this ties in with Dunning-Kruger)
Posted by: publius
-------

And a dusting of Gell-Mann Amnesia.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 19, 2026 12:40 AM (XeU6L)

307 BruceWayne,

Last time I checked I am a woman. Don't care those jokes are hilarious, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

What do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes?

Nothing you done told her twice.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:41 AM (YZ0Fo)

308
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:41 AM (/QHx4)

309 As much as I'd like to stay, it's time to go.
Good evening ladies and gents.
'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:42 AM (VPNgR)

310 Why are wedding dresses white?
So she matches the other appliances.
Posted by: BruceWayne

That one'll be due for an update in a few years when we show up.

Posted by: a stainless-steel sexbot at August 19, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

311
Goodnight Braenyard

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:43 AM (/QHx4)

312 Lol
Posted by: four seasons

😜

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:44 AM (YZ0Fo)

313 92 You know what's missing in modern music?
Romance. 1979 forward it's less and less.
1979 back, most all styles of music were mostly
concerned with getting close to the opposite sex.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (VPNgR)

I think you have to go even 20 years *further* back to find women saying nice things about men. Actual praise disappeared. It gradually devolved to just vaguely wanting 'love', to now where even the ones that like dick don't seem to like men much or at all.

Posted by: SciVo at August 19, 2026 12:45 AM (L3Npt)

314 That one'll be due for an update in a few years when we show up.
Posted by: a stainless-steel sexbot

It's ok brides are wearing tin foil these days joke still works hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:45 AM (YZ0Fo)

315

Being offended in today's world seems to be the thing.

Get the fuck over yourself.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:46 AM (/QHx4)

316 Howdy, horde!

Wooh, it was hot today... more *hot* for the rest of this week. Ugh! I'm melting.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

317 "Wives"

Name a species that can reproduce asexually.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:47 AM (RCjYY)

318 Trump has studied them for years. And Trump is Trump.
Woe be unto them that don't wise up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:33 AM (VPNgR)

No I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't study anything. He just flails around aimlessly and lucks into everything. Never even wanted to be president. He was totally surprised when he won.

(read that one here a few times)

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:48 AM (vE0+H)

319 Being offended in today's world seems to be the thing.

Get the fuck over yourself.
Posted by: four seasons at

I grew up in the 80s/90s there was no offense there was only ridicule and bullying. And you either sacked up and gave it back or didn't.

Make Bullying Great Again

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)

320 Howdy, horde!

Wooh, it was hot today... more *hot* for the rest of this week. Ugh! I'm melting.
Posted by: JQ

Hit 109 today. Posed to be hotter tomorrow

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:49 AM (YZ0Fo)

321 Being offended in today's world seems to be the thing.
Get the fuck over yourself.
Posted by: four seasons

Offense can be given.

Offense can be taken.

Those two concepts can be completely decoupled.

Currently, approximately 274000% more offense is taken than given.

Posted by: mikeski at August 19, 2026 12:50 AM (VHUov)

322
Some of my favorites pictures of Mr. Feynman:

Dancing with his wife at the Nobel ceremony:
https://t.ly/34-e9

And another one at that ceremony:

https://t.ly/LjTRv

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)

323

JQ,

We are having an unusually hot summer here in SW Wyoming.

Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:51 AM (/QHx4)

324 No I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't study anything. He just flails around aimlessly and lucks into everything. Never even wanted to be president. He was totally surprised when he won.

(read that one here a few times)
Posted by: ... at August

Damn he's been pretty lucky!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:51 AM (YZ0Fo)

325 FL Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Hell) survived a primary challenge today from a Squaddie wannabe.

I dunno if this is good news or bad news.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)

326 Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Posted by: four seasons

No AC?! I'd die. We been over 100 for 20 days. I won't even go out to the pool. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:53 AM (YZ0Fo)

327 Hit 109 today. Posed to be hotter tomorrow
Posted by: BruceWayne

About ten degrees below ya, but that's still hot enough for me-- poor lil portable a/c can keep one room at 78 if I don't open the door very often. LOL.

It's all good...

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

328 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Hell) survived a primary challenge today from a Squaddie wannabe.

I dunno if this is good news or bad news.
Posted by: mnw

She's a known asshat. He was an absolutely insane commie. In a new blue district. Best to have the same old person instead of a 23 year old commie that would hold it for 20 years

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:54 AM (YZ0Fo)

329 Spent the day recovering from illness this weekend. My MiL took the kids tonight to give poor Pooky a break, so he took me out to the local burger joint. He had their mozzarella stick burger (no really, they just stick mozza sticks on top of the burger patty and cover that with sauce) and I had the BBQ bacon burger. I haven't really been eating, so that was nice. Wee Pooky seems to enjoy getting calories almost as much as his brother. I'm going to have to put a running track in the backyard, aren't I?

Posted by: pookysgirl, with an early Food Thread contribution at August 19, 2026 12:55 AM (Wt5PA)

330
At least we don't have the humidity. Thank goodness.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:55 AM (/QHx4)

331 About ten degrees below ya, but that's still hot enough for me-- poor lil portable a/c can keep one room at 78 if I don't open the door very often. LOL.

It's all good...
Posted by: JQ at

Oh I'm from the north. Anything over 73 is terrible for me. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (YZ0Fo)

332 mnw,

No offense to Him, but I would really prefer not to be quite so inspiring a story of perserverence in the face of adversity.... could do with a bit less adversity, thanks!

As I say to the old ladies at church (many variations on this), "I know I don't get to know the map of the whole Plan, but I'd sure love to know which direction to turn next!"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (aJQbY)

333 >>Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Four seasons, I hate summer too! The only AC here, is the little 8k BTU unit I put in the living room each summer. Best $ I ever spent!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

334 At least we don't have the humidity. Thank goodness.

Posted by: four seasons

July we were rocking like 90+/90. Now that we are 105 humidity dropped to like 50. It's still hot. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:57 AM (YZ0Fo)

335 Make Bullying Great Again

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)

There is still bullying. They just made it impossible to fight back.

The people who instituted all the anti-bullying turned out to themselves be the world's biggest thinnest skinned bullies. Go figure.

Posted by: ... at August 19, 2026 12:58 AM (vE0+H)

336 Let me count how many times a day hubby says "I hate summer", lol. I agree with him, it sucks especially with no AC.

Posted by: four seasons

No AC?! I'd die. We been over 100 for 20 days. I won't even go out to the pool. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:53 AM (YZ0Fo)

I don't even go out on the bike when it hits 90. Ok in the breeze, but hit a traffic light and you're sitting on a ball burner.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:59 AM (S41Gd)

337 Humidity is currently 18%.

I'd die above 60%! (or merely *wish* I were dead)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)

338 Uranus in 12 days.
Posted by: publius
-----
(No, not a "your asshole" joke)
Is that 6 days under 1g acceleration, and 6 days deceleration, or 12 days of acceleration and wave as you rocket by at... mmmm, carry the two... about 6300 miles per second?

Posted by: buddhaha at August 19, 2026 01:00 AM (r9XTa)

339 The people who instituted all the anti-bullying turned out to themselves be the world's biggest thinnest skinned bullies. Go figure.
Posted by: ... at August

Yup. I mean bring back punching those asses in the face.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:00 AM (YZ0Fo)

340 328 Batman

That's a fair point. The 23-yr-old commie might've been easier for the GOP nominee to beat... but if the district is blue enuf, it doesn't make any difference.

Since it's FL, the GOP drew the lines. So it's undoubtedly REAL blue. Get all the trash in one bag.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 01:01 AM (RCjYY)

341 don't even go out on the bike when it hits 90. Ok in the breeze, but hit a traffic light and you're sitting on a ball burner.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Prly gonna hit 110 tomorrow. Seriously. It's 93 at 3am

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:02 AM (YZ0Fo)

342 >>>Name a species that can reproduce asexually.

Posted by: mnw

>The Bidens. They just crawl into the watering hole and another pops out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 01:03 AM (tvdD1)

343 Batman

That's a fair point. The 23-yr-old commie might've been easier for the GOP nominee to beat... but if the district is blue enuf, it doesn't make any difference.

Since it's FL, the GOP drew the lines. So it's undoubtedly REAL blue. Get all the trash in one bag.
Posted by: mnw at

Ya it's deep blue. Made wasserman move over cause they erased her district. So now just that one and Orlando.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:03 AM (YZ0Fo)

344 Random Dave

I understand. You have earned the right to feel that way.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 01:04 AM (RCjYY)

345 Oh I'm from the north. Anything over 73 is terrible for me. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:56 AM (YZ0Fo)

No shit. I'm a 70 degree dude. I can deal in the 80's if the humidity isn't silly. I hate heat. This summer hasn't been too bad here though. We got lucky. I keep the AC at 70, and it hasn't been running much.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:04 AM (S41Gd)

346 93*? In the middle of the night?!

Ok. I will stop complaining. At least it cools off at night, here. Got windows open right now... fans going... once the whole house is cooled, will shut it all and go to bed.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

347 Prly gonna hit 110 tomorrow. Seriously. It's 93 at 3am

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:02 AM (YZ0Fo)

What state is that? Remind me not to move there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:06 AM (S41Gd)

348 >> Is that 6 days under 1g acceleration, and 6 days deceleration, or 12 days of acceleration and wave as you rocket by at... mmmm, carry the two... about 6300 miles per second?

It's basically accelerating at 1g halfway, then turn and decelerate at 1g so you match velocity with the destination at the end.

The cool thing about this is you naturally have 1g artificial gravity the whole way. Now, for cargo and other things than could handle higher g's, you could do it faster.

Now, with chemical rockets, this idea is just ridiculous, considering the amount of fuel mass you'd need. However, when you can get exhaust velocities at a significant fraction of light speed, the mass becomes much less.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

349

The drought here is terrible. Powder River in Wyoming and Montana has stopped flowing.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (/QHx4)

350 No shit. I'm a 70 degree dude. I can deal in the 80's if the humidity isn't silly. I hate heat. This summer hasn't been too bad here though. We got lucky. I keep the AC at 70, and it hasn't been running much.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

People from here like to talk about how it's not humid. Late June to early July was 95-100 with 80 rh everyday. I'm like yall are insane. Then they just go well you don't know Oklahoma. I been here 15 fucking years. Don't tell me it isn't hot hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

351 What state is that? Remind me not to move there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Ok but tx too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:08 AM (YZ0Fo)

352 Be well all. I've read a bit but must go to sleep. Pehaps will see you tomorrow.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 19, 2026 01:09 AM (4Qj8V)

353 Wish I could put up a screenshot of our 7 day forecast - triple digit highs, every day. No rain within hundreds of miles.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:09 AM (0pL/G)

354 110 degrees? Where the hell do you people LIVE, anyway? The Sahara?* The Outback?**

* the desert, not the hotel

** Australia, not the steakhouse

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 01:10 AM (RCjYY)

355 People from here like to talk about how it's not humid. Late June to early July was 95-100 with 80 rh everyday. I'm like yall are insane. Then they just go well you don't know Oklahoma. I been here 15 fucking years. Don't tell me it isn't hot hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

Jersey can hit 90% humidity no problem. Right now its 72 degrees and 74% humidity. It was higher during the day.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:10 AM (S41Gd)

356 Be well all. I've read a bit but must go to sleep. Pehaps will see you tomorrow.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 19, 2026 01:09 AM (4Qj8V)

Night, Farmer!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 01:11 AM (1z8ji)

357 Wish I could put up a screenshot of our 7 day forecast - triple digit highs, every day. No rain within hundreds of miles.
Posted by: Tom Servo

We were in a flood in May. No drop to be seen now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:11 AM (YZ0Fo)

358 Ok but tx too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:08 AM (YZ0Fo)

yeah, not moving there. I don't care if you get machine guns in a box of cereal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:12 AM (S41Gd)

359 Jersey can hit 90% humidity no problem. Right now its 72 degrees and 74% humidity. It was higher during the day.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That was when I lived in MI. Could hit 90 rh. But it was generally cool temps. 80/80 is already terrible. 90/80. Yeesh. Sit in the house time and start the car before you leave

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:13 AM (YZ0Fo)

360 yeah, not moving there. I don't care if you get machine guns in a box of cereal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It's funny cause years ago I hated it and got out. It did not go well. I love it here my people. But ya 9 months out of the year it's too hot to leave my house 😂

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:14 AM (YZ0Fo)

361 Its been raining every other day for the last 2 weeks. Monsooned last night for 2 hours, rained a little today, tomorrow will be beautiful, and rain the day after. Was beautiful on saturday, rained sunday. August blows ass here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:16 AM (S41Gd)

362
That 1g burn-flip-burn travel time to the Moon would be 3.5 hours.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

363 Ok Heat vs Boston people?? I'll take the ok Heat

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

364 Bruce Wayne, what state are you in with those high temperatures?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:17 AM (0pL/G)

365 been raining every other day for the last 2 weeks. Monsooned last night for 2 hours, rained a little today, tomorrow will be beautiful, and rain the day after. Was beautiful on saturday, rained sunday. August blows ass here.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My GMA and uncle got nailed by that storm in northern Indiana. Shit flooded for the first time in 100 years

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:17 AM (YZ0Fo)

366 Bruce Wayne, what state are you in with those high temperatures?
Posted by: Tom Servo at

Ok

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:18 AM (YZ0Fo)

367 My Oklahoma grandparents (RIP) were happy to move to coastal Oregon.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)

368 That was when I lived in MI. Could hit 90 rh. But it was generally cool temps. 80/80 is already terrible. 90/80. Yeesh. Sit in the house time and start the car before you leave

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:13 AM (YZ0Fo)

90/80 is summer here. 90/90 isn't unusual, and sometimes its 100/90. July is the gross offender but this year july was very different. High 70's, really low humidity, maybe 2 days of rain, and 60 at night. I needed a sweatshirt on the bike during the day sometimes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:19 AM (S41Gd)

369 Oklahoma grandparents (RIP) were happy to move to coastal Oregon.
Posted by: JQ at

Nice weather

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:19 AM (YZ0Fo)

370 90/80 is summer here. 90/90 isn't unusual, and sometimes its 100/90. July is the gross offender but this year july was very different. High 70's, really low humidity, maybe 2 days of rain, and 60 at night. I needed a sweatshirt on the bike during the day sometimes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My winter coat is a tee shirt hoodie. Even in Michigan I never thought it was cool enough for a sweatshirt

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:21 AM (YZ0Fo)

371 I get that I'm weird like that. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:22 AM (YZ0Fo)

372 Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

Posted by: Mark Twain at August 19, 2026 01:23 AM (XeU6L)

373 The worst thing about this static air system is that it isn’t changing at all - from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:24 AM (0pL/G)

374 Granddad retired from USACE, worked on dams in the NW and then for an electric utility. They liked the weather better than "back home" and besides, all their kin had passed on so no need to return. (Until final interment)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

375 worst thing about this static air system is that it isn’t changing at all - from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at

Oh well make sure too be 100 for the first ou home game. Thats how it always is

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:26 AM (YZ0Fo)

376 The worst thing about this static air system is that it isn’t changing at all - from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2026 01:24 AM (0pL/G)

I can believe it. I leave here for the texas mome, its high 50's low 60's here, just getting nice where you don't need heat or AC, and poof..satan's ass crack in texas.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (S41Gd)

377 Finally watched the last 90 minutes of "The Human Condition." It's very good, but ten hours is a long running time for a downer.

Watched some "King of the Hill" after that. Pretty much puts you in a good mood I tell you what.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (CHHv1)

378 ...from now till Labor Day it’s gonna be the same hot dry day over and over again.
It’s like Groundhog Day in hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo

So, like my area from late June through mid-September.

You have my sympathy, Tom Servo!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

379 I lived in the rockie mountains when it was like -10 below. I liked it. Hahah heat is not for me. I've been there like 15 years my family like 20 and they keep saying I'll get used to it. I don't think I am.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:29 AM (YZ0Fo)

380 can believe it. I leave here for the texas mome, its high 50's low 60's here, just getting nice where you don't need heat or AC, and poof..satan's ass crack in texas.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My best friend went to hs and college with. Still lives in the same Michigan town. She says "it's not my fault you decided to live on satans asshole"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:32 AM (YZ0Fo)

381 I don't much care for shoveling snow, but since I retired it's not such a big deal anymore.

No more waking at zero-darkthirty and realizing "Oh, FK! Gotta dig out before work!"

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

382 Watched some "King of the Hill" after that. Pretty much puts you in a good mood I tell you what.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 19, 2026 01:28 AM (CHHv1)

Boomhauer is a riot. We got a friend who talks like him when he gets drunk. Its just how he sounds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:33 AM (S41Gd)

383 > Liquor? Hell, Martin-Marietta used to send hookers to employee candidates when they stayed over in the local hotels.

Many years ago I worked in an Alaskan resort hotel.

We got a lot of conventions, some rowdier than others. The worst was a convention of school superintendents.

Textbook companies had rooms with full free bars, hot and cold running whores, the works.

Those boys could party. Harder drinking and louder than the commercial fishermen.

I don't recall ever seeing that many whores in that town before or after. They must've flown them in special.

This makes more sense when you realize that the superintendent can have a large degree of clout when it comes to choosing textbooks, and the books were expensive even then.

If paying a whore to give this muppet a hummer means you're going to move 10,000 copies of a hundred dollar book...

Posted by: Morlock #2Q34a at August 19, 2026 01:36 AM (IG3/x)

384 Watched some "King of the Hill" after that. Pretty much puts you in a good mood I tell you what.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at

We are saving the new season for a night we can knock it all out. The last one was really good.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:36 AM (YZ0Fo)

385 > Boomhauer is a riot. We got a friend who talks like him when he gets drunk. Its just how he sounds.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:33 AM (S41Gd)

I think Judge said that the got it from an incomprehensible message someone left on his answering machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 01:36 AM (IG3/x)

386 Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:51 AM (/QHx4
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Yeah, I am looking forward to fall weather too

Posted by: 496 at August 19, 2026 01:37 AM (5jF9Z)

387
Elon and SpaceX have some insane ideas about Mars entry. Now, if you've got enough fuel that you can lug up out of Erf's gravity well, you get to Mars faster. The limit of this is you thrust out and achieve a heliocentric orbit with an aphelion at about Jupiter radius. You time it so you're flying past Mars.

You've got a shit ton of excess velocity relative to Mars. You come in hot like that and dive into Mars' atmosphere. Rather than just "skipping off" you turn so you have *negative lift*, pushing down, rather than up. And this is hypersonic big time relative to Mars atmosphere.

This keeps you curved around inside Mars atmosphere to bleed off speed. But it takes a while. When your speed drops below orbital speed, you've got to flip around to get start gaining positive lift. You keep that up long enough to bleed off enough speed to make a gentle powered landing with the remaining fuel on the Starship.

That flipping maneuver is called something like a "hypersonic roll of death" or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

388
Now, no human pilot could do that hypersonic death roll maneuver. Control has to be precise and done on microsecond time scales and all that. A little too much and the vehicle is instantly destroyed by the aerodynamic forces.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)

389 The police don't like being recorded
He should have told him if he isn't doing anything wrong he doesn't have anything to worry about.

We are ALLOWED to video the police as they run their public business, yet they hate it. Well too bad, it comes with the job; we are ALLOWED.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (l3cgK)

390 Boomhauer is a riot. We got a friend who talks like him when he gets drunk. Its just how he sounds.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 01:33 AM (S41Gd)

I think Judge said that the got it from an incomprehensible message someone left on his answering machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

When I moved to the south I met a lot of boomhauers. Then I learned how to understand them

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (YZ0Fo)

391 The problem with Hohmann transfer orbits is you have to wait for the planets, Earth and Mars in this case to be aligned properly. You can’t just takeoff anytime you like because Mars won’t be at the other end of the transfer orbit without planning. And likewise, you can’t return anytime you like either, you have to wait on Mars for the planets to be aligned properly again, or Earth won’t be there at the end of the Hohmann transfer orbit either. So you must stay on Mars until the planets are in position for the return, and that means you either bring a lot of provisions with you (expensive in terms of energy, hence money) or you send robot drones ahead of you to prepare provisions in situ on Mars, if that can be done.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (ZVgZ4)

392

496,

I have been wondering how you are doing. I hope you are recovering well after your surgery.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 01:43 AM (/QHx4)

393
This keeps you curved around inside Mars atmosphere to bleed off speed. But it takes a while. When your speed drops below orbital speed, you've got to flip around to get start gaining positive lift. You keep that up long enough to bleed off enough speed to make a gentle powered landing with the remaining fuel on the Starship.

That flipping maneuver is called something like a "hypersonic roll of death" or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

Mars' atmosphere is very problematic. It's too thin to efficiently perform air braking, but at the same time thick enough that you have to take it into consideration at even modest velocities. I can't imagine how difficult it would be trying to land when coming in at hypersonic velocities...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:44 AM (l3cgK)

394 Mars' atmosphere and gravity also make it difficult to leave unless you have enough fuel. But if you carry that fuel with you, it becomes almost impossible to get off Earth first without sending sh*t-tons of it into space first. You almost need to be able to create fuel from materials already on Mars...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:47 AM (l3cgK)

395 We are ALLOWED to video the police as they run their public business, yet they hate it. Well too bad, it comes with the job; we are ALLOWED.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (l3cgK)

We are NOT allowed, we have the RIGHT, given by God to video the police. The police do NOT have the right to monitor us all the time without probable cause: the 4th amendment forbids them. It is the police who are in the wrong, but it will be hard to convince enough people how wrong this is unless the people get more riled up about this travesty. And getting riled up must be done very carefully so we don’t give the police any excuse to arrest us. This is going to be a long haul trek.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 01:50 AM (ZVgZ4)

396 Manned missions to the planets are a lot like the Age of Sail.... missions that last for years, completely isolated from any source of repairs or resupply...

I wonder if we'll see a return to the Captain as Absolute Monarch model.

Maybe not, as they will be in radio contact with the Earth.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 01:52 AM (IG3/x)

397
Elon plans to send robots, Optimus, to Mars first. They will build the basic base infrastructure to support the first real humans that follow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:58 AM (w6EFb)

398 Aw, man... my dumbass Cat musta been sleeping in the weeds again. Got little burrs stuck *all over* his fur. LOL. Gonna be pickin' on the dude for a while to get them out.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

399
Everything Elon is doing is really ultimately about getting to Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

400
Dumb question,

If the robots are on Mars for a long time, which it sounds like they will be, do they run off batteries? How will they recharge?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:03 AM (/QHx4)

401 Alaska primary results are coming in.

Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins (D) and Tom Begich (D) will advance to the general. Still too early to tell which of the 12 (!) Republican candidates will advance.

For Senate it's Peltola (D) and Dan S. Sullivan (aka the "real Dan Sullivan" (R). The other two will be selected from six Republicans, two Democrats, a Libertarian, a Green, one Undeclared, two Non-partisan, and an Alaskan.

For House it's gonna be Nick Begich III (R) and Bill Hill (Non-Partisan), with the other two slots being chosen from four Democrats, two Libertarians, two Republicans, a Non-Partisan, and an Undeclared.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 02:04 AM (IG3/x)

402
JQ,

Lots of luck. We've had a couple of dogs with that mess..

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:04 AM (/QHx4)

403 Well, I am tired. Time to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 02:07 AM (1z8ji)

404 >> How will they recharge?

It will be solar at first, then nuclear reactors, I think. They've realized a Moon base is going to need to nuclear power, and that will inform Mars plans.

Elon has realized we need to do the Moon first, in order to build up for Mars.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 02:08 AM (w6EFb)

405
Goodnight AOP

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:08 AM (/QHx4)

406 I'm signing off too.

Good night, all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2026 02:08 AM (IG3/x)

407
Sleep well Rodrigo

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:12 AM (/QHx4)

408 395 We are ALLOWED to video the police as they run their public business, yet they hate it. Well too bad, it comes with the job; we are ALLOWED.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 01:42 AM (l3cgK)

We are NOT allowed, we have the RIGHT, given by God to video the police. The police do NOT have the right to monitor us all the time without probable cause: the 4th amendment forbids them. It is the police who are in the wrong, but it will be hard to convince enough people how wrong this is unless the people get more riled up about this travesty. And getting riled up must be done very carefully so we don’t give the police any excuse to arrest us. This is going to be a long haul trek.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 19, 2026 01:50 AM (ZVgZ4)

Yes, we have the right.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 19, 2026 02:12 AM (l3cgK)

409
Thanks Publius.

It is so interesting

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:14 AM (/QHx4)

410 397
Elon plans to send robots, Optimus, to Mars first. They will build the basic base infrastructure to support the first real humans that follow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Newsflash: Elon Abandoned Mar$ last year, refocus'd on the moon and is losing that too... soon to be losing everything picked up for pennies on the dollar by Trump's BFF/Bezo's after he whispers NO, down into the Grate to Elon beyond his outreached Harry-Lime like fingers...

Nothing Succeeds like Success.

That's what Makes this the Best (longest running) Episode of Apprentice EVER! Where the SKY's no longer the limits, and nothing is off the table -- while cTHIEL dreams in silence fore his forever lost Galt Gulch woulch would actually be a chamber of horrors people'd by the accelerationalists who just don't know how to quit while they're a head (or have a head, body, and original body parts)....

Seriously. as 1Year Kirkaversary arrives, all this 9/10 thinking will suddenly turn MADMANI as he turns his eyes to AOC -- but as surely as greater evil destroys it's maker, the one's to watch are AOC -> on RAMA.

RAMA's people in vests are single use, much better than any FALN Fighters AOC could muster

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOe at August 19, 2026 02:14 AM (uD5QW)

411 Mostly, Cat gets into "catchweed bedstraw"-- the whole plant is like Velcro, and the little seeds are tiny & round.

They come out easily enough, if Cat would be still for a while, and I roll them back and forth while pulling slightly.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

412
Sorry, the above I simply cannot parse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 02:23 AM (w6EFb)

413 There are 77 days till election day and dump is desperate to prevent democrats from voting his stooges out. Blue state government needs to have law enforcement protect voters from republican agent provocateurs posing as poll watchers. For those who don't like my handle take it up with the Bible.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 19, 2026 02:25 AM (AEh+1)

414
We would get as much off the dogs then give up and take them to the groomer and have them shaved. Cats would not like that, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:26 AM (/QHx4)

415 Four seasons-- Cat's fur is like silk, and these little burrs come off readily IF he will be still. Sometimes, it take a day or two to get them all.

He only gets mats once in a great while, and I've been lucky to be able to distract him as I cut them off with scissors LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

416 The burrs are about the size of peppercorns.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

417
That is good

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:37 AM (/QHx4)

418 Sweet dreams Horde, I just popped in for a quick perusal before bed. I have been at the ER with my brother until about 45 minutes ago. He fell at the home and hit his head so they sent him to the ER. He seems fine but they are keeping him overnight as a precaution.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 19, 2026 02:44 AM (ibDUx)

419 Hi, Debby. Sorry about your brother, and hope he'll be OK.

Good night, sleep well!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

420 I just spent an hour and a half discussing requests for admissions with a client (from 10pm-11:30pm) and halfway through I drank the formerly cold beer that I was icing my sprained ankle with. I am in a strangely good mood.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 02:48 AM (DZ9Lv)

421 >>I drank the formerly cold beer that I was icing my sprained ankle with. I am in a strangely good mood.

LOL. The wonders of a medicinal amount of alcohol!

Hope your ankle is healing.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

422
Dark,

Your ankle is still bothering you?

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 02:50 AM (/QHx4)

423 Some day, I will drive over to the nearest *weed state* and make a purchase. LOL.

Let's go crazy!
youtu.be/WGtCC7bUkIw

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)

424

JQ,

Lol!

Hubby and are old with aches and pains and some days we wish we had some pot.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:00 AM (/QHx4)

425 Four seasons, are you not close enough to Colorado?

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

426 I can go to WA quickly enough.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

427

We are very close. We figure we would get arrested once we got back to Wyoming, lol.

It would be a funny story for the grandkids to tell about their elderly grandparents getting arrested for pot possession.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:04 AM (/QHx4)

428

Some days after reading the news we wish we were stoned, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:08 AM (/QHx4)

429 Four seasons, hubby had *cravings* when he lived at home... we'd make trips over there just for that. No problems.

If you're concerned, maybe don't go just for that. Couple it with some other shopping or purpose?

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)

430
Our daughter lives in Boulder. She likes to taunt us, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:14 AM (/QHx4)

431 >>>We are very close. We figure we would get arrested once we got back to Wyoming, lol.

It would be a funny story for the grandkids to tell about their elderly grandparents getting arrested for pot possession.

Posted by: four seasons

>Don't bother. It's okay to take a blast once in a while, because the potency is thru the roof, but I would never buy. Just a social activity like having a cocktail with you friends. It's 'legal' here and the dispensaries are everywhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 03:16 AM (tvdD1)

432
You are right Rev.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:17 AM (/QHx4)

433 We have a close friend who seriously needs prescription medicinal needs marijuana. She smokes regularly.

Gave me a joint a few years ago to try. Nothing but an awful headache.

Worse was the weed chocolate. Mrs. BD sampled with me a few bites. Head and stomach felt like lead. Took hours of lying down (couldn't sleep) till some minimal recovery came.

Nasty stuff.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 03:19 AM (kwzqw)

434
Hubby and I like to joke about it.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:21 AM (/QHx4)

435 You don't need to purchase any huge quantity. And there's definitely no need to buy the fancy expensive product-- it's all so much more potent than "the old stuff" so a little dab'll do ya.

Maybe taunting daughter would be so kind? Unless you've got scruples about that...

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

436 Wow, were the Mariners stoned tonight?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 19, 2026 03:24 AM (DZ9Lv)

437 Edibles are bleh.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)

438 >>>You are right Rev.

Posted by: four seasons

>Back in another lifetime, when we were minors in high school, we'd buy weed from the local corrupt cops. Kids don't have a lot of money so these were not big time drug deals.

Now, a lifetime later, I have friends willing to give me so much free weed it's ridiculous. I'm not even a smoker. Just a blast once in a while like when we're all fishing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 19, 2026 03:25 AM (tvdD1)

439
We have fun joking about getting stoned.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:28 AM (/QHx4)

440 Edibles are bleh.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)
-

Maybe our problem here is we're (still) healthy. No need for this and no want for leisurely use.

Let's see how long Mrs. BD and I can stay that way.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 19, 2026 03:30 AM (kwzqw)

441 A former cow-orker moved to WA and grew some, once it became " " " legal " " " there.

Wowza! Not too shabby!

Of course, it had been many years since I'd had any, so what do I know?

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)

442 I don't have to get up for another hour today, we will see

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)

443 Let's see how long Mrs. BD and I can stay that way.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Good for both of you!

I only tried it, because of curiosity after many (many!) years of abstinence. The edibles were a real let-down. The smoke was *too strong* the first time.

Jeepers! No wonder so many are freaking *psychotic* these days! Ugh.

Moderation is key!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:36 AM (rdVOm)

444 ...And... No. I don't use the stuff regularly. In fact, I don't care if I never do again. Meh.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)

445 There was a tiny bit of leftover after hubby went into nursing home. I finished it last summer. Helped me calm down from the guilt of "putting him in a home" and now it's all gone. Don't care to get any more.

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:43 AM (rdVOm)

446
JQ,

No problem with that. You had a tough decision to make.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:44 AM (/QHx4)

447
Sleep well all.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 03:49 AM (/QHx4)

448 Night, four seasons!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 03:50 AM (rdVOm)

449 Have a few co-workers who do regularly

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 03:56 AM (Ia/+0)

450 Hi, Skip!

Yeah, some people can handle it. *Use* on the weekend or during time off, whatever.

I never liked working with people who were stoned on the job, though. Buncha numb nuts!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

451 Worked with one lady, who was a "foreign bride" of a service member... she spoke a bit of English, but wasn't fully aware of how things work here in USA. Her hubby was a jerk, and left her & their young child. She struggled with work/child care, didn't drive-- and decided to get fired, thinking that she'd qualify for unemployment bennies that way. (she knew she couldn't "quit")

So-- she got sh1tfaced drunk & came to work one night. Oh, man... she was wobbly! Here we were, working in a freaking *ammo factory* and she was STINKO fking drunk. Dangerous.

When they came to escort her out, she was happy!

"I go home now." She said, smiling... Unaware that she would be disqualified from UE bennies.

Felt sorry for her and the young boy. Enraged, at her sh1tty XH! (he was a crankster, so good riddance, but still!)

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

452 Good morning all. Forgive my Iran obsession but the IRGC has gone even more batshit crazy. The IRGC are threatening ballistic missile attacks on European targets in Cyprus and Bulgaria. The IRGC fired two missiles at the UAE yesterday that both fell into the sea.

The dope that these guys are smoking must be some powerful shit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:32 AM (gIjzl)

453 The dope that these guys are smoking must be some powerful shit.
Posted by: Ben Had

It is actual camel shit, with maybe 10% hash mixed in

Posted by: Miklos knows the actual Good Shit at August 19, 2026 04:36 AM (XOG/m)

454 The dope that these guys are smoking must be some powerful shit.
Posted by: Ben Had

Consider 70 or so generations of first-cousin marriage also. UGH!

Cuckoo!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:38 AM (rdVOm)

455 Iran wants a world war to get that Imam to crawl out of that well

Posted by: Skip at August 19, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

456 452 Good morning all. Forgive my Iran obsession but the IRGC has gone even more batshit crazy. The IRGC are threatening ballistic missile attacks on European targets in Cyprus and Bulgaria. The IRGC fired two missiles at the UAE yesterday that both fell into the sea.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2026 04:32 AM (gIjzl)

yikes

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:39 AM (odBC9)

457 Night, horde.

Mornin' Ben Had! "Hi, bye!" Hope you have a great day!

Posted by: JQ at August 19, 2026 04:41 AM (rdVOm)

458 Iran wants a world war to get that Imam to crawl out of that well
Posted by: Skip

The imam just went down there looking for Timmy

Posted by: Miklos suspects at August 19, 2026 04:43 AM (XOG/m)

459 455 Iran wants a world war to get that Imam to crawl out of that well
Posted by: Skip

Well maybe if that Imam didn't have his stupid hang up in regard to dogs, Lassie would save him.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 19, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

460 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 19, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

461 President trump says he has won the Iran war numerous times. Why have you all stopped drinking the trump kool aid?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 19, 2026 04:51 AM (AEh+1)

Moose and Moose-Sized Dogs Cafe

Grassington, North Yorkshire, UK
@davezphoto

Moose moments.

Compilation of dogs being silly. Begins with a very dramatic dog screaming about getting his nails trimmed.

Talking parrot gives uncanny valley vibes.

Watch cat.

Baby squirrel with paralyzed back legs is taken in by kind couple.

I would never. I don't think I have any claustrophobia, but this is nightmare fuel.

Horse meets dolphin.

Big chungus oak tree.

Monkey popcorn party.

Radio-controlled tank has got some horsepower.

Stag gives a couple of warning huffs.

Last week's eclipse.

Humanoid robot "Superman" breaks Usain Bolt's record. Not good at stopping, though.

Tomb of Ramesses IX in Luxor�s Valley of the Kings, dating to 1129�1111 BCE pic.twitter.com/Pq4wqyRr4f
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 18, 2026

The Caucasian Shepherd Dog is a livestock guardian dog native to the countries of the Caucasus region and one of the world's largest dog breeds.

This is its size with humans for scale. pic.twitter.com/wmZISyeRfA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:15 PM

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1 I am the best and great.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (hzuYO)

2 I love the photo of Yorkshire, Ace. My father's ancestors are from there and had sheep (based on our surname in the Domesday Book). Windy apparently.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (hzuYO)

3 That video lied, the very fist moose moment is an elk

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (vJrRc)

4 About the sidebar stuff, ace, from the last thread:

>>> On the sidebar -- I said that zodiac story was a load of crap at the time.
And what is chromatic aberration? I don't recall that at all.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (/h0Lb)

Yeah, I'm curious about that too. I'm sort of an expert on chromatic aberrations myself. Only because my eyesight is dogshit and I wear thick high index of refraction polymer glasses to squint at the world Mr. Magoo style. I'm looking through quasi-prisms when I have glasses on, basically.

The aberrations occur on any object not directly in front of me. And the aberration increases the more I go off axis. Things shift colors depending which side they're on/refraction angle. And that also screws with depth perception because some aspect of comparative color is also used as by your depth senses. No problem with contacts which I prefer.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 18, 2026 07:20 PM (3uBP9)

5 The English countryside is astoundingly beautiful, at least to a guy born and raised in SoCal.

Also, what's that guy doing with the giant dog?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2026 07:22 PM (guGkK)

6 Apparently, Caucasians don't do things half assed.
Nice puppy.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 07:24 PM (Sco7b)

7 Also, what's that guy doing with the giant dog?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 18, 2026 07:22 PM (guGkK)

Doggin' it.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 07:24 PM (rbvCR)

8 That shepherd dog is just too big and expensive to be practical. You want them to be cheap enough to have several of them so they can worry at some big predator coming at your flocks rather than eat up your flocks for dinner himself.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (uhVAy)

9 Photo reminds me of All Creatures Great And Small.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (/OKHJ)

10 LOL LA taxpayers are paying for Bass's campaign, city adds to your donations!

Is everyone in LA a sucker???

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Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

11 I do have a moose painting . At least that's what the reference photo said. Could be an elk imo. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

12 When you donate to our campaign, the city can match your donation 6 to 1! If you donate $5, the city turns it into $35. Our campaign is powered by YOU!
Click the link in our bio to make your matching donation today!
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

If I donate 0, I assume that turns to 30 dollars.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:27 PM (uhVAy)

13 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

14 The latest popuo ads on my mobile android make it nearly impossible to read an article. I am spending much less time on your site due to inability to follow something to the end.
Good luck with that type of reader interference

Posted by: Dave at August 18, 2026 07:30 PM (Z0RXr)

15 Looks like a moose

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

16 Crap. Moose painting now in nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

17 You've got two places I've always wanted to go - the Yorkshire Dales and Egypt. I might get to the first some day but I doubt I'll ever get to the second, sadly.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2026 07:34 PM (afFes)

18 Lakes closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 07:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

19 I've always loved moose - mooses - meese - whatever, but that guy is crazy to get that close to all those Bullwinkles.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2026 07:37 PM (afFes)

20 Love your painting, Polynikes!

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2026 07:38 PM (afFes)

21
Did the patent search for my book. 6,871 references to go with the 7,628 journal articles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:38 PM (O0L8i)

22 I love dogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s)

23 17 Bluebell, go to Egypt. Fewer muzzies.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 07:40 PM (gm9Sb)

24 This 24 year old frat boy that got caught dealing coke is hardly "top of the chain". Any dumbass can go to college.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (MWfyi)

25 The median life expectancy for a Caucasian Shepherd according to wikipedia was 5.4 years. It was a sample size of 22, the article cautions.

That is too short a time. Just out of being a puppy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)

26 I love dogs."

Most dogs > most people

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (XuXeR)

27 Re: sidebar re: the Zodiac killer: Thanks for letting us know, Ace. I was intrigued, but hadn't gotten around to finding the book yet. I'll take that off the TBR pile.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)

28 Big dogs just don't last as long. You have to know that going in.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

29 Crap. Moose painting now in nic.
Posted by: polynikes

And excellent moose painting

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (vJrRc)

30 From previous - DeGaulle got "quiet" about repatriated gold, because he had sent a battleship to pick it up from the New York fed.

Very French thing to do, though can't really blame them I suppose. The London gold exchange collapsed soon after, by 1968 a two-tier pricing mechanism, culminating in a closing of the "gold window" where the dollar could be exchanged for gold at $35 an ounce in 1971. A "floating currency" ever since.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (0Ppf4)

31 19h
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Click the link in our bio to make your matching donation today!
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

Interesting... Gov Code 8314 ( CA Law) specifically makes this illegal.

But Dem, so no one will prosecute.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)

32 Big dogs just don't last as long. You have to know that going in.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

I couldn't do it. I guess I am too much of a loner and get too attached. Ajax nearly broke me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:44 PM (zZu0s)

33 16 Crap. Moose painting now in nic.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

Grand Tetons in the background?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (mP0Kj)

34
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Posted by: beckster

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How in hell is this legal?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XJ22o)

35 Several kids outside on the bow of the boat belting out “I am Moana!! “

It’s hilarious.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 07:48 PM (eCnv0)

36
You want nightmare fuel + water, try Gollum's Cave.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:48 PM (XJ22o)

37 It's cute that you think "legal" means anything, to them.

They really are that stupid too, it may not have occurred to them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 07:49 PM (0Ppf4)

38 Democrats seem to be leaning into a specific midterm strategy, especially on socials: bringing sexy back.

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Stacy Abrams?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:50 PM (ndZc7)

39
How in hell is this legal?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XJ22o)

It’s (D)ifferent when you belong to the political party with the sole, exclusive right to rule the United States as it and it alone sees fit.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:50 PM (jPziU)

40 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

41 I was stationed at RAF Croughton in the early 90s. It looked kind of like the above pic, minus the big hills. It was in the Midland region of England. Near Oxford and Banbury. Lots of quaint villages in the UK, at least there were. The ruling class over there is working very hard to destroy it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 07:51 PM (sAmhv)

42
Big dogs just don't last as long. You have to know that going in.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)

__________

There's nothing more touching than watching a Veterans Class (for dogs 7 and over) at a specialty. Whereas in regular competition, applause is considered just plain wrong, it is expected that the spectators will clap and cheer every veteran competing.
.
Our old friends hear and respond. Their eyes brighten and they gain a swagger in their step. Some of those watching may be crying and sometimes the judge will be crying too. We love and respect our elders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:54 PM (O0L8i)

43 The ringleader of the PA Frat coke cartel looks like Arnold Stang. And if you remember Arnold Stang you have passed age 29.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 07:55 PM (gm9Sb)

44 How in hell is this legal?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XJ22o)

It's California, come on, man!!!

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 07:55 PM (kX27y)

45 I see that walled Grassington walkway, and the words "luge" and "bobsled" are first to come to mind. Beginner slope. Wear helmet.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

46 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot
Posted by: Skip

You're fine until you run out of wolves to feed your wolfhound.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)

47 40 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot
Posted by: Skip

And we're all happy that bats don't grow to that size. Rabies is one thing, but we'd all need pith helmets.

Posted by: Penguin Pete at August 18, 2026 07:57 PM (JM9I6)

48 Polls are for strippers.

Brett LoGiurato
@BrettLoGiurato
So this is pretty wild: A polling firm that came out of nowhere to show Francesca Hong with a 23-point lead over David Crowley in the Wisconsin primary has shut down and said its whole operation was bogus

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:57 PM (ndZc7)

49 40 46 Yes, a 140 pound dog eats a lot, with expected results. Out, the Super Dooper Pooper Scooper, in, a small Kubota backhoe.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 07:59 PM (gm9Sb)

50 First non-AI Café picture in a long time.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 07:59 PM (Av6i5)

51 Sneezy Tom went to the vet today and was prescribed a course of arithromycin oral. And the FVRCP vax that the vet insisted on. We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

52 azithromycin

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

53 Yorkshire pic is nice. Taken on one of the 5 days in the year not raining, foggy.

Posted by: Tex Antoine at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (JM9I6)

54 Brett LoGiurato
@BrettLoGiurato
So this is pretty wild: A polling firm that came out of nowhere to show Francesca Hong with a 23-point lead over David Crowley in the Wisconsin primary has shut down and said its whole operation was bogus
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:57 PM (ndZc7)
=====
It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

55 White Sox at Cubs. Here we go.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 08:03 PM (l26NL)

56 Yorkshire pic is nice. Taken on one of the 5 days in the year not raining, foggy.
Posted by: Tex Antoine at August 18, 2026 08:02 PM (JM9I6)
----
Where's all the hobbits at?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (FZ29D)

57
Dutchess is doing much better now that we've cut back on the phenobarbitol we have to administer for her epilepsy. Two weeks ago I thought she was a goner. Now she gets up and walks with little problem.

No, she's not cured and she's almost 11 but I'm not worried about her right now. Every day with our friends is a day of grace.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (O0L8i)

58 White Sox at Cubs. Here we go.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

One of the few cubbies games I get to watch!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

59 We found at Girl F. is allergic to azithromycin when she started a course at age 15 months and swelled up like a little sausage.

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 18, 2026 08:04 PM (RIvkX)

60 /zombie thug sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:05 PM (RIvkX)

61 "We found at Girl F. is allergic to azithromycin when she started a course at age 15 months and swelled up like a little sausage."

Etiology of Tom's sneezing is unknown. Could be dust, allergies, viral, or bacterial. Currently in sinuses only. The antibiotic is just a dart throw.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

62 Moose bites can be very nasty.

Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at August 18, 2026 08:08 PM (We5PL)

63 Arday (et al) researched his fraud.
He found papers in the submittal and review process (hahah him or his reviewers) that did not end up in the free world.
He was using internal sources to find and control pasta for his thesis.
This was Oceans 11 or 12 with many contributors to the scheme.
On the fake news article this is just under the Karmelo and Fake News et al. Karmelo was just defending himself.
Arday was just trying to run 30 26's in 35 days. He was tryin to run 600 miles in 60 days.
And tryin means everything in the news.
He was tryin to get out of high school
He was trying to get out of the neighborhood
He was trying gets a 100% A+ Certificate of Accomplishment.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:08 PM (/+uur)

64 62 Moose bites can be very nasty.
Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at August 18, 2026 08:08 PM (We5PL)

Moose out front...

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:09 PM (/+uur)

65 Howdy y'all.

Nice cafe today.

The robo-runner makes me think of cartoons - and not 'world of cardboard', either. More like 'kid flash outtakes'.

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Posted by: ShainS at August 18, 2026 08:09 PM (5LXUy)

67 Our old friends hear and respond. Their eyes brighten and they gain a swagger in their step. Some of those watching may be crying and sometimes the judge will be crying too. We love and respect our elders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:54 PM (O0L8i)
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That is very sweet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:09 PM (RIvkX)

68 ‘Always Finish Your Antibiotics’ Is Not Always Best Practice. Surprised? You’re Not Alone. “In recent decades, however, more than 120 randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that shorter courses of antibiotics for common infections can be just as effective, safer, and no more likely to promote antibiotic resistance than longer courses.”

Moose out front...

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:10 PM (/+uur)

69 It's a good broad spectrum atb I did not know it had vet uses. Poor pooch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:12 PM (RIvkX)

70 Don't have to get up so early tomorrow but better not get off schedule too much.
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 08:12 PM (Ia/+0)

71 "Can be"; a lot of daylight in those weasel words and phrases.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:13 PM (0Ppf4)

72 53 Yorkshire pic is nice. Taken on one of the 5 days in the year not raining, foggy.
Posted by: Tex Antoine

I've been to the highest point in the UK, twice. Ben Nevis, in Scotland. Well, Ft. Williams, the village at its base. I've never actually seen it. The clouds were about 20ft above my head both times. I've seen pictures of Ben Nevis, it looks spectacular, for the few minutes when it isn't covered in clouds.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 08:14 PM (sAmhv)

73 Good evening! Workday is over!

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

74 I would think a 140 pound dog would eat a lot"

"Eat"?

Ok, sure. What goes in...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (XuXeR)

75 That sounds like my mother and her yenta friends. They think they are all endocrinologists and cardiologists. They're not.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

76 In 2021, Salman Ahmed Elmi was awarded the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Now, he’s facing charges in connection with a Medicaid fraud scheme with alleged ties to a sex trafficking ring.

All heil Salman
King of the wild grifters
Born on a mountaintop in So Mal I
Slaver land in the the land of the unfree

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)

77 Matt Walsh bringing the heat today - arguing that guilty by reason of insanity needs to end after the guy in VA got away with killing his landlord and then fled the country on a weekend pass.

If you are too insane to know murder is wrong you are also to insane to be allowed to live.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 08:17 PM (sKqQm)

78 That video lied, the very fist moose moment is an elk
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (vJrRc)

Nope. That's a moose. Fun fact: Scandi word for moose is "elg" which apparently is how the North American wapiti got misnamed elk.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 08:17 PM (UdecX)

79 75 That sounds like my mother and her yenta friends. They think they are all endocrinologists and cardiologists. They're not.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

Yenta out front should have told ya

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:18 PM (/+uur)

80 I've been to the highest point in the UK, twice. Ben Nevis, in Scotland. Well, Ft. Williams, the village at its base. I've never actually seen it. The clouds were about 20ft above my head both times. I've seen pictures of Ben Nevis, it looks spectacular, for the few minutes when it isn't covered in clouds.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 08:14 PM (sAmhv)

I have ridden Space Mountain (highest point in FL) around 5 times.
Never puked more than once.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:20 PM (/+uur)

81
I've seen pictures of Ben Nevis, it looks spectacular, for the few minutes when it isn't covered in clouds.

Sounds like a place with a Crawling Eye.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 08:20 PM (Cqx++)

82
Columbia SC,

Six y/o boy had a loaded handgun on his school bus.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)

83 The moose painting was done from a photo ace had on a Cafe a long time ago.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

84 82
Columbia SC,

Six y/o boy had a loaded handgun on his school bus.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)

They kept missing his stop

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (/+uur)

85
Ok, sure. What goes in...
Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:15 PM (XuXeR)

_________

Yes and no. Feed junky food and the stools will be huge. All that inert trash just goes through the digestive tract. More nutritious food is absorbed better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (O0L8i)

86 FWIW, DM sez [edited a bit] "Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams may soon have to shut off hydroelectric power production, due to low water levels." That would suck.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 08:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

87
Salmon >>>>>> Salman

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:23 PM (O0L8i)

88 for the guy going through the tunnel under the sidewalk...

I'd be afraid of obstructions or getting slammed against sharp edges (or dull ones) and getting banged up.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 08:24 PM (aJQbY)

89 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida. Angie Nixon the lunatic who used a bullhorn on the Florida house floor protesting redistricting is the sacrificial nominee to get pounded by Ashley Moody

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:24 PM (rp63B)

90 2 first inning dingers for the cubs for the second night in a row

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

91 "Innocent by reason of insanity" is a really strange concept in Western culture. I suppose it's tangled up with notions of forgiveness and illness sometimes being cured.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 08:25 PM (UdecX)

92 Zodiac story.
I have seen multiple experts do little more than confirm their biases.
I've also seen them deliberately make unsupported claims orie outright.
Why? Follow the money.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at August 18, 2026 08:25 PM (7TWad)

93 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida. Angie Nixon the lunatic who used a bullhorn on the Florida house floor protesting redistricting is the sacrificial nominee to get pounded by Ashley Moody
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Wasserman beat that crazy young commie in the district.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

94 93 new district

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

95 Feed junky food and the stools will be huge"

Hey dad, where's fluffys toy?

Two days later...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:27 PM (XuXeR)

96 93 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida. Angie Nixon the lunatic who used a bullhorn on the Florida house floor protesting redistricting is the sacrificial nominee to get pounded by Ashley Moody
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Wasserman beat that crazy young commie in the district.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August

Things must be sad over at blue sky.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

97 Things must be sad over at blue sky.
Posted by: Piper at

Aren't they always?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

98 RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.

My uncle was a record buyer for a small chain in La.
I spent New Years Eve with Frank and Dusty and Billy after the concert at TCCC at the Hilton next door.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (/+uur)

99 That tomb is pretty swank.

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (ZxPkt)

100
Things must be sad over at blue sky.
Posted by: Piper at

Aren't they always?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

___________

No, mostly angry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (O0L8i)

101 Salmon >>>>>> Salman"

Haddock > most store bought salmon

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

102 Things must be sad over at blue sky.
Posted by: Piper at

Aren't they always?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

___________

No, mostly angry.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well ya. That too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

103
Matt Walsh bringing the heat today - arguing that guilty by reason of insanity needs to end after the guy in VA got away with killing his landlord and then fled the country on a weekend pass.

If you are too insane to know murder is wrong you are also to insane to be allowed to live.
Posted by: 18-1

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

I've thought there should be a new verdict: guilty by reason of insanity. So crazy you can't be at large.

But the Not Guilty Because Insane verdict can get you more time than Guilty, go to jail. Michael Laudor will never be a free man. If he'd stabbed his girlfriend to death stone-cold lucid, he might be out in 25 or less.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:30 PM (XJ22o)

104 White jew reps the blacks the best

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:30 PM (/+uur)

105 96 93 Alex Vindman lost the Dem primary for senator in Florida.
Posted by: Piper

Bearclaw turned out to be not so tasty.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 08:31 PM (Y8DZL)

106 The lunatic asylums were shut down beginning in the 1960s, the selling point was largely that everyone was assured by the experts that modern pharmaceuticals were going to make them perfectly harmless, if not fully functional.

Today, however, it is just accepted that it is fully reasonable to allow mental cases to be walking around in public, or at least there is nothing that can be done unless and until they start killing people. Now that's insane.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0Ppf4)

107 Matt Walsh bringing the heat today - arguing that guilty by reason of insanity needs to end after the guy in VA got away with killing his landlord and then fled the country on a weekend pass.

If you are too insane to know murder is wrong you are also to insane to be allowed to live.
Posted by: 18-1

Defense for crime of passion laws existed in many states until the 70s.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

108
Haddock > most store bought salmon
Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

________

Me: Trout

Her Majesty: Salmon

We get wild-caught. More expensive and harder to find, but the farm-raised stuff is fatty dreck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 08:32 PM (O0L8i)

109 For a really good take on the idea of "It wasn't really me who did all those terrible things" check out the movie "Angel Heart" with Mickey Rourke.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 08:32 PM (UdecX)

110 Wasserman Schultz beat the communist who finished third. Luther Campbell finished fifth.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 08:32 PM (rp63B)

111 If you knew that murdering someone was wrong or had done something that caused a temporary psychotic event ( take drugs) , I don’t care how batshit crazy you are you should be incarcerated for life with chance of parole in some circumstances.

Freaking John Hinckley Jr. has been free for a number of years now.

And every year the prisons have 800 to 1000 people incarcerated for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:33 PM (KC5Lt)

112 Evenin’. All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)

113 Freaking John Hinckley Jr. has been free for a number of years now.

And every year the prisons have 800 to 1000 people incarcerated for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide.

Posted by: polynikes at

2014 I believe. He's doing freaking podcasts now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

114 We had a 140#+ dog. I'm over 6'. When he stood next to me,I could pet his head without bending.
Best dog ever. Friendly with everybody when I was around, but protective of the wife when she was alone. He'd put up with little kids crawling over him or grabbing his tail for awhile, then he'd get up and move away. After 2 or 3 moves, he'd just go to the door to be let out.
Cancer got him at 12. We've never even thought of another dog. At well over 29, not only are both of us physically unable to give a dog the kind of exercise they need, he just spoiled us.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 08:36 PM (r9XTa)

115 "Wasserman Schultz beat the communist who finished third"

Maoist vs Mayoist.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

116 Bears repeating for the ~~zoo~~ cafe:

What the hell is this?

https://tinyurl.com/yn3kxwrx

Posted by: pawn at August 18, 2026 10:05 AM

=========

and then there's this critter…

Leatherback Sea Turtles (36:20)
- Stephanie Sammann (h/t Neo)
https://youtu.be/8rWk7Z7q32Y

Posted by: mindful webworker - critters gone wild at August 18, 2026 08:37 PM (Cl/mc)

117 @58. White Sox at Cubs. Here we go!

Let us know when the first shots are fired.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 08:37 PM (VrYHL)

118 We get wild-caught. "

Dang, that would be tasty.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:38 PM (XuXeR)

119 >RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.
-----

that sucks
just Billy left

here's Frank drumming like a mofo

https://youtu.be/eCUCSqcSnac

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 08:38 PM (ZxPkt)

120 That tomb is pretty swank.
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 08:29 PM (ZxPkt)
----
It's good to be the pharaoh...

Posted by: Hamenthotep at August 18, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

121 Still no talk about boobs. Sad.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:39 PM (77rzZ)

122 Best dog ever"

Aren't they all. Love em...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:39 PM (XuXeR)

123 Tomb of Ramesses IX in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings, dating to 1129–1111 BCE

I'm a bit surprised they have lights that intense. It might damage the paint over time, although I'm sure they have them on a motion sensor.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 08:40 PM (Riz8t)

124
That tomb is pretty swank.
Posted by: Don Black

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

I'm looking at that and thinking no WAY would people do this for a dead guy! But, I guess it's a monument to their belief that he would rise and have some existence in the afterlife.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:41 PM (XJ22o)

125 He's doing freaking podcasts now."

Zombie Charles Manson wishes...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 08:42 PM (XuXeR)

126 Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

127 I like ( not really) how all these third world countries now demand all the archeological finds by first world countries long ago.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

128 Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper at

She was the only one to win in FL I believe. Moody will stomp her in the general.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

129 Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper at

She was the only one to win in FL I believe. Moody will stomp her in the general.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

130 Woops

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

131 I'm looking at that and thinking no WAY would people do this for a dead guy! But, I guess it's a monument to their belief that he would rise and have some existence in the afterlife.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:41 PM (XJ22o)
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Apparently the tomb wasn't quite finished when Ramesses IX died, so they may have cut a few corners at the end...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 08:46 PM (FZ29D)

132 So I think I figured out the next "victim group" the Democrats are going to push. Just not sure how, or even if I'm right.

It's already started, the groundwork has been laid. Just like back in 2013 when blacks were still all the rage under Obongo, I warned right here the woman push was coming, then in 2018 I warned the tranny push was coming, then in 2024 I warned the islamist push was coming. Well I've landed on the next one but it's only a guess or as Kamala might say, an outline of a guess. It's a doozy, too. I think it's "young people".

Hear me out. You know who else had "Youth"?

I'm serious. That's the shit that is headed our way next behind the barbarian muslims. I really think so. The Left works YEARS in advance. Not days, or weeks, or months. Years. Not certain, still mulling it over here. This is live. But I think that's how they're going to unload their next batch of commie jizz in America's face.

The youth of America are hard done by and Democrats have the solution. Not just the next solution - maybe even the final solution. But they have to do it multipronged (the way they're doing it) so they don't completely lose older people or any other fucktards.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (vE0+H)

133
Vindman was beat by a DSA candidate. Interesting.
Posted by: Piper

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

I keep fucking telling everyone! She checks the important boxes. Charisma. Color. Youth -- or at least youthfulness. Put that against a pudgy establishment marshmallow man with tons more campaign money? He doesn't have a chance. These people know what they're doing, I keep telling you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (XJ22o)

134
RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.

Only one Zed left.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 08:50 PM (Cqx++)

135 Young people have been the designated victims for a few years now. Even some posters here have been their advocates.

If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

136 Egypt was kind of a special case. It took a long time for their antiquities to be regarded as belonging to Egypt, and should stay in Egypt. For years, centuries almost, you paid yer money and started digging. You got to keep much if not all of what you found, particularly if their were duplicates.

If you wanted to show you've arrived, as a country, well you need an Obelisk. There's a couple interesting tales about how they ended up where they are now. I think they should have stayed at Karnak and everywhere else, but the leaders of Egypt needed hard currency, and that was one way to get it. Selling stuff.

Excavation cost a fortune, and investment money wasn't forthcoming without some incentives. Not really trying to justify what happened but that was the reality at the time, for a long time.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (0Ppf4)

137 These people know what they're doing, I keep telling you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08

I agree with you- and really think even in our safe seats, we need to get far better at social media and being approachable.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 08:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

138
I keep fucking

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (XJ22o)

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

Okay, I'm getting out in front of this for you pervs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:53 PM (XJ22o)

139 Any defeat of a Vindman is a good defeat. I don’t care if it’s by the Vegan Raelian Flat-Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (77rzZ)

140 I saw Moose Droppings open for the Popcorn Monkeys at Gazzarri's Hollywood a Go Go in 1992.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (tvdD1)

141
I just saw last night that Gene Kranz, fabled Apollo flight director, turned 93 yesterday.

Margaret Hamilton, who was the head of the software development for the Apollo guidance computer and who famously posed next to head-high stack of the source code, shared the same birthday as Gene, and she turned 90.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

142 Looks like national socialists are losing a heck of lot tonight.

"Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
4m
BREAKING Woke Reich Nazi Congressional candidate Dan Bilzerian @DanBilzerian has lost his primary election.

He was destroyed. Crazy to think there are 11,000 Nazis who voted for him.

Congratulations to Congressman Randy Fine! @RepFine"

Yeah, who are those cretins who voted for islamo-nazi bilzerian ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:54 PM (g47mK)

143 Donalds also won his primary.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (g47mK)

144 The barbarians in Egypt would have robbed the tombs and antiquities themselves if they could find them.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

145 Okay, I'm getting out in front of this for you pervs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:53 PM (XJ22o)

Out in front eh?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (vE0+H)

146 Moar
"Loomer Unleashed
@LoomerUnleashed
30m
Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN and Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib-backed Angie Nixon @AngieNixon beats Alex Vindman @AVindman in the Florida Democrat U.S. Senate primary.

The Islamic Communist takeover of the Democrat party continues"

Vindman lost. The rest will be taken care of in November, inshallah !

Win

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 08:56 PM (g47mK)

147 I hate getting old.

Sad news today for music fans. 💔

Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, has passed away at the age of 77.

Born on June 11, 1949, in Frankston, Texas, Beard helped power ZZ Top’s unmistakable sound for more than five decades. His steady beat was the backbone of countless classics, including La Grange, Tush, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, and Gimme All Your Lovin’. In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top.

For many of us who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, ZZ Top’s music was everywhere… on the radio, on MTV, in our cars, and at countless parties and concerts.

ZZ Top’s influence extended far beyond the music industry. Fans may remember Frank Beard’s animated appearance alongside his ZZ Top bandmates in a 2007 episode of King of the Hill, a series that is now part of the Disney family of entertainment properties.

Away from the spotlight, Beard was a devoted husband and father.

He is survived by his wife, Debbie Meredith, and their children.

Thank you for the music and the memories, Frank.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:56 PM (XTvQI)

148 Mouskawitz or however you spell it won the primary for his safe seat too. Thats a blow to the anti-Jew left.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 08:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

149 4 The barbarians in Egypt would have robbed the tombs and antiquities themselves if they could find them.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

Most of the relatively recently discovered tombs in the Valley of the Kings have been looted a long time ago.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:57 PM (KC5Lt)

150 If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

Plenty of cheap houses for sale in Edgar Nebraska, and all over Clay County

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

151 I keep fucking

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That escalated quickly.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (XTvQI)

152 Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo guidance computer famously failed against Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (77rzZ)

153 "Most of the relatively recently discovered tombs in the Valley of the Kings have been looted a long time ago.
Posted by: polynikes "

In some cases, by the people who built the tombs

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 08:58 PM (MWfyi)

154
If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.
Posted by: polynikes

You'll be going megapostal between now and November 2028.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 08:59 PM (Cqx++)

155 Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 08:56 PM (XTvQI)

Hank Hill’s cousin was Dusty.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 08:59 PM (KC5Lt)

156 >>If I hear one more time how hard or almost impossible it is for a young couple to buy a home I may go postal.

No sh*t... And they complain about "high interest rates" oh, puh-leeze.

Bankrate dot com has an article about rates 1972 to 2026. Show this one to the kiddies!:

tinyurl.com/287npfmt

Posted by: JQ at August 18, 2026 09:00 PM (rdVOm)

157 Interesting!

"Washington Post: Chuck Schumer says Democrats don’t necessarily need to win Michigan to flip control of the US Senate.

Michigan Senate ad spending and reservations Per AdImpact

🔴 Republicans: $36.7 million
🔵 Democrats: $19.2 million"

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:01 PM (g47mK)

158 RIP Frank Beard.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 09:03 PM (Q+gd/)

159 The Islamic Communist takeover of the Democrat party continues"
---
If most or all of their candidates lose in November, I have to wonder if their followers will come down with Sudden Jihad Syndrome.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 09:03 PM (FZ29D)

160 Washington Post: Chuck Schumer says Democrats don’t necessarily need to win Michigan to flip control of the US Senate.

Michigan Senate ad spending and reservations Per AdImpact

🔴 Republicans: $36.7 million
🔵 Democrats: $19.2 million"
Posted by: runner

TX, FL, AK, IA, KS, ME are going blue!
-Chuck Schumer

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

161
even in our safe seats, we need to get far better at social media and being approachable.
Posted by: Piper

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

Also impassioned. I absolutely scream sometimes when I see these affable, confused reactions of GOP candidates to the outrages Dems are perpetrating. If I ever got on a stage with Xavier Becerra I would literally shout at him in rage to GET OFF THE STAGE RIGHT NOW and go find those tens of thousands of missing children who crossed the border during Biden's term and are now God-knows-where. Becerra was responsible as the head of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. I would SCREAM at that guy. I'd ask him, "Where are those girls right now? Where are they TONIGHT? Get off this stage and go find them!"

Granted I don't know how that would go over with the gen pop, but anything less simply wouldn't convince most people that Dems need to be thrown out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 09:04 PM (XJ22o)

162 Hank Hill’s cousin was Dusty.
Posted by: polynikes

Wow.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2026 09:07 PM (XTvQI)

163
Any defeat of a Vindman is a good defeat. I don’t care if it’s by the Vegan Raelian Flat-Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party.
Posted by: Bulg

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

I am enjoying the fall of Democrat marshmallow men at the hands of these Upstarts of Color. Vindman thought he was so hot during the Trump years, well he missed his window and we're onto the new hotness.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 09:09 PM (XJ22o)

164 Gads, I hate politics.

Idiots v. Idiots.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:10 PM (77rzZ)

165 am enjoying the fall of Democrat marshmallow men at the hands of these Upstarts of Color. Vindman thought he was so hot during the Trump years, well he missed his window and we're onto the new hotness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Bind man is no Hansel. That's for sure.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

166 Vindman. Cmon autocucumber.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

167 Gads, I hate politics.

Idiots v. Idiots.
Posted by: Bulg
___

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:11 PM (C37V/)

168 Hank Hill’s cousin was Dusty.
Posted by: polynikes

Wow.
Posted by: rickb223

They didn't talk about cousin Henry much.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 09:12 PM (rzEIv)

169 Hey, SMH!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

170 Schumer is presiding over islamonazi takeover of the D party. Good job, Chuck! Trump tried to warn you.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (g47mK)

171 Wolfhounds! I had a pack of four. They weighed in at 180lbs each. I sure miss them.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (gIjzl)

172 Have to go back to DC next week, working in the Capital is a drag, but it has to be done.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (XV/Pl)

173 Schumer is presiding over islamonazi takeover of the D party. Good job, Chuck! Trump tried to warn you.
Posted by: runner

It's not his fault. He's still trying to get the cheese to melt on his burgers.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:13 PM (YZ0Fo)

174 Hey Bulg.

Hi Ben Had.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:14 PM (C37V/)

175 Schumer needs to worry about the cheese sliding off his cracker.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:15 PM (gIjzl)

176 Schumer will retire fat and happy, knowing the country is going exactly where he and his friends want it to go, and praying every day Israel is destroyed and his fellow Jews eliminated. No tears for Chucky cucky burger patty boy.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:16 PM (vE0+H)

177 Thomas Bender is part of the Deep State. Beware! He knows our preferred peanut-butter brands!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:16 PM (77rzZ)

178 SMH, hugs to both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:16 PM (gIjzl)

179 SMH... Ben Had... I've died and gone to Heaven. Wait... this is Heaven right

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:17 PM (vE0+H)

180 Wait... this is Heaven right
Posted by: ... at August

No, it's Iowa.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

181 Hi, Ben Had. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)

182 ..., good evening, darlin.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:18 PM (gIjzl)

183 I've died and gone to Heaven. Wait... this is Heaven right
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 09:17 PM (vE0+H)
__

Heh, not even close.

But anyways, hi.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:19 PM (C37V/)

184 Accomack county is cheap. Not a lot of snow and the ticks are friendly.

Posted by: Accomack at August 18, 2026 09:20 PM (T8bqm)

185 Bulg, good evening. I am well and hope the same for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 09:21 PM (gIjzl)

186 Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, has passed away at the age of 77.

Born on June 11, 1949, in Frankston, Texas, Beard helped power ZZ Top’s unmistakable sound for more than five decades. His steady beat was the backbone of countless classics, including La Grange, Tush, Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, and Gimme All Your Lovin’. In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top.“

Fun trivia; Frankston is only a few miles SW of Tyler, and in the late 60’s / very early 70’s; the members of ZZ Top, unknown at the time, cut their first tracks at a nondescript backyard recording studio a few blocks away from where I live now.

The young engineer who ran it was a whiz kid who’d inherited some money and was buying all the new electronics just becoming known.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 09:22 PM (0pL/G)

187 I don't want to see islamonazi scum take over any party in the United States.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 09:26 PM (g47mK)

188 Gads, I hate politics.
Idiots v. Idiots.
Posted by: Bulg

For the Oklahoma Governor Republican run-off next week, we have two guys who have been hurling mud at one another. I believe both of them.

https://5mind.com/Joe_Brogan/
posts/z4j1xg_pWc9c6lVqDuqeR

Please spread this as far and wide as you can, this man can NEVER become Governor of Oklahoma. He's the reason Chinese nationals are buying up farm land, running illegal marijuana farms, with forced labor, banned chemicals, and are having shoot outs with omma officials and osbi. One was just arrested in Pwrkins Oklahoma with nearly 50lbs of flower, he was transporting illegally.

Trump has endorsed the other guy, but…

TW Shannon won the primary for Lt Gov. He seems a good sort. Can we just skip the run-off, the election, and the impeachment and just put TW in the Gov's chair directly?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Keep the land of the Red Man red! at August 18, 2026 09:27 PM (Cl/mc)

189 TW Shannon won the primary for Lt Gov. He seems a good sort. Can we just skip the run-off, the election, and the impeachment and just put TW in the Gov's chair directly?
Posted by: mindful webworker

I love TW. Mazzei will be better than Stitt. Drummond is a POS and was a 2x disaster as ag

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

190 There are many things I don't understand about some Jewish people. They seem to have a death wish. I don't know why they support people who hate them. Heck, I'm a Christian good ol' Southern guy and I support Israel and the Jewish people. I have known many Jewish people in my life and we have gotten along fine. But I never argued politics with them. Mostly because I don't know where they stand.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 09:31 PM (VrYHL)

191 RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 08:28 PM

and oddly, the one without a beard.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 18, 2026 09:35 PM (idC0m)

192 Those Caucasian Shepherds are something else. I have a 130 lb German Shepherd, and he's a pup compared to those behemoths.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 09:35 PM (zDDmD)

193 It isn't as if Catholics or Lutherans are seemingly any better at self-preservation, is it? Not sure about Buddhists and Zoroastrians. I suppose it is complicated somewhat by the fact that Jews have been singled out historically for special attention at times. One would think .... there might be a little more support for the 2nd Amendment, for example.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 09:36 PM (5VXJH)

194 Where's all the hobbits at?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

They're all at the Green Dragon, kop.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 09:39 PM (diia5)

195 RIP: Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77.
Posted by: r hennigantx

and oddly, the one without a beard.
Posted by: toby928(c)

After the third trip to the emergency room to have it removed from his kickdrum pedal, he decided to forego the trademark beard and just use his name.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 09:41 PM (VHUov)

196 These people know what they're doing, I keep telling you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 08:48 PM (XJ22o)

You are 100% correct. They identify easy primaries, and swoop in with solid grassroots campaigning. Their candidates are mostly retards, but that's not the point. They can win, and that's the only goal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09:44 PM (k5CNB)

197 When anti-white black people go back in time to 'reconnect' with their ancestors things might go a little different...

https://tinyurl.com/57b6famz

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 09:45 PM (C37V/)

198 @177

>>Thomas Bender is part of the Deep State. Beware! He knows our preferred peanut-butter brands!

Unfortunately I have an NDA and cannot talk about my project until it's over, which won't be until 2028.

And the Deep State is crawling all over.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 09:45 PM (XV/Pl)

199 Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, has passed away at the age of 77.

Born on June 11, 1949, in Frankston, Texas,
Posted by: rickb223

What's the opposite of "posthumously," where they name a town for you before you're born?

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 09:46 PM (VHUov)

200 RIP Frank. Not everybody liked that Texas boogie, but the Top was the best. I went to see them whenever they came around and they were always better live.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 09:49 PM (tvdD1)

201 139 Any defeat of a Vindman is a good defeat. I don’t care if it’s by the Vegan Raelian Flat-Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party.
Posted by: Bulg

Yep. That whole Vindman clan are a bunch of inbred traitors. Vegan Raelian Flat Earthers of Jones, Michigan Party would be a step up from those 'squad' lunatics.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 09:50 PM (sAmhv)

202 You are 100% correct. They identify easy primaries, and swoop in with solid grassroots campaigning. Their candidates are mostly retards, but that's not the point. They can win, and that's the only goal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2026 09

And they aren’t bright, so it shouldn’t be difficult to knock them off their game just by going out there and engaging, talking, joking, channel the inner Reagan, and Spenser Pratt. Dig deep for some Charlie Kirk. Make the social media slick, look at what Thune’s comms team is posting and do the exact opposite of that.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 09:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

203 polynikes, when you run into someone making a mistake or acting emotionally, don't yell at them and tell them they are wrong. There are actual ways to handle this.

1) afirm: you have reason to think this, just look at this
2) redirect: this is not the only cause of problems, there are others that you may not be considering
2) educate: this is contributing to the problem, and the problem is solvable in these ways
4) call to action - motivate: Get on top of these things and you will be heading in the right way, this is what it will look like when you start getting it right
5) encourage / Pep-talk: you got this, these are your signposts that you are going in the right direction, come back and talk to me if you get stuck, it will suck but it sucks now, and this is an exit.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 09:52 PM (rbvCR)

204 And they aren’t bright, so it shouldn’t be difficult to knock them off their game just by going out there and engaging, talking, joking, channel the inner Reagan, and Spenser Pratt. Dig deep for some Charlie Kirk. Make the social media slick, look at what Thune’s comms team is posting and do the exact opposite of that.
Posted by: Piper

The young dude that lost to wasserman was on Fox over the weekend and Clay Travis Lisa booth and Joey jones just asked him simple questions he couldn't answer. I'm sure that didn't help him.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

205 (Cl/mc)

I never seem to get a clever hash Lately they all look like math or chemistry. Clystroms per microcluster?

I blame Elon Musk.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 09:54 PM (Cl/mc)

206 What's the opposite of "posthumously," where they name a town for you before you're born?
Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 09:46 PM (VHUov)

Pfft. "Foreshadowing"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 09:54 PM (rbvCR)

207 Maybe,

"Elijahmaxxing" would be better

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 09:58 PM (rbvCR)

208 Cory Mills is out

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 09:58 PM (88C+u)

209 Cory Mills is out
Posted by: 88C+u at

Woooooohooooooo. That dude is an all time scum bag.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 09:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

210 LOL, people are afraid to comment !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:01 PM (g47mK)

211 If you wanted to show you've arrived, as a country, well you need an Obelisk. There's a couple interesting tales about how they ended up where they are now. I think they should have stayed at Karnak and everywhere else, but the leaders of Egypt needed hard currency, and that was one way to get it. Selling stuff.

Excavation cost a fortune, and investment money wasn't forthcoming without some incentives. Not really trying to justify what happened but that was the reality at the time, for a long time.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 08:52 PM (0Ppf4)

It didn't help that the muslims took egypt 1000+ years before that and didn't give a rat's ass about egypt's history.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:04 PM (S41Gd)

212 LOL. Vindman (D-Ukraine) loses his primary.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 10:07 PM (R86kT)

213 LOL. Vindman (D-Ukraine) loses his primary.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 10:07 PM (R86kT)

Now he just needs ass cancer as a cherry on top.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:08 PM (S41Gd)

214 Egypt was kind of a special case. It took a long time for their antiquities to be regarded as belonging to Egypt, and should stay in Egypt. For years, centuries almost, you paid yer money and started digging. You got to keep much if not all of what you found, particularly if their were duplicates.
Posted by: Common Tater
------
They certainly went too far, but let's look at the other side of that coin.
What happens when the "preservers" decide that it shouldn't be preserved. Then you get Buddha statues blown up.
And many (most?) American and Canadian Tribes have decided to play dog in the manger as far as archeological studies are concerned.
The negative side is that we lose that knowledge. Kennewick Man is a perfect example. The scientific community wanted to examine the corpse to track the course of human occupation in the Western Hemisphere. The local tribes were all "sacred this and sacred that". Some black robed jerk decided that the tribes could take possession if their " ancestor".
Cont.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 10:09 PM (r9XTa)

215 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:09 PM (UfDpa)

216 Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced a new proposal on Monday to protect federal student loan borrowers from having their Social Security checks garnished.

Takers gonna take take

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 10:11 PM (/+uur)

217 Cont.
Which they did and buried at some secret location. Before the courts got involved, some preliminary work had Bern done, and when genetic testing was done on some small samples that had escaped the edict, well, waddaya know? The body was not related, even distantly, to the present day tribes in the area.
Give it back? Hah!

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 10:11 PM (r9XTa)

218 Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced a new proposal on Monday to protect federal student loan borrowers from having their Social Security checks garnished.

Takers gonna take take
Posted by: r hennigantx

Luna has a bill to cap interest at 2% that she's complaining is stalled

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

219 Beware Kennebunkport Man.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 10:12 PM (wVcYX)

220 >>>Granted I don't know how that would go over with the gen pop, but anything less simply wouldn't convince most people that Dems need to be thrown out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
---

It might break through their thick skulls what is happening.
It's certainly not reported in the Media.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (VPNgR)

221 >>Now he just needs ass cancer as a cherry on top.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:08 PM (S41Gd)

Nobody wishes cancer on someone else. Get the life playbook.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (UfDpa)

222 This is the other Vindman, there still is a Vindman that's a Rep in Va.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (XV/Pl)

223 Hail
ZOD!
*curtsies*
Lays flowers at feet

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (fi76o)

224 Nurse your Ms aren't helping me out tonight!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

225 Bill Rasmussen, who died Tuesday, had a vision for what sports television could be. On Sept. 7, 1979, it became real.

The Ocho

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 10:17 PM (/+uur)

226 >>Nurse Ratchet

(Brings Nurse up, we do the samba)

How have you been?

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:17 PM (UfDpa)

227 I think another problem with Egypt is it was just around a long ass time. They hadn't built a pyramid for 1000 years by the time Tut was born. People were probably like yeah fuck those old things. They tore all the casing stones off the great pyramid to build medieval Cairo. Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:18 PM (S41Gd)

228 223 Hail
ZOD!
*curtsies*
Lays flowers at feet
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (fi76o)

And the people said Hail Zod!
And Zod said Hell Yes!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

229 >>Now he just needs ass cancer as a cherry on top.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:08 PM (S41Gd)

Nobody wishes cancer on someone else. Get the life playbook.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:15 PM (UfDpa)

Sigh..you're right. He needs to slide under a gas truck and burn like a supernova.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:20 PM (S41Gd)

230 222 This is the other Vindman, there still is a Vindman that's a Rep in Va.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Yea, and the Coven of Karens in NoVA will keep this fat traitorous tick in congress as long as he wants it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

231 Sigh..you're right. He needs to slide under a gas truck and burn like a supernova.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

He's got plenty of his own fuel to keep it goin for awhile.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

232 Wow. Two days in a row of the late, late ONT. Tom Snyder not available?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

233 ZOD!

I’m gonna be a granny!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

234 Yea, and the Coven of Karens in NoVA will keep this fat traitorous tick in congress as long as he wants it.
Posted by: Puddleglum

He'll Prly replace kaine in the senate at some point.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

235
Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Spare parts

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 10:22 PM (Cqx++)

236 Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Hell, I've heard that some assholes tore down Penn Station for a venue.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:23 PM (hrOJm)

237 I never seem to get a clever hash Lately they all look like math or chemistry. Clystroms per microcluster?

I blame Elon Musk.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting
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Musk has done many things people are not aware of.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (VPNgR)

238 It's nood yall

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

239 This time it was the Arabs, an unwashed, angry, loud people. Their desert religion treated women like furniture. They lived under a cloudless sky that baked hatred into their heads. What they wanted, no one knew; they hardly knew themselves. What they hated? The list would fill a book. Ugly, smelly anxious people eager to break things and invent nothing. They were of no worth; they even hated themselves and each other.

Posted by: ZOD GREENE at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (UfDpa)

240 Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Hell, I've heard that some assholes tore down Penn Station for a venue.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:23 PM (hrOJm)

***

Don't give the dems any ideas. The Washington monument would be gone in days. Stones used to build an alter to Marx.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

241 Imagine that shit, to them the pyramids were just a source of building materials.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:34 PM (VPNgR)

242 The parents just got an AI scam call a few hours ago. I am not copasetic about the affair. Shirts may be rent or tangled around one certain head.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 19, 2026 02:46 AM (diia5)

Quicker Hits

Outstanding:

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to REOPEN the human trafficking case against illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia through the appeals court after charges were previously dropped.

Maryland Man Must Go.

Democrats are pretending that they want to distance themselves from their violent foreign terrorist influencer, Hasan Piker.

The debate over Piker blew up over the weekend when Rolling Stone published an extensive profile on him that included an overview of his upbringing in Turkey, his morning routine and a glamorous photoshoot at his Los Angeles home with the headline, "Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?"
Some conservatives, including co-host of ABC's The View, Alyssa Farrah Griffin, re-upped their criticism of Piker in response to the weekend attention, with Farrah alleging the "Piker phenomena" is a "desperate desire on the Left to find its own Joe Rogan/ Manosphere powerhouse" and Elon Musk tweeting "he means what he says," quoting Piker saying "we're going to destroy the white race," a statement he made mocking right-wing conspiracies.

Alyssa Farrah Griffin is a "conservative"?

Some centrist Democrats called on progressives to distance themselves, such as MS NOW's Joe Scarborough, who referenced some of Piker's most controversial anti-Israel rhetoric while discussing Abdul El-Sayed's win in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary on Monday, accusing progressives more broadly of being "too woke to call out the obvious."
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., when asked by ABC News over the weekend if Piker should have a role in the progressive movement, didn't answer directly, but lamented that Democrats need to do more to reach young voters, who "are engaging in mediums and conversations that we have a responsibility to attend to and be responsive to."
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is among multiple progressives who have appeared with Piker online or campaigned with him, including Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
El-Sayed's affiliation with Piker in particular has prompted sharp criticism from moderate Democrats, including Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who told El-Sayed via a Fox News interview last week, "I dare you to continue to campaign with people like Hasan Piker," while longtime Democratic strategist James Carville threatened to leave the Democratic Party earlier this month if Piker didn't, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., also blasted El-Sayed for campaigning with Piker.

Hasan Piker admits that the Democrats are practicing taqiyya. He says Democrats are doubling down on their extremist policies while merely "moderating our comms," that is, rhetoric.

Max 📟
@MaxNordau
Aug 11
Abdul El-Sayed surrogate Hasan Piker explains the importance of lying to voters:
"I think our politicians, whether they be AOC or anybody else, they're not running away from progress."
"So their pragmatism isn't to moderate on their policies. Their pragmatism is to moderate on their comms, on their communication."
He admits that El-Sayed's true beliefs are "electoral poison": "You got to moderate your message, even if you don't want to temper your movement, in order to sell it to the public."

Coming soon: "Hasan Piker 1.0 was craaazy, man. But Hasan Piker 2.0 is moderate and sensible and electable."

Hm, I wonder if Hasan Piker is right that the Woke 1 Was Crazy Brigade is moderating their comms while sticking to their extremist positions?

Polymarket
@Polymarket
JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios

Objective analysis from Andrew Stiles: "Real man" Chinese communist and terror dick-suck Hasan Piker whines like a loser and grovels like a bitch.

Polling suggested Piker was on track to celebrate another victory last week in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary. The radical leftist he endorsed, Francesca Hong, was expected to win by double digits. She ended up narrowly losing to an establishment-backed opponent, David Crowley.
Piker responded by throwing a tantrum. He lashed out at "the fucking national media" and "the median American voter" for sabotaging Hong's campaign. "Fuck 'em and fuck Thanksgiving," he huffed, referring to Hong's view that the holiday should be canceled because it celebrates "colonialism" and the murder of "Indegenous [sic] folx [sic]."
Then, like a total bitch, Piker practically begged the Democratic Party--an institution he has ruthlessly attacked as insufficiently sympathetic to Hamas, Luigi Mangione, Mao Zedong, and Fidel Castro, among others--to stop being so mean to him.

Piker, relentlessly pushed by the leftwing media as the left's answer to the Masculinity Deficit, whined that Democrats need to defend him more when people say bad things on Twitter!

"I know we don't always see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but you have to literally, at some point, I know you don't want to do this, defend me," Piker groveled pathetically. "Not because you love what I have to say, not because I'm part of this coalition, even though I am, whether you like it or not, but you are going to inevitably have to say, 'This is a ridiculous conversation that we're having, because the real conversation that Republicans don't want to have is the cost of living crisis.'"

I get the feeling that this guy has a folder on his computer called "Taxes 2021," and inside that folder is a subfolder called "Show Ideas," and inside that subfolder is another folder called "Scalding-Hot Poop Videos."

Just a feeling I get. I haven't seen his computer. The Jews haven't leaked it to me.

Yet.

The millionaire influencer went on to say it would be helpful if Democrats could be "a little bit more honest about how I'm not this dangerous, toxic radical force" whose radical views will hurt the party in general election matchups with Republicans. Meanwhile, Piker's establishment critics do not seem particularly eager to concede that point. In Michigan, for example, recent polling shows the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, Mike Rogers, leading El-Sayed by several percentage points in a race that--on paper--Democrats should be heavily favored to win.
A lot is riding on the outcome. If El-Sayed wins, Democrats will be the ones groveling. They'll agree to Piker's terms and give him a speaking slot at the 2028 convention. If Rogers wins, Democrats will be pretty annoyed and looking for someone to blame. Piker's feelings may never recover.

He's gayer than a spaghetti-strap t-shirt with the words "Free Mustache Rides" on it above a line-art drawing of Freddie Mercury sucking a whippit.

Evidence: Piker, his terror pal El-Sayed, Chris Hayes, and Democrat Senator John Ostorov are all "dandymaxxing," wearing metrosexual or even full-on gay fashion to appeal to male voters.

I mean... Sure, whatever you gotta do, Kings.

Police stopped another attempted mass invasion of Ceuta.

Note that the socialist president doesn't want to stop the invasion, but other European countries are economically isolating Spain over his mass-amnesty policies, so he has to make a token effort.

Moroccan police have blocked a second attempt by migrants to cross the border into Ceuta en masse.
Riot police were deployed at the border on Saturday as hundreds prepared to storm the Spanish territory, two weeks after tens of thousands made the crossing.
Migrants gathered in the border town of Castillejos after calls were made on social media encouraging a second attempt.
Moroccan police arrested about 300 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, for attempting to cross into Ceuta. Another 61 people were arrested for "inciting and promoting" on social media, reports said.

This follows the incident on July 30 which saw at least 72,000 people pour across the border in an attempt to illegally enter Europe through one of its only land borders with Africa.
At least 88 people died in the attempt, with many drowning or being crushed to death, in what was described as the single largest illegal influx into the EU. Most of those who reached Ceuta were returned to Morocco, but some remain in the exclave.

"Some" remain? That's the spin. It's thousands:

A doctor in Ceuta is almost crying on live television.

Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too.

Doctors are afraid to treat them.
They�re scared� pic.twitter.com/rcU2qaxViu
— Yossi BenYakar (@YossiBenYakar) August 16, 2026

Bad news for Hasan Piker 1.0:

The painful end of a sinner

Hamas commander Walid Haniyeh who roasted two Jewish newborns by putting them in a microwave, who killed a Christian tourist by ripping out her intestines after r@ping her on Oct 7 was killed in an intel based operation. He was hiding as a barber. pic.twitter.com/2vd6PeFoG7
— Baba Banaras� (@RealBababanaras) August 17, 2026

Why go out in the world to see diversity when you can sit at home and wait for diversity to visit you?

A White British Woman visited India by herself as part of her travel blog

Guess what happened

She was stalked, terrified, had to call her friends and the emergency services

She was incredibly lucky she didn't become a statistic pic.twitter.com/KX11CucFnQ
— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) August 18, 2026

Iran caused him PTSD and he just wanted to feel again:

Marco Rubio when he saw Nancy Mace https://t.co/TXql0ZtMsK pic.twitter.com/rdvdVb1jiP
— Prison Mitch (@Prisonmitch) August 18, 2026

Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV
WWII History Lessons According to Tucker Carlson:
*The story Americans were given about WWII is all wrong ✅
*America's decline has been obvious since 1945 ✅
*Genuine American exceptionalism was lost because the U.S. entered WWII ✅
*America should never have allied with Stalin to fight Hitler ✅
*America knew Pearl Harbour was going to happen ✅
*Churchill was the chief villain of WWII ✅
*Churchill was pushed by Zionists to fight Hitler ✅
*Churchill wrecked his own country ✅
*We collectively agree Hitler was the worst person and that if you could kill baby Hitler you would ✅
*BUT it was unreasonable (and un-Christian) for Dietrich Bonhoeffer to attempt to kill Hitler as an adult during WWII ✅
*The West didn't win the war in any meaningful sense ✅

WWII History Lessons According to Tucker Carlson:

�The story Americans were given about WWII is all wrong ✅

�America�s decline has been obvious since 1945 ✅

�Genuine American exceptionalism was lost because the U.S. entered WWII ✅

�America should never have allied with� pic.twitter.com/dQRjM2Ee1j
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) August 18, 2026

Tuq'r Qarlson's pal and mentor Nick Fuentes to Trump deportation architect Stephen Miller: No, the brown people don't have to assimilate, "you have to assimilate, you Jew, with your Jewish wife and Jewish children."

Remember, these are strong conservatives and if you disagree for their open embrace of Soviet Socialism for White People, you're "attacking your own side."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:05 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:05 PM (tg5bM)

2 Aye yi yi

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:05 PM (MWfyi)

3 Another gray day?

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 06:06 PM (+ovo7)

4 Hitler wasn't all bad. He did kill Hitler.

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 18, 2026 06:07 PM (+wreb)

5 "Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?"

He's likes people who chop off heads?

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:07 PM (MWfyi)

6 Lots to catch up.on reading

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:07 PM (Ia/+0)

7 "So their pragmatism isn't to moderate on their policies. Their pragmatism is to moderate on their comms, on their communication."
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I've said it before. This is just another example of their magical thinking. They really believe if they incant the right words, chant the right spell in the correct pattern, they can rewrite reality to their desires.

They simply haven't cracked the code yet. They want to rewire your entire brain with their insidious speech.

It's basically the plot from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (FZ29D)

8 "Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too."

Oh no!

anyway...

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (MWfyi)

9 Hitler wasn't all bad. He did kill Hitler.
Posted by: Buck Ofama

Killed a bunch of commies, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (tg5bM)

10 I say bring in the scoops.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (MWfyi)

11 OK... weird... even with all the Covid crap that has come out???

Just went to the grocery store and saw 4 different Women wearing masks...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (mP0Kj)

12 shit, I did that

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (+wreb)

13 "Dandymaxxing" Every day brings some novel absurdity.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

14 .... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?

Y'all can't get dick pills in Marrakesh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Ot/FD)

15 I really hate still being on this ride. I don't see anything getting better.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:11 PM (LX4y3)

16 Today I saw a guy wearing a mask, shorts, and flip flops, out in public. Some people have no shame.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (MWfyi)

17 Or did your dumb goat fucking ass just walk across North Africa without a canteen?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Ot/FD)

18 Jason Arday is striking back at us from the grave!!
Damn it! I've seen my share of horror movies and know how this ends.

FoxNews - Penn State
CNN and MS Now - Elections. Trump's economy sucks! Except imagine it being shrieked and more whiny.

CBC - Trump's tariffs. Your cost of Canadian anti-Amercanism and condescending superiority comments is going up 50%

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)

19 White British woman in India video has been reality slapped. Walking around there alone. Darwin has an Award waiting for you, honey.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar8)

20 Walid Haniyeh killed. Well done!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

21 ***and Elon Musk tweeting "he means what he says," quoting Piker saying "we're going to destroy the white race,"
--

Step #2 is that military arsenal they have tucked away.
They'll throw their child up in the air and shoot you
while you try to save him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Cq/ve)

22 Oh yeah, and a tank top.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (MWfyi)

23 Rolling Stone is fake and gay and biased as fuck.

Always have been.

They didn't even like Led Zeppelin 1

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (xcxpd)

24 Tucker Carlson is possessed by demons.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (XV/Pl)

25 Step #2 is that military arsenal they have tucked away.
They'll throw their child up in the air and shoot you
while you try to save him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Cq/ve)

Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (Ot/FD)

26 Ding ding ding
Men. There is something wrong with them here

Do you Think?

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

27 How are they just now appealing the dismissal of his human trafficking charges?

That case has been fucked more than a Tijuana whore.

The DOJ and ICE have been whupped good at every turn.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (3cUTc)

28 Walid Haniyeh. Garden variety serial killer? Or, observant Muslim?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (Gqar8)

29 Remember, these are strong conservatives and if you disagree for their open embrace of Soviet Socialism for White People, you're "attacking your own side."

==

and when strongly disagreeing with their asinine Hitlerjugend crap, you are trying to silence and cancel thems !1!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (g47mK)

30 piker. shocking.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (CWTWj)

31 60% of the Pedocrat base are mentally ill. Explains a lot.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (l26NL)

32 LOL, thanks Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 06:14 PM (VyBeY)

33 She is probably very lucky she wasn't visiting Pakistan

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:15 PM (Ia/+0)

34 That idiot British woman (who, btw, has a great rack) is completely oblivious to the fact she wants to become a victim. She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

35 Hits? Oh No, IRGC has raised 81 million rial to fund a hit on PDT.

That equates to $425.00

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (gIjzl)

36 >>.... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?

It's a fast and effective path to getting recognition from the Government as an Asylum Seeker and Welfare Case.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (j09bD)

37 34 That idiot British woman (who, btw, has a great rack) is completely oblivious to the fact she wants to become a victim. She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

Sooner or later she will meet a Walid Haniyeh.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (Gqar8)

38 "White British woman in India video"

There are quite a few vids in that genre.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

39 34 That idiot British woman (who, btw, has a great rack) is completely oblivious to the fact she wants to become a victim. She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

She was raised in a Matriarchy and thought the rest of the world was like back home.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (xcxpd)

40 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

41 She is traveling in a third world area with zero protection, no security, and she's just wandering around. She has no evident plan, no specific route, and is relying on luck alone to stay alive.

SMH.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:16 PM (f3y3p)

Next stop....Oakland!
Or hell...Britain.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 06:18 PM (Sco7b)

42 Bermuda shorts, gold toe socks, and Florsheims are totes OK. Right??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:18 PM (0Ppf4)

43 Hasan Piker is white, so his real intentions are more specific: he wants to kill white capitalist Christian and Jewish Americans, but that is too long a descriptor, so he shortened it to "white". Catchy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (f3y3p)

44 >> White British woman in India video has been reality slapped. Walking around there alone.

When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong, Rape Fantasy Edition.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (j09bD)

45 India, Pakistan, England, sooner or later it won't matter

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

46 42 Bermuda shorts, gold toe socks, and Florsheims are totes OK. Right??
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:18 PM (0Ppf4)

Only if the socks are over the calf.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (Gqar8)

47 A lot of British women have great racks. Must be something in the water.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (tg5bM)

48 "desperate desire on the Left to find its own Joe Rogan...."
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I never get tired of pointing out: they had "their own Joe Rogan".

His name was Joe Rogan.

They drove him away.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (Fi81e)

49 The filled up hospitals in Ceuta should just change their sign to a Holiday Inn, because that's what that is all about.

I'd wager a very very very small percentage require any medical treatment at all. They just require free meals, free sleeping quarters, and if they can swing it, free medication for a little start-up entrepreneurship.

And, in case you're wondering. A hospital in Spain can't kick out patients they suspect are faking illness. Their medical ethics laws make it a long drawn out formal proces that doesn't happen overnight....and when they final do get discharged, they'll just come back with another symptom the next day.

Unregistered foreign nationals and tourists are still guaranteed emergency medical coverage under Spanish public health guidelines, preventing immediate rejection based on paperwork or assumptions of malingering.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (dIske)

50 She was raised in a Matriarchy and thought the rest of the world was like back home.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (xcxpd)
================
Darwin anticipated this problem

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:20 PM (qPiHX)

51 >>They didn't even like Led Zeppelin 1

The only Zep LP you need.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (j09bD)

52 re: Garcia

Jesus Christ stop wasting our damn money. Department of Trump’s Vengeance. 🙄

it's not even about that. They are intentionally eroding trust in our institutions. They've been doing it for like 70 fucking years now.

I'm so tired of them re-filing bogus charges over and over hoping they finally stick this time. How does this improve inflation and the cost of groceries?

They’re trying harder to convict this man of literally anything than anyone ever tried to convict Trump of his very many obvious crimes of which he is certainly guilty.

Judge: What are we charging him with?
DoJ: Human trafficking
Judge: Oh, that's a serious crime. What evidence do you have that would support so massive a charge?
DoJ: he carpooled to work once

DoJ: And, I mean... just *look* at him.

The Roy Cohn ideology - never admitting a mistake and doubling down. It is what he did in Iran, with Abrego Garcia ( the tattoos), with Renee Good, with the reflecting pool... everything.

He is dangerously stupid and when wrong his sycophants are ready to tell everyone that the emperor he has clothes on.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (THJS/)

53 The English woman kept saying, Fuck me. Likely the only thing the Indian guy following her understood. She's a dummy.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (2Xqig)

54 Is there any support in Spain for ceding Ceuta to Morocco?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

55 Borigato's take on Hassan Piker. This is deeply relevant to the blogosphere, so it is worthwhile to take a moment to read and ponder on it\

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/making-idiots-useful

hasan is not an intellectual. he’s an embarrassment to submidwittery. listen to him speak. he’s actually, legitimately stupid.

but being a leading light is not his role.
piker is a permission giver. he says wild, accusatory, hateful things and brands out-groups as evil.

people follow him not because he's smart, they follow him because he gives them justification to hate while casting it (at least in their own minds) as justice and tolerance. it allows them to view some people as less than human. this belief unlocks permission to act beastly toward others and call it virtue.

his entire product is "feel good about being a bad person, feel good about being a coercive crybully taker instead of a builder or a maker."

he sells license. and a lot of badly adjusted cluster B jerks are lined up out the door to buy.

it's pathology club: external validation for those with externalized identities.

it’s catnip for becky from vassar as she moves into the karen stage of her pokemon cycle.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (rbvCR)

56 robin quivers (howard stern show) years ago decided to visit india, you know, something about the transmeditation guy and all that. she was so shocked by what she saw at the airport when she got to india that she just turned around and took the next flight out

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (CWTWj)

57 Paul Joseph Watson has a decent video on the several villages in UK that are being taken over by migrants recently.

It's very good. I don't think Ace ever links PJW, but one of the COBs used to (maybe CBD?) but some of his stiff is informative, This one is.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (/h0Lb)

58 JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios
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The only thing short term memory voters will know of AOC is what the TV put out the last two weeks of the campaign.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (Cq/ve)

59 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really
Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

So, the dirt then versus the people?

Sorry Hasan, no take-backsies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

60 "it’s catnip for becky from vassar as she moves into the karen stage of her pokemon cycle." Ha! Quotable.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

61 >>Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
---

Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

62 The English woman kept saying, Fuck me. Likely the only thing the Indian guy following her understood. She's a dummy.
Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (2Xqig)
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The dude following her might simply have been curious.

"A white woman in *this* neighborhood? Let's see how long she lasts!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (FZ29D)

63 61 >>Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
---

Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

Traps are gay

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:25 PM (xcxpd)

64 Ceuta I linked earlier:

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 06:26 PM (n5tGW)

65 I think AOC is an AI. OK, hear me out.

She recently used the term "woke one." I think she read it as "woke 1.0," but did not understand that you have to say "one point oh" so she sounded like one of those youtube AI voice video where it mispronounces heteronyms (same spelling, different pronunciation.)

So maybe not an AI, but an actress. A stupid actress reading scrpts.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:26 PM (/h0Lb)

66 >>.... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?
......

Ebola?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

67 The only thing short term memory voters will know of AOC is what the TV put out the last two weeks of the campaign.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:22 PM (Cq/ve)

Many don't belive she means what she says when they see it because they don't want to, they just want to vote Democrat cause they think that makes them a good person. Planter almost got the brass ring in Maine for that reason.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (LX4y3)

68 youtu.be/LOoPWnnl4CE

RIP Frank Beard.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (sAmhv)

69 People like Hassan Piker is why Caterpillar bulldozers might be broadly useful in years to come. Everyone should have one!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (qPiHX)

70 Hey, All. Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (77rzZ)

71 "Paul Joseph Watson has a decent video on the several villages in UK that are being taken over by migrants recently."

He's great at covering the invasion of Europe.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

72 51 >>They didn't even like Led Zeppelin 1

The only Zep LP you need.
Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 06:21 PM (j09bD)

I kinda like all of them up to Presence.
Presence was drug addled and lame.

Though Fool in the Rain is good, it came after that IIRC

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (xcxpd)

73 It is important to distrust "shining lights" that only serve to give permission to hate or persecute.
Candace Owens is one, Fuentes is another. There are lots of them around, and their comment sections wind up looking like a digital lynch mob. Or echo-chamber.

If you ever find that you are saying something because you have Permission to say it, then step aside. You can't tell if you are being led by a paid bellwether, or if the shining light is being pushed around by a bot army.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (rbvCR)

74 That woman would have a problem surviving anywhere that was inhabited. Walking around by herself, I assume unarmed, and interacting with men that don't speak her language. And then she tries to solve the problem by heading down a road to where there are a lot of abandoned buildings and even less people and no traffic. And assuming that if she takes a screenshot of the guy that's some sort of precaution. Toddler playing in traffic.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (3/XaG)

75 Houses of the Wholly.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (Gqar8)

76 JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios

--

It's hard to believe, but all signs point to this dunce really laying the early groundwork for a 2028 run. No doubt in my mind.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (qBdHI)

77 Presence was drug addled and lame.
----

Presence had "Tea for One" on it. Epic track.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:29 PM (TN0g+)

78 Cueta reminds me of the book "The Stranger", where the citizens of the town must learn to accept the indifference of the government to their fate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:30 PM (qPiHX)

79 White women being surprised by different cultures shows a level of stupid that is Darwin Award level. This woman is not different from the two hikers murdered in Morocco, the woman raped and murdered in Turkey as she walked in a wedding dress or any other dummy who think "all cultures are equal"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:30 PM (rp63B)

80 India is very dangerous now. I know a small group of people who went there to hand out Christian tracts, literature. Hounded by people on the street, ultimately arrested and sent home. Could have gone much worse. They had done it 10 or so years ago without incident.

Posted by: DEVOlution at August 18, 2026 06:30 PM (JM9I6)

81 Spain ceding Cedua would be like the US ceding the Panama Canal.

Wait, what?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 06:31 PM (bX16E)

82 Tucker on WWII -

That would have been a hilarious world war the way Tucker wants it. So Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, so we then join *THEIR* side to attack Russia, perhaps bombing Kyoto to damage the pretty buildings (the only reason we didn't flatten them in *actual* WWII. Japan can't take its resources because we are in the way and has to fume at us doing nothing. Over in Europe it is a puzzler on how we fight Russia with Germany since there's no way to land troops with the Royal Navy in the way - we aren't at war with them or are we?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)

83 That travel blogger was something else.

I think proof that the guy was harmless was that somehow you power walked your way into an abandoned area, and he did nothing.

You think your safety is danger and you just keep powerwalking--because dammit, you're going to work out and nothing's going to stop you?!!

She obviously didn't know where she was going--so why TF was she so determined to go there?!

No bloody sense.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:31 PM (Fi81e)

84 "the book "The Stranger", where the citizens of the town must learn to accept the indifference of the government to their fate."

Camus?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

85 66 >>.... why in the hell are all these fuckers needing to go to the hospital the second they cross a border?
......

Ebola?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)
____________________________

See #49. They are using it like a hotel because Spain can't legally kick them out without a long drawn out formal process. Free meals and a bed.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (dIske)

86 JUST IN: AOC is distancing herself from past positions on defunding police, prison abolition, & decriminalizing border crossings ahead of a potential 2028 run. -- Axios

--

It's hard to believe, but all signs point to this dunce really laying the early groundwork for a 2028 run. No doubt in my mind.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (qBdHI)

It might be AOC just forgot what her positions used to be.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)

87 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:26 PM (/h0Lb)

Obama enters the conversation.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:33 PM (KC5Lt)

88 63 61 >>Fuck that.

I'm great at trap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
---

Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

Traps are gay
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:25 PM (xcxpd)
=====================
Not talking "trapping someone", he means with his 12 gauge. Not gay.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:33 PM (qPiHX)

89 In Through The Out Door gets a lot of undeserved hate.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (/OKHJ)

90 I liked it when I had no clue who Hasan Piker is. Now that douchetard's name keeps popping up on every blog and YouTube channel.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (zDDmD)

91 Camus?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)
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yup

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (qPiHX)

92 It's hard to believe, but all signs point to this dunce really laying the early groundwork for a 2028 run. No doubt in my mind.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 06:28 PM (qBdHI)

It might be AOC just forgot what her positions used to be.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)

Why not. Simply by being a Dem she's got 45% of the vote locked up if she gets the nomination.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (LX4y3)

93 Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too.

I wonder why medical care in the US is so expensive?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (ExV1e)

94 "Camus?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:32 PM (Jr5Lq)
==========
yup"

Added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

95 In Through The Out Door gets a lot of undeserved hate.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (/OKHJ)
---
So does The Presence, IMO.

Zep changed a little bit with each album, as far as I can see.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)

96 In Through The Out Door gets a lot of undeserved hate.
-----

Carouselambra is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs, and it doesn't really resemble much else that they recorded. In Through the Out Door is sometimes referred to as John Paul Jones' album.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (TN0g+)

97 It’s kind of obvious that some big dem donors have looked around at the field for ‘28, and despaired. So they picked AOC as the most malleable of a bad bunch and they’re trying to play Henry Higgins with her. (Or I should say, ‘Enery ‘Iggins!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (52Iog)

98 I had thought that AOC would challenge Schumer in the 28 primary and have a solid shot of winning. Of late the talk of a presidential run seems to have gotten into her head.
Watching her however I think by 28 she will have lost her marbles. She ain't that bright and is in over her head and her brain is going to go boink

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (rp63B)

99 I am not worried even a little about AOC. She can't get elected governor or Senator (meaning she can't win a statewide election in New York), so why would she, an idiot elitist socialist suburban entitled chick from Westchester County, have even the slightest whiff of a chance around the country?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:37 PM (qPiHX)

100 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:38 PM (KC5Lt)

101 63 61 >>Fuck that. I'm great at trap.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
---
Problem is, how does one identify whom to trap?
Posted by: Braenyard

Traps are gay
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

You guys are speaking my language!!! Let me introduce you all to the "Trigger Warning Queer and Trans Gun Club", where they have multiple forms of trap on display...simultaneously!

https://tinyurl.com/453n4rus
https://tinyurl.com/xsvnk9tb
https://tinyurl.com/3zu5z592

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:38 PM (THJS/)

102 99 I am not worried even a little about AOC. She can't get elected governor or Senator (meaning she can't win a statewide election in New York), so why would she, an idiot elitist socialist suburban entitled chick from Westchester County, have even the slightest whiff of a chance around the country?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:37 PM (qPiHX)

Barack Hussain Obama

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (LX4y3)

103 I liked it when I had no clue who Hasan Piker is. Now that douchetard's name keeps popping up on every blog and YouTube channel.
Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 06:34 PM (zDDmD)

There are a few guys about who chop up clips of this idiot to keep track of what he's up to. He's a foreign nepo anchor baby trying to fit in with the leftists at the top in his million dollar mansion. He's at war with a dude who lived with his elderly mom and dad who gets more views and money than he does without leaving his room. He daily threatens to kill himself because his own fans aren't being compliant enough. Two girls on Youtube being catty about his ugly designer clothes got him to flip his entire image to wearing a suit and tie all the time to impress them.

He's a symptom, not the disease.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)

104 Progtard females in Seattle are supporting AOC for 2028

It’s hilarious.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

105 I am not worried even a little about AOC. She can't get elected governor or Senator (meaning she can't win a statewide election in New York), so why would she, an idiot elitist socialist suburban entitled chick from Westchester County, have even the slightest whiff of a chance around the country?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:37 PM (qPiHX)

Barack Hussain Obama
Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (LX4y3)

She's not the blank check Obama was selling salvation. She's an aging Democrat scold. That's a harder sale.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)

106 Contrast that British woman with what I experienced in Japan:

Was in Hiroshima, walking from one place to another following Google Maps. Found myself in a kind of dingy industrial area without anyone milling about, spidey sense went off that I'm maybe in a place Whitey shouldn't be so my head is on a swivel. A minute later a whole group of Japanese schoolgirls in skirts and the whole uniform rides by me on bicycles. I stopped worrying lol.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (oqH4h)

107 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:38 PM (KC5Lt)

all that Bollywood dancing and singing scared me right away.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:41 PM (uhVAy)

108 Contrast that British woman with what I experienced in Japan:

Was in Hiroshima, walking from one place to another following Google Maps. Found myself in a kind of dingy industrial area without anyone milling about, spidey sense went off that I'm maybe in a place Whitey shouldn't be so my head is on a swivel. A minute later a whole group of Japanese schoolgirls in skirts and the whole uniform rides by me on bicycles. I stopped worrying lol.
Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (oqH4h)

Life was hanging by a thread there son - good thing they weren't hungry.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)

109
How was she so sure those were cow patties?

She was in India.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (Fi81e)

110 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.
Posted by: polynikes

I recently learned the term "Jeet" which is evidently a slur against Indians. I have no idea if it means anything beyond that. I use it a lot now, especially watching the Food Channel.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (l26NL)

111 OT -

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
58m
BREAKING: David Morens, a former top NIAID senior advisor to Dr. Fauci, has pleaded GUILTY for conspiring to defraud the US by destroying/hiding federal records during the COVID pandemic.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (kX27y)

112 Progtard females in Seattle are supporting AOC for 2028

It’s hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

Aren't they trying to impeach their Democratic Mayor for being...a Democratic Mayor?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (uhVAy)

113 98 I had thought that AOC would challenge Schumer in the 28 primary and have a solid shot of winning. Of late the talk of a presidential run seems to have gotten into her head.
Watching her however I think by 28 she will have lost her marbles. She ain't that bright and is in over her head and her brain is going to go boink
Posted by: Smell the Glove

She is part Establishment. She is literally a paid actor in the role, and does what she's paid to do. She was paid to run by the Justice Democrats and took out a nobody Dem in a safe Blue District, and kept saying what she needed to to keep her backers happy...but she got in line when Pelosi needed her to, because that's where the real money is. She's not going to fight Schumer.

2028 is wide open though. The Dem bench is pathetic. She honestly might be one of their best chances. Dems need youth energy and turnout...and she might be really strong in that area. The fact she's trying to moderate now really seals it that she's prepping the battlefield for it.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (THJS/)

114 A minute later a whole group of Japanese schoolgirls in skirts and the whole uniform rides by me on bicycles. I stopped worrying lol.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:40 PM (oqH4h)

Life was hanging by a thread there son - good thing they weren't hungry.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)
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You might watch too much anime.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (Fi81e)

115 "I am not worried even a little about AOC."

Very first time I saw her, I thought 'she could be president some day.' But I suck at predictions.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

116
whippit

*polite cough*

Whippet

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (O0L8i)

117 No, they aren't that smart. It isn't that they believe all cultures are "equal", obviously that is not the case. Anyone can see that.

What they believe, is that no culture or cultural practices, mores, traditions etc, are superior in any objective sense.

It's quite a bit more insane and is worth making a distinction. Rational logic, the scientific method, all that stuff. Stuff people deduced 5000 years ago. Hell, running water, sewage treatment, modern medicine can not be judged "better" than living in a cave and burning whale oil for light. It's a special form of stupid. This is the impetus behind "Indigenous Ways of Knowledge" you'll hear sometimes.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0Ppf4)

118 The funny thing about the 'moderate out comms' is it's poseur speak. He's a hipster communist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

119 I think what really would keep me from visiting India is not trusting anything I ate.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (KC5Lt)

120 100 I watched the movie Outsourced and had absolutely no desire to visit India. Then I watched Slumdog Millionaire and thought visiting India would be like going to hell.
Posted by: polynikes

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Why on Earth would a single woman go to India? What could possibly be the appeal -- poppadoms? they have them in UK. Everything else you can experience at the town dump and sewer.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (/h0Lb)

121 58m
BREAKING: David Morens, a former top NIAID senior advisor to Dr. Fauci, has pleaded GUILTY for conspiring to defraud the US by destroying/hiding federal records during the COVID pandemic.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (kX27y)
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Damn conservatives! Always trying to destroy trust in our institutions!!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

122 I thought a progtard is somebody who spent too much of their life listening to Gentle Giant and Van Der Graaf Generator.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (/OKHJ)

123
"The Internet is forever" only applies to nasty, subhuman right-wingers. All AOC's previous statements are inoperative.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O0L8i)

124 I can't, even for one minute, stand the thought of going to India or any other third world shithole. Why would I leave paradise to see and/or smell those disasters? Australia would be bad enough where everything conspired to kill you. Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O2GRA)

125 You might watch too much anime.
Posted by: Axeman

The setup sounds like the beginning of some of the best hentai. If it's by a lake or ocean, we can get the tentacles, too!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (THJS/)

126 I thought a progtard is somebody who spent too much of their life listening to Gentle Giant and Van Der Graaf Generator.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (/OKHJ)
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HEY!!

Wait. Define "too much".

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (Fi81e)

127 124
"The Internet is forever" only applies to nasty, subhuman right-wingers. All AOC's previous statements are inoperative.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O0L8i)

Wasn't it the Nazis who declared Year Zero? Huh.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (O2GRA)

128 whippit

*polite cough*

Whippet
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (O0L8i)
Almost got it.
-Devo

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (LX4y3)

129 *We collectively agree Hitler was the worst person and that if you could kill baby Hitler you would ✅

*BUT it was unreasonable (and un-Christian) for Dietrich Bonhoeffer to attempt to kill Hitler as an adult during WWII ✅

Wants to kill innocent children, but doesn't want to kill objectively evil adults?

Well. If we didn't already know that Tuq'r was a Democrat, this would definitively prove it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (vJrRc)

130 "Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?"

Business travel, maybe.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

131 Posted by: History at August 18, 2026 06:43 PM (cdPyt

They didn't just attack Pearl.

They attacked the Philippines which alone would have gotten us in the war.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (KC5Lt)

132 "Wasn't it the Nazis who declared Year Zero?"

Jacobins before them.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

133
I don't care if people wear masks in public. It's the ones wearing the muzzie bags that concern me.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 06:48 PM (/QHx4)

134 This is the impetus behind "Indigenous Ways of Knowledge" you'll hear sometimes.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0Ppf4)

Somehow those Indigenous Ways of Knowledge didn't manage to invent the wheel or written language, but hey, who am I to judge?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:48 PM (O2GRA)

135 OK... weird... even with all the Covid crap that has come out???

Just went to the grocery store and saw 4 different Women wearing masks...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 06:10 PM (mP0Kj)

Because most people don't pay a bit of attention to anything outside their little bubble. Why we get the politicians we have. We, here, are an extreme exception. The average person? Nothing.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (hmYU4)

136 131 "Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?"

Business travel, maybe.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

Zoom, FTW.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (O2GRA)

137 Starting to detect a pattern - terrorism runs in families. Haniyeh was the nephew of Ismail Haniyeh who was taken out in a Mossad strike in Tehran.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (kX27y)

138
Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:45 PM (O2GRA)

It's romantic. It's where AWFLs go for spiritual self-discovery (see: The Darjeeling Limited).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (O0L8i)

139 So no love for boobs tonight. Sad.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (77rzZ)

140 The funny thing about the 'moderate out comms' is it's poseur speak. He's a hipster communist.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

comms is *military* posting, to add to the collection. He wears Mao suit jackets too for added commie comedy. He wants to join all the sects of communism at once - Marxian, Soviet, CCP, Pol Pot, Mao, Castroism...

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (uhVAy)

141 You couldn't pay me enoto go to India

Besides, my area is turning into India

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

142 Zoom, FTW.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (O2GRA)
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Eh. Not always.

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin' at August 18, 2026 06:50 PM (Fi81e)

143
See #49. They are using it like a hotel because Spain can't legally kick them out without a long drawn out formal process. Free meals and a bed.

Posted by: Orson
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NGOs/Red Cross are over there passing out cartoon pamphlets explaining what to do - what words to say - etc to get a stay in the country. Most of them want to transit through to England where they get more benny's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:51 PM (Cq/ve)

144
Wasn't it the Nazis who declared Year Zero? Huh.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 06:46 PM (O2GRA)

Europeans, in general, think their social history starts in 1945. On the other hand, Americans can be bludgeoned for things that happened even before there was a United States.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:51 PM (O0L8i)

145 Can you imagine the filth and disease in India? Why bother?
Posted by: tcn in AK

I read on X that India has more deaths from explosive diarrhea every day than all the school shooting in the US, ever. If it's not right, it should be.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:51 PM (l26NL)

146 He wants to join all the sects of communism at once - Marxian, Soviet, CCP, Pol Pot, Mao, Castroism...
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I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (TN0g+)

147 I admit I liked both those movies though. Sort of how I also enjoy a good prison movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (KC5Lt)

148 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really
Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

Damn you dirt and trees!!! Damn you lakes and rivers? Go to hell all you moutains and prairies!

You America you bastard!!! While we Americans were living peacefully on you, you were causing 9/11!!!!

Bastard!!! You bastard landmass!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (iJfKG)

149 122 58m
BREAKING: David Morens, a former top NIAID senior advisor to Dr. Fauci, has pleaded GUILTY for conspiring to defraud the US by destroying/hiding federal records during the COVID pandemic.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 06:42 PM (kX27y)

_____________________________

Today's lesson is about "everyone getting an ice cream".

If you are going to give the head of the department a Presidential Pardon. You should probably have considered giving one to his Senior Advisor as well.

People hold a grudge when they don't get "ice cream" and the short annoying egotist gets a big ass bowl.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (dIske)

150
I read on X that India has more deaths from explosive diarrhea every day than all the school shooting in the US, ever

Those are just lower-caste nobodies. Like they never existed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (O0L8i)

151 Two girls on Youtube being catty about his ugly designer clothes got him to flip his entire image to wearing a suit and tie all the time to impress them.

He's a symptom, not the disease.
Posted by: Oldcat

That was hilarious XD

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (vJrRc)

152 You couldn't pay me enoto go to India
Posted by: Skip

My wife's nephew announced he's getting married in New York. I won't even go there.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:53 PM (l26NL)

153 Year Zero was big with the Khmer Rouge when they killed a quarter of the Cambodian population

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (rp63B)

154 comms is *military* posting, to add to the collection. He wears Mao suit jackets too for added commie comedy. He wants to join all the sects of communism at once - Marxian, Soviet, CCP, Pol Pot, Mao, Castroism...
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:49 PM (uhVAy)

Are leather overcoat far away (if he has not done it?) A little NKVD style. Or Cheka.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)

155 I admit I liked both those movies though. Sort of how I also enjoy a good prison movie.
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Eh, the only good prison movies have Sybil Danning in the cast.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

156 I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (TN0g

Who?

Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 06:55 PM (KC5Lt)

157 Indians smell bad enough here. Why in the holy fuck would I willingly go to India and subject myself to millions of them simultaneously?

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (oqH4h)

158
From what I saw in London, the Brit Chick with the Big Rack didn't need to go to India.

India is definitely coming to them.

Here in Texas too.

Next year they're changing the name form Dallas to New New Delhi..

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (iJfKG)

159 I find it funny that the conspiracy theorists always think that every death is the US government offing people for being inconvenient.

OK, they why is the "maryland dad" still around? Will no one rid us of this meddlesome grifter thug?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (/h0Lb)

160 Are leather overcoat far away (if he has not done it?) A little NKVD style. Or Cheka.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)

I think I've seen him in a Soviet-ish Trench coat being out and about somewhere. Too warm for his streaming room in the mansion.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

161 Seen vids of India . The filth is stunning. The smell must be horrific. As much as the Taj Mahal or the Golden Temple would be interesting to see, no thanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:56 PM (rp63B)

162 Eh, the only good prison movies have Sybil Danning in the cast.
Posted by: Crusader

Sigh. Sybil Danning...

*gets far away look in his eye*

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 18, 2026 06:57 PM (l26NL)

163 149 i couldn't have come up with this: piker said he didn't mean that americans deserved 9/1/1, he meant that america deserved 9/1/1

really
Posted by: gnats local 678

He's Muslim, and excused a lot of rape during the Oct 7th attacks. If I were Columbia (avatar of America), I'd be concerned.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:57 PM (THJS/)

164 I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:52 PM (TN0g

Who?
Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 06:55 PM (KC5Lt)

Cambodia is fascinating, but it is just a microcosm of almost the exact same thing happening in Russia and China. Youthful zeal. Just going psychotically too far in a kind of mania leading to a shitload of people dead. The Nazis were different, less mania once they offed the SA and more deliberate. Planned. German.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

165 On the sidebar -- I said that zodiac story was a load of crap at the time.
And what is chromatic aberration? I don't recall that at all.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (/h0Lb)

166 I'm not going to fly and a boat to India is right out. I don't really want to go anywhere but the farm anyway. Maybe Texas once a year. And a road trip or two. But not to Canada.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)

167 Eh, the only good prison movies have Sybil Danning in the cast.
Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

I like boobs but...

Brubaker
An Innocent Man
Cool Hand Luke
Escape from Alcatraz
Papillon

Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (KC5Lt)

168
I find it funny that the conspiracy theorists always think that every death is the US government offing people for being inconvenient.

Talk about self-flattery. Like, you really think you're so important that the government is going to come after you?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 06:59 PM (O0L8i)

169 Pol Pot? I don't do anything with pots. I use Door Dash.

Posted by: DSA trust-funder at August 18, 2026 06:59 PM (/OKHJ)

170 That smear job has got to worth a couple mortgage payments. Great job Acer!!!

Posted by: Jumpininhere at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (P0xXg)

171 I suppose they still dump dead their dead ancestors in the river in India. Just that is enough to put me off.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)

172 LOVE the meme of Sec Rubio! Thankfully he probably laughs, too, as he has a good sense of humor.

The chicka going to India alone. No pity. It is not 1970 and you are going to enlighten yourself with a guru with no knowledge of the poverty or cows. You were very lucky. The greasy slut strands are lovely.

I feel so badly for the citizens of Ceuta. More are sadly coming. Hideous.

If there is ever a photo of Carlson not looking constipated with thoughtful furrowed brows and his plaid shirts I'd like to see it. I don't listen to him at all as I look at still photos. He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt. He may need armpit guards.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (hzuYO)

173 On the sidebar -- I said that zodiac story was a load of crap at the time.
And what is chromatic aberration? I don't recall that at all.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 06:58 PM (/h0Lb)

chromatic aberration is an effect you can get in a lens or telescope where the different colors in white light split up because they have different wavelengths and so things can appear to have colored fringes.

Not sure how that feeds into the Black Dahlia though.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

174 AOC vs Kamala in Democrat debates before and during primary season will be very entertaining. Two airheads in a vicious verbal battle to personally belittle and slander each other, and outbid each other for freebies to the Dem base.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (5rh/l)

175 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were Maoists on steroids.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (rp63B)

176 But, all the really manic ones all have ignorance as a common theme. And a leader who instigated a lot of shit.

Pol Pot was even worse because he did not even seem animated by revolutionary zeal, just wanted to keep his job (and head.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

177 "He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt."

He's a rugged outdoorsman this year.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

178 I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader

That wasn't real communism.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 07:02 PM (THJS/)

179 India looks nasty.

I think they have a very real problem getting people to work in sewage treatment because of the ingrained caste system.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (2Ez/1)

180 Quickly sped past the video of the Hamas killing babies.

I cannot deal with that.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (hzuYO)

181
Pol Pot was even worse because he did not even seem animated by revolutionary zeal, just wanted to keep his job (and head.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

Educated in France. This explains a lot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (O0L8i)

182 Pol Pot would have sent Hasan Piker to the rice fields.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)

183 If there is ever a photo of Carlson not looking constipated with thoughtful furrowed brows and his plaid shirts I'd like to see it. I don't listen to him at all as I look at still photos. He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt. He may need armpit guards.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:00 PM (hzuYO)

We will have to get ShoeOnHead and SmugAlana to mock his fashion choices too.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

184 There are some good (also horrifying) videos on the Khymer Rouge and Stalinist era Russia on ewetub.

Odd, not many on Maoist China...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

185
DoJ: And, I mean... just *look* at him.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

That's all the criteria the damned commies use to hate on me, so yeah. Just *look* at him.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (QVmho)

186 chromatic aberration is an effect you can get in a lens or telescope where the different colors in white light split up because they have different wavelengths and so things can appear to have colored fringes.

Not sure how that feeds into the Black Dahlia though.

Posted by: Oldcat

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Thanks, but I knew that bit. The part I don't know is how it is relevant to the sidebar discussion.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (/h0Lb)

187
I told you guys that one of those DSA refugees had written a book , and she says that AOC is a timid, unoriginal go along to get alonger.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (XJ22o)

188 I recently learned the term "Jeet" which is evidently a slur against Indians. I have no idea if it means anything beyond that. I use it a lot now, especially watching the Food Channel.
Posted by: Blutarski

Short for Pajeet. Came from 4 chan.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)

189 Pol Pot would have sent Hasan Piker to the rice fields.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)

Pol Pot sent everyone to the rice fields. The people IN the rice fields had no idea what to do with the entire urban population, so most of them died.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:04 PM (uhVAy)

190 Smug Alan has to tread carefully.

She just got a seven-day suspension for reacting to someone killing mosquitos.

Carlson is blood sucking mosquito.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:05 PM (2GVsD)

191 I bet most commies under the age of 30 don't know who Che Guevara is either. He had his American commie hero 15 minutes of fame 20 years ago.

Posted by: Young American Commie at August 18, 2026 07:05 PM (KC5Lt)

192 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were Maoists on steroids.
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Exactly. I feel like it would be the easiest and most straight-forward history lesson to teach because the "scale" of their attrocities is easy enough for even normal people to "get".

The point could be as simple as "This small country had 8 million people. Because they weren't happy with how things were distributed, by ignorance, arrogance and murderous zeal they killed 2 million of those people, a full 25% of the population."

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 07:05 PM (TN0g+)

193 If there is ever a photo of Carlson not looking constipated with thoughtful furrowed brows and his plaid shirts I'd like to see it. I don't listen to him at all as I look at still photos. He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt. He may need armpit guards.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

The BO is probably stale alcohol. Tucker and his bro Buckley (not the son Buckley) have a problem with it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)

194 Such is the mind of the Effluent Female White Liberal.

Posted by:

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (Cq/ve)

195
Diana wants her dinner. BRB.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (O0L8i)

196 There are some good (also horrifying) videos on the Khymer Rouge and Stalinist era Russia on ewetub.

Odd, not many on Maoist China...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

The Black Book of Communism is a equal opportunity info source. 1000 pages or near enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:06 PM (uhVAy)

197 Effluent Female White Liberal.

Fan of the Dave Matthews band?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

198 162 Seen vids of India . The filth is stunning. The smell must be horrific. As much as the Taj Mahal or the Golden Temple would be interesting to see, no thanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Eh, probably get a virtual tour online. I do that a lot with Biblical sites in Israel and elsewhere. Places I would never see if it wasn't for the magic of video.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (E4rtv)

199 179 "He also looks to have BO somehow. Sweaty. I suppose from wearing the same shirt."

He's a rugged outdoorsman this year.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
***********
If he has embraced the eeslamic madness (through demons or UFO alien probes) he does not wear deodorant. They don't. I know this from working with a MD and riding a train with a couple and womman in a burka in Belgium

I realize these two incidences are not a true anthropology study and I don't care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (hzuYO)

200
I wonder how many communists under the age of 40 could provide even a 100 word summary of Pol Pot (that wasn't just 98 words of stalling for time)?
Posted by: Crusader
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That wasn't real communism.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Dark humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.
- Stalin

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 18, 2026 07:08 PM (QVmho)

201 Seen vids of India . The filth is stunning. The smell must be horrific. As much as the Taj Mahal or the Golden Temple would be interesting to see, no thanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Eh, probably get a virtual tour online. I do that a lot with Biblical sites in Israel and elsewhere. Places I would never see if it wasn't for the magic of video.
Posted by: whig

The LEGO Taj Mahal is good enough for me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 07:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

202 I recently found Dikotter's "Mao's Great Famine" on good recommendation.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

203 I recently learned the term "Jeet" which is evidently a slur against Indians. I have no idea if it means anything beyond that. I use it a lot now, especially watching the Food Channel.
Posted by: Blutarski

Short for Pajeet. Came from 4 chan.
Posted by: whig

Allegedly the suffix "jeet" had some kind of highly complimentary meaning in their own language.

But the SJWs are terribly offended on their behalf

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:09 PM (vJrRc)

204 Srebrinica is more than twenty years in the past.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)

205 Srebrinica is more than twenty years in the past.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:09 PM

The Teenaged Witch?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 18, 2026 07:10 PM (idC0m)

206 Off red sock

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:11 PM (KC5Lt)

207 *siddles far far away from Toby*

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:11 PM (2GVsD)

208 194 I bet most commies under the age of 30 don't know who Che Guevara is either. He had his American commie hero 15 minutes of fame 20 years ago.
Posted by: Young American Commie
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All of them are stupid about communism and socialism. It is almost 35 years before the USSR ceased to exist and the Wall came down in 89.

Britain's Labor Party running the UK into a ditch from socialism was in the 70's and thus almost fifty years ago, Sweden retrenching on socialism due to currency problems, the 1990's.

It is time to blow all the NGOs up and tax them heavily and apply the same regulating hand of the state on them as it does on small business.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)

209 The point could be as simple as "This small country had 8 million people. Because they weren't happy with how things were distributed, by ignorance, arrogance and murderous zeal they killed 2 million of those people, a full 25% of the population."

But its "hard" to grok 25% of a population just offed. So - as you saw a few posts ago - some just choose to move on past.

That's key. That's really important. That's how you start to understand how people work.
Posted by: History at August 18, 2026 07:07 PM (cdPyt)

The Climax of Pol Pot was that he decided Urban Living was bad so he had the military frog-march the entire Urban population out into the rest of the countryside to live better. Including the occupants of hospitals - get walking, or die. Then when they got to their destination there were some fields where they were plunked down and told to farm. No tools, no shelter, no food.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)

210 97 It’s kind of obvious that some big dem donors have looked around at the field for ‘28, and despaired. So they picked AOC as the most malleable of a bad bunch and they’re trying to play Henry Higgins with her. (Or I should say, ‘Enery ‘Iggins!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 06:36 PM (52Iog)''

AOC the Eliza Doolittle of the Democrat party? "Wouldn't it be loverly?"

Posted by: Joemarine at August 18, 2026 07:12 PM (y171U)

211 The LEGO Taj Mahal is good enough for me.
Posted by: BruceWayne

You have to get the dung brick Legos though for a complete experience. Easy to pick them out by smell.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)

212 "Eh, probably get a virtual tour online. I do that a lot with Biblical sites in Israel and elsewhere. Places I would never see if it wasn't for the magic of video."

You should watch it using my new invention, Smell-o-vision!

Posted by: Hubert J Farnsworth at August 18, 2026 07:13 PM (zBgIx)

213 The Climax of Pol Pot, sounds like a sequel to the Climax of Mao Tse-tung on Little Girls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)

214 Any country that uses “ night soil” on their fields I shall not visit. I shannot.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:14 PM (Gqar8)

215 "dung brick Legos"

Less painful to step on, yet worse in other ways.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

216 My wife's company keeps telling her she will need to travel to India due to the company moving a call center over there. The trip keeps getting delayed, thankfully. While she and others from her team are there they will not only be chauffeured everywhere, they will have a chaperone. They don't go anywhere without either.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (3Dy5F)

217 If you smoke Pol Pot, you go out of your mind.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (ndZc7)

218 Jeet means "victory" I believe. Pajeet kind of signifies loser

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (rp63B)

219 The Climax of Pol Pot was that he decided Urban Living was bad so he had the military frog-march the entire Urban population out into the rest of the countryside to live better. Including the occupants of hospitals - get walking, or die. Then when they got to their destination there were some fields where they were plunked down and told to farm. No tools, no shelter, no food.
Posted by: Oldcat

That is what you get with Turd Worlders interpreting as students their nasty teachers who were pedo French deconstructionists. Chou Enlai was about the only one exposed to French education that was not as murderous as the others Asian commies.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (E4rtv)

220 Never have had any desire to visit the “ Holy Land”. Funny that, I suppose. Certainly has raised eyebrows at my church when I opined.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (Gqar8)

221 Any country that uses “ night soil” on their fields I shall not visit. I shannot.
Posted by: tubal

It'd be okay if they bothered to compost it first...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (vJrRc)

222 "The Climax of Pol Pot was that he decided Urban Living was bad so he had the military frog-march the entire Urban population out into the rest of the countryside to live better."

He had me at abolition of money.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

223 India is a nuclear third world country but during Covid they had the sense to ignore the scam and distributed Ivermectin which saved millions from suffering.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (KC5Lt)

224 Speaking of dung brinks, has Gaylord's Flak Tower and Bathhouse collapsed?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (2GVsD)

225 My current thinking is that the US got into Vietnam originally to settle accounts with France, since the French wanted their gold back from deposit in NY and Johnson did not want to give it up since he already had sent a fair amount of the US gold reserve to London to defend the Dollar against the ongoing arbitrage due to the undervalued gold in the Bretton Woods convention.
De Gaulle was making mighty noises about getting the Gold back at one point, and then he got quiet.
Then after France lost Algiers and pissed all the retired FFL settled there, the US lost all interest in continuing in Vietnam

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

226 Sidebar Item:
Months ago, I reported that the final Zodiac cypher had been cracked and the name of the killer revealed. And the name of the killer turned out to be someone suspected in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder. The general tone of my mention of this was "serious you guys, this is real."
Well, it's not real. It's total bullshit.

That's too bad. The bullshit story was totally more interesting.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (syz1S)

227 Posted by: Turn 2 at August 18, 2026 07:15 PM (3Dy5F)

Have her watch Outsourced. I enjoyed it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (KC5Lt)

228 Zodiac Killer. Have to read up a little on that some day.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (Gqar8)

229 But the SJWs are terribly offended on their behalf
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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They need to stay in their ghetto reddit and never come out of it. And the rest of the world needs to lock them in, pour gasoline over the reddit servers, and burn the whole thing down. Killing it with fire is the only way to make sure it doesn't regrow.

Those types would get the vapors from gamer boards or even X comments. And they would have a stroke coming into these threads.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (E4rtv)

230 Nood Moose cafe!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (vJrRc)

231 I've been to India one time. I vowed to never return. It was, absolutely, exhausting.

Despite someone's classification as a "safe" country, it is anything but. Pickpocket teams are everywhere. Duo motorcyclist snatch and grab teams are on every single side road (even in the Cities). There is human shit all over the place, mostly from kids who run around naked with no supervision (between 4 and 10 years old).

You walk around with your head on a swivel, or you become a mark....or step in something regretable. The smells are horrific, and sanatation services leave much to be desired. Then again, there is a whole class of people who do their shopping in the trash. 30% of the country still doesn't have indoor plumbing. And, up, don't go down to the nearest rivers or you're likely to see how their sewer system actually works.

I hated India. The cops are pricks and likely retarded as a group. And, if you get back to your hotel with all your personal items, and clean shoes, it was a banner day. Now, you only have to wait for the soup du jour terrorist group to try and take over your luxury hotel. Never going back. Ever.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

232 Nood Cafe

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (hzuYO)

233 Never have had any desire to visit the “ Holy Land”. Funny that, I suppose. Certainly has raised eyebrows at my church when I opined.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 07:16 PM (Gqar

I did visit the Israeli coast when the IDF bought some coprocessors from us. We were a bit north of Jaffa's old fort. It was one of those years Lebanon was getting sporty and shelling/launching missiles into the North of Israel.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (uhVAy)

234 >>>A doctor in Ceuta is almost crying on live television.

Almost crying? Yeah, I'm almost crying too. Almost.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 18, 2026 07:19 PM (syz1S)

235 For those of you unclear on the concept, 10/7: not genocide, Israel in Gaza: genocide. Also, Jews in NYC: genocide.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 07:21 PM (ndZc7)

236 A lot of British women have great racks. Must be something in the water.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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No, it's genetics.
And "great" is a subjective term, only valid, IMNSHO, if you believe that "Quantity has a quality all its own".
Water balloons.
Perky ceases to apply to Brit boobs about 6 months after menarche.
I could be wrong. I'm extrapolating from a limited, although not trivial, personal sample more than decades old.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 07:22 PM (r9XTa)

237
It's 9/11
9/1/1 is a phone number

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 07:24 PM (Cqx++)

238
So it's universal about India, then.

I had friends that had business there 20 years ago and cobbled on a tourist excursion for the wives; all of the above was duly reported but the there's also an arrogance and contempt that seemed to meet them wherever they went.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 07:26 PM (Y8DZL)

239 Has Tucker Carlson been hanging out with “Professor” Ed Dutton?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:42 PM (jPziU)

240 Then after France lost Algiers and pissed all the retired FFL settled there, the US lost all interest in continuing in Vietnam
Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

Except that the U.S. didn’t withdraw from Vietnam in 1962.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2026 07:46 PM (jPziU)

241 Alyssa Farrah Griffin voted for Kamala Harris, so please excuse us all here if we raise an eyebrow, tilt our heads and mockingly say "REALLY NOW?"

Posted by: Tracy at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (0CLA9)

242 I still think Stalin was worse than Hitler.

We should have let the two of them fight it out and kill the winner.

I am a little ambivalent about this position.

My father did make it home from the real version of WWII.

Posted by: goatweed at August 19, 2026 01:14 AM (jK3NL)

Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)

It's almost as if a foreign pirate's idea of "entrepreneurship" and "hard work" is simply stealing from the Stupid Whiteys who took pity on him.

In 2021, Salman Ahmed Elmi was awarded the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Now, he's facing charges in connection with a Medicaid fraud scheme with alleged ties to a sex trafficking ring.

Elmi, a native of Somalia, was charged last week with three counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle and five counts of aiding and abetting theft by false representation.
Prosecutors allege Elmi and three associates -- Frank Reeves, Viktoriya Komonash and Andrea Sampson -- ran four agencies that they used to bill more than $4.5 million to Medicaid since 2023. Those agencies were called Reva Health, Reva Autism, Helpful Housing and Homefelt Assisted Living.
Elmi and his associates allegedly recruited young women who were homeless or struggling with addiction, housing or finances. They then rented apartments in the women's names using fake pay stubs and enlisted them in a pay-for-sex scheme. Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019. Sampson and Reeves were arrested as part of the sex trafficking ring bust last week.

Well, that is certainly outstanding.

The group then began stealing victims' identities to bill Medicaid in their name, according to court filings.
Prosecutors say Elmi billed Medicaid for more than $1 million in services that were not provided or not eligible. He and his co-conspirators are accused of falsifying documents to get Medicaid reimbursements.
Elmi was released from custody on Monday, though a judge ordered him to surrender his passport and remain in Minnesota.

About that last part: Soros-connected "prosecutor" Steve Descano of ultra-blue Fairfax County, VA, helped an Islamist killer flee the country.

In yet another jaw-dropping illustration of soft-on-crime progressive "justice," Fairfax County's Soros-linked prosecutor Steve Descano reportedly pushed a judge to spring an illegal alien Islamic extremist -- already found not guilty by reason of insanity for fatally stabbing his landlord -- so the man could be driven to the Tajikistan embassy in Washington, D.C. for a foreign passport.
Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward and promptly used it to board a one-way flight out of the country.
No, we're not making this up.

This story is INSANE...

The Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute released Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda, an ACCUSED KILLER, on a weekend pass DESPITE having a court order barring his release.

Toshpulodzoda then got on an international flight and FLED the country.

This institute� pic.twitter.com/fdmRHLguFC
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 17, 2026

"Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring pic.twitter.com/t07e1p6uTr
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 18, 2026

We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. George Soros and his minions and leftwing AWFL voters have brought this country to the absolute cracking point.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:00 PM

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1 Hey I just said that below!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

2 Salman Elmi was a fast adapter of the democrat way.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (2Xqig)

3 Wow, he stole from the American Taxpayer.... and got an award?

You get more of what you reward, less of what you punish...

This is flat out a complete failure of Government...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (mP0Kj)

4 Been following a sex trafficking ring for 7 fucking years.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

5 Denaturalize and deport!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (vJrRc)

6 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019."

Wheels of justice grind sloowwllyy.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

7 9th?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 18, 2026 05:01 PM (GMWTj)

8 The brother-husband of Ilhan Omar is named Ahmed Elmi.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 05:02 PM (+ovo7)

9 Elmi, a native of Somalia
......

Shoulda changed his name to Elmo.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:02 PM (UjdFS)

10 "Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring"

Just doing the fraud that Americans wont do.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:03 PM (cpFbA)

11 This is what Democrats want. It's what they reward.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (LX4y3)

12 Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)

It was a prerequisite for entry into the contest. -- Head Judge, Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship Coalition

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (ExV1e)

13 I got nothing (printable) to say.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (VyBeY)

14 Tickle me, Elmi

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (Cqx++)

15 Shoulda changed his name to Sal Bass.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

16 apparently it is remunerative to be a Leftist Lawn Jockey.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (rbvCR)

17 >>>>>Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward

I don't see the problem here.

Posted by: Michael Dukakis at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (/OKHJ)

18 I don't want them deported, I want them shot.

I am talking about the bitch ass AWFL gov. workers who created this stupid award and gave it to this invader.

I want the invaders on a pike lining the border and runways as a warning.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (rlyjS)

19 Hey, let nobody say that Muslims just groom girls and rape women. Link on name

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (88C+u)

20 Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)
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He stands out.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

21 Outstanding in his field

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 18, 2026 05:06 PM (Ydd86)

22 White people are icky. And stole everything.

There, that makes it all better gooder, right?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:06 PM (XuXeR)

23 Toshpulodzoda then got on an international flight and FLED the country.

Great work by the immigration gate officials at the airports!

Stand up proud TSA, you can't even flag a murder flight risk when they walk within inches of you.

About that surveillance state. Fact or Rumor?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:06 PM (/TiS1)

24 Really don't like that Toshapalooza guy.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

25 "Toshpulodzoda"

Where's the onomastician when we need him? He was just here.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

26 Elmi"

It's a tribal name. Tossed around like popcorn

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (XuXeR)

27 Awesome!

I want an award, too! For not ripping off the government and being good! Where is my award?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (hzuYO)

28 Can i get an unexpectedly!!! ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (3ZUWJ)

29 I want the invaders on a pike lining the border and runways as a warning.

The LORD blessed this nation with countless feral dogs and hogs, why aren't we feeding them?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (/TiS1)

30 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda
.....

You'd think these names alone would set off warning sirens and red flashing lights, shut automatic locking doors, and disperse knockout gas.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (UjdFS)

31 When the Cato Institute praises the entrepreneuriak spirit of migrants, remind them of the entrepreneuring their set of Ardays are doing.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (rMjpp)

32 Toshapullpudza.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

33 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda
.....

You'd think these names alone would set off warning sirens and red flashing lights, shut automatic locking doors, and disperse knockout gas.
Posted by: wth at

Nah. More American than you and me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

34 9 Elmi, a native of Somalia
......

Shoulda changed his name to Elmo.

not certain why, but this comment tickled me.

Posted by: anachronda at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (v3pYe)

35 For an immigrant from a low to no trust society, that is an outstanding achievement.

Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (oiNtH)

36 The decision to kick him to the curb looks better than ever this week after Cornyn staffer Jacob Smith left his job with the veteran Republican lawmaker to work with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico in the role of deputy policy director.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (wfdbg)

37 13. Same. I got nothing to say that I'd want read back in court by a Soros-backed persecutor

The daily news is just an advertisement for vigilantism at this point.

Hitting all the buttons, all the time.

Want to be clear:

Not ace's or the Cobs fault for covering the fire. They didn't set it. They are just letting us know how close the fire is to our houses now.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (bwOhD)

38 Barkeep: "We don't get a lot of Tajiks in here."
Toshpulodzoda: "With you serving this crappy arak, I should hope not."

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

39 >>We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. George Soros and his minions and leftwing AWFL voters have brought this country to the absolute cracking point.

We could use a man like Augusto Pinochet again.

In fact. We could use a dozen or so of him.

Posted by: garrett at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (j09bD)

40 Traffick-me Elmi.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (Fi81e)

41 Minnesota has officially turned into a shit state. Either get the state cleaned up or kick them out of the country. So tired of their bullshit. Their "governor" should have been thrown in jail over a year ago.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (VrYHL)

42 The LORD blessed this nation with countless feral dogs and hogs, why aren't we feeding them?
Posted by: Community Notes

the feral hogs are invasive, so it wasn't the LORD who "blessed" us with those but the Europeans.
dogs (canids) seem to be indigenous to North America, yes,

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (88C+u)

43 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019."

How else are "investigators" going to find all of the good parties?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (/TiS1)

44 32 lolrofl!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

45 > Toshpulodzoda

Sounds like that big music festival started by the Jane's Addiction dude.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (IG3/x)

46 I never had "our" government importing these bastards en masse on my radar. I knew they were sick fucks, but I thought there were certain lines that everyone knew wouldn't be crossed.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (0Ppf4)

47 Mister, we could use a man like Vladimir Tepes again.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

48 Pinochet is beginning to look like a moderate

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (rMjpp)

49 Toshpulodzodapaloozagomboo

The new Mary Poppins song!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is raciss

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (hzuYO)

50 Bro, there's a lot of ruin in a nation.

And a lotta coke at Penn State.

Posted by: Adam Smith, updated at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (anL5R)

51 Don't take Toshpulodzoda if you are allergic to Toshpulodzoda.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

52 I get that Minnesota is liberal, but I have to think even liberal Democrat that is somewhat "normal" are somewhat sickned their state has been hijacked by these people.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (E2KzW)

53 I don't see this story on the Star Tribune web site. The lead story and another one are about this:

Minnesota sues Texas governor over delayed handover of ICE agent charged in shooting
Christian Castro, the federal agent accused of shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during Operation Metro Surge, has been held in a Texas jail for nearly three months.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (kX27y)

54 so Trip Advisor tells me that a flight from Dulles to Dushanbe is roughly between $1,000 and $5,000.
How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?

I would find who paid it, and if it was Embassy personnel, PNG the SOB, otherwise prosecute.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 05:12 PM (rbvCR)

55 Pinochet:
Liberte
Velocite
Gravite

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (bwOhD)

56 This is just the guy they caught. There are many many more.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (MWfyi)

57

I spent nineteen eighty to twenty nineteen working in every third fourth and fifth world shithole.

Somalis are the most vile, disgusting subhuman pieces of s*** on the planet.

Haitians are a close second.

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (5X7At)

58 > 47 Mister, we could use a man like Vladimir Tepes again.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

Agreed.

Posted by: Charles "Charlie the Hammer" Martel at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (IG3/x)

59
Isn't Illhan Omar's surname Elmi?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (OkYzo)

60 Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:10 PM (wfdbg)
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Dude...do you even read the blog? That was covered in depth three threads ago.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (FZ29D)

61 Toshpulodzodapaloozagomboo

The new Mary Poppins song!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is raciss
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:11 PM (hzuYO)
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Super California Mystic Expert Halitosis. -- A Punchline.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

62 Elmi was released from custody on Monday, though a judge ordered him to surrender his passport and remain in Minnesota.

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That's rather silly, let him escape and make sure he can't come back. I can say with confidence that he will not pay for his crimes and if he escapes then he is no longer our problem.

Posted by: Decaf at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (ZNpJk)

63 Just to type, some of my good ideas --

- after 9/11, I really thought they should take the steel columns, cut them up, and put a memorial for each person killed, in their home town, country, or city (except anyone who lived in muslim country) they should have been the height of the person, and laser cut with name, DOB, location when killed, etc.

- I think Ukraine should have saved up all the turrets they blew off of Russian tanks and used them to line the border. Standing on the barrel like a lollipop as reminder.

- And I think any muslim in the country who talks about "taking over" and conquering the USA should be deemed an enemy spy, and put on a pike at the border.

These are 3 of my ideas. I have many more.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (rlyjS)

64 Lollapalooza Hullabaloo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (Cqx++)

65 Remember its not an accident they let these people loose to loot, rape and murder.

That's what they want them to do.

More fear = more control for the government. Why do you think we have flock cameras everywhere but every thug gets a revolving door with prison?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (sKqQm)

66 There are what, some 100 cartel judges eagerly preventing us--we the people--from stopping any of this?

They call it "upholding the law" while they laugh at us as their political allies loot us and destroy the country.

The Restore America Agenda:
- end the fake voting filibuster
- pass the SAVE Act
- end birthright citizenship
- defund the judiciary

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (3cUTc)

67 Trip Advisor tells me that a flight from Dulles to Dushanbe is roughly between $1,000 and $5,000.
How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?
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He's got access to a lot of money. How do you think he got to stroll out of there???? You seriously think it was an oopsy?

Posted by: Mkay at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (anL5R)

68
I'm always tuck in regular Traffic. Where is this Sex Traffic I keep hearing about?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (OkYzo)

69 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (0sNs1)

70 And yet, the prosecutor and the judge walk the streets with nary a fear of any reprisal, let alone any fear of legal accountability. Well alrighty then. It appears we have chosen the form of our destructors.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (3Ope8)

71 Minnesota is one fucked up place.

Posted by: Zombie Ted Baxter at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (9WAJE)

72 I'm so fucking tired of being a sucker. And people want to give me shit about getting my paltry social security payments.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

73 How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?

Uncle Sugar paid for it. What cut outs were used doesn't matter much

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)

74 So if Haitians eat the dogs, cats and ducks, what do the Somalis eat?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

75
Thanks to GWB. You had such a great idea to bring in more of the people that killed thousands of Americans.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (/QHx4)

76 We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. George Soros and his minions and leftwing AWFL voters have brought this country to the absolute cracking point.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:00 PM

And yet if history and polls are right its what there will be more of after November.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (LX4y3)

77 "Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward and promptly used it to board a one-way flight out of the country.

No, we're not making this up."

Am I supposed to be upset that we are not spending big money to house the pyscho killer in an american prison? Because I'm hoping he soon gets Sharia justice in his own country. Its not like he was going to be hanged in VA if they hadn't conspired to help him flee.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (L7IP8)

78 > Where is this Sex Traffic I keep hearing about?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (OkYzo)

I know, right? And where does this "Sexual Congress" group meet? I've been asking since I got here and no one seems to know.

Posted by: O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (IG3/x)

79 I'm always tuck in regular Traffic. Where is this Sex Traffic I keep hearing about?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (OkYzo)
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Outside my Sex Farm.

Posted by: David St. Hubbins at August 18, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)

80
Failures at every step.

6 - The Acquittee remained subject to this Court's Order...

7 - the Acquittee was permitted to leave to an apartment made available through the Fairfax Permanent Supportive Housing Program.

Who permitted him to leave? How? How was that even technically possible? It should have been blocked by some fricking Microsoft process management program. Why didn't the FPSHP have a list of conditions that barred admission? Among them, admittee is subject to a court's order to not leave inpatient hospitalization?

Badly designed processes up and down. There were people who saw this happening, saying "But we're leaving these holes!" and "We need to change the business rules!" and a bunch of dumb supervisors said "We're doing it this way" and here we are and no one will lose their job. Just a phone call, "Let's add a condition to that release form."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:17 PM (XJ22o)

81 ***Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money***
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That's my boy.
_.Mohammed

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (Cq/ve)

82 > what do the Somalis eat?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

Each other.

That's why they stay so skinny even when provided with adequate food.

They don't want the nabes to start sizing them up for chops and roasts.

Posted by: O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (IG3/x)

83 They're just like gypsies. New town, new name.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (Ot/FD)

84 If we had a mossad a lot of loose ends could be snipped.

Posted by: torabora at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (yqtzJ)

85 So if Haitians eat the dogs, cats and ducks, what do the Somalis eat?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

Steak, that you can't afford. They cook it badly too.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (rbvCR)

86 There is a T-Shirt for sale now with a picture on the front of George Washington that says "My boys and I would be stacking bodies by now".

Got to buy one.

Posted by: Cheri at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (oiNtH)

87 Neighbors say he was just turning his life around and had begun attending a Koran study.

Posted by: Local media at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (2Ez/1)

88 Why do you think we have flock cameras everywhere but every thug gets a revolving door with prison?
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A lot of people are laboring under normalcy bias. They thought the leftists had at least a shred of human decency, perhaps at some level. Oops.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (0Ppf4)

89 These guys come from countries where looting a government's treasury is a natural and time-honored way of life. It must blow their mind to come here, fill out a form, and be given a bag of money. And they don't even have to eradicate a neighboring tribe to do it.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (CwhoI)

90 I believe it all. I could tell you more.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (NFX2v)

91 Been following a sex trafficking ring for 7 fucking years.
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Well, we wanted to round up all the potential connections . . . and, um, and, we called the FBI for assistance yeah that's the ticket, and they took 6 years to get back to us!!!!

Posted by: Minnesota Mkay at August 18, 2026 05:18 PM (anL5R)

92
Am I supposed to be upset that we are not spending big money to house the pyscho killer in an american prison? Because I'm hoping he soon gets Sharia justice in his own country. Its not like he was going to be hanged in VA if they hadn't conspired to help him flee.
Posted by: PaleRider

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

You have a point. In fact, I don't even know if he would have been housed in an American prison; he likely would have been turned loose.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:19 PM (XJ22o)

93 Trip Advisor tells me that a flight from Dulles to Dushanbe is roughly between $1,000 and $5,000.
How does a mental patient pay that at the drop of a hat, did he get a wild discount by getting a standby ticket, and so cover it with his Commissary account card?
==
He's got access to a lot of money. How do you think he got to stroll out of there???? You seriously think it was an oopsy?

Posted by: Mkay at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM

For whatever reason this dude had credit cards available to him fresh out of a mental institution and I doubt his passport was in his real name. This was a coordinated op.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (cpFbA)

94 You had such a great idea to bring in more of the people that killed thousands of Americans.
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Eh, i doubt it was his idea. Granted, he didn't do fuck all to put a stop to it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (0Ppf4)

95 Gateway Pundit has video of two Somali black bags fighting in Target.

"I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

96 "I'm so fucking tired of being a sucker. And people want to give me shit about getting my paltry social security payments."

I hear you. Nobody has given me shit about it, but I really ought to stop feeling guilty for living on SS. I need to work on that.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

97 “To be clear, work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States.”

San Diego Padres staffer in ICE custody after arrest at Texas airport

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (wfdbg)

98 "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship"

More like "Outstanding Warrants for Arrest"...amirite?

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (WYStd)

99 I'm Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious not happy about my baby granddaughter's daycare set up that started yesterday. Which I know is O/T and forgive me Ace, or whip me with barbed wire. I can take it.

Apparently she's a puppy and will eventually, at 12mo, will "learn" to follow peer pressure to nap on her mat. Or something.

I hope she starts a revolution to eat on HER schedule and nap on her own schedule. She does stop to nap when she feels like it here but in a pack and play. Or a formal nap in something called a crib upstairs.

She already knows how to strong arm her siblings, so no worries there. UGH.

My hope is that DIL will drop her off here more often vs this kennel.

She'll probably be fine. Her sister at 15mo stole food from slow eater toddlers, so survival is in our DNA.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)

100 I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

At least lift the beekeeper helmet first ya crazy bint.

Posted by: Warai-otoko finally gets to use "bint" properly! at August 18, 2026 05:21 PM (Ot/FD)

101 I personally reached those limits quite a while ago

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (+FcEe)

102 It must blow their mind to come here, fill out a form, and be given a bag of money.
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Notice, as a rule, they always always have a huge shit-eating grin in their photographs.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (0Ppf4)

103 Also, Steve D...whatever in fairfax is a West Pointer.

Yay, us!

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)

104 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019."

Let me guess. They've been nailing Johns?

No? Then they were on payola.

Posted by: Harun at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (IuIym)

105 Am I supposed to be upset that we are not spending big money to house the pyscho killer in an american prison? Because I'm hoping he soon gets Sharia justice in his own country. Its not like he was going to be hanged in VA if they hadn't conspired to help him flee.
Posted by: PaleRider

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He must be planning a trip to Europe. Otherwise, I would think even a US mental hospital for a few years is a better life than shitholeistan or wherever the fuck he is from.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (rlyjS)

106
Isn't Illhan Omar's surname Elmi?
Posted by: Frank Barone

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Her real name is Elmi, not Omar.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (XJ22o)

107 ok you guys

that guy from PSU called himself

Pablo Pledgescobar

!!!!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (j+aD2)

108 So if Haitians eat the dogs, cats and ducks, what do the Somalis eat?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (UjdFS)

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I have it on good authority, a sixteen year old Somali girl, that it's rice and bananas.

Posted by: Decaf at August 18, 2026 05:22 PM (ZNpJk)

109 17 >>>>>Not long after, the same killer was handed an unescorted 48-hour "weekend pass" from a Northern Virginia psych ward

I don't see the problem here.
Posted by: Michael Dukakis

🤣 Honest. So funny and not funny.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (NFX2v)

110
Judge and prosecutors stand behind the decision, citing the constitutional "Dinaknownuffin" clause of the 29th amendment.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Y8DZL)

111 >>>Who permitted him to leave? How? How was that even technically possible?
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They do what they wanna do, say what they wanna say
Live how they wanna live, play how they wanna play
Dance how they wanna dance, kick and they slap a friend
Mohammed's family. Mohammed's family.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Cq/ve)

112 More scripts running...catching up...

95 Gateway Pundit has video of two Somali black bags fighting in Target.

"I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

Again, I wanted nunchucks. And it to be like a Bruce Lee movie.

And clothes ripped off to reveal Victoria's Secret.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Sco7b)

113 The most shocking thing about this sorry story isn’t that yet another Somali is a feral criminal parasite. Are any of them not?

The real shocking thing is that there’s such a thing as a ‘Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship.’

We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks, hoping they eat us last.

What’s next? Outstanding Pedophile Award for Entrepreneurship?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (XCctI)

114 Eric Swalwell Admitted to Sexual Relationship with Suspected Chinese Spy in 2015 FBI Interview

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (wfdbg)

115 I heeded the sex traffic reports on the radio, but still got stuck in the sex traffic jam.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

116 I knew before the story was complete that the homeless wommens were going to be pimped out. And the pimps get paid...double dipping you could say...from the government and the Johns.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (hzuYO)

117 Fantastic: Somali Immigrant Named "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" by Minnesota Charged With Stealing US Taxpayer Money Through Medicaid Fraud (and Also Running a Sex Trafficking Ring)

He's not the only one...

As previously covered in this subreddit, while Ayan Farah Abukar of Bloomington stole millions via Feeding Our Future, Minnesota DHS gave her an "Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship" in 2021. The occasion even deserved a personal congratulations from Governor Walz. She eventually pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme in which she personally netted nearly $6 million.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (THJS/)

118
"Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship"

It's a major award.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++)

119 >>It must blow their mind to come here, fill out a form, and be given a bag of money. And they don't even have to eradicate a neighboring tribe to do it.

Posted by: Citizen Cake
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They think that we are stupit.
And we prove it to them every day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (Cq/ve)

120 I know, right? And where does this "Sexual Congress" group meet? I've been asking since I got here and no one seems to know.

Comet Pizza

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (/TiS1)

121 Let me guess. They've been nailing Johns?

No? Then they were on payola.
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remember the lady in minnesota that got shot by the cop because she called them about screams coming from an alley behind her house . . .

let's put this together shall we? An utterly corrupt state government, which is sold out to the somali crime lords and the cop that shot the lady was a somali immigrant No????

Posted by: WTF???! at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (anL5R)

122 This keeps happening. Weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (zZu0s)

123 Shades of Willie Horton

All he has to do is kill a few more Americans.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 18, 2026 05:26 PM (rlyjS)

124 This keeps happening. Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It's like it's by design or something. But that couldn't possibly it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

125
“To be clear, work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States.”

San Diego Padres staffer in ICE custody after arrest at Texas airport
Posted by: SMOD

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We had this one in the ONT last night. Rosshhian beau-tee is wife of MAGA man, overstays visa while she has "an active application for green card."

Like I said: I have applied for a $100,000 loan. Or to put that in immigration lawspeak, I have an *active application.* So I just start writing checks all over town for cool stuff I want. Oh, the checks bounced? But I've applied for a loan!!! Who are you to demand I pay my bills?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (XJ22o)

126 > We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks

We are deeply offended to be compared with those waterheads.

For one, we perform an actual useful function.

Posted by: Morlock #2Q34a at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (IG3/x)

127 It's a major award."

Sure.

Col. Sanders...

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (XuXeR)

128 "Oustanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship"

It's a major award.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++)

'Fragelee'- must be Italian!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (zZu0s)

129 You had such a great idea to bring in more of the people that killed thousands of Americans.
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Eh, i doubt it was his idea. Granted, he didn't do fuck all to put a stop to it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (0Ppf4)
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The Saudi royal family told me it would bring peace to America!

Posted by: Zombie GWB at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (+ovo7)

130 What’s next? Outstanding Pedophile Award for Entrepreneurship?
Posted by: Elric the Blade

The GOAT, baby!

Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (tg5bM)

131 95 Gateway Pundit has video of two Somali black bags fighting in Target.

"I spit on you, bitch!"

Fucking classy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (tg5bM)

Again, I wanted nunchucks. And it to be like a Bruce Lee movie.

And clothes ripped off to reveal Victoria's Secret.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart.

And mud!

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (/TiS1)

132 sold out to the somali crime lords and the cop that shot the lady was a somali immigrant No????

Posted by: WTF???
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Yes and No. The somali cop murdered her.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:27 PM (Cq/ve)

133 Badly designed processes up and down.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:17 PM (XJ22o)
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These are features, not bugs.

It's FFX. It was a commie shithole 20 years ago when I had the dumb idea to try and live/work there. Glad I dodged that bullet, in hindsight.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (oqH4h)

134 We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks

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Hey the Morlocks would help out the X-Men from time to time.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

135 114 Eric Swalwell Admitted to Sexual Relationship with Suspected Chinese Spy in 2015 FBI Interview
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (wfdbg)

Bang Bang rove me rong time. She fucky, she sucky, ten dolla.

Posted by: Elic Swarroswerr at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (fjftt)

136 Freakshow, yes?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (Gqar8)

137 Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart.

And mud!
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Or delicious Jello pudding

Posted by: pudding wrestling should be a thing at August 18, 2026 05:28 PM (anL5R)

138 Which is more:
_ They hate women
_ They fear women

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:29 PM (Cq/ve)

139
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 05:24 PM (THJS/)

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Was that from one of those nutty Democrat reddits? Interesting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)

140 sold out to the somali crime lords and the cop that shot the lady was a somali immigrant No?"

It's a coincidence. Wrapped in an enigma. And a tortilla.

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 05:29 PM (XuXeR)

141 We’re inventing fake awards to hand out to filthy morlocks, hoping they eat us last.

What’s next? Outstanding Pedophile Award for Entrepreneurship?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:23 PM (XCctI)
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Followed by the Outstanding Cannibal Award for Culinary Entrepreneurship

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:30 PM (FZ29D)

142 "Smedley, get in here! What kind of award can we hand out to these fucking Somalian leeches to make it look like they're doing something besides stealing everything that isn't nailed down?"

Posted by: The Suits at August 18, 2026 05:31 PM (guGkK)

143 Comet Pizza
Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:25 PM (/TiS1)

Ah. I didn't know you were retarded. I'll keep that in mind before responding to more of your comments.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (88C+u)

144 ZZ Top Drummer died.

Within the next 5-10 years, there is going to be an extinction level event for most of the mainline rock stars.

Except Keith Richards, that dude's a vampire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)

145 I hear you. Nobody has given me shit about it, but I really ought to stop feeling guilty for living on SS. I need to work on that.

Let DSA win and you will likely have (for a while) the going rate for the Universal Basic Income which will have larger cash payouts—especially if you can demonstrate some major personal dysfunction.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (/TiS1)

146 Followed by the Outstanding Cannibal Award for Culinary Entrepreneurship

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:30 PM

Hey I entered that one!

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (cpFbA)

147 Crazy Ivan!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (cpFbA)

148 "Mistakes were made." Whoopsie.

Not good enough. Somebody at the Mental Health Institute has to pay for this egregious error
.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (c7xGr)

149 >>We had this one in the ONT last night. Rosshhian beau-tee is wife of MAGA man, overstays visa while she has "an active application for green card."

I have a friend who is going through the naturalization process (from Sweden) after he found a nice American girl who made him an honest man...

The green card process is quite honestly quite baffling to me. It seems that its rather opaque, expensive and kafka-esque.

He couldn't travel to games (he's a pro hockey player) in Canada while he was going through the process because he wouldn't be allowed back in, but then last summer he had to leave the country for 90 days and then come back on a specific day. It was so weird when I hear the story relayed to me.

Not saying it shouldn't be hard to become a US Citizen but its kind of whacked seeing it play out.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (WYStd)

150
Chatbot says there's no cash associated with the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Just a trophy or whatever.

So you can't blame them for sex trafficking and Feeding Our Future fraud. The award was useless!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (XJ22o)

151 Descano the DA in Fairfax County is a serious ahole. But he keeps getting reelected. The lobotomized people who are government workers or lobbyists get what they voted for, good and hard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (rp63B)

152 Somebody at the Mental Health Institute has to pay for this egregious error
+++
that somebody is already on a plane to a place with banking secrecy laws and a beach.

Posted by: pudding wrestling should be a thing at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (anL5R)

153 Let DSA win and you will likely have (for a while) the going rate for the Universal Basic Income which will have larger cash payouts—especially if you can demonstrate some major personal dysfunction.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM

The minute this country implements a UBI it's over. Just like the Romans "give them bread and circuses", that will be the end of the road for this country.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (cpFbA)

154 The time has come for somebody to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (guGkK)

155 The minute this country implements a UBI it's over. Just like the Romans "give them bread and circuses", that will be the end of the road for this country.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS

We already have it in all but name.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

156 Fox News, today
'Accused illegal immigrant murderer who fled US during 48-hour pass had access to taxpayer-funded apartment'
Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda flew to Tajikistan on a one-way ticket while on a 48-hour pass from the mental health institute

Reading the entire article suggested.

S*it, every criminal and creep will want a change of venue to VA.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (NFX2v)

157 We give awards for this shit? Well, I guess you get what you pay for.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (dbZNM)

158 "Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019. "

another way of saying it would be "authorities allowed the crimes to continue uninterrupted for seven years".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:35 PM (VyBeY)

159 Somebody at the Mental Health Institute has to pay for this egregious error
+++
that somebody is already on a plane to a place with banking secrecy laws and a beach.
Posted by: pudding wrestling should be a thing at August 18, 2026 05:34 PM (anL5R)
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Cayman Islands?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpjX4q5ZWQc

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (FZ29D)

160 Saw the vid of the two Somali women fighting in Target. All o could think of was the Nazi on Raiders of the Lost Ark "kill them, kill them both"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (rp63B)

161 When an entire faith has enshrined sociopathology as the baseline for belief, we have a problem that accomodation will never ever fix. Even within their camp, endless conflict and violence. How could anyone expect decent behavior from them when outside their camp?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (Gqar8)

162 The concept of "outstanding refugee" is fucking ridiculous. Even if he wasn't a diseased parasite, we're now congratulating brown people for what, getting a job and not committing any felonies?

It's the even softer bigotry of no expectations whatsoever. Thanks much for not raping anyone on the way to the awards ceremony!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (s522d)

163 The Five is about to bring the sexy!!!

Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM (Sco7b)

164 It's the even softer bigotry of no expectations whatsoever. Thanks much for not raping anyone on the way to the awards ceremony!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (s522d)
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I don't if we can even be certain of that...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM (FZ29D)

165 161 Well said.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

166 144 ZZ Top Drummer died.

Within the next 5-10 years, there is going to be an extinction level event for most of the mainline rock stars.

Except Keith Richards, that dude's a vampire.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 05:32 PM (XV/Pl)

Classic Rock est mort. Has been for a long time, really.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:38 PM (Gqar8)

167
Not saying it shouldn't be hard to become a US Citizen but its kind of whacked seeing it play out.
Posted by: Defenestratus

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Sounds like government work. A process with requirements from multiple stakeholders, some of them obsolete but not looked at in years, layered, contradicting, etc. Needs an overhaul, everyone knows it, and the overhaul will be done by the one contractor everyone hated and barely fix the essentials. Already taking bids for the next platform...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:38 PM (XJ22o)

168 Not saying it shouldn't be hard to become a US Citizen but its kind of whacked seeing it play out.
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 18, 2026 05:33 PM (WYStd)

We adopted our son from Guatamala. The process took longer than six months. We were fingerprinted twice, because one set is valid for only six months. Like, did they change?

Also, to get his visa to enter the US, we, American citizens, had to take $300 in crisp, new, sequentially numbered $20 bills to the American Embassy in Guatemala City. Huh. Wonder where THAT cash ends up.

Yeah, it's a shit show.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:39 PM (dbZNM)

169 Descano is a commie turd and has done a lot to hurt the honest citizens of FFX but I'm honestly kinda not sad that this particular dipshit self-deported and now he's Tajikistan's problem.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:39 PM (oqH4h)

170 163. Oh, no, no, no. No more.

It's been a hell of a day.

Imagine how Ace feels.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:39 PM (NFX2v)

171 "96 "I'm so fucking tired of being a sucker. And people want to give me shit about getting my paltry social security payments."

I hear you. Nobody has given me shit about it, but I really ought to stop feeling guilty for living on SS. I need to work on that.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:20 PM (Jr5Lq) "

people right here on this very blog will do that.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (VyBeY)

172 "S*it, every criminal and creep will want a change of venue to VA."

Why would oppose the criminal leaving the country? Want to pay for 3 hots and a cot every day, for years on end?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (zBgIx)

173

"We have reached the limits of what citizens can reasonably be asked to tolerate. "

Have you seen the UK, Cueta and elsewhere.

If you dont think these assholes have that in planning and ready to roll out you're on drugs.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (och2J)

174 Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda flew to Tajikistan on a one-way ticket while on a 48-hour pass from the mental health institute

Reading the entire article suggested.

S*it, every criminal and creep will want a change of venue to VA.

Posted by: L - No nic,
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Criminals fleeing the country is not all bad.
At least they are gone.
Don't let them back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Cq/ve)

175
The concept of "outstanding refugee" is fucking ridiculous.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

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Can you imagine an award for "outstanding native citizen"? HAHAHAH j/k.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (XJ22o)

176 You'd think someone would die of embarrassment, but there's no shame.

Posted by: InZona at August 18, 2026 05:41 PM (WYANK)

177 The whole human services department should be disbanded and probably jailed.

Posted by: InZona at August 18, 2026 05:41 PM (WYANK)

178 >>>If you dont think these assholes have that in planning and ready to roll out you're on drugs.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
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Step #2. the mooselimbs that are here and their military stash.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:42 PM (Cq/ve)

179 A sizeable portion of the White Left walks around like a bunch of whipped dogs in their everyday life, with some occasionally let out to engage in foolish street theater arranged by their handlers. They have dhimmi souls.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:43 PM (Gqar8)

180 "Prosecutors allege Elmi and three associates -- Frank Reeves, Viktoriya Komonash and Andrea Sampson -- ran four agencies that they used to bill more than $4.5 million to Medicaid since 2023. Those agencies were called Reva Health, Reva Autism, Helpful Housing and Homefelt Assisted Living.
[...]
Sampson and Reeves were arrested as part of the sex trafficking ring bust last week."

Three out of four? Hmmmm...

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 05:44 PM (rj6Yv)

181 Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM

Rosie's going down on Kimmel's wife?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (OkYzo)

182 Can you imagine an award for "outstanding native citizen"? HAHAHAH j/k.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 05:40 PM (XJ22o)
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Outstanding Regular-ass White Dude

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (oqH4h)

183 160 Saw the vid of the two Somali women fighting in Target. All o could think of was the Nazi on Raiders of the Lost Ark "kill them, kill them both"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 05:36 PM (rp63B)

The one and only time I was in a serious fight, it was high school, gym class, and it was with a couple of sisters who were not Alaskans, they were imports from the Lower 48, heavy into melanin. One demanded that I let her use my deodorant. Um, no. So the other one pushed me over a bench and whacked my head on the metal lockers. Not content with that, the first one took a swing. I moved, she hit a locker, and that really pissed her off.

I ended up with several lovely bruises, a cut on the back of my head, and a couple of lovely swollen knuckles. They ended up expelled permanently, back when that meant something and there was a will to discipline. You know, the Dark Ages.

Low IQ and no idea of the boundaries of good behavior. Anger and violence as the only response to any stimulus. Civil terrorists. I'm sure they learned nothing whatsoever from the encounter.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (dbZNM)

184 183

I ended up with several lovely bruises, a cut on the back of my head, and a couple of lovely swollen knuckles. They ended up expelled permanently, back when that meant something and there was a will to discipline. You know, the Dark Ages.

Low IQ and no idea of the boundaries of good behavior. Anger and violence as the only response to any stimulus. Civil terrorists. I'm sure they learned nothing whatsoever from the encounter.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (dbZNM)

“ Welcome to the Jungle” just started playing in my head.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:47 PM (Gqar8)

185 Diversity is our strength is just another way to say looting the treasury. Pissing down your throat also comes to mind.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at August 18, 2026 05:47 PM (yYwmR)

186 Very darkly amusing . Someone on an earlier had a name for all these refugees who abuse the system but it 's been a rather stressful day and I can remember what the clever name was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:47 PM (W90Ou)

187 Some English words hidden in Toshpulodzoda:

potholds, outshod, adopts.

Gotta keep those data centers busy with something.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

188 186 - someone on an earlier thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (W90Ou)

189 There's a bit of a forest/trees dynamic here.....

For every buck pocketed by a goddamn lightbulb head, there's at least two pocketed by the crooked motherfuckers who brought him here and set him up in the family business.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (Ot/FD)

190 An award almost as prestigious as Homer Simpson's Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Excellence.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (m9B5r)

191 187 Some English words hidden in Toshpulodzoda:

potholds, outshod, adopts.

Gotta keep those data centers busy with something.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

Let’s call him Bob.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:49 PM (Gqar8)

192 "Sounds like government work. A process with requirements from multiple stakeholders, some of them obsolete but not looked at in years, layered, contradicting, etc. Needs an overhaul, everyone knows it, and the overhaul will be done by the one contractor everyone hated and barely fix the essentials."

Sounds like every place I ever worked. Dilbert Zone.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

193 Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM
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I think you mean overflowing Kimmell.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)

194 189, that's it, exactly, W-o!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 05:50 PM (VyBeY)

195 We need to kick Somalisota out of the union.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (V362x)

196 Whose bright idea was it to import the ferals? Oh yeah the filthy Methodists and Lutherans.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (bX16E)

197 LMAO.

The Jason Arday of Tank Abrams.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2026 05:52 PM (xVAOC)

198 195 We need to kick Somalisota out of the union.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (V362x)
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Can we trade Minnesota for Alberta?

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)

199 Can we trade Minnesota for Alberta?
Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)

Let's not get crazy, here. They can have Minneapolis and a third round draft pick.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:54 PM (Ot/FD)

200 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (bX16E)

The Methodists may be involved but I believe it was ecumenism in action as the Roman Catholics helped the Lutherans as well .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:54 PM (xPsv8)

201 Was that from one of those nutty Democrat reddits? Interesting.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

No. From r/altmpls...basically conservatives (or realists?) posting more factual info centered on Minneapolis.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 05:55 PM (THJS/)

202 In the Annual International Footwear Fashion show, Jimmy Choo was narrowly outshod by Christian Louboutin. A squeaker fer sure.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 05:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

203 The concept of "outstanding refugee" is fucking ridiculous.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

The concept of fraud and piracy as entrepreneurship is fitting for commies.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2026 05:55 PM (xVAOC)

204 ‘ Investigators say they've been tracking the alleged sex trafficking ring since 2019’

It took these guys seven fucking years to investigate this. Seven. Fucking. Years.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:56 PM (XCctI)

205 200 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at August 18, 2026 05:51 PM (bX16E)

The Methodists may be involved but I believe it was ecumenism in action as the Roman Catholics helped the Lutherans as well .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:54 PM (xPsv

Evangelism Gone Wild!!!! Though I doubt that any of them seriously thought there would be, you know, conversions. No, it was all about being kind and doing the RIGHT THING!!!

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (Gqar8)

206 It took these guys seven fucking years to investigate this. Seven. Fucking. Years.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 18, 2026 05:56 PM (XCctI)

Somebody was getting paid.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (xVAOC)

207 If not already posted:

RIP Frank Beard. ZZTop drummer died today at 77.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (tg5bM)

208 Yes because Lesson One when sharing the Good News with recent immigrants is "Hey I betcha we could steal a whole BUNCHa shit with your dumb brown ass in our crew!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 05:58 PM (Ot/FD)

209 'Release your potholds, knave, lest I slay thee with my pangrips.'

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

210 Evangelism Gone Wild!!!! Though I doubt that any of them seriously thought there would be, you know, conversions. No, it was all about being kind and doing the RIGHT THING!!!
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (Gqar

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The mainline churches have all been hollowed out by suicidal empathy and are also hoovering up NGO dollars like nobody's business.

Catholic Charities is an absolute disgrace.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (oqH4h)

211 207 If not already posted:

RIP Frank Beard. ZZTop drummer died today at 77.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 05:57 PM (tg5bM)

Ironically, he didn't wear a beard with ZZTop.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (Sj6Ot)

212 If that Gypsy Somali won the award, who in the name of all that is holy, came in second?

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)

213 Why much did the second runner up to " Mr. Outstanding Refugee" rip off? How about Mr. Congeniality? What was his haul?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 06:00 PM (JrHfD)

214 "I mean, we're Chreeeestyans. We don't steal. But you? Weee! Let's party!"

Bunch of phoney ass brimstone huffing antichrists.

They go to the lowest floor on the elevator. The cold one. The one Ol' Scratch himself never visits because those miserable bastards are so horrible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 06:01 PM (Ot/FD)

215 Too bad about Frank Beard.
Years ago Jay Leno said "soon we'll be seeing tickets dying of natural causes"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:01 PM (rp63B)

216 That only leaves one Top.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (MWfyi)

217 Ironically, he didn't wear a beard with ZZTop.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

I always found that funny.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (tg5bM)

218 The sidebar story about the alleged solution of the Zodiac case is indeed disappointing. Too bad, because it really did appear at first blush to be an amazing piece of amateur detective work.

Posted by: PabloD at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (zDDmD)

219 Rockers not tickets , freaking autocucumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 06:02 PM (rp63B)

220 Evangelism Gone Wild!!!

Evangelion > Evangelism

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 06:03 PM (THJS/)

221 But prices are high, ace. And stuff.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2026 06:03 PM (U/Byj)

222 Just checking in to point out my new Congressman-in-waiting (he is the Dem nominee in a very safe Dem district, mine), Adam Hamawy, is an actual member of Hamas, a guy who worked previously as a translator for the Blind Sheik (terror mastermind who conceived the idea of blowing up the World Trade Center), was a "combat doctor" for Hamas in Gaza, and who is unapologetically Islamist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (kOzmw)

223 181 Rosie O'Donnell filling in for Jimmy Kimmel!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 05:37 PM

Rosie's going down on Kimmel's wife?
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 05:45 PM (OkYzo)

He's into that action

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (xcxpd)

224 182 Can you imagine an award for "outstanding native citizen"? HAHAHAH j/k.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Out standing in the rain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (Cq/ve)

225 I saw them a year or so ago along with Skynyrd at the same show. LS only had one original band member, and the ZZ Top bass player was the old bass player's guitar tech.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:04 PM (MWfyi)

226 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 06:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

227 there'a a grayt nood

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 06:06 PM (MWfyi)

228 How does one get to Tajikistan, you ask. Well, either on Turkish Air, or Emirates.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 06:08 PM (g47mK)

229 In a country this prosperous and large and stratified, there's likely no "breaking point". Dangerously lawless and stupid judges and public officials have become the norm in many places. And it's quite sustainable (proper use of the term). Plenty of Dem voters who are happy with it/oblivious to and unaffected by it/ignorant and stupid tribal voters to sustain it, most places.

And the GOP is mostly useless, sympathetic, or oblivious as well. And its voters keep putting in the non-entities that helped lead us to this situation. For now we have an extreme outlier (Trump) rowing (with some success) against the tide. But the tide is the tide.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 18, 2026 06:09 PM (U/Byj)

230 Any awards for the Farmer that's out standing in his field?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 18, 2026 06:19 PM (zBgIx)

231 Since 2019? How long do investigators typically watch sex rings before acting?

Posted by: BenMSYS at August 18, 2026 06:24 PM (vR93T)

232 I have an idea - how about the Federal Govt. funds NOTHING. Nothing at all. Every group that previously bellied up to the trough reapplies and is vetted and only a VERY limited amount of $ is (very miserly) doled out.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 06:54 PM (hrOJm)

Abdulrahman El-Sayed Was Set to Appear at Islamic Conference with Pro-Pedophilia Imam; Now the Pedo Cleric Is Booted, But They're Keeping the Islamist Who Called the Holocaust a "Hoax"

As Hasan Piker said of Michigan voters: "You're all piece of shit Islamophobes" for noticing.

Abdul El-Sayed To Headline Islamic Event Alongside Pakistani Cleric Who Forced His 13-Year-Old Niece Into Marriage, Was Denounced for 'Pedophilic Rhetoric'

Tariq Masood urged his congregants to marry off their own female children and invoked Sharia law on the question of women's education

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will spend Labor Day weekend alongside a Jew-hating Pakistani cleric who has promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories and admitted to forcing his 13-year-old niece into marriage.
El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at the Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) 63rd annual convention, held in Detroit from Sept. 4-7. El-Sayed, whose father-in-law is a founding member of the ISNA--which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood--will speak Sept. 5 on the oddly titled panel, "Cultivating God Awareness in a Turmoiled America," according to an itinerary.
The convention features a rogues' gallery of notorious Muslim figures who've engaged in Holocaust denial and the persecution of Christians and have also been unindicted co-conspirators in terror plots, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. But one speaker stands out for his particularly noxious record: Tariq Masood, an influential Pakistani cleric who is also on the ISNA roster.
Masood, a "mufti" qualified to issue religious laws, is scheduled to speak on a panel about "avoiding mental illness in youth," including how parents "can prevent or minimize the impact of any trauma leading to a mental illness."
The topic is an unusual fit for Masood, given his past advocacy of child marriage.
According to multiple Pakistani media reports, Masood in 2021 admitted in a sermon that he forced his 13-year-old niece into marriage, and advised his followers to do the same with their young female relatives. Masood also said it was a husband's decision whether or not his wife can go to college or must remain a housewife, citing Sharia, or Islamic religious law. In 2024, Canadian activists urged the government to block Masood's visa to the country over his "pedophilic rhetoric."
Masood has also promoted inflammatory views about Jews.
In a 2024 sermon titled "The Final Humiliation of the Jews," Masood said, according to translations of the event, that Jews' "cunning minds" had worked to bring the world under their control.

The terrorists realized that Michigan voters might not appreciate Islam's views on forced child marriage, so they disinvited this guy.

But they're keeping the Holocaust denier. On that hill they will of course ~~die~~ force their children to stand on so that they may be killed as propaganda puppets.

Islamic Group Pulls Pakistani Cleric Known for 'Pedophilic Rhetoric' From Convention Featuring Abdul El-Sayed--But Keeps Imam Who Called Holocaust 'Hoax'

The Islamic Society of North America convention also features an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

A Pakistani cleric who admitted to forcing his 13-year-old niece into marriage will no longer appear at the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention, where Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is scheduled to speak over Labor Day weekend. But El-Sayed will still share the stage with plenty of controversial speakers, including Islamic scholars who have called the Holocaust a "hoax," accused Israel of bankrolling ISIS, and defended the practice of sex slavery and marital rape.
Tariq Masood was slated to speak on a panel about youth mental health but "is no longer speaking at the convention," ISNA said Monday following a Washington Free Beacon report on the influential cleric, who has defended child marriage and admitted that he forced his young niece to get married, remarks that prompted Canadian activists to urge their government to block Masood's visa to the country in 2024 over his "pedophilic rhetoric." The report stoked outcry against El-Sayed, who has sought to cast Republicans as "pedophile protectors" for allegedly blocking the release of Jeffrey Epstein files.
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While Masood seems to have crossed a rhetorical red line for ISNA and El-Sayed, the convention will still feature a number of speakers with records of extremism. That could further fuel concerns about El-Sayed's connections to Islamic extremists. El-Sayed, who is running against Republican Mike Rogers, has already faced scrutiny over his father-in-law Tayeb Jukaku's position on the founding committee of ISNA, which the federal government identified as a public-facing group for the Muslim Brotherhood and linked to the financing of Hamas, the Free Beacon reported.
Texas-based imam Yasir Qadhi, who will appear on several panels over the weekend, has called the Holocaust a "hoax" and said Adolf Hitler "never intended to mass-destroy the Jews." He currently works as a booker on the Tucker Carlson podcast.

I added that last sentence. It's true in spirit.

AbdulNasir Jangda, another Texas-based cleric who will speak on a panel with Qadhi, has defended the practice of sex slavery and said that husbands have a right under Islamic law to rape their wives, according to reports.

If you don't listen with an open mind to Islamic defenses of sexual slavery, you're an Islamophobe and Zionist, says Tucker Carlson, who just wants you to respect free speech (as long as that speech is from Muslim terrorists and Nazis).

...
Qazwini, the head of the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights, recently prayed in a sermon to "grant victory to our brothers in Iran" and "inflict defeat upon Your Zionist enemies."
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Other convention speakers include Siraj Wahhaj, a New York-based imam who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

El-Sayed's father-in-law is a founder of an Islamic terror group.

Abdul El-Sayed's father-in-law, a top donor to a super PAC supporting the left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful, is among the top leaders of an Islamic organization identified by the federal government as a public facing group for the Muslim Brotherhood, a Washington Free Beacon review found. As part of his role with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which the federal government linked to the financing of Hamas, Tayeb Jukaku contributes at least $5,000 to the organization annually.
Jukaku has served on the 20-member founding committee of ISNA since at least 2007, according to the organization's magazine, Islamic Horizons, and has been a member of the group for a "long time, cannot recall [when I joined]," according to Jukaku's online bio. Federal prosecutors identified the organization as an unindicted co-conspirator in the landmark 2007 terrorist financing case USA v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which culminated in the conviction of the foundation's founders for funneling $12 million to Hamas. They also identified the ISNA as one of eight entities "who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood."

Not just his father-in-law -- his mother is a terrorist, too.

From midwesterner.news:

Jacqueline El-Sayed married El-Sayed's father, Mohamed El-Sayed, not long after he immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1980s with Fatten Fathy Elkomy, the U.S. Senate candidate's birth mother.
"They ended up getting divorced," El-Sayed said of his birth parents during a 2017 speech before the Islamic Foundation. "And my mother, she remarried a gentleman who was working as a translator in the Middle East and moved back to the Middle East."
From 1999 through at least 2004, Elkomy worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, also known as the Islamic African Relief Agency, which operated over 40 offices throughout the world ostensibly focused on health care, orphans, and disadvantaged people in areas of conflict.
In October 2004, the U.S. Department of Treasury designated the worldwide network, along with five senior officials, as an organization supporting terrorism, including support for Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda that killed nearly 3,000 Americans.

It's almost as if all of these people have deep ties to the worldwide Islamic terror network and are infiltrated into the US to subvert it from the inside.

El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten warned Democrats their Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is "historically unpopular" and could be throwing a "lifeline" to Republicans.
Enten broke down numbers out of Michigan's Senate race on Friday and highlighted some "troubling" figures for Republicans hoping to defeat Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat, recently won his primary against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI).
Citing a Fox News survey, Enten noted Rogers is leading El-Sayed by four points overall and five points among independents (the poll has a margin of error of three points).
This, he argued, is "extremely unusual" and highlights how unpopular El-Sayed is as a candidate:

This is extremely unusual because across the political map, as I was looking at these different Fox News polls, I couldn't find another example where the Republican was actually leading among independents.
And it turns out that candidate quality may in fact, matter, at least in terms of how voters see it, because in this same poll, the Democratic candidate for governor was ahead. So this is unique to the Senate race, and it is quite a troubling result for Democrats and quite a heartening one for Republicans.
El-Sayed, he added, is a "weak candidate," especially when you stack his net favorability against other Democrats in battleground states races.

Tucker Carlson and his guest falsely claim Iran is not a theocracy and is actually a very �liberal� country. They say Tehran is filled with extravagant music, restaurants, and laughter, and that anything otherwise is just Israeli misinformation.

They even add that Iranian� pic.twitter.com/dpJIV7v2QV
— Justin (@JustinUSA) August 18, 2026

Glenn Greenwald and Tucker Carlson lament that young Americans were denied the chance to read Osama bin Laden's Letter to America.

Greenwald calls it "this history that they had never been told."

He lists three grievances from the letter:
- sanctions on Iraq
- US troops in� pic.twitter.com/hXBtZ9UReO
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) August 16, 2026

Below, Chunk Igor, who says he is an atheist and therefore, under Islamic law, should be murdered as an apostate, cries cottage cheese tears about Harry Enten saying that his fellow terrorist isn't a strong candidate.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:51 PM

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1 Muslims gonna muslim.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (ExV1e)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (2YhKe)

4 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (5LIEJ)

5 Don't be stupid, be a smarty:
Come and join the Nazi party!

Posted by: The Producers at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (+ovo7)

6 Gleen Gleen Gleen

sad to see

but yeah Tucker is still nucking futz

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:53 PM (j+aD2)

7 EVERY Republican need to focus on this guy and Piker as the new face of the Democrat party.

Run their words 24/7. Include his psychopath sister in the mix. She's an America hating islhamic bitch as well. She's been spewing stupid shit on the internet for years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

8 So, screwing twelve year old girls is a bridge too far, but genocide is no biggie? Got it.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar8)

9 hopeful that MI peeps aren't THAT crazy/already replaced yet?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (j+aD2)

10 Eh, said what I meant to say and outta here for today.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (E4rtv)

11 Here's the MOST disturbing part of ace's post.

"El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Sco7b)

12 AbdulNasir Jangda, another Texas-based cleric who will speak on a panel with Qadhi, has defended the practice of sex slavery and said that husbands have a right under Islamic law to rape their wives, according to reports.

Surely he didn't use the word rape. After all, her body is his property and he can use it as he chooses, her opinion is irrelevant. If she doesn't like it, Islam makes divorce easy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (ExV1e)

13 That "13" shit wrecked my career, and she was just a cousin, not a niece.

Willowed:

Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

Remember her? Trotsky to Bernie's Stalin an election cycle or two ago.

The difference between her and "Doctor" Jill Biden is that Stein is an actual MD... Haaavard Medical School, no less, and she's old enough that it still meant something.

Too bad she went batshit crazy somewhere along the way.

Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (IG3/x)

14 The holocaust was hoax. Also Hitler just didn't do enough.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

15 Ugh.

Frank Beard has passed away.

Then there was one.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

16 This guy just doesn't realize that if Muslims are beheading citizens, "Islamophobia" is not like "homophobia".

"Homophobia" wasn't directly about survival.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

17 Now the Pedo Cleric Is Booted, But They're Keeping the Islamist Who Called the Holocaust a "Hoax"
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Well, you have to draw the line somewhere.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)

18 Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

19 > Then there was one.......

Billy Gibbons, right?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

20 So, screwing twelve year old girls is a bridge too far, but genocide is no biggie? Got it.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar

They've been running Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, kill the Jews pretty much non-stop since the 2024 election. This is no surprise.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (ExV1e)

21 >>In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

In the real world, it just might be.

A reminder that right up until primary election day in Michigan, El Sayed had a double digit lead in the polls. He won by a single point.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (viF8m)

22 18 Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

Geez. They just won’t go away, will they? What’s next, Medea Benjamin gonna pop up?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (Gqar8)

23

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

24 holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)

"Documents state that Officer Conroy approached on a bicycle, which Stein grabbed, leading to Officer Moore attempting to help. The bicycle hit Moore in the forearm, and while the bicycle was raised, Stein allegedly kicked Moore multiple times in the right leg near the groin. Moore was later diagnosed with a strain in his left forearm, a contusion in the back of his right leg and a groin injury."

Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (IG3/x)

25 "El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Sco7b)

A poll (strippers, etc.) is saying that the Republican is leading in Michigan. I'd guess that this means it's a blowout unless they can manufacture a LOT of 'votes'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (ExV1e)

26 Ugh.

Frank Beard has passed away.

Then there was one.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)
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Important point: the guy without the beard in ZZ Top.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

27
Billy Gibbons, right?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

Yes. And he'll keep replacing band members until he's gone..........sad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

28 > Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

It's already been quashed.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (mkw2N)

29 18 Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

holy schnikies I cannot picture that

she is teeny tiny!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:56 PM (j+aD2)
________________

Yeah, saw that. She blew off the Court date, because those pesky laws and legal requirements don't really apply to her. I was, actually, expected Don Lemon to do the same thing. Maybe he still will.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (dIske)

30 Citing a Fox News survey, Enten noted Rogers is leading El-Sayed by four points overall and five points among independents (the poll has a margin of error of three points).

This, he argued, is "extremely unusual" and highlights how unpopular El-Sayed is as a candidate:
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And we're only in mid-August.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:59 PM (rj6Yv)

31 A poll (strippers, etc.) is saying that the Republican is leading in Michigan. I'd guess that this means it's a blowout unless they can manufacture a LOT of 'votes'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (ExV1e)
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Yer in Benson country now.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:59 PM (Fi81e)

32 > She blew off the Court date, because those pesky laws and legal requirements don't really apply to her.

The warrant's already been quashed. Stein's lawyer fell on his sword and claimed he mixed up the date.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:00 PM (mkw2N)

33 > It's already been quashed.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:58 PM (mkw2N)

Of course it has. Because communist.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (IG3/x)

34 Laws are for the Little People. If YOU assault a cop and don’t appear for your court date, what happens??

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar8)

35 Quashed. Is that Squasheds’ little brother?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Gqar8)

36 Sounds less like Masood "admitted" and more like he bragged about trafficking his niece. Yes, child marriage is legally considered a form of trafficking. Especially since the girls are often literally sold in exchange for cash or the promise of future favors.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 04:02 PM (lFFaq)

37 Laws are for the Little People. If YOU assault a cop and don’t appear for your court date, what happens??

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar

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JANUARY 6th!! JANUARY 6th!!!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

38 Big surprise -

https://tinyurl.com/9xvs6kpx
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Elizabeth MacDonald
@LizMacDonaldFOX
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2h
NEWS A new controversy is unfolding around Michigan far-left Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. He got a sweetheart consulting deal with his former state health employer just days after quitting with no record of approval by the county commission, and he’s accused of funneling his income through his LLC to avoid paying payroll taxes as he campaigns on “pay your fair share.”

Eight days after Abdul El-Sayed resigned from his nearly $279,000-a-year job as Wayne County’s health director in 2025, he started his own consulting company and rapidly landed a $72,000 county contract to advise the department he had just been running.

The unusual part is the eight-day gap between his resignation and his company’s contract. And El-Sayed was simultaneously campaigning for the U.S. Senate. The timing is striking, and raises questions about conflicts of interest, insider sweetheart deals, and taxpayer-funded consulting.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (kX27y)

39 Whatever the Islamic laws are, he will follow.
But might try and say he isn't, but he will.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)

40 islam has always been an op. They just traded scimitars for explosives

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Q5t9l)

41 Islam - hustle, or grift?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (Gqar8)

42 > Stein's lawyer fell on his sword and claimed he mixed up the date.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:00 PM (mkw2N)

> If YOU assault a cop and don’t appear for your court date, what happens??
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar

Richard Pryor, up on tax evasion charges: "But Your Honor, I forgot."

Judge: "You'll remember next year, n*****"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (IG3/x)

43 The timing is striking, and raises questions about conflicts of interest, insider sweetheart deals, and taxpayer-funded consulting.
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (kX27y)

You're racist.

Posted by: Michelle Obama, DEI guru for hospitals at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (88C+u)

44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Whatever it is, it's not worth it, T'Qar.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

45 el-sayed killed bunches and bunches of dogs and cats

I'm not sure how he doesn't get dinged by that alone, even with women being dim

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 04:05 PM (j+aD2)

46 "Pro-Pedophilia Imam"

Mohammed is unassailable + Mohammed was factually, according to the Koran, a pedophile = Every imam is pro pedophilia

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (r7+Q7)

47 Muslim population in Michigan is 2.4%. Figure it out, Mitten State.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (bX16E)

48 He currently works as a booker on the Tucker Carlson podcast.

I added that last sentence. It's true in spirit.
-Ace

It's so plausible that I didn't even blink when I read your edit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt)

49 44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

he doesn't need that much

at this point he's pushing harder because he CANNOT BE WRONG

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (j+aD2)

50 Wait, now hold on a dang minute. You're telling me that Muslims are behaving like .... MUSLIMS? I'm shocked, shocked I say

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (rp63B)

51 Wow, all these prominent, "mainstream" Muslims have these strange ties to terror groups...

It's almost like the problem is ISLAM, and the terrorists are a integral part of it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (N1DT3)

52 Seems like scum of the earth politicians are very popular with today's voters.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (VrYHL)

53 Qtarzan is always good for the highlight reel.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:06 PM (Q5t9l)

54 > 44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

I'm thinking more along the lines of them having a video with a live sheep or a dead girl.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)

55 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Whatever it is, it's not worth it, T'Qar.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

Would have thought he could have earned his money for whoever pays him without being so exposed. So a lot of the dumb crap is coming right out of his own brain.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (uhVAy)

56 Imagine how stupid you have to be to live in Michigan. Explains everything.

Posted by: Land of the dumb at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (9WAJE)

57 This is not Bob Seger's Michigan.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Q5t9l)

58 Abdul El-Sassafras wants abortion bans. So this is a chance for him to distract Michigan Feminists away from their Handmaid destiny.

Posted by: wferrin at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (nVmOZ)

59 They seem nice

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (W2Pud)

60 So, screwing twelve year old girls is a bridge too far, but genocide is no biggie? Got it.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar

YES, because the musselmen have convinced the left that genocide is an appropriate response to TEH JOOS having a homeland.

But they still have to pretend they're not okay with child abuse.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:08 PM (N1DT3)

61 Richard Pryor, up on tax evasion charges: "But Your Honor, I forgot."

Judge: "You'll remember next year, n*****"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (IG3/x)

https://youtu.be/j9TS1pRmajU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (ExV1e)

62
What do we know about Mike Rogers as a campaigner, debater, and all-around politician? With polls (strippers caveat) this tight, it's going to come down to gimmicks like charisma.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)

63 It is the right of the husband to decide if the wife attends middle school or cleans the tent.

The Mufti of Dearborne

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (gm9Sb)

64 Not just his father-in-law -- his mother is a terrorist, too.

And his sister, the radical Chicago professor, as well.

If a person looked really, really, hard and focused they might be able to see something is off in this family and that, unless he's the black sheep, El-Sayed is just another branch of the family tree.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (6ydKt)

65 Its hard to be disappointed in Michigan. I mean to be disappointed in Michigan you have to have expected them to have done better.

And why would you do that?

Posted by: O H I O at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

66 From raiding caravans for slaves and gold to raiding college campuses for slaves and government cash.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (Q5t9l)

67 Don’t you all watch the TV crime shows? Tucker has obviously been visited by murky characters who show him pictures of his loved ones, and threatened with their harm if he does not comply with their wishes. It’s TV so it is obviously the case.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (Gqar8)

68 >>>53 Qtarzan is always good for the highlight reel.

good for 79 points in Scrabble

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 04:10 PM (1wjle)

69 It is the right of the husband to decide if the wife attends middle school or cleans the tent.

The Mufti of Dearborne
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (gm9Sb)

Middle school? Had to settle for an old maid, eh?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 04:11 PM (ExV1e)

70 Piece of shit Islamophobe? I've been called worse by better.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:11 PM (y0ylk)

71
Seems like scum of the earth politicians are very popular with today's voters.
Posted by: Case

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

Yes, it does.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:11 PM (XJ22o)

72 I've been thrown into better places than Dearborn by men with guns.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (Q5t9l)

73 > Mohammed was factually, according to the Koran, a pedophile

Doctrinally speaking, Muhammad is regarded as the ideal human being and the perfect practical example for Muslims to follow.

See eg Surah Al-Ahzab 33:21, "Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example for whoever has hope in Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah often."

See also Surah Al-Qalam 68:4, "And indeed, you are of a great moral character."

Therefore it follows that Muhammad's relationship with Aisha is a model relationship for Muslims.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (mkw2N)

74 I'd love to see an AI comedy show with prophet mo and his wife Aisha. That'd be hilarious....before she turns 9.

And no-one objected?

All the guys were probably thinking Aisha's older 7 year old sister would then be fair game. Such an enlightened people.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)

75 54 > 44 I have to wonder how much Tucker had to be paid to simp for an evil regime like Iran.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 04:04 PM (N1DT3)

I'm thinking more along the lines of them having a video with a live sheep or a dead girl.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)

Mad Cow Disease.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:13 PM (y0ylk)

76

That greasy pile of shit ha signs all over Ann Arbor.

They really buy in to his swarthy oily manliness.

Libs are so insane.

Posted by: rev the buzz at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (et1vG)

77 The question is will Democrat fraud machine worked overtime for El Sayed? I don’t think they will.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (u73oe)

78 Thanks, GW. Bang up job with that religion of peace.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (diia5)

79 What do we know about Mike Rogers as a campaigner, debater, and all-around politician? With polls (strippers caveat) this tight, it's going to come down to gimmicks like charisma.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)
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I just hope it doesn't come down to some of the painful line delivery acting I've ever seen on political commercials, because Rogers has already lost in that case. Of, course the scripting really sucks as well.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (Fi81e)

80 off old sock

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (5rh/l)

81 All the guys were probably thinking Aisha's older 7 year old sister would then be fair game. Such an enlightened people.
==
all customs, cultures and beliefs are beyond judgment, except yours, you imperialist swine!

Posted by: Woke Scholar at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (anL5R)

82 I'd love to see Rickey Gervais do an animated series on the life of the pedophile bandit prophet like he did for cats.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:15 PM (Q5t9l)

83 Abdulrahman"

Is that a new ramen flavor? Pork bone or miso?

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (XuXeR)

84 Even though the reporting is very much biased, if El Sayed doesn't denounce this guy he should just drop out. No need to give Rogers the strongest line of attack ever.

Because the Jeremiah Wright attacks worked so well...

But Wright never said anything wrong. Not many voters are cool with child marriage.

this is rage bait for conservatives to scream about El Sayed and muslims being so extreme and gross, so I'm just going to leave this one here. (Links wiki article...white people do it too!)

So, so many unforced errors in this dudes campaign. Actively blowing it.

He thinks a Dem wave year alone will carry him over the finish line. He deeply believes in the invincibility of the generic ballot democratic candidate.

sounds like he’s not appearing alongside the guy but is appearing in a separate panel at the same event. That said, I question the campaign value of this appearance 80 days out.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (THJS/)

85

This is 9/11 all over. The left celebrated it, now they’re able to run candidates that the greasy unwashed masses might vote for willingly.

Posted by: rev the buzz at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (et1vG)

86 Doctrinally speaking, Muhammad is regarded as the ideal human being and the perfect practical example for Muslims to follow.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (mkw2N)
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So how many Muslim men go a-Zuttin'?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:16 PM (Fi81e)

87 Why would anyone who isn't Muslim vote for this terrible man? Because they want to be "inclusive"?
Because Republicans are so icky? Because most of the Democrat voters in MI are DSA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 04:17 PM (rHgXV)

88 When will El-Sayed get the same post-primary defenestration given to the Oyster Fuhrer? Or does El-Sayed have sufficient intersectionality points to avoid a swap-out for more conventionally liberal candidate drawn from the Dems' over-supply of slightly-overweight Karens?

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at August 18, 2026 04:18 PM (bWR5k)

89 "El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

--

If this is anywhere close to being true, it's unfathomable this is where we are as a country.

Anyone in MI care to enlighten me on whether or not Rogers is hitting his islamist pig hard in advertising and outreach? Too early? Too spineless? There's a treasure trove of material on people like this animal, and Talarfreako being another, that should be an easy sail to victory for the R if only they made the public fully aware of their own words.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (qBdHI)

90
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (kX27y)

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I'm ignorant, which is why that all looks to me like typical shyte that's unethical but legal because lawyers write our laws. Quit your high-paying government job and start a consultancy, instantly bag a contract with your former agency? Who wouldn't do that? It's good business! No record of approval? Oops, silly us, our bad, but there's a loophole within a condition in fine print that defines certain exemptions.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (XJ22o)

91 Why did mohammed cross the road?

I don't know, how old was the chicken he was chasing?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (Q5t9l)

92 If the fat chick from HR had won the primary, Rogers would have no chance.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (u73oe)

93 76

That greasy pile of shit ha signs all over Ann Arbor.

They really buy in to his swarthy oily manliness.

Libs are so insane.

Posted by: rev the buzz at August 18, 2026 04:14 PM (et1vG)

He looks like he smells bad, just naturally.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (y0ylk)

94

ISNA - Plainfield, Indiana

https://isna.net

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (Cqx++)

95 Here's the MOST disturbing part of ace's post.

"El-Sayed is now trailing Republican Mike Rogers -- but only by a smidge."

In a sane world with real media, this would be a blowout for Rogers.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM

It is going to be a blowout, remember the "polls" had the hong fong up by 19 points the week before the primary and she lost by less than a point. abc/nbc called it a stunning upset.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (cpFbA)

96 ***As Hasan Piker said of Michigan voters: "You're all piece of shit Islamophobes" for noticing.
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Piker, you're wrong. No one is phobic. It's that all Islam is a degenerate piece of shit. It is not phobic wanting to flush pieces of shit down the commode it is normal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (Cq/ve)

97 Anyone in MI care to enlighten me on whether or not Rogers is hitting his islamist pig hard in advertising and outreach? Too early? Too spineless?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (qBdHI)
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I haven't seen anything hard hitting, or that inspiring.

He was in the military....

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)

98 40 islam has always been an op. They just traded scimitars for explosives
Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Q5t9l)

And nice suits for their public face.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (lNxD2)

99 92 If the fat chick from HR had won the primary, Rogers would have no chance.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (u73oe)

I don't know, she was pretty weird and Rogers only lost by a little the last time he ran and I'm not sure he actually lost...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (FtULh)

100 Because Republicans are so icky"

White people
Men
People who work for a living

All icky

Posted by: man at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (XuXeR)

101 I'm ignorant, which is why that all looks to me like typical shyte that's unethical but legal because lawyers write our laws. Quit your high-paying government job and start a consultancy, instantly bag a contract with your former agency? Who wouldn't do that? It's good business! No record of approval? Oops, silly us, our bad, but there's a loophole within a condition in fine print that defines certain exemptions.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (XJ22o)

In the Federal workforce, there is a one year moratorium on entering the private sector and doing work for the government. I haven't seen that enforced on anyone except the rank and file. The upper levels seems to flout that rule constantly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (y0ylk)

102 Lena Freaking Miculek posted a video of herself getting used to drawing while wearing a flowing summer dress. Some aspie retard replied, "Please tell me you have actually took classes we're talking safety classes. Because right out the gate I saw something stupid."

I'm dying. Why are there so many safety schoolmarms in the gun world? And how do they not know not to do this when talking to one of the most accomplished pistol shooters on the planet?

http://tiny.cc/d0v8101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:22 PM (mkw2N)

103 One of the Somali fraudsters who was given "outstanding refugee" award tied to sex trafficking ring.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

104 92 If the fat chick from HR had won the primary, Rogers would have no chance.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (u73oe)

I saw a few commercials for Haley Stevens. I hated her immediately. Having Obama in her commercials didn't help.

And the big attacks on Abdul were that he disrespected Whitmer and Mooch!! Oh noes!! I liked him more. And he is very charismatic and comes across very well in his commercials.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

105 It is going to be a blowout, remember the "polls" had the hong fong up by 19 points the week before the primary and she lost by less than a point. abc/nbc called it a stunning upset.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:20 PM (cpFbA)
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Yeah, it's surprising to me because the polls I saw earlier showed El-Sayed only leading among Democrats, not too long ago.

But, I hate to say it, while Rogers is running forgettable ads, El-Sayed is running well-done commercials with the people who raised him.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)

106
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:19 PM (qBdHI)

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Great minds are on this LiB. See #79. It seems like Repubs have to step up their game.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (XJ22o)

107 74 I'd love to see an AI comedy show with prophet mo and his wife Aisha. That'd be hilarious....before she turns 9.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)

You'd have to do it on your own rig with a open source model.
I don't think any AI company would allow it if it managed to slip by filters.

You can probably do anything with Jesus you want, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 18, 2026 04:24 PM (6ydKt)

108
Why do the pedo laws in our country not apply to the muzzies?

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:24 PM (/QHx4)

109 I don't know, she was pretty weird and Rogers only lost by a little the last time he ran and I'm not sure he actually lost...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 04:21 PM (FtULh)

—————

I think the democrat fraud machine would’ve put her over the top. I don’t think they do that for Haji.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (u73oe)

110 Someone AI a picture of shortass Sayed next to various barnyard animals in a mugshot lineup. I bet there are great danes taller than him.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Q5t9l)

111 Nothing is a better example of the incoherent, illogical, unquestioning, horrifying bleating of the left than the fact the this is almost a verbatim statement that you'll hear in any Democrat gathering today:

The Holocaust was a hoax but those Jews deserved it.
And more.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (3cUTc)

112
Because the Jeremiah Wright attacks worked so well...

But Wright never said anything wrong.

Nope. Never said anything wrong.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Cqx++)

113 Mike Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2015, totaling 14 years...

He must know something about campaigning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Cq/ve)

114 Rogers participated in the Woodward Dream Cruise this weekend in a 1940’s Chevy pickup and created a commercial of him heading down Woodward with two American flags and Toby Keith singing American Ride. El-Sayed’s campaign flunkie claims it looks like the KKK. El Sayed trying to again do damage control from this jerk.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (I7cYu)

115 108
Why do the pedo laws in our country not apply to the muzzies?

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:24 PM (/QHx4)

I saw that video of the two Somali chicks fighting....sadly without nunchucks.

I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)

116 I did not know Osama was against fornication. I guess that letter was not shared with his four or five wives either.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (QaH55)

117 What do we know about Mike Rogers as a campaigner, debater, and all-around politician? With polls (strippers caveat) this tight, it's going to come down to gimmicks like charisma.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:09 PM (XJ22o)
*************************

A 4 point lead for a Republican in August isn't a tight race.

Posted by: Math! at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (+ovo7)

118 Does Cucker have any other face than the constipated, furrowed brow trying to understand face? In the same plaid shirt that must stink by now?

Does he have a young daughter he wants to marry off at age 9yrs?

I have no idea what his children are or what his wife looks like. I guess since I can no longer read Markle snark on reddit I will look.

Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

119
Stateless,

They have rights we don't have.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (/QHx4)

120 Mike Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2015, totaling 14 years...

He must know something about campaigning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Cq/ve)
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But there's the downside of potentially looking like recycled product.

The poll I saw recently had Rogers up by healthy margins among Pubs and Independents, with El-Sayed only winning the Democrats (but not by as much).

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

121
In three months, Chuck Schumer will be saying the Holocaust was a hoax.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (O0L8i)

122
while Rogers is running forgettable ads, El-Sayed is running well-done commercials with the people who raised him.
Posted by: Axeman

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

And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

123 The question is will Democrat fraud machine worked overtime for El Sayed? I don’t think they will.

In the general? Of course they will.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM (/RqAK)

124 >>Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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The more they get away with the more they will push.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM (Cq/ve)

125
A 4 point lead for a Republican in August isn't a tight race.
Posted by: Math!

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What is it, a certain R loss?

j/k but I worry about the charisma gap.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:31 PM (XJ22o)

126 while Rogers is running forgettable ads, El-Sayed is running well-done commercials with the people who raised him.
Posted by: Axeman

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And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

Well as a blue state you are more likely to have a squish than DJT Junior having success.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 04:31 PM (uhVAy)

127
And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

__________

In this case, he may not want to be murdered.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 04:31 PM (O0L8i)

128 And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)
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You can't hate the Republican party enough.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (Fi81e)

129 124 >>Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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The more they get away with the more they will push.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM

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You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (2Ez/1)

130 103 One of the Somali fraudsters who was given "outstanding refugee" award tied to sex trafficking ring.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

Pretty fucking outstanding, alright.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (y0ylk)

131 119
Stateless,

They have rights we don't have.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:28 PM (/QHx4)

Pretty much.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (Sco7b)

132 islam is a death cult that has no place in America.

Its primary goals are conquest, subversion, coercion and control. It is a product of evil. It is the antithesis of liberty and freedom.

Its founder mohammed was a fraud, pedo, murderer and false prophet. That’s all easily proven true.

It is everything our country has fought against since its founding, which is why liberals embrace it.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 04:32 PM (+83Ol)

133 128 And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

Pretty sure he's right up there with the best Republican in Michigan...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 04:33 PM (0JyZG)

134 I don't know, she was pretty weird and Rogers only lost by a little the last time he ran and I'm not sure he actually lost...
Posted by: It's me donna

She probably would have had a better chance, I think? The far Left might have been disgruntled and sat out a bit, and maybe normies would be bored and not show up as much? Tune out due to cringe?

Just listening to a clip of her on a podcast while cleaning, I originally thought it was a parody. She really was terrible. https://tinyurl.com/yc6xzcuv

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 04:33 PM (THJS/)

135 RealClearPolitics (RCP) Final Average for MI

Harris: 48.3%
Trump: 47.8%
Margin: Harris +0.5

Actual result: Trump won Michigan 49.7% to 48.3% (Trump +1.4)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)

136

And....the government is still importing thepieces of shit

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:35 PM (/QHx4)

137
Benson will manufacture the votes needed.

The trade deal with Canada has a deadline today, the American demands have leaked out:

SURRENDER DOROTHY

Carney is in Italy getting bombed in a good way. He's toast.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 04:35 PM (Y8DZL)

138 Islamaphobe. PoisonousSnakaphobe. WomenInAuthorityaphobe. YoungBlacksInGroupsaphobe.

The list goes on and on. Because all the above have proven over time they are not to be trusted.

VenomousSpideraphobe. LongFallsWithSuddenStopsaphobe. Canceraphobe. I can do this all day.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:35 PM (i3LmB)

139
All our vote are belong Jocelyn Benson, anyway.

Whig says that law won't hold. So, his words to God's ear, and a further prayer to not getting a willful judge.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (Fi81e)

140 I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM

My great grandmother allegedly was running guns for the mob back in the 20s for a short period. She wore the normal long skirts/dresses most women wore in that era and was never searched by the police.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (cpFbA)

141 I think it was Piker calling white people "cumskin". He was saying "face it, you've been owned".

Dude, if your skin is brown, do you really want to be talking about bodily excretions and their colors?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

142 My great grandmother allegedly was running guns for the mob back in the 20s for a short period. She wore the normal long skirts/dresses most women wore in that era and was never searched by the police.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (cpFbA)

That's very cool.

There are stories that my grandfather ran booze across the frozen Detroit River during Prohibition. I could see him doing that.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Sco7b)

143 Always fascinated by the fact that Stank Wigger stays relevant

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 04:38 PM (PqZDx)

144 I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)
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In Iraq, yes.

Here in the US, doubtful.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (C37V/)

145 islam is a death cult that has no place in America.

Lets all give the idiot "W" the clap for his "religion of peace" bullshit.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (i3LmB)

146 Keep in mind:
1) this is summer polling, it gets worse for Dems from here
2) this is the high-water--he just came off a media-dominating primary
3) 2024 polls in MI were off by near 2% in favor of Harris
4) IIRC, he badly lost the non-college vote in the primary. They're not going to come home for him in the general. Not enough to make up the ground he needs.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (3cUTc)

147 Here's the thing: Darwinists should be for allowing sharia in America.

If they believe that whole improvement by out-competing line.

But rare is the Darwinist that wants to look non-teleological processes in the eye.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

148 Sharia Law trumps USA law in their minds. It seems to be getting louder.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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The more they get away with the more they will push.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM

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You get what you tolerate.
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Even worse--you get what you *reward*. "The system" has been rewarding the worst of the worst.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (TN0g+)

149 That's very cool.

There are stories that my grandfather ran booze across the frozen Detroit River during Prohibition. I could see him doing that.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Sco7b)
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The mayor of Detroit actually said: "If you can't find liquor, you're not trying."

Michigan: the first state to ratify Prohibition and also the first state to repeal it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (ZOv7s)

150 Therefore it follows that Muhammad's relationship with Aisha is a model relationship for Muslims.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 04:12 PM (mkw2N)
________________________

Peter Hitchens really used to love twisting in the knife on that point when he showed up on panel shows with Muslims. You could see the absolute fury and vitriole in their eyes as Hitchens just pontificated away.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (dIske)

151 RealClearPolitics (RCP) Final Average for MI
Harris: 48.3%
Trump: 47.8%
Margin: Harris +0.5
Actual result: Trump won Michigan 49.7% to 48.3% (Trump +1.4)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)
***********************

RCP average had Kamala up by two percentage points on August 18, meaning a final swing of around three-and-a-half percentage points.

Posted by: Math! at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (+ovo7)

152 RealClearPolitics (RCP) Final Average for MI

Harris: 48.3%
Trump: 47.8%
Margin: Harris +0.5

Actual result: Trump won Michigan 49.7% to 48.3% (Trump +1.4)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)
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Because polls are an op.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)

153 Keep in mind:
1) this is summer polling, it gets worse for Dems from here
2) this is the high-water--he just came off a media-dominating primary
3) 2024 polls in MI were off by near 2% in favor of Harris
4) IIRC, he badly lost the non-college vote in the primary. They're not going to come home for him in the general. Not enough to make up the ground he needs.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 04:39 PM (3cUTc)
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5) The main oppo dumps and "surprises" won't be dropped until after Labor Day.

Trump knows Michigan was stolen in 2020 and he's been waiting to settle scores.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:42 PM (ZOv7s)

154 Okay, I'm hoping this AI script finishes soon. My projects getting there.

So still a productive day...

- my AI project
- helping to push fraudulent PhD's to suicide
- from Canada, I'm still helping to keep black people all over the world from creating their utopian Wakanda
- carrying Ralphy up and down the stairs but he's resting.
- and I'm personally responsible for slavery and every ouchie by every sad minority everywhere.

Busy day.
And I'm only one man...
All of you have a good night.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)

155 Pretty sure he's right up there with the best Republican in Michigan...
Posted by: It's me donna

Not sure if he was a RINO, but Fred Upton was a Republican that served for several years. Maybe his niece Kate could ~~jiggle~~ run for office?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (THJS/)

156 RIP Frank Beard. I saw them live, and was amazed.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

157 Ugh.
Frank Beard has passed away.
Then there was one.......
Posted by: Sponge

Important point: the guy without the beard in ZZ Top.
Posted by: Axeman

That's why he had to be named Beard, instead.

So ZZ Top is down to just being "Z".

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (VHUov)

158 People have been coming after us and our country for a long time. Better people than these bags of shit from Fuckagoatastan. If they think they’re gonna wear the government like a skin suit and use that to start trampling our country, they haven’t learned the first thing about America. People just haven’t reached their breaking point.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (SH8lz)

159 I think it was Piker calling white people "cumskin". He was saying "face it, you've been owned".

--

I'd be hard pressed to think of someone currently who harbors such deep hatred in their souls (if he even has one) as this piece of garbage human being. He is drowning in hatred. Pure, evil hatred that I simply can't fathom.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (qBdHI)

160 What are the odds that al-Sayed 's supporters will get violent with counter protesters or Rogers supporters? I would think that they are the kind of people who don't like a difference of opinion and aren't too stable. The first "Jewish Dems for Rogers" rally could be ugly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (rp63B)

161 Here's the thing: Darwinists should be for allowing sharia in America.

It all comes down to where you think, in your world-view, the cage bars are set. Where the aquarium walls divide the visitors from the sharks.

I think they have to be at national borders. Hence, I'm a Nationalist. That's as easy a way to paint it as I can make it.

Most modern Democrats - and frankly, a lot of Boomer Republicans, want those cage walls inside the national borders. Because "its not fair" (Democrats) or "they won't work" (Boomer Republicans).

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (i3LmB)

162 And he was the best Republican in Michigan? Gawd why do we get stuck with these marshmallows.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)

Rogers was a favorite of the Intel community when he was in Congress. Like we need more of those. I think the other Senator from MI is also former CIA or something. If our choices are CIA plants or DSA, that's like Scylla and Charybdis.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (QaH55)

163 From ESPN:

The San Diego Padres' minor league catching coordinator has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Oswaldo Pirela, 34, who is from Venezuela, was taken into custody early Sunday at El Paso (Texas) International Airport, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday. He was not carrying his work permit card at the time, his brother, Jorge Pirela, told The Athletic.

According to a statement from DHS, Pirela entered the country legally in 2014, but that expired in 2018 and he "was not in possession of legal documentation granting him status in the country." It said Pirela would remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

Posted by: Crusader at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (TN0g+)

164 Not sure if he was a RINO, but Fred Upton was a Republican that served for several years.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (THJS/)
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I'm proud to have led the campaign to ban the greatest threat to the American people: incandescent light bulbs.

Posted by: Zombie Fred Upton at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (+ovo7)

165 Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed prefers if you use his whole name.

Posted by: Onomastician for hire at August 18, 2026 04:45 PM (gbwMD)

166 Rogers was a favorite of the Intel community when he was in Congress. Like we need more of those. I think the other Senator from MI is also former CIA or something. If our choices are CIA plants or DSA, that's like Scylla and Charybdis.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (QaH55)
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Somebody like Benz even suspects Slotkin of *still* being CIA.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)

167 #150 Ooops... Peter = Christopher. Always mix those two up. Both were pretty cool.

I would have bet money that Christopher would not have died of natural causes despite his personal habits. He was Fatwa material if I ever saw one.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 04:46 PM (dIske)

168 What are the odds that al-Sayed 's supporters will get violent with counter protesters or Rogers supporters? I would think that they are the kind of people who don't like a difference of opinion and aren't too stable. The first "Jewish Dems for Rogers" rally could be ugly
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (rp63B)
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Michigan has concealed carry and Stand Your Ground laws.

So it could get exciting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:47 PM (ZOv7s)

169
Maybe the IC is trying to capture Congress.

Wouldn't surprise me much.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

170 Of course the AWFULs will vote for him.

Posted by: Butch at August 18, 2026 04:48 PM (98xTj)

171

Estimated population of Wyoming is 588,000.

Last time I checked there are 4 mosques here.

The scum are everywhere.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (/QHx4)

172 RIP Frank Beard. I saw them live, and was amazed.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

Aw, man. I loved ZZ Top so much.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (PSEDc)

173 I was thinking. I wonder if a muslim woman in full garb has ever been stopped and searched for anything?

Ever?
Posted by: Stateless

Your white privilege has shielded you from the real victims of 9/11...Muslims. Didn't you hear about Mamdani's aunt!?!?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (THJS/)

174 Two minutes of Beloye Zlato.
youtube.com/watch?v=onGB1NWKb3w

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

175 But his dreamy collection of Rolex watches makes me want to suck his dusky pecker.

Posted by: lonely childless AWFL with Desert Fever at August 18, 2026 04:50 PM (Av6i5)

176 People have been coming after us and our country for a long time. Better people than these bags of shit from Fuckagoatastan.

Over two decades, thousands of casualties and over two trillion dollars and not much change in the *-stans except the Taliban is better armed and is getting a generous allowance from Uncle Sugar.

A billion or two in the US, you get Obama, a crap ton of female "judges", pro-criminal DAs, corrupt mayors congress critters and the US on the collapse path despite the Herculean efforts of GEOTUS Trump.

They still hump goats, we now have adopted their ways of hating Jews and Christians, regulating our diets and sex trafficking children.

While we still give them hundreds of billions of Mad Money to play with.

Who is winning again?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 04:50 PM (/TiS1)

177 I am getting cantankerous in my old age: I cannot even summon a 'but there are good, decent muslims.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (zZu0s)

178 As I recall the Democrats democratically "fortified" the US Senate election in 2020 as well - a black guy, John James or something like that? Lost in the overall shuffle of hinkyness that was the national election.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (0Ppf4)

179 The only thing I worry about is: Will this burka make me look fat?

Posted by: lonely childless AWFL with Desert Fever at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (Av6i5)

180 What are the odds that al-Sayed 's supporters will get violent with counter protesters or Rogers supporters? I would think that they are the kind of people who don't like a difference of opinion and aren't too stable. The first "Jewish Dems for Rogers" rally could be ugly
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Why not just have the state troopers arrest Rogers' staff/supporters? Why not just cloak everything in lawfare? Seems easier to disguise.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (diia5)

181 @132. "Islam is a death cult". "It is a product of evil".

They want to kill our dogs. Yes, they are evil. What kind of evil would want to kill Lassie? These people are not human. Next they will kill little old ladies cats. I have no use for these evil people. They need to be kicked out of this country.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (VrYHL)

182 I recall the Democrats democratically "fortified" the US Senate election in 2020 as well - a black guy, John James or something like that? Lost in the overall shuffle of hinkyness that was the national election.
Posted by: Common Tater

Then got in the house. Now most likely honing to lose the governor race.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

183 Hey -- what's the "safe word" for this "harem" role-playing sex game?

Hello? Hello????

Posted by: lonely childless AWFL with Desert Fever at August 18, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)

184 As I recall the Democrats democratically "fortified" the US Senate election in 2020 as well - a black guy, John James or something like that? Lost in the overall shuffle of hinkyness that was the national election.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 04:51 PM (0Ppf4)
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Yup. James had the same f-curve formation as DJT.

That's why I didn't really like Perry Johnson saying that James failed his run for Senate.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

185
Pete Hoekstra is probably the closest thing to conservative in the Michigan Republican Party today, currently serving as ambassador to Canada.

His superpower is pissing everyone off.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 04:55 PM (Y8DZL)

186 I am getting cantankerous in my old age: I cannot even summon a 'but there are good, decent muslims.

You ain't old. You finally just got real.

Sure, there's an odd "be a good neighbor muslim" here and there. But who cares ? Just not worth the risk.

We ... as in "us", here ... still spend way, way too much time acting as if groups don't act as groups. This topic has been brought up, and now and then banned, time and time again.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 04:56 PM (i3LmB)

187 Rogers was a favorite of the Intel community when he was in Congress. Like we need more of those. I think the other Senator from MI is also former CIA or something. If our choices are CIA plants or DSA, that's like Scylla and Charybdis.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 18, 2026 04:44 PM (QaH55)
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Rogers was brought in by John Engler to primary out a GOP opponent. He then won a swing seat and kept it safe for many years. He was your Mark I Mod 0 Republican and that's why he was convinced to get back into politics.

We did the zealous True Believing Trump People last cycle and got wrecked. Boring is the new edgy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:56 PM (ZOv7s)

188

Of course!
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Polymarket
@Polymarket
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1h
JUST IN: It’s been revealed NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo lives in a $1.5 million Brooklyn townhouse reportedly held through his parents’ family trust — potentially subject to Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 04:57 PM (kX27y)

189 Pete Hoekstra is probably the closest thing to conservative in the Michigan Republican Party today, currently serving as ambassador to Canada.

His superpower is pissing everyone off.
Posted by: Auspex

He was my rep for a long time. Slept on his office couch in dc when he had to be there instead of wasting money on an apt and spent as much time as possible home in his district.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

190 Then got in the house. Now most likely honing to lose the governor race.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Against Benson?! He won statewide and was robbed. Got a House seat to keep him in the game, and now the Second Wicked Witch is going to get oppo research dumped on her with a fire hose.

Trump's holding back the good stuff till after Labor Day. Then it's all coming out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 18, 2026 04:58 PM (ZOv7s)

191 I looked for a Gordillo recipe, and stumped the whole internet. No such thing? Bah.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

192 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 04:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

193 Against Benson?! He won statewide and was robbed. Got a House seat to keep him in the game, and now the Second Wicked Witch is going to get oppo research dumped on her with a fire hose.

Trump's holding back the good stuff till after Labor Day. Then it's all coming out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author

Population outflow has made the state bluer. I hope he wins. But I doubt it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 04:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

194
Slotkin "suspected" of being CIA.

lol, good one.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 05:00 PM (Y8DZL)

195
How many mosques in our country are full of weapons of mass destruction? Probably all.

There is no oversight of building regulations because you will offend the people who want to kill us.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 05:03 PM (/QHx4)

196
An indictment of Benson over her SPLC activities is not out of the question.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (Y8DZL)

197 175 But his dreamy collection of Rolex watches makes me want to suck his dusky pecker.
Posted by: lonely childless AWFL

I saw Dusky Pecker open for $ Non Blondes at the Rivoli in 1991.

Posted by: Music of My Youth at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (JM9I6)

198 > My great grandmother allegedly was running guns for the mob back in the 20s for a short period. She wore the normal long skirts/dresses most women wore in that era and was never searched by the police.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 04:36 PM (cpFbA)

Famous local "independent distiller" Russian Jack Marunenko (who was actually Ukrainian) used two methods to move the goods: up the skirt as you say or in a baby carriage.

Also known for killing a guy and getting an extremely light sentence, even though he was patently guilty (it was a "that sumbitch needed killin'" situation). This was back in the '20s and '30s.

Russian Jack has a park and a school named after him.

In most places they only name things after criminals if they're politicians.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 05:04 PM (IG3/x)

199 Last time I checked there are 4 mosques here.

The scum are everywhere.

Posted by: four seasons
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That's the first part of their mission.
They are very evangelical.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (Cq/ve)

200 I still am not buying any of the polling - yeah people don't like the Iran conflict - of course there isn't much conflict these days.

So it comes down to oil.

And every FOX poll is fabulously wrong, often by double digits. I look at what happened in Wisconsin, the democrats know they have a problem.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM (7/DDO)

201 The Defense Witness Who Lied
An investigation into Adam Hamawy's 1995 testimony for the Blind Sheikh, by Steven Emerson, IPT News, June 1, 2026

The Free Beacon, which broke the story, sent the campaign detailed questions about the testimony. Daniel Greenfield at Front Page Magazine did the same. Neither received a reply. Hamawy's Wikipedia entry and campaign biography are silent on the trial.

He said nothing at all.

Thirty-one years later, Hamawy asked voters in NJ-12 to send him to the U.S. House. Members of Congress see classified intelligence and vote on counterterrorism funding.

They did.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 05:09 PM (NFX2v)

202 That's the first part of their mission.
They are very evangelical.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:08 PM

"Do you know about the Koran? Would you like to know more?

Trust us, you want to know more. We will keel you if you don't!"

Posted by: Missionary Mohammad al-McAbdulface at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (0sNs1)

203 Proselytize, is the correct word. Although they don't do that as much as Infiltrate and take over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 05:14 PM (Cq/ve)

204 I think it was Piker calling white people "cumskin". He was saying "face it, you've been owned".

Dude, if your skin is brown, do you really want to be talking about bodily excretions and their colors?
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

Hasan claims to be white about 70 percent of the time when he forgets to be Muslim.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 05:16 PM (uhVAy)

205 Why much did the second runner up to " Mr. Outstanding Refugee" rip off? How about Mr. Congeniality? What was his haul?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 05:58 PM (JrHfD)

206 So under Islamic law, The View would be cancelled because the whores are speaking in public without male permission? And unveiled? 40 lashes?
Hmm. They do make some good points.
But ham and booze are not negotiable.

Posted by: Mohammedmolester at August 18, 2026 08:26 PM (aK1E8)

Leftwing Shill Who Demanded the Deplatforming and De-Employment of Trump Staffers Fired by Forbes for Secretly Taking $6 Million from a Shady Sponsor

They're all liars, swindlers, and thieves.

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane was fired after "the company discovered that he had received a payment of about $6 million from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine."
The payment was made after RJ Shook, the founder of the firm that worked with Forbes to publish wealth adviser rankings, "sold a majority stake in Shook Research to PPC Enterprises, a private equity firm, last August." Lane made himself a spectacle of anti-Trump furor in 2021 when he threatened companies that dared to hire people who formerly worked with President Donald Trump, such as former White House press secretaries Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, and Kayleigh McEnany.
Reading his virtue-signaling now about "truth reckoning" in light of his own duplicitous violation of journalistic ethics is poetic justice. At the time, Lane promised his outlet will "scrutinize, double-check, investigate with the same skepticism we'd approach a Trump tweet" any company that hires one of the forbidden Trumpsters in his arbitrary blacklist: "Let it be known to the business world: Hire any of Trump's fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie."
Lane doubled down on his threats: "Want to ensure the world's biggest business media brand approaches you as a potential funnel of disinformation? Then hire away," Lane quipped.
...
It would take but a few years before Lane nuked his own "credibility" and "reputation" as a judge of character into orbit. The Times outlined the clear Forbes company policies that emphasize the gravity of Lane's undisclosed conflict of interest:

Forbes has policies requiring its employees to seek permission before conducting outside business activities and prohibiting them from gaining personally -- directly or indirectly -- from the company's business dealings, according to a copy of the employee handbook obtained by The New York Times. Traditional newsrooms usually forbid journalists to accept payments from sources or business partners to avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of a conflict.
Oof! Not even a defibrillator could resuscitate Lane's image as a journalist at this point.

Literally every picture of him shows him in this gay hat:

What a card. He's got a masculine, John Waters kind of energy.

Unrelated: Commenters are discussing this bust of a frat-connected cocaine ring at Penn State.

The 24-year-old alleged ringleader of a Penn State cocaine ring has turned himself in to police, Pennsylvania authorities revealed Tuesday.
Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself to face charges of possession with intent to deliver (cocaine) and conspiracy after being busted for allegedly running a complex cocaine trafficking ring out of two separate fraternities.
The Long Island native -- who was at the "very top of the chain" in the crime ring, prosecutors claim -- had failed to show up for a Monday arraignment and is now being held without bail.

Alleged co-conspirator Thomas Robinson and two others have been charged with felony corrupt organizations, conspiracy, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity, and related offenses, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office said.
More than a dozen Penn State frat brothers were busted for running the ring that forced young pledges to cut and bag the drugs then sold to students, according to prosecutors.
The fraternities, Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon, allegedly coordinated with suppliers in New York and Philadelphia, trafficking in the cocaine and distributing it mainly to Penn State students.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:46 PM

Comments

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1 I want a less interesting world, please.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

2 Was that wrong? Someone should have told me it was wrong.

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (LX4y3)

3
Skinsuits are in fashion!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

4 I still don't understand how he thought that no one would find about about the payoff. I guess he either didn't care or his hubris thought he was above such mundane things as this.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (cpFbA)

5 Liars, Tramps, Thieves ....

Posted by: illiniwek at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (vbXSk)

6 Looks like he spent all his money on hats

Posted by: nckate at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (enNUy)

7 "Secretly Taking $6 Million from a Shady Sponsor"

Well, with $6M, he doesn't need the Forbes gig anymore. Well played, I guess.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

8 Ace, how could not include a photo of Randall Lane. He's got the "fishing hat festish" going on, and looks more gay than the chorus line of "Cats" in a Chuck E Cheese ballpit .

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

9 I still don't understand how he thought that no one would find about about the payoff. I guess he either didn't care or his hubris thought he was above such mundane things as this.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (cpFbA)

6 mil is a pretty nice nest egg for destroying Forbes reputation.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (uhVAy)

10 Oof! Not even a defibrillator could resuscitate Lane's image as a journalist at this point.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:46 PM

Eh, we'll hire him.
-WSJ

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (LX4y3)

11 >>>Well, with $6M, he doesn't need the Forbes gig anymore. Well played, I guess.

true, but these people sell access to a platform. No platform, no access, no more grift.

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

12
It would take but a few years before Lane nuked his own "credibility" and "reputation" as a judge of character into orbit.
====

So much for unbiased journalisming.

Also, Forbes your reputation is trashed too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (JvZF+)

13 4 I still don't understand how he thought that no one would find about about the payoff. I guess he either didn't care or his hubris thought he was above such mundane things as this.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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People have betrayed their country for far less than Six Million. Still generational wealth even in this day and age. 5 percent return, 300k per year. Not too shabby.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

14 Old and busted: Animal House

New and cool: Criminal House

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (ndZc7)

15 >>>Ace, how could not include a photo of Randall Lane. He's got the "fishing hat festish" going on, and looks more gay than the chorus line of "Cats" in a Chuck E Cheese ballpit .

oh okay, I'll post it. I saw that he's... like an actor in some musical about the founding fathers?

In the words of Senor Chang, "G A Y !"

Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (1wjle)

16 Those Penn state kids were just turning their lives around. They should get a sentence of boys being boys. That's how this works right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

17 So lets see, 'journalist' suddenly starts creating a policy for a magazine outside their usual habits, turns out took a big bribe for doing it.

Wonder where that company got the 6 million - NGOs?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (uhVAy)

18 looks more gay than the chorus line of "Cats" in a Chuck E Cheese ballpit .

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

This is glorious.

And also stolen.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (PGK1w)

19 They had fraternity pledges bagging the coke?

These aren't very sophisticated criminals.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (eIzlH)

20 Those Penn state kids were just turning their lives around. They should get a sentence of boys being boys. That's how this works right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

Nah. They're white.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (PGK1w)

21 This is a weird story because there's no details on what the $6 million bribe was for. Surely it was some kind of bribe or payola or hush money or something.

Even very rich guys don't hand out $6 million without expecting -- and getting -- something of commensurate value in exchange.

Shook claimed it was just a gift. Sure it was. And that banana that was found in Talacreepo's asshole just fell off the counter and lodged itself there.

I assume the $6M was part of some pump-and-dumb scheme where Shook was paying for artificially rosy coverage that Shook thought would end up making him back more than the $6M. Or some kind of insider trading.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

22 Quick - first thing/ impression that sprang to mind when you saw his photo -

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (Gqar8)

23 Is Steve Forbes still alive?

Wonder what he thinks of Trump.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)

24 Well, had he not been found out he would not have had a useless degree.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (0kXVl)

25 Those Penn state kids were just turning their lives around. They should get a sentence of boys being boys. That's how this works right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:51 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Just for having a biological urge!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)

26 $6 million American money?

Was he giving them lap dances?
Damn.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 02:54 PM (Sco7b)

27 >>>Well, with $6M, he doesn't need the Forbes gig anymore. Well played, I guess.

true, but these people sell access to a platform. No platform, no access, no more grift.
Posted by: ace at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)

Well he has some street cred with the opposition now, might be able to parlay that into a job, or twitter celeb or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)

28 Micks and Degos involved in organized crime, go figure. It's a day full of shocks. Shocks, I tell ya.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 18, 2026 02:54 PM (Vvh2V)

29
From the pic I gather Agostino was nailing trim from one end of campus to the other, even without blow.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Y8DZL)

30 Was he Sigma Chi? Doesn't look like a Pike or Teke.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (SkjRZ)

31
Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

32 Lane made himself a spectacle of anti-Trump furor in 2021 when he threatened companies that dared to hire people who formerly worked with President Donald Trump, such as former White House press secretaries Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, and Kayleigh McEnany.
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Tell me you don't believe in free markets without telling me you don't believe in free markets.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Fi81e)

33 If that smegma chi coke pin and Taylor swift had babies, lord, the bangs on their kids, y'all

Posted by: nckate at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (enNUy)

34 Man, that guy was at Penn State and in a frat.
He must have been scoring with the co-eds left and right.

As long as he brought coke.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Sco7b)

35 "More than a dozen Penn State frat brothers were busted for running the ring that forced young pledges to cut and bag the drugs then sold to students, according to prosecutors."

And people say today's kids aren't enterprising go-getters!

The truth? This is going on probably everywhere in every college to some degree. The drugs that the teenage and 20-something demo takes are off the charts. Girls especially. They gotta get that supply from somewhere.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

36 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)
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She don't lie.

Posted by: J.J. Cale at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

37
My fraternity preznit arranged for Buckhorn beer to be in the pop dispenser for 25 cents a piece, so the same thing, really.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Y8DZL)

38 Also, Forbes your reputation is trashed too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Most dead tree publications are trash, it is more just a vanity press now like Newsweek or Time. WSJ is going that way too and Bloomberg's borg biz news has probably reached its zenith before the descent.

The clue is when investment money goes for additional publications rather than reinvested in the business. Bloomberg has been buying pubs like Roll Call for its borg because the returns have reached declining marginal revenue for its main biz so you buy more pubs to try to pump it up for a time. Like Gannett did on acquisitions just before it guts the local and rides the decline repackaging AP news stories.

A lot of media including online websites are on borrowed time now--it is no longer the big money maker it was. What will replace it is going to be a mish mash.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (E4rtv)

39 Lane grew up in Briarcliff Manor NY, a very wealthy suburb of NYC, on Westchester County. He also wears a hat that makes him look like Drudge. So besides being a scumbag, he's a rich boy poser idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (rp63B)

40 Micks and Degos involved in organized crime, go figure. It's a day full of shocks. Shocks, I tell ya.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

41 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

Well the drug boat industry no longer has to make replacement boats, so they are hardest hit.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)

42
Is Steve Forbes still alive?

Wonder what he thinks of Trump.
Posted by: Bulg

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

Endorsed him in 2016 anyways.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (XJ22o)

43 31
Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

Fear Not ! We always have China to fill the need!

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Gqar8)

44 "Huh, is cocaine making a comeback?"

How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

45 The decline of Forbes magazine is another example of Why We Can't Have Nice Things.

Back in the late 70s, I really enjoyed the magazine. Up to the time I picked up my first issue - I believe I was sitting in the waiting room of my optometrist's office - I had given no serious thought to a career in business and finance. But I found the articles fascinating, and I think I can credit Forbes for getting me started on that career track. I never liked Malcolm Forbes' personal contributions - I considered him to be a windbag whose abuse of the English language was obnoxious (constantly trying to come up with neologisms, turning nouns into adjectives and vice versa), and whose ideas were not particularly enlightening (plus he was a fan of Armand Hammer) - but the articles by genuine business journalists were good, well-researched and informative.

And then, one day, it was just another garbage publication.

Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (2L+MU)

46 And people say today's kids aren't enterprising go-getters!

The truth? This is going on probably everywhere in every college to some degree. The drugs that the teenage and 20-something demo takes are off the charts. Girls especially. They gotta get that supply from somewhere.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I mean the drug scene was pretty huge when I was in college 99-04.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

47 The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

They ran everything all the time. They invented dinosaurs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (uhVAy)

48 Fat, stupid and coked to the gills is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: spongeworthy at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (sLLbN)

49 Cocaine? Are the Gen-Zers on some kind of 80s nostalgia kick?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (/OKHJ)

50 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (LQKAS)

51 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?

And not to be unpleasant, but has the cocaine market suffered since Maduro's ousting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)
____

Never went out of fashion. But there's been an explosion in coke use -- and indeed, all heavy drug use -- among younger ladies. That wasn't true back in the day. That means lotsa new customers. Somebody's gonna supply them. Why not Penn State frat bros?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

52 50 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (LQKAS)

Ironic Hipster chic.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (Gqar8)

53 And then, one day, it was just another garbage publication.
Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (2L+MU)

Started hiring right out of colleges probably.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)

54 The booger sugar brothers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (4ZxBh)

55 Mouse attack!

Disney is suing the Trump administration for his "retaliatory campaign" against ABC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:59 PM (ndZc7)

56 There's more to this than told. Forbes is owned by China.
Something's up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Cq/ve)

57 23 Is Steve Forbes still alive?

Wonder what he thinks of Trump.
Posted by: Bulg

Hates him. Trump brought up one time in response to some useless True Republican putdown that Forbes did a story about Malcolm and his gay lover being rejected at a Trump hotel for bad behavior.

Steve was seething but Malcolm was well known about NYC for being extremely gay and liking his boy toys young.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (E4rtv)

58 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Jr5Lq)
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That's why you go the college route.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Fi81e)

59 Ozempic - Coke, Ozempic - Coke, what’s a gal to do?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar8)

60 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August

You can easily test for it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

61 Well, well, well.

Guess who was the Point of Contact and the DOJ Public Integrity Unit during the period 2010 - 2015 that decided not to charge Swalwell with taking bribes from a CCP spy?

Jack Smith

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (viF8m)

62 Steve was seething but Malcolm was well known about NYC for being extremely gay and liking his boy toys young.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (E4rtv)
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Ah, that's why Forbes always felt libertarian.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

63 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Looks like something Judge Smails would wear on the course.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (4ZxBh)

64 60 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August

You can easily test for it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

First, you find a Hobo

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (Gqar8)

65 Ozempic - Coke, Ozempic - Coke, what’s a gal to do?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar

Why not both? You can be skeletal AND twitchy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy)

66 Funny old world. Forbes used to be the credible, old school business magazine, while Fortune and BusinessWeek were country club liberal.

Recently my only familiarity with Forbes were articles rating products. I thought they still had professional objectivity, but in the fine print I noticed most of their reviews were sponsored.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (bX16E)

67 60 How could anybody trust street toot not to contain fentanyl or some other noxious shit?

Posted by: gp at August

That's why you share first....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)

68 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
1 hour ago
CNN's Jake Tapper revealed the internal term in a widely shared clip, drawing from his 2025 book *Original Sin* co-authored with Alex Thompson. The group, including aides like Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Ron Klain, and others such as Anita Dunn and First Lady Jill Biden, controlled the president's schedule, information, and major choices amid concerns over his health. Critics called out media for earlier dismissals of Biden's decline as 'cheap fakes,' while the book frames it as a way to keep the administration running until after the 2024 election.

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

69 That guy's hat doesn't look very festive.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 02:58 PM (LQKAS)
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A stunning lack of flair.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

70 47 The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

They ran everything all the time. They invented dinosaurs

Is there anything AI can't do? I asked it for plays on words for Jewish dinosaurs, and got:

Schleposaurus: A dinosaur that moves very slowly and complains about the weather.

Bubbiesaurus Rex: A motherly or grandmotherly T-Rex who insists you are too skinny.

Pterodactowitz: A flying reptile with a lot of opinions.

Nudgeasaurus: A small dinosaur that won't stop asking questions or giving advice.

Ashkenazasaurus: A classic, traditional prehistoric creature.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

71 To paraphrase Norm Macdonald, "Hey, that's my lucky cocksuckin' hat!"

Posted by: Wally at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (avzFa)

72 I was not expecting this.

Posted by: The Spanish Inquisition at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (idC0m)

73 heh

@TheBabylonBee 3m
Embarrassing Moment As Mike Johnson And Nancy Mace Realize They Got Matching Tattoos

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (diia5)

74 Ah, that's why Forbes always felt libertarian.
Posted by: Axeman
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It's been awhile but I think rumor had it that Malcolm liked rough trade and he often went dressed in motorcycle leathers when he was on the prowl.

His nebbish son probably was humiliated on a daily basis by his dad and his actions.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

75 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)
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Not before I did!

Damn! I can't believe I **called** that shit!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

76 That guy thinks he's Kolchak.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (/OKHJ)

77 Look, someone has to have a talk with the young people - young men especially - about their stupid throwback eyeglasses and effeminate pompadours. It is eye cancer and gayer than a drag show. TJM is the only remaining HQer under a 105, so this sad duty falls to him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (K3f7J)

78 70 47 The Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:57 PM (Riz8t)

They ran everything all the time. They invented dinosaurs

Is there anything AI can't do? I asked it for plays on words for Jewish dinosaurs, and got:

Schleposaurus: A dinosaur that moves very slowly and complains about the weather.

Bubbiesaurus Rex: A motherly or grandmotherly T-Rex who insists you are too skinny.

Pterodactowitz: A flying reptile with a lot of opinions.

Nudgeasaurus: A small dinosaur that won't stop asking questions or giving advice.

Ashkenazasaurus: A classic, traditional prehistoric creature.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar8)

79 But he paid taxes on the secret $6 million payment, right? RIGHT?

Posted by: Lawyers, Guns, and Secret 1099s at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (qUkBO)

80 6 Looks like he spent all his money on hats
Posted by: nckate at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (enNUy)

Rodney Dangerfield in Caddy Shack about a hat like that:
https://tinyurl.com/caddyshackhat

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (N39Ws)

81 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
1 hour ago
CNN's Jake Tapper revealed the internal term in a widely shared clip, drawing from his 2025 book *Original Sin* co-authored with Alex Thompson.
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

Shocker - commie staffers use commie metaphor for their clique.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

82 They look like lovely guys/sarc

I think his gay little fedora means "he's available," Ace. If anyone is interested. It barely fits his head and makes me focus on his honker nose. It looks the hat size for a toddler boy.

I read that the Markle shrew wore her gay little white fedora on her sailing trips with men as a "sign" she was available. By the time stupid Hazmet got stuck in her web there were echoes like the Holland Tunnel. I am incredibly bummed I can't read the subreddit of them anymore as I will not register. There were some hilarious comments.

The cocaine king's nose does not need a hat for me to focus on, or maybe the nerd glasses were arrows. I do wonder if he uses a hot roller to curl his hair. Tres chic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (hzuYO)

83 Recently my only familiarity with Forbes were articles rating products. I thought they still had professional objectivity, but in the fine print I noticed most of their reviews were sponsored.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

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It's basically the same as buying infomercial space nowadays.

Like I had friend that does basically payday loans locally and he had an "article" in Forbes about himself.

20-30 years ago, that would have been huge, but it's just a paid advertisement anyone can have.

It's a shame because Steve Forbes was a good, conservative advocate for free markets.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:05 PM (eIzlH)

84 Shocker - commie staffers use commie metaphor for their clique.
Posted by: Oldcat

Next you'll tell me CNN news room calls themselves PRAVDA.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

85 Was that wrong?
Should they not have done that?

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (2Ez/1)

86 McLovin!

I mean the drug scene was pretty huge when I was in college 99-04.

yeppers

I mean back then-ish U Penn was more the coke-dealing uni, PSU was still drunkards

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (j+aD2)

87 Increasing market share by snagging the other 50 per cent of the population is just good business sense.

The classic example was tobacco, cigars, cigarettes etc in the early 20th century. Females, as a rule, didn't use tobacco to any great degree, and certainly not in public.

A huge marketing campaign ensued. Marlboros were intended for women, it was only much later that the Cowboy motif was used. Cigarettes were called "Freedom Sticks" and tied with the then novel idea of allowing females to vote. Smoking was seen as an act of rebellion, etc etc. "You've Come A Long Way, Baby!" indeed.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 03:06 PM (Ewmxj)

88 Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

As you requested. They don't seem to be the same.

Deen-o-saur (A play on Deen, meaning religion or faith)
Dhikra-saurus (Reminiscent of Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah)
Salah-saurus (Always ready for prayer time)
Barakah-ceratops (Bringing extra blessings)
Du'a-lophosaurus (Always lifting its crest in supplication)

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Riz8t)

89 Recently my only familiarity with Forbes were articles rating products. I thought they still had professional objectivity, but in the fine print I noticed most of their reviews were sponsored.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (bX16E)

We only took bribes from the side we really liked the product, honest!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (uhVAy)

90 Was there a connection btw the $6M payment and Lane shitting on DJT? Or was it just a vanilla conflict-of-interest ethics violation without political motive?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

91 he Joos ran much of organized crime in the early 1900s. Nobody tell Tucker.

They certainly did. Meyer Lansky. Dutch Schultz. Bugsy Siegel. Jewish Mobsters were a significant part of Murder, Inc.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (f7Poz)

92 That first picture, thought it was Ray Stevens.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Cq/ve)

93 By the way.......

MAGAZINES????

What the hell?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)

94 They certainly did. Meyer Lansky. Dutch Schultz. Bugsy Siegel. Jewish Mobsters were a significant part of Murder, Inc.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (f7Poz)
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See. They organized murder.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

95 88 Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

As you requested. They don't seem to be the same.

Deen-o-saur (A play on Deen, meaning religion or faith)
Dhikra-saurus (Reminiscent of Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah)
Salah-saurus (Always ready for prayer time)
Barakah-ceratops (Bringing extra blessings)
Du'a-lophosaurus (Always lifting its crest in supplication)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Riz8t)

Thanks, archimedes. Seems a bit different tenor. AI must have a neck to chop. Who knew?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:09 PM (Gqar8)

96 Why are men these days all either aging hipster, dork who hates you, fat mommy basement slob, Ted Bundy, office worker who can't use a screwdriver, or gross trans fag. Did I miss any?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (+rw6l)

97 Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself

He's no Otter.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (0sNs1)

98 Was there a connection btw the $6M payment and Lane shitting on DJT? Or was it just a vanilla conflict-of-interest ethics violation without political motive?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Indeed. TDS is so run-of-the-mill, it could just be a coincidence.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)

99 88 Now, ask for Muslim dinosaurs

As you requested. They don't seem to be the same.

Deen-o-saur (A play on Deen, meaning religion or faith)
Dhikra-saurus (Reminiscent of Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah)
Salah-saurus (Always ready for prayer time)
Barakah-ceratops (Bringing extra blessings)
Du'a-lophosaurus (Always lifting its crest in supplication)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Riz8t)

Sodomasaurus -- goats and boys are fair game.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (N39Ws)

100 I suppose these dudes better get used to being The Sweetheart of Smegma Chi in the slammer

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (sFNX2)

101 Didn't that top guy play for the San Antonio Spurs during the Tim Duncan era?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (w9Wax)

102 Huh, is cocaine making a comeback? Or did it never really go out of fashion?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)
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In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (+ovo7)

103 "MAGAZINES????"

It was Forbes' online reporters that exposed TNR's fabulist Stephen Glass.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

104 Why are men these days all either aging hipster, dork who hates you, fat mommy basement slob, Ted Bundy, office worker who can't use a screwdriver, or gross trans fag. Did I miss any?
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM

Ahem. The Avatars of Modern Masculinity.

Posted by: Mr. Emhoff, Mr. Walz, and Mr. Hogg at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)

105 Good mugshot though, suit and tie. Rare.

It's too bad, I like hats, but I know if I wear anything other than a ball cap, I'd be looked at as a dweeb, poser, dork and all around blockhead.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (n5tGW)

106 ok so the PSU thing was fun BUT I have a better one

creepy freaking dude wearing a Them/Strangers type mask attacking women in Center City!

https://6abc.cm/LEAudm

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (j+aD2)

107 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (n17eQ)

108 81 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

Brezhnev >> Biden

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (Y8DZL)

109 Ok, this is funny.

"We are horrified by these serious allegations against current and former students," said Andrea Dowhower, Penn State's vice president for Student Affairs. "Criminal activity, including hazing, such as this has no place at our institution. We will continue to enhance our efforts around health and safety and hazing educational efforts for all our organizations."

This stupid woke bitch learns that two of the college's frats are major cocaine dealers and smugglers, basically running a Tony Montana operation on the fucking campus, and she makes this about ... hazing.

They can't stop fucking that pig.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

110 Heck, I'd read Forbes online if it wasn't paywalled.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

111 Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (qDa2L)

112 > Cigarettes were called "Freedom Sticks" and tied with the then novel idea of allowing females to vote.

It's funny how debilitating, habit-forming, addictive, destructive behavior is ALWAYS advertised as freedom.

Like girls having a ho-phase in college. It sets them up for a lifetime of bad relationships. But they call it freedom, baby.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (mkw2N)

113 107 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

yeah that's the part I don't get at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (j+aD2)

114 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

115 Any self respecting cocaine crime ring boss would have a double Winsdor knot in his tie. What a disgrace.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (xvV+O)

116 Leftists lie.

They're muslhams without all the suicide vests.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

117 Carried over:

32
I was watching either a Bulwark podcast or Pod Save America....no difference, because it was people from both shows (former Bush and Obama staffers) talking, and the Bush staffers very much sounded like they didn't like (or care about) conservative policy goals...it was just a job, trying to help a client (Bush) win. In a way, it was nice because it sounded very mercenary/mafia (nothing personal, just business), but ultimately I think you expose yourself to risk, especially in the future, if you hire people to help discuss critical strategy stuff that don't believe it, and could jump ship to the enemy later.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (THJS/)

Heavy metal guitarist Bill Hudson (with NorthTale, Doro Pesch, et al.) recently made a post of 10 hard truths about music as a profession:

#4: "You can't create music you dislike 'to get big.' How do you know you're done? When you hate it?"

h/t Guitar MAX:
https://youtu.be/IEeaEnqycPI?t=382

Imagine promoting politics you dislike, just to make it in the industry. How would you even gauge your own work?

Posted by: SciVo at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (L3Npt)

118 This stupid woke bitch learns that two of the college's frats are major cocaine dealers and smugglers, basically running a Tony Montana operation on the fucking campus, and she makes this about ... hazing.

why am I not surprised

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (j+aD2)

119 All that money and the guy dresses like Temu Kolchak. Shame

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (zq/30)

120 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

Or maybe they're driving a Bentley now.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (Cuw0G)

121 Men Without Hats > Men With Gay Hats

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

122 When I was in college 5 years wasn’t uncommon. Inflation has changed that to 6 years I guess. Hence 24 years old.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (qDa2L)

123 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

yeah that's the part I don't get at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)

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If he was the cocaine king pin for college students, probably smart to just keep enrolling in classes and be a professional student.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:13 PM (eIzlH)

124 "if I wear anything other than a ball cap, I'd be looked at as a dweeb, poser, dork and all around blockhead."

Boonie hat here. Doc sez I have to keep the sun off.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

125 The 24-year-old alleged ringleader of a Penn State cocaine ring has turned himself in to police, Pennsylvania authorities revealed Tuesday.

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Gives a whole new meaning to the "White Out" nights.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (CYBB0)

126 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

127 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.

yeah that's the part I don't get at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (j+aD2)
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He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (iFTx/)

128 Always make your hook-ups wear a 'hat'. Always.

Posted by: Cosmo Advice Editor at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (0sNs1)

129
In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

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

Good lord.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (XJ22o)

130 The fraternities, Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon, allegedly coordinated with suppliers in New York and Philadelphia, trafficking in the cocaine and distributing it mainly to Penn State students.

From the photo, I was guessing Lambda Lambda Lambda.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (i8+2Q)

131 57 Hates him. Trump brought up one time in response to some useless True Republican putdown that Forbes did a story about Malcolm and his gay lover being rejected at a Trump hotel for bad behavior.

Steve was seething but Malcolm was well known about NYC for being extremely gay and liking his boy toys young. - whig

I didn't know about him being gay until shortly after he died. At the time, I had the sense that it was a big surprise to everybody, but apparently not.

I did truly loathe his "random thoughts" column and his curious support for Armand Hammer and People for the American Way. Fortunately, his own dubious political preferences didn't seem to affect the overall quality of the magazine. I think, perhaps, Forbes never really recovered from publishing a huge puff piece on Michael Milkin a month or so before the bottom fell out of his junk bond empire.

Posted by: Paco at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (2L+MU)

132 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.

Oh No !!! Anyway.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

133 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

which is what I figured

so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (j+aD2)

134 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

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

Good lord.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (XJ22o)

all them refugees carrying it over the border.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (uhVAy)

135 Never touch another man's hat without permission.

Posted by: Cowboys around the fire at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

136 "Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot."

I was saying that during peak looting. WTF am I not stealing everything? Why am I proud to be a chump?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

137 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (rp63B)

138 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

which is what I figured

so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (j+aD2)

More space for the product, less supervision than a dorm room.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

139 136 "Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot."

I say that a lot

I know a LOT of people who work under the table!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (j+aD2)

140
creepy freaking dude wearing a Them/Strangers type mask attacking women in Center City!

https://6abc.cm/LEAudm
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (j+aD2)

Speak softly and carry a big stick. He approaches you, you smash his head, call the police and tell them you feared for your life and defended yourself.

He won't do that anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (2YhKe)

141 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

Did you graduate with $500K in 'student' loans?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (ExV1e)

142 24 years old and still in college? I bet mom and dad were still paying his tuition.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 18, 2026 03:11 PM (n17eQ)
********************

According to the New York Post article, Abbatiello graduated from Penn State in 2024. Not sure if he then enrolled in a Penn State graduate program or was just hanging around campus for business reasons.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (+ovo7)

143 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

144 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

Does that reflect greater use or undisclosed adulteration with fentanyl?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (K3f7J)

145 Isn't Sigma Chi the one with all the sweehearts?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (0sNs1)

146 "In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand."

Do you have a link for that?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

147 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.
Posted by: Howdy

*coughs* *Looks away awkwardly*

Posted by: US Department of Education Loan Department at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (vJrRc)

148 "At parties, people do a lot of...drugs. Just remember, you folks, if you respect me at all, stay away from cocaine. Oh, it may seem glamorous at first, but there will come a time--believe me, there will come a time--when it will be your turn to...treat."

--Emo Philips

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (FZ29D)

149 "Am I the only person left who is not on some kind of grift? I’m a fucking idiot."

you are not the only one who wonders from time to time ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (VyBeY)

150 In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.

Duh.....You don't want to know what they're cutting it with nowadays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

151 Speak softly and carry a big stick. He approaches you, you smash his head, call the police and tell them you feared for your life and defended yourself.

the article I linked had a young lady who did jujitsu on the dude!

he sort of was shocked then ran away

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (j+aD2)

152 Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM

Can't you just stay in your lane?

Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (0sNs1)

153 12
It would take but a few years before Lane nuked his own "credibility" and "reputation" as a judge of character into orbit.
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So much for unbiased journalisming.

Also, Forbes your reputation is trashed too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (JvZF+)

Too late for that. Forbes was pretty much liberal swill long before this came out.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Sj6Ot)

154 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

Blowing up Trump would require leftist minions to learn to read.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (uhVAy)

155 It was Forbes' online reporters that exposed TNR's fabulist Stephen Glass.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

Okay, thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Sco7b)

156 I'd like to know how college kids can afford nose candy. We certainly couldn't in my day. Cheap Beer and a Pinner was about it.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:15 PM (f7Poz)

Did you graduate with $500K in 'student' loans?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic a

===

I remember strategically buying Nat Light because it saved like $5 for a 30 pack, even though it was objectively worse than something like Coors.

I was willing to drink beer I hated to save like 15 cents a beer.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (eIzlH)

157 Speaking of religion, this guy makes friends wherever he goes.

I've been reading a book by a guy who spent a year in a cell* with Nazi war criminal Jurgen Stroop. Stroop called Catholicism "a catch-all of religions, infected with Judaism." He further claimed that Christianity was created as a Jewish conspiracy for "the weakening and debasement of man through guilt."

-
So that's the problem with Catholicism, too Jewish.

* He had fought with the resistance group the Polish Home Army but the Soviets, with their inherent fair play and respect for the truth, declared the Home Army a collaborationist group and arrested him as a Nazi collaborator.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)

158 Did you graduate with $500K in 'student' loans?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (ExV1e)

Ah. Good point. No, no I did not.

I did graduate with an appreciation for Schaefer cans. We bought them in flats, warm, for $8 at the local hardware store.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (f7Poz)

159 Duh.....You don't want to know what they're cutting it with nowadays.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

Descent into a low trust society.
You can't even trust your dealer anymore.
Unlike heritage America.
R.I.P.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (K3f7J)

160 I had a deerstalker hat my last few years in high school, and in college. Bought it in London.

Eventually went with a fedora-style hat à la Indiana Jones. I’ve worn one of those ever since. Except when it’s really cold in the winter, when I break out the mink shapka that I bought for $50 in the bazaar in Akmola, Kazakhstan.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (77rzZ)

161 77 Look, someone has to have a talk with the young people - young men especially - about their stupid throwback eyeglasses and effeminate pompadours. It is eye cancer and gayer than a drag show. TJM is the only remaining HQer under a 105, so this sad duty falls to him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 03:04 PM (K3f7J)

Hey, I've been griping about The Glasses(tm) for years, and I'm significantly younger than 105.

Posted by: pookysgirl, chopped liver at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Wt5PA)

162 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.

which is what I figured

so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:16 PM (j+aD2)
_____

I'll bet this started out very small, selling a few baggies of coke to frat bros and party girls. They got away with it, so the operation grew and grew.

Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)

163 Imagine promoting politics you dislike, just to make it in the industry. How would you even gauge your own work?
Posted by: SciVo

By the number of times you whored yourself out. DC and the media attract people that want power and celebrity in that order. And they come from a narrow slice of America--the striving upper middle class and upper class--through the Ivies, law school, politically oriented jobs, and ultimately they find themselves grubbing on behalf of donors and members of Congress that are often major league sociopaths. So it all becomes simply a game to gain power, money, and climb the Hill. No actual feelings on anything.

I know quite a few DC folks my age and some young ones that got chewed up by reality there and in my state's politics. Some are burnouts, all are cynical, and some have ascended to be powers behind the throne.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM (E4rtv)

164
In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

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Good lord.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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Followup question, I wonder who it is that's taking themselves out of the gene pool. Low-lifers, dead-enders, hookers, that type? Or people we consider tragic losses -- "she was so promising, so full of potential, but once she got hooked on that drug she was a slave to it"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (XJ22o)

165 ""In 2023, there were about thirty thousand drug overdose deaths in the United States involving cocaine; a decade earlier, the number was five thousand."

Do you have a link for that?"

Google AI sez it's true! IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

166 Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

Are you mad? The only possible reason that a federal judge would seal those records is because they contain concrete evidence that dRumpf is a pedo. You see the way that the judges let him get away with everything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (ExV1e)

167 Walther beer. Out of Colorado, IIRC. $0.99/six-pack.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

168 I've been reading a book by a guy who spent a year in a cell* with Nazi war criminal Jurgen Stroop. Stroop called Catholicism "a catch-all of religions, infected with Judaism." He further claimed that Christianity was created as a Jewish conspiracy for "the weakening and debasement of man through guilt."

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So that's the problem with Catholicism, too Jewish.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)

Makes sense, all the apostles but Paul would have been Jewish.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (uhVAy)

169
Google AI sez it's true! IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

Google AI thought George Washington was a black guy.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:22 PM (2YhKe)

170 > When I was in college 5 years wasn’t uncommon. Inflation has changed that to 6 years I guess. Hence 24 years old.

Same.

The BYU student newspaper had a recurring column near graduation time featuring students who would graduate after only three years. I found the interviews funny. They always emphasized they were at BYU to get a degree and nothing else. "I didn't come here to meet people. I didn't come here for activities. I just want the paper and I'm out."

Part of me admired the focus. But I always thought they missed out on so much. I met, made friends with, and dated some amazing people at BYU.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:22 PM (mkw2N)

171 "Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself

He's no Otter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax"

He does remind me of a fish. I don't know what kind though.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 03:22 PM (MWfyi)

172 I'll bet this started out very small, selling a few baggies of coke to frat bros and party girls. They got away with it, so the operation grew and grew.

Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I tell you what, the local uni had better be grateful that the local frats seems to be going with cigars (despite the university's efforts to ban all tobacco everywhere in town) as their drug of choice.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (vJrRc)

173 137 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Eh, Epstein's clients, many of which are financial big wigs but not necessarily clients of his whores.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

174 He does remind me of a fish. I don't know what kind though.

blobfish

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (j+aD2)

175
Are you mad? The only possible reason that a federal judge would seal those records is because they contain concrete evidence that dRumpf is a pedo. You see the way that the judges let him get away with everything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (ExV1e)

This must be the same reason the Biden administration didn't release anything for 4 years of his presidency.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (2YhKe)

176 with apologies to Risky Business:

Agostino's Father: Do you have something to tell me?
Agostino: No… I don’t think so.
Agostino's Father: I just got off the telephone with Bill Rutherford. Apparently, you two had quite a meeting. “Penn State can use a guy like Agostino.” His exact words!
Agostino: That’s unbelievable!
Agostino's Father: You’re as good as in! I knew you could do it! Haven’t I been telling you, sometimes you have to say: “What the heck!” Take some chances.
Agostino: You were so right.
Agostino's Father: You’ve made me very proud.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (Sj6Ot)

177 so why loop the frats into it? the part about pledges cutting stuff is probably not even true!
Posted by: Black Orchid

Probably what the bint was referring to when she mentioned "hazing".

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (w9Wax)

178 That's not even a proper fedora
that's a trilby, which is several degrees more gay

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (ZxPkt)

179 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Yea, but if you're running a criminal enterprise with lots of cash, just seems really stupid to have lots of civilians circulating around. I feel like any other college, it would get around quick if pledges were bagging cocaine.

Find some offsite apartment or office space.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (eIzlH)

180 Eventually went with a fedora-style hat à la Indiana Jones. I’ve worn one of those ever since. ...

Posted by: Bulg
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Merl Haggard liked those high crown hats.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Cq/ve)

181 Walther beer. Out of Colorado, IIRC. $0.99/six-pack.

Damn Dunc. They were almost paying you to drink it.

The flat cheapest I remember, back in the early 90s, was Sterling at the local Super 8. They had a bar (at a Super 8, of all places). They sold 10 oz. drafts of Sterling, in a plastic cup, for a quarter on Thursdays.

That shit was awful. But I drank it. It was, after all, a quarter.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (f7Poz)

182 Do you have a link for that?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Data from the CDC Wonder system's multiple cause of death records (search or https:// wonder. cdc. gov/ mcd.html). A lot of drug overdoses involve multiple types of drugs, so it isn't that cocaine is the sole culprit in all those deaths, but that particular drug had really picked up again from the mid-10s to mid-20s.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (+ovo7)

183 Followup question, I wonder who it is that's taking themselves out of the gene pool. Low-lifers, dead-enders, hookers, that type? Or people we consider tragic losses -- "she was so promising, so full of potential, but once she got hooked on that drug she was a slave to it"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM (XJ22o)

Well there was potential NBA star for the Celtics Len Bias who just dropped dead taking what I think was cocaine in the 80s. Even in those innocent times some peeps just popped a fuze when taking those drugs. Probably why originally people used to just gnaw on the leaves a bit.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (uhVAy)

184 Oh boy just in time for the midterms. A massive trove of Epstein documents are going to be released after a judge directed previously unsealing previously sealed documents that a Fed judge had ordered sealed when Epstein pled guilty.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Hold on I just put an extra nothingburger on the grill.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 03:17 PM (YZ0Fo)___________

What did I say yesterday about that dubious claim by the playboy playmate that Hugh Hefner ratted to the FBI about Epstein? I said it was bullshit and just another way to keep his name in the news.

And now this? This was obviously coordinated. They will never ever ever ever ever stop fucking the Epstein pig.

The Blade, he knows things. Trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

185 Are you mad? The only possible reason that a federal judge would seal those records is because they contain concrete evidence that dRumpf is a pedo. You see the way that the judges let him get away with everything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Considering the dude is a Democrat appointed judge, doubtful. I think the public has moved on.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (E4rtv)

186 Not to keep harping on the CA tire ruling, but Nancy Skinner, one of 5 commissioners on the CEC, has a witch face:

https://tinyurl.com/5f68x2wd

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (kX27y)

187 "Google AI thought George Washington was a black guy......."

Google AI continues:

"Health experts point out that this massive increase over the decade wasn't just because more people were using cocaine. Instead, it was largely driven by the arrival of fentanyl, a incredibly strong man-made opioid. Drug dealers began mixing fentanyl into the cocaine supply. Because fentanyl is so strong, a tiny amount can cause a fatal overdose, often without the person even knowing they were taking."

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

188 Abbatiello is a blow fish, obviously

Posted by: or soon will be at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (88C+u)

189 State Pen

Ha ha.

Posted by: Penn State or . . . at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (anL5R)

190 And they come from a narrow slice of America--the striving upper middle class and upper class--through the Ivies, law school, politically oriented jobs, and ultimately they find themselves grubbing on behalf of donors and members of Congress that are often major league sociopaths. So it all becomes simply a game to gain power, money, and climb the Hill. No actual feelings on anything.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:20 PM

Called by Peter Turchik (and probably some others) as "the overproduction of Elites".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (0sNs1)

191

Well there was potential NBA star for the Celtics Len Bias who just dropped dead taking what I think was cocaine in the 80s. Even in those innocent times some peeps just popped a fuze when taking those drugs. Probably why originally people used to just gnaw on the leaves a bit.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (uhVAy)

He was a stud in college. Got drafted by the Celtics. Bought cocaine and died with his first snort.

Never played a game for them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)

192 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (Ia/+0)

193 Oh man, I had Walther! That beer tasted like what you paid for it. But being a poor then, I still drank it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (n5tGW)

194 Yea, but if you're running a criminal enterprise with lots of cash, just seems really stupid to have lots of civilians circulating around. I feel like any other college, it would get around quick if pledges were bagging cocaine.

Find some offsite apartment or office space.
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (eIzlH)

Then people might wonder about your foot traffic and supply drops.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (uhVAy)

195 182 https:// wonder. cdc. gov/ mcd.html
Thanks!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

196
The BYU student newspaper had a recurring column near graduation time featuring students who would graduate after only three years. I found the interviews funny. They always emphasized they were at BYU to get a degree and nothing else. "I didn't come here to meet people. I didn't come here for activities. I just want the paper and I'm out."

Part of me admired the focus. But I always thought they missed out on so much. I met, made friends with, and dated some amazing people at BYU.
Posted by: bonhomme

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It's just so expensive now to go to college, I can see it being normal to just to get out as quick as possible and making a living.

Probably every year you stay at a college is another 5-10 years of debt for some of these people.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (eIzlH)

197 Agostino looks like a cartoon character

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)

198 Not to keep harping on the CA tire ruling, but Nancy Skinner, one of 5 commissioners on the CEC, has a witch face:

https://tinyurl.com/5f68x2wd
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (kX27y)

She truly believes it's her duty to control every aspect of your life. F*cking LOOK at her. She thinks you're shit and she MUST control you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

199 And now this? This was obviously coordinated. They will never ever ever ever ever stop fucking the Epstein pig.

The Blade, he knows things. Trust The Blade.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

It's dead. Fetch is not going to happen.

What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

200
he did it
the crazy sonofabitch did it

https://tinyurl.com/ynpzcwxk

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (ZxPkt)

201 From Pedd State to Cocaine U in around a decade. Huh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

202 Did not expect a guy with a really good Mafia name busted for organizing a coke ring to look like Buddy Holly.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (3/XaG)

203 Biden White House Advisors Dubbed Themselves 'Politburo'
Last updated
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 03:02 PM (ZxPkt)

But Democrats are totes afraid of some socialist radicals!!

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (+rw6l)

204 Oh man, I had Walther! That beer tasted like what you paid for it. But being a poor then, I still drank it.

Nothing wrong with a "value beer". I still drink Natural Light. Its just beer. And besides, I like that they went back to the old style can. It looks like a damn beer ought to look.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (f7Poz)

205 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Wow, you totally made that sound gay.

Posted by: Memories? at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (anL5R)

206 Nah. They're white.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:52 PM (PGK1w)

Exactly. Why are we talking about this? Chuck them in jail for 30 years. Course, if i'm a white rich kid looking down the barrel of a coke charge in my last year in college, i'm showing up to court in a party city wig and cocktail dress 2 sizes too small and demand a mistrial because my name is Crystal Ballz and the guy that sold the coke is dead! And dead naming is a crime! Hah!

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (6+ehB)

207 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Yea, but if you're running a criminal enterprise with lots of cash, just seems really stupid to have lots of civilians circulating around. I feel like any other college, it would get around quick if pledges were bagging cocaine.

Find some offsite apartment or office space.
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:23 PM (eIzlH)
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I'm sure lotsa people on campus knew about it. Just like when I was in college, everyone knew which frats were most generous with the booze and drugs, which sorority sisters were most generous with their pussies, etc.

I'll bet this was an open secret on campus. I mean, with the amounts of coke reportedly recovered -- pounds of it -- it seems like these frats were supplying everyone on campus.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

208 That dude in the lower photo got crooked ears. Looks weird.

Posted by: Case at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (VrYHL)

209 Kolchak’s hat was practically a character in its own right on that show.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:28 PM (77rzZ)

210 200 Yes, I think it's crazy.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

211 What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

Commie theater in NYC is gonna be terribly bad optics for the party. Especially with some factions in the city government doing passive resistance. It was funny when the city police refused to staff security for his wife's junket to Palestine.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:29 PM (uhVAy)

212 BTW - Somebody better warn Bryson Dechambeau

His new Canadian girlfriend is cray cray but also unbelievably hot.

He's doomed.

Posted by: Its a problem, but not one I have at August 18, 2026 03:29 PM (anL5R)

213 Walther beer. Out of Colorado, IIRC. $0.99/six-pack.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM

Walther rifles >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Walther beer

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (LQKAS)

214 Called by Peter Turchik (and probably some others) as "the overproduction of Elites".
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Yep. John Updike and whatshisname Irving like to have dystopian novels about suburbia. They would have been better served by writing them about DC. Same for the far better Tom Wolfe. Hunter Thompson approached it in Fear and Loathing but never spent much time in DC to understand its culture and how that affected who ran the political machines for the Dems and GOP.

Blowing hoboes in teh alley is more honest work than the virtual blow jobs that staffers have to do to service big political donors, their own tin pot dictator in office, and connected assholes in DC beltway.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)

215 Frats make a lot of sense because many own their own frathouses and thus are largely immune from college oversight. Shit can happen in a frathouse basement that ain't nobody ever gonna find out about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Wow, you totally made that sound gay.
Posted by: Memories? at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (anL5R)
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It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

216 I know a LOT of people who work under the table!
Posted by: Black Orchid
.......

Somebody's gotta clean all the old bubble gum off.

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

217 Oh man, I had Walther! That beer tasted like what you paid for it. But being a poor then, I still drank it.

Nothing wrong with a "value beer". I still drink Natural Light. Its just beer. And besides, I like that they went back to the old style can. It looks like a damn beer ought to look.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:27 PM (f7Poz)

When I was in St Louis there were 'generic' and off brand beers that were just rejects or oversupplies of the various big beer companies in towns. They could be pretty good if you were lucky.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (uhVAy)

218 >> lot of drug overdoses involve multiple types of drugs, so it isn't that cocaine is the sole culprit in all those deaths, but that particular drug had really picked up again from the mid-10s to mid-20s.

I've read that this is how people OD on fentanyl.
Fentanyl is added to most street drugs, so someone like that "The Wire" who is used to taking drugs, especially mixing them, unknowingly takes several fentanyl-laced substances (like coke and something else) and dies.
They never intentionally took fentanyl, but manage to OD via other drugs.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (X8xt3)

219 Makes sense, all the apostles but Paul would have been Jewish.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:21 PM

Who wants to tell him?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:31 PM (LQKAS)

220
What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.
Posted by: whig

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You mean something that has NOT slipped through the Statute of Limitations?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (XJ22o)

221 Commie theater in NYC is gonna be terribly bad optics for the party. Especially with some factions in the city government doing passive resistance. It was funny when the city police refused to staff security for his wife's junket to Palestine.
Posted by: Oldcat

Duncepack is a problem for the GOP, so many stupid Democrats in office or as candidates, it begins to blur which dumb sociopath are the Dems pushing this time.

I hope the money that the GOP has hoarded until now is spent on plenty of grapeshot.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

222 Commie theater in NYC is gonna be terribly bad optics for the party. Especially with some factions in the city government doing passive resistance. It was funny when the city police refused to staff security for his wife's junket to Palestine.

I bitch plenty about Trump - so I'll give credit where due. He doesn't play that stupid Republican game where he won't "lower himself" into getting into the ugly details of exactly how miserable the DNC behaves. Oh no - not The Donald. He gets right down there in the muck.

Which is necessary. Good on him. Its work that has to be done.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (f7Poz)

223 It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

My first college roomie was a Jewish guy working to getting into the appropriate frat. Heard a lot of the silly stuff, seemed like a lot of effort for nothing to me.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

224
Then people might wonder about your foot traffic and supply drops.
Posted by: Oldcat

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There's somebody in my office building that runs a drop shipping company that are medical supplies. Young people. In and out all the time, lots of thins being brought in and out, etc.

I would not be the wiser if it was drugs.

Just seems way smarter than having an open secret cocaine operation in a frat house and having random people involved, Which is why this got busted.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:33 PM (eIzlH)

225 When I was in St Louis there were 'generic' and off brand beers that were just rejects or oversupplies of the various big beer companies in towns. They could be pretty good if you were lucky.

I truly believe Milwaukee's Best is just over-runs of Miller Lite. They taste the same to me.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (f7Poz)

226 And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Granted this is based on a sample population of . . uh . . . me, but I think you may need to back away from 'almost always.'

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (tToWO)

227 It's funny how debilitating, habit-forming, addictive, destructive behavior is ALWAYS advertised as freedom.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2026 03:12 PM (mkw2N)
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Because it is "freedom". The outcome of freedom is not de facto a good.

Consider the pistons in a car engine cylinder. "Degrees of freedom" is not a very good thing.

The classic tale of a certain choice in a certain garden, because they physically could, should illustrate this concept to us.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)

228 Considering the dude is a Democrat appointed judge, doubtful. I think the public has moved on.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:24 PM (E4rtv)

The batteries in your sarcasm detector may be dead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (ExV1e)

229 Lambda! Lambda! Lambda!

Posted by: Lex at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (+ScOG)

230 Penn State should have been burned to the ground and the ground salted after their feetball coaches raped all those boys while Joe Pa slept.

Posted by: Nittany Pederasts at August 18, 2026 03:35 PM (9WAJE)

231 I know a LOT of people who work under the table!

Posted by: Black Orchid
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Wait. Forgot my sock.

Posted by: Kamala at August 18, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)

232 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)

233 220
What I suspect soon is another bomb on the Dems, and that is foreign interference and cheating in our elections. Trump plays the long game too.
Posted by: whig

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You mean something that has NOT slipped through the Statute of Limitations?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

No, I mean possibly declaring a national emergency over it and overriding courts and the states on election procedures. It would be crossing the Rubicon so I don't know if Trump will pull the trigger but I think from his earlier more mild statement, he just might do it.

Same as declaring the ballroom a military installation and massive security risk. Trump also quietly militarized the Southern Border including a key AZ Indian Reservation that had served as an open door for cartel and immigrant smuggling. Shut. And we are in an on and off again shooting war with Iran. So we shall see what happens.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

234 Suddenly "Happy Valley" whiteout games takes on a whole new meaning. Hopefully they weren't "diddling" little boys...

Posted by: pahound at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (AjR4+)

235 Um, why'd ya have to arrest the cocaine guy?

Posted by: Candace "Snowens" at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Y/u0P)

236 Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell ya, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon... you know, cause I've worked in a lot of newsrooms and I tell you people do that all the time.

*Wipes away tears with wads of $100 bills*

Posted by: Randall Lane at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (V362x)

237 I truly believe Milwaukee's Best is just over-runs of Miller Lite. They taste the same to me.
Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (f7Poz)

Red, White and Blue is just Pabst Blue Ribbon

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (uhVAy)

238 It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

My first college roomie was a Jewish guy working to getting into the appropriate frat. Heard a lot of the silly stuff, seemed like a lot of effort for nothing to me.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)
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Joining a frat -- especially in rural PA where I went to college -- opened a lot of doors to party and girl opportunities, with the hope that the frat "network" would help you later professionally.

But I had already been partying in NYC clubs by the time I went to college, and was already beyond macking on drunk college girls. So what did I care about the rural PA frat scene?

I did have some buddies in one of the more popular frats, so I can't say I blew off the the frat party and girl scene completely.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (iFTx/)

239 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM

Wasn't that Miller High Life?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (LQKAS)

240 Um, why'd ya have to arrest the cocaine guy?
Posted by: Candace "Snowens" at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Y/u0P)

Now way she does coke, OD for sure with those nozzles.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (uhVAy)

241
The batteries in your sarcasm detector may be dead.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Irony and sarcasm is dead here, Kemosabe. Expired by overuse.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

242 230 Yep. I read the Freeh Report. Demonic stuff going on there.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

243 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM

Wasn't that Miller High Life?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (LQKAS)

that's why they had clear glass instead of green or brown glass.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)

244 frat/sorority family here...

I'm surrounded by GDIs on this site!

damn!

btw no nudity reported I just canvassed the guys

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (j+aD2)

245 Penn State should have been burned to the ground and the ground salted after their feetball coaches raped all those boys while Joe Pa slept.
Posted by: Nittany Pederasts at August 18, 2026 03:35 PM (9WAJE)

Agreed.

Instead, they lost a few scholarships and 2 bowl games.

Whooptydo.......they F*CKED KIDS for DECADES.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)

246 "No, I mean possibly declaring a national emergency over it and overriding courts and the states on election procedures."

The left has been predicting for months he'd do that. Does he really want to do it?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

247 Lane should try the autistic defense.

Posted by: PG at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (qln0f)

248 Enjoyed my time in a fraternity. Never got naked in front of other dudes or had anything stuck in my fartclam.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (oqH4h)

249 Agostino Abbatiello surrendered himself

Accounting major. He'd be an interesting TA to have had.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (Cuw0G)

250 I have heard the phrase “ the champagne of bottle beers” which one was that?
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:36 PM

Wasn't that Miller High Life?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:37 PM (LQKAS)

It was simply "The Champaign of Beers."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

251 223 It is. I never joined a frat because it sounded very gay. And the hazing almost always involved getting naked in front of other dudes. Not my thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

My first college roomie was a Jewish guy working to getting into the appropriate frat. Heard a lot of the silly stuff, seemed like a lot of effort for nothing to me.
Posted by: Oldcat
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All about networking for the future and trying to have a social life. Fine for those that joined, fine for those that did not. No big deal.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (E4rtv)

252 Still is, by the way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

253 especially in rural PA where I went to college -

hmm where was this where was this

let me guess

Dickinson?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (j+aD2)

254 There is nothing in our Founding Documents that includes freedom from consequences.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)

255 Hat makes dude look like Leo from "Get Shorty."

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (NYInA)

256 248 Enjoyed my time in a fraternity. Never got naked in front of other dudes or had anything stuck in my fartclam.

Posted by: ballistic
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Ah, but did you have to say, "Thank You Sir, May I have Another?"

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

257 I truly believe Milwaukee's Best is just over-runs of Miller Lite. They taste the same to me.

Posted by: Howdy at August 18, 2026 03:34 PM (f7Poz)
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What they ring out of the mop after it runs over.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (Fi81e)

258 All about networking for the future and trying to have a social life. Fine for those that joined, fine for those that did not. No big deal.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (E4rtv)

All alien stuff.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)

259 It was simply "The Champaign of Beers."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM

You are correct, sir. Never drank it, though. The RMBS Dad liked to brew, so my taste buds got spoiled by the good stuff early on.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (LQKAS)

260 Hat makes dude look like Leo from "Get Shorty."
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (NYInA)

Did Leo look like a cumgargling fag?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

261 She truly believes it's her duty to control every aspect of your life. F*cking LOOK at her. She thinks you're shit and she MUST control you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)
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Yup, I went on her wiki and she has a very long, very controlling history. She's 72, I thought she looked older than that.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM (kX27y)

262
You are correct, sir. Never drank it, though. The RMBS Dad liked to brew, so my taste buds got spoiled by the good stuff early on.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (LQKAS)

Drank it early on, before MGD came out. It wasn't all that bad, honestly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

263 Okay I unlazied for a moment. Miller High Life ( that’s a name?) is, indeed, “ THE champagne of bottled beers, according to the netz. Apparently not the champagne of draft beers, though.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (Gqar8)

264 Before and after pictures of Ceuta. The third world can happen within a week.

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (n5tGW)

265 There is nothing in our Founding Documents that includes freedom from consequences.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)
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But that was the freedom the liberals started to covet most of all, before it became full-blown leftism.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

266 "No, I mean possibly declaring a national emergency over it and overriding courts and the states on election procedures."

The left has been predicting for months he'd do that. Does he really want to do it?
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

Just plunking a bunch of agents with some backup in the bad areas will likely ruin the Dem's need to produce 440 million fake votes to come out on top.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (uhVAy)

267 Drank it early on, before MGD came out. It wasn't all that bad, honestly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:41 PM

Fair enough. I'll cop to having drunk Busch in college when that was the only thing we had. Granted, I was pretty drunk at the time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (LQKAS)

268 All about networking for the future and trying to have a social life. Fine for those that joined, fine for those that did not. No big deal.
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the naked elephant walk bothers some guys more than others I guess. . .

Posted by: Raised Eyebrow at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (anL5R)

269 Dude went to the Max Boot School of buying hats that make you look like a total faggot.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (oqH4h)

270 especially in rural PA where I went to college -

hmm where was this where was this

let me guess

Dickinson?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (j+aD2)

It was one of the below:

Penn State
Bucknell
Susquehanna

Well, not Susquehanna -- but I spent quite a few weekends there. They were well known of having hot and very generous girls.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (iFTx/)

271 There is nothing in our Founding Documents that includes freedom from consequences.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)
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But if the elites have shown us anything, some people can be free from consequences.

If they have the right connections.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

272 Before and after pictures of Ceuta. The third world can happen within a week.

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 03:42 PM (n5tGW)

Set it ablaze.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)

273 Dude went to the Max Boot School of buying hats that make you look like a total faggot.
Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM

Valedictorian.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (LQKAS)

274 omg Elric you went to FuckHell and did NOT pledge a frat?

ok that's impressive

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (j+aD2)

275 The left has been predicting for months he'd do that. Does he really want to do it?
Posted by: gp

None of us know what hand Trump has nor the evidence--someone like Chavez spilling the beans on cheating by Smartmatic and thus Dominion which licensed Smartmatic's software would put the cat among the pigeons.

Trump has been pretty good about OpSec this term rather than his first. But I think he is putting the pressure on Scotus to cram the states filled with fake registrations to kill the Dem judges injunctions forbidding the Feds from cleansing them. If those fake voter registrations go away, so does a big margin of fraud that the left can deploy easily. Not enough time to rack up a big new list.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

276 What is that rats nest on his head???

Posted by: Max Power at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (q177U)

277 272 Before and after pictures of Ceuta. The third world can happen within a week.

https://tinyurl.com/4zbhx5y5
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Great ad material there for those that dare to use it.

Like seeing history come to life over sacking of cities by invaders.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

278 Think I read that Falstaff beer went out of business. Always liked that name. Falstaff. Name a beer after a Shakespeare character.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (Gqar8)

279 But if the elites have shown us anything, some people can be free from consequences.

If they have the right connections.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

That's always been true which is why saner societies said they had to stand up exposed in battle and inspire us all being brave to get some of them shot.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

280 Agreed.

Instead, they lost a few scholarships and 2 bowl games.

Whooptydo.......they F*CKED KIDS for DECADES.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

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The NCAA is in the business of levying fines. Sweet sweet organization-funding fines.

PSU was a criminal matter, so no fines

So the NCAA ran away

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (tToWO)

281
Fair enough. I'll cop to having drunk Busch in college when that was the only thing we had. Granted, I was pretty drunk at the time.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (LQKAS)

Was at a good friend's house celebrating one of his daughter's achievements a while back. They had Busch Light, then the daughter went to the store and picked up straight Busch. I drank it......we went home. I wasn't really even buzzed, but walked into the house.......hit the toilet and made Buicks for the next 15 minutes........

Won't be touching that stuff again any time soon......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)

282 Busch. They have a nice garden in Florida.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Gqar8)

283 "But I think he is putting the pressure on Scotus to cram the states filled with fake registrations to kill the Dem judges injunctions forbidding the Feds from cleansing them."

Does he currently have a case like that before SCOTUS?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

284 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

Is it still around?

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

285 All alien stuff.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Some join the military for the same reasons or really any other group. Few people like to actually be alone.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)

286 Great ad material there for those that dare to use it.

Like seeing history come to life over sacking of cities by invaders.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

NO one will use it and Big Media will never show it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (2YhKe)

287 It was simply "The Champaign of Beers."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:39 PM

You are correct, sir. Never drank it, though. The RMBS Dad liked to brew, so my taste buds got spoiled by the good stuff early on.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2026 03:40 PM (LQKAS)
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The original ads for Miller Beer was "The Champagne of Bottled Beers", but it was shortened to "The Champagne of Beers" after WWII because Miller started shipping the brew in steel, then aluminum cans.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (rj6Yv)

288 Old Milwelfare

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2026 03:47 PM (iyblN)

289 hit the toilet and made Buicks for the next 15 minutes........
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next to the dictionary entry for "TMI"

Posted by: thanks. thanks a lot. at August 18, 2026 03:47 PM (anL5R)

290 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

Is it still around?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

it is a state school so yeah.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)

291 In college I was dirt poor so mostly drank:

Milwaukee's Best (which we called the "Beast")
Old Milwaukee (which we called "Old Swill")
Busch (although this was more expensive so I rarely had it)

IIRC, the Beast wasn't that bad.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)

292 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar8)

293 Trump has been pretty good about OpSec this term rather than his first. But I think he is putting the pressure on Scotus to cram the states filled with fake registrations to kill the Dem judges injunctions forbidding the Feds from cleansing them. If those fake voter registrations go away, so does a big margin of fraud that the left can deploy easily. Not enough time to rack up a big new list.
Posted by: whig

===

I firmly believe massive fraud occurs in our election system. What's disappointing is there's not the smoking gun type stuff being uncovered on the scale I think is going on. Like the closest thing I can think of was a small story in CA where a large amount of blank ballots was found in a criminal's car.

I wish someone like Musk would put bounties on this, like $5 million if you can show proof of manufacturing fraudulent votes.

There has to be lots of people involved that would rat someone out for a lot of money.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (eIzlH)

294 284 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

sure ... why is it cool?

it's pretty I guess

the coolest college here .. tough one

I would vote for Swarthmore

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (j+aD2)

295 133 He graduated two years ago. He was still running the coke to the campus, supposedly pounds at a time.
___

He was redshirted.

Posted by: Cocaine University at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (qUkBO)

296 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar

those had the seams on the side made them hard to crush.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (uhVAy)

297 Broke-ass college kid beer of choice for me and my buddies was always Natural Light.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (oqH4h)

298 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar

I got into a trend of crushing aluminum cans off my forehead. Someone slipped in one of those Steel City beers which was in the Steel can.

Before I noticed it, I was lying on the floor with a big ring on my forehead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

299 Does he currently have a case like that before SCOTUS?
Posted by: gp
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Yes, DoJ has multiple lawsuits demanding states under the Voting Rights Act give unredacted lists of voters so that the Feds can compare and find ineligible voters like illegals or dead people. And then there is the whole mail in ballot torpedo aimed Dems which has Elias and co suing to stop the USPS from only allowing mail to used by real verifiable voters--no more ballots sent to empty lots and ballots must use a trackable USPS envelop so receipt and sending times and dates are recorded.

Then there are ongoing investigations into voter fraud, the Deep State shuffle down in S. Florida involving the attempted Dem and Rino Coup in 2016, etc. etc.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

300 Beast was strictly to be funneled. Truly foul.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (oqH4h)

301 296 Beer in steel cans. Hmmmm.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Gqar

those had the seams on the side made them hard to crush.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (uhVAy)

Guess it’s no weirder than vodka or bourbon in plastic jugs.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

302
He was redshirted.
Posted by: Cocaine University at August 18, 2026 03:49 PM (qUkBO)

It works for running backs who beat the shit out of their girlfriends........

Posted by: Bob Stoops at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

303 But if the elites have shown us anything, some people can be free from consequences.

If they have the right connections.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

That's always been true which is why saner societies said they had to stand up exposed in battle and inspire us all being brave to get some of them shot.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)
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But that is freedom: the availability to choose a course you have the power/capability to choose.

Thus, paraplegics don't have a "freedom to get up and walk", many of the rest of us do.

This is my shot against Ayn Rand. Freedom is not thematically consistent, so if I can do it, have the brains and the means to manage it, I can take another person wholly captive. Especially if I can evade the law.

The "freedom" of "degrees of freedom" has no consideration for consistency.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Fi81e)

304 299 Thanks so much, whig!

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

305 Nood. That Michigan guy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

306 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

307 Speaking of Lefties and the Law, Jill Stein just had a warrant issued for her arrest. Trespassing and assault on a police officer.

Remember her? Trotsky to Bernie's Stalin an election cycle or two ago.

The difference between her and "Doctor" Jill Biden is that Stein is an actual MD... Haaavard Medical School, no less, and she's old enough that it still meant something.

Too bad she went batshit crazy somewhere along the way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (IG3/x)

308 I got into a trend of crushing aluminum cans off my forehead. Someone slipped in one of those Steel City beers which was in the Steel can.

Before I noticed it, I was lying on the floor with a big ring on my forehead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

Was a Rockford Files episode where Rockford's acquaintance from prison, played by Isaac Hayes, crushes a beer can to show his toughness and Rockford tells him with the Aluminum cans anyone can do it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (uhVAy)

309 I firmly believe massive fraud occurs in our election system. What's disappointing is there's not the smoking gun type stuff being uncovered on the scale I think is going on. Like the closest thing I can think of was a small story in CA where a large amount of blank ballots was found in a criminal's car.

I wish someone like Musk would put bounties on this, like $5 million if you can show proof of manufacturing fraudulent votes.

There has to be lots of people involved that would rat someone out for a lot of money.
Posted by: Leupold

The evidence is there but people ignored it as did courts using the standing rule. That the amount of fraud proven could not be shown to have caused defeat of the candidate. That standing ruling has now been overturned btw by Scotus in a little reported case last term.

Candidates now have standing to challenge rules, counting, etc. from teh get go, not to wait until after being cheated and their votes discarded. This is going to affect the Dem big cheat areas used to running things their own way.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 03:52 PM (E4rtv)

310 290 The coolest college in PA was Slippery Rock.

Is it still around?
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

it is a state school so yeah.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)
______________________

There is a college in Turkey called "Batman University." It's in the Batman Province (which is a real thing). The capital of the Batman Province is called Batman. And it sits along the Batman River.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 03:53 PM (dIske)

311 "I wish someone like Musk would put bounties on this, like $5 million if you can show proof of manufacturing fraudulent votes."

Can DOJ, or state election offices, offer such bounties?

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Jr5Lq)

312 U. of Michigan had a thing for Slippery Rock. At Michigan football games, they’d announce that week’s final score of the Slippery Rock game, and the crowd would either cheer if SR had won, or boo if they had lost.

And, in 1979, SR played Shippensburg in Michigan Stadium when Michigan had an away game. My Dad and I went to see it. I forget who won.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

313 You know who else was redshirted?

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 03:55 PM (+rw6l)

314 "she was so promising, so full of potential, but once she got hooked on that drug she was a slave to it"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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She was on the D. Letterman show before she was a teen.
She's been in the business a long time.
One of the Baldwin brothers featured in an X, 'who set her up in the boat with the old rocker? They all did.'
I'll try to find it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:07 PM (Cq/ve)

315 429 Too Many Requests

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 04:17 PM (Cq/ve)

316 Wikipedia, in part: Lane edited his college newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian at the University of Pennsylvania[where?] before interning with The Wall Street Journal.[13] Lane received the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s top non-fiction prize for a 1988 profile he wrote on former Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo.

He was 20 yrs. old, never met the 67 year old former Philly Mayor, and the piece was published/digitalized nowhere but might be held in the physical archives of The Daily Pennsylvanian on microfiche. If true & he wrote that piece and another about the Circus, those could be his serious journalism days.

Randall Lane's an enigma, allegedly born in NY but with no other early history & no bio outside Wikipedia. He flew around, spoke, conferenced, Wall Street partied big, and put out several rock star like commercial magazines re: the rich & famous until his Doubleday Media failed in (Lehman, TARP) 2009, reportedly wiping him out personally, too.

FFS, the guy is like Jason Arday but older & white. Married a journalist, a U of P grad. During the pandemic lockdowns, he created a private, month-long sleep-away for his daughters & ten paying friends ($2K fee)!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 04:23 PM (NFX2v)

317 Lane Randall looks like a fag in a bag of dicks store

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 18, 2026 04:26 PM (Ra4oo)

318 Yeah, the NY - PA white collar fraud 'links' are very real; a full time job for a battalion of criminal investigators.

C19 rocked our world from center.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 04:27 PM (NFX2v)

319 It's always the incels, isn't it? smdh

Posted by: Peaches at August 18, 2026 04:30 PM (UixuB)

320 The fraternities, Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon, allegedly coordinated with suppliers...

Sigma Chi – Friendship, Justice and Learning
"Sigma Chi's standards and virtues should guide members like essential tools on a journey."

Delta Upsilon - "Delta Upsilon is the world's oldest non-secret, non-hazing fraternity."

Penn State's Happy Valley - Providing the foundation for a lifelong journey.

Huge, beautiful campus; prioritized legacy and Asian students in ALL things; OK education for non-connected students; way too many sorority and fraternity houses; unique studies were practically located in Tibet with little transportation options back then.

Not at all a favorite with me.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2026 04:50 PM (NFX2v)

Prepare for a Non-Shock: Staffer for Rejected Liberal RINO John Cornyn Joins James Talarico Campaign

They spend years lying to us about being conservative, and after we eject them, they confirm that we were right all along.

James Talarico Poaches Cornyn Staffer

Poaches? I suspect this traitor went running to his real political allies.

Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's campaign hired a staffer from Republican Sen. John Cornyn, NOTUS has learned.

Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I'm proud to be joining James Talarico's campaign," Smith confirmed in a statement through the Talarico campaign. "Instead of playing partisan politics, Talarico speaks to the needs of everyday people who day in and day out work too hard for too little. In the Senate, James will fight to lower costs for all 31 million Texans, whether they're Republicans, Democrats, or independents, so that Texans of all ages have a fighting chance at the American Dream of starting a family, owning a home, and leaving a little behind for their children."

Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

Smith previously worked on the House Science Committee for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma) and was a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi).

When contacted for comment, a Cornyn spokesperson directed NOTUS to remarks the senator has made repeatedly in recent months where he's said he will "support the Republican ticket" in the fall.

Sure, sure.

Thanks to Buck Throckmorton.

Update:

Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

So conservative.

The Deputy Legislative Director of soon-to-be-former senator John Cornyn has been hired to work in the Talarico senate campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director. The most shocking thing is that no one is shocked. @AceofSpadesHQ https://t.co/SUAUYd0CMP
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) August 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:34 PM

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1 I'm not shocked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (NcvvS)

3 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

4 I wonder if Cornyn gave him a reference.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (2Xqig)

5 Knock me over with a bulldozer!

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)

6 "Poaches." Is that what they're call it these days?

Posted by: Chris Hansen at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wGerL)

7 Naturally. Birds of a feather and all like that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wVcYX)

8 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

But only the sort of Republican whose been rejected by Republicans in reliably red Texas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ExV1e)

9
*** scrambles around for not-shocked face ***

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)

10 yup, non-shocking to the max.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

11 The only reasons Cornyn was in office as long as he was is because
a) The Democrat opponent was always way worse;
b) The Texas GOP made dang sure that Cornyn never had a serious primary contender.

But the Texas GOP was unable to keep Paxton off the ballot, so Cornyn lost the primary. And he is still pissed about that.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (bufu1)

12
These staffers are whores anyway. Lacking any morals or principles, they'll attach themselves like a remora to any passing shark.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (O0L8i)

13 >>"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career"

Yes, we know.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (NcvvS)

14 So.....

All according to Cornyn's inner circle, the things Paxton voters said about Cornyn and his inner circle are.... true.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (PGK1w)

15
He just discovered he's gay.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

16 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

17 I always love the perpetual refrain of the politician during election season.

"I'm fighting for lower costs!"

Okay; so how come we're here now, with costs and expenses as they are and yet, costs are still going up? What is it you'd say you've been doing so far?

Posted by: Gaff at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (EqzMw)

18 Any bets on whether Cornyn will also jump parties after the election?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (bufu1)

19 Is Talarico going to win?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)

20 Talarico has pedo eyes. And secret sex lips.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (amcLV)

21 Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

How much money did John Cornyn spend to try and hold on to power? And how much time did he spend trying to get SAVE passed, which would have allowed him to hold on to power?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

22 Uniparty gonna uniparty

Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (LX4y3)

23
Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

RINO ass fired by electorate.
RINO ass staffer jumps to Dem party.

Dem party thinks electorate will switch, following RINO ass.

Um.......yeah, about that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

24 " I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

Good luck with that, as Paxton's won state office several times even with all the nonsense thrown at him.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (lNxD2)

25 I heard that the staffer also took with him the gun grabbing legislation draft he wrote for Cornyn that cost him his seat.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (hnUsy)

26
Man, he feels like a woman.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

27 Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)

Only if R's do R things and stay the f*ck home on election day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

28 "I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box." - Jacob Smith

Sport, youze ain't my fellow Republican.

My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

29 Eh. Jacob Smith is just a whore who goes wherever the money is. Cornyn is a dead end. So Smith's gotta make his filthy lucre somewhere.

If someone else paid more for his "services" than this weirdo freakazoid, Smith woulda gone there.

I'm sure Smith's policy positions suck balls too. But then that's good for us. Let him go "help" this weirdo lose the election badly.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

30 Why do I suspect that the policies Smith advocates for will be very similar to those he advocated for with Cornyn? How many other "R" senators and congresscritters have crypto-leftists advising them on policy?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (lFFaq)

31 Sounds like a guy (?) who knows he can't make it in the private sector, so like a remora, he just swaps hosts. It's a living, I guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (1z8ji)

32 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

I was watching either a Bulwark podcast or Pod Save America....no difference, because it was people from both shows (former Bush and Obama staffers) talking, and the Bush staffers very much sounded like they didn't like (or care about) conservative policy goals...it was just a job, trying to help a client (Bush) win. In a way, it was nice because it sounded very mercenary/mafia (nothing personal, just business), but ultimately I think you expose yourself to risk, especially in the future, if you hire people to help discuss critical strategy stuff that don't believe it, and could jump ship to the enemy later.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (THJS/)

33 Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (hnUsy)

34 Thanks for confirming what we knew about Cornyn all along. This is the standard playbook for frauds who were kicked out of office by the voters. Wear the Democrat nominee like a skin suit, and make sure everyone “knows” that beating the Republican pretender at the ballot box is a futile endeavor.

Except this time, Paxton is going to win and Cornyn will be shitting his prime rib in a diaper by next fall.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (+ffGB)

35 If Texas elects Talarico, I vote that we let them secede and be an independent nation again, because they would be unwanted as a state in our union. Get out. Govern yourselves the way you want. Maybe Mexico would admit you as Chihuahua Norte.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (Av6i5)

36 "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."
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That's how you know the most trustworthy people in DC. The staffers of long-time con artists tell you they are the "most corrupt" or "dangerous".

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

37 Texas never stopped being a republic.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (+ffGB)

38
Hey, his Republican principles demanded he find work.

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (Y8DZL)

39 Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)

Well, plenty of Texans have said, repeatedly, that he won't but folks keep up with the but, but, but, so... yes. Democrats will sweep every contest in November and, in fact, will never lose another electoral contest until the heat death of the universe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

40 28 Count, you left out “galoot.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)

41 Smith previously worked on the House Science Committee for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma) and was a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi).

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Who?
Who?
Who?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (JvZF+)

42 Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."

Paxton should sue the f*ck out of him. RIGHT now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

43 I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rp63B)

44 My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)
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No hornswogglin', sidewindin', bushwhackin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishencutter!

Rerrit!

Posted by: Gabby Johnson at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (amcLV)

45 Whose jobs are up for grabs?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wxsGM)

46 Texas used to have Democrat Democrats and Republican Democrats.

Now we have Republican Republicans and Democrat Republicans.

Saves on election costs!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wtvvX)

47 >> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

48
Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

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What policies would those be? Drag queens in elementary schools? Witchcraft? Open borders again?

Anyway, it's not just that Smith is an amoral weasel who needs a job. He has GOPe support for working against Paxton.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (azNOR)

49 Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

One thing to notice here, this isn't an administrative or even GOTV staffer this is a policy staffer.

If you believe the claims made by Coryn he's mostly aligned with Paxton on policy. Talarico is an extreme leftist, so the only way this works is if...

CORYN WAS LYING

I know, I know we are all shocked

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

50 Paxton was tried.

The lawyers for the prosecution interviewed the FBI on their investigation and they said they came up with NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING WHATSOEVER.

The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.

They're f*cking lying about him.

He needs to sue. SUE LIKE THE WIND.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

51 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
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Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.

You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

52 DC is an incestuous cesspool.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (MWfyi)

53 Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Av6i5)

54 28 Count, you left out “galoot.”
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)

That I did.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

55 So, blacks only vote fraudulently? None of their votes are real.

Now I could be convinced that many of the votes cast in those districts are fraudulent, since they are run by DNC lackeys who have had machines to encourage or generate turnout when needed.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (uhVAy)

56 The lawyers for the prosecution interviewed the FBI on their investigation and they said they came up with NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING WHATSOEVER.

The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
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Sounds like Trump.

He shouldn't visit New York.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)

57 >>I heard that the staffer also took with him the gun grabbing legislation draft he wrote for Cornyn that cost him his seat.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM

Probably the path to citizenship stuff, too.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2Xqig)

58
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Those exiting construction zone port-a-potties.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)

59 Jacob Smith may be less masculine than James Talarico if that is possible.

https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wGerL)

60 Or I should say, politics is an incestuous cesspool.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (MWfyi)

61
Hilarious to see the left squawk about the Epstein files and corruption WITHOUT EVIDENCE!!!!

Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)

62 This is the kind of stuff the True Cons said Trump would do.

I know Trump doesn't read "super trustworthy" (maybe his most endearing quality as a nominal GOP, oddly enough). But instead he put it all on the line for a decade to try and stop the inexorable march of communism that had arrived within our shores.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (+rw6l)

63 I don't care what any of these people say, if you're going to fart, fart, you'll feel better.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (tvdD1)

64 OT: DJT posts a Truth labeling the Strait of Hormuz a 'NEW U.S. Territory.

I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp

I oppose this idea.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

65 Whose jobs are up for grabs?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wxsGM)
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*raises hand*

Posted by: Kamala at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Fi81e)

66 43 I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"Soy". Riiiiight. That's what he's been injected with that made him such a bottom bitch...

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (THJS/)

67 >> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Great horny toads. And jackalopes.

Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)

68 I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rp63B)
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So, not exactly Pecos Bill, eh?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)

69 WHAT A SHOCK!

I once served as a delegate for the Republican Convention back in Virginia.

Shortly afterward, I started getting LOTS of fundraising requests from Democrat campaigns.

My first thought was "these idiots, I worked for the other side!"

It was only after further reflection that I realized they probably get better than 50% response from targeting "Republican" delegates. I was the idiot who didn't realize how infiltrated the GOP was.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)

70
Polls are no longer a way of reflecting public sentiment but a way of driving it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (O0L8i)

71 Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
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Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.

You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

This is impossible in the current climate. Said GOP hire would have to toe the line on so many issues to remain in good graces that the utility of his views would vanish.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (uhVAy)

72 I'm pleased to announce that Jacob "Scapegoat" Smith will be joining my election campaign staff.

Posted by: James Talarico at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (i8+2Q)

73
Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie

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Ooh, glad you asked again! Don't know if you saw my answer below-thread:

zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)

74 My only salve with where I can see things clearly heading for 2027 is Trump knows exactly what this DNC-DSA op is, and where it's headed, likely well beyond what I can see.

And he is not going to let them ride roughshod over us and everything civilized people built for 250 years, or to take advantage of what he seemingly dismantled.

How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (+rw6l)

75 Paxton hopefully takes this as a sign when he wins. Bring all your OWN staffers. Do NOT retain ANYTHING involving that shitbag Cornyn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

76 30 Why do I suspect that the policies Smith advocates for will be very similar to those he advocated for with Cornyn? How many other "R" senators and congresscritters have crypto-leftists advising them on policy?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Thune for one. Basically staffers are there to exercise power and/or to get rich from teh K Street banditos. Senate legislative assistants, in particular, spend a lot of time with their Dem counterparts liaising with donor groups drafting uniparty legislation.

They have the faithfulness of a whore and I think this guy jumped because he wasn't going to retain his cushy job with Cornyn, is likely to get paid well by Talarico's campaign, and then will probably try to land in some lobbying firm for an interest group.

The good news is he is now toxic to the GOP officeholders being able to openly hire him as an aide , the bad news is there are bunch just like him as senior staffers for other aging toads sitting as GOP senators.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

77 Cross-party hires are rare

Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (Cuw0G)

78 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

Do you think he means God or god?

Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)

79 >> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.

Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)

Well the most recent polls in WI had Chong or whoever up 20+ points and she lost.

It seems like the last 2 candidates they have run for Senate are there just to skim donations across the country into TX. They aren't to appeal to actual Txans, or win.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (uhVAy)

80 I've said it before, but there are no elected Republicans in DC that read conservative media anywhere close to this site.
More of them will say David French represents the conservative view than this site.
And a lot of them still think National Review represents the thought leaders of the the base.
And that watching CNN and Fox News will give you both sides of the story.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (3cUTc)

81 Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)

Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)

I just came out that pollsters in California were running an 'experiment' on the Bass mayoral race and released a completely fake poll, just to see the reaction.

Yeah.....they've been doing that shit for DECADES, just didn't tell anyone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)

82 "Polling Company Collapses After Giving Francesca Hong a 23-Point Lead in a Race She Lost, Admits to ‘Bogus’ Data on LA Mayor Karen Bass"

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (MWfyi)

83 "I'm fighting for lower costs!"

Uh-huh. "More money to secure our border!"

They are truly professionals when it applies to acting like they are merely powerless spectators in these atrocities.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (Ewmxj)

84 JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

Do you think he means God or god?
Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)

Texas already REQUIRES ID to vote in federal elections, if not ALL elections.

I show ID everytime, regardless.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

85 Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)

I was a alternate delegate for our district convention in CO for 2008. Made me realize *I* was the RINO because I actually believed in the planks of the platform.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (lFFaq)

86 "A major polling scandal rocks the Los Angeles mayoral race after a firm admits to fabricating poll results. Median Strategies created a fake poll showing Karen Bass leading. "

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (MWfyi)

87 Paxton hopefully takes this as a sign when he wins. Bring all your OWN staffers. Do NOT retain ANYTHING involving that shitbag Cornyn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)
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Like the Lord told the Israelites.

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)

88 With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

God wants neighbors to vote without ID.? Blacks are too stupid to get ID? How patronizing!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+hwtP)

89 Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.

Posted by: pookysgirl, pointing out the obvious at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)

90 An experiment to see if they can cheat even more blatantly.

Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (MWfyi)

91 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)

Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.

Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+rw6l)

92 >>Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.

"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I'm proud to be joining James Talarico's campaign," Smith confirmed

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS EXPLAINS WHY CORNRYN SUCKED AS A REPUBLICAN - HIS STAFFERS ARE DEMOCRATS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (X8xt3)

93 Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.
Posted by: pookysgirl, pointing out the obvious at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)

Only those that SHOULD fear ICE should be afraid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (2YhKe)

94
Both Talarico & Cornyn aid Smith share their love of Semen.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (OkYzo)

95 A name like Jacob ‘Big Jake’ Smith might inject some testerone into Telarico. Who knows?

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (LHPAg)

96 And he is not going to let them ride roughshod over us and everything civilized people built for 250 years, or to take advantage of what he seemingly dismantled.

How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.
Posted by: ...
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Watch for a possible national emergency declared before the elections start. Foreign interference in US elections and fraudulent voters on the lists in mostly blue states. I think that is Trump's Rubicon ripping the masks off of everyone including the courts.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)

97 White people are robbing our black neighbors is certain a take.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (+rw6l)

98 OT: DJT posts a Truth labeling the Strait of Hormuz a 'NEW U.S. Territory.

I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp

I oppose this idea.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

Might as well call a spade a spade. Given the fecklessness of the rest of the world to patrolling the area it will be on our plate for a long time. Perhaps some day the day to day patrols can be taken over by Gulf state boats but the big stick will be ours.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)

99 How long has Jacob Smith been transitioning?

Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (Fi81e)

100 >>Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.

*eyes dart in all directions*

Posted by: Somalis at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (X8xt3)

101 I brought up the Sienna poll claiming Talarico is ahead, key points:

"Voters Favor Paxton on Border; Favor Talarico on Affordability, Iran, Water, Safety"

In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%

Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

102 Admitting you're a democrat after working your entire career for RINO's..........

Priceless.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (2YhKe)

103 Talarico is a serpent.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dWlcQ)

104 Watch for a possible national emergency declared before the elections start. Foreign interference in US elections and fraudulent voters on the lists in mostly blue states. I think that is Trump's Rubicon ripping the masks off of everyone including the courts.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)

I think he will have a ton of poll inspectors in those key blue areas

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:52 PM (uhVAy)

105 Cross party hires wasn't ever all that rare. Staffers and staff asses would work for whoever would pay them. Politics didn't matter. You care about the policy, you run for the office, you wear the moc pin. Staffers just do their job.

Then "Woke" happened and the cutthroat amoral bastards got replaced with cultists.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (Ot/FD)

106 I get "Television Sheister Preacher" vibes off of Talarico every time he opens his mouth. Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (dIske)

107 82 "Polling Company Collapses After Giving Francesca Hong a 23-Point Lead in a Race She Lost, Admits to ‘Bogus’ Data on LA Mayor Karen Bass"
Posted by: fd

Morons. You only sellout with a big fake poll when you're ready to retire.

Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (THJS/)

108 "Polling Company Collapses"
Like, collapses-collapses?

Like those DIY home stripper poles that aren't secured, collapses?

Or like illegal immigrant trucking companies that change some letters around and re-incorporate, collapses?

(You've got three guesses, and the first two don't count)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (aJQbY)

109 But the poll that 60% of young people are socialists. Totes not fabricated!

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (+rw6l)

110 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS EXPLAINS WHY CORNRYN SUCKED AS A REPUBLICAN - HIS STAFFERS ARE DEMOCRATS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:50

This.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

111
86 "A major polling scandal rocks the Los Angeles mayoral race after a firm admits to fabricating poll results. Median Strategies created a fake poll showing Karen Bass leading. "
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM

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A revised truthful poll indicates that Bass is a cabbage-headed dumbass with a strange offensive body odor.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (azNOR)

112 One other point on polling, RCP said that Talarico would mean Coryn as well from when they were polling that as a possibility.

Which puts to bed the question of "But Paxton is too mean, conservative, blah"

Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

113 27 Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner
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If Talrico wins take it as a sign that it's time to get right with Jesus.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (Cq/ve)

114 "Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."

Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (5rh/l)

115 It will not work. We already hate Cornyn.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (j3Fsw)

116 It's actually hilarious that they whine that Paxton will 'sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power'

after Cornyn pissed away ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS losing the primary TWICE.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (setIA)

117 osted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)

Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.

Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+rw6l)

They care because the DSA is taking power away from them, or threatening to, and their misrule makes it hard for them to pretend to be a normal alternative patriotic party. The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long...if the few that are left are usurped by overt socialists or commies ...

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (uhVAy)

118
In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%

Is this the poll where Talarico is up by 1 ? If so the MOE of 5.5% nullifies it...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (726Da)

119 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
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That's essentially what NC governor Josh Stein blathered to the press when he vetoed an election reform bill yesterday passed by the NC Senate and General Assembly.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (rj6Yv)

120 >> Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.

I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.

Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)

121 But, but, the (stripper) polls??!!! Paxton will lose! We are doomed! Doomed I tell you! Doomed! I am so concerned!

Posted by: Concern Troll at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (sFNX2)

122 >>Cross-party hires are rare

Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
- - - -

From what I've read, staffer on the Hill are not Republican, they are a permanent power class (similar to federal agency leadership) who believe they know what's best, using their position to shape their current elected Senator's/Congressman's agenda.

A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)

123 There is a chart that shows the R turnover since Trump took office. There's been a bunch that are gone:
1) depressing how far left the R majority used to be
2) encouraging how much work we have already done
3) confirms that, right now, there are basically 10 R Senators that oppose Trump on most everything.

But we are winning. A slow grind, but we are.

The real tell on when we've won is, the R Senator assigned to gavel-in/out the pro forma session, alerts Trump only and then does a no show-no call.
And Trump recess appoints his entire slate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)

124 In a strange way the fake polling is incredibly reflective of our fake voting.

Maybe fudging the polls to get a desired result should therefore be considered highly accurate? These people are living in the year 3000.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (+rw6l)

125 Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.

==

the polling, expecially now, could be wrong (crazy!), so we have to look at to other factors, like ...advertising, donations, who is supporting whomst

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (g47mK)

126 @104 the DoJ is going to have 1500+ poll watchers. "Voter suppression" will be the lefts mantra

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (rp63B)

127 "Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."

Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (5rh/l)

yeah, pretty dumb take. A non incumbent is by definition not 'trying to hold onto power' but to get it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)

128 @104 the DoJ is going to have 1500+ poll watchers. "Voter suppression" will be the lefts mantra
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (rp63B)

I want to suppress illegal votes. and 'legal' votes of illegals.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (uhVAy)

129 Only those that SHOULD fear ICE should be afraid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

But they're abducting and murdering innocent white people too! Remember Renee Good and that angry soy nurse guy!!!

Posted by: TDS AWFLs at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (THJS/)

130 >>A revised truthful poll indicates that Bass is a cabbage-headed dumbass with a strange offensive body odor.

She looks like a muppet.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (X8xt3)

131 In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%

Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.
Posted by: 18-1

Bullshit poll. For a state like Texas, you need about 900-1000 sample size at a minimum and I would have to see their screening questions as to likely voters. Apparently this polling season has a problem with overenthusiastic DSA response and lackluster response to polling by normal Democrats. That is what is causing for example the wide disparities in WI, MI, and other contested primaries between actual results and the poll forecasts. The other problem is you have key demographics that need to be oversampled and 400 is not enough to get that. Blacks for example, Hispanics for another. Get a bunch of White Bread DSA types in the poll but it will not reflect whether minority groups turn out or not. Talarico has to have blacks and Hispanics for a shot at winning. AWFLs and soyboys are not enough.

And the Interactive polling is crap by the way--always has a serious problem with selection bias when you ask by email or by text for a response.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)

132 "...campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director."

What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

133 Meh, probably something as simple as Cornyn no longer has access to primo blow.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 02:00 PM (DZ9Lv)

134 We're the original poll watchers, motherfucka.

Posted by: Thugs With Nightsticks at August 18, 2026 02:00 PM (+rw6l)

135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

136 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (NcvvS)

137 Morons. You only sellout with a big fake poll when you're ready to retire.
Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (THJS/)
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LOL

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (SkjRZ)

138 This is where liberals get their news.

The Mirror US •
US News • 20 seconds ago

Natalie Harp's 'ambitious' plan to steal spotlight from Trump exposed in unearthed clip
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (Cq/ve)

139 >> Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.

I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.

Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)

The few clips I have seen are him wincing at how dopey Tucker and Candace are being. His grift seems comfortable while the 'conservative oppo' seem frantic.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)

140 the polling, expecially now, could be wrong (crazy!), so we have to look at to other factors, like ...advertising, donations, who is supporting whomst
Posted by: runner

Polling usually sucks before they get serious about just before early voting starts. Once early voting starts, you can take turnout in certain districts as a corrective to the likely voting models, especially for Dems. But we have not seen the deluge of ads yet as Trump and the RNC are about to open the floodgates, they always launch right around Labor Day for the GOP and indys. More bang per buck on ads. Summer ads fade into the mist by that time.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (E4rtv)

141 "Polls consistently show a wide majority of Americans are in favor of reptile bestiality up until the 12th Trimester".

They just make shit up, and then cite it as Gospel on the "news" and what passes for academia these days. They then feed the same results back to each other, a round robin back and forth citing each other's nonsense as legitimate and authoritative.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (Ewmxj)

142 >>In a strange way the fake polling is incredibly reflective of our fake voting.

They do this so that when they steal an election it doesn't raise any red flags.

Legitimate polls + fraud results triggers doubt.
Fake polls that are designed to mirror fraud results make it easier to steal.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (X8xt3)

143 "We have already identified what you are; now we are merely negotiating on the price."
-Stuff Winston Churchill is said to have said

Safe bet that this dude has all of the Cornyn database information and will be using it to contact all of Cornyn us former voters.

Guess we're getting ready to get a barrage of attack ads 🙄🙄🙄

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (SRRAx)

144 ...corrupt, self-dealing politician...

Posted by: Dept. of Redundancy Dept. at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (w9Wax)

145 A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
===

Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)

146 136 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (NcvvS)

So what? I won.

Posted by: B. Obama, Narcissist at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)

147 Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
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I have no doubt polling was done in Austin or Houston.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (fA/Hs)

148 "...campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director."

What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

X is deviant for h in a gender world . His is 'regressive' Xis is super progressive.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)

149 109 But the poll that 60% of young people are socialists. Totes not fabricated!
Posted by: ...

Sometimes the crazy poll results don't seem too crazy...
Around 28–31% of young (Gen Z) women in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup polling (the most commonly cited large-scale source).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (THJS/)

150 >>And Trump recess appoints his entire slate.

Not much point now because I believe recess appointments terminate at the end of this session. In December.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (NcvvS)

151 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X8xt3)

152 "The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long"

I'm freezing the next generation right now!

- AOC

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (PGK1w)

153 I have no doubt polling was done in Austin or Houston.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (fA/Hs)

or in somebody's computer in the polling company.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)

154 Nothing new under the sun.

Remember Schmidt for Brains ? Managed the McLame campaign ? 25 seconds after Obama won, he joined the Democrat media and made a career slandering Conservatives.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (jt/rW)

155 The reports on Smith are that he worked for Roger Wicker for a few years as an aid , then Cornyn since 2019. Typical governmentalist, no other career possibilities

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (rp63B)

156 Senator, do you want that committee seat?
_Yes
Bow to the Thune.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Cq/ve)

157 *eyes dart in all directions*

Posted by: Somalis at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (X8xt3)

From what I've seen, the Somalis in Minnesota aren't afraid of ICE since they've been here, legally, for over three decades. Heck, Ilhan Nur/Omar/Elmi/whatever she's claiming this week probably won't be deported even though she and her "father" committed citizenship fraud.

Posted by: pookysgirl, unfortunately Minnesota-adjacent at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Wt5PA)

158 None of my black neighbors know how to get an ID!!!!!

Or not.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (n5tGW)

159 >>So what? I won.
Posted by: B. Obama, Narcissist at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (NcvvS)

160 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

Not that we recall.

~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes

Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)

161 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

162 @154 Nicole Wallace worked with Schmidt and stabbed Palin in the back. Now she has her propaganda ministry position at MSNBC. Schmidt has always been scum

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (rp63B)

163 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long

Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X8xt3)

Unlike Obama, these dudes don't have the camo to hide what they are. They say they are socialists and act like socialists. Even if they get in, they will burn out their welcome pretty quick and until they can build walls to keep people they are in a bad position.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (uhVAy)

164 With China China, Russia Russia, and other nefarious foreign actors throwing money at our prim and proper MSM, I wouldn't use a single sheet of polling stats to wipe my BLANK BLANK BLANK.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (rj6Yv)

165 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

Not that we recall.

~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes
Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)

*pouts*

Posted by: Amber at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (wVcYX)

166 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.

72.4% are PhD candidates in neurobiology or macroeconomics.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (vTZFs)

167 Maybe this dude was just insanely loyal to Cornyn and would do anything to get revenge for his primary defeat.

Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (wGerL)

168 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (sFNX2)

169 zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I'd "love" to, but the problem is time. Everything takes time. Time time time. And there are so many things to do in life. If there were 72 hours a day, I might do it -- but with only 24, unfortunately, far too many things take higher priority. Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.

Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (Av6i5)

170 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)

171 161 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X

I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately

combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)

172 Senator, do you want financial SRC money?
_Yes
Bow to the Thune.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (Cq/ve)

173 Maybe this dude was just insanely loyal to Cornyn and would do anything to get revenge for his primary defeat.
Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (wGerL)

Not sure how this would help Cornyn even if he did topple the current candidate.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)

174 Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.

plus they ALL plagiarize.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)

175 Maybe there's something in the DC water that turns them faggy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (hzuYO)

176 nd leaving a little behind for their children.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't have children.

Posted by: Brie Larson at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (0sNs1)

177 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
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There's been many of them. For "sex workers" too. It's mostly make-work to suck up taxpayer money and grants to "study" bullshit. Give me $300k and I'll ask a bunch of whores what they think about their healthcare too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

178 Heck, Ilhan Nur/Omar/Elmi/whatever she's claiming this week probably won't be deported even though she and her "father" committed citizenship fraud.

Posted by: pookysgirl, unfortunately Minnesota-adjacent
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Not scratching a scab.
It's an open wound that won't heal until she and her brother are back in Somali Land for good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (Cq/ve)

179 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (sFNX2)

The successful ones become quite skilled at sizing up marks, er ah customers, and resource extraction. A friend told me so.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (wVcYX)

180 122 >>Cross-party hires are rare

Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.

_________________________

Not that rare... John McCain’s top 2008 campaign aides, Steve Schmidt and John Weaver not only removed themselves from the Republican party. They actively campaigned for Democrats (oh, and Started the Lincoln Project Wife Swapping Org.)

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (dIske)

181 British Infanticide Act of 1938. Interesting and horrifying and according to Brit Lass extraordinarily permissive. Killing your baby under 12 months can lead to a charge of "infanticide" which also works as a defense and bypasses the mandatory life sentence for murder. Penalty is often medical or psychiatric in nature.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (+rw6l)

182 145 A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)

This was the article from American Greatness that focused on the McConnell-to-Thune transition. Probably the most important article that Sefton linked to in the MoRe last week IMO.

https://tinyurl.com/4hp4mtu8

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (Sj6Ot)

183 "Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort."

All it takes is financing for an AI to look for ALL of it.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

184 Walsh also pointed out Clancy had health insurance, a nanny for God's sake, and an apparently supportive husband - Mrs Clancy tricked him to leave the house to run errands to give her time to kill the kids.

The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)

185 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)

Sorry to ask again but what was that insect bite stuff you were talking about? Because I forgot to get some.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (+rw6l)

186 Not sure how this would help Cornyn even if he did topple the current candidate.

It wouldn't actually help him but at least he would be able to say "I would have won." Of course that's unprovable but good enough for an ego stroke.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (vTZFs)

187 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)

Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)

Your words are hurtful and cause me to have a sadz.

Posted by: Andrea Yates at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (wVcYX)

188 Ilhan Omar, deported will turn the tide on this immigration go lightly crap. Illegals will understand; the time has come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Cq/ve)

189
it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X

TBH at first I thought this was feminists just rage baiting normies and righties, but I've seen the same idea expressed in different ways by a myriad of feminists all over the place so they aren't copying a script from reddit or something. They really believe this crap.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)

190 184 Walsh also pointed out Clancy had health insurance, a nanny for God's sake, and an apparently supportive husband - Mrs Clancy tricked him to leave the house to run errands to give her time to kill the kids.

painful to think about, but she clearly killed them to PUNISH him

sick sick sick

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (j+aD2)

191 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X

I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately

combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)
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100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.

She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.

Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

192 135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg

100% of strippers performing lap dances report I'm special and not like their other clients.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (THJS/)

193
ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.

Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1

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Yeah, and unfortunately thanks in part to Matt, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis have gotten muddled in this story. They're two different things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)

194 Questions nobody is asking:

Ossoff: ‘Zero interest’ in running for president in 2028

https://tinyurl.com/cfxdrn3f

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)

195 More proof that if wymyn ruled the world, it'd be all peace, love, and understanding.

Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)

196 Sorry to ask again but what was that insect bite stuff you were talking about? Because I forgot to get some.

lol it's Magic Molecule. You can get it at Target.

it's basically hypochlorous acid

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

197 @184 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (rp63B)

198 Ossoff: ‘Zero interest’ in running for president in 2028

derp. he's clearly running maybe as VP

AOC/Ossof ticket?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

199 100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.

She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.

Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)

200 So what? I won.
Posted by: B. Obama

“I don’t regret that [lying about Romney on the Senate floor] at all… Romney didn’t win, did he?”

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (THJS/)

201 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem

One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.

And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

202 100% of strippers performing lap dances report I'm special and not like their other clients.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM

I appreciate that you only have those eyes for me!

Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)

203 The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones

what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.

they assuage their own guilt by supporting her

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)

204
Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie

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

I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)

205 Jake Smith's pronouns are "masculine male."

If you are a masculine male you don't need to announce it. Or maybe you do. Back in recent normal years you did not have to put your pronouns on CV's, fakebook, or a site called legistorm where I saw his pronoun.

His face looks faggy to me. He's married.

I don't care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (hzuYO)

206 Paxton should run ads where an "interviewer" approaches successful black men, shows them a poster of Talarico, and says: "This mincing fag says you are too stupid to get Texas ID to vote. How do you respond to that?"

"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (1z8ji)

207 I would like us legally implement capital punishment as you die by whatever method you murdered someone with. With Mrs Clancy I think it would by very, very appropriate.

Of course this is MA, she'll be on the street within 10 years best case.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

208 The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones

what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.

they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)

Yup, its the street gang initiation ceremony. Commit a crime, and the only place you can get absolution is inside the gang.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (uhVAy)

209 100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.

She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.

Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)
________

Yes. Tribalism has a lot to do with politics. The "mothers murdering their kids in cold blood" demographic must be leftwing because they are always instantly and unconditionally supported by the tribalists, no matter what.

Same as when a man kills his kids. Nobody ever supports him, and rightfully so.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

210 Around 28–31% of young (Gen Z) women in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup polling (the most commonly cited large-scale source).
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Obsolete, that number has been trending downward for some time in polling as troon theater is just not that amusing anymore. And that cite to Gallup is wrong, it is 22.3 percent (dating from 2024). Just checked their website about the same in a separate 2025 survey. And the largest category is 'bisexual' which is most probably fake due to social pressures especially among women. 16.1 percent to be exact.

And it seems that the amount and frequency of sex for Gen Z is collapsing too. 30 percent of males are celibate (willing and unwilling), 24 percent have not had sex in a year as per NYT.

And this, "EduBirdie surveyed 2,000 Gen Z adults and found 67% would pick a solid night of sleep over sex. Career security came next at 64%, then personal success at 59%, friendships at 50%, and alone time at 46%. ". They date less, have sex less frequently, and plans for marriage and kids are in the toilet. Most likely due to perceived economic insecurity.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

211 195 More proof that if wymyn ruled the world, it'd be all peace, love, and understanding.

Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One!
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Your mom doesn't know who your daddy is so there...

/S
LOL

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (VkY89)

212 Paxton should run ads where an "interviewer" approaches successful black men, shows them a poster of Talarico, and says: "This mincing fag says you are too stupid to get Texas ID to vote. How do you respond to that?"

I've seen plenty of man on the street interviews covering this topic and the black person being question always seems surprised to here that the D candidate says they don't know how to get ID and of course produces a driver's license.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (sKqQm)

213 conserving conservatism by voting for kamala. ok

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (CWTWj)

214 My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (
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"When I say whoa, I MEAN WHOA!"

Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (VXC2z)

215 If your goal in life is to go into politics or politics related and spend your life in and around it, plain and simple, you're a garbage person who has zero marketable skills or anything worthwhile to provide society.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (GTw+O)

216 Where the f*ck is TJM?

I won't know what to think about these polls until he chimes in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (2YhKe)

217 Same as when a man kills his kids. Nobody ever supports him, and rightfully so.

I've seen some of the Clancy supporting feminists asked how they would have felt if Mr Clancy did it and the answer they get? "That would be different"

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

218 24 percent have not had sex in a year as per NYT.
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24% of Gen Z are married? Hey-ooooo

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (+rw6l)

219 Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie

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

I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)

These days there's software to help that. But it's probably more fun just to mock the hell out of it, even if its original leftist nonsense going back to 1830s socialism rather than copied from another modern student directly its all rote recitation of the same few texts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (uhVAy)

220 >>The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!

The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

221 Where is Chuy? A blog turns its lonely eyes to him.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (0sNs1)

222 Killing your baby under 12 months can lead to a charge of "infanticide" which also works as a defense and bypasses the mandatory life sentence for murder. Penalty is often medical or psychiatric in nature.
Posted by: ...

"Under 12 months"? I'd think more from 13 through 18.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)

223 "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."

He is trying to sound vaguely Christian, for the benefit of black democrats I would guess. Vaguely Biblical language. Probably he had some coaching.

Posted by: PG at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (qln0f)

224
"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (1z8ji)

And have had to use it for the last 5 years to vote in the State of Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)

225 201 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem

One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.

And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

But, you can create a psychopath with the right cocktail of pills...

I was on a cruise, so haven't followed this at all...but pumping a postpartum lady with meds does give me pause b/c some of the severe side effects of those usual meds are desire to homicide/suicide and psychosis...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (tOcjL)

226 59 Jacob Smith may be less masculine than James Talarico if that is possible.

https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wGerL)

That mouth Haas had a LOT of dicks in it....

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (SRRAx)

227 INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
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She got better.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (+rw6l)

228 When was the last documented Mitch sighting?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)

229 derp. he's clearly running maybe as VP

AOC/Ossof ticket?

I kind of doubt it for two reasons:

1) Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

230 The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones

what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.

they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
____

Almost impossible to get hard data on that, for obvious reasons.

But I'll bet the percentage of women who have abortions is low. It's just those same women have them over and over.

Show me a woman who's had an abortion and I'll bet you even money it's not her first or won't be her last.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

231 2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

I mean MORE stupid.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

232 1) Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

honestly I'm starting to wonder about her

I think she might be smart, actually.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)

233 204
Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie

First step on plagiarism is to take the document and submit it to turnitin.com. Takes about a minute. AI models using agents can take that a step beyond by checking and summarizing cites from the various sources listed to seek if the lit review is a fair summary of prior research and this is where plagiarism often lurks. Last is where the data came from and was it public sourced or private. To disprove private data requires asking the researcher or perhaps reviewers for the data sample.

Debunking takes a lot more time because you a) really need to replicate the original study which in soft sciences is almost always poorly documented, b) to debunk stat models means you have to have familiarity with them. One can catch logic errors in a reading but data and results requires reverse engineering the original study.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)

234 it's basically hypochlorous acid
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

So, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite solution, which contains the hypochlorite ion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (1z8ji)

235 The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you

Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

236 Hey ... whatever happened to Talacreepo's fake girlfriend? The one who likes to dance at gay clubs?

Are they still fucking that pig, or did they realize the ruse was hopeless and give it up?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

237 Obsolete, that number has been trending downward for some time in polling as troon theater is just not that amusing anymore. And that cite to Gallup is wrong, it is 22.3 percent (dating from 2024). Just checked their website about the same in a separate 2025 survey. And the largest category is 'bisexual' which is most probably fake due to social pressures especially among women. 16.1 percent to be exact.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

I think a lot of that is just normal kids in the maelstrom of Woke schools just adopting protective coloration. Bisexual or Asexual are good ones for that, you can be Bi and part of the club and coincidentally only date the oppo gender. Few want to be the tall poppy and have their head cut off by the powers.

Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)

238 Yeah, and unfortunately thanks in part to Matt, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis have gotten muddled in this story. They're two different things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)

Yeah, I've had post-partum depression and it's not as much like post-partum psychosis as the media is currently making it out to be. That first eight weeks when the babies aren't smiling yet are hard. And then they do start smiling, and giggling, and holding onto your finger with an iron grip and it's like the sun bursting through the clouds.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes both of her little wigglers would take a nap at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (Wt5PA)

239 God created the Heavens. God created Earth.

God made Man in His own image.

He gave His one and only son.

But Jesus was non-binary and trans kids are the best kids........

Yeah, he's leading Paxton in the polls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

240 235 The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you

Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

Unless you dive head first...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (tOcjL)

241 "my pesticide applicator's licence, too."

I had a USDA-issued herbicide application supervisor license for a while. Easy paper and pencil test. I was killing brush in nature preserves. Brush is hard to kill.

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

242 Inbreeding is a problem of politics, yes? Also, amoralism, but let’s not moralize.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Gqar8)

243 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Cq/ve)

244 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)

My suggestion? Hang out here where women I'm trusting think it was beyond horrible for her to kill her children

Also, consider taking a break from the internet even if it's only for the late afternoon and evening hours. Too much internet is not good for anyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (+hwtP)

245 So, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite solution, which contains the hypochlorite ion.

not bleach.

I'm highly allergic to bleach and no reaction to this stuff.

there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.

it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

246 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

So he'll be able to try again near the end of President Vance's first term?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (sKqQm)

247 There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.

-
So says the SCOTUS regarding E. Jean Carroll.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (ndZc7)

248 243 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Cq/ve)

More than 6, but less than 7.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (Gqar8)

249 John Cornyn was in the Senate for a quarter century.
25 years of these guys. Even when we won, we lost. For a quarter of a century we were being represented by people who hated us.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)

250 honestly I'm starting to wonder about her

I think she might be smart, actually.

I'm curious. Why?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)

251 The word they're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.

Posted by: Word nerd at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

252 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

In which prison will it serve it's term?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

253 The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

I'd be happy to fit wheels on the electric chair for her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (1z8ji)

254 I can hear AWFLs now "al-Sayed 's mother isn't running he is" . Trying to explain an Islamic takeover is a waste of time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (rp63B)

255
18 Any bets on whether Cornyn will also jump parties after the election?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (bufu1)

It’ll have the same huge impact, and be about as a big a surprise as when Bill Kristol switched.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (52Iog)

256 Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm

She deserves sympathy. But she also deserves jail time. When I had my second daughter, I heard voices coming out of her monitor, and they were not kind and loving. It was one of the scariest things I have been through. As real as they were, and they were real to me, I knew somewhere in the back of my mind they actually were not. Instead of harming my baby, I turned the monitor off, forced myself to say “this is not real, this is in your head”and cried. I was terrified to tell anyone while this was going on because I knew it was crazy. It was a horrible few months where the monitor was turned off, and I hoped the baby was okay when it was turned off. After 3 months, it was gone.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

257 I was on a cruise, so haven't followed this at all...but pumping a postpartum lady with meds does give me pause b/c some of the severe side effects of those usual meds are desire to homicide/suicide and psychosis...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (tOcjL)

She's already got her own body switching from baby producer to baby feeder mode, plus the physical stress of birth. I'd be pretty cautious about adding boutique drugs to all of that until things settle down.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)

258 O/T but regarding the Zodiac codebreaker post on the sideabar:

"Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right? I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure."

Ace, if I've learned anything from you in 15+ years it's that if they are A) self-proclaimed experts and B) online, 99/100 they are fake and/or gay.

Excluding of course your friendly local disinformation expert.

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (6RyaQ)

259 >>The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault

It could work as a legal defense, although if the allegation above is true that she deliberately lied to her husband to get him to leave so she could do it, it strongly indicates she knew it was wrong, which is generally the legal standard for whether an insanity plea will be accepted.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (THJS/)

260 For a quarter of a century we were being represented by people who hated us.
Posted by: 29Victor at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)

And they keep going, and going, and going, and going......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

261 I think a lot of that is just normal kids in the maelstrom of Woke schools just adopting protective coloration. Bisexual or Asexual are good ones for that, you can be Bi and part of the club and coincidentally only date the oppo gender. Few want to be the tall poppy and have their head cut off by the powers.

Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.
Posted by: Oldcat

Yep. The number that actually come out as lesbians, male homosexuals, or even trans are still well below 10 percent of the population. And with teh dominance of females in higher ed right now on attendance, at many schools 60-40 or worse even, makes it much more likely to claim a vague bisexual label as a female (where a guy would get the suck one dick and you are a homo not bisexual bit.) I Kissed a Girl went mainstream, you don't see popular male singers come out and sing I Kissed a Boy without being marked as gay.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)

262 Isnt funny Democrats almost never have this happen where "suprise!" a key staff member for a Dem Senator was actually a closet conservative?

I know people like McCain it was like his entire staff was Democratic and actively torpedoed anything conservative.

Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (eIzlH)

263 252 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

In which prison will it serve it's term?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

The one where its feeling are not hurt and its pronouns are respected? Makes me sick to know this degenerate terminology.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Gqar8)

264
The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!

The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.

I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw

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And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)

265 I'm highly allergic to bleach and no reaction to this stuff.

there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.

it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

Commercial bleach contains other things beyond hypochlorite, but that's what does the heavy lifting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:32 PM (1z8ji)

266 AOC has good handlers and probably a lot of external help. It's not about smart or dumb, her people are crafty and know how to rabble rouse. She stands behind her bs and if you listen to any of her speeches we never hear she pulls that trick where a Democrat sounds like a cross between the America adoring passion of Betsy Ross and whoever invented baseball and apple pie. Often sounds like she wants to go down on the American Flag she loves America so much. They are truly sick people.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:32 PM (+rw6l)

267 Iran’s gutted ranks leave loyalists filling critical posts. All the young commanders have been killed. They are pulling in the old retired, whose commands stretch back to the 70s, to fill the slots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (Cq/ve)

268 Steve Schmidt, McCain's campaign manager, made double-damn sure to tell the world after the election (and, I'm sure, after the checks cleared) that he didn't even vote for McCain in the general election.

Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

269 it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

Does it cause shrinkage?

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)

270 264

And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)

Postpartum depression is real and can be extreme. I have witnessed its’ effects.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (Gqar8)

271
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

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Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.

I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (XJ22o)

272 Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.

honestly I'm starting to wonder about her

I think she might be smart, actually.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)
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I don't think she's smart in terms of IQ or intelligence -- and she's ignorant as fuck -- but she's got some animal cunning and is very media savvy (at least in front of a friendly media).

She can give a pretty good canned speech. She's also passably attractive (albeit with The Wall waiting on standby), which in itself raises her perceived abilities given that most of her colleagues look like a bear shat in an Alpo can.

But if you watch her in interviews, she's a dullard who doesn't seem prepared for even the most obvious softballs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

273 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 02:34 PM (kX27y)

274 O/T but regarding the Zodiac codebreaker post on the sideabar:

"Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right? I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure."

Ace, if I've learned anything from you in 15+ years it's that if they are A) self-proclaimed experts and B) online, 99/100 they are fake and/or gay.

Excluding of course your friendly local disinformation expert.
Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (6RyaQ)

I've read a bit about Black Dahlia, that was in the early 40s so having the same dude operating in the mid 70s is a bit of a stretch, considering the crime scenes in the 40s implied someone who spent time in the medical field so was not young.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:35 PM (uhVAy)

275 But I'll bet the percentage of women who have abortions is low. It's just those same women have them over and over.

Same reason for the "50% of marriages end in divorce" statistic.

The same few people repeatedly getting married and getting divorced, and skewing the stats for normal stable people.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (vJrRc)

276 273 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8
Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 02:34 PM (kX27y)

She Loves wielding the Knout on the proles.

Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (Gqar8)

277 Uh oh. Elric said that Kamala “is passably attractive”…

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)

278 Bwahahahaha! Here is a recent tweet by Steve Schmidt about John Ossoff, who is steely-eyed and full of feck!

“Ossoff is calm, deliberate and steely-eyed. He is filled with conviction, and is unafraid in a vast field of feckless men and women who have chosen to kneel for Trump rather than stand for us.”

https://tinyurl.com/3jxz9txn

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t)

279 I was killing brush in nature preserves. Brush is hard to kill.
Posted by: gp

I was tempted to kill my bush, too, but once I discovered fur oil, and could keep it silky smooth and soft, preserving my natural look was easy!

Oh, brush...

Posted by: Emma Watson at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (THJS/)

280 Uh oh. Elric said that Kamala “is passably attractive”…
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)
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Aren't we talking about AOC?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

281 WTF?! CNN?!

CNN: Democrats are way more unpopular than they were in 2018

Democrats Net Favorability:
2018: Even
2026: -25

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)

282 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8
Posted by: beckster

You should check the list of exemptions. It'll have you wondering what tires the ban does apply to.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (vJrRc)

283 ok I'm getting a lot of flak for asking why the PSU guys who got indicted are all SO OLD

they might be grad students who are no longer in the frats themselves but used to be, and still use pledges to do dirty work?

but I think it's because they are in fact foreign students (they're mostly white tho fyi) bc foreign schools run later so freshman foreign students tend to be 20 rather then 18 (or even older).

the flak I'm getting tells me there's something there. "don't ask about the non-traditional students!!!"

well ... what's up with all of them being "non traditional students"?!?! frats don't tend to pledge non-traditional students?!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)

284 I was terrified to tell anyone while this was going on because I knew it was crazy. It was a horrible few months where the monitor was turned off, and I hoped the baby was okay when it was turned off. After 3 months, it was gone.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

The medical community has neglected women for a long time. Post-partum is a thing and should be treated professionally, but not with drugs and all that. Therapy and discussion FTW.

I firmly believe it's the drugs that have us in the society we are in today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

285 Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.

I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02

I think I am glad we don’t know the answer to this, honestly. But it was weird that it only happened with my second, who was very premature, and tried to kill me during childbirth. I bled out. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

286 Just a friendly reminder...while all these court rulings come in with their TRO's by leftist judges, Senator Thune kept the Senate in session (sort of), just so Trump could not make any recess appointments.

Carry on.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (dIske)

287 >>Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX

Prosecutor was seeking 10 years. Judge said that was too much because she didn't harm anyone and was unlikely to be able to carry out the threat.

Judge also gave her credit for time served and told the thing that the thing has had a difficult life.

Obama appointed judge, of course.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (J4Dwc)

288 I'm only surprised an official Cornyn announcement hasn't come out that he's also joining Talafreako's team.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (qBdHI)

289 53 Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Av6i5)

Angel Reese? No way she's a real basketball player. I was a better shooter in my middle school gym class at 13.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (6+ehB)

290
More than 6, but less than 7.

Posted by: tubal
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Fox articles give no more than the lede, IQ points drop when reading them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (Cq/ve)

291 I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
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Agree. I have not followed closely with the case at all, because I cannot read about children being murdered or abused. To protect my brain.

Someone, anyone, would have noticed postpartum depression... unless she's a great actress on top of being psychotic. A normal person would have asked for help vs the drug cocktail. Her friends or husband would have known.

It typically shows up in the first six weeks postpartum. It can last months, but this is not why she killed her own children and jumped out a window. Baby was 8mo old. Maybe pills combined with regular psychosis.

I was very tired after the first giant son I could not feed enough. Exhausted. I did not have the normal brain to call two nurse friends who'd just had babies to ask if his constant hunger was normal. Brain was foggy but I never wanted to murder him or suicide before he got formula at 3wks.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (hzuYO)

292 Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

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Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.

I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (XJ22o)

This is probably why in older days you had family/older women relatives/neighbors to help out and keep an eye on you after birth to an extent. Modern isolation is very different than the traditional ways which might not be all good.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)

293 I don't think she's smart in terms of IQ or intelligence -- and she's ignorant as fuck -- but she's got some animal cunning and is very media savvy (at least in front of a friendly media).

Elric exactly

I just mean don't underestimate her

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)

294 Oh, I guess it was, Elric.

I get my leftist bimbos mixed up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)

295 Figure I should post since Ace always puts up a new topic when I do.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 18, 2026 02:39 PM (bX16E)

296
She Loves wielding the Knout on the proles.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (Gqar

From the People's Republic of Berkeley, of course.

Posted by: beckster at August 18, 2026 02:39 PM (kX27y)

297 Aren't we talking about AOC?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

oh goodie. you guys are f**king this chicken again. Yes, please, tell us in graphic detail how hot she is for a crazy eyed marxist bag of sh*t in a human suit.

Posted by: Nelly at August 18, 2026 02:40 PM (6+ehB)

298 Uh oh. Elric said that Kamala “is passably attractive”…
Posted by: Bulg

Last call passably attractive?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:40 PM (ndZc7)

299 Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

My first-grade teacher saw a man in red telling her to jump off a balcony when she was pregnant. She fell to her knees and prayed that this demon would go away, and he did. She was an amazing woman (especially to put up with our class).

I really don't know how much of mental illness is biological and how much is spiritual any more. Pooky's worst nights are on Saturdays, making it hard for him to go to church in the morning.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes both of her little wigglers would take a nap at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (Wt5PA)

300 And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)
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Matt Walsh took time out of his campaign to be the next Pope to say something retarded? Shocking.

Posted by: ballistic at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (oqH4h)

301 legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense,

Another reason why women should have nothing to do with Rule of Law and societal order because if she wants to murder her children, its just a matter of coming up with an excuse and legions of women will go out of their way to approve.

The Ten Commandments: Thou shall not murder—unless you are a hysterical woman having a bad day.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (NzX/y)

302 "College fraternity culture collides with an alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State, where investigators say some pledges were forced to help..."

see this is what I mean, this is the part of the PSU story that is fake

I'm not sure how involved the frats were exactly, that part is being pushed to the forefront. the guys doing this had to be grad students or graduated! they WERE in the frat but they likely aren't now (unless one of them was resident advisor or something).

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (j+aD2)

303 PSU frats running coke? I've never been prouder to have been Sigma Chi!

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (sFNX2)

304 Kamala is a Sing Sing Correctional 5

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:42 PM (+rw6l)

305 303 PSU frats running coke? I've never been prouder to have been Sigma Chi!

I mean ... it's not like Penn guys didn't sort of do this back in the day

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:42 PM (j+aD2)

306 Color me not shocked.

Posted by: Ralph at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (EJonG)

307 but I think it's because they are in fact foreign students (they're mostly white tho fyi) bc foreign schools run later so freshman foreign students tend to be 20 rather then 18 (or even older).

the flak I'm getting tells me there's something there. "don't ask about the non-traditional students!!!"

well ... what's up with all of them being "non traditional students"?!?! frats don't tend to pledge non-traditional students?!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (j+aD2)

A lot of them are 'students' in name only but are running political activism and various scams most of their day hours. The crippling of NGO funding is probably hurting their cash flow badly.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

308 Prosecutor was seeking 10 years. Judge said that was too much because she didn't harm anyone and was unlikely to be able to carry out the threat.

Judge also gave him er credit for time served and told the thing that the thing has had a difficult life.

Obama appointed judge, of course.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (J4Dwc)

FIFY

Here, we have to actively resist the obfuscation of language by the Left and trans industry, BIRM.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (1z8ji)

309 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:41 PM (j+aD2)

Everything has to be packaged, branded and labeled. It's the best way to keep people thinking the way you want them to.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (+rw6l)

310 New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:

https://tinyurl.com/35p2p5w8
Posted by: beckster

You should check the list of exemptions. It'll have you wondering what tires the ban does apply to.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 18, 2026 02:37 PM (vJrRc)
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Yes, this is virtue-signaling bullshit. The tire manufactures will just fudge their "rolling resistance" to meet the new regs. Tire performance figures are mostly made-up marketing bullshit.

Ask anyone who races cars what a joke the "tire wear" ratings are.

But there is a problem with comically unsafe Chinesium tires that should not be on the road. But they are very cheap and people buy them. I'm sure they contribute to quite a few accidents.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

311 I firmly believe it's the drugs that have us in the society we are in today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Fifty inoculations on the just born have much to do with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:44 PM (Cq/ve)

312 297 Aren't we talking about AOC?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

oh goodie. you guys are f**king this chicken again. Yes, please, tell us in graphic detail how hot she is for a crazy eyed marxist bag of sh*t in a human suit.
Posted by: Nelly
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AOC has a choice, her risky one is to take on running for prezzie. The other is to take on Sen. Schumer. For a variety of reasons, Schumer is vulnerable to a challenge from the left but given the Dems run like the Mafia, we don't know what kompromat Schumer has on AOC that would get aired possibly.

We shall see in about a year. After the Midterms, the invisible presidential primary starts with donor ass kissing, rounding up staff to run, and other markers like long tours to specific early primary states to get coverage and identify locals for your campaign staffing there.

But 2028 is most likely AOC's best shot to run for prezzie as 2023 census if the GOP wins is likely to turn against the Dems as is the continuing drain of their illegals dripping away.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

313 But there is a problem with comically unsafe Chinesium tires that should not be on the road. But they are very cheap and people buy them. I'm sure they contribute to quite a few accidents.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

I doubt that the CA legislature is going to do anything useful to protect us from crap imported Red Chinese tires except by accident.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)

314 nood

Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

315 Harris is, not only, clearly lacking in intelligence; she's incredibly social inept. She hasn't the ability to connect what comes out of her mouth to the audience she is in front of.

She is a figurehead who is micromanaged, and this shows in spades when she has to do an interview. There is no buffer. There is no delay. There is only a toolless indivdual who goes searching into her tiny little mind to regurgitate something she half remembers, and didn't properly prepare for. Then, spits out a half-assed word salad.

She's not clever, street smart or even of average quality. She is in the lower half of the spectrum in all categories.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (dIske)

316 Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

The zeitgeist is being pushed away from women. Impossible to miss. We are being set up.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:46 PM (+rw6l)

317 More shocking hypocrisy- nood.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

318 Fifty inoculations on the just born have much to do with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:44 PM (Cq/ve)

i don't know if I have 50 inoculations added up my whole life.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:47 PM (uhVAy)

319 Nood consequences.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (PGK1w)

320 The zeitgeist is being pushed away from women. Impossible to miss. We are being set up.
Posted by: ...
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Eh, ops happen and only some of them succeed, others fail miserably or even backfire. Everything that the Deep State, media, and Democrats do is clouded by fraud and messaging ops, so the naive assumption is all media is an op is probaby close to the mark.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

321 95 A name like Jacob ‘Big Jake’ Smith might inject some testerone into Telarico. Who knows?
Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (LHPAg)
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More like a semen injection.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 18, 2026 02:49 PM (JNTt1)

322 Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

The good thing about my observations is I'm always willing to field test. The solid money is on Kamala or AOC, I think the nominee will be a man. A safe seeming "bridge candidate" to the DSA. AOC does somewhat fit the bill. Kamala absolutely doesn't. But I think they've got a man lined up.

Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (+rw6l)

323 Kamala is a Sing Sing Correctional 5
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:42 PM (+rw6l)

She's no girl of cellblock c.

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 18, 2026 02:50 PM (zBgIx)

324 TheOfficerTatum
58m
Two men dressed as women showed up to a Las Vegas Aces game and officially “declared” for the 2027 WNBA Draft

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:56 PM (Cq/ve)

325 See Hobbs choice for LG in AZ.

Posted by: epador at August 18, 2026 04:01 PM (TRnzq)

326 Talarico probably gave this guy a real tongue bath to get him to come out of the Cornyn Closet.

Posted by: Harun at August 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IuIym)

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