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Mushy-Brained Moderates Got US INto This Mess...They Won't Get Us Out
George Santayana famously wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The corollary, which applies perfectly to this mid-wit columnist is: "Those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it...first!"
Rikki Schlott is a 26-year-old columnist for the NY Post who seems never to have taken a history class that taught anything about the inexorable slide from soft socialism to wholesale murder. Or the uncomfortable fact that "One man, one vote, one time" has been the default in socialist countries for a very long time. It doesn't matter that Abdul El-Sayed underperformed. It doesn't matter that the obviously retarded Nithya Raman barely won in Los Angeles. It doesn't matter that Twelver Mamdani only got 22% of registered voters. They won. They are in power, and they will do what socialists always do...consolidate power, manipulate the electoral system, use the power of the purse to support their policies, and marginalize their opposition in every way possible. DSA's shoddy midterm performance is proof voters want moderation, not socialismDemocrats just had a resounding midterm victory across the nation. But they’d be remiss to believe that the election results are an endorsement of the party’s creep to the far-left. Analysis of Tuesday’s results shows that progressive and DSA-adjacent Democrats actually underperformed relative to their more moderate peers. That’s true across the country, with no major exceptions. Voters who came out for Democrats in the midterms are sending a very specific message: they want moderation, not radical DSA craziness. Hopefully Mamdani and AOC won’t take the “blue tsunami” as permission to pursue their most extreme political dreams.
This flaccid-thinking child has no historical perspective, and no understanding of the true face of socialism. And it isn't her fault...yet. She went to a liberal prep school, leftist universities, and was hired for reasons beyond my understanding as a columnist at an age where she should be learning how to do research into the topics she pretends to have mastered. The stupidity and ignorance inherent in her perspective is unfortunately quite common among the chattering classes that pretend to understand our political system. And yes, some of these fools are in the Senate and House. It is long past the time in American politics that we shed the leftist-supported nonsense that collaboration and "reaching across the aisle" is anything other than a recipe for capitulation and loss. Our political system is now a "zero-sum game," and the sooner the craven cowards in the corporate wing of the Republican Party realize it, the better. But they won't, and they will continue to obstruct any movement toward a coherent political philosophy, instead of their acquisitive, amoral games.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:01 PM (+gK6I)
Now, with elections, we had to be right every single time, or any little opening would be exploited to the max. Every state that is lost to the Dems becomes a permanent outpost.
That's why people who are trying to convince me that there's still hope piss me off so much.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 08, 2026 12:04 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: grass monkey at November 08, 2026 12:04 PM (eP4XR)
I miss Rush.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 12:05 PM (0o1lz)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 12:05 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 08, 2026 12:05 PM (htQdD)
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Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2026 12:13 PM (Cqx++)
When democrats win by 0.1 they govern like they won by 50.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:14 PM (qWvvZ)
Ultimately the only laws restraining us are Newton's laws.
Posted by: Ken at November 08, 2026 12:15 PM (aVf49)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 08, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)
When democrats win by 0.1 they govern like they won by 50.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:14 PM (qWvvZ)
Dems don't have to win to act like that.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:17 PM (qWvvZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 08, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)
Cutting off their own dicks is more like it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Nazdar
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On a local scale, I often point out that the UNC School of Journalism (#4 in the nation) eliminated all prerequisites for history prior to 1865, and eliminated *all* Economics prerequisites.
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Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 08, 2026 12:20 PM (Q/FnY)
Sunday Morning Book Thread 11-08-2026 [Sabrina Chase]
The Book Thread exists for the love of books, and what better place to revel in the rich possibilities of the written word than a library? A proper library, that is, not a soulless industrial concrete outrage with not a single comfy chair or reading nook! A perfect library has these, and a rich collection, and a librarian.
A librarian is like a trail guide for all the wonders, especially for the young, easily overwhelmed by all the possibilities a library contains. Sometimes you just need a few books on mummies, for ... reasons.
I always made a point of befriending librarians -- an easy thing for a bookworm to do, and it can have unexpected benefits even beyond being allowed to check out books in the grown-up section! I was once granted the signal honor of being permitted to take and read a new book that *hadn't even gotten its little stamp card sleeve glued in yet!* (It was a book on the Black Death and I was going through a phase of yersina pestis fascination, and the school librarian knew and indulged me.) Of course, with great power comes great responsibility. The Books Must Return!
The shame, the agony of Overdue Fees! In the dark ages, they would not let you check out more books if you didn't pay! You may have noticed the general societal collapse when that stern but loving rule was removed... (Strangely enough, the Bloom County Barbarian Librarian bears a strong resemblance to Mrs. Friedman, that school librarian. Maybe that's why she encouraged me to get my Black Death fix ... A sweet lady, all of 5' nothing and I would never, ever cross her. Not in the library, anyway.)
And then later in life, even when I was all grown up and doing software testing for a living, I was quite pleased when I had a job working on library software--a complex system. (I can tell you more than you want to know about how Chinese and Japanese libraries sort things.) I was helping librarians! It felt good.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 09:00 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 09:00 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 09:03 AM (1Ff7Z)
My county library no longer charges overdue fees. They just keep renewing the book until I return it.
I think, if someone else has put a hold on the book, and then I don't return it time, they might impose fees. But I have always returned as soon as they request, so I'm not sure.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:03 AM (CjHsb)
I guess I should have been paying more attention in class.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX)
Who amongst us hasn't had a yersina pestis fascination? I know I did.
Posted by: Tuna at November 08, 2026 09:06 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:06 AM (rlRvG)
We didn't want to know anything about her private life.
She didn't have a private life.
While you're thinking about that, think about this: The library closes at five o'clock, no exceptions. This is your final warning. Got that, kewpie-doll?
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at November 08, 2026 09:06 AM (0o1lz)
Must have been hard on the librarians.
The new town library was much brighter and better in many ways. I think I miss the card catalog the most. The smell, the flipping through books to find buried treasure. Sigh, like the early internet when all the newspapers were free online.
Posted by: Book Rugrat at November 08, 2026 09:07 AM (wcnaS)
Howdy, Horde.
Always liked libraries. Still have fond memories of the Chicago Lawn branch back in the early & mid-60s. Found tons of goodies there -- Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, some great sf anthologies. Became a librarian later. Spent 13 years working in libraries, 9 at Kroch's & Brentano's bookstore in Chicago, and the rest in IT (which paid better and made it easier to support my book habit and pay the mortgage). Still like libraries, but since I got into the habit of buying my books (no time limit & no overdue fees), I use them less.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 09:09 AM (q3u5l)
This week I finished Birdie Horne's Don't Cross Mo Ellery, a comic mystery in the Stephanie Plum mold. Mo is a 29-year-old marketing staffer in Chicago who suddenly has everything yanked out from under her. She gets fired (embarrassing and comic story), her boyfriend decides they need to take a break, and she has to move out and find a new job. She winds up as a school crossing guard . . . and blunders into a murder, an affair with a hot lady political worker*, clueless caretaking of three show-quality French poodles, and more. Lots of fun.
*Yes, there is bisexuality in the story. But the whole thing is told with such a light touch that it didn't bother me any more than Mo's first-person narration in present tense, which I normally hate.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:10 AM (56Qyq)
I miss the newspapers on microfilm and microfiche.
And the card catalog drawers slid so smoothly.
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:12 AM (rlRvG)
Posted by: George Costanza at November 08, 2026 09:13 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at November 08, 2026 09:14 AM (DEivv)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:14 AM (rlRvG)
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Bookman had the best rants in the entire 7 years of that series. Joyboy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 09:15 AM (RIvkX)
The other is a Dr. Gideon Fell, The Eight of Swords 1934), from the period just before Carr settled into doing almost exclusively impossible crime stories. If it's anything like the first Fell, Hag's Nook, it should be a delight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:16 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: PabloD at November 08, 2026 09:16 AM (mXZsC)
They even have the teen's comic book corner in the same spot! With actual floppy comics (in addition to the new graphic novel shelf) That brought back nostalgia. That very spot is where I learned that Grant Morrison is a bitter hateful hack, who helped break me of my love of the X-Men. ...Okay, not all nostalgia is of good times...
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 08, 2026 09:16 AM (jHYFI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:10 AM (56Qyq)
Why do we hate this so much? Because I do. But I can't articulate it when I tell my kids I don't want to finish a book because of it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:18 AM (CjHsb)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026
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Think Barbara Feldon on Get Smart. She was nearsighted, so that smoldering eye technique of hers (she said) was partly because she needed glasses. It worked beautifully, didn't it?
If the women of the library science major at my college in the '70s had been half as good-looking as the drama majors, I'd have gone into the former. But, noooo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:18 AM (56Qyq)
I think, if someone else has put a hold on the book, and then I don't return it time, they might impose fees. But I have always returned as soon as they request, so I'm not sure.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:03 AM (CjHsb)
Same. But, someone had a hold on something the kid hadn't returned yet. $1.50 late fee. I'll pay it... eventually.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 09:19 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:10 AM (56Qyq)
Why do we hate this so much? Because I do. But I can't articulate it when I tell my kids I don't want to finish a book because of it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026
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Usually it is because using the present tense heralds a "literary" approach, a "Look how well I'm writing!" flavor. The Mo Ellery book has none of that. I was ten pages in before I realized it was in present tense.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:20 AM (56Qyq)
They long ago got rid of most of what I was thinking I'd spend my retirement reading.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 09:21 AM (q3u5l)
At pt 2 of The Mauritius Command.
Seems its about 4 episodes per book, with occasionally another fan interview, last one has a real Naturalist and commented on what Dr Maturin might have know in this period
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 09:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:12 AM (rlRvG)
They greased your entry into the world of unknown books.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 09:22 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: nckate at November 08, 2026 09:22 AM (enNUy)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 09:22 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: Melvil Dewey at November 08, 2026 09:24 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: nckate at November 08, 2026 09:24 AM (enNUy)
Posted by: Pamazon at November 08, 2026 09:25 AM (b5MGU)
For those of you who are interested, TRex Arms (no affiliation with our CoB, as far as I know) just posted an online library of something like 4000 US military field manuals. It's searchable, and downloadable in PDF or EPUB formats. Get your copy of MCDP-1 Warfighting today; never know when it'll be useful.
Posted by: PabloD at November 08, 2026 09:25 AM (mXZsC)
Anyways, I don't remember the title of the book, only that I hated it. At least, I didn't remember the title. While wandering through the library a few days ago, I saw a cover that was hauntingly familiar. I read the blurb on the back, and the first part of the blurb matched my memory. I think I found the book I bailed on! Turns out it was (probably) Steven Erikson's "House of Chains," part of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. I believe our regular host Perfessor Squirrel read through that series not so long ago. I don't think I'll be following him down that path..
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 08, 2026 09:26 AM (jHYFI)
And I never will forget the time I took an armload of books out to the van, put the books on the roof while I secured the kids in their car seats, and then drove off. Remembered the books within a mile. Drove back to look for them but never found them. Cost us around $35.
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:28 AM (rlRvG)
Cronin's work is low-key, like Somerset Maugham's and his Canadian counterpart Robertson Davies. Dramatic material -- several of Cronin's books have become movies -- and never dull. I was looking for one he wrote that might be classified as a mystery, Beyond This Place (1940). "Paul Mathry learns the father he thought dead is actually in prison for murder. Determined to uncover the truth, he follows old evidence and hostile witnesses into a long fight for justice."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:28 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Worse yet, second person. "You go into the library. You see the librarian. You say, 'Hello, librarian."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 08, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7)
My city's library is stuffed with woke, pervert and hate-Trump garbage. It's only rarely that I find something worth checking out.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 09:28 AM (qRla/)
"Last Days" by Brian Evenson.
The story concerned a detective, who got involved with a case concerning an apocalyptic amputation cult.
"Last Days" was an excellent read and surprisingly not particularly gory. It was more interested in building tension ala detective novel and creeping you out with ideas. More psychological horror.
Anyway, excellent read and well worth your time for a chilly fall or winter read.
The way the book hints at the end. It was highly unlikely that there could be a sequel.
But now....There's a sequel title-
"Phantom Limb" by Brian Evenson.
I just saw it this week, so I bought it and will read in the upcoming week. Well, maybe I'll reread "Last Days" again first.
I dislike movies which change the rules between the original and the sequel, but there is wiggle room at the end of "Last Days", so I'll give Evenson some grace on this.
Also, I guess "Last Days" may have been his "bestseller" with several good reviews. So, to recycle back to LD isn't a huge surprise. The writing biz, you know.
I'm looking forward to reading "Phantom Limb" in any event.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:30 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:30 AM (rlRvG)
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 08, 2026
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There's being an anti-hero, and then there's going way beyond that --!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:31 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026 09:32 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: nckate
What's all this I am hearing about clit lick. . . .
Posted by: Zombie Emily Latella at November 08, 2026 09:32 AM (L/8vZ)
I'm still plowing through "Bulldog Drummond" -- but for the past several months, I've also been dipping into "Matt Helm: The War Years," a pastiche of flashbacks from the Helm series by Donald Hamilton, interspersed with original material by Keith Wease. I finished it last week.
I had high hopes for this, but it just sludged along. Hamilton made writing and plotting seem so easy; they're obviously not.
As for friend Drummond, he's busy crossing swords with the mastermind of a plot to destroy England somehow. It involves a U.S. millionaire, whom Mr. Big has kidnapped and tortured to gain his signature. The poor guy is in a tug-of-war between Drummond and MB. Right now Drummond has escaped from MB's mansion and is planning to follow him to Paris, where the plers will have an important meeting.
(continued)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:32 AM (rlRvG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:20 AM (56Qyq)
Yes. That's part of it. But I also feel like the author is forcing me into experiencing the story as it happens, when what I want is for the author to tell me what happened.
Or they're trying to make me feel like I'm part of the story. I don't want to be part of the story. I want to read someone else's story.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:33 AM (CjHsb)
The librarian who ran the local public library when Mrs Some Guy & I moved into this town was the pure stereotype. Grey hair in a bun, glasses, the whole nine yards. But she knew her business and the collection then was much better than it is now.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 09:33 AM (q3u5l)
Uniquely, there were no library cards. One filled out a short form, and that was that. Not sure why, but there was great resistance to the idea of cards. That collapsed with digital scanning, but it was pretty recent, maybe five, ten years ago, and there were a LOT of complaints.
The library now is basically a woke book club with computers and free DVD rentals. I did read a lot of Evelyn Waugh when my kids had swimming lessons (it's also close to the community center, which was the old high school and then a middle school). Most of the collection is chick lit. The non-fiction is garbage. They still use the Dewey Decimal system.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 08, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Sam has been called to give testimony regarding a teacher at school, who accused him of cheating when he hinted at what would be asked in an upcoming exam. The thorny issue is that Sam and Edward are able to communicate over distance using their minds. It isn't telepathy, but a pair of electrical devices that they somehow obtained, which allow them to read people's minds after a fashion.
Campion must use all of his wits to get to the bottom of the mystery, which involves a top secret technology and competing British interests, and perhaps foreign powers as well. Everyone is spying on each other, and are trying to determine who is on which side. The game becomes deadly when a technology director is killed. As usual in Allingham's mysteries, Campion must use his intuition to fit seemingly unrelated puzzle pieces together, and to finally solve the mystery.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 08, 2026 09:33 AM (0U5gm)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Mikhail Bulgakov
John Keats
Friedrich Schiller
The only modern on the list I'd heard of was Michael Crichton. But I am totally unfamiliar with modern stuff.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 08, 2026 09:34 AM (JzUSu)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026 09:34 AM (78a2H)
One plotter is a Bolshie who yammers on about how the workers back home in Russia now get to keep what they earn instead of seeing it hoovered up by monied dimwits. Oh, boy, I didn't need to read THAT this past week. (Even his co-conspirators are tired of his guff. But he's dead now, and good riddance.)
Eavesdropping him, Drummond wonders whether the plot is a Bolshevist takeover. Oh, poor Hugh -- be glad you're fictional.
(I think it'll be more like mind control.)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:34 AM (GXXMM)
Then sometime when I was a teenager, they opened a new branch library just two miles from home. Close enough for me to ride a bike to on my own! It wasn't as majestic as the old building (single story, sort of asterisks shaped, part of community college campus) but I visited it far more frequently. I have very fond, if very different, memories of each building.
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 08, 2026 09:35 AM (jHYFI)
Classic brick Carnegie libraries, the stacks at Penn State with the movable shelves and tiny narrow staircases that felt like they belonged in a submarine, the little tiny library in East Machias, Maine that had old millstones embedded in the walls and a collection donated by a rich lady long ago who apparently had a thing for fancy limited editions. Leather covers, hand-colored illustrations, and some of the books had *never been read*. I could tell because the folded edges of the quires hadn't been cut. Folio versions of the plays of Shakespeare bound in vellum. AMAZING books you would never find in general circulation anywhere else.Posted by: Sabrina Chase at November 08, 2026 09:35 AM (tY90Q)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Worse yet, second person. "You go into the library. You see the librarian. You say, 'Hello, librarian."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 08, 2026
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An exception for me: Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City. It's not only in second, it's in present tense! Yet it works, partly because it's funny and fast-moving, not obviously "literary."
"You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, though the details are fuzzy. You are at a nightclub talking to a girl with a shaved head."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:35 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 09:36 AM (RIvkX)
Except for the work-study students at my college library, I don't think I've ever seen a sexy librarian.
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026 09:38 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026
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True. But it is good SF as well as being good lit. When Larry Niven was asked by a literary type to recommend a "good" SF novel, he picked LHoD. "It's good by our [SF readers'] standards as well as by theirs."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:38 AM (56Qyq)
This has already produced good fruit. Conqueror 3.0 is cruising ahead, and seems to be on track to publish this year.
I've also settled on a new title for Scorpion's Pass: "Sand and Sensibility: A Jane Austen-style Romantic Adventure." As part of that I will set it up as an audiobook and use that to do a revision. That will move concurrently with Conqueror.
With both of those out of the way, I'm planning on picking up Battle Officer Wolf 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 08, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)
Apparently, she wanted to become a popular novelist, and wrote a number of them, which were serialized in the newspapers. They were presumed lost until a fellow named David Blixt (a Bly fan) found reprints in an old London paper.
Blixt transcribed them, tidying them up, and has reissued them in this Lost Novels series. The first, The Central Park Mystery, I just finished and enjoyed it very much. It's about a woman found dead in Central Park, posed sitting on a bench, and with absolutely no mark on her body to show how she came to be murdered (it was poison, of course, but never detected).
I liked it - and you will, too, if 19th-century serial novels are your thing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 09:39 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026
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There was a cute one at the public library branch I visited last week.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:39 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: PabloD
My personal favorite is 'The M-16A1 Rifle: Operation and Preventive Maintenance'. In comic book form, nothing beats lines like: "Sure firing tracers is fun, but did you know that leads to fouling and stoppages?" and text similar to that.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 08, 2026 09:39 AM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026 09:34 AM (78a2H)
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I dreamt about it.
Posted by: George Orr at November 08, 2026 09:39 AM (RIvkX)
"Last Days" by Brian Evenson.
The story concerned a detective, who got involved with a case concerning an apocalyptic amputation cult.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:30 AM (YSUhf
Oh, my. I read that earlier this year, I must have put it in my TBR pile due to your mention some years back. There are rarely any unique ideas in what's written these days, but this is. It is seriously creepy.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:39 AM (CjHsb)
I liked it - and you will, too, if 19th-century serial novels are your thing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026
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Sounds like a Queen or Carr mystery!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:40 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 08, 2026 09:26 AM
Agree. Why spend all that time and emotional energy reading when you could just get the same content by watching the news?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 09:40 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 08, 2026 09:41 AM (rlRvG)
Fortunately, I have Kindle Unlimited, which means the novels are free - or as free as such things can be. I have no intention of putting money in the pocket of a self-appointed censor.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 09:41 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 09:42 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Worse yet, second person. "You go into the library. You see the librarian. You say, 'Hello, librarian."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 08, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7)
Old style adventure video game.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 09:42 AM (1Ff7Z)
I laugh at her descriptor for books I like better--mysteries with toxically masculine men doing manly things: dick lit.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:43 AM (CjHsb)
Posted by: Weak Geek didn't proofread at November 08, 2026 09:43 AM (rlRvG)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 09:44 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Zoltan at November 08, 2026 09:44 AM (KUWG/)
Posted by: Yet ANOTHER Seinfeld reference at November 08, 2026 09:45 AM (0o1lz)
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Why do we hate this so much? Because I do. But I can't articulate it when I tell my kids I don't want to finish a book because of it.
What grates on me more than first person present tense is Stephenson's third person present participle tense. Not "Joe goes into the store" which is annoying enough but "Now Joe is going into the store." It just really forces attention onto the text and away from the story, IMO. Especially in stories that are clearly set in the past like Cryptonomicon.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 08, 2026 09:46 AM (vTZFs)
In the suburbs, I have a good branch on my side of the river, and a bigger one on the east bank that I visit as often as I can. They have a lot of modern stuff, yes, but there's a certain amount of the oldies as well. A collection, for example, of Agatha Christie's "Mary Westmacott"-signed non-mystery novels (and they were *good*).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:46 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:20 AM (56Qyq)
Yes. That's part of it. But I also feel like the author is forcing me into experiencing the story as it happens, when what I want is for the author to tell me what happened.
Or they're trying to make me feel like I'm part of the story. I don't want to be part of the story. I want to read someone else's story.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:33 AM (CjHsb)
*clonks Wolfus' and Dash's heads together Three Stooges style*
I disagree, you knuckleheads.
Now, second person might herald a "literary" style, but first person? I've only seen it in genre fiction. Mostly detective or mystery so it can spring a surprise on you.
Also, I don't think someone would write first person to show off their writerly chops. Sure writing first person requires more thinking ahead, but eh, it's a technique.
If it serves the story, why not? Maybe you've read some bad uses of first person.
As far as, first person forcing you to "feel" the story. I kinda get that (con't)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:46 AM (YSUhf)
Check out the blog at thetrapofsolidgold.blogspot.com -- well worth a look for any MacDonald fan. You can find a few of his articles on writing reprinted there too.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 09:48 AM (q3u5l)
A v good read, historical "fantasy" WWII, London.
Great writing and characters make it fun to read.
Posted by: Wormword at November 08, 2026 09:49 AM (yOcCL)
First person in a way robs you of the security inherent in a story told third person.
That makes first person inherently superior in circumstances that your characters don't or can't know what going to happen next.
But, at the end, De gustibus and a hot-cha-cha!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:50 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Funny you would ask while I was typing the mini-rant about Stephenson. It really, for me, comes down to whether the style is competing with the story.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 08, 2026 09:50 AM (vTZFs)
I am currently reading (again) "Pride and Prejudice". This one is annotated and edited by a professor, David Shapard, with a Ph.D degree in European history with a speciality in the 18th century.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 08, 2026 09:51 AM (JrHfD)
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A true history nerd!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 09:51 AM (kpS4V)
The story concerned a detective, who got involved with a case concerning an apocalyptic amputation cult.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:30 AM (YSUhf
Oh, my. I read that earlier this year, I must have put it in my TBR pile due to your mention some years back. There are rarely any unique ideas in what's written these days, but this is. It is seriously creepy.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 09:39 AM (CjHsb)
Oh...
*ears turn red*
*scuffs dirt*
Well, after showing such fine literary taste
But, Wolfus/ Blockhead.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:56 AM (YSUhf)
How ya'll doing?
Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2026 09:56 AM (/RHNq)
First thought was of Donalson's 'Thomas Covenant' novels. Finished the first trilogy; never bothered with the rest.
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 09:57 AM (NcvvS)
To my surprise, in the cover there is an inscription, by my mother, 1943. Holding it, I try to imagine what her life must have been like during the war.
Interestingly, on the publishers page there is a listing of the restrictions imposed by the War Production Board regarding book production: Lighter paper, smaller margins, more words per page. I don't think that I would have noticed any of those, as it seems a fairly ordinary hardback, though the cloth of the binding seems a bit coarse.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 09:58 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bob Dole at November 08, 2026 09:58 AM (0o1lz)
Alas, I assume the reason they received all these books in the first place was that they didn't get sold by other vendors. None of the books on offer are things I need in my collection.(Micronaughts and Rom are too niche for me, Spider-Gwen is just a meme-character, Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther just makes me snear...)
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 08, 2026 09:59 AM (jHYFI)
I keep Wikipedia handy so I can look up all the silent era Hollywood people. I've also been leading through Daniel Blum's "A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 09:59 AM (kpS4V)
Other books in the series have much better characters, who do a great deal of good for the right reasons.
Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at November 08, 2026 10:00 AM (DEivv)
It was-
Oh...
*ears turn red*
*scuffs dirt*
Well, after showing such fine literary taste, I revoke the "blockhead" comment for Dash, a true gentlewoman and a scholar.
But, Wolfus? Blockhead.
😀
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 10:00 AM (YSUhf)
In the future, Utopian eco-terrorist spacers (or "holocaustronauts") subjected the planet to vicious pummeling with directed space rocks to bring it back into balance. The U.S. is bisected by the Orbital Bombardment Victory Road: "Stretching from Baltnomore to San Fiasco, the OBVR meanders through the Dark Counties, where electric light was once forbidden on pain of craterization. To this day, electricity (while often technically legal) is still frowned upon in many of those counties, as they've long been the home of Medievalists and Larpers, of Mennonites and Amish, of the fierce, proud Madmacs and the joyful Burning Men..."
A young reporter, a car dealer, and an economics professor travel across this strange land in a retrofuturistic station wagon.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 10:01 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:46 AM (YSUhf)
I'm fine with first person. I just don't like present tense stories.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 10:02 AM (CjHsb)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026 10:03 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)
How are sales going, MP?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
The Indians became cowboys. The slaves became presidents. The cowboys became astronauts, and the astronauts became revolutionaries, and they model their revolution on what? Ours. Ands then we turn it sideways and f*** 'em with it. And they love it."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 10:04 AM (kpS4V)
It's present tense, whether in first or third (or even the very rare second) person, that I usually dislike.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:05 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:30 AM
Hey. We're sitting right here.
Posted by: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at November 08, 2026 10:06 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: The best thief in Lankhmar at November 08, 2026 10:06 AM (NbmfQ)
I have that. An excellent 2-volume bio, equal to - if not exceeding - the Ian Kershaw opus.
Ullrich has also written a few books about Weimar Germany; his Germany 1923 is a good look at the conditions that made Hitler think the country was ready for his putsch.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 10:07 AM (qRla/)
As far as, first person forcing you to "feel" the story. I kinda get that (con't)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 09:46 AM (YSUhf)
I'm fine with first person. I just don't like present tense stories.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 10:02 AM (CjHsb)
My misuse of the term. I meant that present tense robs you of security in reading a story.
That's why it works in mysteries/thrillers so well.
Anyway, I'm glad you read "Last Days". As you said, it was an original idea and very well executed.
It stuck in my mind so well that I haven't reread it yet.
I've been waiting to forget some of it, buuuut, I guess "Phantom Limb" is forcing my hand so I'll reread it now.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 10:08 AM (YSUhf)
Playing games with narrative voice makes the reader pay attention to the narration. If the narrator is a character, that's fine. If not, then it's probably wise to pick a more transparent style.
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
Slow at the moment, but I haven't checked recently.
My author copies should be coming this week, so I can get one out to your niece.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/)
Same here. If our county library has the book I'm looking for, it's a huge surprise these days. Then I find out it's more than likely to be some ebook version, not paper. This is why I try to get physical books for anything I will value. I want to hold the book in my hand. I spend more than enough time looking at a damn screen. I've been using this library system for over 40 years and have seen how the classics and foundational literature has been reduced.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 10:09 AM (yTvNw)
But Barry Malzberg did a lot of first person present IIRC and his stuff works for me. Some other sf writers too. Go figure.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 10:09 AM (q3u5l)
But, Wolfus? Blockhead.
😀
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026
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That's a little unfair, NF. Dash and I were complaining about the use of *present tense*, not first-person.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:10 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at November 08, 2026 10:10 AM (eHbYv)
But, Wolfus? Blockhead.
😀
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026
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That's a little unfair, NF. Dash and I were complaining about the use of *present tense*, not first-person.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:10 AM (56Qyq)
Yes. That was my error.
I meant "present tense" and not "first person"
My brain betrayed me!!!.
So, yes, I'm the blockhead here.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 10:12 AM (YSUhf)
I love book stores and libraries.
My library in downtown LaCrosse smells like piss and sh*t now...as our Lefty's in local government have turned it into a homeless refuge. They provide coffee and food for the homeless on the main floor....while allowing them to sleep all day and relieve themselves in the once comfortable chairs for library patrons to read a bit....and they are often caught half naked washing their bodies using the sink in the rest rooms...
It's a disgusting brave new world....
Hope everyone else's libraries are fairing better than mine....
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at November 08, 2026 10:13 AM (gv2uw)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Wait, is Ten Thousand Midnights written in present tense? I just finished it (yes, I will post a review). If it is, you did a damned fine job, because it didn't irritate me.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 10:16 AM (CjHsb)
Hope everyone else's libraries are fairing better than mine....
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at November 08, 2026
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The only branch I suspect has been infested with such horrors is the main downtown library. The outer branches and the suburban librarians are still pest-free (if you except the face diaper-wearing librarians).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:16 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 10:02 AM (CjHsb)
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What this gets to is perspective. Who is telling the story? Are you listening to a live feed of the radio chatter, or standing next to the person, because otherwise it doesn't really work.
One of the (many) cool things about Lord of the Rings is how every single event has a witness, and sometimes Tolkien will even have a character relate his perspective at a particular moment. It seems like its the usual omniscient narrator, but it isn't. Someone in the Fellowship saw it or had it related to them.
Joseph Conrad often has his stories related by someone, Marlowe being a favorite, and he'll sometimes have the narrator's voice falter and dramatic moments, or take some other action. Very effective.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 08, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at November 08, 2026 10:17 AM (DEivv)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 10:16 AM (CjHsb)
I consider it present tense, as Toby is telling the reader in real time about things that had happened in the past.
Thank you for the compliment, and I look forward to the review!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 10:20 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:05 AM (56Qyq)
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I kept bailing on reading "successful writer" Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary because of the first person present tense narration. It was one of the things that made me dislike the protagonist.
I only finished because my son had read it and encouraged me to finish because he wanted to discuss it with me.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at November 08, 2026 10:20 AM (TPFQA)
Perhaps it's time for me to finally read John Carreyrou's book about it: "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 10:21 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026
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I volunteered to do a beta read for MP4 on it. I don't recall it being in present tense. There were moments when his first-person narrator *uses* present tense, as in things like describing his own house or that of Theda, but the main story is in past. (Right?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:21 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 08, 2026 09:35 AM (jHYFI)
Main library downtown: Mid-century jet age style, buzzing fluorescent lights high up in the twenty foot ceiling on the second (main) floor. Huge windows with study carrels facing the main street. Terrazzo floors, towering stacks, the circulation desk with the card file nearby and the hanging newspapers leading to a large spiral staircase heading down to the first floor where the microfiche and film were kept, along with the kiddie section.
Branch library: Dull office building, one floor only, smaller stacks with rooms for quiet reading. Industrial carpet, with no widows to the outside. You'd only see the parking lot anyway. A few computers replacing the card file. NO TALKING! Often empty circulation desk, some poor collection of old magazines and papers, the restrooms always smelling.
Which one would you prefer?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:22 AM (1Ff7Z)
I'm about half way through Ten Thousand Midnights. This may be better than the first two of the series and that's saying a lot. Once done, this coming week, I'll be leaving a five star review on Amazon with comments about why it deserves the rating. If more modern novels were this good I would read more modern stuff.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 10:23 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:24 AM (56Qyq)
Thank you, all. Words like that are a balm that I must remember to keep in my heart whenever I am having a black day.
I've got some book-related writing to do and a Book Thread post due for CBD, so I am calling it a morning. Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 10:26 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 08, 2026 09:39 AM (L/8vZ)
Sounds silly, but you know only losers and hicks go into the military. Jon Cary said so.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:26 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 09:41 AM (qRla/)
Might be a project for you, MP. Does the chicken-boy indicate where he found the stories? Maybe it's findable, then you can reprint it yourself, as I assume it's in the public domain by now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:29 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: PabloD at November 08, 2026 09:16 AM (mXZsC)
For practical use, it is, but there's a nuance.
There's a small, but real, market for sets of old-school law books. Some lawyers think their print ads and TV commercials are more impressive if they have a massive wall-o-books behind them.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:30 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at November 08, 2026 10:33 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at November 08, 2026 10:33 AM (tRYqg)
The new Guite volume, The Coming of Arthur, arrived a week earlier...
Huh. I'm still waiting.
I've been reading more poetry lately.
The book I'm working on seems to require some of the techniques and tricks of poetry and verse in certain parts, but not actual poetry. Just prose.
It makes the writing of those parts a lot of fun.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 10:34 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026
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This, MP4, is the same basic and time-honored technique used by Stout for Archie Goodwin's narration. He tells about the mystery and their investigation in the past tense; but when he refers to something about the status of Wolfe or the household, he briefly switches to present. "Since I take the trouble to recount one of Wolfe's cases only when murder is involved . . ." Or he tells us when he answers the phone with "Nero Wolfe's residence," that he uses "residence" instead of "office" after six p.m.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:36 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at November 08, 2026 10:33 AM (tRYqg)
Ha!! I have about four volumes left in the Pendergast series, and then I can read something else. Addictions, indeed.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2026 10:37 AM (CjHsb)
I liked it - and you will, too, if 19th-century serial novels are your thing."
MP4,
Thanks for mentioning the Bly novel. I didn't know she wrote fiction. Just got the Kindle version of the first one for 99 cents. 19th century novels are high on my list of fun reading, think Moby Dick, Sherlock Holmes, Jules Verne, Haggard, Kipling, William Gilmore Sims, and George MacDonald.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 10:37 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 09:58 AM (XeU6L)
I have a couple of war-time printed books. They also tell you that you have the complete novel, not an abridged version to save paper.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:37 AM (1Ff7Z)
I have a couple of war-time printed books. They also tell you that you have the complete novel, not an abridged version to save paper.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026
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I have a similar one, a Pocket Books reprint of one of the early Nero Wolfe novels. "Not one word has been omitted."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:38 AM (56Qyq)
I like that approach. It gives immediacy to the narrative, not an old story already resolved.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 10:40 AM (yTvNw)
1. Ask about inter-library loan
2. If you have a college or university nearby, see if their library offers borrowing privileges to the local community. Many academic libraries don't weed as heavily as public libraries - there are definitely exceptions, such as when the admin wants to repurpose all that prime real estate in the center of campus. And they should generally keep classic lit. Community patrons probably won't have full access to e-resources (maybe while on campus but that could vary), but you might be able to check out physical materials. The majority of librarians will be just as leftist as in public libraries, though.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 10:41 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 08, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/)
I'll let her know.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:42 AM (1Ff7Z)
In this case it's both a graphic novel side by side with the original text - PDF edition from internet archive (Napster.) I wasn't looking for it ... but it popped up on the recommended list at the bottom of the webpage.
Posted by: 13times at November 08, 2026 10:42 AM (fnZRl)
Posted by: screaming in digital
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except me, but I no longer have a "normal" library job. Even when I did, I didn't work directly with patrons. I wrangle systems & data.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 10:43 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 10:44 AM (q3u5l)
Don't forget about us.
Posted by: The 1943 steel pennies at November 08, 2026 10:44 AM (0o1lz)
I like that approach. It gives immediacy to the narrative, not an old story already resolved.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026
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Yes. A first person narrator may *employ* present tense, but the book is not entirely written that way.
(Come to think of it, there is a middle-period Ellery Queen where the authors break into a third person present tense scene showing Ellery trying to start the writing of a new book. It's funny, but it leads into more serious matters narrated in the usual third person.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:46 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 10:47 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 10:49 AM (kpS4V)
How is your book coming along?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:50 AM (1Ff7Z)
Thanks for the Bloom County cartoon. Overdue books were considered a near mortal sin when I was a kid. I still feel that way. I think the overdue fee was a penny a day back in the 50s. Most of the librarians knew my grandmother from childhood. That got me some latitude when I wanted something form the adult section. Funny, I don't think any of them were much over five feet tall, if that. They weren't grouchy but didn't smile a lot either.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 10:50 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 10:51 AM (3j87q)
For what used to be National Novel Writing Month (before the org rolled hard left and self-destructed), I decided to participate in Royal Road's Writeathon this year.
Anyway, I'm posting daily webnovel chapters here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/202048/banished-into-peril
If you're interested in some light fantasy escapism, for the low price of your time, I invite you to come visit.
I guess I need to give a bit more detail. I'm steelmanning some tropes I absolutely despise, and having a lot of fun doing so.
Take the loathsome "Banished from the party" trope. Instead of an author failing to work through being picked last as a kid, the characters who have been depending on each other for years are friends, and have more emotional maturity than gradeschoolers.
I also reject romantasy. There's romance. Quite a lot of it, actually. But it's much more of the True Love variety. They will, they do, and they're ride-or-die.
If you're interested, I'll see you there!
Posted by: Rufus at November 08, 2026 10:52 AM (LcCGY)
I was using their computer system to find a book via the interlibrary book loan catalogue (Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman) when this happened:
https://archive.org/details/i-exit-the-building
Posted by: 13times at November 08, 2026 10:52 AM (fnZRl)
So that's what happened to me.
And to Harlan Ellison.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 08, 2026 10:52 AM (vTZFs)
1. Ask about inter-library loan
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This. All public libraries here in NC have a loan program. The entirety of the catalogs can be searched, and a loan to the local arranged.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 10:53 AM (XeU6L)
Thanks for the Bloom County cartoon. Overdue books were considered a near mortal sin when I was a kid. I still feel that way. I think the overdue fee was a penny a day back in the 50s. Most of the librarians knew my grandmother from childhood. That got me some latitude when I wanted something form the adult section. . . .
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026
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When I was ten, I asked for a copy of The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore. The librarian peered at me, then at my mother. "Are you sure he should be reading stuff like that?" Mom shrugged. "He reads everything."
The book bored me at ten. When I read it again at thirty, I found it kind of slow except for a slam-bang final scene. It's not really a horror novel.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:54 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:38 AM (56Qyq)
Yeah, that's what one of the books says.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
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Pre-historic warfare: chuck rocks at each other.
Future interplanetary warfare: chuck rocks at each other.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 08, 2026 10:55 AM (oXmUJ)
Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 10:55 AM (3j87q)
Posted by: Silver nickels at November 08, 2026 10:56 AM (XeU6L)
Take the loathsome "Banished from the party" trope. Instead of an author failing to work through being picked last as a kid, the characters who have been depending on each other for years are friends, and have more emotional maturity than gradeschoolers.
I also reject romantasy. There's romance. Quite a lot of it, actually. But it's much more of the True Love variety. They will, they do, and they're ride-or-die.
If you're interested, I'll see you there!
Posted by: Rufus at November 08, 2026
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Sounds fascinating!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:56 AM (56Qyq)
So that's what happened to me.
And to Harlan Ellison.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 08, 2026 10:52 AM (vTZFs)
Do you mean Harlan Ellison always had to be "Harlan Ellison"?
Maybe.
Could be why I don't usually find his late stuff as interesting as his early stuff.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 10:56 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 10:57 AM (l6BsO)
The next time I ran into him she was getting a Master's degree in Library Science. So, going down the Professional Student path it seemed.
At some point she was in England doing a semester abroad about Library Science and who knows, maybe a doctorate degree. I briefly met her once at a sporting event and she didn't do anything to make herself attractive.
Since retirement I've fallen out of touch with him, but it seemed as if she was on a path of intentional spinsterhood.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 10:58 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026
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Being able to borrow from the library, as well as being able to attend classes at night with a tuition waiver, were the two big perks of my college work life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 10:58 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 10:58 AM (3j87q)
I loved the local library branch but when I hit about 6th grade and could bike or bus it downtown to the main library, that was heaven. I loved prowling the stacks in the old library. Unfortunately it was replaced with a soulless brick pile in the 70s or early 80s. In my new hometown they just rebuilt the library but I haven't been there in years because my TBR pile is too big to add more books.
Posted by: Who Knew at November 08, 2026 10:59 AM (+ViXu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 11:00 AM (l6BsO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 11:02 AM (l6BsO)
Huh. I'm still waiting."
naturalfake,
I preordered the fancy version with the slip case and the regular edition. The slip case edition arrived early. Still waiting for the standard version which will be released tomorrow. If you enjoyed Galahad and the Grail you will love this one. I also have the audiobook on CD coming in December. Guite narrates it and he is always a delight to listen to as well as read. I get the books directly from Rabbit Room Press, the publisher. The Audio CD is only available from Amazon as far as I know.
BTW,
I just heard that the fourth volume will be primarily about Merlin. That should be fascinating.
Glad you're reading more poetry. That is becoming an increasing amount of my reading, from classics to the Psalms to Guite, Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 11:06 AM (yTvNw)
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I vastly prefer the LoC system. But I don't know why. Maybe just familiarity? Anyone know the pros and cons of each?
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 08, 2026 11:06 AM (oXmUJ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 11:07 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 11:08 AM (88ITP)
Being a single-seater it had a dead bolt on the door. It was often used by more than one underclassman at a time and for purposes not involving using the toilet.
Posted by: ballistic at November 08, 2026 11:08 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 08, 2026
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The DD system is for non-fiction; fiction is shelved alphabetically by author, and maybe subdivided into genre, but fiction books don't have a DD number. The LoC encompasses both fiction and non-fiction.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:09 AM (56Qyq)
From my perspective, it was COVID that destroyed the last vestiges of objectivity (especially for the ALA). I saw librarians on social media trashing anyone who dared to even search for information contradicting the official narrative. Instead of teaching people how to search, how to evaluate sources, and collecting/preserving resources covering many viewpoints, they became arbiters and enforcers of truth.
I'm probably too old to leave the field entirely, but I no longer go to any conferences except my systems user group, nor do I participate in any "professional" organizations.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 11:10 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: ballistic at November 08, 2026
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We had one of those at Faber. Ask me how I know.
( -- Eric "Otter" Stratton)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:10 AM (56Qyq)
Shatterday
Paladin of the Lost Hour
Jeffty Is Five
Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes
The Resurgence of Miss Ankle Strap Wedgie
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
One Life Furnished in Early Poverty
Tired Old Man
All the Lies That Are My Life
When Harlan was cookin', he COOKED.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:12 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Who Knew at November 08, 2026 11:13 AM (+ViXu)
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 2026 11:13 AM (OXhw3)
Currently half way through final book of John McManus' trilogy on the Army in the Pacific. It's been very good. I've come to be more amused than annoyed by his need to insert stuff about segregation and black units even where marginal to the story - I wish he'd just turn his talents to a book about blacks in the WWII Army overall, that would be interesting. It's probably me being just a little too demanding, but the juxtaposition of the ritualized references to racism in the US situation with the sort of basic almost understated references to what were the barbaric, bestial depredations of the Japanese - suffused with a genocidal aggressive sort of racism, not inertial social prejudice as in the US case - just leaves me shaking my head sometimes.
McManus is too old to have been warped in his formative years by the jaw-dropping resurgent racism of the last few decades, but maybe some osmosis.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 11:14 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 2026 11:15 AM (OXhw3)
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
Alive and Well and on a Friendless Voyage
A Boy and His Dog
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at November 08, 2026 11:15 AM (28xGL)
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 11:16 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026
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"Jeffty" is amazing. And I have "Resurgence," along with other non-SF or fantasy stories, in a paperback collection, Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled. I got him to autograph it when he was lecturing one night in '98 at a Denver college. He gave me a sharp look, like "How come this cheap bastard isn't buying one of my *new* books?", but he signed -- that and my copy of Memos From Purgatory.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:16 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto
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The underlying philosophy is entirely different. Melville Dewey wanted to create a system that could accommodate all possible knowledge, even subject areas that didn't exist yet.
The LC system is based on "literary warrant." That is, you don't create a class number or subject heading until you've got a book (or other resource) on that subject. Its development is more haphazard. This is also how you get headings like "Boating with cats." Yes, there is a book on that.
Both systems get a bad rap from the progressive catalogers because they're too white, Western-centric, etc.
I've spent my whole career in academic libraries, except for 6 months moonlighting in a public library. I vastly prefer LC to Dewey. (And he was a giant asshole to boot. Got kicked out of the professional organization he helped found.)
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 11:16 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:16 AM (q3u5l)
many libraries have a 2-tier approach; ephemeral (current) fiction as fiction (F), classics, writers who have stood the test of time, (8xx)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 08, 2026 11:17 AM (VyBeY)
many libraries have a 2-tier approach; ephemeral (current) fiction as fiction (F), classics, writers who have stood the test of time, (8xx)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 08, 2026
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That must have been what I was thinking of. At the public library, I mostly haunted, and still do, the current and recent fiction shelves. (Back then, they counted "recent" as thirty-forty years old, so modern novels sat next to Ellery Queens from 1929 to the present.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:20 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 2026 11:21 AM (OXhw3)
Posted by: polynikes
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Heh. I have shifted all of my book reading to library books. I just can *not* acquire any more books. I'm in the painful process of parting with my overwhelming collection.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:24 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026 10:03 AM (78a2H)
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Bob Dole doesn't understand why this would be weird.
Posted by: Bob Dole at November 08, 2026 11:26 AM (xg/DD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026
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As have I. If I don't know an author's work, and know that I like it a *lot*, a new book -- even paperback -- is too expensive to take a chance on. I want to read it first from the library. If I love it, then I'll buy a copy to keep and re-read.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:26 AM (56Qyq)
I guess that's why people get e-books now. I can't seem to join that group yet though.
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 2026 11:26 AM (OXhw3)
Sitting on my shelf is a signed copy of the hardcover of Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled. The contents vary considerably from those of the later paperback reprint (if memory serves the intro to the paperback explained the reshuffling). Harlan was and still is one of my favorites; found some of his collections uneven, but there was always enough good stuff there to make me glad to lay down the $$$.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:26 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:27 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 08, 2026
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Bob Dole doesn't understand why this would be weird.
Posted by: Bob Dole at November 08, 2026
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Neither does Jimmy.
(-- Obligatory Seinfeld reference)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:27 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: polynikes
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Same here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 20
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Same here. As JTB said above, I spend enough time looking at a damn screen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:29 AM (56Qyq)
Our local branch librarians are all helpful and seemingly neutral. The 'children's story time' lady is excellent and loved by parents and their children. And thanks for lending your expertise to our humble thread.
Posted by: 13times at November 08, 2026 11:29 AM (fnZRl)
You never knew what new adventures you would discover once you climbed aboard. Later, I learned you could order your books from the main library downtown and they would appear in the mobile library.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 08, 2026 11:30 AM (FuXG7)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 11:30 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Dr_No at November 08, 2026 11:31 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Who Knew at November 08, 2026 11:32 AM (+ViXu)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 11:32 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Dr_No at November 08, 2026 11:31 AM (ayRl+)
Gonna have to leave, though. Wife wants to go to work early. She just doesn't get the book thread!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 11:33 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026
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Yes. You'd have thought that librarians, knowledgeable (or should be) about information vs. false information, and about liberty vs. tyranny, would have held the line on that nonsense. Instead it was face diapers, "Stay Home and Stay Safe!", and "You request the book and we'll bring it out to you, gloved and masked" all the way down.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:33 AM (56Qyq)
Or is this the obligatory Tolkien reference?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 11:32 AM (kpS4V)
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Not before Second Breakfast.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeper at November 08, 2026 11:34 AM (xg/DD)
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 2026 11:34 AM (OXhw3)
If institutions are switching because the collections are large enough to justify it, peachy keen. If they're doing it because Dewey is racist etc, bleep 'em.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:35 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeper at November 08, 2026
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Hobbits must have had a hell of a metabolism to burn off all that chow without getting fat. Or maybe they worked hard in their gardens or something.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:35 AM (56Qyq)
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Just when you think that those people have breached the last bastion of rational thought.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:35 AM (XeU6L)
Had to smile at the title. Immediately thought of Annette and Frankie Avalon beach movies.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026 11:35 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 11:35 AM (8zt2q)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 11:30 AM (kpS4V)
We need to create the AOSHQ Binary System of classification for books.
AOSHQ 0: this book is crap
AOSHQ 1: this is worth reading.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 08, 2026 11:37 AM (yky4J)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:38 AM (XeU6L)
Had to smile at the title. Immediately thought of Annette and Frankie Avalon beach movies.
Posted by: JTB at November 08, 2026
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That'd be an interesting take on Austen: "Beach Party" characters involved in the same kind of relationships as in PaP or SaS. Sort of like modern dress versions of Shakespeare.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:38 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: JTB
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Beach Blanket Bango?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)
I'm imagine a lot of heaving bosom references.
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 2026 11:42 AM (OXhw3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Dewey himself was anti-Semitic and had a reputation for harassing female colleagues.
LC is a much better fit for academic library collections. There are some academic libraries that still use Dewey. Duke was one of the few large research libraries using Dewey until about 20 years ago. They didn't reclassify their entire collection, but anything acquired since then is in LC.
There are a handful of Dewey libraries in the institutions I work with. Fortunately I haven't been asked to train anybody in Dewey cataloging (yet). The only time I have to interact with DDC is when I get asked to generate reports based on Dewey class numbers.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 11:44 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:45 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeper at November 08, 2026 11:45 AM (xg/DD)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeper at November 08, 2026 11:46 AM (xg/DD)
Or is this the obligatory Tolkien reference?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 08, 2026 11:32 AM (kpS4V)
Not one mention of Star Trek (TOS)! (8:45 a.m.)
Posted by: 13times at November 08, 2026 11:46 AM (fnZRl)
Sounds like the Theodore Geisel Library at UCSD.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 08, 2026 11:47 AM (LOvBA)
Posted by: 13times
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That's awesome! There are some librarians out there who still hold to the principle of neutrality.
Thank you, I'm available for parties and gatherings :-)
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 11:48 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:48 AM (56Qyq)
I am happy to report that I just finished the rough draft of my next book, Red Wolf: Defender! Now comes the hard part of writing--editing and cleaning up. But there will be a new book coming!
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at November 08, 2026 11:49 AM (tY90Q)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:49 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yep. The upside for me is that's what got me off social media for good. And COVID, along with a job change in 2022, gave me an unexpected opportunity to quietly exit the ALA for good.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 11:50 AM (lOlUK)
What sort of pranks and mischief can we get into in that short time?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:51 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Bob Dole at November 08, 2026
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Neither does Jimmy.
(-- Obligatory Seinfeld reference)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 11:27 AM
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George is getting upset!
Posted by: George Costanza at November 08, 2026 11:52 AM (0o1lz)
Very timely and prescient as America enters the terminal waking nightmare decade.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 08, 2026 11:52 AM (qwx/I)
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I second everything you wrote here, screaming in digital. I was enjoying my career in public library reference and expected to die in harness ... until COVID. Madness devoured my colleagues, and I retired as early as possible and fled to south Florida. Now I'm chief volunteer at our little retirement-community library, and focus on trying to buy new thrillers and romances my neighbors will read. It was the right thing to do.
Posted by: werewife, princess of Delray Beach at November 08, 2026 11:53 AM (5ayY3)
What sort of pranks and mischief can we get into in that short time?
Posted by: Just Some Guy
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What happens in the stacks, stays in the stacks.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:54 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 11:48 AM (lOlUK)
And this is in the North Sacramento Valley. So, all is not lost!
Posted by: 13times at November 08, 2026 11:54 AM (fnZRl)
Posted by: polynikes at November 08, 2026 11:42 AM
"pronounced hooterage"
Posted by: AOSHQ Style Guide at November 08, 2026 11:54 AM (0o1lz)
Very timely and prescient as America enters the terminal waking nightmare decade.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
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Churchill's 'The Gathering Storm', a must-read, in that regard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 11:56 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: werewife
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Excellent! I can't retire anytime soon, if ever. But I've got a job that allows me to ignore most of the nonsense. I don't have the nonsense of having faculty status at a university anymore. I still get to do all the stuff that's in my wheelhouse.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 08, 2026 11:57 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 11:57 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 11:58 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 11:59 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 11:59 AM (NcvvS)
Ostensibly it is the story of a CIA propagandist, Chuck Rittersdorf, being divorced by his psychologist wife, Mary, and being forced to participate by remote android in a move by the world government to try to reclaim an abandoned moon that had a mental hospital on it, but now has been colonized by the former patients, an expedition in which his wife is participating in. Which gives him a chance to kill her.
All while taking a job writing for a popular comedy/variety show.
The clans are divided by mental disorders from hebephrenics to manics, and have strengths of their conditions
It is a review of really messed up people making bad decisions and pretending what their inclinations to act are being guided by incomplete information. It is sort of a review of mental health as a practice from an "end user" but it does have charming characters like the Ganymean Slime-mold named Lord Running Clam, and Bunny Hentman, comedian and renegade.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 08, 2026 12:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 08, 2026 12:00 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 12:00 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 08, 2026 12:01 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 08, 2026 12:04 PM (PgV1+)
Posted by: Ranten N. Raven at November 08, 2026 12:09 PM (8YAVU)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
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Heh. Try the much-touted (by me) 'A Conservative History of the American Left', Flynn
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 12:13 PM (XeU6L)
Daily Tech News 8 November 2026
Top Story
- AMD's Zen 6 cores aren't quite here yet but benchmarks of engineering samples are leaking out and it looks like what we hoped to see with Zen 5. (WCCFTech)
Compared with a 12-core Zen 5 Ryzen 370, the unnamed 10-core sample is 32% faster on single-threaded tasks - a huge jump for a single generation - and 21% faster multi-threaded despite having two fewer cores.
If the leaks that Zen 6 will have 50% more cores are true and its per-core performance is 30% faster, that will put desktop parts at nearly twice the performance of Zen 5.
We don't know how many graphics cores will ship in the laptop parts, but benchmarks of the same engineering sample's four-core integrated GPU placed it a little ahead of the current 860M's eight cores thanks to an update to the newer RDNA4 architecture used in AMD's 9000-series graphics cards.
All in all a solid advance arriving at a time when nobody can afford the hardware to go with it. Good for people running on older AMD hardware - or even those sitting on Intel systems with DDR5 memory.
Tech News
- Speaking of Intel, the company's new Nova Lake desktop chips will start arriving early next year, though the high-end 52-core parts might be nearly a year away. And then in 2028, it will be followed by Razor Lake. (WCCFTech)
For which we have no details at all except that it will fit on the same motherboards.
- 8GB is the new 16GB says Microsoft. (Windows Latest)
I plugged in my old laptop with its 8GB of RAM and powered it up, and it... Worked just fine actually, but was using 75% of its RAM by the time it reached the Windows desktop. We'll see if the improvements make it useful or if it's time to put Linux on it.
- Speaking of which Electron must die and probably will. (Windows Latest)
Tests of Discord's new desktop app - which moves from Electron to native Windows code written in Rust - reduces the app's memory footprint by 70%.
That is the sort of thing that can make an 8GB laptop useable.
- Claude Code will put passwords you give it into files inside your code repository and commit the files to GitHub... Sometimes. (Apiiro)
Only 1% of the repositories checked are affected, but there are a lot of such repositories.
- Are the impressive coding test scores on some AI models are result of "teaching to test" - developers training the model to answer known test questions rather than the much harder task of improving the model generally? It will surprise few to learn that the answer is often yes. (MaxxBench)
Tests that changed the questions did not much faze Claude and ChatGPT, but Chinese models like DeepSeek and Qwen fell off a cliff.
- Figured out what those 8" iron staples were used for, and also why I didn't work it out earlier. The ones I found last year in the first stage of the garden project were twisted and mangled as if they had been pulled out of something and discarded.
The one I discovered yesterday buried straight down in hard clay was still fulfilling its duty - pinning down a tree root that was close to the surface.
So I'll need to work around them (and the roots) rather than dig them out.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Living in the fridge.
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No better way to extend your shelf life!
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I don't do
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Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatl at November 08, 2026 04:20 AM (xn+sS)
Time runs differently Down Under. The greatest scientific minds in the world are at a loss to explain.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 08, 2026 04:24 AM (O7YUW)
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Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 08, 2026 04:42 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 08, 2026 04:42 AM (O7YUW)
Well-nooded!
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at November 08, 2026 04:56 AM (iIyc0)
C'mon bubble, pop already.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 08, 2026 05:01 AM (O7YUW)
Can't get up this late tomorrow
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 08, 2026 05:27 AM (Iz+f5)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at November 08, 2026 04:56 AM (iIyc0)
Exactly!
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 05:42 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fluffy at November 08, 2026 05:51 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at November 08, 2026 04:56 AM (iIyc0)
Exactly!
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 05:42 AM (odBC9)
And the walls come tumblin' down!
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fluffy at November 08, 2026 05:53 AM (V0/Sp)
What's goin' on?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 05:57 AM (56Qyq)
In the dream I was retired and didn't need the job. I stood up and told the brass it was my fault, not my co-workers', to try to save their jobs. Then I woke up -- so I have no idea if my "Spartacus" moment worked.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 06:03 AM (56Qyq)
(1874–1936), English essayist, novelist, and critic; full name Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
His novels include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) and a series of detective stories featuring Father Brown, a priest with a talent for crime detection.
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)
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Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at November 08, 2026 06:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 08, 2026 06:09 AM (amcLV)
Stellarium pointed out to me Jupiter and Mars way up in the sky.
Posted by: Accomack at November 08, 2026 06:13 AM (T1QkV)
Steven Victor ***Tallarico*** (born March 26, 194
, known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer and songwriter. Tyler is best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band AerosmithPosted by: m at November 08, 2026 06:13 AM (odBC9)
IMDb says Mailer called it the worst movie he'd ever seen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 06:16 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026
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To me he's best known as the father of the beautiful Liv Tyler.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 06:17 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 06:18 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 08, 2026 06:18 AM (JbKjK)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 06:18 AM (Ia/+0)
Venus, make her fair
A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair
And take the brightest stars up in the skies
And place them in her eyes for me
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 06:22 AM (56Qyq)
48.0 degrees out, a sharp 11.8 degree drop from this time yesterday morning.
Mrs VIA completed her 5K yesterday morning with a respectable 3rd place finish in her age group, and in the top 30% overall with runners who are much younger than her 29 years of age.
On the technical side, upgrading the LED fence lighting around the perimeter of the back yard requires me to splice in a 27" length of wire going up the face of the fence to go from the ground mounted low voltage feed wire to the top of the fence mounted lights. There are only 12 of them so I should finish after church today.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 08, 2026 06:22 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 08, 2026 06:22 AM (iMotb)
Yay, Mrs VIA!
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 06:25 AM (NcvvS)
You may be able to catch Mercury just over the horizon as well if you've got a nice unobstructed horizon. It's not going to get too high this morning cycle for us in the northern hemisphere, but you might catch it in a few days especially, 20th being the max, I think.
Mars and Jupiter conjunction will be the 15th.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 08, 2026 06:26 AM (VyBeY)
Yep, Venus alone gets many UFO reports. Also Sirius, when it gets to really twinkling with lots of reds and greens.
Now, get a conjunction of Venus and another bright planet, like Jupiter, and you get UFO reports galore.
There's an amazing number of people who have no idea what's in the sky, and when they see something bright like this, they get spooked.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:28 AM (w6EFb)
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Shirley, you can't be Sirius.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 08, 2026 06:29 AM (amcLV)
We're on a hillside, with a lot of blockage all around, so we don't get to see much of the low stuff. OTOH, Venus with the crescent moon yesterday looked really good.
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 06:30 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:28 AM (w6EFb)
*raises hand*
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 06:30 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Shirley at November 08, 2026 06:31 AM (NcvvS)
No chance here to see Mercury, getting too bright and the far tree line has raised the effective horizon too much.
I've seen Mercury a few times on the evening side, but I've never caught in on the morning side. Yet....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:35 AM (w6EFb)
Venus max brightness this time will be around Nov. 30th. It's got to get almost to -4.9 nearly as bright as possible, which is -4.92 (neglecting atmosphere). The orbital cycles have conspired to make this morning apparition nearly as close as Venus can get to Earth
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 06:42 AM (YwYun)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 06:18 AM (Ia/+0)
"Even the former leader of your United States of America, James Earl Carter Jr., thought he saw a UFO once. But it's been proven he only saw the planet Venus."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 08, 2026 06:46 AM (iIyc0)
The other ONT, somebody posted about a commander during Vietnam thought Venus was an incoming enemy aircraft and ordered AA to fire on it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:49 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 08, 2026 06:51 AM (iMotb)
Venus also scrambled fighters at Los Alamos in 1945 during the run-up to the atomic bomb.
They were on high alert looking for any possible spy planes or balloons and such.
A pilot was killed in 1948 in another Venus incident. He climbed too high chasing it, and blacked out from hypoxia as he didn't have O2, and crashed.
The investigation concluded the object he was chasing was either Venus or a weather balloon.
Or, that's what MJ-12 wants us to believe..... (cue the X-Files theme).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:58 AM (w6EFb)
All those incidents seem stupid, but when you're on high alert, it's very easy to get convinced that anything is the threat you're looking out for. Adrenaline does the rest.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 07:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:58 AM (w6EFb)
For me, that inadvertently segues into the Jeopardy! theme.
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 07:00 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:49 AM (w6EFb)
AA = antiaircraft
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 07:01 AM (odBC9)
And finally, looking all these Venus incidents up, a very famous one was the USS New York in the Pacific in early 1945. They fired 300 rounds of AA at Venus, cranking up the altitude setting on the fuzes to the maximum.
The navigator checked his celestial charts and realized it was Venus. Uh, Captain....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 07:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 06:58 AM (w6EFb)
For me, that inadvertently segues into the Jeopardy! theme.
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 07:00 AM (odBC9)
Man in Black #2
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 08, 2026 07:07 AM (iIyc0)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatl at November 08, 2026 04:20 AM (xn+sS)
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Happy birthday. One of my kindergarten buds celebrated his mom yesterday at age 93 with a White Castle buffet.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Nazdar
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I'm south-west of Louisville and it's 28F here. "Severe Clear" as they say, and a right proper frost on the ground.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 08, 2026 07:08 AM (RORbl)
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Mazel. Mrs. F. only runs for the bus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 08, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2026 07:16 AM (dJgiD)
@shipwreckedcrew
The GOP is going to get a look in the weeks and months ahead at just how ruthless the new Dem majorities in Congress are going to be in trying to press their sudden advantage that is greater than they expected.
The GOP should take notes and learn some lessons from what they are about to experience being in the "last" end of the whip while the Dems have the handle.
Politics is no longer a "polite" business and the GOP has take too long to adapt to the fact that the "gentlemanly" way of engaging with "colleagues" from the other party is long outdated.
9:26 AM · Nov 6, 2026
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FFS we were saying this 15 years ago.
This statement is so naive and simplistic. The GOP will do no such thing, that is in fact its purpose is to "absorb" opposition not facilitate it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)
Going to make some preps.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 08, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 08, 2026 07:20 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 08, 2026 07:21 AM (LOvBA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2026 07:22 AM (b8Otf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2026 07:22 AM (b8Otf)
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If any judges give trouble, we need names.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)
We're due west of L'ville. Heavy frost on the car glass this morning.
Posted by: Shirley at November 08, 2026 07:24 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 07:24 AM (NcvvS)
Dream On? That may be a sign. I am back in the woods, settled in for day 2. Sunrise in about 40 minutes. Dead calm/ quiet out.
Posted by: scampydog at November 08, 2026 07:33 AM (MtXs3)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 08, 2026 07:34 AM (VyBeY)
Mercury's ratio isn't close enough to integral over any reasonable period of time, so no fixed cycle for it.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at November 08, 2026 07:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 07:39 AM (YwYun)
Rust sucks I’m not sure why everyone has gone gay for rust but it seems like everyone is going to was a trillion dollars writing and re-writing everything in rust.
C/C++ is the lords language and shall always be.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 08, 2026 07:39 AM (LfmE7)
>> This statement is so naive and simplistic.
The GOP has essentially been wiped out in California, they might as well close any offices they have there.
Apparently the people of the US want themselves son Democrat socialism, we are going to get it good and hard.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 08, 2026 07:44 AM (LfmE7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)
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I.e., the GOP IS the problem!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 07:44 AM (C6GAH)
"Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies"
Posted by: fd at November 08, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 07:48 AM (aKiSo)
Hahahaha...comedy gold! The gop, like good catamites, will take the beating and ask for more until they climax like the submissives they are.
Thank you, sir! May I have another?
Posted by: Chip Diller at November 08, 2026 07:54 AM (Ssbab)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 08, 2026 07:57 AM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 07:58 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)
C/C++ is the lords language and shall always be.
Knowing both, it depends on your use case and your perspective as either manager or developer.
For C/C++, higher initial velocity, better hiring pipeline, hardware control. Some argue proven decades long ecosystem stability.
For Rust, massive reduction in vulnerability and patch costs, lower maintenance, modern tooling, railway oriented explicit error handling.
With AI, starting with a robust SSOT, greenfield- definitely go with Rust as first choice understanding caveats to using something like Golang or .NET instead
Posted by: Community Notes at November 08, 2026 08:00 AM (a4flb)
The problem with prepping just before the burning times is that all of your preps will be "nationalized".
You are basically your community's uncompensated warehouse.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 08, 2026 08:03 AM (a4flb)
Oh, thank God! No Best Puppy, no Best Bred-by, no Veteran special attraction. Just ordinary classes today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2026 08:03 AM (2TXIf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Wait, participatory ribbons for dog shows too?
Enjoy your day, H7.
Posted by: scampydog at November 08, 2026 08:08 AM (MtXs3)
Then all they have to do is come and get it from me.
Posted by: Halfhand at November 08, 2026 08:09 AM (94Zfv)
85 Rust sucks I’m not sure why everyone has gone gay for rust but it seems like everyone is going to was a trillion dollars writing and re-writing everything in rust.
Rust never sleeps.
Posted by: Neil Young at November 08, 2026 08:11 AM (dJgiD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)
We'll never do any of that stuff. It's the Ds that will do that to us.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 08:14 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Neil Young at November 08, 2026 08:11 AM (dJgiD)
But it is the leading cause of Hollywood deaths.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 08:16 AM (1Ff7Z)
One day, I'm going to write about what dog shows in heaven are like. Hint: very different than what we run into on earth.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2026 08:16 AM (2TXIf)
@shipwreckedcrew
The GOP is going to get a look in the weeks and months ahead at just how ruthless the new Dem majorities in Congress are going to be in trying to press their sudden advantage that is greater than they expected.
The GOP should take notes and learn some lessons from what they are about to experience being in the "last" end of the whip while the Dems have the handle.
Politics is no longer a "polite" business and the GOP has take too long to adapt to the fact that the "gentlemanly" way of engaging with "colleagues" from the other party is long outdated.
9:26 AM · Nov 6, 2026
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This statement is so naive and simplistic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)
... and boring! I started reading it, like, 3 times and kept falling asleep.
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 08:16 AM (odBC9)
Morning Ben Had, I’ve mentioned the Chinese group in my area who all lived under Communism and worked their hearts out since the primary. They got little help from the FB GOP and used their own money for signs, spent weekends going door to door, etc. They are, as the rest of us, heartbroken. And angry. She sent me the text below yesterday and we both agreed it’s why the left had to take Charlie out. That event in Utah was his first gearing up for the midterms. I didn’t know that.
“TX GOP didn’t put any effort on college campuses. We have less than 25% college students voted for republicans. A lot of students registered for the first time to vote for Talarico.”
Posted by: TxAnn at November 08, 2026 08:16 AM (itAg7)
Oh, and I'm handling my ring by myself. They do this to me because they know I can take the strain.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2026 08:17 AM (2TXIf)
We're due west of L'ville. Heavy frost on the car glass this morning.
Posted by: Shirley at November 08, 2026 07:24 AM (NcvvS)
71 /sock. Dammit, knew that would happen.
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 07:24 AM (NcvvS)
heh
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 08:17 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Unkaren at November 08, 2026 08:18 AM (TgU4U)
VDH says lots of good things to say about the possibilities open to Trump remaining term and the Republicans leading to '28, even given last week's disaster:
https://tinyurl.com/3p92cbcs
I think he's basically right.
The main problem for me seems to be the
Iago-esque Thune continuing treachery out of mere hate, envy, and vanity.
Will he have any leadership role in '28? Or any of the grimy backstabbers?
Some politicians just want to see the country burn for a few Chinese yuan and a pat on the head by the left.
In any event, good stuff along with some hope.
VDH is always worth a read.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 08:20 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 08:20 AM (odBC9)
Then all they have to do is come and get it from me.
Posted by: Halfhand"
They'll have to get thru the swamp and hidden valley first.
Posted by: fd at November 08, 2026 08:23 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Just Wondering at November 08, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 08, 2026 08:24 AM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: naturalfake
Yes, I read that earlier this morning. Gives me a little bit of hope for the coming two years.
Posted by: Tuna at November 08, 2026 08:24 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 08:14 AM (1Ff7Z)
They already is. The left loves making martyrs of their "fallen"...writing songs about them, putting them on t-shirts, hats, naming bills after them, putting them on coins, naming government buildings after them.
I wonder what would happen to a kid wearing a Charlie Kirk t-shirt to his government indoctrination center today?
Posted by: Federico Garcia Lorca at November 08, 2026 08:25 AM (Ssbab)
Posted by: fd at November 08, 2026 08:27 AM (MWfyi)
Ugh.
muslim policemen demonstrating why muslims should never have been allowed into the country or at a minimum never allowed into any political or social positions of power.
https://tinyurl.com/mry8ve52
It's always the same as history proves.
They must be shown the door or severely prosecuted when their "religion" interferes with normal Americans civil rights - you know, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness kinds of things.
Via Insty.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 08:29 AM (YSUhf)
Yes, the nature of the opposition has changed but relying on American values as our driving force guarantees eventual success.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)
So the guy who shot up Krakow was a tranny and a leftist. Tusk the PM had the guy's Facebook page scrubbed to try and blame it on right wingers. They hate us and will do anything to keep power
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 08, 2026 08:31 AM (7XuqV)
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 08:31 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fd at November 08, 2026 08:32 AM (MWfyi)
digest:
1. The Biden Admin. naturalized about 3 million aliens from 2021 to 2024. Add them to the post-2020 eligible voter pool.
2. Every year about 4 million 17 year olds turn 18. My math says that since Trump was first elected in 2016, that's somewhere around 40 million new potential voters.
3. Trump received 46% of the vote from 18-29 year olds in 2024.
4. On Tuesday that demographic voted 31% for GOP candidates.
It's not hard to find the shift in the vote from 2024 to 2026.
Posted by: Neil Young at November 08, 2026 08:34 AM (dJgiD)
Cancel culture is back.. But it switched sides
27:03
https://tinyurl.com/3awnyfr2
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 08:31 AM (odBC9)
vs. Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 08:35 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)
98 I thought the report of Dana White offered the job of Press Secretary was a joke. Apparently, not.
Posted by: Unkaren at November 08, 2026 08:18 AM (TgU4U)
I guess it’s a few years too late for Dana Carvey.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2026 08:36 AM (dJgiD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 08:37 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 08:37 AM (aKiSo)
Life must be pretty complicated there.
You know, their toilets swirl the opposite way, too.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 08, 2026 08:38 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: fd at November 08, 2026 08:27 AM (MWfyi)
That to me sounds more like a tactical problem than a political problem.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 08:39 AM (aKiSo)
108 Anyone of a certain age like myself is discounting all the end-of-the-world talk. If you were around in the 70s this is old hat.
That’s why I’ve been thinking of the Ballad of Buster Scruggs!
First time, eh?
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2026 08:39 AM (dJgiD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)
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Yes, that was the most recent, September 1975.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)
That would be fun.
Especially if you used an AI to make him all scraggly and beardy and in exactly the same pose.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 08:41 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 08:37 AM (aKiSo)
ha!
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 08:42 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 08:42 AM (aKiSo)
Those witches weren't cancelled. They lost their advertisers because they decided it was a great idea to gruesomely mock the death of a young man who left behind a widow and young children.
They are still free to have their podcast and say whatever they want but companies don't have to associate with them and pay them millions while they use their platform to laugh about murder.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)
But if you tell them they've predicted it multiple times, they'll deny it. If you were to show them their tracts from before, they'll say they're fake.
You know what is supposed to happen to false prophets, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 08:43 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)
No one's even mentioned forcing them to stop their podcast, let alone shooting them in the throat in broad daylight.
But they have a Fundamental Human Right to get paid by someone else to do what they wanted to do anyway, you see.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 08, 2026 08:44 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 08:50 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 08:50 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 08, 2026 08:50 AM (7XuqV)
Probably nothing since schools are closed on the weekend.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 08, 2026 08:50 AM (a4flb)
Their nature is violence as it 1) feeds their masses, 2) does not requires a court of law, and 3) get them media time.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur)
What ever happened to the Hari Krishnas?
I gotta assume they're still running around California and dancing like loons.
But everywhere else...Nada?
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 08:52 AM (YSUhf)
sorry to get your dander up I was just pointing out in my lifetime the "this time it is the real end" has happened.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)
Life must be pretty complicated there.
You know, their toilets swirl the opposite way, too.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 08, 2026 08:38 AM
But I hear they have delicious deep fried onions!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 08:55 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026
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Do they still harangue people in airports? I haven't flown since 2014, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 08:56 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)
Well, there you go, 'Psycho.
Whenever you're feeling down, grab a tambourine and prance around the park with them.
Problems solved by naturalfake right before your very eyes!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 08:56 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026
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Do they still harangue people in airports? I haven't flown since 2014, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 08:56 AM (56Qyq)
That's what I meant.
They used to be in every airport. But, not now anywhere I've flown.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 08, 2026 08:58 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 08:59 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 09:00 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Noodist at November 08, 2026 09:00 AM (0o1lz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 08, 2026 09:01 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Billythesquid at November 08, 2026 09:10 AM (x4l2h)
We all got lazy. What happened in Texas and also happened around the country was not a typical argument between political parties. It goes much deeper.
Until we understand what we are fighting we aren't going to win.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2026 09:16 AM (viF8m)
Saturday Night Club ONT - November 7, 2026 [Disco & Dino]
----- A woman was convinced her husband was having an affair with the maid, so she decided to set a trap. One evening, she suddenly sent the maid home for the weekend without telling her husband. That night, after they went to bed, her husband gave his usual excuse. “Excuse me, dear. My stomach is bothering me,” he said before heading to the bathroom. The wife immediately got out of bed and slipped into the maid’s bed. She turned off the lights and waited. When her husband returned, he quietly climbed into bed and wasted no time. He had his way with her without saying a word. When he finished and was still catching his breath, the wife said, “You didn’t expect to find me in this bed, did you?” She then switched on the light. “No, ma’am,” replied the gardener.
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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 10:01 PM (kpS4V)
Damn shame -- he'd have been terrific. Can't see him doing all the quips, though; he'd have played it more serious.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026
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He was offered the role, partly because of his turn as John Drake in the Secret Agent/Danger Man series that preceded the first Bond film. But Patrick objected to Bond's womanizing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:01 PM (56Qyq)
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Posted by: Bulg at November 07, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)
Yes, it's amazing just how far east South America is. My Southern latitude equivalent along my meridian is in the Pacific.
And indeed, just how far north London and the UK is amazing. That's the Gulf stream current at work.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:07 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 07, 2026 10:07 PM (oCio0)
There's a story that Patrick McGoohan (4x Columbo murderer) was offered the role of Columbo in the late '70s to replace Peter Falk. McGoohan was offended, told them to go F themselves, as there is only one Columbo. Period. Amen.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:07 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: quick! to the COBmobile! at November 07, 2026 10:07 PM (PgV1+)
Brazil's northernmost point is closer to every single country in the Americas (including the United States and Canada) than it is to Brazil's own southernmost point.
And its easternmost point is closer to Africa than to its westernmost point.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 10:08 PM (qWvvZ)
If it doesn't rain next week, will probably finish by Friday.
All in all, saving 12k dollars doing it myself.
Which I didn't really want to do, but some estimates I got were offensive, hence why I'm doing it myself.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 10:08 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 10:09 PM (96kpa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:10 PM (vBZcw)
Oh, and good evening good people ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 07, 2026 10:07 PM (oCio0)
We like pizza.
Posted by: pizza rats at November 07, 2026 10:11 PM (PgV1+)
Posted by: Bulg at November 07, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: pizza rats at November 07, 2026 10:11 PM (PgV1+)
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Stay in your lane.
Posted by: Pizza Pottos at November 07, 2026 10:12 PM (vBZcw)
May I have an iced tea, please?
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:12 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:12 PM (56Qyq)
Today was the 4th cross-quarter day, the halfway point between the fall equinox and the winter solstice. The "solar season" scheme would mark this the start of winter. This centers the seasons on the equinoxes and solstices, and is the best for counting insolation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:01 PM (56Qyq)
Didn't want to do any romantic scenes because he though it wrong as he was married.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)
Oh, and good evening good people ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 07, 2026 10:07 PM (oCio0)
From wiki:
"Pizza Rat is an Internet meme based around a viral video of a brown rat carrying a slice of pizza down the steps of a New York City Subway station in Manhattan. The video was first uploaded to Instagram on September 21, 2015, and a copy was uploaded to YouTube later. As of September 2023, the YouTube video had more than 12.35 million views."
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
Another long, hard day. Worked as a steward at today's show from 8:00 to 2:00. Came home, ran the dogs out, went to Mass, came home, had something to eat and fell asleep in my armchair.
The judge was very complimentary about my work and said I'd been a big help. Meanwhile, in another ring, Her Majesty, who was stewarding in another ring, was sharply rebuked by the judge for pointing out that someone was ineligible to compete in that class. Of course, HM turned out to be absolutely correct.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 10:13 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Oh yeah?
Posted by: feeeeed the WOOORLD at November 07, 2026 10:14 PM (PgV1+)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 07, 2026 10:15 PM (TPLET)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 10:15 PM (Iz+f5)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 07, 2026 10:15 PM (ibDUx)
Not much to say. Praying that the coming week is better for everyone and that I get positive results from last week's interview.
I've seen the first joke before, but the second is new to me.
Posted by: RandomDave at November 07, 2026 10:16 PM (iVjhf)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at November 07, 2026 10:16 PM (mkPTt)
I think the company in Germany mistakenly put an auto model with this dial into a box intended for the handwinder I wanted, and the Michigan shop didn't know. Well, I'll get in touch with them on Monday about an exchange.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:16 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:17 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: NCKate at November 07, 2026 10:17 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:18 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: davidt at November 07, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:16 PM (56Qyq)
Probably too late to do anything about it now, Wolfus. Time waits for no man.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)
Gateway Pundit - nothing will happen.
President Trump Amplifies Explosive “15% Band” Analysis Exposing Democrats’ Algorithmic Pattern in 2026 Midterms by ‘TruthIsFreedom’ Following Gateway Pundit Reports — For Every 1,000 Trump Votes, 150 Shifted to Democrats Across the Map
Snowflakes outside. She can stay. I'm tired. Her Mom Starry stays out all nights.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 10:19 PM (Sco7b)
— Newark
Posted by: Bulg at November 07, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)
Not only was McGoohan married he was married for 57 years and a devoted Roman Catholic.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:17 PM (ZdaMQ)
Sadly, they did on Tuesday.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: tankdemon
In a rather convoluted way, you asked for it!
https://youtu.be/DK_ejIDTGqg
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Yep. Tempus fuckit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November
Palmetto Bug. We are in the south, sir. 😂. Ours is a mosquito on an alligator that just ate a catfish.
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: davidt at November 07, 2026 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Please don't go - I just made cappuccino.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 10:21 PM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:17 PM (ZdaMQ)
Sadly, they did on Tuesday.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026
Am I still allowed to say Go Dawgs? Because Go Dawgs!
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:22 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 10:22 PM (Iz+f5)
The Rebels are not having a good time this evening.
LSU's big money coach didn't either.
Posted by: Case at November 07, 2026 10:23 PM (En+fz)
The Rebels are not having a good time this evening.
LSU's big money coach didn't either.
Posted by: Case at November 07, 20
Saw that. Oopsie!
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:24 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 10:24 PM (Iz+f5)
It was a beautiful Indian Summer day here, so I loaded the big Generac generator and the big zero-steer mower on the car trailer, strapped them down, threw buddy's ancient Browning Auto-5 in the back of the 'burb, and drove 60 miles to deliver all three. Temp got up to 55F here. Sweltering, for November. Had a good drive, no snags at all. Gassed up for $1.32 per liter (down bigly from last week), went on into Calgary to buy a couple of sale items at Princess Auto, and then wended my way home.
Anyway, that's three chores off the to-do list.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:24 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (ZdaMQ)
South Carolina Palmetto Bugs are the only bugs that truly scared me. I think one was big enough to put a saddle on.
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Oh yeah?
Posted by: feeeeed the WOOORLD
Pikers. Undefeated for 73 years!
Posted by: Gayla Peevey & the Hippopotamusses at November 07, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 10
Are you J posting from the backyard?
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:25 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:22 PM (ZdaMQ)
Only if they're racing each other.
Do you like my hat?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)
The lyrics for VV's song are different from Carey's, though they express the same basic ideas.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:26 PM (56Qyq)
[spoilers]
Chloe Moretz, 21 years old and fit, was repeatedly too physically afraid of 65 year old Isabelle Huppert to just...knock her down, take her keys, and leave
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 10:27 PM (Iz+f5)
youtube of New York's pizza rat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPXUG8q4jKU
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026 10:27 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Puddleglum
It's all fun and games until CAS is vectored in.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 10:28 PM (L/8vZ)
If you compare them to say wasps you'll be surprised at how much more capable of biting you the flies are...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:16 PM (56Qyq)
Is this a new watch, or a vintage one?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:28 PM (yky4J)
https://youtu.be/DK_ejIDTGqg
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
I am reiterating my request that Club ONT allow mikeski to guest DJ sometime.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 07, 2026 10:28 PM (2RJDy)
youtube of New York's pizza rat.
I saw a squirrel with a bagel once.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026
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Probably too late to do anything about it now, Wolfus. Time waits for no man.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026
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Just *watch* me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:29 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Gayla Peevey & the Hippopotamusses at November 07, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
By the by, I haven't heard that on the radio for the last few years. Hope I keep that streak alive. Incidentally, the Christmas music started today on the local station.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:28 PM (sKqQm)
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Ever seen a seagull swallow a wiener in one gulp?
Posted by: Mayor Pete Buttglug at November 07, 2026 10:30 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 07, 2026 10:30 PM (ibDUx)
Virginia - Wild Pony? Odd.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 10:30 PM (Iz+f5)
'You are like a hurricane'...so said Neil Young's song...'spit'....Nice cocktail. But, dickhead singstress🤫
Thanks for a tasty refreshment Ds!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 10:31 PM (96kpa)
Posted by: Some Seattle Seahawks player at November 07, 2026 10:31 PM (sKqQm)
Fun facts:
2) Most of South America is east of the entire US East Coast. The extreme western edge of South America (Peru) aligns with Jacksonville, Florida.
Related, and kind of obvious on the map:
If you traverse the Panama Canal from the Atlantic side to Pacific side, you are traveling eastwards, not westwards.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: davidt at November 07, 2026 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)
Rat on your pizza? Luxury! Why, in my day...
Posted by: Four Yorkshiremen, just warming up at November 07, 2026 10:31 PM (FZzOq)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 10:24 PM (Iz+f5)
If you hate Alabama and want to see Saban get got, find the panel where Shane Gillis cracks a joke about Alabama paying players while he was there.
edit: in fact, here:
https://tinyurl.com/wfev7r3y
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 07, 2026 10:31 PM (r7+Q7)
Last year NJ and VA swung left by 15 vs 2021. There were a couple of Texas state reps races that went Dem which had been GOP for decades. There was that TN special election which went +30 gop in 2024 and only was won +9 earlier this year. Another couple of special elections in Florida with similar massive swings to Demo days.
Each of these things were dismissed as no big deal. Turns out it was one of a big deal after all.
Not to mention how virtually every single poll showed 30-35% support for the Iran war.
But we’ll ignore all that and claim fraud in every state and every county? Come on.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 10:31 PM (qWvvZ)
Posted by: Savage Henry, still gaining acceptance at November 07, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: 18-1
Apparently, Ducks were seen in Ohio this afternoon too.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 10:32 PM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026
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Is this a new watch, or a vintage one?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026
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Brand new, a Laco. Apparently Laco, founded 101 years ago, was one of the companies that supplied pilot watches to the Luftwaffe, and they still make models with the same look and feel.
The Michigan shop's website, and that of Laco, show the model I ordered as having the dial I wanted -- not the one that showed up. The box and even the instruction manual indicate it was the model I ordered. But the watch has a Type A dial (numbers and hands only), not the Type B with an inner time ring. Somebody scroooed up, and it wasn't me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:32 PM (56Qyq)
'You are like a hurricane'...so said Neil Young's song...'spit'....Nice cocktail. But, dickhead singstress🤫
Thanks for a tasty refreshment Ds!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 10:31 PM (96kpa)
Howdy COMM!
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)
I have seen turkeys in B.C., and I believe they can be found in the southernmost parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, too. And B.C. and Alberta are well-provided with Elk, Mountain goats, and Bighorn sheep. And Moose. Have them in my own 'hood. And antelope, too, at times.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:34 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 10:20 PM (JrHfD)
Admirable. There's one current actor who won't kiss in movies or tv either, but I can't remember the name.
I wonder what his reasoning was to take the role in Braveheart? I mean, he murdered someone in the picture.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Doof
Florida and Texas laugh. And then the Caribbean nations laugh at us.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 10:34 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:32 PM (56Qyq)
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Face it. This isn't the hill to dial on.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:34 PM (vBZcw)
If you traverse the Panama Canal from the Atlantic side to Pacific side, you are traveling eastwards, not westwards.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026
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Same thing with the Greater New Orleans Bridge. Going to the West Bank, you are driving east, and vice versa. No wonder I'm the only person in this town who understands the four cardinal directions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:34 PM (56Qyq)
I would very much like to have someone call 100 to 1000 Trump voters in one of these 15% blue swing states who don't often vote in mid-term elections but voted in this election and poll them on "who did you vote for and why". I have no evidence but I'm positive the Dems turn in lots of ballots that are ostensibly from people who did not vote. Probably the only hope to diminish that kind of cheating is to convince AWFLs that some future NAZI is going to check how they have voted in the past with mail-in, drop-box, ballots so we should return to in-person voting.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (PV+Zw)
But we’ll ignore all that and claim fraud in every state and every county? Come on.
The numbers posted are verging on impossible to believe.
But the level of fraud required to do this would be massive and even in the red states no one caught them?
Going into the election I argued there is no way any one, no matter how ignorant of politics, was going to vote for the "we need to eliminate fossil fuels" party because they were upset the price of gas went back up to Biden levels.
But...honestly...that seems more likely then 2020 level fraud to me, at least right now.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (sKqQm)
"Pizza Rat is an Internet meme based around a viral video of a brown rat carrying a slice of pizza down the steps of a New York City Subway station in Manhattan. The video was first uploaded to Instagram on September 21, 2015, and a copy was uploaded to YouTube later. As of September 2023, the YouTube video had more than 12.35 million views."
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
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I rode the NYC subway for years and then Philadelphia's. The biggest subway rat I ever saw was at the 37th and Sansome it was the size of a large cat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Neal McDonough.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: Mayor Pete Buttglug at November 07, 2026 10:30 PM (vBZcw)
We need to breed a 12-foot seagull, and turn it loose on Scott Wiener, then.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:37 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026
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I'm so old I saw that one when it was new, and remember the shock of the surprise ending to this day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:37 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
I saw a similar sized one in Boston about 20 or so years ago. Under the platform across the tracks from us while we were waiting for the T.
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026 10:39 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: tankdemon
It would keep the dancing to a minimum. 5/4 time FTW!
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)
Good evening, all. I've got Play Misty for Me on the tube.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:40 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Neal McDonough.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (L/8vZ)
Incredible actor and an awesome guy. Absolutely loved him as Robert Quarles in S3 of Justified.
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:40 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
I can never see a picture of Chelsea Clinton without thinking of that episode.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 07, 2026 10:40 PM (2RJDy)
Arctic Circle map:
https://t.ly/5GzoQ
You see Sweden, Norway, and Finland extend well above it. The top of Iceland gets close, but misses it by a little bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)
We really have two elections now. Election day everyone focuses on. Almost nobody looks at what goes on in early voting not to mention new voter registration.
Talarico got more early votes than Paxton got votes on election day. Fraud doesn't always mean voting machines.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: 18-1
Was it a horror movie about that troll from Norway?
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (L/8vZ)
Thanks. Couldn't recall a name because I usually don't watch modern stuff.
Last movie I watched online was McQ. Last theater movie was Young Washington.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I don't think this is a good idea. (*whispers*...there are people in here who put carrots in chili)
Posted by: Orson at November 07, 2026 10:42 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:42 PM (ZdaMQ)
I don't think this is a good idea. (*whispers*...there are people in here who put carrots in chili)
Posted by: Orson at November 07, 2026 10:42
And…..beans! *high pitched scream in the background*
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:42 PM (ZdaMQ)
I wonder what his reasoning was to take the role in Braveheart? I mean, he murdered someone in the picture.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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He probably didn't have to sink a knife into a guy's back for an onscreen murder. Whereas he would have to put his mouth on a girl's mouth for an onscreen kiss.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:43 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 07, 2026 10:43 PM (oCio0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 10:44 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
I saw a similar sized one in Boston about 20 or so years ago. Under the platform across the tracks from us while we were waiting for the T.
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
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The best is when there are flooding rains (especially in Manhattan). You're not going to see a football sized rat most of the time. But, you are going to see many many many rats everywhere. Fun Fact: A lot of midtown restaurants will shut down after a flood not because of the rain....but because the rats coming up out of the cellars.
Posted by: Orson at November 07, 2026 10:44 PM (dIske)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026
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Based on a story by Richard (I Am Legend) Matheson, and written by him for the show. RM knew how to ratchet up the tension in a scene. See his "Enemy Within" episode of Trek and the famous final portion of Trilogy of Terror w/ Karen Black. (That script was also based on several of his stories which appeared in Playboy.)
Shatner gives a fine performance in that TZ: dramatic but never over-the-top. Those who think he always overacts need to see his earlier TV and movie work. He was restrained and powerful, and you can't take your eyes off him.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:44 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
I saw a similar sized one in Boston about 20 or so years ago. Under the platform across the tracks from us while we were waiting for the T.
Posted by: Doof at November 07, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
Cities with rat-infested subways need to hire teams of rat hunters to patrol the subways. Give them AR-15 type carbines chambered in 9 mm, and use cartridges loaded with snake shot. They could have little electric scooters fitted with wheels that would ride a rail, and of course would have wearable radios to alert them of approaching trains. Fit the guns with night-vision gear.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:45 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:43 PM (XJ22o)
Well, he pushed a guy out a window, so, could have been his reasoning.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Neal McDonough.
Posted by: Tonypete
So if the script calls for it, there's a jump cut and some stunt lips step in?
Or, nowadays, they just replace him with AI for the scene. I feel sorry for the actress that has to convincingly kiss nothing in front of the green screen, though.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)
The Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder" is just finishing on MeTV. This the one with Elly May and the pig people.
Posted by: publius
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I saw someone once who -- either her plastic surgery was that messed up or she had some awful disease -- but she looked like one of those pig people. I WORKED at not staring.
Plastic surgery was suspect because this was in Beverly Hills.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:45 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm)
Due to the Milankovitch cycles, we're on the decreasing leg of the 41K year axial tilt cycle, which varies from 22.1 to 24.5 degrees.
Thus the Tropic lines and the arctic circle lines are retreating at roughly 50' per year.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)
You can fake an on-screen stabbing or shooting, but the actors actually kiss in those make-out scenes.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 07, 2026 10:46 PM (2RJDy)
Metro Area speaking for all of NY State.
Another day ending in "y" ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (oCio0)
She would've been a raving beauty in the Twilight Zone, then. Maybe that's who actually does the plastic surgery. A Pig Person doctor.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)
If you traverse the Panama Canal from the Atlantic side to Pacific side, you are traveling eastwards, not westwards.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026
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tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)
Last night I had a momma and a grown up baby moose just outside eating some yummy trees. Yeah...you don't just 'shoo' them away. I tried firing a couple of rounds near, not at them. They didn't give a very much of a f*ck. Kept eating my little trees.
Next year, I'm gonna wonder how good moose will taste🙂
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (96kpa)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:44 PM (56Qyq)
He knows how to get attention. He knows how to act. Even Walter Koenig said so. Also, in one of those Star Trek books, the writers mentioned how he could take over the screen and make you look at him.
He didn't overact in that Nero Wolfe pilot he was in.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (vBZcw)
Talarico got more early votes than Paxton got votes on election day. Fraud doesn't always mean voting machines.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:41 PM (viF8m)
In the recent Alberta independence referendum, more than 92% of the mail-in ballots were "remain", and also in favor of more immigration. Definitely some skullduggery there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:48 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 10:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
It's a catchy song, but it's not a Christmas Song.
Why? Because unless you're Mariah Carey, you can't sing to it. A good Christmas song must be one that any group of people can sing and it still sounds good. George Michael's Last Christmas is almost as bad. The problem with that song is that there's one verse that just keeps repeating itself over and over. Oh, and George Michael was a great singer himself, and you can't sing that song as a group - just a solo. And no average solo singer can match George.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 07, 2026 10:48 PM (0CU3H)
With all the money the US spends, why wouldn't people cheat to control that. And if not having actual people count votes, verify identity, etc .... fraud.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 10:49 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
Who was that democrat politician, IIRC from New York, who had a pig nose? I think his name started with S.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
>>But...honestly...that seems more likely then 2020 level fraud to me, at least right now.
Since election day no longer exists and there are numerous methodologies for registering, ballot stuffing, ballot harvesting and curing of ballots, and now most ballots are cast before the actual election day, our elections are essentially invalid.
They're still counting in Alaska and the Donk looks like she is going to win, the Cali GOP congressional delegation has been wiped out, and all over the country, if the vote totals are to be believed, the country has now shifted socialist.
We're in a tough spot, and we have a decade long slog just to get back to status quo.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 10:49 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: pookysgirl agrees with the pig selection at November 07, 2026 10:49 PM (Wt5PA)
And now, the Twilight Zone episode with the masks in one. You now the one where the dying old geezer makes his sorry family wear the masks that reflect their true selves in order to get their inheritance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:50 PM (w6EFb)
My favorite TZ was the one about the mannequins. I first saw it as a kid and I was terrified. Then fascinated.
Yeeeeeears later, I was about to settle in for an episode of TZ with a roommate, and he said "Eyah, that show just copies Hitchcock, nothing much to it." The MANNEQUIN episode came on! That haunting final voiceover, "Just how normal are we? Just who are the people we nod our hellos to as we pass on the street?" Roommate admitted it was good.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:50 PM (XJ22o)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 10:50 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)
Or just have her kiss the Incredible Hulk in front of a green screen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:50 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 07, 2026 10:48 PM (0CU3H)
We could make a list of non-Christmas Christmas songs.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Retreat, retreat: Things I've never heard before.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 10:51 PM (C0oZI)
Did he also think Shakespeare was a bore because he just wrote in cliches?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)
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I'm told this to my shoe shine guy yeti still doubts me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:52 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:52 PM (vBZcw)
Where does Samsquanch fit in?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:53 PM (yky4J)
Yeah, I get it he's a bad person.
But since he's going to keep being brought up, I just wanted to go on record. I don't "get" his acoustic adoration. "Harvest" is terrible to me. If you gave me a copy of it, I'd give it away at my earliest convenience.
But...damn... his electric playing is...amazing. Yeah, he could never compete with Clapton, or Van Halen, or Malmsteen. But what he could do is *emote*. I present to you his live version of "Like a Hurricane":
https://tinyurl.com/Like-a-Hurricane
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 10:53 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:52 PM (vBZcw)
Himalaya odds agin it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Election fraud, it's not only a USA thing. Chairman Xi thinks it should be universal.
Why don't we bomb Tehran and Peking at the same time?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 10:55 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026
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He did not, and he would have made a fine Archie in a series with a decent budget and writing that reflected Stout's true characters. When I reread a scene from a Wolfe now, I can see the young Bill Shatner carrying the dialog off brilliantly.
(Full disclosure: I've been a big Shatner fan for many years, including his Twilight Zone appearances.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:56 PM (56Qyq)
The Erf's tilt will bottom out around the year 11,800 AD.
This and the other cycles, like decreasing eccentricity all point to cooling, not warming, of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 10:58 PM (dE3DB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:56 PM (56Qyq)
Even in Big Bad Mama?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
*Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire. . . .*
"Damnit Tonypete!! Get your sorry ass down to the Dean of Students!"
iirc, my punishment was to stand at the wall staring at the thermometer for 30 seconds or some such to ensure it didn't move. The Dean loathed the choir director.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 10:59 PM (L/8vZ)
Hinajosa asks that the state put that on hold until after
the new elected are sworn in.
Puts envelope to forehead and perceives Musk moving major operations to Louisiana and Florida. Operations will remain in Vandenberg for at least two years.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 10:59 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
Cucky Schemer, or the like, I think. Certainly didn’t know how to grill a burger, IIRC.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 10:59 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Watched 'Richard Jewell' tonight. I was living in Atlanta at the time of the bombing, and so followed things. It's a damned shame that the Atlanta Constitution Journal wasn't sued into the ground.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 10:59 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:00 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)
Shows the cowardice of adults. But, it would be against the writing code to dispatch a kid.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 11:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
Hey, I commented earlier, but on a dead thread so I don't know if you saw it.
I got an ad on youtube that was straight up "Trump is Putin's puppet" earlier today. I've never seen it before and I think it's pretty curious that someone's funding "political" messaging like that after the election is over. That sort of thing might be something to keep an eye on.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 07, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026
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Serling himself wrote that one. As he did quite a few of the show's classics . . . and its stinkers. Fortunately he had writers like George Clayton Johnson and Richard Matheson he could rely on, and the show adapted written short stories by those guys and others as well. The magazine market was waning even then, but in the late '50s and early '60s a prolific author could still make a living writing and selling short fiction; and if he sold a short to TV or a novel to the movies, he was really doing well. (Or a novel to TV -- John D. MacDonald did it at least once, with a novel of his being adapted to the Run For Your Life series.)
The TV shows and movies profited as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 11:02 PM (56Qyq)
This, in a county of 25,000 souls who voted 80% for President Trump in the last election. WTF???
I thought I was (relatively) safe here....
sigh
Posted by: Beverly at November 07, 2026 11:03 PM (reMys)
Posted by: Grandma's Confused Coroner at November 07, 2026 11:03 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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It is possible that the American people become fed up with the
BS they have been feeding us and turn around on them.
_It's time
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:03 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 11:03 PM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026
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Even in Big Bad Mama?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026
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Don't think I've ever seen that. Thus my admiration for him remains intact.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 11:04 PM (56Qyq)
We're in a tough spot, and we have a decade long slog just to get back to status quo.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 10:49 PM (XV/Pl)
Honey, nobody knows how Alaska is going to turn out. Still waiting for several precincts in the Bush to have their ballots counted, and then we do the RCV voodoo, which makes no sense unless you are all in on the donk cheat. Both Sullivan and Peltola are claiming their wins, but waiting, like the rest of us, to be told by whomever gets laid or paid or however they determine the winner.
Honestly, it's black magic.
Voting up here with RCV is a waste of time and energy.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 11:04 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I've got several of those in my Christmas playlist.
Yuki Kajiura - Winter
https://youtu.be/xrk4d0UEfL8
Tirill - Winter Roses
https://youtu.be/cpUp2QCz50Y
Kokia - Candle in the Heart
https://youtu.be/6A8QwNLXSYY
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
Cucky Schemer, or the like, I think. Certainly didn’t know how to grill a burger, IIRC.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 10:59 PM (ZVgZ4)
Not a senator, but a congressman. Not from NY, but from CA.
I present to you...
Henry Waxman.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 07, 2026 11:04 PM (0CU3H)
I thought I was (relatively) safe here....
sigh
Posted by: Beverly at November 07, 2026 11:03 PM (reMys)
It ain't who votes, or how, but who counts those votes.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 11:05 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account
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Something's coming?
_Bring it
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:05 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 07, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)
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I saw that. Sponsored by "Brave for America" iirc
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:07 PM (ZVgZ4)
Many states don't require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Texas passed a law requiring proof of citizenship to register in 2025 but the law doesn't take effect until 2027.. Between 2022 and 2004 2.9 million people registered to vote in Texas. In those same years over 20 million people registered to vote in states that don't require proof of citizenship.
DataRepublican recently put out a piece detailng a billion, with a bi, dollar campaign run by NGOs to get out the vote for Democrats.
Not all fraud is done by manipulating voting machines. Some is using our lax voting laws against us. Thanks Thune.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 10:59 PM (C0oZI)
I've suggested before, that Musk ought to simply buy Cuba. Simply buy out/pay off the present Communist nomenklatura to retire to some remote country and live a life of quiet luxury, after handing off control of the country to a Politburo of Musk's appointees. The people there are used to having no say in things; why would they complain, especially if the economy got stronger, and they got jobs, and food, and electricity, and gasoline again? Eventually write a Constitution, and hold a plebiscite to ratify it, and let Cuba become a proper country, say after 20 years of being Elon's satrapy.
It just might work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:09 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: NCKate at November 07, 2026 11:09 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 11:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
Joe Something-ello who played Eugen Sledge in The Pacific has a great interview at that site (on UToob). Guy seems very squared away. Had grandfather in the war. Felt great responsibility to the legacy of the guys portrayed. I was impressed. Indeed not all actors are mindless idiots.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 11:10 PM (U/Byj)
The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space, aka The Murderfluffs, are galloping around. This is their morning and play time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 11:10 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:11 PM (C0oZI)
The Miami thugs lose 31-24. So at least the week ends on a happy note.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 11:11 PM (eRlcH)
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Perhaps.
But man, if you had seen their sports section from the 1970s you would have thought you were in heaven!
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 11:11 PM (Cjcf6)
Doof
Same. In my town just outside Boston, I was walking home one lovely late evening. Saw a critter i thought was a doggie. Nope. A rat...
Oh.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 11:13 PM (96kpa)
This, in a county of 25,000 souls who voted 80% for President Trump in the last election. WTF???
I thought I was (relatively) safe here....
sigh
Posted by: Beverly at November 07, 2026 11:03 PM (reMys)
Fraud is an equal opportunity employer. I had surgery for an ulcer last year and these last 4 days have resurrected it.
*slides a tall glass of Maalox down to Beverly with a Pepto chaser*
Posted by: TxAnn at November 07, 2026 11:13 PM (itAg7)
Next year, I'm gonna wonder how good moose will taste🙂
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (96kpa)
Up here, if you plant baby trees, you put a frame up with chicken wire, from about 3 feet to about 6 feet, around it to keep the moose away from it. When my son was small, he asked grandpa why he had such high fences, and of course grandpa told him they had giant rabbits. Talk about a freaked out kid!
The moose this year have cleaned out my raspberries, which is fine, because I cut them down to the ground in the spring and they still grow seven feet tall. Got a mama and her twin yearlings, who behave just like teenagers. She often has to come get them to move on, and the kinda argue with them.
Fun to watch.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 11:13 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026
***
From the short story by Jerome Bixby, whose work we also know from Trek.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 11:14 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)
The Love Theme from the movie "Die Hard" always chokes me up.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 07, 2026 11:14 PM (FZzOq)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 11:14 PM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 10:07 PM (vBZcw)
Although they're kinda hard to spot in the desert parts...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 11:14 PM (l3cgK)
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Its criminal. A first world country's election shouldn't be subject to such shenanigans.
Back when Jimmah Carter had a tiny bit of his soul still not devoted to the Devil, he would have declared such an election practice to be a problem.
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 11:15 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 11:16 PM (96kpa)
Tell me this idiotic unconstitutional RCV crap is going away? Wasn't it on the ballot in AK? And - propositions don't have RCV, right?? (lol)
Just today was talking with a buddy about the baffling Dem vote increase (40%) since last mid-term. Has to be a multiple of the all-time record increase. How TF does that happen? JackStraw thanks for that tidbit - we were pondering how the GOP, that had oodles of $$ while the Dems were low-cash this cycle, could produce a tiny fraction of the Dems' turnout. NGOs could help explain it.
Though I still find a 40% delta on votes cast almost impossible to believe. I know something about elections and voting macro data and that kind of increase (or decrease) basically is unheard of in any circumstance.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 11:16 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 11:16 PM (ZdaMQ)
Pouring sideways and the wind is hooting.
Local flooding due to leaves clogging the storm drains.
Power outages. Smells lovely. Window open.
I love where I live.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 07, 2026 11:16 PM (hnU4t)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 11:17 PM (1Ff7Z)
Exactly my darkest worry. It's such an unserious, screwed up country. With so many collapsed or nearly collapsed institutions. The most pernicious of which, the judiciary, will now likely not see any improvement for a long time. Sickening.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 11:17 PM (U/Byj)
https://shorturl.ly/2Y4sk
Goes to YouTube.
“2000 Mules” showed how easy it was manipulate mail-in ballots, but if you can interfere with the counting, it doesn’t matter what the ballots say.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:17 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 11:19 PM (XeU6L)
Thank you, Darrell Harris. It drives me crazy when I can't think of something like that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 07, 2026 11:19 PM (0Htd1)
Oh.
I lived in Boston during the Big Dig. For those who don't know the area it's right next to Boston Harbor. The construction disturbed the water rats and they moved into the city.
For a few years the prowled the city after dark. Walking home at night you had to keep your head on a swivel.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)
It just might work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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A huge statue of Elon at Havana's harbor entrance.
Welcome to Cuba; watch the rockets,
enjoy the entertainment, now go home.
https://youtu.be/YsarXhY4b98&t=46
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:19 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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You're not going to enjoy aging.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 11:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 11:23 PM (96kpa)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:23 PM (qWvvZ)
I just saw a bit of "Young Frankenstien" and a Star Trek episode. Teri Garr was beautiful.
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 11:23 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 11:15 PM (Cjcf6)
Only in third world countries. JC never had the audacity to look for election fraud in the USA. Heavens, if he had looked here, he might have found some, on his side!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)
Next year, I'm gonna wonder how good moose will taste🙂
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 07, 2026 10:47 PM (96kpa)
_____________________________
Grab yourself one of those pocket sized air horns. I used to use them all the time up in NH for Moose (but also the errant bear that wandered up).
Posted by: Orson at November 07, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)
I need to call old times, used to be...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RTh5t8yEqI
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:32 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:19 PM (C0oZI)
Nice tune. Boz is sort of pigeon-holed as "blue-eyed soul", but that song is really smooth jazz.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:32 PM (yky4J)
We do a lot of ra ra stuff around elections and just assume our people will turn out to vote. Democrats don't do that. They organize, learn the laws and how they can exploit them to their benefit and have a ton of money behind them to make it happen.
We get a guy like Scott Presler and think we have it covered. The left has an army of Scott Preslers and a ton of money behind them. Gutting USAID was a big win for us but there are dozens of other foundations, billionaires and foreign sources of money being poured into the NGOs that are still going strong. And they are funding the Democrat turn out machine because Democrats in office send the money back to them.
We are a bunch of amateurs going up against pros. We better get that figured out cause they are playing a completely different game.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:34 PM (viF8m)
But it has. 2008 Obama wins VA by 6. In 2009 a Republican wins the VA governor by 20. Obama won NJ by 16, in 2009 Chris Christie won the NJ governor race.
Obama wins Illinois by 25 in 2008 a Republican wins the senate race in Illinois in 2010. Scott Brown won in Mass in early 2010, barely a year after Obama won Mass by 30.
This stuff does happen.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:35 PM (qWvvZ)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:35 PM (qWvvZ)
Outliers always happen. When outliers become the norm, suspect shenanigans.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:37 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 07, 2026 11:37 PM (n0DpO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)
Shows the cowardice of adults. But, it would be against the writing code to dispatch a kid.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 11:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
IIRC, in the original short story, the doctor who delivered him tried to kill him on the spot. That’s why the world just ends at the edge of town. We don’t know if the boy just separated the town from the rest of the universe, or if he just destroyed everything else.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:38 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NCKate at November 07, 2026 11:40 PM (enNUy)
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I had several Dems show up at my door on behalf of their people running. Not a single Republican door knocker. Granted it’s a “safe” Republican seat. But Texas was too, until it wasn’t.
The left will fight to win in the deepest of red areas because they play the long game. It took 30 years to turn Texas blue.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:40 PM (qWvvZ)
Posted by: NCKate at November 07, 2026 11:09 PM (enNUy)
He was killin' it when Phantom of the Opera was big.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 07, 2026 11:40 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:38 PM (ZVgZ4)
Interesting.
I've thought about writing a story where some group of hotshot teens get involved with criminal goings on and all get killed because they're not as smart as the criminal gang is. You know, an anti-Hardy Boys or something, but society wouldn't allow a story like that to be written.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 11:42 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:37 PM (yky4J)
2009 and 2010 was full of these examples. 2010 was a massive GOP year where republicans won in all sorts of places they don’t normally win. IIRC 900 state house/senate seats flipped that year, many of them hadn’t been Republican for decades if ever.
That’s what a wave election is like.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:44 PM (qWvvZ)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)
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We could start by addressing the obvious, and holding EVERY single one who signed on to the obvious accountable:
* WHY did we not pass the SAVE Act? We had the numbers, we just had a handful of very powerful REPUBLICANS that jerked off at night to fighting Trump. Thune should be forced to caucus with the democrats. We don't need "Republicans" like that literal SELL-OUT.
* WHY did the REPUBLICAN senate never recess? IF they had for even a single day, Trump could have put dozens of Federal judges in place that we'd all like to have.
EVERY SINGLE "Republican" Senator who gavelled even a single "nobody's here" session should be asked point-blank "Why didn't you let the Senate go into recess so President Trump could appoint Federal judges?".
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 11:46 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: JackStraw
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2020 verified China printed 200,000 US vote acceptable IDs.
As of 2025 there are 600,000 'undocumented aliens' in Harris County (Houston), now do Dallas County, Bexar County and all of those border counties. - Then do the anomalous rest of the US.
It's not math.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:47 PM (C0oZI)
https://shorturl.ly/2Y4sk
Mind you, the movie is presented in full and is quite long.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
We always have 3-5 “Republicans” who are effectively Democrats. Our side is never really a majority, Dems always control the senate.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:48 PM (qWvvZ)
But are we really now saying 100 rural Texas counties that all shifted left were also in on the steal? Because that’s what the accusation is.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:51 PM (qWvvZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:52 PM (ZVgZ4)
Thanks for the ONT, D's.
Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 11:53 PM (LVaYG)
Lawn tractor has an amendment to its grass exhaust in the form of a flap that can be lowered thus forcing the leaves to take a couple of extra laps around the blades. The balance is blown as a scarf around the tree trunks.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:53 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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If we had a Nancy Pelosi what would she do with those 3-5 Republicans?
_3/4" galvanized
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 11:55 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 11:56 PM (ZVgZ4)
Stop focusing on things like voting machines and corrupt election officials. They absolutely exist in some areas but obviously not in all.
Again, Texas registered nearly 3 million new voters between 2022 and 2024. And none of them were required to prove citizenship. Texas has something like 5 million illegals, probably more. Illegals are not eligible to vote. But they do and it's fraud.
Fraud comes in many forms not just electronic voting machines. There's a well financed army of NGOs that aren't reported on dedicated to making this stuff happen.
Unless of course you think Talarico and Hinojosa truly represent Texas voters and people are just so angry over a temporary spike in gas prices they voted for people who want the worst for them.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:59 PM (viF8m)
2010 was indeed an earthquake, down even to county level. But had nothing resembling this week for the Senate. 1980 probably was comparable for the Senate. And indeed 1980 had every reason to be a giant wave election, national circumstances were as bad as they've been since WWII.
Today? Middling positive, overall, slowly improving economy with select items (crime, border) *massively* improved over just 2 years ago. Nothing resembling 1980.
Anyway, I don't think a 40% increase in votes has been seen before. In prez cycles, an ambitious goal is to boost your vote by 5% (was involved in one such). 40%? Seems insane. Haven't bothered to check, but assume some election geeks will be laying out all the relevant context and details soon.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 11:59 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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No. That's not the accusation, at all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 12:01 AM (C0oZI)
_3/4" galvanized
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Probably leave her husband so bored that having fun with a hammer seemed like an upgrade.
Posted by: Crusader at November 08, 2026 12:02 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: NCKate at November 08, 2026 12:04 AM (enNUy)
Have you seen the COBmobile?
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 10:14 PM (ZdaMQ)
What is it? A '72 Chevy Van with a psychedelic paint scheme and orange shag carpet half-way up the interior?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 08, 2026 12:04 AM (qx7Zg)
_3/4" galvanized
Posted by: Braenyard
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And then beat any insider trading info they have out of them.
Posted by: scampydog at November 08, 2026 12:05 AM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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No. That's not the accusation, at all.
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Agreed. Its the opposite. Its not likely that counties that are comprised of farmers and ranchers woke up one day and decided "What I'd really like is higher taxes, unlimited abortion, and liberal treatment of those wetbacks who sneak into my country."
Posted by: Crusader at November 08, 2026 12:07 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 11:42 PM (1Ff7Z)
In the original”Tokyo Revengers,” Ep. 1, young middle school punks go to fight a gang at another school, get beaten, and are forced to serve the rival gang the rest of their school years. They ruined their lives. BUT, it’s a time-travel story and the protagonist gets a chance to change the events of the past enough to make the world a little better, until it all goes down in flames. But he gets to go back again and make things a little better still, but they always go wrong at some point. The anime is now in its 4th season, and things are still going wrong.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 12:08 AM (ZVgZ4)
I don't see any of the 'Ettes making this mistake. It would be intentional!
https://youtu.be/PW7qB2C7jtQ
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 08, 2026 12:08 AM (qx7Zg)
Brisket for dinner and washed down with adult beverages.
Thanks for the ONT, D's.
Posted by: scampydog
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Go ahead, try to make me envious, just try...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 12:09 AM (C0oZI)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 12:10 AM (96kpa)
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 11:46 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Crusader at November 08, 2026 12:13 AM (Cjcf6)
Yes, it turned out to be Teri Garr night on MeTV. She was in McCloud too, IIRC. They haven't run that in a while.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 12:14 AM (w6EFb)
China is at war with us and no one with authority will acknowledge it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 12:17 AM (C0oZI)
China is at war with us and no one with authority will acknowledge it.
Why would you think they don't know who they are working with?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2026 12:21 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 12:22 AM (96kpa)
Posted by: Case at November 08, 2026 12:30 AM (En+fz)
Posted by: JackStraw
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They know who they are working with. The exception is they think they are top dog, running the show but they are merely lackeys.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 12:32 AM (C0oZI)
Posted by: JackStraw
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They know who they are working with. The exception is they think they are top dog, running the show but they are merely lackeys.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 12:32 AM (C0oZI)
Lackeys? More like Hurdy-gurdy monkeys.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 08, 2026 12:34 AM (qx7Zg)
Anyway -
'Sleep well because tomorrow we need more energy for our questionable ideas.'
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 12:34 AM (96kpa)
Even rainman mentioned the other night, that (he thinks) he's gonna be some sort of "commissar" LOL!
Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Thank goodness. All this geography is bad enough.
Posted by: wth at November 08, 2026 12:38 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I will not belabor, and don't expect this to make it anywhere in particular, and I won't be surprised if it's not received well at all - but I argued this very thing to you a few times this last year and you rejected it out of hand.
I told you politely, and will continue to tell you so, the Left is always on to the next three wars while R's (those who even bother, or who aren't on the other side) fight the last.
Whatever happened Tuesday is probably evidence of this, whether it's fraud, targeted psy ops, or just people generally fed up of the Republican brand. Or all three plus some so-called Trump and incumbent party "fatigue".
Republicans refused to become what they have long claimed they are, despite Trump giving them every chance.
Posted by: ... at November 08, 2026 12:41 AM (vE0+H)
Watched 'Richard Jewell' tonight. I was living in Atlanta at the time of the bombing, and so followed things. It's a damned shame that the Atlanta Constitution Journal wasn't sued into the ground.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Damned shame. Does the movie do justice to the story in your opinion?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 08, 2026 12:45 AM (XJ22o)
I thought this op was paving the way for 2028 - and in a way it has. I thought they were going to boil the frog slow until we were just kind of in a new reality. But instead I think we've been dropped straight into the pot with the lid going on.
I cannot stress enough that any "war" between the DNC establishment and the DSA is totally phony. People on our side will happily continue to believe otherwise because it suits them, that's on them.
Maybe some or even many of the participants on each side of the war don't know it, but it is clearly a top down operation. The DSA is being used to swerve this country as far left as fast as possible. Tuesday was the opening salvo. There is much, much more to come.
And I fear the Republican "fight" is gonna be what it's always been sans Trump. A red carpet.
Posted by: ... at November 08, 2026 12:46 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 08, 2026 12:45 AM (XJ22o)
I didn't know the story that well but it certainly did him justice. Not a fun time.
Posted by: ... at November 08, 2026 12:46 AM (vE0+H)
Republicans refused to become what they have long claimed they are, despite Trump giving them every chance.
Posted by: ...
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Now ways is that equivocation or virtue signaling, no ways at all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 12:52 AM (C0oZI)
We are in the middle of a red green revolution going on around the world. The riots in Europe aren't an isolated thing. The same groups behind them are behind what's going on here and they have been for years. The BLM/antifa stuff is the same in Europe now as it was here in 2020.
There are politician, billionaires, funders, organizers and street muscles, color revolutionaries but it's all part of the same organization. We're in a war and have been for some time. Not a conventional one but a war nonetheless.
Neville Singham is funding a lot of the riots in Europe. His wife, Jodi Evans, and her group Code Pink is behind the communist movement in the US. Singham is CCP. Just one example.
They know who they are working with. We, for the most part, don't know who we are fighting.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2026 12:56 AM (viF8m)
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It's worth pointing out that those who wage war by unconventional means, and for the sake of argument, let's look at jihadis, do so because they cannot win the war if it goes conventional.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 08, 2026 01:03 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 08, 2026 01:07 AM (PKL0q)
What you said.
Lay Down Sally.
Goodnight morons.
https://tinyurl.com/muark36c
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2026 01:12 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 08, 2026 01:13 AM (G7kj/)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 08, 2026 01:13 AM (G7kj/)
https://tinyurl.com/bdee5n38
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 01:17 AM (l3cgK)
After 8 years of "that lying, arrogant sonofabitch" [o'zero] his blood pressure was way up.
Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)
Long fun day. Alarm went off at 6 to go shooting with my 17yo and 11yo (1st and 4th of 6). You have to get up early because the rock pit fills up fast. We met a lot of friendly people there. The rifle you all helped me zero at the MoMe shot great. I forgot to bring any shotgun shells, but there was still plenty to shoot. My 11yo did pretty well for safe gun handling---not perfect, but I was proud of her---and she never put down the 10/22, 'til it was 1 p.m. and she was starving. She loved to spread around the orange clay pigeons I didn't get to use, and blow them to bits.
This afternoon the 17yo made homemade Ramen with about 20 ingredients, half of which I'd never heard of before. Actually he started yesterday because he had to do something to the pork belly: bind it up in butcher's twine and marinade it I think. I think it was more work than he expected, and dinner was pretty late. I admit when I try a new thing in the kitchen, I'm the same way. In any case it was soooo good.
Posted by: frammish at November 08, 2026 01:52 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: frammish at November 08, 2026 01:54 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 08, 2026 01:13 AM (G7kj/)
*whispers* Cha cha chacha...
Posted by: pookysgirl, ducking and running at November 08, 2026 01:55 AM (Wt5PA)
I knew South America was far east, but I never thought about the other details.
So the joke is that no one reads the content, but I never hear anyone say they skip listening to the content. That's the part I usually forget. But tonight I remembered. It's great to have some music.
Posted by: frammish at November 08, 2026 01:57 AM (rcENI)
Do you all have some secret browser plugin to make using this site reasonable? Like how do you have a conversation? I just keep refreshing the page. Maybe the awkwardness is part of the charm.
Posted by: frammish at November 08, 2026 02:00 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: frammish at November 08, 2026 02:01 AM (rcENI)
Use the "watch on youtube" button and let it play in another tab, then refreshing this tab doesn't kill it.
Do you all have some secret browser plugin to make using this site reasonable?
You're funny!
Like how do you have a conversation? I just keep refreshing the page. Maybe the awkwardness is part of the charm.
Posted by: frammish
And now you're serious.
Posted by: mikeski, awkward yes, charming no at November 08, 2026 02:08 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 10:44 PM (C0oZI)
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They're lying leftist Polish media has settled down quite nicely. The truth about the mass murderer in Krakow:
https://tinyurl.com/2v9c3cf8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 02:14 AM (Y2WuJ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 02:24 AM (Y2WuJ)
https://tinyurl.com/2v9c3cf8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 02:14 AM (Y2WuJ)
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Addendum:
https://tinyurl.com/5cbjrma7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 02:28 AM (Y2WuJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 02:28 AM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 02:28 AM (C0oZI)
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Protests in the street. That's not gonna do it.
But we need to worry much more about America. You will be hunted!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 02:38 AM (Y2WuJ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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Some people seek rude awakenings.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 02:40 AM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 03:07 AM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 08, 2026 03:24 AM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 08, 2026 03:24 AM (8Uo7a)
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The best defense is a good offense. Nothing less.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 03:25 AM (C6GAH)
I see Eisenkot is getting the choice to form a government.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 08, 2026 03:28 AM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 08, 2026 04:09 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Strick at November 08, 2026 05:46 AM (p659H)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 08, 2026 09:42 AM (4NO2D)
Saturday Evening Movie Post [moviegique]: You Can See Everything
I had no real knowledge of Elizabeth Holmes or Theranos going into this movie. Just a vague sense that she had scammed people with a ridiculous medical device that purported to do all kinds of things and didn't.
Do I know any more now?
I don't know.
"Why would I deceive you?"
I do think this an exceptional documentary that earns its 175 minute runtime and is a fascinating look at some complex characters. In some ways, it's a documentary about Nathan Fielder. What I think is especially commendable is that, for all its staged elements—which are overtly staged, with an Amanda Seyfried filling in for Elizabeth Holmes—I think it is actually a documentary, as opposed to a narrative that Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim want us to believe.
It's not that there's not a point-of-view, it's that the point-of-view is very clear and guileless. Or "guileless appearing" as it's kind of hard to come out of this movie without wondering if everything is manipulation and performative.
I mean, not just in the movie, but everywhere.
I have my own take, of course, but let's start with the basics: Fielder is selected by Holmes and her husband Billy Evans to do the documentary because Fielder thinks "outside the box". Holmes is not really aware of Fielder's work, nor of Abbot and Costello and their "Who's on First?" routine, a sketch she doesn't understand when they watch it. She laughs, but because of the confusion, not because she understands the grammatical roots of the humor.
Holmes, you see, is weird.
As it turns out, "weird" is a pretty big club.
We don't know all the ways that she is weird, but one way is an affect where she smiles and makes a lot of direct eye contact with whomever she's talking to. She's a distaff hide-the-pain-Harold, essentially, and this affect makes her very easy to make snap judgements about.
And what I had heard about this documentary was that it was akin to In Cold Blood, where we learned (decades later) that Truman Capote had a thing for one of his cold-blooded killers and so altered the facts to protect his love interest. The suggestion has been made that Fielder fell under Holmes' spell like so many others and therefore is hiding something damaging about her. In fact, Seyfried herself makes this suggestion toward the end of the movie.
But this is remarkably shallow, and shallowness is a kind of through-line of the documentary.
Holmes invites Fielder to actually live with them for the last few weeks before she starts her eleven year sentence, and after a while he takes her up on that, and we do, in fact, see a whole lot. Too much, at times. Probably the number one thing you hear about the movie, besides the clip of Holmes where she says "Why would I deceive you?" with her affect in full flower, is that there is nudity in the film, and it's Evans and his whangdoodle.
This was his idea, apparently. But it's not particularly revealing. (Is that irony?) He's an odd character, for sure, but he's also in the oddest of situations. The couple and their two kids (Holmes has had a baby a month prior) are trying to max family time before she goes away, which creates some friction for Fielder & Co., especially with Evans, who comes across as overbearing at times, and brittle.
But then he's staring down a decade of being a single dad, essentially, to two young children. The peril of the same sort of shallow snap judgement applies here.
Most "documentaries" are fine with this. They give you villains, heroes, etc., etc., etc., to tell the story they want to tell. Here we see bits and pieces of things that allow multiple narratives to be built, and it feels more honest for that. We don't see "the mask drop," which is what you'd expect if Holmes were a sociopath. Evans and Holmes are devoted to each other, but they lack unctuous presentation of, e.g., the stereotypical Christian evangelist who presents himself as devoted and turns out to be a bully who's banging hookers on the side.
Holmes is devoted to her children, and the smiling affect she has goes away when she's experiencing grief or worry or regret—and less so when she's afraid. The affect—the thing she's most called out for, that people call a red flag—works against her, I think. Her natural charm, such as it is, overcomes that affect rather than being a feature of it, or helped in any way by it.
In fact, to me, it looks like PTSD. (And looking it up now, apparently that was part of her unsuccessful legal defense.) To me, also, she looked increasingly like a woman who abdicated responsibility to the man in her life, and in ways that are only unusual in their extremity.
I was unable to find a picture of Seyfried in this film, so enjoy this picture of her in her low-budget Oscar-bid musical flop, "The Testament of Ann Lee".
They watch "The Dropout," a Hulu series where Amanda Seyfried plays "a character based on Holmes", which is the actress' dodge for the slander that results in abuse for Holmes once she's in prison. Fielder brings Seyfried in to re-enact scenes that happened before the cameras, and the jail scenes, and begins by showing her how devastated Holmes is by the series.
Throughout the doc, Seyfried goes through a series of interesting reactions. At first, she comes off like she's an inch deep, blowing off the idea that anything she did might have a real effect on Holmes, and besides she deserves it. Then she acts out a series of deeper examinations—only to come back around to it's just television and besides, Holmes deserves it.
There's a scene early on where Evans takes eggs away that Holmes is scrambling to scramble them properly. (Seriously, I was watching this and thinking "That's no way to scramble eggs!") Holmes doesn't seem to mind, but Seyfried latches on to this to decide that Evans is controlling and destructive. Then the actress meets with Evans and the two are particularly antagonistic.
Seyfried opens with attacks on his sexual prowess. The situation itself seems more than a little contrived. The two walk into Evans place, and Evans says he hasn't had sex for 899 days. (He's counting!) Fielder asks him if he's good at it, and Evans response with something like "I'm great at it." This is a weird conversation, just for starters.
But then Seyfried seeks to humiliate him by claiming she lied to every man she ever slept with. This dovetails nicely with the whole premise of whether one knows when someone is lying to you, but is meant to highlight Evans supposed narcissism.
On the other hand, it reminded me of the idea that you can tell someone is stupid when you say something like "Men are generally taller than women" and they respond with "My sister is taller than my brother," as if that were a rebuttal. This is almost the inverse: "I'm good at sex" gets rebutted with "I've never had good sex."
Also, holy cow. How dysfunctional is that? A Wall Street Journal article's headline claims that Seyfried is the only trustworthy character in the film, which is a bold claim since she's apparently lied to every man she's ever been intimate with. (I won't dignify the article by reading it, which leaves me free to speculate that this either goes unaddressed or is brushed aside with "Everyone lies about sex." Remember that chestnut?)
For his part, Evans antagonizes Seyfried over her unkind comments in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination.
At this point, Evans has been raising his kids for two years on his own. He's also been using his Power of Attorney to do things like post to Holmes' Twitter account. Seyfried finds it appalling that he should have the Power of Attorney, but given that Holmes is in jail, it seems reasonable to me. Both Fielder and Seyfried are alarmed at how Evans claims that he and Holmes are essentially of one mind, and he doesn't even have to talk to her to know what she would want.
Sounds sinister, right? Then at the end of the movie, Holmes says the same thing: That she knows Evans' mind and doesn't even need to talk to him to know what he thinks about things. She has whole conversations with him alone in her cell.
Seyfried says she would break the two up if she could. This is the inch-deep thing re-surfacing. She says this even as we're all aware that Evans has relocated his house to Texas to be near her, so he can take the kids every weekend, and does daily calls to whatever the limit is.
Seyfried also acted very impressed by this seaside rental, which I didn't quite understand.
Speaking of inch-deep: Holmes understanding of the device she is credited with being in charge of is less than mine, and I'm only going on what she said during the movie. That is, she describes the device not like a software engineer, not like a chemical engineer, but like a pamphlet trying to sell the device to someone who is not very smart. I got the principle—how such a thing could theoretically work, and what it would take to make it work, and what kind of device it would have to be—and I wouldn't need to say a word about "the cloud".
Some people say this is all part of the ruse to which I say, it's a very convincing ruse. And of course, "the ruse" often becomes "the thing" after a while. Politics is composed almost entirely of people playing dumb, to the extent that they eventually are no longer playing.
In a way, everyone in the movie is doing what Holmes did: Using the abilities they have to get attention, acclaim, money, allies—while brushing aside responsibilities they don't want to deal with. In Holmes case, this may well be the financial stuff that got her into trouble, and the engineering stuff that got her into trouble, and the marketing stuff that got her into trouble.
For Seyfried, it's "It's just fucking television" and witch hunting.
I think Fielder came in wanting to expose Holmes, but he didn't find much to expose. I think he toyed with the "controlled by men" thing, but he doesn't dig into Holmes' older lover who guided her through the Theranos project (and is serving even more time). And while it's clear he finds aspects of Holmes relationship with Evans weird, he also says he sees genuine love and a real family unit.
The result, I think, is something more honest than the usual documentary. It doesn't tell you what to think because I don't think Fielder himself is sold on any of the easy narratives.
Meanwhile, quite a few things charged my tinfoil hat. The media machine is in full swing in every aspect of this case, like it's a gremlin on the wing of the airplane and I'm William Shatner. The media creates this character, the media hypes the company, and it's not even a question of whether or not they'll turn on a dime and destroy the character. It's all grist for the media mill. If Theranos was on to something, and the pharmaceutical companies decided it needed to die so they could steal all the patents, would the media then fall into line and destroy what they created?
That's a rhetorical question, of course, independent of whether Theranos was on to anything.
I'm reminded, for some reason of Wilhelm Reich, a mid-century quack who developed a theory of life-force called "orgones" which I presume is complete nonsense, and which the FDA—inspired by libel printed in The New Republic—responded by cracking down on him with utter savagery, including destroying much of his written work—well out of scope of their already unconstitutional charter.
I also thought of Martha Stewart, thrown into jail not because of insider trading, which is the smear that attaches to her, but because somebody wanted her in jail.
There is an object lesson in this film, I think, but I'm not sure anyone involved in making it knew what it was.
She had children! This is totally a manipulation tactic and not a woman in love looking at what's probably her last chance!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:33 PM (K40fF)
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Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:35 PM (Jr5Lq)
"Marked Woman" (1937) Hollaback girl Bette Davis sasses the wrong high-class clip-joint owner. I love the way she perfectly modulates her fiery glares: always just enough, never too much too soon.
"The Bad Sister" (1931) Bette Davis' first feature. Sidney Fox is the bad sister, Bette gets the wallflower sister part. I wish that they had been cast the other way round. Bogie is the cad.
youtube.com/watch?v=Yws12DzwCtU
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
"The Client" (1994) It's OK until unforgivably stupid third act.
youtube.com/watch?v=IqNKu2KnUK4
"Proof of Life" (2000) Somebody please make a fan cut with all the Meg Ryan scenes edited out.
youtube.com/watch?v=PmL0UcBQFCI
"American Assassin" (2017) It held my interest to the end.
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
"Alpha Dog" (2006) Good as drama, but far from the true story. Ben Foster brings the crazy, Shawn Hatosy brings the scary.
"Donnie Brasco" (1997) The intensity builds until PITA Anne Heche gets a well earned slap, bringing welcome catharsis.
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:38 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: wth at November 07, 2026 07:38 PM (oq9dX)
When I published my technical first book many, many years ago, it was 800 pages long. My grandfather looked at it and exclaimed, "You typed all that?!"
(And 300 pages more, and the typing was the easy part.)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:41 PM (K40fF)
We saw a Japanese horror movie streaming on Shudder titled, "New Group". It kinda fits in with the events of this week.
The story is set in a Japanese high School where one boy is seen in the school yard on his hands and knees. Soon other students are joining the form a gymnastic pyramid. The school officials begin supporting the student pyramid and it grows larger and larger as it attracts more people. And then things get weird.
This is one of those individual vs the group stories.
I won't tell you that it's a great movie, but it's entertaining in WTF way and definitely keeps your interest as you want to see how things work out. You'll probably be surprised.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:41 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)
It may have been the beer but I couldn't get through 'Smile.' I found it boring, and with all the inter-racial stuff, it felt like a lecture.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 07:43 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:43 PM (K40fF)
Good evening everyone
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Posted by: wth at November 07, 2026 07:46 PM (oq9dX)
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 07:50 PM (Y/06r)
Now for the not so good. It's rather bloated. Instead of 10 half hour episodes, they could've made two or three hour episodes that would been much tighter. And it's woke. Hero is a girl boss lesbian and, as is usually case, the lezbo stuff is pointless virtue signaling. Girl boss is rather shockingly morally flexible and leaves a trail of dead bodies in her wake as she pursues TRUTH.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 07:51 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 07, 2026 07:52 PM (r7+Q7)
Our local TV reviewer said to watch it in a theater so you'll remain fully engaged, so that's another valid take.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 07:52 PM (kpS4V)
"In July 2011, Holmes was introduced to former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, who joined the Theranos board of directors that month. Over the next three years, Shultz helped to introduce almost all the outside directors on the "all-star board", which included William Perry (former U.S. Secretary of Defense), Henry Kissinger (former U.S. Secretary of State), Sam Nunn (former U.S. Senator), Bill Frist (former U.S. Senator, senate majority leader and heart-transplant surgeon), Gary Roughead (Admiral, USN, retired), Jim Mattis (General, USMC), Richard Kovacevich (former Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO) and Riley P. Bechtel (chairman of the board and former CEO at Bechtel Group)."
What were they thinking? What oversight did they provide? Were they just picking up a check? (think I know the answer to that)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:53 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:50 PM (RIvkX)
Probably a long time ago, yeah. Expect a bunch more, tho'.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:54 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:53 PM (eRlcH)
A LOT of this, from what I have read, is like WWI-league sunk cost fallacy level thinking.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 07:54 PM (Y/06r)
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Well, they're smarter than you and me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 07:55 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Did the "all-star board" think, "Wow! She's got all this VC funding. Must be legit." Or did the VC guys think, "Wow! Look at the big brains on the board. Must be legit."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:57 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 07:58 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 07:58 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 07:50 PM (Y/06r)
I think this is the norm in Silicon Valley. They say "We're going to reinvent the X industry" and the X industry will say "No, you're not, because of A, B & C."
And a great many times, the X industry is right. And some other times, they're technically wrong, but "A, B or C" includes "We're going to throw roadblocks in your way you can't get around."
In this case, there's an implication that what they were trying to do is =possible= but not the way they were trying to do it. And they're still going, but from my limited understanding it's a much harder problem than they gave it respect for.
Now, I thought the same was true of Elon and his attempts to re-invent the auto industry. And he's eventually proven me wrong.
But I don't see any Elons here.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:58 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
There was another we watched during my Russia at War class... Red Empire? Presented by Robert Conquest. It was very good. I think I found it on ewetub several years ago... I'll look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 07:58 PM (Y/06r)
Is it "You Had To Be There"? I couldn't get to the theater in time to catch that.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:59 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V)
So, Seyfried (who very clearly played Holmes in "The Dropout," I watched it [and thought it was good except for being rushed toward the end]) is at times re-enacting Holmes in this documentary, and at other times is playing herself, giving color commentary on Holmes and her family?
Huh?
Posted by: Dr. T at November 07, 2026 08:00 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 08:01 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 08:01 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 08:01 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:01 PM (Y/06r)
https://youtu.be/Q05q71zJKNY"
Thanks so very much!
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 08:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
The last two are on my list. I almost forgot about Wildwood, I'll have to catch that before it goes away. WH9 isn't out yet, I don't think. [checks] Oh, wait, yes it is.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:03 PM (K40fF)
'Resident Evil' movies in the background. Milla was very attractive and the effects were really good.
I'm piecing the story together through multiple run throughs but it'll be nice to watch them if I ever sit and watch a movie again.
Oh, and they had reboots, animated movies. A lot of stuff.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 08:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Dr. T at November 07, 2026 08:00 PM (lHPJf)
I say old chap, that Amanda Seyfried doesn't seem entirely stable. I recognize the signs, you see, from the women I have dated.
*takes puff from churchwarden pipe*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:04 PM (Y/06r)
No, you're not. You have it exactly right.
She played Holmes in "The Dropout". Fielder has her come in and do re-enactments of parts where there wasn't a camera. AND she's got opinions.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:04 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:06 PM (ndZc7)
Been watching some older movies recently, and some recent stuff as well
I saw a movie called Prime Cut from the early 70s with Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman. It was a bizarre mix of spoof and serious crime drama that did not seem to know what tone it was going for. It was Sissy Spacechick's first movie, she spends a lot of it either nekkid or in transparent clothing with huge staring eyes, i can see how she got a career out of it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:06 PM (TMNW7)
I heard no fry.
| 'Gique, did you fall under the spell of her wide, unblinking blue eyes?
On the contrary. It's a huge detriment to whatever charm she does possess.
In fact, if anything, I do not understand how she made it anywhere with this affect. It absolutely undermines her credibility in any interaction (to me).
Except it's so stupid and so out there, I have trouble believing it's a bit. I really did think "PTSD".
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:08 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:09 PM (Y/06r)
I watched Nobody, which was supposed to be John Wick 2.0 but was just okay. Odenkirk does a decent job as Joe Everybody, but he never seems all that capable just determined. It was entertaining enough but I am glad I didn't lay out 14 bucks for it or whatever films are these days.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:09 PM (TMNW7)
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Maybe it's not too late for Holmes to enter politics.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:09 PM (ndZc7)
She played Holmes in "The Dropout". Fielder has her come in and do re-enactments of parts where there wasn't a camera. AND she's got opinions.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:04 PM (K40fF)
I see. And we're sure that Nathan Fielder is not, in fact, Werner Herzog?
Because that sounds vaguely like something Werner Herzog would do.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 07, 2026 08:10 PM (lHPJf)
Ten years ago they should have cast Henry Cavill. Too late now. He would have been perfect.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 07:58 PM (ndZc7)
I liked it, too, but you have to roll with some of the more unrealistic elements in the premise...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 08:10 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 08:11 PM (Gb7+b)
Stop with movieflation. I am not spending more time than it would take to play 18 holes of golf to go to a theater to watch anything. Eat me.
Posted by: ballistic at November 07, 2026 08:11 PM (oqH4h)
Not even a cure, but a cheaper/less traumatic way to run lab tests.
From what I could tell, though, they were trying to put a lab in a box. I've worked in labs (never as a lab tech, tho') and I've seen what specimens go through: Centrifuges, agitation, chemical mixtures.
I don't get how anyone can say "Oh, yeah, we can do all that in a small box with a drop of blood."
What they're trying to do now--yes, they're still at it--is =change= the tests.
There's almost certainly a way to reach the goal, but it's not going to be as simple as "lab in a box".
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:11 PM (K40fF)
I never thought much of her as an actress, she was in the same category as Barbara Hershey, Sondra Locke, and Susan Sarandon to me: they keep getting work but I couldn't say why, other than their willingness to get their yobs out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:12 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 08:13 PM (Jr5Lq)
I go on my gut a lot. It is usually darn near perfect when it comes to people (massive bipolar people aside.)
Dear Lord. She makes my gut wrench.
She's a true believer. I have no desire to know what happened in her life to give her that affect. Fuck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:13 PM (Y/06r)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 08:13 PM (Gb7+b)
Just got back from it. It is good and I am also not big on the giant monster genre. It's very much like the previous entry: Heavy on emotion and melodrama, and very, very impactful but not overlong monster fights.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:14 PM (K40fF)
The best theory I heard as to why movies are so long now is streaming: they measure success by minutes watched, so the longer the program...
I saw "A Working Man" with Jason Statham playing Jason Statham. All his stuff is pretty entertaining even if its basically the same thing over and over (like Arnie's old stuff). It was better than "Nobody" to me, smarter and with a better story. The book by Chuck Dixon is better (great series of books) as usual.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:15 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:15 PM (TMNW7)
I think it is also because the art of editing (in anything) has gone bye bye. No one wants to cut anything someone worked on even if it would help pacing and clarity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:16 PM (Y/06r)
Is it "You Had To Be There"? I couldn't get to the theater in time to catch that.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:59 PM (K40fF)
actually no, It's called "SCTV The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of". I found it under New on Netflix and it's dated 2026. About an hour and a half. I got a real kick out of Catherine O'Hara talking about the high school quiz bowl sketch and where the character's name and school came from. Her (the character during the game) answers are so subtle but so damn funny.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 07, 2026 08:16 PM (r7+Q7)
Has anyone mentioned Clive Owens?
Is he also too old?
In which case, shouldn't resist "how old" because my vote is still Henry Cavill.
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026 08:17 PM (qBjG1)
Aryans are out these days. Unless she's an Amerind like Warren.
| I see. And we're sure that Nathan Fielder is not, in fact, Werner Herzog?
It has a very Herzogian vibe.
| 63 I'll never watch it because nobody from the last two decades deserves a three-hour documentary.
I share the sentiment generally, but this did not feel long. Sometimes documentaries can be very compelling. Jenny Nicholson did a 5 hour review of the Star Wars Hotel which was riveting.
Also, uh, that guy who did Shoah. He did "The Last of the Unjust" and that "Four Sisters" movie and those dwarf these. (And of course "Shoah" is, like, eight hours.)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:17 PM (K40fF)
Guess I’ll have to liberate it when it hits streaming.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 07:58 PM (K40fF)
I think the difference is the difference between building a toll bridge and building a toll road. A half built road still connects a number of places with more to come, and a half built bridge is just a danger of falling off the end.
If Theranos could have just done two or three tests on a chip, say, A1C and Insulin levels for a couple of bucks to start, she would have financed the next step and made extra on the doc in the box equipment upgrades every two years.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 08:18 PM (rbvCR)
Now that is definitely not true.
If you had a machine that would do any lab test and it cost about a $1 to run? It would absolutely transform medicine, save lives, etc.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:19 PM (K40fF)
They really need to get back to the tongue in cheek, Roger Moore era Bond.
Make it just short of slapstick and you’ll have a hit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 08:20 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Keep giving assholes who want to destroy our country your money.
Most of them are illerate and parrot what their pr people what them want to say.
Spend quality time with your family, get a hobby.
Posted by: four seasons at November 07, 2026 08:20 PM (/QHx4)
Now that is definitely not true.
If you had a machine that would do any lab test and it cost about a $1 to run? It would absolutely transform medicine, save lives, etc.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:19 PM (K40fF)
Even if not perfect or as advanced as a real lab, it would be the thing to send to the 3rd world as aid...if it worked at all...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 08:21 PM (Gb7+b)
They really need to get back to the tongue in cheek, Roger Moore era Bond.
Make it just short of slapstick and you’ll have a hit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 08:20 PM (XV/Pl)
On one of the streams I watched today someone said 'Pierce Brosnan NOW ooozes more Bond than any of these guys.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:21 PM (Y/06r)
Keep giving assholes who want to destroy our country your money.
Most of them are illerate and parrot what their pr people what them want to say.
Spend quality time with your family, get a hobby.
Posted by: four seasons at November 07, 2026 08:20 PM (/QHx4)
What if your hobby is watching and critiquing movies?
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 08:22 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 08:13 PM (Gb7+b)
I follow a lot of my favorite actress from kid's shows on Instagram. Most are in their 20's now. Man, that's a brutal business. And constantly being in projects appealing to an audience that has TONS of choices.
One thing I've noticed is a LOT of them are now focusing on the 'stability' of a music career.
Again brutal.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 08:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 08:23 PM (eRlcH)
They could do 12, though not all with the needed accuracy.
This is why the media angle is so critical, I think: This was all done in a way to scare up a ton of capital, so they amped up the claims, ran the Forbes' stories, got a lot of people on board--and they had patsies in play. Then when the company went under, a bunch of fights ensued over patents, which I cannot tell whether they're for legit things or just to harass people with.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone got very rich off of Theranos.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:23 PM (K40fF)
I think there is a lot of that involved as well. I think about the most recent D&D movie, which was about 2.5 times as long as it needed to be. Why? They had to have a long, complicated tragic back story for EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. And every single one of those stories had to be resolved, literally, before they could deal with the big bad guy
Cut most of those out but the absolute most critical one and you get a much more tight and entertaining movie. Save the other stories for later movies, if you catch on and can make them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:24 PM (TMNW7)
I tried, but the IRS keeps threatening to arrest me!
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:25 PM (K40fF)
I didn't buy Daniel Craig as Bond, but when Casino Royale came out... I guess I still didn't but because of the adherence to the Ian Fleming story, it worked anyway. Except the beginning sequence of him bulldozing through a site to kill a guy he was trying to capture. That was not Bond. Bond would have done it like Johnny English.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:26 PM (TMNW7)
Then when the company went under, a bunch of fights ensued over patents, which I cannot tell whether they're for legit things or just to harass people with.
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Who knows? Things don't have to work to be patentable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 08:27 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:27 PM (Y/06r)
Has anyone mentioned Clive Owens?
Is he also too old?
In which case, shouldn't resist "how old" because my vote is still Henry Cavill.
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I saw an old movie of Clive's where he plays a convict allowed to do gardening on a special work release program, and I also thought "Clive would make a terrific Bond!"
I don't personally feel they're too old now, but the producers want to squeeze maybe five films out of an actor for the franchise, so they're thinking 30s or 40s.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:28 PM (kpS4V)
Especially these days, when the jobs are drying up faster than a California reservoir. Even big name actors are fighting to get jobs. I think that's why the big push for voice acting, just to get some kind of work.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:28 PM (TMNW7)
But the people making the show have been open about the fact it's a "soft reboot" from Seasons 1 and 2 because they know the first two seasons are just awful. They've been telling people they don't need to watch the first two seasons to understand Season 3.
Not that Season 3 promises to be any better, with its "love triangle" between Sauron, Galadriel, and Celeborn.
It's going to be a hilarious dumpster fire.
I may hate watch it out of morbid curiosity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 08:29 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 08:29 PM (X8vlu)
I didn't buy Daniel Craig as Bond, but when Casino Royale came out... I guess I still didn't but because of the adherence to the Ian Fleming story, it worked anyway. Except the beginning sequence of him bulldozing through a site to kill a guy he was trying to capture. That was not Bond. Bond would have done it like Johnny English.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:26 PM (TMNW7)
I think he was in that 'Black Adam' movie. I swear I saw his name.
Now, I"m not a comic book geek BUT I loved superhero cartoons and saw a lot of them. They're trying to get a super-hero franchise off the ground, and they go with BLACK ADAM??
The same with a lot of these superhero or villain movies. I never saw it, but I at least know who Clayface and Kraven the Hunter were. And Madame Web.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 08:29 PM (Sco7b)
Lab on a chip is a serious goal, there are enough people working on it who are convinced it will happen.
So I watched Pirates of teh Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and it had plot holes. Amusing, but there were a lot of plot holes and poor character development.
I liked the Tim Powers book better.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)
Two of my top five Bond movies. FRWL is the best of them, the most like the books and the most spy thriller. It still retains the fantastic, but in a plausible way (as opposed to Moonraker, for example). For Your Eyes Only did it well, too.
Someone suggested having Pierce or Timothy Dalton come back to play Q instead of that fay long hair pouf that replaced the classic Q. It would be a fun twist "when I was out in the field, I would have loved to have had this..."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:31 PM (TMNW7)
https://tinyurl.com/4myc86fn
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)
They really need to get back to the tongue in cheek, Roger Moore era Bond.
Make it just short of slapstick and you’ll have a hit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
No. Everything must be darker and grittier and more tragic and, at its brightest, morally gray. Bond as Anti-Hero is the formula.
Posted by: Hollywood for the past 20 years at November 07, 2026 08:32 PM (VHUov)
I liked the Tim Powers book better.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)
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I'm not surprised the book is better. Seems like Disney just needed to steal an IP and wrap it in a skinsuit of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to sell tickets.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 08:32 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:34 PM (kpS4V)
I kinda liked that movie but yeah, that's not something you try to build a franchise with but then neither is Peacemaker, Supergirl, Creature Commandos and Gorilla Grodd with Jimmy Olson.
I figure there's LSD in the water cooler at Warner Brothers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:34 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 07, 2026 08:35 PM (r7+Q7)
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A Pirates Comeback Isn’t Enough: Johnny Depp Wants More Than Just Another Sequel
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I have no idea what this means.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:35 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 08:22 PM (Gb7+b)
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The guy's got a point.
Conservatives spending time and money to critique movies as a hobby is a bit like a black guy going out of his way to attend a Klan rally to comment on the quality of the cross-burning, as a hobby.
Posted by: ballistic at November 07, 2026 08:36 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 08:32 PM (s2iZv)
Tim Powers says that he got the idea from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in the first place. He also wrote the story just because Lester Del Rey kept rejecting his books.
Disney got burned on stealing IP for the first three movies, so apparently they paid Tim Powers for the option. The story of Jack Shandy, Puppeteer extraordinary would have been difficult to shoe-horn in with Jack Sparrow
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 08:36 PM (rbvCR)
With Villeneuve as the director I expect that. I don't want Roger Moore goofy crap but I don't want misery and slow, plodding Le Carre Bond, either.
Maybe they can do an "Expendables"-style riff with all the old Bond actors
There's two billion dollars in that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:37 PM (TMNW7)
There's two billion dollars in that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:37 PM (TMNW7)
Connery: Dead
Lazenby: Dead?
Moore: Dead
Dalton: Alive
Brosnan: Alive
I WOULD pay damn good money to have seen those five in a movie together.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:39 PM (Y/06r)
Howdy Doodie looks more human.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 08:39 PM (C0oZI)
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 08:39 PM (lJ0H4)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:37 PM (TMNW7)
I for one am excited at the prospect of Zendaya as a Bond-Girl.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 08:40 PM (rbvCR)
Daniel Craig is still alive as well of course.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:40 PM (TMNW7)
Lazenby: Dead?
Moore: Dead
Dalton: Alive
Brosnan: Alive
I WOULD pay damn good money to have seen those five in a movie together.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:39 PM (Y/06r)
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We can fix it in post!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:41 PM (kpS4V)
My understanding is that the fundamental problem with Theranos technology was getting a representative sample in a tiny amount of blood. The lab-on-a-chip technology already existed, and the problem with getting a representative sample of blood at a tiny scale was a well-known issue that nobody had solved.
The other issues, i.e. misrepresentation to investors, the faked results, attracting prominent men who should have known better to the corporate board, were downstream of that.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 07, 2026 08:41 PM (azNOR)
Mike Flanagan's a bit erratic. Thought there was some nice stuff in his Haunting of Hill House and Haunting of Bly Manor. Midnight Mass was a misfire IMHO. Oculus was interesting (worth a watch just for Karen Gillan). He did a nice job blending Stephen King's work with Kubrick's version of The Shining for Doctor Sleep. Liked Life of Chuck. I thought Gerald's Game was unfilmable when I read it umpteen years ago, but seemed to me Flanagan did a pretty good job on it.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 08:42 PM (q3u5l)
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2020 did a show last night on JonBenet that came close to promising us an answer in the next five or six months based on new DNA procecures.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:45 PM (ndZc7)
Yeah his career puzzles me. After 300 the guy could pretty well write his own ticket but he made some forgettable action things and romantic movies and disappeared. He could have been a good Bond, I think.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:45 PM (TMNW7)
Lazenby: Dead?
Moore: Dead
Dalton: Alive
Brosnan: Alive
I WOULD pay damn good money to have seen those five in a movie together.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 07, 2026 08:39 PM (Y/06r)
Lazenby's still kicking it at 87...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 07, 2026 08:46 PM (iIyc0)
Turning Carrie into a cute girl with friends in control of her telekinesis was a choice, its true.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:46 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 07, 2026 08:46 PM (iIyc0)
She was someone I thought would work consistently. But it probably helps not to be in crap.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 08:47 PM (Sco7b)
Patrick Stewart, Dolly Parton, Robert Duvall, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, Sam Neill, Eva Marie Saint, Chuck Norris, etc.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:48 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 07, 2026 08:41 PM (azNOR)
Lying to investors is what put her in jail. Defrauding people like Kissinger's investment team was just the cherry on top.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:49 PM (TMNW7)
https://tinyurl.com/3eh82fsv
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:49 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Lex at November 07, 2026 08:50 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:51 PM (kpS4V)
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This whole thing does not pass the smell test. There's no excuse for falling for any of it, and I'm unconvinced that the reason people attract official ire for things isn't just because, like Martha Stewart (or Randy Weaver for that matter), an official or someone with connections to an official gets a bug up his butt.
Any of this is easily testable. Somebody got embarrassed.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:53 PM (K40fF)
Yup. 1968, baby!
| How/why did he come to be involved with this project?
The reason we're given is that "He thinks outside the box."
I think it was a good call. I am completely unfamiliar with his work, however.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:54 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:58 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 08:58 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 08:11 PM
I followed this story very closely at the time.While my memory has faded on some of the more minute details, I clearly recall that Elizabeth Holmes was no victim. She was friends with Chelsea Clinton at Stanford, which gave her entree to the illuminati who ended up on the board of directors. She received an insane amount of glowing press but very little investigation into whether the technology actually worked. Any time questions were raised, the "stellar" board of directors was used as a shield. George Shultz's grandson,Tyler, was the first whistleblower and they tried to destroy his life. Shultz turned his back on his grandson. The lab-in-a-box didn't have flaws, it simply didn't work. This was not an effort to steal patents or technology. It was a scam. Just my opinion but I believe that Elizabeth Holmes is a sociopathic hustler.
Posted by: Moonbeam at November 07, 2026 08:59 PM (Lzhdy)
"300" may have been unforgivable. Especially considering he followed it with "Machine Gun Preacher," which I think is terribly under-rated.
https://moviegique.com/reviews/machine-gun-preacher/
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 09:00 PM (K40fF)
They're all over the top, but should operate within the gutter bumpers of cinematic Cold War spy ballin'.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 09:02 PM (kpS4V)
https://tinyurl.com/2t9y8hrh
And now for a bit of a mindf*ck regarding the shooter.
https://tinyurl.com/bdfjzcda
I don't understand anything anymore.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:03 PM (ndZc7)
I thought his "Fall of the House of Usher" series on Netflix was very good.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 07, 2026 09:08 PM (FZzOq)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 09:10 PM (q3u5l)
Well, that explains a lot, doesn't it? People lose their money, get defrauded, etc., all the time. But the whole machine powered up to put Holmes on this track, and it had to chew her up to make an example out of her.
(I'm not challenging your view of her as a sociopath, though. It's not the impression I got but I just watched a sorta documentary.)
Back when we were all nearly 13, I posted an essay here on Cargo Cults which, upon reflection, seems almost charmingly naive.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 09:10 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 07, 2026 08:41 PM (azNOR)
being in with the highest levels of politics by being friends with their spawn would probably give one a poor understanding of how actual finance and research actually works, as opposed to the self-dealing that the highest levels of politics and captured finance actually operates on now.
She may well have been too thick to understand that both a) yes this is how the world works, and b) it is only an option for them who is already made and not for her.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 09:13 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 09:10 PM
I can't agree that it was a matter of the machine making an example of her. The fraud resulted in a massive valuation of the company at about $9 billion. That's simply too big to ignore.
Posted by: Moonbeam at November 07, 2026 09:18 PM (Lzhdy)
They thought they could keep the money con going for much longer, or maybe they really thought they could discover SOMETHING to pretend that progress was being made.
When it blew up, the politicians on the board decided Holmes was the one that was going to take the fall, and they all magically walked away scot-free with their own looted millions.
Not that Holmes is innocent, but she was very clearly set up as the public scapegoat to take the fall when every one sitting on the board should have gone to jail with her.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at November 07, 2026 09:18 PM (setIA)
"The Krakow shooter wore the chevron of the American PMC Forward Observations Group on his uniform, whose mercenaries are fighting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
The report said he had all sorts of bits and pieces of military gear in his car, so this may have only been some "surplus" that he picked up. Too early to tell.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 07, 2026 09:19 PM (FZzOq)
omg I can't believe I didn't get to this thread until 6:20. I was a complete junkie of this case and I'm loaded with opinions about the movie.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 09:20 PM (XJ22o)
"Proof of Life" (2000) Somebody please make a fan cut with all the Meg Ryan scenes edited out.
youtube.com/watch?v=PmL0UcBQFCI
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The love story in that movie was utterly cold.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 09:21 PM (XJ22o)
I saw "Jimmy" ( about Jimmy Stewart) and will go to see " I play Rocky" . I need uplifting films right now, as I rarely go see modern films.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:23 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 09:26 PM (TMNW7)
being in with the highest levels of politics by being friends with their spawn would probably give one a poor understanding of how actual finance and research actually works, as opposed to the self-dealing that the highest levels of politics and captured finance actually operates on now.
She may well have been too thick to understand that both a) yes this is how the world works, and b) it is only an option for them who is already made and not for her.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 09:10 PM
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Like, what good did the Clintons do in Haiti? That was government/NGO money. Maybe it wouldn't have been such a problem for Holmes if it hadn't been private investors, and she didn't make specific powerful men look like buffoons.And if she'd paid off the right people.
But there's a way to do biomedical fraud and stay out of jail. There are lapsed fallen credentialed scientists who solicit investments that they know will never be repaid. They run in circles being all scientific looking, the company folds, and they pocket their money and open a new company down the road.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 07, 2026 09:27 PM (azNOR)
Did the "all-star board" think, "Wow! She's got all this VC funding. Must be legit." Or did the VC guys think, "Wow! Look at the big brains on the board. Must be legit."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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In fact, some major medtech and other VCs turned her down -- and the DC-based brain trust never seemed to notice. Also, according to Phyllis Gardner, everyone in town knew the technology was bogus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 09:27 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:23 PM
I've seen mixed reviews on "Jimmy". What did you think of it?
Posted by: Moonbeam at November 07, 2026 09:28 PM (Lzhdy)
Yep; I read some of the reviews
After I saw the film . i think the media just intensely dislike anyone's who is patriotic and basically a decent guy. They loathed the movie about Ronald Reagan too, which I quite enjoyed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:30 PM (JrHfD)
Spouse and I both liked it. We went to the early showing which didn't have many people, but based on their comments they enjoyed it as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:32 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: DudeAbiding at November 07, 2026 09:18 PM
I do agree with you.
Posted by: Moonbeam at November 07, 2026 09:33 PM (Lzhdy)
Still, reasonably funny as an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 07, 2026 09:36 PM (jHYFI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 09:38 PM (Cqx++)
My take on Theranos - it was a scam from day 1. Their board is a who's who of scam artist politicians.
They thought they could keep the money con going for much longer, or maybe they really thought they could discover SOMETHING to pretend that progress was being made.
Posted by: DudeAbiding
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I dunno. Phyllis Gardner said the old guys' brains were in their crotches, plain and simple.
This was also Tyler Schultz's opinion. He saw the whole thing from start to finish, wrestled with his grandfather mightily, and ultimately wrote a scathing, unsparing letter to ol' George accusing him of juvenile, fantastical, motives and massive delusions.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 09:42 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 09:44 PM (MWfyi)
I didn't buy Daniel Craig as Bond, but when Casino Royale came out... I guess I still didn't but because of the adherence to the Ian Fleming story, it worked anyway. Except the beginning sequence of him bulldozing through a site to kill a guy he was trying to capture. That was not Bond. Bond would have done it like Johnny English.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 08:26 PM (TMNW7)
I think I'm part of the minority. I lost any interest in Casino Royale soon after the pre-credit action scene ended. I barely remember anything of the actual movie, other than that I didn't like it. Never bothered checking out the other Craig-Bond movies...
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 07, 2026 09:46 PM (jHYFI)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 09:42 PM
Yes. George Schultz's treatment of his grandson was deplorable.
Posted by: Moonbeam at November 07, 2026 09:46 PM (Lzhdy)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 09:49 PM (qWvvZ)
Traitor: "They say [killing] gets . . ."
Bond's Gun:Blap!
Bond: "Yes. Considerably."
And Skyfall is the best of the Craig Bonds -- a grand adventure that would have been grand even without someone named "Jams Bond" -- and as good in its way as From Russia was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:49 PM (56Qyq)
"Deathsport" ended any thoughts of making a third movie.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 09:50 PM (K40fF)
It's nonsense on its face. The =idea= is fine. =Aspects= of it may be doable and useful to do. But--unless she is the queen of manipulative sociopaths and much, much brighter than she comes off--Holmes had not even the casual-est notion of how such a thing =should= work.
But I'd still trust her before Seyfried.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 09:52 PM (K40fF)
Connery is No. 1
Dalton is No. 2
Moore, Brosnan, and Lazenby are distant thirds.
The rumors that Rod Taylor and Richard Johnson were considered? RJ would have made a pretty good Bond. Rod, much as I love his work, not really.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:54 PM (56Qyq)
I think [Pierce Brosnan) was in that 'Black Adam' movie. I swear I saw his name.
Now, I"m not a comic book geek BUT I loved superhero cartoons and saw a lot of them. They're trying to get a super-hero franchise off the ground, and they go with BLACK ADAM??
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 08:29 PM (Sco7b)
In the Shang-Chi comics, Chi ends up working for MI-6, which is led by an old-man Neyland Smith (from the Fu-Manchu pulp-novels of the 30's). One of Chi's fellow agents was a guy named Retson, who made allusions to being the nephew of James Bond. Now, the Shang-Chi movie had nothing to do with the comics, and they don't have the rights to Fu-Manchu characters anyways...But in my head, I mapped out an alternate Shang-Chi movie where an aged-up Retson would replace old-man-Smith as the leader of MI-6, and he would be played by....Pierce Brosnan. In my head, it sounded brilliant.
Posted by: Castle Guy at November 07, 2026 09:55 PM (jHYFI)
Damn shame -- he'd have been terrific. Can't see him doing all the quips, though; he'd have played it more serious.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 09:57 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 09:58 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:00 PM (56Qyq)
My rankings for Bond are Moore, Connery, Dalton, Brosnan.
I don't rank Craig or Lazenby, because they're just not James Bond.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 10:01 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 10:02 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at November 07, 2026 10:03 PM (K40fF)
Shang Chi in the comics was Bruce Lee as James Bond, it was such a great concept and sold like crazy. So Disney decided to make it about nothing whatsoever like that with a complete jackass in the lead and the most annoying woman in Hollywood as a sidekick.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 07, 2026 10:06 PM (TMNW7)
Oddly, Timothy Dalton was in Hot Fuzz, as the corrupt market owner and mastermind.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 07, 2026 10:19 PM (rbvCR)
To be fair, that's every D&D campaign now. It's just one of many gamer in-jokes in the film.
The problem is that D&D is nowhere near as popular as D&Ders or Hasbro think it is, it's just Very Online. There were never going to be enough people who would get the jokes to float a franchise.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at November 08, 2026 02:35 AM (LgYtf)
Hobby Thread - November 7, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling round and decided on a marble theme for this Hobby Thread.
Marbles? Read on, fellow hobbyists... [Top photo: Moon Marble Company]The earliest marbles were made of flint and stone and baked clay. Examples have been found in archaeological sites around the world and some of these, from Rome and ancient Egypt, can be found at the British Museum. There are frequent references to marbles in Roman literature and it is probably fair to assume that the Romans took this popular form of entertainment with them to all parts of their empire. For centuries thereafter the marbles were made of common stone or in some cases, real marble. China and crockery marbles were introduced around the year 1800 and before that glass marbles had been made in Venice. However, it was only when a German glassblower invented a tool called the marble scissors in 1846 that production became quick enough to make the sale of glass marbles to the public an economic proposition. These marbles became increasingly popular throughout Europe and America. An enormous variety of colours were used and intricate patterns were created within the glass. Clay marbles began to be produced in bulk from about 1870 onwards on both sides of the Atlantic. In the 1890's the first machines for the manufacture of glass marbles were introduced. However, machine production remained low until the 1914-18 war in Europe cut off supplies of marbles to North America. This stimulated the machine production of glass marbles in the U.S.A. This production technique and the machines themselves are now found in many countries, east and west.
Cracked glass marbles can go by several different names. I've seen them called fractured glass, fried marbles, or shattered marbles. So these marbles are pretty and all, but what can you do with them? The answer is pretty much anything you can do with regular marbles! Which means there are plenty of options. You can turn them into jewelry, embellish an art project, add them to an outdoor decor project, or use them as a vase filler. The list goes on and on.
Decor Marbles - approx. 14mm or 9/16"
Target Marbles - approx. 16mm or 5/8" (most standard size)
Shooters - approx. 18 - 19mm or just under 3/4"
Cobbles - approx. 22mm or 7/8"
Boulders - approx. 25mm or 1"
Jumbos - approx. 35mm or 1 3/8"
Super Jumbos - approx. 41mm or 1 5/8"
Toebreakers - approx. 48mm or 2" How much do marbles cost? Like anything else, fancier gets more expensive. They are sold in bulk quantities. I fancy found target marbles for sale on line sold by the pound. There are approximately 80 to 90 in a 1 pound bag ($13) and approx. 250 in a 3 pound bag ($32.50).
Aggie - Marble made of agate (or glass imitating agate)
Alley - Originally from alabaster or real marble. Sometimes alley taw for a high-quality shooter.
Bennington - Glazed clay or stoneware marble (named after pottery style, though not made in Bennington, VT).
Cat's eye - Clear glass marble with a colored, eye or vane-shaped insert inside.
Clearie / Peerie / Purie / Crystal - Transparent clear glass marble.
Commonie - Cheap, plain clay or common marble.
Onionskin - Glass marble with layered, swirling color bands that run the length of it.
Steelie - Steel ball-bearing marble (heavy and effective as a shooter).
Sulphide - Clear or semi-opaque glass marble with a small clay or porcelain figure (animal, person, etc.) inside.
Bumblebee - Yellow-and-black striped marble.
Joseph's Coat Specific pattern with many straight color bands. Size-Related Names:
Peewee / Pewee / Mini - Small marble
Mib / Target / Tolley / Duck / Kimmie - Standard target/player marble
Shooter / Taw / Dobber - Larger marble used to knock others out
Boulder / Giant / Bumboozer / Bowler / Tom Bowler - Very large marble
Other size nicknames include bonker, masher, popper, thumper, and godfather.
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
Boo! Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (1Ff7Z)
I should be at this very moment in Lancaster playing a War of Ozz game but am at home, wasn't feeling well and had to bail out at its start.
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:34 PM (CHHv1)
I did make a nice rotating spiral galaxy, though. Still frame:
https://tinyurl.com/yr5su32d
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:35 PM (CHHv1)
A short video of some of the game boards at Fall in HMGS convention.
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:37 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 05:42 PM (Cqx++)
Obscure, I know. But is or was, "a thing."
This is an open ended action game.
The object of the game is to be the first player to raise the "Ideal" flag. Players do this by arranging the various mechanisms, drums, and obstacles and then try to run a ball bearing through their course.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 05:42 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Eh, Tuesday said otherwise, Skip.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:43 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:43 PM (VHUov)
https://tinyurl.com/yr5su32d
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:35 PM (CHHv1)
What did you use to create? Are you going for the realistic look?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
This week I've been tempted to buy a new vintage pipe, but haven't settled on one yet. However, I did buy a new watch, the first since 2020! It's a Laco "Flieger," the Luftwaffe-style pilot watch. Laco, it seems, was one of the five companies that supplied the Luftwaffe with pilot watches. Mine is 39 mm, the type B dial with two concentric rings, no date, and is handwound -- it has to be wound every day, like the German pilots needed to do. Completely unlike any of my other watches.
According to the USPS it's out for delivery today -- but I haven't seen the mail truck yet. Still might make it here before the evening is out, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:45 PM (56Qyq)
You would dig three holes with your heel about two feet apart. Object was to shoot your marble into the holes forward and back. First to do it wins. You lose your turn when you miss. Your opponent can try to hole the marble or strike your marble .
Here is the part that's probably unique to the neighborhood. Loser has to put their knuckles on the ground by the first hole and the winner gets to throw a marble at them standing by the third hole.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:45 PM (OXhw3)
I've fought my way from Dol Amroth in western Gondor to the banks of the River Anduin in Eastern Gondor. All that stands between me and the Pelennor Fields is an Orc-infested city of Harlond. From Pelennor, I can get to Minas Tirith.
I'll say this for LOTRO...They make you WORK to get anywhere important from the books. You really feel like you've achieved something when you cross that hill and see the mead hall of Edoras in Rohan, or the immense fortress of Minas Tirith...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 05:46 PM (s2iZv)
https://tinyurl.com/3eryjws4
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Similar. Had some marbles as a kid (lost now, obviously), but never played the actual game.
Mostly, they decorated the aquarium so the guppies had something to look at.
Or we built marble tracks for them out of other toys. Lego tracks were harder than they looked, since you could only make right-angle turns.....
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:47 PM (VHUov)
I am heartbroken, I thought we had nursed her along far enough
Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026
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My condolences to you, WtCDI.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:48 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Orson at November 07, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:48 PM (Ia/+0)
I must have been about 11.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 05:49 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:35 PM (CHHv1)
Very cool
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:49 PM (OXhw3)
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:47 PM (VHUov)
Yeah, a leather bag with a drawstring. Never used for the game. Just other stuff. Not that I'm saying they were used as projectiles. No. I'm not saying that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 05:50 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:51 PM (OXhw3)
If travelling through the area with children (or adults with maturity equal to that of PI), it is a good, entertaining break.
You can also buy some unique marbles for kid Christmas presents, etc. I guarantee that is a gift that they will not already have in their toy box.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 05:52 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Corrected for brevity.
Yeah, Marbles fit the wrist rocket really well.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 05:53 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: polynikes
Nice work!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 05:54 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026 05:54 PM (qBjG1)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Almost every time I dug around to plant something, would find a marble. After removing the sod out front, there were marbles galore exposed after it rained.
I'd imagine many children played on that very yard, with many marbles won and lost there over the decades.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 05:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 05:57 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026
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Beautifully done; it makes me want to drive out West again and see some unobstructed sky for a change.
Your "Algiers Point" is remarkably realistic, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:57 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: TRex - glassy dino at November 07, 2026 05:57 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026
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If there's an app on their phones
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:59 PM (56Qyq)
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Interestingly... those are making a bit of a comeback. As "less lethal" type weapons.
Probably depending on the ammo.
Currently used to pop Flock surveillance cameras.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 06:01 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 06:02 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 06:03 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: mikeski
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Yeah, a leather bag with a drawstring. Never used for the game. Just other stuff. Not that I'm saying they were used as projectiles. No. I'm not saying that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Yep. Dad showed me a replica he made for shooting marbles. Iron water/gas pipe, drilled a hole to feed a 1940s sized fire cracker through the threaded end cap. Stuff some old rag in, marbles next, firecracker, then screw on the end cap.
Point and light. Pray a little too.
*for experimenting only*
I extended that design to pvc and potatoes. Used aquanet hair spray for the propellant and fired it with a fireworks punk shoved into the combustion chamber. Modern upgrade would use a butane torch complete with ignition source built in to the handle.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 07, 2026 06:03 PM (QVmho)
Had a difficult time 'burping' the air out of the system, it is a rather fiddly procedure.
All done yesterday. Driven slowly locally yesterday. No leaks. Will take it out on the freeway tomorrow.
Hurray!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:03 PM (NnhvP)
Not a game as such, but us boys would gouge tracks in the dirt on an incline so the marbles would move. The idea was to make the track layout as complicated as we could without the marbles getting stuck. Any excuse for seven year old boys to play in the dirt. Packed snow could also be used.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:05 PM (yTvNw)
Game board to track damage, range finder and moving measure device.
Also at another game just looking around a 28mm Napoleonic cavalry figure printed that was amazing as and metal figure in details.
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Replace old surgical tubing!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:07 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 06:08 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:05 PM (yTvNw)
Funny how the best stuff to play with when we were kids didn't cost a dime, but usually involved a bath later.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 06:09 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Yep. Probably snap on the first draw.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (X8vlu)
Seriously? Playing jacks on a phone?
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (qBjG1)
Posted by: Skip
A friend uses a resin print for fighting figures for increased detail.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 06:10 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:11 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:11 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: tcn in AK
DH and family in my prayers.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:13 PM (NnhvP)
polynikes,
Nice painting. You have a wonderful talent for painting light.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:13 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 07, 2026 06:14 PM (ibDUx)
Seriously? Playing jacks on a phone?
Posted by: Wenda
Well, "jacks" seemed old fashioned, so they changed it up a bit. The game's called "fruit ninja."
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 06:15 PM (NnhvP)
I've told before how my dad had a friend who worked at a ball bearing factory and he gave me a ball bearing as big as a silver dollar (or at least that's how I remember it). I dominated the playground marbles scene.
Dad and I also made those plastic/lucite balls where you pour the liquid stuff into glass balls with a stem, they heat up and then harden, and then you crack the glass and sand down the nub at the stem. I made the Tsar Bomba of "marbles".
Did anyone else make those? What was that stuff? Don't breathe too deeply! I sure huffed a lot of chemicals as a kid.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 06:16 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:16 PM (yTvNw)
illegal in Chicago, so I bought it mailorder from L. L. Bean when they were an obscure sporting-goods place in Maine
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 06:17 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 06:17 PM (kpS4V)
There was even a vintage Ford F-100 pickup, with a nicely appointed bed, and everything else looking pretty original. From the days when you bought a pickup to, yanno, *pick up and haul* things instead of to impress your neighbors. It had a cozy cabin too (probably damned hot in summer, unless he's put in A/C) with a plain bench seat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:20 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:22 PM (yTvNw)
Seriously? Playing jacks on a phone?
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026
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I just meant the kids would probably be so attached to their phones they wouldn't have any interest in a real life game. No idea if that's true, but the college students I used to see at my former work had their eyeballs glued to those little screens all the time and never spoke to each other.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:23 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 06:24 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:20 PM (56Qyq)
I look for them once in a while, but every one I find online is either rusty or they want 30k for them.
Watched a vid earlier from a Model A guy who drove a Model A pick up to haul some wood. Nice looking thing. I wonder what the market for those are?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 07, 2026 06:24 PM (1Ff7Z)
Using the bulk prices shown above, 10,000 marbles would be about $1300, or about $118 in 1962 adjusted for inflation.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 07, 2026 06:25 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026
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Erik Stokkebye, or Peter? I have some Erik S. Morning Blend, which smells darn near edible and smokes quite well once it's dried a bit. And I think I tried the Cube Cut. Couldn't get it lit by itself, but mixed in with another blend, it worked fine.
I've been finding Gawith & Hoggarth's Bob's Chocolate Flake to be a good cool smoke, and actually I get some cocoa/whisky aroma out of it now. But finding the actual product is a challenge. Everybody seems to be out of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:26 PM (56Qyq)
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A poetic epitaph if I ever read one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 06:26 PM (vBZcw)
OMG. I just could not stop eating them.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 07, 2026 06:27 PM (LOvBA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 07, 2026 06:28 PM (vBZcw)
I think we had a board game involving a marble track of some kind.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 06:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Rather true for most adults under 40 or so.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 06:29 PM (XeU6L)
Getting dark here. I doubt the mail truck will show up this evening (though I have known it to arrive as late as seven pm). Guess I'll have to wait for my watch until Monday.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:31 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 06:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: tankascribe at November 07, 2026 06:33 PM (EhQXY)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:36 PM (MWfyi)
Made up rules for when the marbles hit puddles or snow.
Lots of fun.
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: fd
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Try Mumblety-peg.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 06:39 PM (XeU6L)
Steelys not allowed. At first.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:39 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 06:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 06:22 PM (yTvNw)
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I still have a fair amount of Stokkebye's "Proper English" and "English Oriental Supreme" laid by. Good stuff!
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: George V at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (g6ahB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer"
I did not teach them that because I didn't want their mom make them go to the emergency room.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:41 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd
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Try Mumblety-peg.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 06:39 PM (XeU6L)
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Try teaching them the fine art of playing Draw Poker.
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:42 PM (rj6Yv)
Oh, you were that kid who caused the escalation.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:43 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 07, 2026 06:44 PM (4ThdF)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 06:44 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:46 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Accomack at November 07, 2026 06:46 PM (9H7EW)
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:48 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bruce Banner at November 07, 2026 06:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mrp
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Ha! My dad did that. I learned two life lessons, as he scraped up the matchsticks that we played for.
"Never telegraph your punches, and, play your cards close to your vest"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 06:49 PM (XeU6L)
Sounds kind of gay if you ask me. I know you didn't but that's never stopped me before.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:50 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:53 PM (MWfyi)
I hate Oregon.
Posted by: nurse ratched
OSU lost their mojo when they lost Julian Sayin. Tough season without him.
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 06:53 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 06:53 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 07, 2026 06:55 PM (08OqX)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:54 PM
You rang?
-AI
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 06:55 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 06:59 PM (MWfyi)
https://lichess.org/training
Worldwide, chess is still as popular as ever. Two very good YT channels I watch are agadmator, and Ben Finegold's lectures.
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent "
I wonder if you could run Doom on it.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:01 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:42 PM (rj6Yv)
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My eight-year-old pretty much knows basic blackjack strategy at this point lol.
Posted by: ballistic at November 07, 2026 07:03 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 06:53 PM (lJ0H4)
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nurse means the University of Oregon
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 06:53 PM (lJ0H4)
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nurse means the University of Oregon
Posted by: San Franpsycho
And I was referring to Ohio State.
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 07:06 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 07:06 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)
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You can play mind games with a human opponent, forcing them to make mistakes.
You can't do that against a computer.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 07:07 PM (s2iZv)
You can't do that against a computer.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"
Not to mention getting them drunk.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:09 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:10 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Wenda at November 07, 2026 07:11 PM (qBjG1)
Glad I could contribute. 😂
Posted by: Piper
I guess you get the award for the most-complicated marble track.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 07:11 PM (VHUov)
Glad I could contribute. 😂
Posted by: Piper
I guess you get the award for the most-complicated marble track.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 07:11 PM
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Ha! Well played.
Posted by: TRex - doctor dino at November 07, 2026 07:13 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 06:42 PM (rj6Yv)
Ever play Liar's Poker? You and your friends each bring a stack of dollar bills and use the serial numbers to bid on each round, going from 0 to 9. Repeating numbers are highly prized, so let's say your friend just bid a three, the guy to his left bid two threes. Your dollar bill has three threes in it's serial number, so you bid five threes. They challenge, and everyone reveals their dollar. If their bills plus yours have at least five twos in the serial number, you win both of their dollars.
A variation of this game is called Bullshit, where you drop that word whenever you want to challenge a player's claim. It really does improve the gameplay, but use discretion if you decide to play with the grandkids..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 07, 2026 07:14 PM (08OqX)
It's Eric Stokkebye. He's the 4th generation owner. Peter might be his son. I tried the Morning Blend once and liked it. Cube Cut (I've been preferring burley blends lately) can be a challenge to light but not too bad. The cut doesn't tamp down easily and I gravity feed the bowl and keep the puffing slow. Finding Gawith blends seems to be a crap shoot. I see a lot of out of stock notices for it, especially the Chocolate Flake.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 07:19 PM (yTvNw)
I thank God for my interest in harmonica. While not particularly good at it, I’m getting ready for the holidays by sharpening my Christmas tune capabilities. It usually brings a smile to people’s faces, and I get inspiration from playing.
Posted by: Unkaren at November 07, 2026 07:20 PM (TgU4U)
Posted by: fd
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I do not play games, but work crossword puzzels, Wordle. I used to do Sudoku, but wrote a software solver and as a consequence, lost interest. Publius also wrote a solver.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 07:20 PM (XeU6L)
Thanks for being here. You're welcome to hang here for a while but don't forget to stop by Club ONT later. The Root Beer is already chilled.
Posted by: TRex - hourglass dino at November 07, 2026 07:21 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 07:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 07:06 PM (lJ0H4)
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Ahh. I thought it was The Ohio State?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 07:22 PM (XV/Pl)
Engines have also generated so-called 'bases' of cooked complex end-game positions, so that it is easy to feed such positions in, and find out instantly if they are wins or draws with just a database lookup.
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
Power supposed to fail at some point this evening.
And I just put beef ribs in the oven.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 07, 2026 07:22 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Has anyone ever seen an actual buckeye?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 07:25 PM (XeU6L)
.......
Is that what the kids are calling it now?
Posted by: wth at November 07, 2026 07:26 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: fd
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What knockers!
Someone had to say it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 07:26 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 07:22 PM (XV/Pl)
Same. Newark, NJ circa 1970..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 07, 2026 07:26 PM (08OqX)
Without Sayin, Michigan has a chance.
Posted by: Accomack at November 07, 2026 07:27 PM (FqNtp)
Posted by: Archer at November 07, 2026 07:27 PM (jG9m7)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 07:28 PM (yTvNw)
when I was 3 I understood how to operate the deadbolt and doorknob, so one day when I was bored I toddled off to Lincoln Park ... crossed 2 major streets to get there ... my distraught parents found me sitting on the grass playing with a stick.
(fwiw this would have been the late 50s, Chicago was not nearly as dangerous a place ...)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:28 PM (VyBeY)
/wonders to self
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Archer at November 07, 2026 07:28 PM (aWPl9)
.......
My cousin stuck a peanut up his nose and had to go to the ER to get it removed.
Posted by: wth at November 07, 2026 07:29 PM (oq9dX)
Thanks for the thread. Marbles turned out to be a surprising cool topic.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 07:30 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Archer"
I just learned from Svengoolie that Brooks did the wolf howl before those lines!
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: wth at November 07, 2026 07:32 PM (oq9dX)
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My cousin stuck a peanut up his nose and had to go to the ER to get it removed.
Posted by: wth
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"Never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear"
Posted by: Mike Hammer's mother intones at November 07, 2026 07:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Teri at November 07, 2026 07:32 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:32 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 07, 2026 07:33 PM (NcvvS)
Engines have also generated so-called 'bases' of cooked complex end-game positions, so that it is easy to feed such positions in, and find out instantly if they are wins or draws with just a database lookup.
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 07:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
I wonder how many people use AI in online poker games. I imagine the companies try to prevent it but no system is safe from fraud and manipulations.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 07:33 PM (Sco7b)
Kita-boshi is another good brand from Japan.
never tried Blackwing, but their word-of-mouth is huge ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:34 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 07:34 PM (XeU6L)
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A timely comment.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 07:34 PM (XeU6L)
I thought people here would get that.
Speaking of which, I"m back on my big AI project. Got very frustrated and took up booze for a hobby. Better now.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 07:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Only to the current generation. When I went to school we were simply Ohio State or The Big Farm.
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 07:37 PM (lJ0H4)
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Oh, you're no fun anymore!
I used to run into guys who did this at gem and mineral shows in my youth - not as many of those as there used to be
Here is a video of making an agate marble:
https://tinyurl.com/92da2f82
...and larger spheres:
https://tinyurl.com/yc6n675
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 07, 2026 07:43 PM (3UxRL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Only to the current generation. When I went to school we were simply Ohio State or The Big Farm.
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 07:37 PM (lJ0H4)
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In my day, it was Ohio State and Cow Town.
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 08:03 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at November 07, 2026 08:54 PM (OpLc2)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, November 7
Courtesy Kentuckiana Humor
Courtesy Hrothgar:
A little timeline cleanse. I know it won’t last long.
You call them dogs. I call them fur missiles. When you’ve seen one of these four legged rockets in action up close, there are no words to describe it. Pure speed, power, loyalty, and absolutely no brakes. https://t.co/jTtczGVmmW— ARMY1325AIR (@army1325air) October 24, 2026
Amazing. Some people need to be careful around those pups, I think.
Zach from Hilton Head has been on the page before. He's enjoying his new home on the golf course. RichZach looks wonderful on the golf course.
I should have sent these orange and black cats last week ... My two boy cats -- Rufus is my golden boy, a dog in a cat body, very sweet and protective, bossy and vocal. Julius is the black blob with lantern eyes, a terrific hunter, yet very cuddly, and my baby. They are five and four years old, respectively. The tortie is Susannah, who is 14 and usually grouchy, but occasionally sweetens up. I sing "My Girl" to her and "Oh Susannah," and she knows they are about her. I am skywch, and I usually lurk. Thanks!Thanks for sending in the great photos of your wonderful, distinctive cats! Susannah can give a Halloween look, can't she?
I told Saijo I was going out to dinner tonight and his sister was babysitting the cats and him. I don’t think this is a happy face! https://t.co/w83lPrd1GD
— Piper (@piper_moves) November 6, 2026
Encountered by Members of The Horde
The view from my kitchen window. King of the Castle and The Prince, 10 minutes agoThrilling view, Howard! And great photos. Thanks for sending them in.
Howard in Alberta
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 31 I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 03:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:27 PM (JNr/z)
I had to scroll back and look for him! I hadn't seen him the first time through.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:28 PM (odBC9)
heat vent
Estimated wait time: 2 hours
haha!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:30 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 03:31 PM (b70jm)
Thanks for the tip this morning.
Ralphy can be carried. Only 40 pounds.
It's the constant caregiving and making sure he doesn't hurt himsel that's wearing.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 03:31 PM (Sco7b)
King of the Castle and The Prince, 10 minutes ago
Howard in Alberta
Majestic!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:32 PM (odBC9)
uh-oh
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:37 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:39 PM (JNr/z)
Murderfluff patrol:
Chloe - Napping on the cat tree next to my office window
Penny - Snoozing on my futon in my office
Allie - Siesta on the recliner in my library
Hexie - Wandering around my living room after I woke her up
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 03:40 PM (s2iZv)
https://tinyurl.com/mserhh2w
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:39 PM (JNr/z)
Thanks. Looks complicated.
The carrying is just easier.
He always tries to do more though. He wants to go up himself.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 03:44 PM (Sco7b)
"Fur missiles" indeed!
Skywch, Rufus is easy to pick out as your "golden boy." But I'm confused as to which cat in the second pic is Julius, the "black blob with lantern eyes" -- is he the one whose eyes we see? And then Susannah is the one curled next to him whose head is hard to make out?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:49 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 03:51 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:52 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:55 PM (56Qyq)
Chloe - Napping on the cat tree next to my office window
Penny - Snoozing on my futon in my office
Allie - Siesta on the recliner in my library
Hexie - Wandering around my living room after I woke her up
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026
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I forget who said it, but it's still true: "Cats may have many ailments, but I've never known one afflicted with insomnia."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (w6EFb)
Small update of the week.
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
Those are some cute pet morons. The cats definitely look to be eating well.
Time to curl back up and sleep through my flu.
Posted by: Joyenz at November 07, 2026 03:59 PM (2F0/Y)
We have a routine but still.
Like all caregiving it can be a drain.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 04:01 PM (Sco7b)
The glass of the sliding door is covered with moth smears and drool.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM (w6EFb)
Tons of leaves dragged into the house.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 04:01 PM (Sco7b)
OH, and we stopped by a thrift store/cat adoption center out in the western suburbs this am. Lots of antique materials, plates and cups and books and Xmas things, and even a few pieces of furniture. One corner of the shop is devoted to a large screened "porch" with cat trees and toys, and a number of adult cats for adoption. There's even a book you can look through to see the background and details on each one. They had at least one pure black, a couple of gingers, and a domestic longhair ("She's a diva," the lady told us with a smile) who looked much like my Dagny La Siberienne.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:04 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 04:09 PM (OXhw3)
The two remaining cats don't really like human food, so leaving my food out is relatively safe...compared to the dead horny black cat, which would steal food off your plate if you were distracted by even a half second.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 04:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 04:13 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 04:09 PM (OXhw3)
At least they don't smoke grass...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)
That was a touching video about the wild animal rescue people trying to help the fox kit
They were right. What an incredibly small space to get its head caught in. These rescue people always seem like incredibly patient and caring folks. I guess they'd have to be to do that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 04:14 PM (JrHfD)
Sounds like a nice place to visit.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 04:17 PM (JrHfD)
The glass of the sliding door is covered with moth smears and drool.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 03:58 PM
True, but are there any nargles in the house?
Go ahead and check, I'll bet you can't find a single nargle.
If so, be sure to thank your furry protectors!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 04:17 PM (HlyYF)
I just finished reading Birdie Horne's charming and funny mystery novel Don't Cross Mo Ellery, in which having to take care of three show-quality adult poodles is just one of the title character's escalating problems. The dogs, she is told, have French names that mean something like "He Who Eats the Brioche," "Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood," and a third Frenchified title I can't recall. Fortunately for Mo and the reader, they go by Jean, Jacques, and again I can't recall the third, but it was a French name. Thus I guess Mo's poodles probably looked like Zach here.
"Oy with the poodles already!"
( -- Lorelai Gilmore, suggesting a new national catchphrase)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:20 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Case at November 07, 2026 04:20 PM (En+fz)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 04:21 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026
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Like having a coffee and an antacid tablet before eating. Sounds sensible, if annoying.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:21 PM (56Qyq)
"Fur missiles" indeed!
Skywch, Rufus is easy to pick out as your "golden boy." But I'm confused as to which cat in the second pic is Julius, the "black blob with lantern eyes" -- is he the one whose eyes we see? And then Susannah is the one curled next to him whose head is hard to make out?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 03:49 PM (56Qyq)
Julius is in the first photo. Sitting at the left.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:22 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:22 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026
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Oh, okay! I just didn't see a pure black in either photo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:23 PM (56Qyq)
Also, it is the season of sled dog training, so when we drive in we usually see at least one and often three or four four-wheelers being pulled by full dog teams. The kennels around here are Iditarod dogs, and they need to train about twice daily to get into shape, and until there is reliable snow on the ground, they use the four-wheelers. Lovely dogs, really, and so happy to be out running.
We live near Reddington Kennels, which is the original home of the originator of the Iditarod race. Now it's run by his grandkids. Pretty cool legacy.
There's also a couple of 100 and 200 mile races that take off from our local lake in December and January. Plus the Jr. Iditarod for the kids.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 04:26 PM (5WPt1)
Yes, we have no nargles! We have no nargles today.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 04:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 04:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026
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Most of my cats have shown little interest in my food, even when sitting on the dinette table with us. (I know I shouldn't allow it, but hey, whatchagonnado?) Though the late black cat Wolf would sniff at my fish or meat if I got up and left the dish unattended.
Stirling knows when I am preparing frozen fish. He would show up on the kitchen counter even *before* I cut the plastic bag open -- there was no way he could smell it! Finally I figured it out. He was keying on my taking the aluminum foil from the cabinet and scrolling a length out before opening the fish. It's the only time I use the foil, really, so he saw the connection.
I cut open the bag and drain the meltwater into a bowl in the sink, and he laps at that while I prepare the fish out of his reach.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:29 PM (56Qyq)
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Yes, we have no nargles! We have no nargles today.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026
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Yeah, but those Naugas are a bitch to work with.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 04:30 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 04:30 PM (5WPt1)
https://tinyurl.com/3ahzuvz7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 04:33 PM (JrHfD)
Hopefully he only retrieves those big yellow balls and not the small white ones. Might make the old duffers grumpy.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 04:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
It's all relative. "Cat insomnia" is when you can only sleep 14 hours a day instead of 16.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 04:49 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 07, 2026 04:51 PM (t9JcX)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 04:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 05:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Piper at November 07, 2026 05:06 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 05:09 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Texas Blue at November 07, 2026 05:10 PM (6Xg+m)
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Haaaaa haaaaa haaa ha ha *snorts*
Yea
No
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 05:11 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:14 PM (OXhw3)
Is there anyway you could temporarily do everything on the ground floor? That would give you a break.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 05:17 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 07, 2026 05:18 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 07, 2026 05:25 PM (kJmSS)
My cat gets very sulky if I eat anything without allowing him the chance to reject it.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2026 05:29 PM (CHHv1)
I am heartbroken, I thought we had nursed her along far enough
Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026 05:30 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
How to describe a cat in one sentence.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: what the cat drug
Aww. Condolences.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 05:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 05:14 PM
We have lots of cottontail rabbits in our backyard and neighborhood.
In my experience, cats generally do not get very many adult rabbits.
OTOH, "teenage" bunnies have been caught and presented to me on several occasions.
Baby bunnies are another order of magnitude more vulnerable. Their only protection is not to be discovered.
In the spring, if you find a bunny nest you might try keeping your cats in for a few days. Or at least as much as they will tolerate until they decide to destroy your new sofa as the price of your insolence!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 07, 2026 05:32 PM (HlyYF)
I'm so sorry. It sounds very hard and that you were very devoted to caring for all those little kittens.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 05:33 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Ken at November 07, 2026 05:39 PM (5z7M/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 05:39 PM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 05:42 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:49 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 07, 2026 06:24 PM (nyHKk)
Posted by: Coelacanth at November 07, 2026 09:44 PM (wMS25)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Nov. 7
All the rain that we didn't get this summer fell during the past three weeks, 8.5 inches worth. The clematis that had gone dormant during the hot, dry weather woke up and is blooming again.
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By Ever heard of this? Apparently, it contains Vitamin K. Wonder how many of us could grow it indoors in winter?
🏆 Discover the health benefits of #Katuk: a #Superfood for your mind and body
🌿 Katuk, or #TropicalAsparagus (#Sauropusandrogynus), is a delicious #leafyvegetable popular in South and Southeast Asia. Its young shoots, often referred to as tropical asparagus, are highly prized for their taste and high yields.
🌿 In Vietnam, Katuk is commonly cooked in soups with crab meat, minced pork, or dried shrimp, while in Malaysia, it’s stir-fried with egg and dried anchovies.
🌿 The #plant is unique for being one of the few plants that contains vitamin K. It’s also rich in folate, vitamin K, and lutein - nutrients linked to improved memory and reduced cognitive aging.
🌿 Katuk thrives in full sun or semi-shade, making it a versatile and healthy addition to your #garden or kitchen. 🛒 Add Katuk Superfood to your edible garden today:
https://t.co/1o1n7JuAqH #Food_Forest #Remedies #Discover— TopTropicals.com (@toptropicals) July 9, 2025
Small things add up Some interesting ideas on doing the things you can and maintaining an attitude of gratitude. Some AoSHQ threads have staying power.
We finally got to hike in the Superstitions. The saguaros are abundant and thriving, the jagged skyline crystal clear blue with puffy clouds, the trail rocky and beckoning us on. We reached the end where there was running water from the rain storms. Also some very cool petroglyphs. There were a lot of people out enjoying this trail today! After our hike, we drove to Tortilla Flat. I didn't know such a place existed. It's a teeny ghost town. The saloon/restaurant walls are covered in dollar bills. People write their names and the date on the bill and staple it to the wall. Some are layered 4 deep. My favorite had colored over Washington's face with a Batman mask and put a conversation bubble saying "I am Batman." There were even dollar bills under plastic on the tabletop. I'm sure there was at least a million dollars stapled to the walls. For being out in the middle of nowhere, there were a heck if a lot of people having lunch there. The food was great! Part of the road was still flooded, but it wasn't on the part where we drove in.
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
One of the oldest tree species on Earth,
The magnificent Ginkgo tree at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds, England, transforms into a golden spectacle each autumn, https://t.co/RCIOyiVYlD— Science girl (@sciencegirl) November 3, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)
We ate ate Tortilla flat 2 weeks ago.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 01:31 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Tuna at November 07, 2026 01:44 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Tuna
Female, then... or at least one was. Every ginko sold by nurseries since they were introduced (? when) have been male clones. In any given population, at least 10% will become females.
The seed inside the fruit is what is sold as "ginko biloba" (Latin name of the tree). The fruit is considered a delicacy in Asia, and actually has a neat taste...after you get it past your nose.
Posted by: MkY given p at November 07, 2026 01:49 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: MkY given p at November 07, 2026 01:50 PM (ik4bQ)
That was where I learned that Ouzo is the devil's drink.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at November 07, 2026 01:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Compare to the red oak group.
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:51 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 01:54 PM (NnhvP)
Our Magyar peppers (grown for paprika) performed horribly all summer. Since it's cooled off, they've exploded. Go figger.
Smoked a bunch yesterday for drying. Some we smoke, some we don't.
Also, you'd think jalapenos would prefer hot, dry weather (well, I did). We're still getting folks to come pick all they want.
Weird.
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:54 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Dunno. Never had it. I've gotten a few people to try ginko. Most won't.
Tuna's right. Smell's like a kennel.
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:56 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)
That’s why they get so angry when the next-door neighbor fires up the grill on the patio.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:56 PM (6ydKt)
I've smelled it and that was enough.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 01:57 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:58 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Yeah, never got that.
Do I complain when they grill their tofu?
I do not.
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:58 PM (ik4bQ)
The future is never as advertised.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Yeah, never got that.
Do I complain when they grill their tofu?
I do not.
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 01:58 PM (ik4bQ)
They could save a step by throwing it directly in the trash...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:02 PM (l3cgK)
The future is never as advertised.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:00 PM (6ydKt)
True. No hoverboard yet, and we're 11 years past when they were supposed to be everywhere...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:03 PM (l3cgK)
I did just harvest another pitaya (cactus fruit--smooth on outside, white on inside like a dragon fruit). The cactus has gone mad; more flowers are developing right now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)
Nice to see Tortilla Flat is still plugging along. Fun place. I am in the woods currently. All the leaves are on the ground . The only splashes of green are the pine needles. Happy Saturday, Horde.
Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 02:05 PM (8EA41)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 02:06 PM (LHPAg)
Seems like it would be a nice place to visit.
I think the cowboys named their bathtub ‘Wyatt Earp’ as a joke or something.
Who can understand cowboy humor?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: KT at November 07, 2026 02:06 PM (X8QDB)
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 02:07 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: MkY
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Lol. A lot of truth in your comment.
Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 02:09 PM (8EA41)
https://www.tortillaflataz.com/
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:08 PM (6ydKt)
Went to Tombstone with the wife many years ago, never been to Tortilla Flat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)
I stuck a nice hickory last night. Dang thing walked, and I reacted instead of just waiting.
Pretty 8.
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 02:12 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:13 PM (yTvNw)
Pretty 8.
Posted by: MkY
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*knows knowingly* pine tree here two years back. Similar series of events.
Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 02:14 PM (8EA41)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:16 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:16 PM (yTvNw)
ISWYDT
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)
If I ever get to Arizona I’d like to see both of them.
Tortilla Flat looks like a nice daytrip.
The surrounding area is supposed to be nice and Southwestern.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 02:19 PM (6ydKt)
Aren't they like sweet tates? Root in water?
Posted by: MkY at November 07, 2026 02:19 PM (ik4bQ)
MkY, Yup. I have the thyme stems in water in bright but not direct light. They haven't died yet so that's a moral victory.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:24 PM (yTvNw)
How'd muh sweet tate lat nite?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 02:27 PM (r50HQ)
I guess not watering much has it's price...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 02:47 PM (yTvNw)
Are kids nowadays ever getting any adventure out in nature?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 02:50 PM (w6EFb)
Most of my plants have been through a Darwinian torture chamber this summer. Mama kind of sucked up all of my focus, and whatever I had left was drawn into escapist videos. So those who still live are pretty tough cookies.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 07, 2026 02:53 PM (w6EFb)
Tuesday looks to be nice so that will get done.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 02:53 PM (Sco7b)
Nekkid pitchers.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 02:53 PM (BgG0R)
All that rain has made my kale sprout and my cilantro is clinging to life.
We might get snow next week.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 02:55 PM (kpS4V)
So I prefer to mulch them. Sometimes into December.
In Canada.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 07, 2026 02:58 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 03:19 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 03:30 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 07, 2026 05:19 PM (kJmSS)
Lows 34-46, highs 55-64. We've had only a few frosts and no hard freezes yet...
Lots of leaf raking. Oak leaves got piled on the corn patch and burned - sycamore went into bags. Others got put in cages to make future compost.
I noticed bees on my flowering broccolini, so I'll let that last plant be, and instead work on tomato debris.
I started watering my amaryllis bulb to see if I can get it to come back for year 3.
Does brewing beer using strawberries come under gardening or puttering at all? We set up 2 batches, one gallon each, of a mixed fermentation sour/strawberry experimental beer. We also set up a batch of framboise, using red raspberries and whipped-cream vodka - it'll be ready in 3 months or so.
Posted by: Pat* at November 07, 2026 08:58 PM (T9wzS)
It's getting hard to keep all the streams of messaging straight now
"Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin (November 1789)Courtesy Statues: The People They Salute
The Democrats thought that "Our Democracy" was over before last Tuesday. And of course, Trump is still President. So some of them may still think it is over.
But some of them are sounding awfully feisty. On the other hand, I ran across a guy who was cheerfully enthusiastic about Mamdani's popularity in NYC. Hard to keep up. How should we react?So are we living under a fascist dictatorship or is democracy alive and well?? I’m just trying to keep up with the messaging😂😂 https://t.co/o2jE8Zj7as
— patriotic peach 🍑 (@patrioticpeachh) November 5, 2026
When combined with government, the only human characteristic stronger than the desire to be benevolent toward others is to do it with someone else’s money.
I mentioned yesterday how dismayed I was that in the aftermath of our shellacking on Tuesday, there are the expected people on the left and a surprising number on the right who want the U.S. government to “do something” about the price of tea in China (archaic reference alert). It reminded me of reading about how, on January 10, 1794, James Madison rose in the House of Representatives to challenge a proposal to provide financial assistance to French refugees who had fled the violence in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti). Setting aside the fact that Americans are still paying for benevolence program in Haiti some 232 years later, Madison did not question the suffering of the refugees or the humanitarian impulse behind the appropriation, rather whether Congress possessed the constitutional authority to spend taxpayers’ money on charity.
According to the Annals of Congress, Madison declared:Drawbacks to such humanitarian relief and the ingenious way Congress bypassed Monroe's objection are summarized in a colorful manner at the link above."Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."He continued:"It would puzzle any gentleman to lay his finger on any part of the Constitution which would authorize the government to interpose in the relief of the St. Domingo sufferers."
Madison’s objection was evidently the last time anyone in government could be shamed about such spending since today, depending on how broadly we define benevolence, roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of federal spending now goes toward social insurance, income support, healthcare, and other programs intended to provide financial or material benefits to individuals. That seems a remarkable proportion when considered against Madison’s objection to spending $15,000 for humanitarian relief. Which brings me to the “affordability” crisis, and how the newly anointed Democrat controlled government deigns to “solve” it.Some of the bright ideas for extracting money from groups under current disapproval are described, along with other typical plans to increase dependency on government. Mr. Smith also mentions things that the Congress DOES NOT intend to do to improve "affordability". This is refreshing.
Did I mention we are still sending aid to Haiti 232 years later? Madison's corpse is so pissed right now.And others remember:
(You can listen to this article in a high-quality reading at the link.)
Summary: Decline is a choice, and self-governing citizens can choose renewal instead.
Theodore Dalrymple is among the English-speaking world’s most insightful social critics. For decades, he has written about the pathologies that have ruined our cities and resigned entire neighborhoods to the antagonist world of the state of nature. . . Among his most important works is the 2001 book, Life at the Bottom: The Worldview that Makes the Underclass now out in a new twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Drawing on his experience as a physician and psychiatrist in some of the most blighted slums of our society, Dalrymple argues that the West is facing a crisis of personal responsibility rooted in the determinist ideology that has infected the elite. As he writes in the book’s original introduction, “In the modern world, bad ideas and their consequences cannot be confined to a ghetto.” One striking thing about Dalrymple’s work is its profound empathy. “In the course of my work over fifteen years, I spoke to thousands of people about their lives and the lives of the people around them,” he writes in the new preface. “As a result, I could not conceive of them as simply vectors of abstract social forces acting upon them.” A doctor treats persons, not statistics, human beings with real agency and life stories. Yet Dalrymple does not let his empathy calcify into excuses for their poor decisions. As much as he acknowledges how the “system” has failed his patients, he maintains that criminals bear ultimate responsibility for their crimes.
Armed with this experience, Dalrymple argues that modern liberalism’s great error is its social determinism. “The very form of the explanation offered by liberals for modern crime—from social conditions direct to behavior, without passing through the human mind—offers those who commit crime an excuse in advance,” he writes. The social scientists who attribute crime to poverty or inequality are in fact guilty of dehumanizing the very people they claim to want to help. By attributing social dysfunction to grand, sweeping trends outside of the control of any individual, they deny the impoverished a path out of squalor and delinquency. One of Dalrymple’s most fascinating examples of how ideology disempowers people is the shockingly common use of passive voice in his sessions with British prisoners and addicts. His patients often spoke of themselves as “marionettes of happenstance,” in a dialect he calls “the psychobabble of the slums.” The fashionable relativism of academia and other areas of professional life filtered down to these unfortunates through mass culture, giving them a vocabulary to shift blame as far away as possible. Though many had “absorbed nothing at school, [they] had nevertheless absorbed the shibboleths of political correctness” and therapeutic culture. The immiserated then wield the notion of a true “inner self” to ward off responsibility, speaking as if they have no control over their actions. One man who had been guilty of stabbing someone uttered “the knife went in,” rather than acknowledge he chose to thrust the blade.Leftist ideology adopted by Criminal: "The knife went in." Leftist ideology adopted by Journalist: "The truck went up onto the sidewalk and hit five pedestrians." Sources of social pathologies which affect the underclasses and criminal classes are described. Few of them are remedied significantly by passing bills or adopting "programs.
While these cases are depressing, the book is even more troubling when Dalrymple delves into the ideological roots of this mass enervation. He has a particular ire for insipid Rousseauian theories of the self, which cloak selfishness in romanticism. “This is the lie that is at the heart of our society, the lie that encourages every form of destructive self-indulgence to flourish,” he writes, “for while we ascribe our conduct to pressures from without, we obey the whims that well up from within, thereby awarding ourselves carte blanche to behave as we choose. Thus we feel good about behaving badly.” As a doctor, he is concerned above all with the practical effects of these theories—and his case-studies demonstrate how dangerous the lie of subjective morality truly can be. Beyond his medical experience, Dalrymple’s upbringing under the roof of his outright communist father predisposed him to see the fatal flaws in collectivistic social theories. One essay recounts a barbaric episode in which his old man viciously destroyed a collection of old Victorian paintings on little more than a whim as a metaphor for the total cultural leveling of British society. Out of devotion to egalitarian and anti-colonial ideology, the bureaucrats of the centralizing state have graffitied or torn down the physical remains of the past. In both Britain and America, people are governed as if we were livestock, and our places are treated little better than pigsties. Is it any wonder that the prevailing mood of our age is despair?Now I understand Dalrymple better! His early exposure to communism helps explain why he so effectively notices the destructiveness so prevalent in the Left today. There's more on specific actions of politicians, bureaucrats and ideologues at the link above.
As an executive, I’ve always hated working on the required 1-, 3-, and 5-year plans. I worked with my teams to create them because they were required and because the analysts wanted numbers even if they were bullshit. At best, they were believable bullshit and only directionally correct. My approach to understanding policy and politics is to define electoral politics and the subsequent governing stages with a mashup paraphrase of Mike Tyson and General George S. Patton: “Everybody has a plan until you get punched in the face, your enemy gets a vote in what you do, and a good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” I had a couple of mentors during my early career who taught me the difference between a manager and a leader was that a leader makes decision and then course corrects when necessary and a manager just follows the plan because nobody ever blames someone for following “the plan”. My first mentor told me, “Son, you already know a bear is a bear and generally know what bears do but sometimes you have to have the courage to poke the bear to find out exactly what he will do. The trick is to know when, where, and how hard to poke him and not only that, know what you are willing to do after he is poked.” So, I guess that is my basis for supporting President Trump. He seems to poke the bear to see what the bear will do and then adjust accordingly based on that feedback. That’s really the extent of his plan.We need to acknowledge the difficulty of defining the problems we now face.
We need to do some bear poking. The first step is to understand the enemy. Ours can be understood in their words, but also in their actions – so let’s look at both for a moment.I really recommend clicking on the link for the following section of this essay, which provides examples of the behavior of our domestic opposition. Rather unsettling. Frightening, actually.
So, we already know the bear is a bear and have some insight into what that bear is going to do. They are showing us in real time. The question we must answer is whether we have the courage to do what needs to be done. So far, the GOP has not shown that courage and because we haven’t, the Democrats are about to give us yet another lesson in how far they are willing to go. I’ll admit to liking HBO’s Game of Thrones – a lot - one scene that keeps penetrating my mind is the Battle of the Bastards in season 6, when Jon Snow stands alone facing Ramsay Bolton’s army. That seems to be our destiny because it is repeated again and again – when we do find a leader worthy of the fight, our army deserts him. Right or wrong, Trump demonstrated the resolve to go shield to shield with the worst of the Democrats – but in the end, like Jon Snow, he was left alone on the battlefield. If we want that to change, we need to field the right army.
World's toughest bear nicknamed "The Boss" survives being hit by train, and fathered 70% of cubs in his region. https://t.co/cJOEQ0V55V
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) January 6, 2023
NAME the Signer of the Declaration of Independence who was dragged from his bed and marched in only a nightshirt and breeches in freezing weather to prison by the British. RICHARD STOCKTON signed the Declaration of Independence knowing his life, fortune and sacred honor was at risk. Four months later he was imprisoned.
Stockton had been moving his family to safety because the British were following George Washington and his army into New Jersey after the Battle of Long Island, when a treacherous neighbor of the friend whose home he had moved his family to, led a band of loyalists to Richard Stockton. They dragged Stockton from his bed and marched him improperly clothed (only a nightshirt and breeches) in freezing weather to a common jail in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Later he was moved to Provost prison in New York City, which was notorious for its harsh conditions. It is estimated that about three times as many prisoners died in the prisons and prison ships of New York City, as soldiers in combat during the Revolutionary War years. After five weeks of being locked in irons and nearly starved, Stockton was released. The condition of his release was that he was not to engage in American affairs during the fight for freedom. His health was compromised to such an extent, that it is doubtful he could have contributed much on the battlefield. His home had been plundered of his furniture and livestock. His extensive library had been destroyed. His monetary wealth was also gone as he had donated most of it to the cause.
Richard Stockton died before the Revolutionary War ended in 1781 at the age of 51. He is the subject of one of the two statues representing New Jersey in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol.More at Diana Erbio's Substack
Well THAT was no fun. No fun at all. But what is the Democrat plan for improving America? You can summarize it in one word—no, not “affordability,” but subpoenas. Think this is an overstatement? Let’s start here, and cheer up, this will be the Democrats’ undoing. (At least Newt Gingrich had a Contract with America with a policy agenda his House largely passed. The Democrats have no policy proposals for “affordability,” and appear instead to have a Contract on America.)
Good morning, C&C, it’s Thursday! Apologies for the late delivery— your author is navigating the nation’s airports again (ugh). Our election hangover continues, creating a challenge to report real news, since the Great Shellacking is still busy throwing its weight around. But, only 48 hours in, twists and turns are appearing and some of the numbers are paying hide-and-go-seek. Today’s roundup describes what’s causing folks to scratch their heads a little. Plus, more good news from Florida. By the way, I’m en route to the lovely city of Chattanooga, where I’m attending the Brownstone Institute’s sixth annual conference, “The Challenge Ahead.” For two days, a crowd of doctors, scientists, journalists, and assorted heretics of various sizes and descriptions will compare notes on how to unwind the capture of our institutions, preferably before the next “two weeks to flatten the curve” arrives.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2026 11:07 AM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 11:07 AM (Sco7b)
Bills and programs are treating the symptoms, rather than curing the disease. We know how to cure the disease, we just choose not to.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 07, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 11:09 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:15 AM (adwj9)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:17 AM (adwj9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 11:17 AM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 11:18 AM (PB/r3)
"But what is the Democrat plan for improving America?"
The Dems/leftists/Commies/terrorists (but I repeat myself) have no interest in improving America. They are only interested in the ability to destroy, for their own power and benefit, whatever is good.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 11:25 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:29 AM (adwj9)
John Witherspoon, who was a clergyman and the President of what became Princeton University, also signed the Declaration. After BLM, some dolts from the school and community wanted to tear his statue because he owned a slave, without any knowledge of how he treated the slave, but wiser heads prevailed and the statue still stands.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 11:29 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:30 AM (yky4J)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 11:33 AM (QaH55)
You likely won't be surprised that some of the same groups that have been funding chaos over there are also doing the same thing with NGOs here.
I would once again urge any and all on X to read the stuff DataRepublican has been posting. Those elections were every bit as real as Biden getting 81 million votes in 2020.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:34 AM (viF8m)
252 220 Sickening.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (U/Byj)
Sickening isn’t even close to how I feel. Not even a scintilla close. The left didn’t like Whitmire because he was considered a “moderate” mayor pre the steal. We see how long that lasted.
Another massive steal is going to just casually go on by and not a damn thing will happen. I’ve voted in TX elections since 1976 and some of those state wide races (RR comm, comptroller etc) are ignored a lot of the times. People pick Pres, Sen, CD rep and move on. Everyone one of those offices Ds Iwon by huge margins. And we no longer have the straight ticket lever. And when a state moves right or left, it’s usually incremental, e.g. you would have seen R govs winning by smaller margins. Not become CA overnight. I’ll concede some of the losses for the reasons we’ve been fed, but not this nationwide level. 20 million votes is the new 11 million votes. Sorry for the rant.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 07, 2026 11:26 AM (itAg7)
Posted by: TxAnn at November 07, 2026 11:35 AM (itAg7)
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Depends on what the definition of "improving" is.
Improving for (D) is one thing. Improving for (R) is something entirely different.
Neither, IMO, has the public's best interest at heart. At least not as a priority. Their own best interests are paramount.
This IS, the leading problem we face.
The GOP is inward facing... in it for their own benefit. The left is in it to fundamentally change the country to their benefit. One, that apparently suggests long term stability for the (D).
Both parties are corrupt. Pick the "better" of the worst? Or the one that "you" think will be "better" for you down the road?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 11:35 AM (RORbl)
****
There is no better. There is only Zuul.
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 11:40 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 11:44 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 11:45 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 11:48 AM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 11:52 AM (LHPAg)
youtube.com/watch?v=YbVMbuoAwzI
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 11:53 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: lin-duh
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There was an interview with her... earlier in the year IIRC where she discussed (a little bit) about her work with DOGE during the early days of Trump II. Her introduction to the corruption and fraud was... in her words, unbelievable. And increased her desire to unravel the ball of string. Which is an amazing piece of work unto itself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 11:54 AM (RORbl)
I pretty sure the left would love to drag every conservative and MAGA person out of their beds like Stockton. Stay armed and ready
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 07, 2026 11:56 AM (7XuqV)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 11:48 AM (nEUC6)
"resembling" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. All military/paramilitary police battle rattle pretty much has a sameness, the world over. Unless name badges and shoulder flashes, etc. were used or copied, it's just milsurp tacticool duds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 11:58 AM (yky4J)
"Oh, I don't follow politics."
"I'll just ask my husband how to vote."
"What?? I don't watch/listen to the news."
Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 12:02 PM (VCgbV)
Wallowing in impotent rage is no way to live. Then I had a bit of clarity and perspective. I'm in my 70s with a loving wife and no debts. My need to engage in current culture is very limited and can be reduced easily. I intend to focus on the people and things that bring me peace and joy, looking for what is beautiful in the world. I actually have those things on hand.
If I was fifty years younger my reaction would have been to stay enraged and betrayed, living in resentment. Now I can afford to take a different path, not of indifference but with focus on what is important.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 12:02 PM (yTvNw)
Morning, all.
I'm contemplating this change: start confronting some of the idiocy instead of putting it on Mute. I joined Facebook about 2 years ago for ONE purpose -- someone was using it to organize a reunion I was invited to. I keep getting notifications from the group, and I've seen some of my former colleagues posting the truly insane stuff -- ICE is the Brownshirts, etc. I used to think to myself "She's gone insane" and ignore it, but maybe now I'll start answering. I don't care if everyone else sees it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 12:04 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:05 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
True, but that stuff is not as easily purchased in europe as it is in the US. That and the decked out AR, which is not readily available in Poland, is very weird.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 12:05 PM (nEUC6)
>>@PamelaHensley22
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2h
Look at California's statewide results. Governor 64-35, Lt. Governor 64-35, Secretary of State 64-35, Controller 64-35, Treasurer 64-35, Attorney General 64-35. Same numbers, different races.
Nothing to see here. This was the most secure election ever.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 12:06 PM (viF8m)
I can play dumb if I have to.
"Oh, I don't follow politics."
"I'll just ask my husband how to vote."
"What?? I don't watch/listen to the news."
Posted by: lin-duh
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I like that approach if any of our Democrat friends suddenly realize they're getting what they voted for good and hard. The mileage tax if it happens would be perfect. "Well, I kinda don't like it, but I wouldn't go as far as to say it's political. Anyway, politics is so divisive. That's why I don't get into them."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 12:08 PM (XJ22o)
Thanks for the quote from Clarence Thomas. As usual, his brilliance shines through.
Posted by: JTB at November 07, 2026 12:08 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 07, 2026 12:05 PM (nEUC6)
Exactly why I speculated upthread that it may have been a known nutbar, spun up and enabled by EU-Globohomo to create fear in the populace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:10 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 12:13 PM (rj6Yv)
Cash App, Chewy, Boll & Branch, and Lola Blankets said on Friday that they no longer sponsor or advertise leftist Jennifer Welch’s I’ve Had It podcast, according to company statements and customer service messages shared online amid backlash.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 12:15 PM (Cqx++)
https://tinyurl.com/593f6ebn
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 12:18 PM (QaH55)
Spencer Pratt has the the right messaging idea in today's climate and needs to be emulated.
The left wants us to back away and back down.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:20 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 11:29 AM (adwj9)
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They carry too much Green Power and Fossil Fuel Hatred to make that work. Dems were elected without a mandate to do anything but fling poo like rabid monkeys at the Administration. That's going to get old quickly.
Posted by: mrp at November 07, 2026 12:20 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
https://x.com/DataRepublican
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Emmie at November 07, 2026 12:25 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 12:06 PM
Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes
Official Election Administration and Voting Comprehensive Report buried all the way on page 193 of the document shows Texas processed 2,900,357 new valid voter registrations between 2022-2024 without proof of citizenship
Documented proof of citizenship like birth certificate, passport and naturalization papers is not required at the time of voter registration in Texas
56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as “new valid registrations.”
This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 07, 2026 12:28 PM (P5BPp)
Maybe some job protection and maybe a few more bucks but the real Cadillac was the insurance.
Would love to be in the meeting where the DSA sells the union bosses and the one thing they control to control their members.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:29 PM (/+uur)
Thanks for the blessing of eyesight.
My docs found on Monday the both my cornea transplants are not just healthy but have reduced my cornea swelling.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:30 PM (/+uur)
DSA: 'Here's your bribes.'
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 07, 2026 12:28 PM (P5BPp)
Over 20 million new registrations after the 2022 midterms.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:32 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:34 PM (vPv7/)
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Now take that message to your members that coughed up about $20 B/year since 2013 (Obamacare start) to not be in Obamacare.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:34 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:36 PM (8Uo7a)
We've spent decades trying to change that and accomplished nothing.
And this is one major reason the left is so animated. This isn't a a hobby for them - this is their "job"
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)
The results stink. No way 20+ million (R) voters defected in the states that flipped.
AI is suspected as being used to fake the results to "look" like a proper election. But... AI is being used to show that the results would look exactly like this... if you used AI. Debatable either way....
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 12:37 PM (RORbl)
https://x.com/DataRepublican
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ZVgZ4)
I read her post as saying the day-of voting trends were consistent with the early voting numbers, so no obvious anomalies. IDK.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 12:38 PM (QaH55)
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'
How important are union bosses in the AI/robotic age?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 07, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)
Dissident Union Member: 'This sucks.'
Union Boss: 'Nice job you have there. Be a shame to lose it.'
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:39 PM (Jr5Lq)
Ditto for mid-term vote totals. Dems added 20M (40%) to vote totals vs. last mid-term (2022).
Haven't checked but that figure seems massively, massively anomalous. Surely some election experts are drawing up this chart as I type? I would guess 5% is a typical variation cycle/cycle. Most elections are much closer than people think. A House seat where typical incumbent's victory margin is 5% is usually called "safe".
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 12:40 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 12:40 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:40 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:41 PM (8Uo7a)
In a mid term.
Sure, Jan.
But nothing will be done about it and these 20 million “voters” will vote for AOC in 2028 as well.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 07, 2026 12:42 PM (adwj9)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 12:42 PM (U/Byj)
Along with all of the nonsense investigations and garbage legislation that’s going to be forthcoming.
The first order of business for the donks is nuking the filibuster, so the GOP is going to be even more of a useless pile of dogsh*t than usual.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 12:42 PM (V4S8g)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:44 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 12:45 PM (V4S8g)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 07, 2026 12:28 PM (P5BPp)
Over 20 million new registrations after the 2022 midterms.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Straw posted and article from 2025 validating that, among other things, Xi printed over 200,000 US Govt IDs for the 2020 election. From, DDG's AI on demographics, yesterday, Harris County (Houston) of 2025 has '600,000 undocumented aliens'.
Now do alien friendly Bexar County (San Antonio) and liberal Dallas County (Dallas). Amongst all the distractions people do not acknowledge that China is at war with us and its implications.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:46 PM (vPv7/)
https://tinyurl.com/4w8vu2wn
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 12:46 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:47 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:47 PM (8Uo7a)
The data IS compelling, but DJT isn't claiming fraud this time. I just checked his Truth Social, and he's posting stuff blaming R turnout, not D fraud. If I expected anybody to point out fraud, it would be him, but he hasn't so far.
It's up to the base, and the two-months-remaining R congress, to do something about it, if the President and his DOJ won't.
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 12:48 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:49 PM (vPv7/)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:36 PM (8Uo7a)
I follow a podcast that generally tracks flight activity, and what that means as far as the military shifting assets, etc. All during Biden's term, he was tracking all the contracted flights bringing illegals into the country. Hundreds of them. There point of origin and the destinations in the states. Whatever the actual number was - 10 million? 20 million? - they were dispersed all over the country, not just blue shitholes. You want 20 million more votes? Well, here's one way of getting there.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 07, 2026 12:50 PM (QaH55)
Union Boss: 'Gosh, thanks! Lunch is on me!'
Posted by: gp
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DSA, good job, the transfer to your 501 account is complete.
Your friend.
Chairman XI
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:52 PM (vPv7/)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 12:52 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)
43 DataRepublican (small r) sees the 15% shift across the board from early voting to final tabulation. She says it’s consistent everywhere. She’s not ready to call it fraud, but she does seem worried.
https://x.com/DataRepublican
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:23 PM (ZVgZ4)
That in fact makes me think it was in fact a shift in the electorate rather than fraud. Consider this; if the opposition was powerful enough to put in a 15% fraud in every single jurisdiction in the US, then they are already so powerful that the game is over and there’s no point trying to oppose them anymore. But I don’t believe that.
I believe we’ve entered a time where the population is angry and is going to vote against whoever is in power, flopping back and forth wildly.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 12:54 PM (oH6g4)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)
Private mental hosp in OH
Same place they sent Lena about every other way
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 12:56 PM (/+uur)
It's up to the base, and the two-months-remaining R congress, to do something about it, if the President and his DOJ won't.
Posted by: gp
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Yeah, like congress, after doing nothing but roadblocking the president is going to do something in our favor.
And as far as claiming fraud, he pushed it before with no help
he has no expectation of help this time so it's better left alone.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:56 PM (vPv7/)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 12:59 PM (+gK6I)
I think I misinterpreted something he reposted. I saw a tweet saying R turnout was insufficient, but DJT's point was a reply tweet challenging that. I tried to make a tinyurl to link it, but that does not work, so to find it, you can look three hours down from the top.
I do very much regret the error.
Posted by: gp at November 07, 2026 01:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
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15% in every single state and every single race? Weird.
See my #68 for an explanation of where the 15% came from.
Our opposition isn't so powerful, but computers are.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 01:00 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 01:01 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Emmie at November 07, 2026 01:02 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
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If computers are opposition controlled?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:02 PM (vPv7/)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 01:04 PM (8Uo7a)
I am curious to see an election expert lay out the historical context here. Hard to believe a 40% leap in turnout, cycle/cycle.
I see an election result that's a mash-up of 1932, 1980, and 2010 - with economic and social conditions firmly in the average/middle range, nothing that unusual. Impossible to make sense of this, unless Servo's right and a large part of the electorate has become even dumber, and more volatile, than ever.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 01:04 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 01:06 PM (+gK6I)
About 8 or 9 from 2030 census and about 7 or 8 from the 2020 that never got allocated.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 01:08 PM (/+uur)
I believe Rush BingBang used to talk about it. Once a democrat wins anywhere, they gerrymander and the courts support them and all the weirdos come out to the party to keep it in democrat hands.
Posted by: Good Luck at November 07, 2026 01:08 PM (Ssbab)
At a time that the right needed some stability.... it's gone. It could have made a significant difference. This never, ever seems to afflict the left.
Seems... sus to me. But it is what it is. My personal feelz won't change shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 01:09 PM (RORbl)
The options:
1) People voted solely on the price of gas for the people that had raised it also to $4 four years ago
2) Fraud
3) The Dems turned out lefties in red states at presidential levels through their media campaign
Which of the three I don't know
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 01:11 PM (Sco7b)
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Guess I wasn't clear. I meant that our opposition was not overly powerful or intelligent themselves, but computers have changed the game.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 01:11 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 01:12 PM (Dk+mn)
You put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message," El-Sayed, D-Mich., reportedly told progressive donors during a private Zoom call, arguing that challenging moderate Democrats in primary elections would send a message to the party's establishment.
What a delightful man! /sarc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 01:15 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 07, 2026 12:41 PM (8Uo7a)
Vote counting paused overnight? Seems familiar…
Anyone remember a scenario like this in the past? Bueller? Bueller….?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 01:16 PM (ZVgZ4)
(R) hates (D) and Progressive ideas thinking that they have never ever worked.
Interesting on the whole
(D) hate the (R) to down to each person and wishes them death.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 01:16 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 01:16 PM (/+uur)
I'd keep your eyes on that. The color revolution plotters are waiting for Trump to act.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:17 PM (viF8m)
68 Here's a link to @WallStreetApes that includes analysis from @TruthAnswersAll which has a very good explanation for the 15% difference. IMO this election was stolen using a couple of different methods, and this algorithmic one is very compelling:
https://tinyurl.com/4w8vu2wn
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 12:46 PM (3ImbR)
Two problems with claiming fraud, and I’ll limit this to Texas since that’s what I know.
#1: all 254 Texas Counties count and report their vote totals separately. An across the board 15% would require 254 separate but coordinated fraud operations, including the most conservative counties.
#2; The people in charge of this system were Abbott, Paxton, and the Republican legislature. If they let this happen under their noses, then again there’s no hope and we might as well give up now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 01:18 PM (oH6g4)
So El-Sayed wants to be put on a pike, does he?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 01:18 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Emmie
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From a commenter here: More Democrats voted for Talarico than they have ever voted for a Democrat candidate in a presidential election.
That is a miraculous equation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:21 PM (vPv7/)
It's what they do. It's what they've always done.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw
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If only the mover were to put them in jail.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (vPv7/)
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Vlad the impaler slowly smiles. (Remember, the enemies he faced were Muslim)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
I'd keep your eyes on that. The color revolution plotters are waiting for Trump to act.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:17 PM (viF8m)
More Rainbow Revolution than Color Revolution...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:27 PM (l3cgK)
I'm no fan of most journalists, but El- Sayed really is an obnoxious bully. Article from "Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/v928wdjb
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 01:27 PM (JrHfD)
Otherwise, you would have to have inside people in elections offices in well over 2000 counties whose job would be to rig every voting machine by updating its software in person.
There are so many different types and manufacturers of voting machines, fraud would not be easy to carry out.
There are probably still lever machines still in use in places, those can’t be rigged with a software update. And the counties or districts that use paper ballots would be impossible to rig.
So it would have to be tabulators, but I still think it would be an insurmountable job to do this.
How many companies make tabulators?
Can they be rigged via software?
Is it possible to access every tabulator in over 2000 counties to get the job done?
It’s not impossible, but we need a lot more than speculation and graphs and statistical analysis to call it fraud.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:27 PM (6ydKt)
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Vlad the impaler slowly smiles. (Remember, the enemies he faced were Muslim)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
He ranked relatively high on the "50 Most Hated" list...Must be all the libbies and Muzzies that hate him.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:28 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
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Actually, he also impaled a shit-ton of ethnic German farmers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 07, 2026 01:28 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
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Actually, he also impaled a shit-ton of ethnic German farmers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 07, 2026 01:28 PM (amcLV)
So an equal opportunity
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)
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And where do each of he counties send their results?
Ben Had commented: "...TX SoS's office did not publish any vote totals from 8pm until after 3am. That has not happened before. Precinct totals were delayed for over 6 hours."
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 07, 2026 01:29 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (4nyld)
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Actually, he also impaled a shit-ton of ethnic German farmers.
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Well, you know, once you get started...
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (4nyld)
Trump just ordered the DOJ to go after the people threatening Republican presidents, donors and others including young Republicans threatened by Slotkin. He mentioned her by name.
She is one of the color revolution plotters.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (viF8m)
105 After what we saw in 2020 with the blatant stealing of the presidential election why would anyone discount Democrat cheating?
It's what they do. It's what they've always done.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)
In 2020, the cheat was concentrated in a few major population centers, because those were easy to control. There were no anomalous results in rural, conservative districts. These districts didn’t have enough votes to be worth the effort of rigging.
This time the anomaly is across the board, in every district. It’s either a major shift in the electorate or it’s a power so vast and pervasive that the game is already over, and there’s no point fighting anymore.
Personally, I see one country in particular which bounces wildly from right to left and back because everyone is always pissed off at whoever is in power, and they’ve ended up with a chaotic government dedicated to pandering to whoever yells loudest as a result - France.
We might be turning into France.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 01:32 PM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 01:37 PM (vPv7/)
Every polling place and central count office, report to a county or other municipality who then report totals to the state SoS office.
That means there’s a paper trail of records that also must be changed for everything to add up.
You can’t just hack the Secretary of State’s computer and change the numbers because you’d also have to change everybody else’s numbers at the same time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 01:46 PM (6ydKt)
It's who Stalins the counters.
Posted by: DaveA at November 07, 2026 01:59 PM (PMJuY)
2) Fraud
3) The Dems turned out lefties in red states at presidential levels through their media campaign
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All of the above.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 07, 2026 02:21 PM (qesug)
Posted by: rhomboid
Maybe Abbot will get off his ass and do..
Nevermind.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 02:36 PM (SN8r1)
>>@jsolomonReports
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1m
>>Trump offers White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 02:42 PM (viF8m)
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Bless Andy's little black heart.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 02:56 PM (vPv7/)
Good choice then.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 03:03 PM (SN8r1)
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I think that means the solution is fighting, rather than trying to manage elections and courts.
FWIW, I think I'm moving into the "elections are bullshit, it's all color revolution" camp. I *just* had an ad on youtube pushing the "Trump is Putin's stooge" shit.
Nearly a week after an election. When he's never running again.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 07, 2026 03:09 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Corrupt to the gills.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Babylon
Ancient Babylon serves as a profound example of national moral decay, illustrating how a once-mighty and prosperous nation can fall into spiritual blindness and moral bankruptcy through the rejection of God’s ways.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 03:11 PM (XeU6L)
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Is anyone double checking those records?
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 07, 2026 03:20 PM (vSvIl)
But
China is at war with us and is winning. It is winning because neither the electorate nor the majority of politicians acknowledge this fact.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 03:25 PM (vPv7/)
Posted by: buddhaha at November 07, 2026 03:46 PM (CAg82)
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests: 9/18 – Random Dave posted an update to his job progress. He is still looking for FT work, but has accepted a substitute teacher position (more flexibility for interviews, some income to slow the bleeding). He asks for prayers that the interview results he is waiting on will get back to him soon, especially if one is the “right job”. If any are “not the right job”, they would fall away soon and get back to him, and that if all of them are “not the right job”, the ‘right job” would show itself aggressively, so he doesn’t miss it! He also thanks the Horde and the folks at church for their prayers and support. 8/14 Update – Random Dave needs continued prayers for his job situation, that God would guide him to the right one soon, and also for prayers for M’s grandmother, who fell the other day and tore a ligament. 10/22 Update – M’s grandmother is healing well. She is mostly mobile now (on crutches), and occasionally has bouts of bad pain. They praise God for the healing and humbly request additional healing. Random Dave reports no real change on his job situation. He continues to pray for God to make the path known as he applies, and periodically deal with “good” interviews that end up going nowhere. 9/18 – Brother Tim posted that he has been overnight in his car more than indoors. He is convinced that his retirement/resignation was a severe error, a result of fatigue and depression. He asks for prayers. 10/17 – Bother Tim posted that he has been in the hospital for 3 weeks. 10/10 – Just Some Guy asked for prayers for his former work colleague, who had a heart attack and stroke. 10/10 – Mile, okravangelist, requested prayers for Mama Publius, for grace and fortitude, and that she passes in her sleep. Mama Publius is in home hospice care. 10/24 Update – Mama Publius passed away this past week. 10/14 – NR Pax requested prayers for a friend, whose husband died on 10/10 after a long illness. 10/17 – Pooky’s Girl posted that she is in the hospital, because Wee Pooky is threatening to come early at 30 weeks. 10/24 Update – Pooky’s Girl’s contractions have been stopped. She is at 31 weeks along, so every week that Wee Pooky stays put is less time in the NICU. 10/31 – Annie’s Stew (and, I assume, all the Horde) ask for God’s blessings on Misanthropic Humanitarian as he steps away from the blog. We thank him for his service to the Horde and to Christ’s Kingdom. 10/31 – ChristyBlinkyTheGreat requested prayers that her mother’s eventual passing into heaven be in peace as she sleeps, without any pain or fear. She thinks it will be in the next few weeks or months, as she is approaching 96 years old. 11/4 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update that she is not feeling well. Every muscle and bone hurts, on top of the fatigue and weakness she was already experiencing. The nurse at UTSW thinks it may be due to receiving chemo on top of radiation, on the same day. The good news is that the CA19-9 number is 4.9, below the threshold of 37. This was her twelfth chemo treatment, marking a year since she started this protocol. She is worried that it may be a preview of how she will feel when the cancer starts to take over.For submission guidelines, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at: apaslo at hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Son and his buddy went camping last night. It was in the 40s. He had to borrow his father’s sleeping bag. I guess Christmas shopping for him will be easy this year. Prayers for all of the Horde.
Posted by: Jmel at November 07, 2026 07:22 AM (3TlS+)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:22 AM (qRla/)
17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 07:26 AM (/+uur)
Muh 'Horns play the Misery KittyKats today at 11 CT.
Should be a good game depending on which 'Horns team show up.
Hook'em Horns!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:31 AM (YSUhf)
Going to visit family this weekend, I'll probably read the content in the evenings.
Posted by: RandomDave at November 07, 2026 07:31 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (RORbl)
Slow start this morning here at the HQ.
Too many morons and ettes musta drowned their sorrow with too much Val-U-Rite.
VAL-U-RITE
It Takes Away Your Memories of...uh...What Was I Talking About?.....Is My Name Frank? Yeah, yeah, Frank. Maybe Johnny? Ah hell, Gimme Another Drink!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:35 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 07:36 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (Ta4DE)
I was watching 1944s Hollywood Canteen the other night. It's a wonderful, funny and touching movie, but I had to stop halfway through because it was like a knife in my heart. It was, as I said, a funny movie - happy, smiling and innocent in a way real life never is, but how "Hollywood life" is. I couldn't stop crying, comparing that life with my own, and wishing I could live in that sunny, carefree world.
If anyone could spare a thought for my self-loathing and chronic depression, I would appreciate it. Keeping the 'happy mask' on is very tiresome.
And again, apologies for asking when so many of you are hurting so much more.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (qRla/)
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need. Prayers for our country for the trying times ahead
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 07, 2026 07:41 AM (7XuqV)
At Shady Maple for apple cinnamon bread
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:42 AM (4Lxer)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:43 AM (4Lxer)
Hitherto, I've been contemptuous of zombie nonsense. Except on Tuesday, the zombies got elected across America.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (b8Otf)
Aside from the disastrous week for Our Country, I sat down and added things up, and-
yeah, yeah a few bumps here and there but overall life is good.
I think it's important to be grateful for all the good people and things in your life. Thankful for your family, etc.
The Lord provides and thanks are in order.
White Pilling, people. It's okay to be happy.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:48 AM (YSUhf)
At Shady Maple for apple cinnamon bread
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 07:42 AM (4Lxer)
hopefully you tied a ball of string to your bumper and carried it in with you so you can find your way out when you're done.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:51 AM (aKiSo)
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{{{{MP3}}}}
Oh how I wish I could ease your depression. I've been there. I know how it feels to plumb the depths of such an affliction. I can literally start to feel myself going down into the hole that never ends when it starts creeping into my mind. From my "friends in a box" perspective, you are such a wonderful, highly intelligent person and I know I'd feel the same if I knew you in person. But most of us can never see what others tell us we are. I am my own worst critic, and I say such horrible things to myself about myself I'd never say to another person. Just know that you're never alone in your suffering. We're here (lucky you!) and so many of us understand.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (b8Otf)
But think of how many more people will grow contemptuous now that it's impossible to ignore their nonsense anymore?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (aKiSo)
Another busy day. Up at 4:30, took care of the dogs, drove for 45 minutes to the show, now sitting outside the RV with Diana.
Stewarding until 2:00, drive home, take care of the dogs, then off to Mass at 4:00. Vigil Mass is not my favorite, but needs must.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (b8Otf)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (/+uur)
{grammie}{Some Rat}{TiFW}
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:54 AM (b8Otf)
Posted by: Benjamin D. Over at November 07, 2026 07:55 AM (YIbS+)
Posted by: scampydog at November 07, 2026 07:55 AM (8EA41)
You are Americans, inheritors of a the most marvelous political system ever devised by Man. Never forget those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and commit to preserving their legacy against its enemies. Out of many we are One.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)
Grammy winger, Donna Ampersands, JT to name a few; I know there are more.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 07:56 AM (CjHsb)
Posted by: Just Wondering at November 07, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Buck at November 07, 2026 07:57 AM (z6ONu)
Posted by: Warai-otoko"
You forgot the /s.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:57 AM (MWfyi)
They flew yesterday with only five instead of the usual six. That is because Blue Angels No. 6 (opposing solo), Maj. Scott Laux, has been booted from the team for "failure to uphold the standards expected of a Blue Angels member." He's no longer listed on the Blue Angels website.
Also no longer listed on the website is the Blue Angels' Public Affairs Officer, Capt. Danielle Cribb, who has previously described Maj. Scott Laux as her "mentor" on the team.
Doesn't take much reading between the lines on that one.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 07:57 AM (J4Dwc)
But think of how many more people will grow contemptuous now that it's impossible to ignore their nonsense anymore?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (aKiSo)
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If they don't get eaten first.
Hope my mood will change, but I couldn't be more contemptuous of the people in Texas. I was told that the Democrats' success was due to the Hispanic vote. If those people are Catholics, they got some explaining to do to the Lord. They voted for the advocates of objective evil: aborticomaniacs, sex butchers and murder applauders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:58 AM (b8Otf)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
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This is an excellent analysis. Never say anything to yourself you would never say to a friend.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: one hour sober"
Maybe they can get jobs as airline pilots and fly united.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:01 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:01 AM (MWfyi)
They can fly the friendly skies also.
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 08:02 AM (Oy/m2)
If anyone could spare a thought for my self-loathing and chronic depression, I would appreciate it. Keeping the 'happy mask' on is very tiresome.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (qRla/)
You have my prayers, MP4. My husband suffers in the same way, except that the world he wants to be in is that of the warrior. I think he has never known what to do with his life or how to be after he left the Marine Corps. He wants so badly to be anywhere but here, in his own life.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 08:03 AM (CjHsb)
You're not supposed to gaze inward upon yourself and feel a rush of joy and light and loveliness. You're supposed to feel crappy, because we are, constitutionally, crappy.
So either wallow in the crap, or look back at your Creator and say to Him "Oh, wow, I get it. No wonder this world is so awful. It's swarming with awful things like me". And then go out and try to make at least one or two things about this world we have to share with Him a little less intolerable just so you and maybe someone else can get through today somehow. You can't fix it, but you can make it better.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:03 AM (aKiSo)
MP4, do not despair because your life is messier than some Hollywood confection. Everybody's is, including all the people who spent blood, sweat, and tears to make that happy bit of pop art.
I'm enjoying your book, by the way.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:05 AM (kpS4V)
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That sunny carefree world is an artifice and doesn't really exist. Don't be fooled into suspending your disbelief even after the theater lights have come back on.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 07:48 AM (YSUhf)
^^^^^This^^^^^
We did what we can do. Now we wait and watch, and prepare. In the meantime, we have friends, most of us have family, we have holidays coming where we celebrate gratitude and joy. Make the most of it, friends.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 08:08 AM (CjHsb)
Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 08:08 AM (J4Dwc)
This message brought to you by John Calvin.
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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:09 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (b8Otf)
Not exactly a zombie movie, more like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but-
We saw a Japanese horror movie streaming on Shudder titled, "New Group". It kinda fits in with the events of this week.
The story is set in a Japanese high School where one boy is seen in the school yard on his hands and knees. Soon other students are joining the form a gymnastic pyramid. The school officials begin supporting the student pyramid and it grows larger and larger as it attracts more people. And then things get weird.
This is one of those individual vs the group stories.
I won't tell you that it's a great movie, but it's entertaining in WTF way and definitely keeps your interest as you want to see how things work out. You'll probably be surprised.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:11 AM (YSUhf)
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^^^ Hey, bumper sticker stuff right there!
Not to belabor the point on depression, but I find nothing as powerful as turning to G*d for mercy, comfort and a release of the negativity that sometimes engulfs me. I eventually climb out of it with His love and I truly believe, truly believe that when I berate myself with horrible insults for even the most minor things, it comes directly from the Devil...who wants me in despair and anguish. Through prayer, G*d gives me my ladder out. He is the only one that can.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 07, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)
It also helps to understand why so much is so fucked up.
People striving against nature for something they can never have has led to an awful lot of destruction, only to make them and everyone else more, not less miserable.
Paradoxically, once you accept this, you'll be considerably more satisfied with life than when you lunging at shadows, because you realize just how lucky you are to have escaped the worst miseries.
Most of us stumbled ass backwards into a pretty good deal, all things considered. You could have been an aboriginal huffing petrol in the outback. You could have been a child soldier defending some warlord's control over a kimberlite pipe. You could have been Lena Dunham.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Lena Dunham at November 07, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NR Pax at November 07, 2026 08:16 AM (/k3in)
Prayers for all the horde in need, and for our nation, and for Pres. Trump and his loyal supporters.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:16 AM (Ydd86)
Are you trolling for people to bring on the Smack Down?
Truthfully, there are upsides to being your own worst critic. It is a cure for narcissism. It indicates a level of self-reflection; yearning for being better today than yesterday; a set of immutable standards.
From the spiritual standpoint, having that inner monologue of the Sinner's Prayer must also include the hope and promise of redemption and restoration else there is that dark spiral.
I pity those without faith since Science!™ tells them that it is simply unbalanced serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine — its all in the mind, have a psychotropic subscription.
Next thing you know, you are strangling your kids in the basement and other reprobates cheer because they are also damned.
That is why there is prayer and fasting.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)
The trick is finding the right things to suck. Don't be creepy about it. Don't be a homo about it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (j98AZ)
(do you capitalize "we" if it includes capital-H "Him" too? I actually have no idea....)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (kpS4V)
CBD! Getting up early on Saturday.
Thanks for the effort!
There sure to be a extra Ace Bux in your pay this week.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (YSUhf)
Hashem: We ask Your blessings for our country - for its government, for its leaders and advisors, and for all who exercise just and rightful authority. Teach them insights from Your Torah, that they may administer all affairs of state fairly, that peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst.
Creator of all flesh, bless all the inhabitants of our country with Your spirit. May citizens of all races and creeds forge a common bond in true harmony, to banish hatred and bigotry, and to safeguard the ideals and free institutions that are the pride and glory of our country.
May the land, under Your providence, be an influence for good throughout the world, uniting all people in peace and freedom - helping them to fulfill the vision of Your prophet: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nations, neither shall they experience war any more." And let us say: Amen.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)
Heh. And just who was it that designed our stupid little thinking glands to run on hormones and ionic conduction, anyway, huh?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:21 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Electrolux at November 07, 2026 08:22 AM (MWfyi)
I’m blessed not to have suffered from this, but have had more than one close family member who I love that have. So I know what it is, and how it grinds a good person down.
You no doubt have heard all the standard replies a thousand times. Of course I don’t know your personal beliefs, but a story of Elijah from 1 Kings always struck me. Elijah, one of God’s greatest prophets, fell into a deep depression, told God he was through, and asked God to take his life, he was done. That’s as good and short of a description of deep depression as you’ll find, and it happened to one of the greatest prophets ever.
What happened next is the most surprising part - he wasn’t rebuked, he wasn’t told this was a sin. He wasn’t told he was wrong, he wasn’t told to straighten out. He spoke to Elijah in a still small voice and said “You know, I’ve still got a few things I want you to do here. And you’ve still got 7000 supporters you don’t know about. And most of all, I’m about to do some things that will astound you, you’re going to be amazed!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:24 AM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM
The Oak Ridge Boys:
https://youtu.be/4fbuQvoKH9U
Posted by: Just a little talk with Jesus at November 07, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
I feel closer to our Lord in my daily life, I walk with hope.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:25 AM (Ydd86)
On the plus side, it's like a Bravo reality show on Cat TV for Lily.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:25 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 08:08 AM (J4Dwc)
So HR, then..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 07, 2026 08:26 AM (08OqX)
The Chosen.
Posted by: Come And See at November 07, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 08:28 AM (Sco7b)
Thank you, dear lady. When I watch movies like that, all I can think of is stepping into the screen like Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr and staying there.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 08:29 AM (qRla/)
On the plus side, it's like a Bravo reality show on Cat TV for Lily.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:25 AM (kpS4V)
Hahaha! Plant a barrel of catnip out there. That'll calm them down.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (CjHsb)
Control what you think, control who you are.
https://youtube.com/shorts/SHLEAp1CPQ4
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (j98AZ)
Up way earlier than usual. Spent the first hour lying in bed trying to go back to sleep feeling off center. This week was really hard on my sense of well being. Like we did everything right but still got screwed. So, I come to this place and find out I am not alone after all. That it is normal to question purpose.. Every life has stages. Still trying to figure out this one.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (kJmSS)
GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd Survives “Blue Tsunami” in Colorado, Defeats Democrat Challenger
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (ndZc7)
They can concentrate on the words of the Midianite priest and Moses' father in law Jethro when providing delegation advice.
What we have now is the complete and total opposite.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 08:33 AM (a4flb)
Imagine the heartache.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:33 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (j98AZ)
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Eileen Gu is a commie and CCP shill.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
Above all else, guard your heart, for from it flows the wellspring of life.
Posted by: Proverbs 4:23 at November 07, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)
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^^^THIS!^^^
We were created to serve God. If you're happy and comfortable than you don't need God.
If you feel out of place, it's because you are. This place isn't supposed to be comfortable because it's not your final home. God wants you to yearn and strive for Heaven. To be with him is when you'll finally be truly fulfilled.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: H at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (TrIzn)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
Right over your head it went.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (j98AZ)
Control what you think, control who you are.
https://youtube.com/shorts/SHLEAp1CPQ4
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:30 AM (j98AZ)
That's good.
I think it's basically correct....even at 29.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at November 07, 2026 08:37 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:35 AM (j98AZ)
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No offense but I never gave it a chance. I put commies on "mute" as much as I can.
I trust that you are far more inspiring to him than she.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 08:33 AM
And He spoke it into existence.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Angry Over Rising Power Bills, Georgia Voters Flip Utility Board to Democrats
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:41 AM (ndZc7)
Angry Over Rising Power Bills, Georgia Voters Flip Utility Board to Democrats
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this is what happens when Rs act like Ds....
Posted by: runner at November 07, 2026 08:42 AM (AKptf)
-
When he's right, he's right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 08:44 AM (ndZc7)
They may have less power now than before as now they MUST do something other than bitch.
It is an almost impossible action as the things they are FOR would require them to MAKEOVER 3 major industries:
1. Healthcare $5.3 T system 360 M subscribers and 13 M providers. (Currently includes $550 B/yr in fraud and would double in first year of Mediscare/All)
2. Digital Economy $4.9 T system that can move anywhere by adding a mile or 2 of fibre. (AI and Datacenters need land and energy and the country that provide the best values WINS)
3. Higher Ed $1 T 20 M subscribers and 10,000 providers trying to create value (workers) in our $45 T economy. (See #2 and the Trades, Trades have forced many local schools to provide math/reading/thinking skill needed to build things and that leaves ZERO room for DEI and the Social Studies)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 08:46 AM (ZOv7s)
I trust that you are far more inspiring to him than she.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)
No offense taken. And in return, no offense, but I figured as much, and I get the inclination.
If it was commie speak, it wouldn't be offered here or as inspirational thought to my oldest. It is about personal power and power of individual thought, two things that are quite antithetical to communist dogma.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:46 AM (j98AZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 07, 2026 08:46 AM (L/8vZ)
New Georgia Department of Transportation
https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at November 07, 2026 08:48 AM (OpLc2)
Well, if I address that one comment, then I'll have to address that other one. And then there was that one that...
Meh, too much one finger typing.
I'll just take the lizard's advice...
Let it go Louie. Let it go.
Posted by: TeeJ at November 07, 2026 08:48 AM (/HR0+)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at November 07, 2026 08:37 AM (Q+gd/)
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Insanity later!
Posted by: Lloyd Braun at November 07, 2026 08:49 AM (s2iZv)
We met with the oncologist and Mrs. Lloyd's chemo has been halted indefinitely until they figure out the abdominal swelling. She is still doing the drug therapy. The doctor said that there is not clear data on how effective partial treatments of chemo are, and where the curve lies in terms of odds of recurrence. It may be an even progression and it may have plateaus. I don't think the data isn't there, but no one ever compiled it. Weird.
Anyhow, the lesson is that we truly are in a spiritual war and the demons are very much active in this. God permits the wicked to prosper to call the faithful to repentance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (ZOv7s)
I didn't have as much "help" from my
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (s2iZv)
In my own life, beginning a single daily practice is what eventually turned my depression around. You will laugh, but it was listening to a Christian music station while driving. So the music is mid, but they always interspersed with little Christian anecdotes etc.
So one day while listening while driving, and at the stoplight, I just burst into tears. I had such a feeling of needing God, like an empty hole in my chest.
After that I started consuming religious media. Then I started praying daily. Eventually, I went to confession. This process took years. Last year I found a Catholic therapy practice.
It didn't have to take years though lol.
Anyway, thank you KLOV radio. Even though I don't listen anymore, you changed my life.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (Ydd86)
New Georgia Department of Transportation
https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
What did Georgians use to light their homes before candles?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (j98AZ)
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"Angry over missing children, voters elect ravenous tigers to school board - citing their 'hunger for change.'"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (j98AZ)
them pluggy things and switchy things on the wall
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that His life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
We can endure because Jesus, the long hoped for Messiah, The Christos
Posted by: Going Forward at November 07, 2026 08:54 AM (iwBbL)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 08:54 AM (Ydd86)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 08:55 AM (MWfyi)
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Prayer for complete and immediate recovery.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Genesis as related by John:
“1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:56 AM (oH6g4)
Quite compelling. Theater was packed.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)
he has shingles
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 08:59 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (ZOv7s)
I have had events and occurrences in my personal life recently that have brought home that lesson to me in a very focused way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:59 AM (oH6g4)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 09:00 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 08:05 AM (kpS4V)
Thank you, Eris. A review on Amazon would be much appreciated.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 09:01 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Ydd86)
Looks like I'll have to handle my ring on my own today. That's the problem with being a good steward. It makes it easier for them to do things like this to me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:04 AM (2TXIf)
https://tinyurl.com/5ywvryxy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)
Praying for Mrs.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Ydd86
Me too. For all of you.
Ralphy was just out again. He squirms and squirms. I'm so frustrated with him.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 09:06 AM (Sco7b)
We made our child care offer. Maximum of 5 half-days or 3 full-days or equivalent combination. Between care for Boy F. and MiL that's the most we can manage regularly. They were very pleased.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)
Politics1776 OP #007/92
@CaraGrace23
Update: Chewy is no longer affiliated or sponsoring Jennifer Welch’s podcast.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:08 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 08:59 AM (oH6g4)
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God be with you. The thing is, things are going very well on the home front, which makes obsessing over things I cannot influence really stupid. So as in 2022, I'm going to pour my energy into those things, which also produce tangible fruit, not just a sick burn on a screen.
Thank you everyone for your prayers. We are hopeful that the cancer got at least as wrecked as my wife, and the drug therapy is still ongoing. In the meantime, she can enjoy life a bit and I don't have to sleep on the couch two days per week. I will be active on the book thread and I'll have a lot of writing news.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Most people at November 07, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 08:51 AM (s2iZv)
In No Man's Sky I named a planet Shelvington in the Ace of Spades HQ system that is intended to be the base for Horde players once I earn a billion credits in game.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 07, 2026 09:11 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:04 AM (2TXIf)
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MBA Rule of Management #22: punish the effective with ever more tasks, protect the laggards in hope they will succeed
Corollary: they won't.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 09:12 AM (RIvkX)
For those who do not know, it is a cycle of prayer based on events in the Bible and lasts about 15 minutes. It is very repetitive, and that allows a deeper level of contemplation. During the Dark Times, I was saying one almost every day, and of course I cut back on that because hey, everything's fine. I need to make that more consistent, as with my daily prayer.
God bless!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/5ywvryxy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)
They won the election...she's not needed anymore...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:13 AM (Gb7+b)
Beautiful Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was sentenced to 74 lashes after she was seen singing without a hijab.
That’s not all. To make sure she does not put on such an illegal display the brutal regime, or what’s left of the regime, has banned her from singing for two years.
Parastoo sang without a hijab and her arms showing in an online concert on YouTube in 2024.
Now she will pay for her shameful display
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 09:13 AM (Sco7b)
I pity them. They believe that life is temporal, that the portion due to them for their misdeeds and destruction can be forestalled forever, if only they outmaneuver and stay one step ahead of the sword of justice.
But the Lord will not be outplayed, outplanned, or manipulated. For all their cunningness come to naught on that day of judgement that is to come.
It is the conqueror of this life, this time, who knows that all in this world comes to an end and all its troubles and triumphs will end and the Eschaton, the kingdom that is to come, is an eternal one.
The ultimate "prepper" is the one who takes up his cross and follows the Lord incarnate, Christ Jesus.
Posted by: Going Forward at November 07, 2026 09:17 AM (iwBbL)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 07, 2026 09:18 AM (LOvBA)
God bless!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 07, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)
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The Rosary is a great comfort and a great weapon against evil. Best spent 20 waking minutes of the day.
Remembering Mrs. Lloyd in my intentions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:19 AM (2TXIf)
MBA Rule of Management #22: punish the effective with ever more tasks, protect the laggards in hope they will succeed
___________
The horse that pulls is the one they urge on.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:20 AM (2TXIf)
The ultimate "prepper" is the one who takes up his cross and follows the Lord incarnate, Christ Jesus.
Posted by: Going Forward at November 07, 2026 09:17 AM
Going forward knows what counts. It’s the afterlife, not this obe
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 09:21 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Going Forward
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I love this!
Posted by: lin-duh at November 07, 2026 09:21 AM (VCgbV)
The brother coined the term "Confession Therapy."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 07, 2026 09:22 AM (LOvBA)
I guess I should admire their ability to pay attention to these small issues while running out of money and getting their asses bombed to hell.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 07, 2026 09:23 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)
Given the current fallen state of much of the Anglican church, the prayers are Biblically sound as are many of their traditional prayers. I've seen Jenny Lynn Estes on YouTube and her love for Christ really shines through.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (lFFaq)
https://tinyurl.com/5ywvryxy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)
They won the election...she's not needed anymore...
Posted by: Nova Local
Good. What pigs. They can't help themselves.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Ta4DE)
Translation: I high-stepping it out of here before those I labeled "black-pillers" last week laugh in my face for being arrogantly incorrect.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 07, 2026 09:25 AM (J4Dwc)
I see the thread has ben renamed, or at least has lost the "Coffee" portion of its moniker. The important part remains, though.
Cool here this morning, 61 at dawn. I just stepped out to air up the Buick's tires; they were down a bit, 33 psi instead of the 35 I like them at. In a little while Miss Linda and I will head out to the big library on the other side of the river. And I may have something new to report in the hobby line during that thread this p.m.!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:26 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026
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Not any relation to Raquel, I trust?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (56Qyq)
She is an odd, looking Violent extremist left woman who celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk. She has a YouTube or one of those channels where she rants on. i've never listened to her and won't , but sometimes some of her remarks get repeated elsewhere
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (56Qyq)
Not even close.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 07, 2026 09:27 AM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)
Someone that makes way too much money being a horrible divisive human being on a podcast...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:28 AM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:29 AM (JrHfD)
Psalm 37 is one of my go-to passages when things don't make sense, which is all the time, really. Here's the first 6 verses, but as Ace would say, read the whole thing:
Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.
https://www.esv.org/Psalm+37/
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2026 09:29 AM (lOlUK)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Considering her show had an enormous amount of corporate sponsorships that folks are now trying to all get to abandon her (and this is without any social media money added on top for views, clicks, etc)...
I think enough to make you and I cry...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:32 AM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026
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Prolly too much. Less in the future, we can hope, if some of her sponsors have dropped her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:33 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 09:34 AM (kGFCL)
Early reports coming in with confirmation of 2023 K9 results with a couple of new sites with dog responses in the expanded search zone. Ground penetrating radar results (which will determine if there are any actionable targets) are still pending. Kind of a mixed bag. We are prepared for the possibility that it will come up empty.
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:34 AM (qgHp7)
https://www.esv.org/Psalm+69/
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (lOlUK)
This book helped me gain emotional intelligence and stop blaming myself for everything (not to say I am blameless, I am human and therefore deeply flawed). I was then able to realize and ultimately feel that God does love each of us as his own children. It's easy to talk about God's love, but it's nearly impossible to feel it if you can not see yourself as loveable. We often hate ourselves because many of us weren't taught how to deal with our emotions or how to properly blame and then forgive, so we stuff them down, tell ourselves to "get over it" and then wonder why we suffer from rage or depression. I thank God I've been able to learn some of these skills and thereby truly accept and feel His love.
I shall pray that He lifts you up and that you find a way to accept His love.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (kOluj)
I combine it with a short walk around the block.
The days when I forgot were fretful and anxious days.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (Ydd86)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 07, 2026
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Prolly too much. Less in the future, we can hope, if some of her sponsors have dropped her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 09:33 AM (56Qyq)
Internet estimates she makes, just on that podcast, high 6 figures to low 7 figures per year with no other social media included...
She had 36+ corporate sponsors, including Chewy, which has dropped her...there are plenty more to go (someobody has a whole list to contact and get them to drop her)...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 09:34 AM (kGFCL)
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Six more weeks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 09:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: PabloD at November 07, 2026 09:37 AM (mXZsC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 09:20 AM (2TXIf)
Boxer always wanted to work a little harder
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 09:40 AM (/+uur)
Managing Directors neither manage, nor direct.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 07, 2026 09:41 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart
Was just out walking with the frantic beast.
Windy! So many smells! Leaves! Other dogs walking without his permission! Cars zooming.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (Ydd86)
Had she been a vile (R) spouting what she does against (D) she'd likely already be in prison.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (RORbl)
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♫
1-877-Kars-for Kids
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)
It's a gloomy, rainy day here at Stately Poppins Manor, but I do have errands to run. I think I'll put on the Gregorian Chant station on SiriusXM and let that flow through me as I drive. I'm sure there's a Rosary app that I could download to play in the car, but that's a task for another day.
Thank you all again, dear friends. I hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:43 AM (Ydd86)
Will keep you in prayer. Hope it all go smoothly , that medical folks can figure out what's going on and find a treatment that helps.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 09:44 AM (JrHfD)
In the eyes of a Holy God, how exactly is one who is born in sin and spiritually dead be "lovable"?
Answer: We aren't. Which is the point. That is why Reformed Christian tradition declares that God knew a fraction of us before Creation and decided according to His own Pleasure who would be made alive and perfected by means of the Paraclete so that the Bride of Christ would be made pure.
What escaped Martin Luther was that regeneration included the change of disposition or our orientation towards disobedience to one of obedience, gratitude and willful performance of works, not as a guilt sacrifice, but as a natural inclination to be pleasing.
The idea that we have to force ourselves to act righteous in order to be lovable is a corruption and an impossibility.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 09:49 AM (a4flb)
Gray wolves picked up 8 seats in the CO state legislature last Tuesday, giving them a resurgent minority with expectations of several key committee assignments, including oversight of the State Livestock Management Commission.
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 09:51 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:53 AM (Ydd86)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:54 AM (Ydd86)
Prayers up for all of the Horde and their loved ones.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 07, 2026 09:56 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)
Two words: Stop it!
https://youtu.be/LhQGzeiYS_Q
Posted by: B. Newhart at November 07, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
One doesn't have to belong to a religion to accept JC as your savior and receive the Holy Spirit who will guide and comfort you no matter how awful this world is. You become a citizen of heaven.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 09:59 AM (OXhw3)
Good for him for speaking up, and may the Lord protect he and his family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 10:02 AM (JrHfD)
They don't care about doing what's right . They just want to rule.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:03 AM (OXhw3)
Somali daycare owner connected to convicted fraudsters defeats Republican in Minnesota
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 07, 2026 10:04 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 07, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
Republican incumbent iirc.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:04 AM (OXhw3)
Frosty 29F here in Bourbon Country.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (RORbl)
Just woke up here, Sun has just risen. Clear day, and about 33 degrees, little or no wind. Fine fall day for these parts. No frost!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:05 AM (yky4J)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 07, 2026 09:54 AM
Welch's grape jelly >>>>>>>>> Jennifer Welch
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 07, 2026 10:05 AM (V7nuf)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:06 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 09:49 AM (a4flb)
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That didn't escape Martin Luther at all. I just read Christian Liberty the other day.
He says:
"Hence, as our heavenly Father has in Christ freely come to our aid, we also ought freely to help our neighbor throughout our body and its works, and each one should become as it were a Christ to the other that we may be Christs to one another and Christ may be the same in all, that is, that we may be truly Christians."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 07, 2026 10:06 AM (s2iZv)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (V7nuf)
Doesn't seem possible.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (OXhw3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 07, 2026 07:54 AM (b8Otf)
Seconded.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (yky4J)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:08 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:09 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 07, 2026 09:42 AM
Sounds like a plan. Gray and rainy here, but errands to do, so making the best of it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 07, 2026 10:09 AM (V7nuf)
Doesn't seem possible.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (OXhw3)
That’s insane! Who was the incumbent? What TN district? How did so many voters lose their minds and go total retard in a short space of two years? I am completely baffled… completely. I don’t have the first clue
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:10 AM (M+uMR)
It isn't.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:08 AM (viF8m)
Especially since she ran no TV ads at all.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:11 AM (OXhw3)
Posted by: Dominion Systems at November 07, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:13 AM (M+uMR)
I'm second guessing myself now that I read the news report correctly because it seems so crazy.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:14 AM (OXhw3)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (NnhvP)
Good morning, horde. Did I see somewhere that Brother Tim is in a shelter, or going to a shelter? For some reason I misread it as a care facility. I don't want to be a sad sack on a Saturday morning, but I'm really sorry that someone who cared so well for his father in his final days seems to have no one to care for himself.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)
At some point people are going to stop blaming the "war" in Iran or enforcing border laws or something else Orange Man Bad did that we wanted him to do and realize a lot of impossible things happened in the elections.
Unless Texas became San Francisco overnight.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)
It isn't.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:08 AM (viF8m)
Especially since she ran no TV ads at all.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:11 AM (OXhw3)
Stolen, cheated, frauded.
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)
Doesn't seem possible.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:07 AM (OXhw3)
That’s insane! Who was the incumbent? What TN district? How did so many voters lose their minds and go total retard in a short space of two years? I am completely baffled… completely. I don’t have the first clue
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:10 AM (M+uMR)
*tee hee*
Posted by: Stalin's Vote Counters at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (PgV1+)
Some are suggesting the midterms were rigged. Not by flooding the place with ballots, but rather by rigging the machines themselves to switch (R) ballots to (D) during the tabulation process.
AI was used to game it out. It matches the midterm election results to a T. Whether that's significant or a function of how AI was used and thus, meaningless, is up for debate.
The results as they stand stink. People are having a hard time hand waving it away as some sort of sudden ideological switch that affected tens of millions of (R) voters.
I'm certain "nothing will happen" but it is an interesting theory. One that some are beginning to proffer up evidence of.
We were warned that the Democrats were preparing some sort of horseshit for the midterms. This was/is probably it. *If it pans out to be remotely true. YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (RORbl)
Stephen Miller comes out swinging.
https://tinyurl.com/2dvwdaej
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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THAT's the attitude.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (XJ22o)
The pattern doesn't help in trying to explain it as other than real. Everywhere but FL - and as DeSantis noted, it was felt there, but fell just short (several R wins were thin vs. the expected blowouts, and I think one gerrymandered district was lost - !).
To me the mystery is how the greatest federal election wave in history (I think 2010 was deeper) occurred under these conditions. A benign to positive environment begets a 1932 or a 1980?? WTF?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: The grapes at November 07, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10
Posted by: Marcus T at November 07, 2026 10:19 AM (g/iaZ)
https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
Hah! How stupid. That would be a perfect site to build a current-operated cable ferry. Do they not have axes, and saws, and simple farmer tools?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:19 AM (yky4J)
Kind of odd, no?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:20 AM (viF8m)
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At some point people are going to stop blaming the "war" in Iran or enforcing border laws or something else Orange Man Bad did that we wanted him to do and realize a lot of impossible things happened in the elections.
Unless Texas became San Francisco overnight.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)
My vote counts are as valid as Brandon's, sir.
Posted by: Gina Hinojosa at November 07, 2026 10:20 AM (PgV1+)
Prayers for God's grace for all of the Horde and their families. Prayers for comfort, Teresa, and for others all who've shown such remarkable caring and courage in your lives. You are inspirational. Thank you. 🙏
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 07, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (LHPAg)
https://tinyurl.com/42ar2rm7
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
Hah! How stupid. That would be a perfect site to build a current-operated cable ferry. Do they not have axes, and saws, and simple farmer tools?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:19 AM
They were going to build a Hadron Supercollider but whitey stole their lithium.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)
But in TX the huge flip of Hispanic voters, including a large % of Trump/2024 types, tracks with the stunning survey data that top concern was immigration enforcement/ICE.
Which is by itself a devastating factoid. Many had feared that apart from the rampant lawlessness at the heart of the problem, that even some supporters of enforcement would get squishy once the process actually started. It certainly looks like the case here. Along with elected figures (rather retarded WV R senator for example), this is a recipe for failure.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 10:15 AM (XJ22o)
I drives me nuts that I haven't figured out a way to help. He's nine hours away from us so it's not like he can crash on our couch. We have a guest room but it's upstairs, which doesn't work for him. And I can't get over the fact that his former coworkers and his church family seem to have abandoned him.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 07, 2026 10:23 AM (OlzlW)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:24 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 07, 2026 10:24 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 10:20 AM (viF8m)
What's that quote by Edgar Allan Poe?
Only believe in half of what you hear and nothing what you see.
It's something like that. I think I got it wrong.
Posted by: dantesed at November 07, 2026 10:24 AM (Oy/m2)
Will the next Battle of Mogadishu be fought in Minnesota?
Posted by: Eromero
If it is, the rules of engagement will be vastly different this time. Normies will go weapons free, no bag limit.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 07, 2026 10:25 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:27 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:28 AM (LHPAg)
Well, as it pertains to this election, it should be "you'll see half of what you hear, and none of what you believe"
Posted by: Boswell at November 07, 2026 10:29 AM (j10i6)
Two months (right?) of Abbott and Paxton in power. This mayor isn't even waiting.
Is it because he's got some angle or reason to do this quickly? Or just a sign of confidence that the election has destroyed the TX immigration policy so totally that he can act with impunity?
Houston was a center for human trafficking/illegals prior to Trump. Cartel central. Happy days are here again muchachos. Dallas has a GOP mayor. All other major metros Dems. I heard border sheriffs have said they won't drop their 287g agreements with ICE, which is critical (well except El Paso area, which is nice as it's right at one of the worst cartel-dominated spots in Mexico).
Sickening.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 07, 2026 09:35 AM (Gb7+b)
Saw a partial list of her sponsors at the Twitchy link, and recognized none of them, except Chewy, which is a vendor I have never patronized.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (yky4J)
He's in physical rehab after nearly a month in the hospital. If he weren't he would be sleeping in his car. I agree about the tragedy of him caring for his father but none of his family helping him. Hopefully, being in another city will help him find new opportunities.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 07, 2026 10:32 AM (lFFaq)
Rome is correct on this one. The "organized religion" is a means of Grace.
• Forsake not the fellowship of the saints.
• Paul, Timothy, et al understand the importance and prominence of bishops, elders and wise counsel
• the NT focus on the assembly of the saints, church discipline, order, the observance of the Elements, baptisms
All of this requires to some extent "organized religion"
You go lone-wolf, you often end up with DIY doctrine.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 10:33 AM (a4flb)
Child trafficking down under Trump
Violent crime down
Manufacturing jobs coming back to our shores
Threat of Iranian nukes down under Trump.
Oh, but we may have to start rationing gas soon due to the war. /S
Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:35 AM (sdSI9)
Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:35 AM
With gas stamps. And they won't take cash in payment.
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:37 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2026 10:39 AM (+gK6I)
I couldn't disagree more but you do you.
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:42 AM (OXhw3)
It is different now though I admit because the Dems are not totally batshit crazy… Tip O’Neill they are not
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:42 AM (M+uMR)
No ribs? No malt liquor?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 07, 2026 10:43 AM (B/m4p)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:37
Heck, I remember the gas crunch of the late '70s... You could only buy gas on odd or even day based on license plate number.
Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:43 AM (sdSI9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 07, 2026 10:44 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 10:45 AM (OXhw3)
I agree with you and what's more, the sweetest people I spend time with all week are my church family. It's very uplifting.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 07, 2026 10:46 AM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Eromero at November 07, 2026 10:46 AM (LHPAg)
Maybe you are missing the nuance. That is OK, most people do. Try this thought experiment I had with an agnostic:
M: "What do you find objectionable to Christianity?"
A: "All of the Do's and Don'ts"
< other chatter about righteousness and sin >
M: What if, instead of wanting to commit adultery, you lost your desire to commit adultery?
Because that is what sanctification means. In order to be a renewing of the mind that leads to repentance, the desire to do those condemnable things become unconscionable.
The Founders of this country knew that, and said that is the only prescription for a Constitutional Republic is to have a self-regulating, religious people - that is, enough regenerated and sanctified adults that would in effect be cultural salt and light making the Great Experiment possible.
The passage you provided is just an "ought"
Posted by: Community Notes at November 07, 2026 10:47 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: KT at November 07, 2026 10:47 AM (X8QDB)
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In prison? The percentage is quite high.
Whether they are "practicing" Muslims is another story. But the prison ----> Islam thing... is "a thing."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 07, 2026 10:48 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Rex B at November 07, 2026 10:48 AM (sdSI9)
And my co-worker (my prayer request from 10/10) is improving. Still in a care facility, but doing much better. So thanks for the prayers on her behalf.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 07, 2026 10:48 AM (q3u5l)
https://shorturl.at/biyKq
Posted by: Let's Go Brandon at November 07, 2026 10:52 AM (PgV1+)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at November 07, 2026 10:54 AM (yTvNw)
Trump Voters, 2024: 6.4 million
Abbot voters, 2026: 4.4 million
2 million Trump voters either changed parties or didn’t vote at all. Of those who switched parties, the vast majority were Hispanic.
Gina Ginojoza ran a stealth anti-ICE campaign on Spanish language media that was remarkably effective, and we never saw it coming.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 10:56 AM (oH6g4)
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@148 update in case you missed it. I thought you might drop by this morning.
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 10:56 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 11:00 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 11:02 AM (Sco7b)
2026 population breakdown:
Hispanic/ Latino: 41.7%
White/ Non Hispanic: 37%
Black/Asian/Other: 21%
They’ve had the numerical ability to take over for a couple years now - they finally flexed their muscle and did it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 11:02 AM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 11:05 AM (oH6g4)
Abbot voters, 2026: 4.4 million
>>2 million Trump voters either changed parties or didn’t vote at all. Of those who switched parties, the vast majority were Hispanic.
Gina Ginojoza ran a stealth anti-ICE campaign on Spanish language media that was remarkably effective, and we never saw it coming.
A better comparison is with the 2022 governors race in Texas. In 2022, Abbott won his election against Beto the superstar. Here are the numbers.
Abbott: 4,437,099 votes,
Beto the wonder boy part time Mexican: 3,553,656
Both 2022 and 2026 were midterms not presidential races that always draw more votes.
Abbott got roughly the same number of votes. Hinojosa clobbered Beto's numbers gaining a very similar number as Talarico did.
Abbott: 4,524,955
Hinojosa: 5,230,929
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at November 07, 2026 11:11 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Mrs JTB
*******
Probably by the end of next week...
Posted by: muldoon at November 07, 2026 11:14 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 07, 2026 10:30 AM (U/Byj)
Sickening isn’t even close to how I feel. Not even a scintilla close. The left didn’t like him because he was considered a “moderate” mayor pre the steal. We see how long that lasted.
Another massive steal is going to just casually go on by and not a damn thing will happen. I’ve voted in TX elections since 1976 and some of those state wide races (RR comm, comptroller etc) are ignored a lot of the times. People pick Pres, Sen, CD rep and move on. Everyone one of those offices won by huge margins. And we no longer have the straight ticket lever. And when a state moves right or left, it’s usually incremental, e.g. you would have seen R govs winning by smaller margins. Not become CA overnight. I’ll concede some of the losses for the reasons we’ve been fed, but not this nationwide level. 20 million votes is the new 11 million votes. Sorry for the rant.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 07, 2026 11:26 AM (itAg7)
Posted by: Mick at November 07, 2026 12:15 PM (HFx9z)
___________________
Sounds like a bad case of being normal to me.. (because I have similar "ruts" in my brain. My wheels can really get stuck in them, especially when I'm driving a little too fast, so to speak.
Lee Warren Md. has some excellent and pragmatic insights. He is well worth a click or two. I wouldn't have come up from my normal lurking spot if I wasn't confident that I make a recommendation to someone I don't know.
best, from North Carolina.
Posted by: Danl Boone at November 07, 2026 12:43 PM (FkjAt)
Prayers Teresa's pain will improve soon & she's back to her spunky self. Those numbers are amazing. She's one tough lady.
Thank you for prayers for our mother. Home from rehab last Wednesday. Spoke to her Thursday & she sounded amazing & very happy to be home after 3wks (1 in hospital for glue repair of lumbar vertebra,2 in acute rehab). She'd made some progress in strength there but got a cold last weekend.
I think her energy burst being home was pure adrenaline & it's worn off.
Now she's weak but home & two good days til yesterday. Sitters 24/7 til the end.
I'm simply happy she's home in a hospital bed & receiving good care. My brother just told me about her resulting weakness from the cold (transferring from bed to wheelchair). Which undid any strength gained in rehab.
Home Health Care PT will evaluate on Monday. She may need a lift to transfer as it is not our first rodeo. Father required this for years.
We think she's subconsciously given up and that's ok as her faith is deep. She'd never admit it, but we see what is happening and the exact path her mother had at this same age. She's comfortable and all will be well.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 07, 2026 03:06 PM (hzuYO)
The Holy Bible says 365 times to not be afraid.
I also remembered the verse that NOTHING will separate our the love from God. Romans 8: 38-39.
He loves us all, as we are made in His image and why we celebrate life.
In our very conception, which is approx 1 in 300 million, and a selective process is amazing. And, upon success, modern technology reveals a spark of light at that moment.
Isn't that amazing, His plan for you to simply exist? The word, "light," is mentioned around 200-270 times in His Word. He created light, mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis.
You began with that spark of light. He knew you before you were ever conceived. This love never leaves.
No matter what is happening, who is in office, or the ups and downs of life, He loves you.
He forgives you if you ask. He will bear your burdens if you share them.
He wants to bear your pain and also hear of your thankfulness. His love never ends.
Psalm 46:1.
Psalm 136:1
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 07, 2026 03:31 PM (hzuYO)
Daily Tech News 7 November 2026
Tech News
- With the end of support of Intel Macinti, the number of MacOS-like varieties of Linux is rapidly increasing. (The Register)
Because it coincided with the rise of AI development tools and independent creators working on the "they can't sue all of us" philosophy quickly reskinning Linux to look and feel like MacOS but without the flaws. (Replacing them with different flaws, I'm sure.)
- And while the Hackintosh - running MacOS on regular PC hardware - died with Apple's move to its own Arm-based architecture that too is making a return now that regular PCs are available running Arm chips. (Yoon's Blog)
Less appealing now though with the memory plague making comparable hardware just as expensive as an actual Macintosh.
- Though if you're more of a classicist you can run something that looks and feels like the original MacOS on a Raspberry Pi Pico. (Free Hackers)
Not the now expensive Raspberry Pi 5, but the tiny $5 microcontroller.
And on the "they can't sue all of us" it includes the classic Apple menu icon. That's just asking for trouble.
Tech News
- Speaking of Apple Applebees left its database password in its Android app, installed by over a million people. (Tech Crunch)
I am sometimes amazed that our species has survived this long.
- Nagare Labs is making progress on the impossible: DRAM that runs more like SRAM. (Tom's Hardware)
The commodity dynamic memory (DRAM) found in every computer - except for example the Raspberry Pi Pico - is a tradeoff: It's much cheaper than static memory and much smaller, but it's slow and it leaks - it needs to be constantly refreshed where the contents are read and written back. That's invisible these days but if you look at older systems it was very obvious; the Zilog Z80 CPU had an integrated refresh counter and the Commodore Amiga had refresh slots baked in to the DMA allocation.
It looks like this still needs to be refreshed, but it solves a different leak: With conventional DRAM every read erases the data and the memory chip also has to write it back afterwards.
Long story short, the new memory uses two transistors per bit instead of one for DRAM or two for SRAM, is five times denser than SRAM, and fourteen times faster than DRAM. Only problem remaining is that it doesn't exist outside of lab samples yet.
- Six more Nvidia GPUs with a total value of $11 million have been stolen in transit from a third-world country, this time California. (WCCFTech)
The cards left Oakland bound for Texas but only made it as far as San Bernardino County before the entire truck was abducted by aliens.
- Some less bleak political news closer to home: The ruling Labor (Maoist) government at the heart of the rot down under, my birth state of Victoria, is now polling third ahead of state elections on the 28th.
The Greens (Khmer Vert) are polling fourth.
First are the Liberals (Conservative Squish), with second place going to One Nation (Conservative Non-Squish).
To give you an idea of how unpopular Labor has made themselves, they are polling at 22% in their own stronghold. And thanks to preferential voting (used by Victorian state and Australian federal elections) a situation where Labor loses numerically but wins a majority of seats as happened in the UK is all but impossible.
I hope this trend spreads.
- Repotted all 29 seedlings in coconut fiber propagation pots so I can just pop them in the ground.
Now in the process of digging out the ground to plant them in. It's hard clay riddled with rocks and roots and builder's debris, so this is a lot of work. I planted one boronia this morning to replace the one that didn't make it through the winter, leaving 42 plants in various sizes of pot sitting by the walkway to my front door.
This is what the half-ton of gardeny stuff is for - soil improvement so I can grow something other than tussock grass and weeds, and mulch so that the tussock grass and weeds don't grow back.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: The children yearn for the mines.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)
I am sometimes amazed that our species has survived this long.
I feel less dumb, now, by comparison! Perhaps wrongly.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:03 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 04:04 AM (aKiSo)
classing-->classic
>>>the Zilog Z80 CPU had a and integrated
had a and-->had an
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)
I don't remember reading about this, before. How biggish is it?
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:10 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 04:04 AM (aKiSo)
I mean, if they're paying full price for the Tesla guts ....
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:12 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 07, 2026 04:12 AM (YHGmp)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 04:13 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m
Not that big - about eight inches long. Most of the builder's debris is bits of brick, but I've pulled out about a dozen of these things as well.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 04:16 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 04:18 AM (cHNrw)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 07, 2026 04:20 AM (wcyKn)
I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do. 1. Impeach and convict both President Trump and VP Vance - removing both from office. This will cause the Speaker of the House, Ilhan Omar, to become president. 2.Change the filibuster back to a speaking filibuster only. 3.Pack the Supreme Court with 20 or so idiots like KBJ currently on the court. This will mean that the court will approve the effective removal of the Bill of Rights. 4. Add DC and Puerto Rico as new states giving the Democrats 4 extra Senators and more Representatives. 5. Institute Bills of Attainder, so that you can be declared guilty by act of the legislature. 6. Formally fund Antifa to attack anyone who resists.
The question I have for the rest of you, is what the fk are you going to do about any of this? Consider your answers carefully before you say what you are going to do.
And before you point out that Ilhan Omar wasn't born here and can't be president; remember the packed SCOTUS: KBJ doesn't even know what a woman is, so 20 more of her...
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:20 AM (WDknQ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
They breed?
I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m
Not that big - about eight inches long. Most of the builder's debris is bits of brick, but I've pulled out about a dozen of these things as well.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:13 AM (BLOW1)
Be careful out there!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:27 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)
But it sounds like at least a couple of them got *stapled* into your property.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 04:31 AM (j98AZ)
1. Despite what TV says; They can't do ballistics on a .22lr.
2. .22 revolvers don't leave ejected spent cartridges lying around as evidence.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:33 AM (WDknQ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
They breed?
I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)
Haha! No, it's like, if you see a roach, and you think, oh, I've got a roach ... you probably have lots and lots of roaches, if you start looking.
But I take your point.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)
The Sylphide OS, which looks like the early Mac UI, uses a font that looks remarkably similar to the one developed by Susan Kare in 1983. The original name for the font was Elefont and was later changed to Chicago by Steve Jobs because he didn't like having fonts named after Philadelphia public transportation stops.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 07, 2026 04:34 AM (wcyKn)
I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do.
1. Impeach and convict both President Trump and VP Vance - removing both from office. This will cause the Speaker of the House, Ilhan Omar, to become president.
2.Change the filibuster back to a speaking filibuster only.
3.Pack the Supreme Court with 20 or so idiots like KBJ currently on the court. This will mean that the court will approve the effective removal of the Bill of Rights.
4. Add DC and Puerto Rico as new states giving the Democrats 4 extra Senators and more Representatives.
5. Institute Bills of Attainder, so that you can be declared guilty by act of the legislature.
6. Formally fund Antifa to attack anyone who resists.
------
Willowed:
I'm going to tell you what I expect the loons in the new Congress to do. 1.2.3.4.5.6. ...
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:20 AM (WDknQ)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:39 AM (odBC9)
In 1990 her tour bus was involved in a bad traffic accident and she was temporarily paralyzed by the broken back she got in the accident. They surgically stabilized her spine and she got some use of her legs back. It was enough that she was able to sing and perform again, but her dancing was simply gone. I'm glad we have videos of her pre-accident to remember her by.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:49 AM (WDknQ)
And since the Democrat party would be the insurrectionists, again, it would not turn out like it did last time as I suspect the siege of their cities would not work out well for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 04:59 AM (6ydKt)
Amazing how this keeps happening.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:02 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Landmine at November 07, 2026 05:08 AM (HFrEr)
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:11 AM (Hbeqj)
YESSSSS!
Posted by: Landmine at November 07, 2026 05:08 AM (HFrEr)
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
--Stevie Nicks
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 07, 2026 05:13 AM (AMvSw)
Thats more like it
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 05:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08
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I was going to comment on this, but figured you caught it already.
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:16 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08
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I was going to comment on this, but figured you caught it already.
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:16 AM (Hbeqj)
It takes a village.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)
59 degrees out with fog.
Mrs VIA has a local 5K this morning, so I need to drop her off at 6:45.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 07, 2026 05:21 AM (iMotb)
34: Village Idiot's Apprentice's first post of the day.
*chefs kiss*
I love this place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)
18 16 12 I'm not sure exactly what they are for; they're much bigger than the common ones used with staple guns so my theory is that they were used to hold together the supplies used for construction and not in the house itself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)
But it sounds like at least a couple of them got *stapled* into your property.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
Or, maybe I misread "embedded in rock-hard clay"; maybe it's embedded in rock-hard clay because a heavy truck ran over it, not because it was stapled there.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:24 AM (odBC9)
I guess it's a camera trick but, golly, I can't watch somebody standing on the top of a tall building like she's doing, there, in opening shots.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)
34: Village Idiot's Apprentice's first post of the day.
*chefs kiss*
I love this place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 07, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)
Thank you, VIA, for your prompt attention to this matter:
33 32 classing-->classic
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:08
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I was going to comment on this, but figured you caught it already.
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 07, 2026 05:16 AM (Hbeqj)
It takes a village.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)
Isaiah 41:10)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 05:42 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: fluffy at November 07, 2026 05:46 AM (V0/Sp)
Sounds like you have Alabama red clay for soil Pixy, I tried for years to have a garden, but the soil always reverted back to concrete when it dried up.
If the Democrats tried/did those things ... lets just say that they would unexpectedly find out why it was a bad idea.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 07, 2026 05:55 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:04 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:10 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:13 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:14 AM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/mrx5ztdw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:15 AM (JrHfD)
Heavens forfend a man risk life and limb to rid his African compatriots of a murderous cult of bloodthirsty foreign rapists oppressing them. What a monster. It is right and just that some numbskulls who don't know shit about shit can besmirch his name generations later because something to do with their hobby happens to share his surname. How lovely to live in this world.
Ugh.
I just wanted to make a sweater.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:17 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 07, 2026 06:17 AM (amcLV)
https://tinyurl.com/mptwjav5
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:19 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: biteme at November 07, 2026 06:20 AM (xWS9V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:21 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:22 AM (aKiSo)
I'm sorry. The internet can be a very annoying place with lots of stupidity, yes? . However, lots of people know what Kitchener did . You did . Make your sweater and enjoy that talent for knitting. There is a woman who sits behind me at the Anglican Church and she often knits during the service. I admire that talent.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:25 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: biteme
Maybe. There is some fabric like that on the other side of the block where it's particularly steep. I'll take a look and see how it's held in place.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)
I got a decent amount of sleep after being short yesterday, so I'm taking it easy this morning. I'll need to feed the furry thugs in about half an hour, and myself pretty soon as well.
Saturday!!!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:26 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026
***
My favorite coffee shop opens at 7 on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe a butter rum muffin is in my future . . .?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 07, 2026 06:28 AM (56Qyq)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:33 AM (Ia/+0)
The "I've had it" podcast, where the two harpies were saying they want to dig Charlie Kirk up just to kill him again, has had three sponsors ditch them over their vile, violent comments. Thanks to all the people who boycotted and sent a message, the companies actually listened.
Chewy, Boll and Branch, and Cashapp all made the correct choice. Don't sponsor evil.
Also, Trump dumped Susie Wiles and has installed Stephen Miller as his wartime consigliere, er I mean chief of staff. Good. Let's effin' go.
Happy Saturday!
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 07, 2026 06:34 AM (Toos7)
Happy Saturday!
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 07, 2026 06:34 AM (Toos7)
I heard Wiles was still under his personal employ as a political hatchet man, she just isn't in the administration itself anymore.
I'm honestly a bit excited about Miller. That dude makes Trump look like a soft old pushover of a grandpa, and if there's anything this craptastic layabout party needs right now, it's an injection of hot piss and vinegar.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:38 AM (aKiSo)
Their first order of business was to shit can the aquarium screensaver which did not allow for advertising in favor of the now default city background which does allow for advertising.
Fan-f******-tastic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (XV/Pl)
So tired of this.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (Sco7b)
Fan-f******-tastic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (XV/Pl)
Why don't they just call us assholes to our faces?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: clarence at November 07, 2026 06:40 AM (q4/FL)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:48 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)
>> American lexicon and is replaced by "wounded lion".
Trumps not the problem, he going to continue doing what he’s doing, but since it’s going to be through executive action exclusively, it can be undone by the next executive.
The GOP isn’t going to do sh*t during the lame duck and the donks are going to nuke the filibuster.
Trump better get his veto writing hand in game shape, because it’s going to get a lot of work.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:52 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 06:55 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:10 AM (BLOW1)
Nice!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 06:55 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 07, 2026 06:56 AM (xz+xK)
Trump better get his veto writing hand in game shape, because it’s going to get a lot of work.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 07, 2026 06:52 AM (XV/Pl)
That's where my head's at, too, for the most part.
But let it be through executive action, so that we can all see the benefits for two years and then have them yanked away from us.
Nothing changes until the people change enough that the people doing all this shit are afraid to continue doing it. Until the left fears pushing their bullshit too far. Until the right fears failing their own more than failing their "friends across the aisle". Until all of them fear getting caught.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:56 AM (aKiSo)
Heavens forfend a man risk life and limb to rid his African compatriots of a murderous cult of bloodthirsty foreign rapists oppressing them. What a monster. It is right and just that some numbskulls who don't know shit about shit can besmirch his name generations later because something to do with their hobby happens to share his surname. How lovely to live in this world.
Ugh.
I just wanted to make a sweater.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:17 AM (aKiSo)
Hoping somebody will tell them that.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)
Like telling a pig it's covered in shit....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo)
In my area, gardeners -- especially tomato kooks -- have been known to dump iron nails into the ground, confident that rust breaks them down into elemental iron fairly quickly. Evidence on the roto tiller tines suggests otherwise. A cousin of mine who was a millwright at the shipyard used to bring me a bag of iron filings for that purpose, and I was interested enough in the theory that I tried it. Can't prove a thing.
The rotary tiller was an Australian invention. When I finally got a contrarotating one (works best on a tractor), one guy called it an "Australian" tiller because, you know, all upside down.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo)
=====
I have found videos on utube that showed me how to manipulate all that, including turning off the microphones and data collection.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: biteme
Maybe. There is some fabric like that on the other side of the block where it's particularly steep. I'll take a look and see how it's held in place.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 07, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)
To keep THIS from happening:
Well, the landslide will bring it down
Oh, the landslide will bring it down
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:01 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 07, 2026 07:01 AM (sAmhv)
The "I've had it" podcast, where the two harpies were saying they want to dig Charlie Kirk up just to kill him again, has had three sponsors ditch them over their vile, violent comments. Thanks to all the people who boycotted and sent a message, the companies actually listened.
Chewy, Boll and Branch, and Cashapp all made the correct choice. Don't sponsor evil.
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 07, 2026 06:34 AM (Toos7)
This is great. Thank you!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:03 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (zdLoL)
From a combination of experience and research, i've concluded that the "put weird stuff into the ground" method of gardening is the equivalent of the "buy fifty thousand clubs" method of golfing.
Do what you want if it makes you feel happy in your down-time, but don't expect miracles. Good organic material (greens and browns), steady water, good sunlight. Powders and tinctures and gimmicks won't do anything much to your garden besides make you feel good and make you get out there and do stuff with it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:03 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo
Me too.
Depressed
Tired.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 07:04 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (aKiSo)
You don't seem bitchy to me.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:07 AM (odBC9)
Then my dumb ass realized it was because I kept bumping the "next" button on my steering wheel with my palm, which would start playing the next song in my queue.
hehe. Whoops.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:08 AM (aKiSo)
https://tinyurl.com/mv86rw37
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 06:59 AM (zdLoL)
yikes
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:09 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 07, 2026 07:09 AM (6sN1y)
So tired of this.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 06:39 AM (Sco7b)
What are your options?
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)
In your soil, I mean. Obviously that's not dietary advice.
Well, who knows, maybe that would work too...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:10 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:11 AM (JNr/z)
"Stephen Miller’s promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement"
Well good. I hope he puts them all out of business before the Dems crash the economy.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:12 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)
I'm a great believer in soil emendation, and at least theoretically try to achieve it by natural means, like cycles of tillage, a progression of plantings, and attention to water rentention and drainage. On my last project, which involved removal of a 110-year-old cottage and its driveways and pavings, removal of all the 'artefacts' cost me literally weeks of work, and I had to bring in loads of more-or-less topsoil to augment the crappy clay fill the demo contractor used to fill the basement. I took out truckloads of masonry, metal, and bits of glass. Any place that's had a house for a century has lots of glass.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:13 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:14 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)
That's our Pixy!
Mixy Pisa
@MixyPisa
Thanks for confirming this was the right choice.
We already knew that, but thanks all the same.
@RepJeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
House Democrats
@RepJeffries
16h
Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands.
His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
Fire him today.
10:50 PM · Nov 6, 2026
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:14 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)
I gave up on mine a little while ago and let it go to wrack and ruin. Sort of on purpose, it was a crap year for growing, both weather and free-time wise, so now I've got a bunch of lovely weed roots pushed down into the soil and I can chop and drop the whole mess and mulch it over for next year.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:14 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:15 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:17 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Common Tater at November 07, 2026 07:18 AM (v9Y2Y)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:13 AM (zdLoL)
At my old house, i went to dig in a garden, and found some old slate roof tiles in the ground maybe an inch or two deep.
Then another layer. Then another layer.
It was like some kind of weird roof shingle archaeology. I had a gigantic stack by the end, and a huge hole. They really did re-do the roof and literally buried the old shingles in a tidy mass grave three feet back from the foundation wall.
Sore back, but weeeee free slate.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:19 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)
agreed, crap year here for the same reasons.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)
I'm taking my son shooting this morning, so my alarm goes off in a couple hours. I should be sleeping!
Pixy, been meaning to ask, are you on top of this?:
$ curl -v ace.mu.nu |& grep -i x-powered-by
I day or two ago you said something that sounded like patching an old version of php, so I'm guessing you're handling it. Thank you for all you do for this site.
Posted by: frammish at November 07, 2026 07:20 AM (rcENI)
agreed, crap year here for the same reasons.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 07, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)
Had I put some effort into cool season crops this summer, I'd be rolling in it today. It's been lovely greens weather lately. Enjoy the bounty, brother!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:21 AM (aKiSo)
I'm a great believer in soil emendation, and at least theoretically try to achieve it by natural means, like cycles of tillage, a progression of plantings, and attention to water rentention and drainage. ...
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:13 AM (zdLoL)
Super-cool stories in your post, Way, Way Downriver.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:21 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: frammish at November 07, 2026 07:23 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:24 AM (JNr/z)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:15 AM (aKiSo)
====
My response to Hakeem, "Hush boy."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 07, 2026 07:15 AM (aKiSo)
Who you callin' "we"???!!!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)
Posted at 5:15 pm by Ed Driscoll
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:29 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:30 AM (JNr/z)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)
113 I'm also made some benches out of the old concrete and will make a nice big picnic table sometime.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)
Waste not, want not!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:32 AM (odBC9)
They do make dog harnesses with a grab handle on the back. They can help with moving the dog around.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (JNr/z)
Posted by: m "
That's what I say but I'm also a cheapskate who did not want to pay to dispose of 50 tons of concrete. There are places I can use those slabs at the farm, or it can just sit there in a pile until kingdom come.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:35 AM (MWfyi)
*reads his Wikipedia entry*
Hmm. Maybe he was....
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:38 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (MWfyi)
*reads his Wikipedia entry*
Hmm. Maybe he was....
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)
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Search Leonard Jeffries his father.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: m "
It's too heavy a subject for this early in the morning.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (MWfyi)
It's too heavy a subject
heh
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:40 AM (odBC9)
*reads his Wikipedia entry*
Hmm. Maybe he was....
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)
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Search Leonard Jeffries his father.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)
Oh, my....
Jeffries's claims that Jewish businessmen financed the Atlantic slave trade and used the movie industry to hurt black people, and that whites are "ice people" while blacks are "sun people", received national publicity in the early 1990s.
Jeffries was discharged from his position as chair of CUNY's Black Studies Department, leading to a long legal battle that ended with the courts affirming the college's right to remove him from the position due to his incendiary remarks.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:42 AM (odBC9)
He is the uncle of U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Ohio State University historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:44 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)
[Hakeem] Jeffries was born on August 4, 1970, at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City, to Marland Jeffries, a state substance-abuse counselor, and Laneda Jeffries, a social worker.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 07:46 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver"
My pile of concrete in the woods before I moved it looked like some Mayan ruins after the kudzu started covering it up.
Posted by: fd at November 07, 2026 07:54 AM (MWfyi)
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Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 07, 2026 08:00 AM (XJ22o)
They do make dog harnesses with a grab handle on the back. They can help with moving the dog around.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 07, 2026 07:34 AM (JNr/z)
Thanks. He's 40 pounds. It's not the weight.
Just never-ending caregiving.
I'll have to find a way to become happy.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 08:03 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 07, 2026 08:00 AM (XJ22o)
Wikipedia says that Leonard Jeffries is Hakeem's uncle. I haven't looked beyond that.
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 08:04 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 07, 2026 08:05 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)
Lots of elbow grease!
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 08:06 AM (odBC9)
You damn betcha. My pal and I both had what were thought of as energetic jobs, and we would walk through that man's handiwork and marvel at his gumption. It was inspiring.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (zdLoL)
You damn betcha. My pal and I both had what were thought of as energetic jobs, and we would walk through that man's handiwork and marvel at his gumption. It was inspiring.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 07, 2026 08:20 AM (zdLoL)
; )
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 08:43 AM (odBC9)
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its howdy doody time
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I thought it was Winchell Mahoney time.
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Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2026 10:16 PM (kU0PQ)
I'd been quiet for three miles. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that means a person is either building a bomb or fixing to blow their own cover.
Then I spilled it. The words came out fast, tripping over each other like a suspect catching a glimpse of the rubber hose. No preamble. Just raw nerve and a question hanging in the stale air of the sedan.
I didn't blink. I just reached into my coat pocket, pulled out a pack of Luckies, and waited for the smoke to clear before I gave you the straight dope.
"You want to stop for some hooch?"
"Honey, I don't swing that way."
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:17 PM (kpS4V)
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:20 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:20 PM (n0DpO)
I love noir.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)
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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (kpS4V)
Don't give me that look, Texas. You know what you did.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (vTZFs)
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Posted by: pookysgirl is torn between hating MN or NE at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (Wt5PA)
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Made for some interesting water cooler chatter, I'll bet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (vBZcw)
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Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)
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He was a notorious importer of smallpox blankets.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:25 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:25 PM (AKptf)
Cool pistol
This map of State Hate is correct for once, at least for Ohio
The Lady Laughing is all over my algorithm at the moment
Most Hated People = Jesse Marsh ... WHY ???
Wegmans Empire, one of the best things about NYS
I don't get the JK Rowling one
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (oCio0)
Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (3UxRL)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (yky4J)
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Texas no longer top of the list ???
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (AKptf)
He should have at least got honorable mention. I mean, when you conscript 10 year old's into your army, you're not a second teamer.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (oCio0)
Fred Myers (aka Kroger) sucks pond scum.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (yky4J)
Cortez is almost universally hated in Mexico...And I'm most likely descended from him and a number of his conquistadors...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (yky4J)
I explain knitting patterns to people as code, but with more variations, so not binary. Charted patterns use a series of symbols for the different stitches in each row. They can be very complex, as in lace knitting.
Written patterns use abbreviations for the stitches: K, P,
K2tog, YO, sl1, etc. in combinations to form the pattern.
Same goes for crochet...
Posted by: sal at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (f+FmA)
Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).
A busy man.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (vBZcw)
*poot*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (O7YUW)
Your guts would explode under the intense pressure first...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (AKptf)
It may be by default if that's where the grandkids wind up. But I really love Idaho. And gas is 95 cents cheaper there than here.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:31 PM (2WIwB)
A busy man.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Sex and violence, man. Sex and violence.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (ndZc7)
Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).
A busy man.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (aD4fx)
Reminds me of the saw...
Paying for carbon credits to offset your carbon usage is the same as a gangbanger knocking up a bunch of women to make up for all the gang members he's killed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)
Mexico would not be Mexico had there not been Cortez. The Aztec Empire would have eventually fallen to General Pershing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (yky4J)
I don’t enjoy discussing politics with all my Democrat friends, because all they talk about is all the people they want to kill. It’s really disturbing.
It's true - a moderate Democratic now is someone who merely wants to imprison his political opponents, rather than kill them.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:33 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (vzuC7)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (Y8DZL)
Genghis Khan
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (sdSI9)
(wipes a tear, smiles.)
Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (X8vlu)
We have both a Wegman's and a Publix here in SE Virginia (Food Lion AZ)
Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)
I laughed out loud at the farht science thing, which could be totally retarded and I don't care.
And the College Footbawl is priceless in matching preznits.
I hate Osama the most. It's all his fault. Everything.
Loved drunk James May beating nasty and mean Ramsey. I assume that is Shepherd's Pie.
The states who hate other states is accurate.
Altho in MS Piggly Wiggly of my youth was like an early 7-11. Publix Empire of FL is great. All of their stores now have generators after the Three Hurricane Summer of 2005 we endured on our beach.
The map of cities in Europe is accurate.
There were resistance code knitters during WWII. Did anyone but me know this? Do I win a prize of some sort? Please don't answer what the chosen prize would be.
https://tinyurl.com/4vk3vjav
Thanks again, Weird Dave.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)
If you like Idaho then go for it, If you think you can outrun the left you are making a mistake.
Those of us who live blue states have been saying this for years while we got shit on. Look who is running Texas now.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)
And they kept making excuses as word of his mass killing of Cambodians started coming to light...
The left were also big fans of Jim Jones until he killed off his entire cult.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (l3cgK)
Mostly for shooting a few squirrels currently, but would maybe need it in the future apocalypse.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (hzuYO)
Leave your home only if you really want to be somewhere else. Don’t try to escape anything. You never wil escape. If you love your home. And your neighborhood. And trust your neighbors…. Don’t leave. Wherever you go,
There you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yky4J)
The dame walked into my office at 8:47 on a Thursday night, and trouble came in right behind her. She wore a black dress, blood-red lipstick, and a look that could freeze the devil's coffee. Her legs went clear to the floor, her eyes could cut glass, and tucked beneath that silk jacket was a Colt .45 that looked like it had settled more arguments than the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Diane Fineswine's good buddy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:39 PM (X8vlu)
Fred Myers (aka Kroger) sucks pond scum.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)
I miss the Wegmans before covid. They got rid of the food court during that bleak period, and the football field length salad and hot bar with asian, indian, mexican and italian food was gone, replace with a weak sampling of dishes prepackaged, chilled and languishing in cold cases. Their Thanksgiving turkey dinner, however, was the bomb. I had surgery the Monday before thanksgiving one year, and we got it. Chef's kiss!
Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:41 PM (OlzlW)
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I dumped the GOP and registered independent after McCain blamed his loss on Palin. I've never regretted it.
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maybe a few decent Democrats, too.
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Also unicorns and the Easter Bunny.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ndZc7)
https://tinyurl.com/3z5acr53
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (3UxRL)
Posted by: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)
There you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)
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Agree. A state isn't just the current political climate. As we saw this week, that can turn on a dime.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (kpS4V)
And while AK does have a lot of Carrs stores, I'd say they are generally beat by Fred Meyer, and certainly by Three Bears.
But then, nobody ever comes to AK to find out before they make these silly maps.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (ZVgZ4)
https://bt-usa.com/products/hush-puppy-kit/
Get it now before the next congress reinstates the NFA tax and registry.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (aJQbY)
*shrugs*
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ndZc7)
Heh. I was thinking maybe Fetterman. I think he could be persuaded, and his future as a Donk Senator is on very thin ice anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)
And don't forget the Vengeances in "A Tale of Two Cities", knitting in the name of the victims of Mdme.
Guillotine.
I'm a constant knitter in public and when they read that in our middle D's English class, her friends were all "Hey, Marge- it's your mom!"
Posted by: sal at November 06, 2026 10:45 PM (f+FmA)
COVID was the excuse to enshitify a lot of beautiful conveniences.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)
I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)
Those of us who live blue states have been saying this for years while we got shit on. Look who is running Texas now.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)
Oh I do like it. It's beautiful.
I've no illusions about what's happening vis-a-vis the Left but in the time I have left, I'd like to create a place where the family can go.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:48 PM (kpS4V)
_-_
Yeah, that's the problem. This is happening everywhere. I had a number of friends leave Colorado for Texas, but the problem shows up there, too...and now my daughter and son-in-law in the big MT are beckoning...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:48 PM (3UxRL)
Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.
For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
Get it now before the next congress reinstates the NFA tax and registry.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (vTZFs)
Be nice if they made such a kit for a real gun, like a 1911.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (yky4J)
COVID was the excuse to enshitify a lot of beautiful conveniences.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (kpS4V)
It ruined so so much. And I fear it was a harbinger. How are you doing these days, sweet lady?
Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:51 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)
You know, I don't the math really maths. But it was funny.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:51 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:52 PM (yEz+x)
R
is now only 2:1, instead of 3:1. Once the current crop of elementary-age indoctrinees come of age and start voting, we'll be just as screwed as everywhere else.Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:52 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
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Yes!
(I'm doing it from a prone position though)
*swirls brandy snifter*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)
For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
I think we may have run far enough, although there is one sketchy neighbor an acre over or so.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (5WPt1)
Drawback to a wiped silencer like that one is that it's quiet for about 10 rounds and then you're replacing the wipes.
If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)
I honored the line for a few weeks, hoping an adult would finally step in and explain reality and get everyone back to work ahead of Thanksgiving. Nope. Christmas? Sorry. Walked into the local Albertsons to find the butcher shop dark and partitioned off. The produce - California Fresh! was pitiful.
Started to do most of my shopping at Trader Joes and a few independents. Everyone else did the same. I remember sitting out at my local Coffee Bean and I recognized an Albertsons cashier walking the picket line and looking pretty defeated. Young guy, with a family. When the strike ended, about five or six months after it started, I never saw him again...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (08OqX)
Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 10:55 PM (ke3zm)
There you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)
I have a fine neighborhood but the area is not the same. There are 100,000 more people here than when I bought the house. It's crowded. Traffic sucks. Politics suck. My doctor retired and now I have to find a new one. And I hit all the damn lights red.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)
I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)
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I want to know who did the math and wrote it. Then have them run for Congress or King Emperor Genius.
When he hit 290 G's is when I lose it every time. Have watched it 4 times.
If anyone can find it not on X or twitter I'd send it to my men.
Can you tell I grew up with brothers and their friends?
I think the noro virus explosions I had this summer rivaled this at times (I had the diarrhea type vs harfing). I was too weak to laugh, but was thinking wth?
I only get stomach issues every 50yrs (so far). The last was the Bicentennial virus I gifted my brothers before going to Gulf Shores for the 4th to enjoy the beach. There were pre-fireworks from both ends.
They hated me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: a.moron at November 06, 2026 10:58 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:58 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Nemo at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (5WPt1)
We must have more immigrants!!! We are below the replacement rate of births!!!!
Would kinda help our younger generations if they had a little less competition from abroad, yes?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 11:00 PM (bWl9e)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)
Have you considered a shotgun?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (5WPt1)
I remember when Proctors was still a thing.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)
The portrayal of Gorby and Reagan were both spot on.
And one thing that sticks with me, how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (5WPt1)
Every time I go for pizza.
Bonus, could eliminate a few Flock cameras too!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Short Bus H.P. Lovecraft at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (HFrEr)
If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)
If I were going to commence a retirement career as a hitman, I would build me an over and under double barrelled derringer, muzzle-loader, with electric ignition. No action to make a click, no ejected brass. With a one-time wiper type suppressor on each barrel. That would be for the hits. Carry a regular automatic to fight my way out if something goes wrong on the job.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (yky4J)
Also:
Tooth and nail capitalism is bad - you shouldn't have to compete just to make a living and...
We've imported every third world we can find to compete against you in that system and given them welfare and DEI
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)
Everyone have a good night.
I really don't want to take care of Ralphy anymore.
I'll regroup this weekend.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (Sco7b)
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Do you think they would have lasted all the way to the 1900s??? The absolute latest they could have made it would have been the early 1800's where Andrew Jackson would have eliminated them. But they were weak and probably would have collapsed on their own similar to Rome.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (tB7nu)
Yeah I've had a few tonight. But my spelling and grammar are werewolf perfect!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (CHHv1)
Medical care is not going to be better than what you have access to now. How much “medical intervention” is worth living where you live?
If your quality of life is potentially better in Idaho, go for it. But. Things change.
Priest Lake is freaking out of this world and I’d move there into a log cabin tomorrow if I could.
Otherwise. I am staying here. I love Seattle. With all its warts and pustules and gaping, oozing wounds.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)
My 22 Henry rifle is like that. First time I shot it, I had to check the magazine to make sure all the rounds went through..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 11:08 PM (08OqX)
Spoiler alert6: that person is me. And no, you have no idea. None at all. Not in the least. Oh God here it goes again--
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (ibDUx)
Cortez won by getting the neighboring tribes to ally with him, because yeah maybe he wanted your gold but he didn't want to eat your people. Someone else would have eventually been able to make a similiar set of alliances...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:11 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: H at November 06, 2026 11:11 PM (JSLNb)
R is now only 2:1, instead of 3:1. Once the current crop of elementary-age indoctrinees come of age and start voting, we'll be just as screwed as everywhere else.
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I keep saying this. We complain about AOC, and Mamdani and this guy and that. The biggest problem with the country right now is our schools teaching our kids to hate America, embrace communism and hate white men. It is not all teachers, but nearly every school has enough of these commies to poison our young minds.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (tB7nu)
Nurse,
You're reading my mind. Already found two potential cabins.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB)
Spoiler alert6: that person is me. And no, you have no idea. None at all. Not in the least. Oh God here it goes again--
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)
It's also the constant lifting him into the house. The stairs. But he's happy otherwise. But it's a never-ending constant thing that wears me out now.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (Sco7b)
We, being somewhat sane, thought this was weird. At 10pm Wed night my dude notes the frozen/unfrozen turkey was still frozenish and probably full of salmonella.
We decide to leave to find another turkey in the Podunk Boonies of MS. Found a fresh turkey, the last one, that looked ok.
Had left a note in the event my parents, brothers or sons noticed we'd left. No one noticed as you sleep soundly there.
The next morning, mother was annoyed at our drama and I think probably ate the weird turkey after we left (yet they all still lived). We ate the one we figured wouldn't kill us that weekend.
She would also invite about 50 relatives for this dinner, potluck. Approx one third of these relatives were dysfunctional. It made for many stories for our sons in later years.
This week my brother sent me fakebook photos of one cousin finding one of her 3 husbands for true love again. I texted Honey Boo Boo's family have entered our Shakespearean play.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (hzuYO)
Duck.ai GPT -6 Luna said:
Harris County (Houston+) has '600,000 undocumented immigrants'.
They caught chairman Xi printing up driver licenses for the undocumented before. How about this time?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (wljQY)
"Now," I said, tell me what happened when you found Cardinal O'Ryan in the transept with the missing cake server sticking out of his back.
"He muttered "I should have known not to approve a an Altar Guild basement potluck on the same night the Columbiettes have their annual bash. I've paid the price" then he kicked off.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Besides WWI, Woodrow Wilson had the whole eugenics thing going for him. Liberals tend to forget that Wilson and Margaret Sanger were eugenics enthusiasts. Margaret Sanger didn't want "the wrong kind of people" to do too much reproducing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)
Loved the red wax pencil to mark prices! Back then we also had a Piggly Wiggly in Mountain View and one in Spenard. All of them are long gone.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)
And yet, here is the Horde! Silly Margaret.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (5WPt1)
I'm trying to think of the name of the prototypical "no frills" store that was around for a while. Nothing like a big box store, but they did offer bulk items.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)
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Pol Pot belongs there for *efficiency* rating. That evil bastard managed to kill 25% of the entire population of Cambodia in a matter of only a couple of years. He did that by outright murder and complete and total economic incompetence, where he killed farmers and then marched accountants and social workers out to farms and told them to replace their productivity, even thought they had ZERO skills and training.
So basically what DEI looks like, just without the competent non-DEI hires to keep everything moving.
Pol Pot and Cambodia is the tightest teaching model there is on the evils of communism.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (n5tGW)
All good. It’s not cold. Lows in the upper 40s.
Might have to fire up the jet boil for coffee in the morning. .
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (yEz+x)
One of the "good" progressive judges wrote the "One generation of imbeciles is enough" decision.
The difference between then and now, is now the left has found a use for imbeciles and their offspring
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1
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That's literally what he told the other tribes.
I'm going to make you my slaves but we are not going to murder your babies, and eat them or do any of the other unholy things the Aztec are doing. You will have your families and your children.
We are Christian and abide by God's law.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (wljQY)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (Jr5Lq)
Being from Alaska, I always laughed when WI folks referred to Illinois folk as "flatlanders." I'm not entirely sure I could tell the difference, honestly. What WI considers a "mountain" hardly makes a bump in the road up here.
Also, the called them FIBs. Not the nicest way to refer to folks from IL, but then, not many IL tourists were particularly kind to the folks where they visited, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: pawn at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (3g9Kl)
If you ever get into this with socialists they invariably fall back to "this time will be different" and then a little later wax on the joy they will feel when they have Elon Musk and the "Epstein class" executed.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)
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A dagger is quieter and has a longer range...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)
Cats aren't in the same arena.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Borja Citizens at November 06, 2026 11:20 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (sKqQm)
Right. As Neal Stephenson put it, it's a mark of what utter shitheads the Aztecs were that when the Spanish Inquisition took over, things actually became a lot more humane.
Also thinking of the way the Romans (not exactly a bunch of bleeding hearts) were horrified by the cruelty of the Druids.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:20 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)
As you all know, I live in a very blue state. But in a place full of old timey yankee Democrats. We don't talk politics and we don't have trans nose pierced freaks. Kind of like Mayberry here. With a lot of ocean. We mostly talk about fishing or sailing.
They know my politics and I know theirs. So we leave it at that. We get along fine.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (bWl9e)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1
Thank you.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)
Mom used to buy a case of bread from the Sunrise Bakery second day store. Was just as cheap as making it, and a lot easier. Then it was Carrs on Gambell for meat and produce, and then Safeway on Gambell for everything else. The checkout ladies at Safeway were amazing, with huge beehive hairdos, and they never looked at the manual register while they rung things up, and they never made mistakes, either. Mom always gossiped with them, and then after she always checked the receipt.
The Sunrise is now Franz, but the other two stores are gone. Passing of an era.
Also, Pay n Save, and Montgomery Ward with the escalator.
Lots of lost things these days. Progress, I suppose.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (Cjcf6)
Also see their thoughts on the Punic religion.
And amusingly you can find sociologists attempting to argue the Punic religion didn't mass sacrifice children even though we have plenty of commentary on it from the Romans, Jews, and Greeks
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (wljQY)
All good. It’s not cold. Lows in the upper 40s.
Might have to fire up the jet boil for coffee in the morning. .
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (yEz+x)
You'd think they would have sorted out West Seattle by now, but...
It was 15 degrees when I left the house this morning. The frost is pretty, but damn. I guess we should be glad there isn't snow everywhere yet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:25 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)
And yet, here is the Horde! Silly Margaret.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (5WPt1)"
I just asked the DDG search AI, "how many black voters would there be in America today if Planned Parenthood had never existed?"
answer: Sorry, no relevant information was found in our search.
I guess we'll never know the impact of PP on minorities.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 06, 2026 11:26 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)
I have no knife-throwing skills. But I see no reason why a muzzle-loader pistol could not be suppressed as well as that Glock 19.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:26 PM (yky4J)
I'm genuinely sorry to hear that.
The highest point in IL is near Scales Mound at a lofty 1235 ft ASL, not far from the WI border in the so-called Driftless Area, which escaped at least one of the glaciations. Not mountainous, but has some spectacular bluffs, full of little twisty rural razorback roads to explore.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:27 PM (Jr5Lq)
https://shorturl.ly/ac59x
Goes to X.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 11:27 PM (ZVgZ4)
Years ago I had a group of cow-workers I went out with and of course they were leftists because they wouldn't shut up about it but otherwise it was a good time.
I remember I accidentally let the mask slip at one point - some Sikh had been in the news and the question came up "why the heck does their religion make them carry knives anyway?" which I answered without even thinking about it - "oh because when their religion formed they experienced massive violence from the Muslims they lived among"
One of my cow-workers googled it quickly and was shocked to find I was right. "How do you know this stuff?!?" since it was haram in leftist circles to question Islam even then. "Oh I just read history and a lot of it" and I moved the conversation to something else in the news.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)
Knife throwing is pretty difficult, compared with say, axe throwing.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (wljQY)
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Thank you--that seems to be yet another riff on the "true communism has never been tried" mantra. I can't believe academia still considers itself "academia" when it won't challenge blatantly fraudulent teaching on subjects like this.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)
I bet you and DH are so freaking cozy and canning and storing all the good stuff for winter. How lovely! Get his crippled ass out there chopping wood ffs! It’s good therapy!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:31 PM (yEz+x)
She is a fascinating person herself. She had been a noble but was sold into slavery as a child. The tribe that held her in bondage gave her to Cortez as part of a peace offering.
Cortez quickly realized her language skills and she went from slave to his consort. Needless to say she had plenty of motivation to make Cortez ruler of the land...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 11:33 PM (08OqX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 11:34 PM (4NO2D)
Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.
For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
I've got no problem with people moving to red states. It's the way that the Electoral College gets to change, and it's how the red states get more representation after the Censuses. In a fair world, red states get to finally drive the bus that saves everyone.
However, at some point, you've got to stand and fight. And it's not just opinionating on a keyboard, but actually making yourself known and fighting.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:35 PM (0CU3H)
That is true but I think we are lacking something important.
As a leftist there is a web of NGOs, colleges, local and state governments all as a fall back to hire you if you fail.
The right needs the same.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:37 PM (sKqQm)
Philipians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Someth___ to hold close.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 11:38 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (wljQY)
Well, we are talking about a hypothetical hitman's pistol. Or James Bond weapon, if you will. Two barrels, so if you screw up the first shot, you get a second chance. The Welrod was a single-shot, remember. Smooth bore means really no markings on the slug for the ballistics investigators hang a case on.
Cheap and cheerful. You use it for the hit, go home, chuck the barrels in your lathe, and turn them into metal chips.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:40 PM (yky4J)
I applaud you and admire you for your bravery in running for office! Good for you!
I talk to people. I cultivate relationships with patients and neighbors and folks I see on a regular basis. As they get comfortable, we talk about real things. As we talk, I listen. And challenge.
I’ve made a lot of people think. And that’s the first step.
I’m not brave enough to run for public office. Nor smart enough. But I admire you.
So. You’re pretty fucking awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wljQY)
Posted by: Short Bus H.P. Lovecraft at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (HFrEr)
I would buy this book
Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 11:43 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:25 PM (5WPt1)
******
I love snow. Lots of snow that parts of the Intermountain West wiffed last year. More! I want more than normal! Send it!
Saw the end of the cafe of you telling your man to get it together. We're 47yrs married and still like each other. Actually I'm still crazy about him. We're good!
Some of my classmates were shocked we were still together at the reunion in September, looking at photos. They knew him well and the rocky road of our first year. My roommates both loved him because he cooked for us.
Two classmates them lived upstairs in the (now) historic 150 yr old house where we fell in love.
I've been meaning to take the kids out to dinner and knock on the door to ask permission for a photo on the front porch. I'll probably be shot, but there's always the sidewalk with the house in the background. It's historic, all right.
I need to rake a million leaves tomorrow and do chores as I'm behind in everything in life.
Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:43 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:35 PM (0CU3H)
*********
You'll win next time, sir.
Proud to know you through AOS.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:47 PM (hzuYO)
https://tinyurl.com/4vk3vjav
Thanks again, Weird Dave.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)
Your prize is a knit hat, to keep your wit warm this winter.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)
The State Auditor, a democrat, whose job is to audit the state and its agencies tried to audit the MA state legislature near the start of the year and failed - the legislature argued they were outside of her legal reach and the governor/AG/state court backed them up.
So obviously they are crooked as hell. The auditor worked with outsized groups and got a ballot question to give her the power to audit the crooks. Her measure won by something like 90-10. But the same massholes re-elected all the same crooks who had promised they'd abide by the question if it won because you know they want clean government too the auditor just didn't have the power to do it.
Well, now that the election is over you'll be shocked to know those same crooks are already saying they don't care what the ballot question says she doesn't have the power to audit them.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wljQY)
Solid, accurately made, from good steel. Built for a purpose, and when that purpose is fulfilled, to be destroyed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (yky4J)
Nor do I. People should do what they want. But there always consequences.
Are you familiar with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact? Democrats are. That will pretty much end the electoral college.
They now have the votes.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)
I’ve made a lot of people think. And that’s the first step.
I’m not brave enough to run for public office. Nor smart enough. But I admire you.
So. You’re pretty fucking awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)
And what you're doing is exactly how Christianity spread throughout the world. Well, after people like Cortez 'helped' it along, at any rate.
I'm pretty scared a lot of the time, actually. I only ran because I couldn't find anyone else to do it. It was always a lost cause, and I really was always going to be the underdog. It turned out that as I did it, I found that I actually liked it. I also found out that declaring myself a politician made it easier to talk to regular people, and as I did I found that there wasn't the vitriol that you see online. When you meet someone face-to-face to chat it's rarely that bad.
Being 6'1" and black in Fairfield County makes it less likely to be assaulted by an AWFL. So there's that.
You're awesome.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:51 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)
What cars will raccoons break into now, thinking that they're dumpsters?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)
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how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)
"From each according to his ability, to ea h according to his need," takes on a whole new dimension when applied to gay sex.
Posted by: Robert at November 06, 2026 11:58 PM (yM1Fj)
The developers want it.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 11:59 PM (3bRmy)
Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2026 12:00 AM (yM1Fj)
Because some of us who tried to warn what was coming were called crazy conspiracy theorists.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)
Class warfare and psy ops deployed through a compliant lockstep media
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)
It's garage, pantry, kitchen. The wash and an extra mud room tub are in the pantry.
Home Depot roto rooter was not effective and also hit something like another pipe. It wiggled around it but it is an obstruction.
Pressing on it's established that the washer drain is full function.
The wash tub faucet cartridges (what a dumb idea, cartridges) replaced along with a new drain cup and its established that water drains from there even though it makes curious gurgling sounds.
Unplanned repairs completed the kitchen drain along with dishes await.
At least, the water is back on so there is toilet and cleanliness.
Whew.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (wljQY)
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The slow march throught the institutions is paying off.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)
Equally I have observed all year that we were being set up by the Left for needing a (previously scheduled) masculine manly man for president in 2028, and that it was over for women.
So, laugh at me and feel free to bookmark this or whatever, but at the moment, I will say that it is looking to these eyes like we have been set up - for President El Sayed.
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)
The mass graves of burnt-alive newborns outside every Punic settlement are hard to argue away.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:05 AM (ZVgZ4)
Now I live in a house with six other dwarves and work in a mine.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:05 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:04 AM
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Oh, please God, NO!!! Nightmare fuel...
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (ZVgZ4)
Looks like we'll get our first frost and maybe first 32F next Saturday around the 15th. It's pretty a pretty normal-ish year, a little drier than normal, at least here. GSP is still officially a good bit below normal rainfall, but right here, I'm about 1.5" behind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 12:09 AM (w6EFb)
Now NemoMeImpuneLacessit's point is right, we also have archeological evidence.
But...the argument is that the Romans, Jews, and Greeks who hated plenty of other groups, INCLUDING EACH OTHER, all came up with the same calumny against several different Punic civilizations and didn't use it against their other enemies?
That's uh and argument I guess.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 12:10 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)
Sorry - I also keep telling people not to worry and certainly not to think about next elections after driving themselves insane over this one.
It hit me tonight though and I can't get away from it. I have this problem where I see shit and I can't help it?
Anyway I'm only about 30% on it right now. It's pretty fucking outlandish and zany even for me. Let's see how the next four or five months shakes out.
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:11 AM (vE0+H)
If your low spirits persist it wouldn't hurt to get a checkup and talk to someone.
Posted by: old chick at November 07, 2026 12:12 AM (F3Dlr)
That means a shitton of snow and disgruntled transplants.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 07, 2026 12:13 AM (yEz+x)
Still waiting for the rest of leaves to fall, and then I'll rake again. For now, just use the blower to get them off the front walkway and deck.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)
(Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)
Which isn't saying much since they love a lot of those guys
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:11 AM
We need to educate the masses about pisslam. But the problem is: how to do it without getting branded. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
I woke up last night to find the ghost of Gloria Gaynor standing at the foot of my bed.
At first I was afraid...then I was petrified.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (jrgJz)
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Because some of us who tried to warn what was coming were called crazy conspiracy theorists.
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Class warfare and psy ops deployed through a compliant lockstep media
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Yes to both. And a LOT, a HUGE AMOUNT, of CHEATING.
And we should thank Thune by booting that prick from our party. He should be forced to caucus with the Dems. And EVERY SINGLE "Republican" senator who gavelled an EMPTY session (rather than allowing the Senate to "recess", when Trump could make recess appointments) should be asked over and over again why they SOLD THEIR SOUL to do that. Fuck every last one of them. The "Republican" party needs a HUGE purge.
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (Cjcf6)
Trump's team has screwed up again. How can we pare government when every silo wants to be higher. And worse why are we airing our laundry?
WTF does this guy think he's doing?
Posted by: torabora at November 07, 2026 12:19 AM (3bRmy)
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)
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Touche
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:19 AM (4S/sV)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 12:20 AM (cHNrw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (yky4J)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (4S/sV)
(Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)
Hating someone who is long dead is sort of counterproductive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)
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Emmanuel Goldstein will never die
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:28 AM (4S/sV)
Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 12:29 AM (KC5Lt)
{{{hugs}}} for you and Ralphy!
*Caregiver burnout* is a real thing, and isn't just for our human patients. I'm so sorry. Ralphy doesn't know what's going on, and he depends so much on you; it's got to be very stressful after a while.
I hope you can carry on just a bit more. Prayers up for you both...
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)
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You know, that's brilliant.
If any of us ever wanted to conduct a "communist intervention", that chart would make a great focal point.
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:33 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)
That lasts exactly as long as it takes for a state to actually attempt to do this.
Then the mob with torches and pitchforks shows up.
Imagine what would've happened in 2024 if California (a signatory to this idiotic compound) had been forced to throw all its electoral votes to Donald Trump, as he won the popular vote.
Yeah, ugly, huh?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:34 AM (qlLNh)
I may pity them, fear them, be disappointed or disgusted by them, or want to slap them silly so they understand consequences.
Would I start slapping them? No. It's counterproductive, and the list nowadays would grow faster than I could pare it down.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM (qx7Zg)
Isn't it weird? If people still need educating on it after all this then the ship has likely sailed. This was a "we totally get it after 9/12" thing or a "let's elect a Hussein" thing. Either or and no in between.
What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)
Remember, these mooks think there are still "Fascists" when there haven't been any real Fascists in over 80 years.
Some of them haven't been in for a Pravda upgrade since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:36 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:36 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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There's so much disinformation and agitprop out there it's
difficult to predict what's going to happen. The most effective
meme will turn the day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:38 AM (wljQY)
Posted by: Fenderbender at November 07, 2026 12:39 AM (w42po)
That evil bastard spent 50+ years killing his political enemies and those who weren't onboard with his starve-them-but-make-me-rich economy. Others that he didn't outright kill were starved to death by his communist economy, and by his ruthless destruction of anyone who found a loophole in his rule.
Our Kenyan former "president" should face charges for fellating this industrial-scale murderer/grifter.
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:40 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:41 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM
**deep sigh**
Yeah. Never mind....
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:41 AM (qlLNh)
There are still a few in Wisconsin.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:45 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: ...
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Thought that was Ivy League agitprop?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:47 AM (wljQY)
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM
**deep sigh**
Yeah. Never mind....
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That would be a great litmus taste for anyone wanting to run for even a "animal control" position IF that position were a partisan electoral position. You want to run? Great, here's something I want to know...
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:47 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM
**deep sigh**
Yeah. Never mind....
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
The results would similar to asking liberal feminists which is more dangerous to meet in the woods: a man or a bear.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:48 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Funsize at November 07, 2026 12:54 AM (3j87q)
Piggly Wiggly, A & P, Wynn-Dixie, Pantry Pride grocery stores.
It amazed me that wimmens would be seen in public wit' they hair in rollers!
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
In the meantime I'm going to enjoy the time I have left.
Posted by: Case at November 07, 2026 01:02 AM (En+fz)
We had Piggly Wigglys here in the '70s, which I vaguely remember. Also Winn-Dixie. And then Bi-Lo, which left out of her a few years ago, selling most of the stores to Food Lion.
Lots of water under the bridge. That's what I'm doing sort of, just thinking about all that has been and passed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:06 AM (w6EFb)
I'm in the final season of my life. It's been mostly good, with only a few years of absolute crap, long time ago.
If my beautiful country must fall, then so be it. It was a good run.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Trust only in the Lord.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2026 01:13 AM (oH6g4)
Then a miracle happened. And then another as God spared him in front of the entire world for a reason.
So - and I mean this - don't give up and don't rule anything out! He may yet have more in store for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 01:14 AM (vE0+H)
It would be foolish and wrong, to mourn the USA; but rather, we should thank God that such a country did ever exist.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM
**deep sigh**
Yeah. Never mind....
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Israeli's ARE dangerous...to their enemies, just like America can be dangerous.
Muzzies are dangerous for a whole slew of reasons.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:21 AM (l3cgK)
https://youtu.be/t9_L2hf7Sf8
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 01:21 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:23 AM (2BCN8)
Five Nazis out of 50? No way. Someone who likes making charts has a raging hate-on for Germany.
Hitler, for sure. Himmler and Goering, yup. But who thinks the average person knows who Heydrich or Gehlen were?
Trump should displace one of them. Charlie Kirk, the other. Or maybe Clarence Thomas? The Left is all about hate, and for them, history began in 2024.
And, as mentioned upthread, pedo Mo could displace almost any of them.
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 01:23 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:27 AM (2BCN8)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 01:27 AM (cHNrw)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:28 AM (2BCN8)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
"We will be studying the deaths of 270 million Kafirs over 1400 years in jihad. That’s 60 million Christians, 80 million Hindus, 10 million Buddhists and 120 million Africans of varying religions."--"Mohammed and the Unbelievers", Bill Warner, CSPI Publishing, 2010, pg 160
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:31 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:31 AM (2BCN8)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:31 AM (2BCN
Yoko should be there...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 07, 2026 01:32 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:34 AM (2BCN8)
The BND or Bundes Nachricten Dienst, was riddled with double agents working for the soviets and as knowledge of this spread, Gehlen was accused of knowingly allowing this.
I think he was in over his head as chief of the BND but still, whatever hate he earned for helping the soviets, he earned.
Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 07, 2026 01:34 AM (5Op5D)
Posted by: Dark Lix
Yes, I understand that. But, top 50 in all of history?
Nah, bro... the Beatles were good, but seriously *not that important* in all of history. (IMO, of course)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lix at November 07, 2026 01:36 AM (2BCN8)
I sort of dropped the ball on paying attention to the sky with all that was going on with my mother, the funeral, and now this hell election. Venus hit inferior conjunction on the 24th, and has flipped back to the morning side. You'll see it rising and getting brighter after sunrise.
Right now, Jupiter and Mars are to the east, and there will be a conjunction of the pair on the 15th. And that speedy little booger Mercury is over on the morning side, and will be hitting greatest western elongation later this month.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 01:46 AM (yky4J)
Right now, Jupiter and Mars are to the east, and there will be a conjunction of the pair on the 15th. And that speedy little booger Mercury is over on the morning side, and will be hitting greatest western elongation later this month.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)
Venus will appear before sunrise, right? After sunrise, it will be too bright to see it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 01:50 AM (yky4J)
Yes, meant *before* sunrise. In fact, this morning, the thin waning crescent Moon will be very close to it. Venus is coming back bright as a mofo now, and you can see it pretty close to sunrise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)
I will look for it tomorrow!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 01:56 AM (yky4J)
In fact, according to Stellarium, Venus is gonna get bright as a mofo indeed at the max brightness point, about magnitude -4.9 (that will be reduced by atmosphere thickness by a bit, which varies with conditions).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 01:57 AM (w6EFb)
Looked it up, Venus' maximum possible brightness is about -4.92. It will get pretty close to that this morning star cycle. This orbital cycle as conspired to get it nearly as close as it gets relative to Erf.
And, that may spark some UFO reports, as it usually does. Now, when there's a conjunction of Venus with another bright one, like Jove, well, the UFO reports go crazy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 02:01 AM (w6EFb)
Peak brightness will be around the 30th. That's well before max western elongation, which will be in early Jan.
The brightness is a tradeoff between phase and distance. Even though it's still a small crescent, it's much closer. As the crescent stars to get bigger, the distance starts increasing too much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 02:06 AM (w6EFb)
Historically, it was Galileo's observations of the phases of Venus via the new-fangled telescope thingy he was experimenting with that proved Venus orbited the Sun and not the Erf. That disproved the Ptolemaic geocentric model.
When he saw Venus at full phase, near 100% and right there close to the sun (superior conjunction) that showed it had to be on the far side of the sun.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 02:15 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 02:21 AM (yky4J)
Those heterosexual young adults feel that recreational sex is their entitlement.
That strikes me as an unacknowledged contributor for the recent election surprises.
Posted by: Fenderbender at November 07, 2026 02:22 AM (w42po)
Good evening, all. 50 Most Hated.
I'm in the middle of a series about Robespierre on The Rest Is History. The Terror has begun, but he hasn't been caught up in it yet -- and I can't wait! WOW, what a bastard.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 07, 2026 02:25 AM (XJ22o)
Things you need to know:
1) Always vote against school levies
2) Never vote to give the legislature exclusive control over something
3) if an idea comes from someone who has lived here less than 20 years, it's a bad idea.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 07, 2026 02:27 AM (1Yqck)
My opinion: they can fuck each others' brains out all they want. But I refuse to pay for THEIR consequences.
If they want to pretend to be *adults* then they can deal with the outcome, without using my $.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)
If they want to pretend to be *adults* then they can deal with the outcome, without using my $.
Posted by: JQ
That's not how any of this works.
Posted by: Democrats at November 07, 2026 02:40 AM (VHUov)
That's why I'm not a demonrat. LOL.
You play? You pay. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
That's why I'm not a demonrat. LOL.
You play? You pay. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
... and the Democrats aren't my asses to clean up after.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 02:45 AM (qx7Zg)
It's 45* now and rain stopped. Wind is calm. He's all snuggled into his favorite planter, just outside the patio door. Watching over his turf...
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
On the way to tge State XC meet today, there's what looked to be an Agriculture company's billboard out in a field:
Weed 'em and Reap.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 02:57 AM (j98AZ)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm)
Invalid list. No Oprah.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 01:27 AM (cHNrw)
Bronco Bama rates a mention.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 03:00 AM (j98AZ)
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Of course you're right.
What a sad commentary on the state of public education.
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 03:03 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (Cjcf6)
Yep.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 07, 2026 03:04 AM (j98AZ)
Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)
We also have our fair share of Aldi, Lidl, and Lowes Foods (which are very nice) stores now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:09 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:13 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:17 AM (6ydKt)
For the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, I can’t help wanting one of the silhouettes of the be a fish, or other aquatic animal but it’s still a great logo, and I bet they the sell t-shirts by the tons.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:22 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:24 AM (6ydKt)
Weed 'em and Reap.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
Nice.
There's a veterinary supply outfit in central MN supporting the dairy industry there.
Big ol' billboard on the freeway, saying:
"WE DO COWS!"
Posted by: mikeski at November 07, 2026 03:25 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 03:29 AM (5WPt1)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 03:30 AM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Skip at November 07, 2026 03:38 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 07, 2026 03:30 AM (5WPt1)
If they can come up with a clever business name like that, I’d give them a shot if I needed counters.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 07, 2026 03:42 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at November 07, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)
The question I have for the rest of you, is what the fk are you going to do about any of this? Consider your answers carefully before you say what you are going to do.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 07, 2026 04:12 AM (WDknQ)
The question I have for the rest of you, is what the fk are you going to do about any of this? ...
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
1. Only partially, cTHIEL and DS needs JD to pardon Trump -- TRUMP never bows, especially not to a wiener like JD
2. Who cares? they can't govern anyway, the only thing they can do is shutdown gov't. TRUMP will enable and can then blame them.
3. The NO KINGS clowns worshiping a set of funny dressed areopagite( as any idiot -- a member of a large tribe is final an unappealable) is as feckless and naive as directly opposing the king. They *ARE* there to enforce the KING's rules.
4. So what?
5/6. DS is already ahead of the curve on this, what's the difference? simple efficiency.
A: Expose the people who for the past 40 years that have brought us to this point. forWAR'd forEVER...
TRUMP was elected to be our Rorschach.
He needs to finish the JOB -- and HE WILL
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-nowYoureGettingIt
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-AgentOrangeOwnsTheLIBs
Who want's a TACO? I Sure do!
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 07, 2026 08:52 AM (Ume5u)
Rough Week Cafe
by Juan Solis
Obligatory
or the remake, if you like
Frequently Asked Question: Was "Dobby the House Elf" in Harry Potter played by Jason Statham? Well yes, of course he was. Duh.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)
I'm so tired of carrying him around.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 07:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 07:32 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 07:33 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (O7YUW)
My two favorites are baby elephants and cats/kittens.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:36 PM (4NO2D)
I've watched the video three times, and she never says it's a male sex doll, nor that she bought it for herself.
I asked Mom, and she says the holodeck handles such issues now, but I'll have to wait to find out for myself.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 06, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines"
Oh gawd it goes on and on , repeating the same lick over and over. Drives me nuts. It was ok the first hundred times or so I heard it on the radio but I just got to where I couldn't take it anymore and voted democrat.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: H at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (JSLNb)
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM
* practicing Joisey accent *
Very noice!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)
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Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:35 PM (MWfyi
Thank you.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 07:44 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:45 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)
It’s been a sad week. But.
It’s going to be ok. Reach out to someone and tell them they are appreciated. Do something nice for a naighbor. Smile at a kid. Throw rocks in the water.
I’m going to the range tomorrow with my #1 son and my range buddies.
Shooting will help.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:46 PM (eOjAZ)
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)
I don't pretend to understand it, but Chloe has only been here a few months now and she's already won over Penny.
They seem to be friends now. Both of them even sleep with me at night. Penny's been doing that for years, but for Chloe to do that in such a short time is amazing.
I love that little Bengal klutz.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 07:47 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: polynikes
Very pretty.
Posted by: Tuna at November 06, 2026 07:48 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 07:48 PM (iIyc0)
Posted by: Case at November 06, 2026 07:49 PM (En+fz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 07:54 PM (ndZc7)
Hard day today stewarding at the Cypress Creek KC show. Got to the ring at 7:55 this morning and left it at 4:30. Full slate of 175 dogs and I had to handle it all by myself. The judge was very complimentary about my work. It was by no means perfect, but I got everyone in the ring efficiently.
But Diana was Best of Breed today in her first show in a couple of years. Her Majesty had to handle her and Diana didn't turn in a disciplined effort, but she's showy and happy and that counts for a good deal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2026 07:55 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dr_No at November 06, 2026 07:56 PM (ayRl+)
Did her male sex doll come in the mail?
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 07:57 PM (NnhvP)
Franco looks over at him, grins a bit and says “First time, eh?”
That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:59 PM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 08:00 PM (ndZc7)
That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:59 PM (oH6g4)
Heh.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 06, 2026 08:02 PM (CjHsb)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (iIyc0)
Don't play innocent. I know what you've been doing in the Holodeck, 'cause I've had to clean it up. If you don't clean up after yourself and stop spooging the quantum emitters, I will tell your mother.
Counselor Troi knows too. She wants you to stop by tomorrow.
Posted by: Lt. Cmdr La Forge at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 08:06 PM (MWfyi)
Philippians 3:20
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)
That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo
While extremely disappointed, I'm actually surprised how (relatively) unbothered I am. I was way more upset at the 2020 results, but it all worked out for the best, as Trump 2.0 has been MUCH better than a continuation of 1.0 would have been. We've survived (and ignored) Dem congresses before, and the Republicans in congress weren't doing much.
I'm a little more upset we lost so many state governors, as that will have more significant ramifications.
Still, the economy is actually doing well, Trump will keep deporting, and the Iran war has to wrap up before 2028, so I think we'll be in a good position for that election. Dems will infight, squabble, overreach and terrify the electorate, while Trump's seeds will hopefully be bearing fruit. We win the presidency in 2028, oversee the census...might do well.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 08:07 PM (t19vo)
William Windom (Decker in that episode) played these disheveled, washed up types who life has fallen apart, types a lot back in the day.
Posted by: Lt. Cmdr La Forge at November 06, 2026 08:08 PM (w6EFb)
Her Majesty, however, once she was done showing, stewarded for a judge who was snappish with her. HM is really excellent at her work, but whenever she told the judge about what was upcoming - problems should be anticipated in advance - she got sharply told it wasn't necessary.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2026 08:08 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
The Runt from Reata Pass?
Posted by: Surly Joe at November 06, 2026 08:09 PM (t19vo)
Who needs black lights, I sense his perving all the time.
Wesley, I know what you're thinking about when you look at my butt, and you're disgusting.
Posted by: Counselor Troi at November 06, 2026 08:09 PM (w6EFb)
I did like Miller’s Crossing though.
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:10 PM (KC5Lt)
Franco looks over at him, grins a bit and says “First time, eh?”
That’s pretty much how I’ve been feeling about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:59 PM
Thanks, Tom, needing a laugh. I had forgotten this movie.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 08:12 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Mr Riker at November 06, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:14 PM (KC5Lt)
Wesley, I know what you're thinking about when you look at my butt, and you're disgusting.
Posted by: Counselor Troi
That fraud's abilities are worse than Sarah's from Team America. I was checking out Worf's bulge...I want to get dominated.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 06, 2026 08:15 PM (t19vo)
Posted by: Uhura at November 06, 2026 08:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Let's end Global Warming Now !!
Posted by: Dorcus Blimliene at November 06, 2026 08:17 PM (5sddq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:17 PM (X8vlu)
https://shorturl.ly/ac59x
Check it out: goes to X.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 08:19 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:17 PM (X8vlu)
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Yeah, I never understood how Foo Fighters became popular.
Mid-tier garage band at best.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 08:19 PM (s2iZv)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)
Equally I have observed all year that we were being set up by the Left for needing a (previously scheduled) masculine manly man for president in 2028, and that it was over for women.
So, laugh at me and feel free to bookmark this or whatever, but at the moment I will say that it is looking to these eyes like we have been set up - for President El Sayed.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:25 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)
I could not name a single song by the Foo Fighters. Basically, all pop music from 1980 onwards is undiscovered country for me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 08:31 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 06, 2026 08:33 PM (FZzOq)
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)
Awesome song. And the acoustic recording from Howard Stern is just incredible.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:34 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
MST rocks. Just saying.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 08:37 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)
This is not willowed, i'm just behind for the day.
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BBQ with fried okra and a glass of unsweetened tea, followed by an NHL game. THAT’s what’s for dinner!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
Bruh!
May I come over to your place for cold refrigerator leftovers?
As for generations...
Both 'rents were depression era babies that matured and married between ww2 and Korea. They looked down their noses at most of the boomers, and raised me like the depression was still ongoing. I matured during the cold war, and treat every new acquaintance as though they were trying to get details on my unit in the former west german countryside. As a veteran, I identify with early Vietnam vets even though they are mostly older than I am, i missed the last draft by about five years. Don't really fit into an easy noun generationally.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 06, 2026 08:39 PM (QVmho)
Tom Servo: Nobody does. I’m the wind, Baby.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:40 PM (77rzZ)
https://shorturl.ly/ac59x
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 08:19 PM (ZVgZ4)
They cheated. I’ll go to the gulag swearing they cheated. And not to sound like the nothing will happen guy, but nothing will happen.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 08:42 PM (itAg7)
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WW2 era unidentified aerial phenomena, with foo possibly being a reference to a nonsense term in a popular comicstrip, or anglicization of the french word for fire.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 08:43 PM (vSvIl)
My favorite kind of pet vid. Kitty giving the monster what for.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 06, 2026 08:44 PM (syz1S)
I know Weird Dave will make sense of all this, and everything will be alright.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 08:44 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 08:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mr. Coffee at November 06, 2026 08:46 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 08:50 PM (s2iZv)
It's the third day after election day. It's looking like a cheat played a part in tbe outcome, but it's too early to call it out.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 08:50 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (X8vlu)
Nicky, come suck your Momma's dick. Be a good boy.
Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
"No standing"
-- SCOTUS
Posted by: Tonypete at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:53 PM (vE0+H)
75
Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 08:49 PM
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What should the people on this site have done differently? What did you do?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 08:54 PM (4Aqsh)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:57 PM (X8vlu)
Perhaps if the tranny lover hadn't shot Charlie, President Trump might have had an idea partial to the plight of 20 somethings.
Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 08:58 PM (sdSI9)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 06, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)
I would suggest that that the GOP change their animal from an elephant to a scorpion. Much more appropriate.
Sorry, I know this is supposed to be the "light" post. I just can't seem to care anymore.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:03 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 08:14 PM (KC5Lt)
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It put me to sleep. 20 minutes of lights reflecting off water will do that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:05 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Very old news. Most the net has seen it, heard it. What did our Congresscritters do about it then?
The same thing they're gonna do about it now.
I'd like to see Elon's horde make the next election absurdly one-sided. Jink with their jank. Then something would have to be done... to preserve our "democracy", of course
Posted by: MkY at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (ik4bQ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 06, 2026 09:07 PM (P4bJX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (CHHv1)
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This.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:09 PM (AKptf)
94 NickM
Cut back on your drinking.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:08 PM
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He's not drunk. He has no excuse.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 09:10 PM (4Aqsh)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:06 PM (CHHv1)
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This.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:09 PM (RIvkX)
+1
I don't know how many times I fell asleep trying to watch that thing.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (AKptf)
Great ONT. All of it. Enjoyed Thelma and Louise. Elder son's first rescue (ath pit mix), Emma, died from a porcupine in the mountain backyard of his brother's. Horrific. She fought til the end and the vet tried to save her. Lungs kept collapsing from the quills moving in her bloodstream (I had no idea). Their first baby. Now they have a GIANT white dog they thought was a lab rescue. Mostly husky without curly tail. I think Moose stands almost 6'.
Sweet Mason reminded me of our Shelby in looks. English Golden's have wider heads. Shelby's mane touched the ground before grooming. Gorgeous boy.
Bailey, son's first Golden, Bailey, babysat but was not as good as Lucy.
DIL was showering once and had the baby asleep on a blanket in the doorway of bedroom and bath. She has a photo of Bailey looking at her irritated, like, "Well, you weren't going to watch him, so I am."
Their Goldens are so good with kids. Baby grandgirl grabs fist fulls of fur and Penny doesn't care...and she's the most hyper of our Golden's. Great with kids.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:13 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 09:11 PM (vBZcw)
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It started drunken self-righteous ranting downstairs
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 09:15 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Evgeni Malkin at November 06, 2026 09:15 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 09:16 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:17 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 09:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)
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The original was better for sure. If I remember correctly, Grohl made a lyric change that was silly:
"He's got some thoughts about buying some land
He's gonna give up the meth and the one night stands..."
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:20 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart
I'm tired
Tired of playing the game
Ain't it a crying shame
I'm so tired
God dammit I'm exhausted!
Posted by: Lili Von Schtupp at November 06, 2026 09:22 PM (oq9dX)
Later this month , "I play Rocky" is coming out ,based on Sylvester Stallone's attempt to get the film made and to star in it. "Rocky " was a fine film and apparently this is a really fine one too. Here's a rather long review, but a good one from "National Catholic Register" It stresses the themes of faith and resiliency. Important in these times, right?
https://tinyurl.com/yb24fphv
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:25 PM (JrHfD)
Eldest son is a professional saxophone player. In 9th grade he was first chair, beating out others in the 2k HS. Good looking guy. Through sons we learned a lot of music, jazz, and orchestra.
Imagine my horror and cringe when HS girls were almost screaming during his solos that first concert. Like he was a Beatle. I wanted to die or something.
He played through college, and in a jazz/fusion band in Gainesville with more girls swooning. First degree a jazz something with a goal to play in the pit in NYC Broadway plays. We hoped he would not be busking in subways. Was recruited by Glenn Miller for Japan.
He did go on a Broadway musical tour of Ray Charles. Got that traveling out of the way and got another degree in music education along with the jazz.
Taught HS band/jazz at two huge FL high schools for almost a decade. Now a systems engineer as he started with pre-med.
It was worth it, I tell him (now), to have both worlds. He put us through a bit of angst and flushed money down the toilet, but he lived and is now married and doing well. We pray for a baby for them as they want this badly.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:26 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 09:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 09:30 PM (JNr/z)
OK, I just suggested to a couple chickenfucking friends that they drop in.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:33 PM (Y8DZL)
*Who's gonna tell Christy ?
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:13 PM (AKptf)
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Ha. Oopsie! Cafe. Two small glasses of wine and I'm tipsy now. Feeling good in spite of this week.
All will be well. It will. It might be hell for awhile but it's going to be fine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:34 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 09:37 PM (+YRf1)
The key, as I understand it, is to know eggsactly when the scratching starts as to avoid injury.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:38 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 09:40 PM (sdSI9)
Posted by: runner
Love is Love.
Big LGBQT+ hate is foul.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:43 PM (Y8DZL)
Thanks. We are ok. I went to a morning prayer service on Wednesday - led by the minister for Anglican Church in North America. There were a number of people there with several young children. It was good to see them and a good to be reminded of the blessing of keeping on in the faith..
Thursday I was at a local store and I was parked to a woman with a sticker of where my son went to school . Her daughter went there too and loved it and now she's studying to be a vet. Such a nice conversation.
I've been noticing the morning and evening sunsets and the trees . So lovely.
That was a long answer to your question
I hope you and yours are well too. I usually don't get to the evening threads
Good night!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:44 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:46 PM (JrHfD)
On second thought, not sure the chicken is loving it.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:46 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:48 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 09:48 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (Cqx++)
You. Have. NO. idea...
My cloaca is broken! It hurts and it's bleeding, and I just want to die. Killmenow, please?
Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 09:50 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:50 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (Cqx++)
Depends upon the time, I suspect.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:52 PM (5WPt1)
At 22yrs I wasn't thinking of the future. My roommates and school friends and I had big plans once we graduated. We were going as a group to work here for awhile with US licenses, then go to London to work, and see Europe via Europass together. He was not pleased to learn this once he got serious my last semester as he was starting back to college.
1st: "You're No Good" with Linda Ronstadt. I wish I had belted this one out.
2nd song he did hear as my roommate (better singer than me) and I sang at a kegger: "What's On Your Mind" by Kansas. To an audience and he heard the lyrics loud and clear.
3rd, and he knows it now: "Right Down the Line" by Gerry Rafferty:
https://tinyurl.com/5cn6evjz
I married a dummkoph three years later, who'd gotten it out of his system. Dated one other girl at one point, and my brother's sister-in-law questioned him why after a party when he could have had moi. I had to laugh when she told me this years later.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:49 PM (77rzZ)
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Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (Cjcf6)
live&learn, amirite?
& now rly g'night!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (VyBeY)
One of those guys running a hen house got served eggs for breakfast and clicked at his wife "You know where that came from and expect me to eat it?"
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (Y8DZL)
We eat awfully well here from my garden. All year.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (5WPt1)
I can think of worse ways to go. At least one is bussing along uncaring. And I suspect we'll start seeing those worse ways soon.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (CHHv1)
One of those guys running a hen house got served eggs for breakfast and clicked at his wife "You know where that came from and expect me to eat it?"
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Motherclucking chickenfuckers.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:55 PM (5WPt1)
I can think of worse ways to go. At least one is bussing along uncaring. And I suspect we'll start seeing those worse ways soon.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:54 PM (CHHv1)
Not so much as a lifestyle as a deathstyle. But when the doc asks if I drink, my response is always: naturally. When she asks how much, I ask: in comparison to whom?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:56 PM (5WPt1)
here best song, no competition. Andrew Gold (RIP) made that song.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (CHHv1)
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Christy, the Linda Ronstadt version is so, so good. But if you haven't heard the Van Halen version in the last 20 years, you should give it another listen. NOT because its "better", just because its awesome in its own right! This is just one example of why American music is so epic--there's TWO great takes on the same song!
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (Cjcf6)
Sorry to keep going on like this, I know it's just chickenshit.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 09:57 PM (a/Pkk)
Posted by: Evgeni Malkin at November 06, 2026 09:59 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 09:53 PM (hzuYO)
DH was dating some fool, and me. I finally told him to shit or get off the pot. He chose.... wisely. It will be our 29th anniversary on New Year's Eve. And I mean 29, not as a metaphor.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 09:59 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)
Honey, don't fuck him if he doesn't at least compliment you. It's not worth it if you aren't making either bank or class.
Plus, he's a chickenfucker, so beware.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (5WPt1)
Posted by: Evgeni Malkin at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)
It's all my fault. I blew all the abortion money on crystal meth.
Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: tcn in AK
I'll smear him with my cloaca blood. Maybe it'll remind him of his polycule?
Posted by: the chicken at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (yky4J)
Um... well... thanks for choosing life?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:03 PM (5WPt1)
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You are correct! There's times when that's my favorite Van Halen album. Not only did it have that, it had "Dead or Alive", "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" and "Light Up the Sky"! Those songs were the musical equivalent of *pure* adrenaline,
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (Cjcf6)
Thank you. Good weekend. 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (NFX2v)
The Last Good Generation: Gen X
That's completely true. It's provably true -- the Boomers were such a big generation that the media continued to push Boomer-era bands and Boomer-era bullshit (hippie liberalism, Woodstock) even when we became adults. We all naively believed that when we became adults the culture would reflect our preferences, but no, it was all Boomer Crap all the time. Until the Millennials came of age -- and then the culture shifted from Boomer-dominated to Millennial-dominated. Not a day of Gen X dominated.
Last week a New York Times/Siena poll found that Americans of every generation shifted to the left over the last two years -- except for one: Generation X. Liberal Boomers, Millennials and Gen Zers were gobsmacked. "What's wrong with Gen X?" they demanded. As a member of that generation I'm here to tell you: Absolutely nothing. In fact, we're the only thing standing between this country and communism -- the break-glass-in-case-of-emergency generation. In the '90s they called us slackers. Now we're middle-aged, menopausal and holding the door at the Alamo. Have you even said "thank you"? No mystery why we're like this: It's because we were neglected -- latchkey kids who ate saltines for dinner. Many of our parents got divorced and forgot they had children, which was fine because we were busy getting blackout drunk in hayfields and smoking weed in garages. We also bullied each other -- and it made us resilient. I'm only half kidding when I say the anti-bullying movement launched this country's decline. Nobody came to save us, so we never expected the government to, either. Our whole political philosophy could fit on a bumper sticker: Leave us alone. And we vote on the basis of which party is more likely to do so. ... You can't shame us into voting the way you want; we're immune to that emotional manipulation and bullying. Generationally, we're the middle child. We've got Boomers on one side going "just get a good job at the factory," Millennials on the other asking "what if the factory were a co-op?" and Zoomers off filming TikTok dances on the factory floor. We're the ones who remember the Cold War and the internet before it ate everyone's brain, so we don't fall for every Russian psy-op that gets injected into the discourse. Thank you, "Red Dawn." And yes, I know Gen X is irritatingly obsessed with itself. In our defense, nobody else was paying attention to us.
...Unrelated: Unexpectedly, October's job creation numbers smashed expectations. Wages went up, too.
So leave it to us, the slackers. The latchkey kids raised on divorce, hose water and indifference, now caring for four sets of aging boomers, paying for everyone's benefits and mowing the lawn on Saturday. We didn't ask for the job. We never ask for anything. That's kind of the point. Give a guy a 30-year mortgage and a backyard, and he won't want revolution. He'll want a Traeger grill.
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 165,000 in October, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing. ... In October, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 14 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $38.00. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.1 percent. In October, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 12 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $32.75.
@catturd2 @WarlordDilley You are correct. And gas prices went down the day after. Who would have guessed that would happen.
— Robin Gamache (@RobinGamac682
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Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (+gK6I)
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Yeah, that's how that works--you reduce illegal workers (supply of labor) and the price paid to the legal workers goes up, assuming the demand for labor stays the same (or increases, which it has done under Trump).
Supply and Demand. Amazing tools. Congress Critters pretend they've never heard or believed in them.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 06, 2026 06:47 PM (P4bJX)
Posted by: Crusader
Sure they have crime pays so Congress does more of it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (LHPAg)
That is the truth. This kids were sissified in the interest of faggots not getting their ass beat.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:49 PM (7XuqV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:49 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM
Their pension funds are.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (4NO2D)
Sure, if they had any concept of cause and effect. So, no.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (vTZFs)
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St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed celebrated the results of Tuesday’s election with a social media post on TikTok declaring that “America has spoken” and using the phrase “belt to ass.”
“America has spoken! We want belt to ass!!! So start your engines!! #election,” Mohamed wrote in the caption of the video.
The video shows Mohamed celebrating in front of the Minnesota State Capitol while text across the screen reads, “When a blue wave hits!”
Mohamed was elected mayor in 2023 after previously serving on the St. Louis Park City Council.
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Congressman-elect Matt Little also used profane language while addressing supporters at the DFL election watch party in downtown St. Paul after winning Minnesota’s Second Congressional District.
“I think it’s pretty clear America is sending a message,” Little said. “The first message they sent is that Pete Hegseth is a dipshit. The second message they sent is that JD Vance is a dipshit. The third and final message they sent is that Donald Trump is a dipshit.”
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM
Raptured into communist utopia.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 06, 2026 06:50 PM (P4bJX)
Speaking of Black female political dominance...
A whole-ass Black female city council, judiciary, local government of any kind...
Have you ever heard of a group called the Jack and Jills? An organization founded to create Black excellence about 90 years ago. Membership is through the mothers, although kids participate like 100%. it's all about getting educational and future professional opportunities for the kids.
Friend of mine knows it from the inside. He says those women in leadership are cats in a cage. Never seen such infighting, backstabbing, and conflict.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:51 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Technically I'm a very late boomer I suppose. And I share about 7% of the stereotypical traits (some mentioned in the post) of so-called boomers.
Would never occur to me to tell someone "get a job at the factory". Huh? Umm I lived through the major de-industrialization of the US, know it well, have always focused on economics though it's never been my job.
Sadly I know quite a few in my cohort who are just as ignorant, or driven by resentment or envy, as is easily seen in younger segments. People whose "politics" haven't changed since they were 17 - and these are pretty lazy uninformed politics. Life experience and work experience hasn't given them any wisdom at all, it appears.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:53 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:53 PM (7XuqV)
"I'm only half kidding when I say the anti-bullying movement launched this country's decline."
Posted by: fd
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I never got a chance to say anything, but you know that girl who got shoved onto the grass by the Mongoloid idiot at the University of (somewhere in Texas, I think)? She went to the ER afterward. For hitting soft grass on her butt. Good God. I'd have spent my entire childhood in the ER if I went there for every incident like that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (U/Byj)
the censorship and deplatforming regime.
They are going to go after Musk because X will remain an open platform.
We're going to have to put up with a lot of bullsh*t for the next decade.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Truly we are neither. Key formative events:
Dads were Korea or Vietnam, not WW2 vets
Apollo moonshots
The war, POWs coming home, fall of Saigon
The landslide election, Watergate, the resignation
OPEC embargo, stagnation, inflation
Islamic revolution
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (RIvkX)
Nothing better than a Conservative Boomer.
Hug A Boomer, they don't have much time left. And remind any libtard boomer of that fact. Hell awaits.
Posted by: Gen X Joe at November 06, 2026 06:55 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) at November 06, 2026 06:55 PM (0sNs1)
As for me, tail end of GenX, and I cling to it because it's far closer to my natural mindset than anything else.
Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 06:57 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:57 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:52 PM
I believe the Style Guide recommends
"There is iron in the words of Eromero for all Morons to see."
Posted by: Duncanthrax Ten Bears at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (0sNs1)
The way the voters responded was not logical, it was just pure hatred and they wanted to show it.
Posted by: engine at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (ioML7)
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That would require a capacity to recognize the consequence of one's choices.
Which seems unlikely since we've just watched the exact same thing play out in the UK.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (U/Byj)
I looked him up, he's 41.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)
The Cars. The Police. The Fixx. The Smiths. The Smithereens. The Knack. The Fabulous Thunderbirds. The B52's. The The.
Posted by: Minuteman at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 06:57 PM
I'm "pfft/bronx cheer"
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (7XuqV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (4NO2D)
They want what we have, but they don't want to make the decisions that they have to make to get it.
I'm really not sure how to say this right. I guess I'm saying people say "decline is a choice," but it's not just one choice, it's ongoing choices made every day. Watching it is like having a friend that wants a good family life like mine, but keeps making the same destructive life choices over and over again that keep them miserable.
Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (0MjtC)
I couldn't care less about these labels and generalizations about "generation" this or that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Should have gone to a gun shop, instead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (yky4J)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:01 PM (4NO2D)
Proud Gen X'r, and the essay rings true.
But I have to wonder if our cohort has a blind spot. Coming of age with our embassy staff held hostage, I'd gladly pay $5 a gallon for years if that was what it took to bring that regime down. But that loathing seems to end with us.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (4HoLg)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)
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Typical millenial.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)
They don't exist. Nor should they. There's nothing left to conserve. Liberalism is back to being a revolutionary ideology locked once more into battle with Marxism under the rim to catch the rebound of an ossifying and moribund aristocracy based solely on birth.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Ed McMahon at November 06, 2026 07:02 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 06, 2026 07:03 PM (3Ope8)
Those parents harken back to the 1980s, but refuse to change how they raise their kids.
Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 07:03 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)
Well, I disagree.
Posted by: The Thunder Bucket at November 06, 2026 07:03 PM (Ssbab)
And there was much rejoicing.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
COJ gets it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 07:05 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (8Uo7a)
_-_
That doesn't sound like good news to me.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (bWl9e)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
And we find out some damn nosepicker ran off with the kirk key and we can't switchover the CUPS panel now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:07 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:07 PM (/izzV)
Hold firm.
Our sons are Millennial's, conservative Christians, raised right by their crazy parents who shed their hippie ways before their births.
They have had good to great education and degrees, great jobs, beautiful and successful wives who also work and one balances 3 kids, gorgeous grandchildren with the hope for more who will someday vote similar.
I am unsure what their generation will be named but they embrace God and family at young ages and in private Catholic school. They love God, family and country as we instill this in them.
I thank God for those of all colors holding on in 2026. I don't care what your hair color or piercings if you voted the right way for America.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
We are having Beef Black Bean Enchiladas tonight and I am having my second and last glass of white whine.
Bless you all and Ace's Place to vent.
Mis Hum, if you are reading, I already miss you.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:08 PM (hzuYO)
But in all seriousness... it'll last all of a day if we're motivated.
And.. as for the labels. Fuck that. It's always been divisive. For a reason.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 07:09 PM (RORbl)
The Boomers were raised by the Greatest Generation.
The Greatest put in all of the government programs that we are fighting against today.
They invented the UN, NATO, World Bank, IMF and all of the other international institutions we've been watching take more and more control over eight decades because that generation, and their parents, had fought a bloody war and wanted a better life for their children.
They had no clue that so many of their children would be brainwashed, indoctrinated and turned into socialists by the time they got to college.
Then hundreds of thousands of them got sent off to Vietnam.
That was the 60s and 70s and it only got worse from there.
To blame the Boomers for the way they were raised and for things that occurred that were beyond their control is ridiculous.
The Boomers just so happened to be born at and grew up during a post-war boom that lasted for twenty years and made America the most powerful country in the world.
Stop blaming old people for your own problems.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Minuteman at November 06, 2026 06:59 PM (47/pr)
The Bad Brains, The Ramones, The Minutemen, Minor Threat, Black Flag
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (/izzV)
Steyer is insane. Our prison system doesn't deliver justice or safety? Whose safety???
Tom Steyer
@TomSteyer
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3h
I commend Governor @GavinNewsom for taking this historic step.
California will no longer be complicit in a racially biased system that delivers neither justice nor safety.
NBC News
@NBCNews
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Nov 5
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom commutes all 548 death sentences in California to life without parole, saying he opposes "state-sanctioned killing."
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (kX27y)
I have also roller skated with those steel street skates that you attached to your shoes with a big key.
Posted by: toby928(c)p/i]
Was it a brand new key?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (Cqx++)
Almost find this fascinating.
Main reasons? Lowering inflation (including gasoline prices, until the war)? Securing the border? Starting the process of restoring rule of law in immigration? Unshackling US energy production resulting in greatest output in history? Initiating process of repatriating manufacturing industry to the US? Again, starting a climb in real wages for the middle/lower tiers - for the second time, he did it already in Term 1 prior to The Great Idiocy? Cutting government for the first time in 4 decades? Beginning to uncover and correct the massive, massive fraud ongoing against taxpayers in welfare programs? Building a ballroom (free to taxpayers) of the sort that's been a highly desired and overdue project for 3 or 4 presidents? Removing a hostile and dangerous and vile regime in Venezuela with one special forces operation?
And the list goes on.
Wonder which particular thing made so many voters so furious? "Mean tweets" perhaps?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)
For dinner.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (aH/pT)
Nov 5
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom commutes all 548 death sentences in California to life without parole, saying he opposes "state-sanctioned killing."
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 07:10 PM (kX27y)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HIS STATE IS LITERALLY SANCTIONING THE RELEASE OF MURDERERS BACK INTO THE WILD TO MURDER AGAIN
OK NOT FUNNY HAHA BUT STILL
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (aKiSo)
Enough about the Romans - What have they ever done for US!?
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (/izzV)
Now what did you do?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM
The Permanent Record knows.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM (Q+gd/)
Now what did you do?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)
Robbed a car battery store in a wetsuit?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM (aKiSo)
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Been saying this for a while. They have these school campaigns against bullying that don't focus on actual bullying but more of wrong opinions, and criticism.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 07:14 PM (tB7nu)
Just wonder, in context, how people can bitch about non-native employment numbers. What exactly is the administration supposed to do that it's not already doing, or trying to do (often hampered by a broken constitutional system wherein the judiciary lawlessly usurps and dictates)?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (3Ope8)
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Been saying this for a while. They have these school campaigns against bullying that don't focus on actual bullying but more of wrong opinions, and criticism.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 07:14 PM (tB7nu)
They created a different type of bullying.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (AKptf)
Some of it really does seem to come down to cost of living. Here in Texas there were two surprising waves. The second was that most tax increases (mostly schools, I think) got voted down.
This was not your typical blue wave.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (waqbs)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: So-called Bully at November 06, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)
Not claiming perfection, of course not. But utterly baffled as to specific things done/not being done that people who are so unhappy want to see.
Specifics please?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:17 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:17 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: rhomboid '
They are a bunch of ungrateful ignorant sheep who believe everything The Media tells them.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:18 PM (MWfyi)
It would be wrong of you to believe that guy holding the door is doing so because he’s obsequious and servile. He’s been raised to show respect right up until the moment you show you don’t deserve it.
It feels like a lot of people are going to learn this the hard way.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:18 PM (7S15B)
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They (and we) are going to get it in the ass good and hard too
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (tB7nu)
I drank from the hose.
But, I also filled the bong from it and packed a fresh bowl. Because I'm a mench like that.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: Scott "Scut" Farkus at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)
Cost of living. I guess people expect a return to 2019 prices, or something. Of course not the way it works.
The hidden zinger here, which does blame Trump for much of the inflation, I never say. But it goes back to 2020 of course. And it muddies the waters since his successor greatly exacerbated things without even a (flawed) rationale of any kind.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:19 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 07:20 PM (CHHv1)
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I said nothing about President Trump. As far as I can tell, our biggest problem over the last two years was a congeess that accomplished very little compared to what is still needed.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 07:20 PM (3UxRL)
Other presidents have to pull off a no-hit 100% speedrun world record or else they suck and have no idea what they're doing and should probably quit.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (aKiSo)
This was not your typical blue wave.
I had an argument with a lefty instructor at my junior college once on The "Great" depression and FDR. He said the people just wanted someone to do something, anything to help them in the economic downturn. I argued that the best thing to do is nothing, let it run it's course. He called me entitled and an elitist, while at the time I was making minimum wage. So I got that going for me.
Posted by: Entitled Elitist at $2.65 an hour at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (Ssbab)
There used to be an excuse to drink a lot tied to a tour that went from Watertown to Marblehead, MA called The Great Race. It was really just a drunken clown show that required drinking pretty much non-stop for 26 miles and finding some way to get to the finish line. Which was a bar.
People rode bikes, not racing bikes, walked, ran skateboarded and whatever and stopped frequently. To drink. My ex used to do it on those metal skates you attached to sneakers.
We were young once. And stupid.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (Ydd86)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:15 PM (U/Byj)
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I have yet to see any immigration enforcement conducted against the corporate leadership of industries rife with illegal employment; hospitality, homebuilding, health care.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:13 PM
This is very true and I also prefer the term cohorts. A cohort is smaller and includes the people with similar life experiences and hence, way of thinking. I find that when I meet people of my HS cohort, it is very easy to like them.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (U/Byj)
We were poor when we bought our first house under Reagan in 1985 at 12.45% interest rates. Saving money on one income (well, I worked as a nurse 1 day/week) for five years after we married.
Two houses later we are doing very well. Without any help from anyone.
We ate Hamburger Helper and other stuff we cooked at home. Going out to dinner was reserved for a birthday or our wedding anniversary poor.
Starbucks did not exist then. Taco Bell or McDonald's was a treat. It was rare to spend money on anything but rent or food. I was wearing college sweaters during my first pregnancy 2yrs later.
So, shut thy pie hole at 7.18% interest rates for a 30yr mortgage with a downpayment you saved for. We had it worse with two kids to raise. We didn't complain and had a great life.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (hzuYO)
Kids who were 12-13 during the Covid event are now 18-20ish...
we are just starting to see the wages of a completely brainwashed generation.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:22 PM (/izzV)
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I said nothing about President Trump. As far as I can tell, our biggest problem over the last two years was a congeess that accomplished very little compared to what is still needed.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 07:20 PM (3UxRL)
We nee d anew "Contract With American" crica 1994 and leaders and candidates committed to getting the job done.
The GOP should be focusing on that contract and their get out the vote operations for the next two years above all else.
Will they do that?
I doubt it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:23 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:24 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:25 PM (/izzV)
Will they do that?
I doubt it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:23 PM
Well, we can't do it without your generous financial support.
Can you chip in $25 right now, which, thanks to some generous donors, offers a three-to-one match for the next 24 hours!
Posted by: GOPe at November 06, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)
*********
We were in Marblehead once. Sons and I wanted to (oddly) see Salem,MA. Which was a waste of time.
Marblehead was gorgeous.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 07:24 PM (/izzV)
They believe prices should be back to 2019 levels and can't understand that that can't happen unless we go through a deflationary depression.
They enjoyed that COVID cash, but they just can't put two and two together and realize that they're still paying for it now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)
The GOP is not going to do that. Maybe they will start to realize why people don't vote for them but I don't think they care. As long as they are in the game the grift will flow.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)
Sweet Caroline.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 07:27 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)
Getting into shower this time
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 07:30 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (7S15B)
Haven't been back in years but I used to race out of there. The end of The Great Race in the early days was at Mattie's Sail Loft which as the name would indicate was a sailor's bar. Then it got too popular and had to find a new venue.
Great little town. Lots of memories.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)
Partly, I suppose.
But their main problem is they are too disorganized with too many egos and too many chiefs and not enough Indians and too many who leave the reservation when their feelings get hurt.
The Dems are ruthlessly disciplined compared to the GOP.
Cults tend to work like that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 07:32 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:33 PM (AKptf)
For dinner.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:12 PM (aH/pT)
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Add cheese to chips first (in hunks, not shredded), microwave. Add salsa. Drink wine.
Complete meal. Protein, carb, veg and fruit.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (hzuYO)
You're aggressively stupid and boring.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (viF8m)
It would be wrong of you to believe that guy holding the door is doing so because he’s obsequious and servile. He’s been raised to show respect right up until the moment you show you don’t deserve it.
It feels like a lot of people are going to learn this the hard way.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:18 PM
Your Dad was on the money.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 07:34 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (sbGbc)
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (PwgSL)
from September to October 2026: foreign-born employment rose by 809,000 (from 31.253 million to 32.062 million), while native-born employment fell by 64,000 (from 132.185 million to 132.121 million
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I would like to come back to this at some point. Is it real?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (7xqnr)
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 07:40 PM (SwyyQ)
>>As for me, tail end of GenX, and I cling to it because it's far closer to my natural mindset than anything else.
Born in 1957, me (and my younger siblings) were too young to be part of the Summer of Love ('69) and the hippie generation. We hit our teens in the early '90s, and I think of people my age to and up to the start of Gen X and Gen Jones.
Still, I'm nearly 70. Booo!
Posted by: Reno_Dave at November 06, 2026 07:43 PM (yXKEQ)
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 07:39 PM (PwgSL)
Same here. Or Generation Jones as some would call it.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 07:43 PM (iIyc0)
America first - shoulda said the GOPe shived us and we didnt take some scalps
Iran - shoulda said we should have destroyed them completely and then made the rubble bounce
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 06, 2026 07:48 PM (3Ope8)
Well it'd be nice to respond to your thoughtful reply but since some dyke broad who runs this gerbil cage feels any dissent is outlawed... FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR BOOMER FANTASY.
Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 07:54 PM (+6avD)
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 08:13 PM (kLVP9)
Only the eldest was Confirmed.
The then bishop of San Diego decided to let all the beaners 'self certify" that they were ready to receive the sacrament, without attending classes.
All of my children are wealthier than me. My sons are conservative. My daughter was a feminist, has a good job.
Gen X is not a bunch of stoners. They are backbone.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 08:16 PM (LOvBA)
We wanted the SAVE act. The Senate denied us this.
We wanted someone other than the sister of Lindsay Graham to be senator.
How does every county in Kansas vote Dem? Perhaps there was more Dems voting. I don't know.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 08:21 PM (LOvBA)
Posted by: Fire on the mountain at November 06, 2026 09:18 PM (CAydo)
Posted by: Fire on the mountain at November 06, 2026 09:19 PM (CAydo)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 06, 2026 09:22 PM (PKL0q)
Posted by: MikeN at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM (q+qFP)
Posted by: MikeN at November 07, 2026 09:09 AM
*sheds a single tear*
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 07, 2026 10:44 AM (4NO2D)
I go to our local grocery store and the music on the PA system is 1960's R&R. That's like 60 years old! Consider growing up as a little kid in the '50s and hearing 1890's music in a Sears and Roebuck PA system. It's like shopping is frozen in ancient history. The same is true when going to a relatively higher end restaurant. The '80s and '90s also had excellent music (excluding commercial template rap), but it is rarely played in business establishments.
GenX was caught in the PC computer and gaming wasteland. Note: Apple's HyperCard was the breakthrough that showed the way for all PC games that followed.
$Bs of dollars on entertainment in the basement that produces no useful goods. No wonder GenX feels left out.
That has since been replaced by the social influencer wasteland of Facebook. "Influencing" followers to get them to pay for your travel lifestyle with likes for advertisers. It has even been claimed by recent college graduates that they want to pursue careers in "Influencing".
That is a total breakdown in productivity. Influencers are another middle man burden on product prices (percentage cut).
Posted by: John at November 07, 2026 10:03 PM (UwF2a)
Trump vs. the Bureaucracy
Trump is the first president in living memory to actually cut the federal work force.
Reagan tried. Reagan failed. Trump actually delivered. He also worked assiduously to make the President the boss of his underling bureaucrats, instead of the bureaucrats being the President's boss. What a concept. The boss sets policy and tells the subordinate paper-pushers what to do? That's a #ThreatToDemocracy. Ben Weingarten:
Of course, the Democrats want to undo all this. They want to rehire all the unneeded clock-watching do-nothings and of course all the unqualified DEI make-work check-cashers and they want to pour American tax dollars into US AID and all the other corrupt communist NGOs.
Although Trump is often described as an impulsive, undisciplined leader, he has remained sharply focused on advancing reforms aimed at increasing presidential power over the unelected federal bureaucracy. RealClearInvestigations' review of dozens of executive actions and agency regulations found that the Trump administration has taken historic steps to shrink the branch of government he runs, make agencies more accountable to elected officials, and reduce Washington's regulatory control over the private sector.,,, These efforts have reduced the federal workforce to levels unseen since the 1960s and generated hundreds of billions of dollars in cost savings. They have also produced Supreme Court rulings affirming presidential authority to remove subordinates and rein in independent agencies, along with deregulatory savings estimated at trillions of dollars.
"[F]rom almost the first day of the president's second term, the administration has been at work in the most extensive project since the New Deal to recapture for the elected branches what has been given away over many decades to the permanent bureaucratic class," Hillsdale College professor Ronald J. Pestritto wrote in a monograph lauding the president's initiatives late last year.
"We have a massive reconstruction task ahead of us," Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has warned. "We will have to go department by department, subject by subject, and public purpose by public purpose to determine what we salvage and what we re-create." Although Democrats will control both chambers of Congress next year, the center of gravity of their resistance will likely continue to be in the courthouses where they have challenged the president's agenda, alleging unconstitutional overreach and procedural ham-handedness. Through hundreds of lawsuits, many still pending, they have opposed everything from firing employees and eliminating offices to withholding appropriated funds. Legal scholars say these battles over the scope and contours of presidential authority and the Constitution's separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches may have significant long-term ramifications. They also note that litigation moves slowly; many cases are not likely to be resolved until Trump leaves office. As a practical matter, often buoyed by a Supreme Court that has blocked lower court injunctions thwarting Trump's orders, the president has meaningfully reshaped the bureaucracy.... Shrinking the workforce From the start of his second term, President Trump vowed to "dramatically reduce the size of the Federal Government, while increasing its accountability to the American people." Through a series of executive orders, he froze federal hiring across most agencies, directed the Department of Government Efficiency to help cut the federal workforce through deferred resignation programs and reductions in force (RIFs), and required agencies to hire no more than one employee for every four departing employees. During its first year, the administration has shrunk the workforce by 220,000 to 250,000 workers -- a 10% decline. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a critic of the cuts, described them as "the largest one-year reduction in the federal workforce in over 75 years, dating back to the demobilization following World War II." The decline has not been evenly distributed. The Center's analysis indicates that Trump has targeted executive branch departments whose work he questions. These include the Department of Education (down 39%), the State Department and associated agencies (down 37%), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (down 23%). His policies have also sparked mass exoduses from specific areas like the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Conservatives have long considered the division a bastion of progressive activism. Up to 80% of its staff reportedly left. The administration has replaced those 300 departing employees with 130 hires of its own. The workforce continued to decline modestly in 2026. In all, about one in five federal workers has left through resignation, retirement, or dismissal during Trump's second term -- though about half that number has been replaced. At roughly 2.7 million employees, the federal workforce has fallen to its lowest level since 1966.Read the whole thing. We're down, but we did a lot of damage. We have to pick ourselves up from the floor, knock the dust off our shoulders, and defend our achievements.
When you lose a battle, you do not retreat in disarray.
You conduct an orderly tactical withdrawal, refit and rearm, and COUNTERATTACK. https://t.co/B552Nfwu8K— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) November 4, 2026
Top Democrat Says New Jewish Chief Of Staff Is "Malignant Tumor" To Be "Eradicated"
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) November 6, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (aJQbY)
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Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:44 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:44 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:44 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (8WZD4)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (aJQbY)
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ace, I am about to shock you, but Carter was the last one:
"Jimmy Carter reduced the size of the federal workforce by cutting more than 20,000 permanent positions and aimed to lower the government's share of national spending from 23% to 21% by 1981."
When one of my profs told me that , sometime back, I was speechless. But there it is.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (8WZD4)
The Left is a generation or two ahead of us in organizing. They have layers upon layers of organizing infrastructure, and they put it to amazing use. Cut off the taxpayer money? Whoosh! It flows through other channels.
This is no longer a war of ideas, and idiotic mail in voting is here to stay, thanks to the GOPe Senate. So it's time to stop thinking inside the old box, and get these guys with big bucks to fund some real organizing infrastructure, and do our own ballot harvesting. And get boots on the ground for turning out our vote.
The votes are there.
I think the polls were right, but for the wrong reasons. The non response rate from Trump voters was the gauge of enthusiasm, which wasn't there on our side.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 06, 2026 05:46 PM (AZDyS)
Correction -- The Republicans in congress also want to undo all this. They had plenty of time to solidify it in law and they didn't the courts would be powerless to fight if they had laws cutting these departments and their funding.
For many of them, it is a chance a grift and they will not give it up.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (Q3K6n)
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (BFNU4)
Going by the leftist logic of "Only those in power can be racist" it is clear that only black people in Georgia are racist.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (mseD3)
They don't actually believe that. They only believe in Power for themselves and their Clique.
Since they keep on changing their names on a euphemism treadmill anyway -- Cultural Marxists, SJWs, wokies -- I'm toying with the term "Pomo Hitlerian." They lie about everything, including your beliefs and theirs -- even including their fake opposition to the beliefs they falsely attributed to you! It's postmodern subversion IRL.
For example, they don't actually oppose white supremacy. They refuse to criticize Arab supremacists, who are white and the second-biggest ethnicity on Earth. (Han are the biggest by far, and they would also never criticize Han supremacy.)
They also don't actually oppose nationalism. They don't even oppose religious nationalism. They support theocratic nationalism! They would never whisper a word of condemnation of all the world's Islamic nationalists.
They that you're a Nazi to keep you from noticing that they're Pomo Hitlerian.
Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (ke3zm)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (aJQbY)
All the President's enemies are enraged. Says it all.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:48 PM (Q+gd/)
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Hay man, people had legitimate complaints.
All those 18-29yo "men" might be the first person drafted in fifty years because of an on and off air campaign against Iran.
And people might have to, unlike congress, work out a way to balance their personal budgets. Sheer horrors.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 05:48 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: RandomDave"
Can he wield a broadsword and cleave his enemies in half?
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi)
Tick tock, gentlemen.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 05:49 PM (trt3b)
Their definition of "in power" is as flexible as their sexuality. They'll look you in the face and tell you a black university professor can't be racist toward one of their white students because the professor doesn't have sufficient power.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (Q+gd/)
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Adjusting for today’s population that’s incredible.
You’d never know it though from any ads that gop ran.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 05:51 PM (yfZSY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 05:52 PM (RIvkX)
If you pay attention to numbers obsessively day-to-day you can miss the bigger picture. And the bigger picture is that this might be the best—or among the best—job markets we’ve ever had—as measured by delivering jobs for people that want them.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 05:52 PM (s5+ZH)
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I not only want Thune out of leadership, but I want him out of the party. He can caucus with the Democrats.
And I want every single pretend "Republican" Senator who gavelled a meaningless session to prevent the Senate from going into Recess to be asked one by one by one to explain why they did so.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:53 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (RIvkX)
In fairness, Ace said 'in living memory'. I imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)
If you pay attention to numbers obsessively day-to-day you can miss the bigger picture. And the bigger picture is that this might be the best—or among the best—job markets we’ve ever had—as measured by delivering jobs for people that want them.
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The National Association of Realtor's Chief Economist reached the same conclusion.
Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: runner
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Carter was a businessman, and had some understanding of economics and waste. It's a shame he was such a weak stupid ass.
He deregulated (airlines, small brewers, ...) because he understood the cost of regulation to farmers. He understood we were up against the wall with the country hurting but Gov. and their workers still living large, so he cut.
I think his greatest PR mistake is he cut the free lunches and fancy servings to press gatherings, and the media ***absolutely hated him*** for that. They got cold sandwiches, went to their typewriters and slaughtered him because they wanted their fucking caviar.
In all, Carter was one of the top three post reconstruction Democrat Presidents. Bad as he was and all the damage he did.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (Q3K6n)
He hated Gone With the Wind so much (took my mother on a date), he was thrilled with intermission as he thought it was over. Said as he got their coats, "Well, that was good!" ha
He would be elected Emperor of Morons due to some of his stories and insanity. Hilarious guy. Loved by many, including our friends in HS as they wished he was their father. I got away with everything as I was his little moron in training.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (y2JkV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)
you have a point!
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:55 PM (ZdaMQ)
Democrat Lawfare reached it's limit.
They're into assassination now, encouraging it and defending it.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:56 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)
I have a vague early memory of Carter on TV meeting with the Soviet premier at the time - Brezhnev. But that's about it.
I am aware of his terrible record on foreign policy and the economy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)
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The younger me circa 1988 was riding in a car to Wichita, Kansas with 3 "old" guys (they were probably 40ish) and one of them mentioned that his ADJUSTABLE rate mortgage had just dropped to 11.5 percent. That's the kind of damage that 4 years of "Jimmuh" inflicted on the next decade of the American economy.
Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at November 06, 2026 05:57 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 05:57 PM (yfZSY)
In fairness, Ace said 'in living memory'. I imagine that half the country and a fair share of the commenters here don't personally remember James Earl Carter's, History's Greatest Monster, presidency.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 05:54 PM (4NO2D)
I remember those years. Best music ever.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (BFNU4)
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Piper, one thing we now know about Trump, is that 2 days from now he can ask him to resign. I mean , 5 days ago he said that Wiles will be his COS till the end of time.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (Q+gd/)
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I don't recall seeing you before.
I somehow doubt I'll be seeing much of you in the future.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)
John Thune and the boys blocked any and all attempts to secure our elections. Throwing power back to the Democrats was the surest, fastest way for the GOPe to stop President Trump.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:59 PM (X+xvk)
Yes. This is what The Blade has been saying since he pulled Tuesday’s spiked fist out of his ass on Wednesday morning. The doomsaying has been apocalyptic. But not me.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 05:59 PM (YSu2G)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:00 PM (RIvkX)
I don't know whether to be amused or sad about guys like this dancing monkey. You know he didn't just find the site today. Imagine, being a lurker here, possibly for years, just to finally get to point at the scoreboard and laugh at our situation. I guess it's better than his real life but man, it's like me dreaming of finally being able to give the retards at DU their whatfor to their virtual faces.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:00 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (Q+gd/)
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My favorite Carter success was when Clinton sent him over to North Korea to talk them away from developing nuclear missiles, and he returned touting success. Less than a week later, NK tested another missile on live broadcast.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)
Although Trump is often described as an impulsive, undisciplined leader,
Yes, he is often described that way, as well as unpopular, chaotic, thin-skinned, etc. This is entirely a narrative-building strategy and has no basis in reality.
I am so tired of gaslighting attempts.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 06:01 PM (iAIlk)
Been a dumb week.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at November 06, 2026 06:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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I think he's a dog faced boy, no?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (Q3K6n)
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Executive branch civilians (including the Postal Service, end-of-year counts, in thousands): 1977: 2,840 1978: 2,875 1979: 2,823 (down ~52,000 from 197
1980: 2,821 (slight further decline).
(Per Grok)
So, Trump did something that, as you say, had not been done in nearly 50 years. While Jimmah did reduce, his accomplishment was modest by comparison to Trump's. But still, Carter should get some credit.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (sWibC)
I mostly ignored Jimmah, and am possibly responsible for wasting a lot of gas, driving aimlessly on country roads in my V8 Impala and listening to rock music in cold winters.
And taking hot baths to irritate my father who "had to pay for it." This was when I was home from college in winters and claimed to him that it was colder than the Rockies with snow. Because it is.
Otherwise I barely paid attention to the news in college because there was no tv in my rental apartments.
I think my father was both sad and glad to take me to the airport.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (noPDf)
It is sad that I already have all the tools to do this.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (4NO2D)
Miller was already basically steering the worst aspects of Trump's fight against the American people. This is going to end badly.
Only women getting fired in this administration. By Mr. “I’ll protect the women… whether they like it or not…”
Its kinda funny because he even creeps out Trump. Imagine having that guy slather and slobber racist nonsense in your ear all day long. Fark that.
It’s not good news. While Miller has always had Trump’s ear, Susie was an important and more rational voice in the circle. The next two years are going to be nothing but the same, if not more, vitriolic ramrod policies with pit bull Miller out in front. (Uhm...this sounds great! -Intrepid)
Beyond even Trump and even Hegseth, Steven Miller is the absolute peak nazi of this admin and that's saying something. Watch the two videos from his highschool and college years. He has always been rotten to the core. An absolute evil cunt.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (arV2h)
Posted by: runner at
This is true. And I am not about to jump on the I Hate Trump bandwagon- I don’t. At all. My criticism of him today is the same as it was 2 years ago, and what I appreciate about him remains the same. I just recognize the dramatic change we need to make in how we operate. Social media, technology, it is branding. It might not make a few people on here happy based on our QR conversations earlier today, but I promise to help! 😂
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (RIvkX)
I bet Schumer thought the Jew-hate was just a show for the rubes.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (mkw2N)
The Shah was going to build a port outside the Strait of Hormuz, Carter wanted some of his cronies involved, the Shah said fuck off, and in spite Carter ended US support for the Shah.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (+gK6I)
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Sen. Mike Lee answered that question today, on X. He said that, while he opposes the pro-forma sessions, he nevertheless gaveled in on November 2nd because "Trump never asked him not to".
Treacherous snakes, the lot of 'em.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (vqA1l)
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (BFNU4)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026
They aren’t the brightest bulb on the tree.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (ZdaMQ)
I bet Schumer thought the Jew-hate was just a show for the rubes.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:05 PM (mkw2N)
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Yes. Wait til they start picking on Pelosi. Maybe with her giant gavel.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 06:07 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:08 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (BFNU4)
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All I see in that wonderful menu is gym time
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:08 PM (sWibC)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 05:58 PM (8Uo7a)
Jimmy also hired Paul Volcker as Fed chairman, and that turned out to be a good hire.
For Reagan.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (Ied+6)
Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (y2JkV)
I bet Schumer thought the Jew-hate was just a show for the rubes.
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In a correctly functioning society, Schumer would have been forced to resign in shame after the "grilling" fraud. Not because "Every man should know how to grill" (even though its true, they should). But because he DIDN'T CARE that he didn't know how to grill and those around him didn't either and they just all assumed "THOSE SCHMUCKS SEEING THIS AD WILL BE JUST FINE WITH IT."
That kind of arrogance towards the same people who put you in your job should COST you your job.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM
Did you bring enough for everyone?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:08 PM (+gK6I)
There's still time!!!
Filled with hope and flatulence!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Piper
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They are the vines trying to strangle the tree.
Posted by: Cosda at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (qCFsW)
Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 06:09 PM
Heh.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (4NO2D)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - USSF-432
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 6, 2026 (PST)
Launch Time: 4:48 p.m. PST (November 7, 0048 UTC, 01:48 CET)
https://youtu.be/cANr44iNjd8
Posted by: Joyenz at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (sWibC)
She and Paul can sing "If I had A Hammer".
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (noPDf)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Mr O'Donnell at November 06, 2026 06:11 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06
You can’t have a successful color revolution without the military. Hegseth has undone much of the work that had completed in this space. He is a blocker.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (ZdaMQ)
Alex Soros's super smart plan involves the military ousting Trump.
That obviously won't happen while Hegseth is SecWar. It's that easy why they're screeching about him.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (noPDf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (sWibC)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM (noPDf)
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Not sure what stats those X posts are looking at, but Trump got 77 million votes in 2024. We got only 55 million on Tuesday. That’s way way less than 85%.
Kamala got 75 million in 2024. Dems got 70 million this time. Thats not an increase at all, that’s a decline.
Lotsa ops and misinformation campaigns out there. Be very wary. The actual voting data is out there. Double check everything.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (YSu2G)
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (noPDf)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:06 PM (+gK6I)
Well, jews who are not commies are defacto Zionists- which has been equated to nazis and the KKK. This has entered popular culture.
They want to keep everyone on the plantation and destroy the rest.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 06:13 PM (QX8aE)
Desperate Republican Party Turns To Its Last Hope By Firing Up The Jeb! Signal.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (xfG0H)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM
With easily hacked electronic voting machines and easily physically hacked mail in ballots, I suspect the Left can dial in whatever they think they can get away with. We need to limit what they can get away with.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (yfZSY)
Posted by: NickMM at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (ZdaMQ)
95 Do they hate Hegseth so much because they are feminine "men" and resent testosterone?
Alex Soros's super smart plan involves the military ousting Trump.
That obviously won't happen while Hegseth is SecWar. It's that easy why they're screeching about him.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:12 PM (noPDf)
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Thanks- I keep forgetting Democracy! is so important that it must be protected with a military coup and one party rule.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (sWibC)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (Ied+6)
This man scares them. There is absolutely nothing they would not do to get rid of him.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:15 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (ZdaMQ)
Might be a blessing.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM
Please clap.
Posted by: GOPe at November 06, 2026 06:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 06:17 PM (AKptf)
Make the legislature . . legislate
Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 06, 2026 06:17 PM (4HoLg)
This man scares them. There is absolutely nothing they would not do to get rid of him.
The globalists have a hard deadline of 2030 for the entire world having no borders and an EU-like superstructure in charge and imposing rules from on high. The closer we get to that date, the harder they'll fight.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (noPDf)
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (Q+gd/)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - USSF-432
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 6, 2026 (PST)
Launch Time: 4:48 p.m. PST (November 7, 0048 UTC, 01:48 CET)
https://youtu.be/cANr44iNjd8
Posted by: Joyenz at November 06, 2026 06:10 PM (2F0/Y)
The evening ones are the best !
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:18 PM (7XuqV)
Bukele in response: Where's the house? We'll destroy it.
http://tiny.cc/889d101
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 06:19 PM (mkw2N)
If you guys aren't shorting the markets you are making a mistake. Democrats taking over are a once in a decade earning opportunity. Unless civilization collapses, but then money won't matter.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:19 PM (4NO2D)
I'd argue they hated W more than Cheney, and they didn't really turn on HW until he was President.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:20 PM (noPDf)
Posted by: Ian S.
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The future is going to be noisy, and smell like cordite...
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (X+xvk)
Bukele in response: Where's the house? We'll destroy it.
Apparently a small number of Salvadorean military got their hostages back *and* rounded up all the Haitian gang leaders. I'm seeing footage on X of Haitians celebrating that the gangs are gone.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (noPDf)
AND, this guy Represents people in Congress now.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I don't care what happens to him.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
There had been a very heavily funded foreign demoralization campaign against Trump, and it has been incredibly effective. Weak, cucked GOPers didn't help (or, perhaps they did?).
Hegseth is a target for many reasons. China wants a weak, ineffective US military....Hegseth interferes. Republicans especially, and normies mostly, like the military...to demoralize them and reduce their turnout, lie and say the military is weaker, Hegseth is incompetent and corrupt, we're losing the war with Iran (?!?!)...and if it's repeated enough without counter, enough morons will believe it. Plus, we kill Muslims, help Israel, and banned trannies from serving, so automatic super-Hitler to motivate the Dem base.
Finally, MANY senior officers are Lefties. They worked their way up through Biden, didn't expect Trump would get reelected, and hate Trump. They'll sabotage what they can and hope to survive to 2029 and a Dem president.
Posted by: Military Moron at November 06, 2026 06:23 PM (arV2h)
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM
for some values of 'people'.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:23 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:24 PM (sX0a6)
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In fairness, Clinton cut the military by 400,000.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:24 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:03 PM
With easily hacked electronic voting machines and easily physically hacked mail in ballots, I suspect the Left can dial in whatever they think they can get away with. We need to limit what they can get away with.
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You mean dialing in like this during early voting?
https://tinyurl.com/yjt9rsvw
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: toby928(c)"
I've met JC on several occasions, the last at an uncle's funeral. I knows aaall about it.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (noPDf)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:20 PM (noPDf)
I think they cut some slack for more obviously Uniparty politicians.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (yfZSY)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 06:25 PM
Aren't they being weeded out by enforcing the physical fitness standards?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:26 PM (4NO2D)
Desperate Republican Party Turns To Its Last Hope By Firing Up The Jeb! Signal.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (xfG0H)
The entire Bush family turned its back on the Trump Administration and conservatives.
The least we can do is return the favor.
and yes, I know it's a joke.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (MWfyi)
Hopefully there is a Patton or 2 out there, waiting, waiting, to make his appearance.
Posted by: 0331 at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (Ssbab)
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I can pretty much guarantee who will be leading the charge to get rid of Hegseth. It's going to be Elizabeth Warren. She's the one that initiated and supported the Trans class of the military and threw the biggest fit when Hegseth dismantled her "work." She wants the type military that Canada now has....large swathes of ineffective, and significantly foreign members with minimal training, equipment or potential.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 06:27 PM (dIske)
"I've met JC on several occasions, the last at an uncle's funeral. I knows aaall about it."
Go on.
Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:28 PM (tUW+E)
A lot of the same transnational groups funding the European riots are funding the leftist NGOs plotting their color revolution here. The election was just one step, they aren't done.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Orson
One loyal to them, not the Constitution.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: NickMM at November 06, 2026 06:14 PM (AKptf)
*****
Hey retard, how about an actual rebuttal?
Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (pPMcE)
That's a #ThreatToDemocracy.
Because, as we all know, the biggest threats to democracy is not unelected officials running everything, but elected officials using the powers granted to their offices...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)
This man scares them. There is absolutely nothing they would not do to get rid of him.
Posted by: Sam Adams
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"It isn't me they're coming after; they're coming after you — and I'm just standing in their way," -- Donald Trump
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (XeU6L)
I think PDT is in more physical danger than ever. The loony left is going to try again, maybe someone with better access than a rooftop.
Posted by: fd
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President Vance will make them want to raise Trump from the dead.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM (mmrXZ)
We callem people "two-spirit", as the Great Spirit intended.
Posted by: Senator Elizabeth "Pow Wow Chow" Warren at November 06, 2026 06:31 PM (arV2h)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:30 PM
What if Vance is the shooter? An interesting constitutional and political quandary.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:31 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: That Guy"
Well, members of the Peanut Brigade stayed at our house in Ohio. And I got a little bag of peanuts that said "Vote For Carter" on it. I didn't vote for him though. I didn't vote for anybody.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:32 PM (MWfyi)
Like I'm going to take seriously the demented ravings of a troll who names himself after a fried potato?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 06:32 PM (yky4J)
I wonder if China's gonna go ahead and take Taiwan once the Dims take over Congress. Cuz they can run interference on Trump for them.
or
If they're gonna wait for the expected triumph of the Democrats' Color Revolution in '28 when they'll have nothing but butt-buddies running the gov't.
They've still got to feel stupid as hell for not grabbing Taiwan when Biden was Preezy.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 06:32 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 06:04 PM (arV2h)
I liked some of his band's music...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)
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In a just world Elizabeth Warren would be a library assistant in Goodland, Kansas.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)
We callem people "two-spirit", as the Great Spirit intended.
Posted by: Senator Elizabeth "Pow Wow Chow" Warren at November 06, 2026 06:31 PM (arV2h)
So demonic possession then...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)
"In fairness, Clinton cut the military by 400,000."
Peace dividend is the term he used IIRC.
But as the USSR collapsed and Desert Storm was over, they were rifting the US cold war military to the nub before Slick Willy entered the scene.
Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:34 PM (tUW+E)
The good news is that they're spending their own money on it now. The bad news is that it's still happening. We got too happy about a bunch of smaller countries flipping after USAID, but they pulled in for Brazil and the US.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 06:35 PM (jbPJz)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Sadly I'm having to take money out of my investments. The only chance I'll have to buy anything is winning the lottery.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 06:36 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:36 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 06:38 PM (2GVsD)
Spade needs to dump this garbage platform. So sad they need a broad watching every post to identify if it's hurtful to the BoomerCons. Ace's Ban Hammer - what a laugh.
Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:38 PM (w3BNr)
https://tinyurl.com/4edn25z9
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 06, 2026 06:38 PM (XMwZJ)
I didn't realize Miller was on the ballot!
Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
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2h
Donald Trump just promoted one of the most vile thugs to ever slither into the Oval Office.
This is an insult to every American who voted for change on Tuesday.
Stephen Miller cooked up the sadistic mass deportation regime that ripped apart families and trampled basic civil rights. Innocent people are dead because of him.
Voters rejected his cruelty and extremism. This is sick.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:39 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 06:39 PM (73EQ0)
Ah. Thank you.
My dad was drafted before he graduated HS in 67' and went to Nam. When Carter pardoned the draft dodgers who fled, my father was had a melt down.
Carter was a douche.
Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:39 PM (tUW+E)
I saw The Steve Miller Band open for the Pat Travers Band at the Montreal Olympic Stadium in 1978.
Boom boom, out go the lights!
Posted by: Canadian Sex Pest at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (MWfyi)
It will be Mark Kelly, Slotkin and the rest of the Seditious 6 who went after Hegseth early on to try to take him down. Kelly is already out listing the articles of impeachment.
Most of the charges will be for enforcing illegal orders. Veterans will pretend to be the most outraged because they represent the military.
It's a farce but that's never stopped leftists.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 06:40 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 06:42 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: That Guy"
He was a terrible president. I do know of some good things he did, but I won't defend him politically. He should have stopped at Governor.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:43 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 06:43 PM (X8vlu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:43 PM (7XuqV)
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I think they cut some slack for more obviously Uniparty politicians.
Whoever and whenever the next Republican president is, the MSM will yammer nonstop about why he's so awful and ask why can't he be a Reasonable Republican like Trump was.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 06:44 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:44 PM (XeU6L)
St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed celebrated the results of Tuesday’s election with a social media post on TikTok declaring that “America has spoken” and using the phrase “belt to ass.”
“America has spoken! We want belt to ass!!! So start your engines!! #election,” Mohamed wrote in the caption of the video.
The video shows Mohamed celebrating in front of the Minnesota State Capitol while text across the screen reads, “When a blue wave hits!”
Mohamed was elected mayor in 2023 after previously serving on the St. Louis Park City Council.
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Congressman-elect Matt Little also used profane language while addressing supporters at the DFL election watch party in downtown St. Paul after winning Minnesota’s Second Congressional District.
“I think it’s pretty clear America is sending a message,” Little said. “The first message they sent is that Pete Hegseth is a dipshit. The second message they sent is that JD Vance is a dipshit. The third and final message they sent is that Donald Trump is a dipshit.”
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (kX27y)
Carter was a douche.
Posted by: That Guy
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I'm still angry. I want their names.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NickM at November 06, 2026 06:46 PM (w3BNr)
Kinky. But I guess it takes all kinds.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:48 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 06:19 PM (4NO2D)
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I'm waiting for election eve 2028 when the Commie "wins" with 99.8% of the vote, announces the nationalization of the entire economy, and the markets all begin their immediate descent to zero.
Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 06:54 PM (zmqeS)
The only one I know of was of my high school teachers in the 80s. He was peacocking how smart he was to avoid the draft and get some college in during one of my HS classes in 1985.
He didn't realize that several students, including me, had fathers that did not tuck tail and hide. Dad passed 10 years ago and that worthless fuck is still alive and collected more public pension checks than pay checks.
Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 06:56 PM (tUW+E)
"The election was just one step, they aren't done."
I agree, they have only started.
Posted by: Case at November 06, 2026 07:05 PM (En+fz)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 07:08 PM (X8vlu)
When you get rid of them, we will take you seriously.
Me, I prefer commies get Peron flying lessons.
Posted by: Steve Miller Band Groupie at November 06, 2026 09:46 PM (+dxte)
The Week In Woke
#Accurate:
Ayatollah Mojtaba KhameneiFeminists exult: "Abortion is so back, baby!" That's a direct threat to the babies they intend to kill. Speaking of mass abortions, hag-faced whore Jennifer Welch giggles over the murder of Charlie Kirk.
@MKhamenei_ir The process of the US's collapse has accelerated.
Democrats celebrate "the gayest Congress in American history."
"The American people have made their voices heard," the Equality Caucus said on social media, Thursday, with a photo of a rainbow behind the U.S. Capitol Dome. "The 120th Congress will officially be the GAYEST Congress in history! (that we know of)," it announced. "Let's get to work ️️⚧️," the leftists added, adding emojis of the American flag, LGBT flag, and transgender flag. This coincides with excitement from Queer News Tonight, which predicted that the first act of a Democrat-controlled Congress would be changing the rules so a biological man who believes he is a woman -- Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), formerly known as Tim -- can use the women's restrooms in the halls of Congress.
This may shock you, but the thing they said would never happen is not only happening but it is happening with the encouragement of the Democrat political establishment.
Mark HemingwayCalifornia city allows throuples and polyamorous gangbang cells to register as domestic partners.
@Heminator Every critic of gay marriage said this was the logical outcome; virtually every mainstream proponent of gay marriage assured us it would never happen. And here we are.
They're totally focused on affordability. Well, I guess they're all done lying about this never happening now.
Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples. West Hollywood passed the ordinance Tuesday after it was introduced by Mayor John Heilman. The measure allows people in relationships involving multiple partners to officially register with the city, granting them certain rights, including hospital visitation and additional tenant protections. ... These barriers, they say, often arise in housing, healthcare, education and other services, where existing policies largely cater to two-person partnerships or traditional family households. Christina Fialho, an attorney and founder of the bisexual media representation advocacy group Rewrite the BiLine, first proposed the idea of polyamory protections to West Hollywood Councilmember Chelsea Lee Byers in early 2025. Fialho told the Los Angeles Times that "this law is just the beginning." "I think it makes it possible for people to dream about a future they once thought was out of reach," she said.
A teenage girl who was raped by a trans-identified male former police officer in Germany faced questioning from his lawyer after "accidentally misgendering" him in court. The disturbing new detail emerges just weeks after Maja Schmid, a 55-year-old former federal officer from Rosenheim, was sentenced for the heinous crime. As previously reported by Reduxx, Schmid was sentenced to three years and three months at the Traunstein Regional Court earlier in October after a three day trial. Schmid was found guilty of raping the girl when she was just 15 years old. He was also found guilty of possessing child sexual abuse materials. During the trial, it was learned that the crime occurred in August of 2025 during a roadtrip between Schmid and the young girl, who was the daughter of one of Schmid's friends. After stopping at a roadside restaurant, Schmid approached the girl in the women's toilets, pushed her against a wall, and raped her. According to reports, the teenage victim was in shock after the assault, unable to respond until Schmid left the area, at which point the girl had a "serious anxiety attack" in the bathroom. It was also learned that at the time of the assault, Schmid was already under investigation by cybercrime specialists for possessing extreme pornography on his phone. After seizing his devices during the course of the investigation, police found thousands of child sex abuse images, some of which depicting toddlers, along with a video of Schmid sexually abusing a dog. The bestiality media was not taken into consideration in the verdict. According to the presiding judge, bestiality pornography is punishable in Germany only if it is intended for distribution.Rape a teenage girl, pay a little fine. I wonder if Russell Brand will just pay a little fine...?
Earlier this month, Schmid was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison for his crimes. In explaining the verdict, the presiding judge took into account a letter of apology Schmid had written and his commitment to pay the victim 11,000 [euros] in compensation.
In his sentencing remarks, Judge Andreas Bartschmid oddly declared that despite his rape of a child and extremely large collection of child pornography, Schmid was "not a pedophile."He has "thousands" of child porn photos on his computer, including with toddlers, and raped a child. But the judge wants you to know he's definitely NOT a pedophile. That could be used as an accurate statement in political writings made by Racists.
His gender transition was "not a fetish," Bartschmid added, but simply "rotted in an inner inclination within the defendant." He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.types deletes This is not the first child he has sexually assaulted, either.
... In 2024, Schmid had invited the teenage victim to his home to use his installed whirlpool system. According to the girl, Schmid gave her alcohol, but after five minutes felt dizzy and then immediately lost consciousness. She then awoke hours later when it was dark on Schmid's sofa, wearing a t-shirt without her bathing suit on. Schmid claimed she was at risk of drowning and changed her out of her bathing suit to ensure his couch stayed dry. The prosecution determined there was not enough evidence to charge Schmid for this incident, and most concerningly, Judge Bartschmid in the sentencing remarks further claimed that the minor "shared responsibility" for what happened because she had consumed alcohol. However, even more disturbing new details from the case emerged this week and sent a furor through German social media. According to Die Welt, before the trial finished, Schmid's lawyer, Peter Durr, sent an official letter from his office questioning the teenage rape victim over her usage of male pronouns for her rapist during her testimony. Durr said he was looking to "politely inquire whether it is correct that you referred to Ms. Schmid as 'he' on the last day of proceedings."Germany has a law that imposes a fine of up to 10,000 Euros for misgendering a tranny. Which is, you will note, a mere 10% less than the fine the tranny rapist has to pay his victim for raping her. For some reason, Racists in Germany took this as an attempt to intimidate the 15-year-old rape victim.
... Outraged at the new revelation, a number of German women's rights campaigners began a digital chain with the message: "We live in a country where a raped girl is issued a cease-and-desist order if she refers to her rapist as a man. I despise everyone who enacted this humiliating, misogynistic law." German media reports throughout the trial had often described Schmid as a "police woman," or "female police officer," with Suddeutsche Zeitung even giving the case as an example of "female" sex crimes.
NY Post: Ilhan Nur Said Elmi has two "secret siblings" in London, who I imagine she's keeping secret so that her very sketchy family background can be concealed.
Ilhan Omar has been hiding links to two of her siblings in London in an alleged bid to create further distance between her and rumored brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi -- whom she married in 2009. Multiple sources told The Post that Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, a political activist for the Puntland cause in Somalia, and Leila Nur Said Elmi, 53, are Omar's siblings who live in London. Ahmed Elmi, 41 -- to whom Omar was married for eight years, and who described himself as "a gay man" in a recent academic paper -- is also believed to have lived with Leila while growing up. The congresswoman, 44, arrived in the US as a refugee from Somalia in 1995, while the other branch of her family made their way to London via Ukraine. "They are all one family," a friend of the Omar family claimed in an interview with The Post. "The siblings have the same mum and the same dad and within the Somali community acknowledge each other as brothers and sisters. "But they keep it quiet to the rest of the world because Ilhan is now in politics. They do not want people to find the link between her and Ahmed [Elmi]." The family spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp after fleeing Somalia when war broke out. But the family, which originally had the surname Elmi, made the decision to seek safety abroad as soon as they could, according to a family friend in Minnesota. "It's what people in the community did when they were desperate," the source told The Post. "There was obviously a lot of danger and once people knew they could get into another country, they'd help take on as many others as possible to keep them safe." Omar, her sister Sahra and late father Nur Omar Mohamed first settled in Arlington, Virginia, before making their way to Minnesota. Her alleged brother, Mohamed, now appears to be heavily involved in Puntland politics, regularly traveling to the region from London, according to his posts on social media. He and his sister Leila have ties with war criminal Mohamed Said Hersi "Morgan" who led a brutal state-sponsored massacre against the Isaaq clan in 1988 under dictator Siad Barre. As a picture obtained by The Post shows, the pair proudly smiled alongside the warlord for a picture in January 2024. Mohamed also paid tribute to him on social media after he died a year later, noting that their families shared a bond of friendship and that Gen. Morgan was close with their father. Gen. Morgan, known as the "butcher of Hargeisa," orchestrated a campaign that saw cities flattened due to aerial bombardment, wells poisoned and up to 200,000 civilians killed in what many scholars refer to as a genocide. Omar's late father also went by the name Nur Said Elmi and was also a prominent military commander in the Somali dictatorship, which millions fled from. Leila, Mohamed and Sahra are all linked on Facebook, proudly leaving "hearts" on each other's photos and all are friends with alleged father Nur, who went by Nur Said, which means "light of happiness" in Arabic, which Omar has previously claimed is just a nickname for her father, although Somali sources dispute this. Omar, Sahra, Leila, Mohamed and Elmi did not respond to The Post's requests for comment. Omar's alleged sister Leila married a Somali man 11 years her senior in 1997 in Camden, London. The British marriage certificate, obtained by the Post, lists her father as Nur Said Elmi, a military officer from Somalia. Multiple sources have claimed the person listed on the British legal document is Nur, Omar's father, and that all of the siblings in the US and UK also share the same mother -- Fadhuma Abukar Haji Hussein, who the Congresswoman says died when she was around two years old. "We are a small community, and everybody talks, nothing is hidden," a friend of the Omar family told The Post.
BREAKING: Judge Molina-Gonzalez (D) wins 71% of the vote in Cook County
She's the one who freed Lawrence Reed in Chicago after 72 prior arrests before he lit Bethany McGee on fire https://t.co/6InHtoHMa8— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2026
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
"Diversity" just means no white men https://t.co/WkNgFQ29Sm— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2026
They vote. https://t.co/9EhVGDnDCC
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 5, 2026
Overton
@overton_news Well, that was unexpected. Kid Rock won over Bill Maher's audience with an epic monologue about the degradation of the modern-day Democrat Party and how progressive politics are teaching kids to hate America. The moment the audience heard his final line, they erupted into applause. ROCK: "A Democrat's never scared me being in office until just recently when all this crazy stuff has popped up." "I think Bill Clinton loves the country. I believed Obama loved our country." "Now these whack jobs are coming in here and I'm like, wait a minute... even if they don't hate the country as a whole they hate a big portion of it, and they're spewing this." "And I believe our teachers have been a big problem, you know indoctrinating these kids for a long time now." "We're starting to see the fruition, they're starting to raise up, I'm a victim and everything's bad and America is just a big racist piece of sh*t country." "Bad, bad America and we're not celebrating what makes us great, which all of us being different and being together." "Being the greatest country in the world!" It's pretty seldom that a Republican gets cheers and applause from a liberal crowd with such an unapologetically patriotic message. This was a great moment.
Well, that was unexpected.
Kid Rock won over Bill Maher’s audience with an epic monologue about the degradation of the modern-day Democrat Party and how progressive politics are teaching kids to hate America. The moment the audience heard his final line, they erupted into applause. ROCK: “A Democrat’s never scared me being in office until just recently when all this crazy stuff has popped up.” “I think Bill Clinton loves the country. I believed Obama loved our country.” “Now these whack jobs are coming in here and I’m like, wait a minute… even if they don’t hate the country as a whole they hate a big portion of it, and they’re spewing this.” “And I believe our teachers have been a big problem, you know indoctrinating these kids for a long time now.” “We’re starting to see the fruition, they’re starting to raise up, I’m a victim and everything’s bad and America is just a big racist piece of sh*t country.” “Bad, bad America and we’re not celebrating what makes us great, which all of us being different and being together.” “Being the greatest country in the world!” It’s pretty seldom that a Republican gets cheers and applause from a liberal crowd with such an unapologetically patriotic message. This was a great moment.— Overton (@overton_news) October 31, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)$300K in College Debt for a Degree in Hamster Reproduction Habits from Haaaaaaaarvard and all you can get is a minimum wage job at Micky Dee's.....
But..... But ...... But .... The Comiecrat Blue Tsunami was going to solve this....
A Shitbag in the Government is still a Shitbag in the Real world....
Learn to CODE .................. I want my MOMMY !!!!!!
Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (WpgHK)
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)
Have fun ladies.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (Int1s)
Praise be to Allah!
Guess who is going to use this?
Posted by: You-Know-Who! at November 06, 2026 04:36 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
You have Larry the Lighter Reed....Decarlos Man Made Materials Brown and and Darrell the Driver Brooks.....Robyn to the Virtue Signal!
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Int1s)
An inadvertent yet appropriate typo, ja?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)
68 "In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo."
I'll go a little further, just so they can be seated and go full Crazy Town for a bit.
Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (73EQ0)
I'll go even further. The number I already had in my head was that the public will have lost patience with their antics by the middle of next year. That's taking into account the Activist Media running cover as much as possible. Their pre-frontal cortices are completely fried after a decade of TDS and they just. Won't. Stop.
Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 04:38 PM (ke3zm)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:39 PM (/izzV)
And then there will be gnashing of teeth when more jobs leave because this wrecks havoc with benefits. Or, companies will continue the trend of providing benefits to the employee only, not family. Cheese and crackers these people are disgusting and dumb.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:39 PM (ZdaMQ)
But, the Judge deserves all that and more.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (/izzV)
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That is pretty much my definition of a pedophile
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (tB7nu)
A friend of mine was living in Mali doing some sort of foreign aid gig, and married another American there.
Their Malian marriage certificate had two blank lines, so the additional wives could be included on the certificate.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (JrHfD)
Judges are out of control.
The judge is as sick as the rapist.
At least we aren’t Germany, yet.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Big Boy at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Cqx++)
Mark Hemingway @Heminator
Every critic of gay marriage said this was the logical outcome; virtually every mainstream proponent of gay marriage assured us it would never happen.
And here we are.
koff koff *Gabe* koff koff
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Int1s)
I now think it will end with a "Duh!!!"
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37
Been living my life in a slow hell
Different girl every night at the hotel…
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (ZdaMQ)
Database managers hardest hit. Try to find the third normal form way to represent daily changing gender definitions. Ugh. It was so much easier when the gender field was just a binary.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)
That is what gives me hope for 2028 - the D's will be revealed to be a screaming pack of infighting loons.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (JrHfD)
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On a scale of 1-Cheech and Chong how high would you say you are right now?
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (oqH4h)
I have been retired for 10 years and have no Resumes posted on the internet, but I continuously receive emails asking to apply for jobs???
I am heavy STEM with BS Electrical Engineering, MS Program Management, Associates in Satellite Ops and Associates in Orbital Mechanics.
I keep telling them I am not interested....
I guess the quality of College Grads today must really suck !!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at November 06, 2026 04:43 PM (/uEuX)
Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Int1s)
Who cares?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (HFx9z)
Sounds like more made up victimology.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not trying to be a jerkoff but were you in a coma during the late 90's and early 00's? He was kind of a thing.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (oqH4h)
they have been indoctrinated in negative reason, when gen X leaves the whole thing will collapse....
funny really.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (HFx9z)
I asked that question on Wednesday morning. I have yet to see an answer.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
ask CAC he is read in on it....I suppose so we don't riot you know totally not because of trunk votes.....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (Int1s)
@EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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A "fundamentally non-serious" series of selections.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (mseD3)
Sounds like more made up victimology.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04
This is recognizing the relationship as if it were a marriage. Not roommates. They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not trying to be a jerkoff but were you in a coma during the late 90's and early 00's? He was kind of a thing.
I wasn't in a coma, but admittedly I stopped listening to pop music long before then. That doesn't mean you aren't a jerkoff, though.
*just kidding*
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)
Not at all, unless you count as "high" having a Diet Pepsi . Paul the troll may be on something though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (53oGX)
Eh I do not think so actually, but I also hate Georgia and no longer care. I suspect strongly the mail in ballot harvesting was 2020 level and that a lot of democrat voters never touched their ballot. I also think we are past elections mattering.
13% of the nation will be the face of the pilots grinning ramming the learing center jet into WTC 1 as it were.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Did you come here for logic and rational argument? Huh.
Posted by: Kratwurst at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (36bTp)
types deletes
>>> Right there with you, Ace.
Posted by: pookysgirl, typing and deleting whole paragraphs at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (Wt5PA)
Agree. He couldn't have been more wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Piper
I hope against hope that it means the anyone involved in such a relationship is now ineligible for single-parent welfare.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)
I can't even imagine how awful that must be. The rape itself is monstrous. Then the entire weight of the state is imposed against you to force you to say you were raped by a woman.
Can you imagine being placed under oath to tell the truth with the possibility of penalties or even the exoneration of your rapist, and you have to describe such a horrific violation and FORCED to LIE in front of everyone and say it was done to you by a woman? Possibly even to be forced to describe the "woman's" penis?
It's evil.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (mkw2N)
@EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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Going by the leftist logic of "Only those in power can be racist" it is clear that only black people in Georgia are racist.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (mseD3)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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He's no musical genius but he has like two or three serious bangers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OrNS2zbTZg
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (53oGX)
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Kid Rock is coopting Michael Jordan's sage advice: Republicans buy sneakers too.
He's in a hostile environment and threw out a sop to the audience. I don't blame him.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (oqH4h)
Just Mexifornia trying to tail that wags the dog the rest of the nation to Sharia again....which "okay"....
the winning play may be to embrace it....if the future is red green and your are a SoCon go green and practice your true faith in private the green tends to end the red on a timeline.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (Int1s)
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If you're not into his harder-edge material, check out the more musical duet he did with Sheryl Crow:
https://tinyurl.com/Kid-Rock-Sheryl-Crow
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW)
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Thank God it wasn't serious.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (SwyyQ)
Stephen Miller as chief of staff reveals Trump’s bunker mentality
Jacob Heilbrunn
If further testimony was required that Donald Trump doesn’t back down from a fight, then his ouster on Friday of Susie Wiles and appointment of Stephen Miller as his White House chief of staff is it. Wiles is a savvy pol who helped steer Trump to victory in 2024 but hardly an ideological MAGA bedmate. By contrast, Miller is an alter Kämpfer, or old fighter, in the movement. His motto isn’t America but Trump First.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)
He's in a hostile environment and threw out a sop to the audience. I don't blame him.
He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (n5tGW)
I personally agree it is evil.
Convince white women who have been to college it is.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (JrHfD)
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Juuuust bustin' chops here, Fen. It's Friday and it's been a long week.
Cheers.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (oqH4h)
The LDS Church has a lot to do with that win. The polling showed significant support. The LDS Church spend a lot of money and even directed a letter be read over the pulpit to inform members about the bill and to be sure to vote. The LDS members appear to have turned the tide against the bill.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Piper
I hope against hope that it means the anyone involved in such a relationship is now ineligible for single-parent welfare.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)
I have bad news for you- it means they can now claim a bigger family number for more money.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (ZdaMQ)
Because accommodating fraud and throwing the election to the Democrats was the fastest, surest way of stopping Donald Trump.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (X+xvk)
I saw the dum-dum video of the two college girls above earlier but couldn't post it, Ace.
The white girl maybe has an IQ of 70 and is majoring in a worthless degree like studying women's douche products: worse or bad in summer months is the thesis. She's a melon head thudder if I ever saw one in the way she talks and looks. Then her hand heart sealed it for wanting to mate (I guess) with convicts. Yehaw!
Harlequin Romance: Britney Spears with Kong on cover.
"How My Convict Won My Heart" and caused major surgery in the process to my nethers.
The second chicka who favors gangs story: "I Rode the Train on Fentanyl and Ketamine." A dead starlet on the cover next to the entire CECOT prisoners. A romance novel written by a girl from a tent on a LA sidewalk.
This is possibly the only way they can get a date? It's the only rational thing I can figure out.
"How you say cucumber in English?" Hilarious Baldwin.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (hzuYO)
Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical
Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino
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It's going to be hilarious watching it dawn on those last 3 groups about June of next year that they ain't in the club, never were, just a "used condom" as some old crank once said.
Just as pure speculation, which will the Democrats shut the government down over:
- Restoring DEI and re-hiring all those fired
- "affordability" (whatever the F that bill will look like)(which was the top issue of 57% of Latinos)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
_________________
I don't know his accomplishments either. And, it somewhat annoys me that he inserts himself into the "speaking voice" of conservatives. I'm not annoyed at him, personally. I'm annoyed that it implies that his persona is the best that we can do in that regard. Just looking at the image he projects, I wouldn't buy a used car off of him.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)
It will be especially useful for say, Muhammed bin Muhammed to be able to have rights with his harem of three wives who he won’t marry because they all get separate welfare benefits for their ten kids.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
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Who cares. I don't need my rock stars to be brutal truth-tellers on the fucking Bill Maher show. He placated everyone by doing the both-sides thing. Oh well.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Archimedes
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well, he's friends with that Jesse James biker guy who was married briefly to Sandra Bullock who was in Miss Congeniality and that was a feel-good romp if ever there was one.
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:54 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 04:54 PM (7XuqV)
So four people get together, only one works, the others are sponges. They stay together for 10 years then split up which means that they each qualify to enjoy full life time social security benefits of the sole partner who worked.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
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Who cares. I don't need my rock stars to be brutal truth-tellers on the fucking Bill Maher show. He placated everyone by doing the both-sides thing. Oh well.
Okay, I'm done having fun at his expense. It's clear some of you yoots like the guy, so I'll just head out now to the early bird special.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (ndZc7)
That might be blacker than the NBA
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (/izzV)
Praise be to Allah!
Guess who is going to use this?
Posted by: You-Know-Who! at November 06, 2026 04:36 PM (aD4fx)
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The next battlefield will be in our churches.
The Catholic response is a discussion of the Three Non-Negotiables.
Nicely summed up in this post-election homily:
LINK (YT): https://tinyurl.com/36x6ftam
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)
He's had two songs on the Billboard top 100 since then.
2015 First Kiss reached #66.
2026 Til You Can't reached #69.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (mkw2N)
That might be blacker than the NBA
IIRC, Spanberger's cabinet is 7 out of 8 black as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)
Besides which I don't care about the "love the country" part.
Clinton was uniformly a disastrous president who did great damage. Totally unfit.
But I know this "love the country" thing is big with the huge majority who will revert to any imaginable angle or topic to avoid engaging the only relevant ones, which are policies and results.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (U/Byj)
Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed controls his house with a sawed off broom handle and is happy to bend the law of infidels to maximize the bennies...when empowered if there is a civil issue they go to a Sharia judge in house....
wife's last gig dealt with o-9L types who had kin in Houston who played the game....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (gw3RI)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)
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He's a redneck from Detroit that has never been shy about flying the flag and loving the USA. He's a rock n roll artist. I haven't ever seen him assuming to speak for conservatives. He's a musician who actually likes this country, so I'll take it as a win and nothing more.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Wp1X1)
19 Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM
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He's a bitchy petty dishonest homosexual.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (HLgI3)
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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Indians are oft accused of only hiring Indians when they take control of a department.
However, black women perfected that practice a long time before.
But we're not supposed to talk about that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (n5tGW)
LINK (YT): https://tinyurl.com/36x6ftam
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)
*******
Thank you. I was putting on my hockey goalie uniform to go to war til I started watching and saw the comments. Lol.
I appear to be ready to rumble! Need wine from basement stat!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Elsa, She-Wolf of the SS at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)
This throuple BS is all about insurance and benefits; now they can extend their benefits to their fake "partners". Medical insurance that sort of thing.
Posted by: runner
Medicare for all will fix that problem.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (Cqx++)
Preserving the dignity of human life: Specifically opposing abortion.
Upholding the sanctity of marriage: Maintaining the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Preserving religious liberty: Ensuring the freedom to worship God always and everywhere.
Not a flame levied at you, sincerely...
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (Int1s)
yeah I don't get it either. I think (?) he did some kind of Michigan country/hard rock/rap fusion. I've heard a couple of his songs, never liked them. Always wondered "why is this guy even a thing?"
I thought that about Limp Bizkit too but I did like "Break Stuff" from them. I can't think of a single Kid Rock song I like.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (ZxPkt)
So he and Drew merged into one being....I always knew where that was headed.....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (Int1s)
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So they're reaching out across the aisle.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Community Notes at November
I am curious about this, because this is a city, so does the full faith and credit clause even apply? lex loci celebrationis A thing here? I would think no, because it’s not a statewide thing.
Lawyers amongst us?
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
Unbelievable. It's straight out of the Joseph Goebbels playbook. I guess he's going to try and keep his job as speaker, and this is how.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: bonhomme
There were at least three different groups - including the Republican party and the local Reformed Evangelicals - campaigning against it, judging by the variety of "vote no" signs.
I'm glad the the LDS decided to oppose it as well.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (7XuqV)
Sanctity of life, sanctity of traditional marriage, and freedom of worship.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
That’s about all there is to it,
He still has fans of his music but he’s mostly known for running his mouth these days.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (ZxPkt)
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Good to know... makes note for next time. Rape only causes a bit of physical pain during the act but no long lasting effects. I'm sure he victims will be happy to hear this. /////
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)
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I could accept that at face value if he weren't headlining on a political talk show. Or, getting invited to the White House multiple times.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (1wjle)
Ace, try this one:
https://tinyurl.com/Jackson-Miss
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 05:04 PM (Jr5Lq)
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So did the entire Catholic Church in Idaho.. Same course of action throughout every diocese. They hammered it home including prayers specifically asking for the protection of life. This went on for months.
Posted by: Derak at November 06, 2026 05:04 PM (HO+k7)
Posted by: pookysgirl, maxed out on corn futures at November 06, 2026 05:05 PM (Wt5PA)
Imagine all of them on the rag at the same time....
They will be ripping every male a new one within 1 mile over who knows what....
Posted by: Jackson K. at November 06, 2026 05:05 PM (/uEuX)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05
Like a stab in the gut, isn’t it?
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:05 PM (ZdaMQ)
https://tinyurl.com/Jackson-Miss
thanks. It's decent. Not my cup of tea but I can see the lane he's driving in now.
I guess he's doing a Joe Walsh type thing.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:06 PM (1wjle)
interesting.
Speaking of Ennio Morricone, his soundtrack for "Wolf" is good and overlooked.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (y2JkV)
Only God knows why
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (kLVP9)
I think we are in the Friday portion of music discussion now, which is kind of a relief from the other news.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Case at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (En+fz)
yeah forgive me it was not a punchline....I think Windy City the Orange Man Bad Pope has made his peace pretty openly on all 3 when he was glowing up Emperor Urkel X....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:08 PM (Int1s)
Trivia: Link Wray's rumble is the only instrumental song banned in Boston. Usually songs get banned for lyrics, but Rumble just has such a violent and menacing vibe they banned it for vibes.
I guess the title counts as an almost-lyric.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (rj6Yv)
"The 120th Congress will officially be the GAYEST Congress in history! (that we know of)," it announced.
Free BJs from all Congress people .....
Posted by: Dweseal Numnuts at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (hWyO8)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (AKptf)
Nice!
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 05:09 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM
With you on that one, Ace. I have no idea why he's a thing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 05:10 PM (9YDB8)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:10 PM (VCgbV)
So did the entire Catholic Church in Idaho.. Same course of action throughout every diocese. They hammered it home including prayers specifically asking for the protection of life. This went on for months.
Posted by: Derak at November 06, 2026 05:04 PM (HO+k7)
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Our Catholic church, like many, are anti-abortion and give to resources to promote life. Many babies in our beautiful Mass.
Man and women only marry, no gender confusion. No exceptions. No rainbow flags or secular rules.
Baptism under the Trinity only.
Three of many reasons I joined.
Conservative protestant churches, who existed or fled PCUSA (like we did) and ignore the liberal factions, believe this as well.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:11 PM (hzuYO)
82 Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
That might be blacker than the NBA
IIRC, Spanberger's cabinet is 7 out of 8 black as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM
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They do what they're told and can't be criticized by the opposition.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 05:11 PM (4Aqsh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 05:12 PM (n5tGW)
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This doesn't mean they have to be married or even romantically involved, right?
So one gets on the city payroll as a home health care worker for the other 3 and the other 3 get on the city health care.
And those 3 get to stay on their welfare because their home health care worker has certified them as disabled.
Damn, that household could be pulling easy $350k a year in benefits and not one of them works.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 05:13 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: Archimedes
"COWBOY BABY!"
Cultural appropriation drug dealer pimp song.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:13 PM (Y8DZL)
Man and women only marry, no gender confusion. No exceptions. No rainbow flags or secular rules.
Baptism under the Trinity only.
Three of many reasons I joined.
Conservative protestant churches, who existed or fled PCUSA (like we did) and ignore the liberal factions, believe this as well.
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The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod is still conservative as well.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:14 PM (TN0g+)
Only God knows why
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:07 PM (kLVP9)
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I got that reference! Despite the haterz, I've listened to more Kid Rock after this thread was posted than I have in the last 10 years and my impression is that he's much more talented than we give him credit for.
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 05:14 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 06, 2026 05:14 PM (g6vx3)
"Sometimes I got teefs, sometimes I don't."
I reckon it depended on the month and if someone had not knocked them out that week. Depends also on the meth quality.
A mighty fine boy, judge, to have at your ample side.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (oqH4h)
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who here remembers Ann Richards?
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)
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I've never done needle-drugs in my life, but that moment in Kid Rock's "Jackson, Mississippi" song where the drums & electric guitars fire off simultaneously (to me) probably approximates the rush that such a drug might bring about.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Don't worry, there's no lasting harm....
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)
Haven’t thought about her in years but I recall she had quite the mouth on her and was a nasty piece of work.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)
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Before I was interested in politics but I remember her being Governor and my dad yelling at the TV all the time.
Poor George, born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:19 PM (VCgbV)
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Yep. There used to be truth in Charlie Daniels lyrics:
"And we may have done a little bit
Of fightin' amongst ourselves
But you outside people best leave us alone"
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:19 PM (TN0g+)
That might be blacker than the NBA
IIRC, Spanberger's cabinet is 7 out of 8 black as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM
_______________________
For a while there, and based on actual events, I was beginning to think that every black female politician was corrupt. Every other day we were seeing Mortgage fraud, crony payment structures, embezzlement of Covid funds, etc.
But, it would seem that the demographic is now so prevalent, that it might have just been the law of averages.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Emmie at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (4BPLk)
It was: "Poor George, born with a silver foot in his mouth."
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (rgGn5)
Perpetually angry untouchable matriarchal dictators.
Almost every U.S. city, not just Georgia.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Ann Richards at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (4NO2D)
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If only there were some succinct descriptor of such outcomes...
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)
Kid Rock has a song about walleye fishing in the UP which is pretty good but basically a rip off of Sweet Home Alabama. He also shot up a case of Bud Light once.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 05:21 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)
Haven’t thought about her in years but I recall she had quite the mouth on her and was a nasty piece of work.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)
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She was a retarded ass democrat Karen before Karen was a thing.
Still, I think she actually cared about Texas in her own dumbass way.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Case
NYC runs NY, Philly runs PA, LA and San Fran run CA. The commie farm team comes from these shitholes to subsume the entire state.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (+gK6I)
go long on nail salons and dialysis centers in Atlanta
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (gw3RI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:23 PM (TN0g+)
I just had to get that off my chest.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 05:23 PM (wzaBj)
https://tinyurl.com/Jackson-Miss
thanks. It's decent. Not my cup of tea but I can see the lane he's driving in now.
I guess he's doing a Joe Walsh type thing.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 05:06 PM (1wjle)
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Filmed in Vicksburg, I'd guess. Or NOLA. Not familar with his music.
The only river near Jackson is the Pearl River. It's become like Detroit and was once a beautiful city.
Our farm is near Vicksburg. Rolling green hills like the UK. People in that part of the county live the Moron Lifestyle.
Once I saw London in college I understood quickly why my ancestors settled in North MS after NC, and Virginia. Similar springs and green grass/hills/trees... but very, very hot and hideous summers.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:23 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05
One of the only things we polled well on was immigration so this is crazy. In a pile of lots of crazy things.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (ZdaMQ)
"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
8m
🚨 BREAKING: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is preparing a 2028 presidential campaign — WaPo, citing people briefed on his plans"
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Big Penguin at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Case
NYC runs NY, Philly runs PA, LA and San Fran run CA. The commie farm team comes from these shitholes to subsume the entire state.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (Ta4DE)
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* Phoenix/Maricopa County and Tucson/Pima County have entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (GaMV0)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (+gK6I)
Re the Black female bureaucracy:
Wanda Sykes said it back when Obama was elected. "How you gonna blame your problems on The Man when you ARE The Man?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (y2JkV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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OH FEN
Naughty naughty Fen!
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 05:26 PM (wGerL)
Texas is plagued with grifters. (See "Cornyn, John.")
That said, the fraud that occurred in Texas on Tuesday night was absolutely massive.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:26 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:26 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (VCgbV)
I can't decide who is more despicable - this judge or that Jennifer Welch abomination. What an incredible display of moral absence.
Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (wLjpr)
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They feel clothed in "The Armor of Satan."
Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (GaMV0)
Naughty naughty Fen!
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (ZxPkt)
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LOL
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
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I remember when being the gayest anything was a BAD thing...
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:27 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:28 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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OH FEN
Naughty naughty Fen!
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM (ZxPkt)
*****
I really like Fen.
I was Bong Woman for Halloween 1976 in college. I had a lot of fun when I was not studying, in class or working. Let us hope if photos still exist my face is not seen clearly for our son's sake. Or I'd have a lot of 'splainin' to do.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:28 PM (hzuYO)
Naughty naughty Fen!
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:25 PM
She left the neon Holy Grail sign illuminated *again*?
Posted by: Sister Zoot at November 06, 2026 05:29 PM (0sNs1)
Jeffries was heckled with chants of "You're next!" at a Dem DSA primary victory party.
Throwing red meat at a crazy mob just to keep himself from being the first one hanged makes sense. For him.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:30 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:30 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Everybody must get stoned.
Posted by: Bobby Dylan at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM (NtVYv)
Still, I think she actually cared about Texas in her own dumbass way.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:22 PM (oqH4h)
I remember her very well. She cared about Texas democrats, and her daughter was the head of Planned Parenthood. Ghouls the both of them.
Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
Thank you. I really like you as well, Christy.
All pot did was make me sleepy. Didn't see any point in paying money for something I could do naturally.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Emmie at November 06, 2026 05:20 PM (4BPLk)
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That will be one of the few entertaining factors of the next month and a half. They are conditioned for "immediate gratification," and I would expect their comments in that time frame to be revealing and disturbing. I don't exclude "re-education camp" comments from the bunch.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)
The yellow rose of Texas has a new meaning now.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (NtVYv)
I think a Steven Wright delivery impression would work well in the coming weeks.
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bobby Dylan at November 06, 2026 05:31 PM
We could support this.
Posted by: Mullahs of the Middle East at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1)
The DSA is gonna put his hot dog in the panini press
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM (NtVYv)
Which is: "Was the alleged rapist a white, conservative, Christian male?"
That's just a line right to "Yes, it was rape."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:33 PM (ZxPkt)
I need a Dr Pepper
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:35 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 06, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM
I suspect it's more of a Vienna Sausage or cocktail weenie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:36 PM (0sNs1)
I just had to get that off my chest.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 0
Yeah, his latest attack on Scott Presler was…weird. I guess it means Scott is becoming a bigger and bigger force- I actually know him, he is truly the kindest, most genuine person.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 06, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)
He and Tallywhacker would make a perfect couple in the seante.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)
WTF? What parent let her daughter go on a roadtrip with this perverted freak??
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (YSu2G)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 05:34 PM
I suspect it's more of a Vienna Sausage or cocktail weenie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:36 PM (0sNs1)
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The political goings-on for the next two months will be political theater at its most entertaining. DJT on offense is best DJT.
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 05:38 PM (rj6Yv)
Thank you. I really like you as well, Christy.
All pot did was make me sleepy. Didn't see any point in paying money for something I could do naturally.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:32 PM (JrHfD)
*****
I was the life of the party/keggers, sometimes big ones. My bf/husband said he'd walk away to get us beers and then find me in a room doing a sarcastic stand up gig to people I didn't know. I sort of remember.
Haven't touched it since, but I had a lot of fun with friends in college.
Somehow I balanced my normal life with my party and concert life. No regrets.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2
I will find a link fir you, but he called Scott trans…it’s weird. Hang on.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: jojo at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (y2JkV)
you know he's so pissed they didn't cheat for him like they did for whoever just won
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (gw3RI)
a) Tucker Carlson
b) Megyn Kelly
c) Brian Stelter
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)
Martha Stewart was doing the media walk-of-shame apology interview this afternoon.
I suppose my Halloween tableau of masked mannequins of Nancy Reagan sitting on Mr. T's lap while he was hanging from the front yard tree would land me in jail for a long "stretch" today.
Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 05:40 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 05:40 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 05:40 PM (ndZc7)
11,000 euros? Is that more than $20 in that town?
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 05:41 PM (BFNU4)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:41 PM (MWfyi)
a) Tucker Carlson
b) Megyn Kelly
c) Brian Stelter
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Cucker...will give me an opportunity to drop a coconut tree on him, or introduce him to a friendly Mamba...
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 05:42 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (ZdaMQ)
a) Tucker Carlson
b) Megyn Kelly
c) Brian Stelter
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)
*******
Tucker. He'd be easy to smother in sand so I could enjoy the peace before I died of thirst. One giggle and he'd find his goats toot sweet.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (hzuYO)
Stetler they say when they lit Dong Zhuo on fire in Luo Yang he burnt for six days....Tater would burn at least 8....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:41 PM
Once society becomes low-trust enough, we'll come marching in!
Posted by: Big Penguin at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (0sNs1)
Well, I like baked potatoes but it would get old with no butter and sour creme . Megan would be too stringy so I would have to say Tucker.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (MWfyi)
The National Basketball Association has sponsored an LGBT activist who used his time at the center of attention to twist the National Anthem into a gay promotion.
The smirking singer given the honor of delivering the anthem at the Golden State Warriors' "pride" event pulled a rainbow flag out of his coat and waved it overhead while screeching the single word "Prouudly."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 05:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (mseD3)
They don't actually believe that. They only believe in Power for themselves and their Clique.
Since they keep on changing their names on a euphemism treadmill anyway -- Cultural Marxists, SJWs, wokies -- I'm toying with the term "Pomo Hitlerian." They lie about everything, including your beliefs and theirs -- even including their fake opposition to the beliefs they falsely attributed to you! It's postmodern subversion IRL.
For example, they don't actually oppose white supremacy. They refuse to criticize Arab supremacists, who are white and the second-biggest ethnicity on Earth. (Han are the biggest by far, and they would also never criticize Han supremacy.)
They also don't actually oppose nationalism. They don't oppose religious nationalism. They don't even oppose theocratic nationalism! They would never whisper a word of condemnation of all the world's Islamic nationalists.
They that you're a Nazi to keep you from noticing that they're Pomo Hitlerian.
Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (ke3zm)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:45 PM (ZxPkt)
Robert Barnes randomly attacked Data Republican the other day. I was already suspicious of him, and that only increased my suspicion.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 05:47 PM (mkw2N)
And he took the southern rock
And he mixed it with the hip hop
Forever
Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 05:48 PM (jrgJz)
Yeah, his latest attack on Scott Presler was…weird. I guess it means Scott is becoming a bigger and bigger force- I actually know him, he is truly the kindest, most genuine person.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Tuqr is a faggot and Pressler isn't. Weird.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 05:50 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: fd
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83% of Americans of all races, religions and political affiliations supported Voter ID laws.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 05:51 PM (X+xvk)
****
And you just explained the USA national debt.
Posted by: clarence at November 06, 2026 05:51 PM (q4/FL)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 06, 2026 06:22 PM (XMwZJ)
They even voted for Barry Soetoro, so 'beaten' into having white guilt by the MSM. Needless to say, I have _not_ followed in their footsteps. I suppose I have Joseph Sobran to thank for this and whose articles I read in the Dallas Times Herald (starting in the mid 70's, and since defunct and it was the conservative paper in Dallas back when.)
I do hope they are not rolling over in their graves given what the democrat party has become. They grew up in the era of Roosevelt's Fireside Chats and all; Dad served in the Navy in World War 'Eleven' aboard a carrier in the Pacific and saw Japanese kamikazes in action live.
Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (JCIvk)
WaPo Sob Story: DEI Layabouts Fired by the Federal Government Can't Get Hired by Other Corporations Because They Know They're DEI Layabouts
Sad!
Nightmare VisionThis was published late last week but I couldn't find an archived copy until now. (It's paywalled.)
@GodCloseMyEyes please read this piece, it was so good. it's about dei officers in the federal government being cleaned out and many being unable to find new jobs because they were put on "dei watchlists" that come up in google searches in the exact same way it did for right wingers who had their lives ruined by journalists. then he starts applying for dei jobs in the private sector but can't get one because no one wants to hire someone with dei shit all over their resume. then they find a conservative activist and ask him if he's happy with all of this and his response is "these people are all anti-white, of course I'm glad they can't find jobs."
Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.Because you produced nothing. You earn nothing, you just cost a company money to push for more DEI layabouts to be hired and cost the company more money. It's absurd you even had this "dream job" in the first place.
Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.
What are your qualifications, Buddy?
On his 368th day without a job, Dia Harris woke at 8:30, slipped a coffee pod into his Keurig and checked his iPad to see how many more rejections had come in overnight.
There were two automated messages from "Meta Careers," thanking him for applying to be a program manager. "Our recruiting team will contact you if your qualifications are a strong match," Harris read. By his count, those were the 560th and 561st roles he'd sought since getting fired from the federal government.
Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.
After he showered, he found another message waiting: this one from the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization that combats suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. Harris, 53, recalled thinking that the Trevor Project's "chief people officer" was the rare posting that felt like something he would be good at and actually wanted to do. "While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, they don't fully align ...," Harris read now, and he deleted the latest rejection unfinished.
Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.
He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
Sliding into his car, he drove in the opposite direction from the nation's capital and the limestone-and-brick federal building where he'd once found his purpose and had hoped to remain until he retired. Since President Donald Trump returned to office, nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government.Beautiful.
.... Of the hundreds of thousands who left, 85 percent resigned or retired early through incentive programs offered by the Trump administration, a Washington Post analysis found. Thirty-two thousand full-time workers were fired. Harris was one of them.You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector? Any thoughts about that perennial claims, WaPo?
I enjoy the fact that the WaPo treats this as some kind of conspiracy theory or contested claim, when in fact the entire point of DEI is to push for the hiring of non-whites, non-males, and non-straights only.
Harris was the first chief equity officer for the Administration for Children and Families, or ACF, a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education. He was among more than 200 employees targeted for dismissal by DOGE after Trump issued an order to rid the government of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which he declared were divisive and destructive and "would have ruined our country." Diversity programs and initiatives have been around for decades but became much more common after the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Businesses and federal and local governments adopted antibias trainings, employee resource groups and recruiting programs and created new jobs, including Harris's federal position. The mass embrace of DEI programs felt to Harris like the capstone of his professional life, despite growing opposition from many on the political right who portrayed DEI efforts as reverse racism that disadvantaged White people.
There is no "DEI for white people."
The president's order accelerated that opposition, triggering a rapid retreat from DEI policies throughout government and the corporate world -- and, Harris feared, devastating the field in which he built his career.It's not a career, it's a make-work welfare program for people who are otherwise unemployalbe. ... Harris's job search was made harder by his membership in an even smaller group: He'd been named, with 92 others -- two-thirds of them Black -- on a public website called the "DEI Watchlist." Run by a little-known conservative group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, the site claimed to expose "behind-the-scenes bureaucrats who push divisive DEI agendas that undermine merit, fairness, and accountability." A full page devoted to Harris shared his federal salary and employment history alongside a smiling photo of him wearing a blue button-down. Harris had been out of government for more than a year, but the site was still the first result when anyone Googled his name. One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable. Harris often checked with friends and colleagues also named on the list, and most of them were still out of work, ... Harris received no severance. Now, his $16-an-hour paycheck was barely enough to cover utilities. It was supplemented by a second part-time job and help from his 71-year-old mother, who'd recently picked up extra hours at the Hallmark shop where she'd worked for the past two years. But he was also using his 401(k) to pay the mortgage and his credit card bills, and that would be empty by next year. Pulling into a long, low strip mall, he parked and closed his eyes. He didn't have to clock in for another 15 minutes. He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies; the little boy who grew up in North Philadelphia eating blocks of yellow cheese from the government and who swore he'd never work part-time jobs like his mother. ... IN THE LAST DAYS OF 2024, as his colleagues swapped rumors that the incoming president was going to delete DEI from the government, Harris and his boss came up with a plan to save his job. As chief equity officer, Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served. Before Trump's inauguration, he switched to become a "senior advisor" in the Office of Community Services, which distributes funds, diapers and legal services to the poor. He saw it as more or less the same worthy mission: bringing in good people and helping them help the neediest Americans. Who, he wondered, could find fault with that? Obviously this is the same scam we've seen throughout government and universities where they just create a vague fake new title and assign that title to DEI officers, who continue doing DEI bullshit and getting paid six figures for it.
Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it.
Then, a few hours after Trump was sworn in, Harris was scanning one of 26 first-day executive orders -- "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing" -- when he noticed a date in the eighth paragraph. The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)
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Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)
Not me. Any port in a storm.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (MPtWl)
What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (V7nuf)
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)
They pretty much ghost you, as far as I have seen.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (0sNs1)
Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.
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Guys, next 2 years are going to be great! Y'all will laugh your asses off , watching D screw themselves !
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)
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Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (AKptf)
Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.
They are making a documentary in their head.
If you want the viewer (reader) to empathize with the protagonist you have to see them doing the same things you do every day.
They are just like you.
Isn’t it horrible what’s happening to them because of fascists?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)
Just like having an actual border and entry controls, like 186 other countries on the planet, is a "populist" thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (U/Byj)
That's odd.
I mean, if Biden can issue a pardon for all crimes back to 2011, why could this not include all DEI back to 2016?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (fntvd)
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Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)
Amazing the Private Market didn't snap this guy right up and pay him 3x what he was getting from Federal Employment.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)
^^from Ace commentary^^
He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
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I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (fntvd)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)
Even internally, let alone outside jobs.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (iIyc0)
But when he was interviewing for jobs--as sharp as that kid evidently is--he got no answers unless there was an offer.
But he's not the only one I have heard that from, as I have another nephew who was looking for jobs as well--only not in tech. It's just the sharp one served as an example to me.
That's why I kind of doubt the "rejections", and I've seen it myself last time I was in the market.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)
I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs. The culture of the Young White Male is as alien to my WASP culture as that of a woman from Bangalore.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM
I don't have a map, and I won't stop to ask directions. What's the problem?
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (0sNs1)
In retrospect I suspect this sort of thing goes a long way in explaining tuesday nights vote. Way more people are being promised all sorts of free $hit and they went to the polls to vote for it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (I43vL)
Or did he make himself a toxic character that every recruiter in a 60 mile radius understood he would become a very problematic employee? Hmmm….wonder, wonder.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (8Uo7a)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)
Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (fntvd)
Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)
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Workhouses?
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)
>>Then came 500 job rejections.
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How out of touch is this guy? He thinks 500 rejections is abnormal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)
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Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)
I think there are some college folks and white folks here who have gotten WAY more than 500 rejections...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)
Interviewer: "So, tell me your accomplishments in your previous position."
DEI Layabout: "Well, I was at the DOT as you know. And, I was sooooo close to requiring the nation to rename "manholes." You see, it's very sexist to insist that sub-street level access is paternal. Plus, various LBQT... groups had trademarked the word "manhole" to refer to specific individuals they wanted to have sex with. I was working 3 hour days trying to get that through."
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (dIske)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)
No, the voters mandated economic changes. THAT IS ALL. the D leadership knows this. Any em-peach BS, DSA party BS, and Trump, who still has a pen and phone, will put them in a perpetual shotdown.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (AKptf)
Most guys are just going for AOE.
They know there's more than one hole in the vicinity and they are just spamming for coverage.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (/izzV)
But I guess it does come down to this:
Will Trump hold firm on shutting down the government if Congress passes a budget mandating all these jobs be restored?
Will the Dems go to the mattress for DEI?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (Aug7T)
I don't care about these people any longer. Eat a mile of dicks and ask for seconds.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (oqH4h)
https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026
Well looky there! See my 42.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (fntvd)
Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)
I'm surprised he didn't take the early fed retirement which was allowed for age 50+ (exception to get folks out)...or maybe he did, and thus is working part time and screwing around to just pay for extras...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)
Because things haven't been fixed INSTANTLY.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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In a sense, the B's "entitled".
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (X1r8S)
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We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)
I'll go a little further, just so they can be seated and go full Crazy Town for a bit.
Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (73EQ0)
One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable.
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Who on earth was this prospective employer? I'm shocked these people aren't being recruited so hard their inboxes are broken.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)
A Black person is one the Left can use to achieve its goals.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (MPtWl)
That's some yeoman's work there, and underappreciated.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gqar8)
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We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)
This is why the lawyers are the ones resigning...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gb7+b)
You DO know what else young college girls do to get the job...right?
I don't know many guys who are signing up for that.
I mean ... guys that aren't ace.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05
It’s why I used to make the big bucks!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
On the one hand, not nearly enough.
On the other, a good start.
Posted by: UncleJefe at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (DzC+b)
https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026
Well looky there! See my 42.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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A CAPITAL idea!
Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (vr4To)
No. It was never true.
The high paying Government gigs never had anything to do with qualifications.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (/izzV)
https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026
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That would go along with my skepticism that he's receiving a bunch of rejections.
Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (HFx9z)
^^from Ace commentary^^
He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
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I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)
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I had the exact same thought ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)
>>Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served.
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Did you see that? ACF is an entitlement program ("a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education") --
and most of its clients are Black.
Maybe there's an underlying problem here.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (a6prX)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (V362x)
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Like the lady in DC earlier this year, was making 6 figures as a grant administrator at some NGO, forced to slum by applying for $15/hr job at Hobby Lobby or some such.
And there was a total disconnect in her mind why the market didn't value her years of management experience at $100k+/year.
This too is the story of your average socialist:
They all know someone, equal in their degrees, that got one of these 6-figure cush laptop jobs.
And bitter resentment they did not.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (Aug7T)
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We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM
I don't know about state workers but federal unions can't negotiate anything to do with wages. My wife did the federal HR thing with union negotiations for almost 20 years. The only thing they can negotiate is working conditions, pay and benefits is off limits under federal civil service laws.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (8Uo7a)
Cheer up! Maybe you won't find another job and you were there until you retired.
Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (73EQ0)
Need ... or, Have?
Because, we have a LOT.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)
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Seems to be doing alright. Let me know when he is drinking lukewarm Sanka and skimming the want ads in the actual physical newspaper.
Posted by: Master Blaster at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (FEAjO)
I've got another tip for Dia Harris while he's waiting for his lawsuit money:
Keurig pods are a needless expense.
Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)
- Ghostbusters
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)
... Wielding the frozen bottle like a mallet, he pulverized the granola, loaded it into a bong, torched it, and totally manned it up in two well-practiced giant huffs. Thus fortified with the gaseous essence of Pure Equity, he resolutely resumed his journey of blessed futility.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (Jr5Lq)
This guy is gayer than Ace on a Vespa wearing Crocs.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)
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I would take that to mean that Natalie is now the new Press Secretary who is being tested before a public announcement. At least if she flames out she will not be embarrassed.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)
Portland (6% black) created the new job of city manager, and interviewed three finalists. All were black.
Multnomah County (5% black), which includes Portland, after this election will have a black majority on the county commission (3 of 5 seats).
Many, many, other examples.
It's interesting from an anthropological point of view.
If I were a laid-off DEI type, I'd be headed like a rocket for Oregon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)
I’d have taken it in a heartbeat.
He has no other skills obviously.
Must’ve taken a lot of expensive vacations, bought BMWs. and a house that cost way too much to have gone through that much money.
Now he’s going to sue and get even more money from fed.gov.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (6ydKt)
--- 30 YO "youngster"
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (AKptf)
Are you trying to infer that Messenger Bags are making some sort of Heterosexual Comeback?
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (/izzV)
Does this make me a bad person?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (N39Ws)
I don't have my next one till near the end of the year and I expect people to be downright giddy, ugh.
Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (HFx9z)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)
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My first thought was that she and Stephen have three small children, she could afford to stay home with them. But then political jobs are very precarious so maybe it's better to have a backup income if one suddenly gets canned.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (uKqbA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)
Instapundit story from a bit back.
Video of South African train station decline in 10 years.
Damn. Decline is a choice.
https://x.gd/91fM1m
And tinyurl sucks now.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)
Most of our major employers lived on government money since they got rid of customer service and wanting to rely on normal paying customers...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Zypo6)
Little nit-pick. I read this last week when it came out and what he actually said was "Sounds like hiring managers are racist, that’s very disappointing." And frankly that's pretty hilarious, because they have to either print it or just outright lie about what he said.
Posted by: Rick C at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (1zWbY)
I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs.
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I don't get it.
Are you saying that young, white men should have applied for those DEI vacancies?
Because firing DEI didn't open up a single job for any white man.
And the courts shut down Trump's too-little H1B reforms, the $100k fee.
That the courts did that, not Trump, is irrelevant to them, they never saw any H1Bs get fired.
The stories--and I know some personally--of white men putting out hundreds of applications and zero interviews, continues to pile up, even to today.
But sure, blame the voters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)
not necessarily; takes special skillz to be press secretary, did not see anything about Harp that suggests that she has them or served in that capacity in the past
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (AKptf)
Keurig pods are a needless expense.
Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yea, this clown's food and other habits don't sound like he's got money troubles.
Something's off about the whole thing. It's an obvious op, as I point out above, but there's something more going on.
I suspect that if some looks into this, they'll find out his sob story is mostly made-up, and he's got no money worries at all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)
Useless Eater?? He’ll have trouble, eventually, in the new USSA.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Weird how disparate impact only works in one direction. Weird~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)
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Now he knows how all the non-DEI guys felt during the Biden admin trying to get a job from people like him.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)
>>The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.
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Would have been funny if trump was terminating all DEI HIRES and the guy's heart sank.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM
His money all went toward his anal leakage problem.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (Y4nh3)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (fntvd)
1. Racism is bad
2. Only white people can be racist
3. Discriminating against white people is good.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
That's fine. Better to be treated like shit from a commie than decently from a normie.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Ta4DE)
This is an unbelievably long article. They probably do that for everybody in the private sector, too.
Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (73EQ0)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
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How can we possibly go on without you?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:21 PM (fntvd)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
That wouldn't work in this case.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)
I can only imagine the salary of the Portland CoP.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (/izzV)
He was unpersuaded.
I liked that job.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)
Yeah, but it’s Portland.
Which means every police chief is going to be treated like shit because they have to enforce the law occasionally.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)
In which specific ways? DEI is popular - as opposed to just shrugged at and infamously accepted - at the companies? Or something other than DEI?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)
He was unpersuaded.
I liked that job.
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*sad trombone
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)
Clicking there takes you to a web form for removal.
Harris could get himself off the list any time he wishes.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (Y4nh3)
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)
10 years ago I took a severance package from a Fortune 20 company. A lot of 50 something white dudes were unceremoniously shown the door. It was a generous package, but I had to sign a non-litigation, non-compete, and non-solicitation letters in return. I was fortunate to find another gig fairly quickly. Many of my colleagues were not as fortunate and some were forced into a very early retirement.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (vr4To)
He's deleting rejection emails?
Very fishy, especially considering he's touting how many he received, and they might be helpful in his lawsuit.
I mean, who deletes evidence that they think helps them make out their sob story?
Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (xz+xK)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
And Seattle treated it’s female black police chief like garbage too.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (d68ec)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)
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They usually don't announce their real intentions. No need to scare the horses, it's easier to rile them to vote left. Every Dem government in my lifetime lied about their true intentions.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (uKqbA)
Sure you did, thanks to your no ID requirement, same day registration and vouch up to 8 people systems........
Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
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21h
Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout.
When faced with threats and intimidation, we vote.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:26 PM (kX27y)
Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Reminds me of an ex-girlfriend I had about 15-20 yrs ago. Never stayed at a job or in an apartment for more than 2 years, kind of a flake who'd worked in the movie industry (stunt work, bit parts and film crew) before getting into regular corporate jobs.
Part of me was leery of her flakiness, but she'd also been a Playboy model (lingerie) in the early 90s, so being a Real Man, I forgave the flakiness.
Of course, she dumped me, I suspect because she thought (correctly) that I was kinda boring.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (y9nCu)
On the bright side I maybe won't have to see that weirdo Bass woman again.
Ace, your last sentence:
"Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it."
I might be the only honky cracka redneck woman to hope he foresaw cheating on Tuesday and has a plan.
It costs nothing to hope or pray.
Have a great weekend, Ace and everyone!
It will all be well.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November
And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
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Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)
She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.
So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (/izzV)
Good to see you here; was worried you might have caught the banhammer.
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (mP0Kj)
"Mary Margaret Olohan
@MaryMargOlohan
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2h
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (UkMc0)
Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
Why so short a pole?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)
You’ll be chasing five-star ratings to get work for the rest of your life.
Live and die by your social credit score.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)
She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.
So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)
My suggestion - have her go back to her professors and see if they have leads for her (if her degrees are in nothing that friends and family can help secure employment with)...in AI land, personal contacts are about the only way to beat the system and get in and land a job...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6RyaQ)
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You ever notice that the pitch of the chirp from a smoke detector is the same pitch they used to alert the teacher that it was time to change the slide being shown to the class?
Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (TN0g+)
Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)
Damned greedy smoke detector manufacturers, stuffing birds into their products. Those birds never hurt nobody.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November
And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yea. And as he was being pushed out of each job he ever had (see my comment above) his old employer never badmouthed him because they wanted him to get another job and be someone else's problem. I suspect they even let him tell prospective employers that he quit.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (iFTx/)
Sadly, Grok is unable to identify what make and model of car he drives.
Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (JUIuw)
This is DEI. And this is why its beneficiaries will lie, cheat and even kill to keep it alive.
Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026
No one is going to give anything but a neutral reference. You know this. 😉
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM
He needs to accept that suicide is a perfectly valid solution to his employment problem.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (4NO2D)
So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun
I truly am not trying to be an asshole but both Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics are trying to hire tens of thousands of brand new welders, electricians and pipefitters at all of their shipyards. They will train newbies and the pay is great. Not kidding. I didn't land a job in my field after college either but fell into a lucrative career nonetheless. One has to do what one has to do.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (L/8vZ)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)
BMW, Audi, or Lexus.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)
Good gig.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (6V1cC)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)
BMW, Audi, or Lexus.
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I'd guess a 3-series BMW.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (TN0g+)
How many qualified white men did Dia Harris and his colleagues prevent from being hired because of the color of their skin? They weren't faced with loss of a federal job like he was, they simply didn't get one in the first place.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (4Aqsh)
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)
******
I especially love consiglieres. ALL FOR THIS!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (ndZc7)
$183,500 per year with no value added. In fact, he probably subtracts value. No wonder he can't find a job in his "field."
Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (8WZD4)
Despite the Blue Wave, Blue States Voted to Restrict Girls' Sports for Girls
Plus: The Coming Democrat "Civil War"?
And the angry trans extremists are, get this, angry about it.
This is the NYT so prepare yourself for some grumbling.
Despite the fact that this issue was put to the people and the people voted to keep girls' sports for actual girls, the incoming Democrat governor of Colorado says to hell with what the people voted for, Men In Girls' Changing Rooms is a Sacred Right.
In the same election that brought strong showings for Democratic candidates around the country, voters in three states chose to bar transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams. The results, including in at least one state where Democrats are dominant, suggested that many voters do not view accommodations for trans athletes as part of a broad Democratic agenda. The results also appeared likely to inspire similar campaigns in future elections on an issue that has rarely been tested at the ballot box. Since 2020, lawmakers in Republican-led states across the country have enacted laws limiting how transgender people can participate in public life. But this election was the first time voters were asked to consider new restrictions through statewide ballot measures, and they approved many of them. The margins were large in Arizona and Nebraska, and narrower in Washington, where Democrats dominate. In Colorado, votes were still being counted on Thursday in a ballot measure over the same issue. Supporters of the initiatives said they hoped the sports issue would be put directly to voters in other Democrat-led states. The results could also mean that decisions around broader rights for transgender people will be put before voters, political strategists said. "To every female athlete who wondered whether her voice mattered: tonight, Washington heard you,'' Brian Heywood, the Seattle-area hedge fund founder who financed the Washington initiative, said in a statement. For supporters of the restrictions, the results felt like vindication. Polls have shown that a solid majority of Americans, including roughly half of Democrats, think that transgender girls and women should not play on girls' and women's sports teams. Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge, and that their participation prevents others from having a fair chance to win, the polls indicate. Over the past six years, 27 states enacted laws restricting the participation of transgender students in sports starting in kindergarten or middle school, extending in many cases to college. The Supreme Court upheld such laws last June. But in nearly two dozen Democrat-led states, including Colorado and Washington, legislatures have taken no such action. That is why Erin Lee, executive director of Protect Kids Colorado, a parent advocacy group sponsoring the initiative, wanted to put the question on the ballot in Colorado. By Thursday afternoon, with more than 80 percent of ballots counted, the vote in Colorado on a ban on trans athletes in girls sports was close, with about 53 percent of voters favoring the measure. A second Colorado ballot measure that would ban gender-transition-related surgeries for minors, was also close, with 52 percent of voters in favor as the vote counting continued.
"My hope is that we can be the example of a blue state where your legislature is not following the will of the people," she said. "Where we, the people, can do it ourselves, and hopefully encourage others to follow suit."
Well, that didn't take long. Less than 24-hours after Colorado elected a new Democrat governor, he's already suggesting he wants to thumb his nose at the voters who passed several ballot initiatives progressives don't like.In other words, he tends to carefully scan the very clear statement of the people to conjure up ambiguities, and then claim those invented ambiguities render the people's judgement completely void.
... [Incoming Democrat governor] Weiser said today that these initiatives will need a long, hard look once he takes office.
Prop 134 would bar young transgender athletes from participating on K-12 or collegiate sports teams that match their gender identities. And Prop 135 would bar people under 18 from receiving gender-affirming surgeries... Weiser, who was elected Tuesday by a wide margin in the governor's race, said officials would need to work "to understand the will of the voters."
This is the standard lie pushed by Trans Extremists -- that there's no way we could possibly tell who is really a girl and who is really a boy unless we "force girls to drop their pants in front of state genital inspectors." Except... there are paper records of children's sexes. Even if a student "really believes he's a girl," doctors still have to know if he's more likely to suffer from testicular cancer or ovarian cancer. Or does cancer Respecc the Pronouns of Its Victims? And, of course: The notion that transgenders' real sex cannot be determined by simply looking at them or hearing their voices is preposterous cope."It's important that we recognize that sometimes, something is passed and it is incomplete. It is not administrable," Weiser said during a post-election news conference Wednesday at the Capitol in Denver. "... Anytime you have a ballot measure that is statutory, it is a natural and, I believe, appropriate role for the legislature to say, 'What are the adjustments that need to be added?' " For the proposal to bar young people from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex, for example, Weiser said: "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."
Below: Leftists complain about "girls having to show their genitals" and trans extremists whine about being "betrayed" by their leftwing allies.
America has elected a slew of local, state and federal officials more left-wing than ever before. Jeffries's own caucus now contains at least eight members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) -- an increase from two during the previous term. Among them is a woman who advocated for 'a world without prisons or police' and demanded the US 'literally, abolish the border.' His colleague in the Senate -- fellow Brooklynite Chuck Schumer, the next Senate Majority Leader -- will have to contend with Abdul El-Sayed in his ranks, arguably among the most far-left Senators ever elected. And he almost had a fully-fledged member of the DSA by his side: Angie Nixon narrowly lost her Florida Senate race. It is all music to Ashik Siddique's ears. Siddique, the co-chair of the DSA's national political committee, told the Daily Mail that Tuesday's vote was just the beginning for his party. He pointed to the triumph of his rainbow-headed comrade Ashley Herrmann, 38, who even flipped a Republican-held state senate seat near Tampa, Florida. 'These results are not a flash in the pan,' he said, noting that DSA membership has surged from 6,000 in 2016 to 130,000 today. 'Democratic Socialists of America are building an enduring organization that can lead an enduring movement. 'We're now seeing DSA candidates win re-election to second or third terms across the country. We ran more candidates in this cycle than ever before. I think there were at least 200 candidates at many levels of government, from local up to Congress. So we're really leading the conversation and helping to shift public opinion on a wide range of issues.' Siddique said that the DSA was pushing policies leftwards -- noting that on the eve of the election, even Donald Trump was discussing ending military aid to Israel. 'Nobody thought 10 years ago that abolishing ICE was a popular sentiment when we were saying it, but now it has popular support,' he said. 'When we said 'Free Palestine,' that was not a popular sentiment among Americans 10 years ago, but now it is, and majorities of Americans across parties support a full arms embargo against the state of Israel.' DSA candidates largely ran on affordable housing, Medicare for All, childcare for all, moratoriums on AI data centers and abolishing ICE, Siddique said. 'These are very popular things, and when you look at the range of issues our candidates ran on, it's clear that we've been driving the conversation and the direction of the political left more broadly,' he added. But what will happen when his candidates walk into the chamber in January and come face to face with the establishment? Is there a civil war brewing? Siddique chuckled.I don't know if there'll be a civil war. The Democrat Party is made up of two factions. No, not socialists and moderates. It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists. But they're all communists. They all know where they want to go. They just have different opinions on how hard they can charge to get there. With the DSA temporarily holding the whip-hand, and proving that, at least for this moment, the public won't punish the Go-Fast Communists, the Go-Slow Communists will all fall in line and support the Go-Fast Communists. With reservations, but support them they will.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Moonbeam at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (Lzhdy)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)
But we know it’s all moot. A “judge” will quickly strike it down.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (O3eDY)
If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (I43vL)
...and they said that if we went to War in Iran there would be a Fertilizer Shortage.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (/izzV)
I can't believe that Dems first thing was celebrating how abortion rights will now be "restored".
The only way that could be true is that it sounds like they are promising to load up the Court.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (AKptf)
Democrats: I.Here.There.Are.Infinity.Sexes!!
that's how it works, right?
Posted by: s_tenhoff at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (2waQ7)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)
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And we allll know that that means! Heh heh
Posted by: Ex-President William Jefferson Clinton at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)
It's too difficult to keep all the local offices and ballot props straight without totally giving the game away.
Same thing happened in 2020.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: Shemale Judge at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Moonbeam
I'll repost what I posted last thread ...
She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a job well done and a long and healthy future.
Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 02:36 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (0MjtC)
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Strange isn't it? It's almost as if a hidden hand had a specific focus and left the balance untouched.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (EYrlY)
You might want to look into the Muslims. They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (/izzV)
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I saw a video by Dave Rubin talking about the vote in Texas. He showed that since 2002, there have been 2.9 million new voters added to the rolls and apparently they did not have to show any proof of citizenship.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (mseD3)
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My wife told me there were like 2.5 million ballots found in Texas for El-Sayed.
Ready to be found in the trunk of cars, I guess.
Posted by: Ex-President William Jefferson Clinton at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (Fi81e)
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Until the 2028 election is decided every vote is performance art.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (Y4nh3)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Ta4DE)
Ready. I could even do disgruntling. I'm chuffed. I'm jacked to the tits.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Jr5Lq)
Go to the doctor and show their private parts? Just give a saliva sample. Your male DNA is proclaimed in every cell of your body.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (fapp/)
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And probably wants to.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)
That's a very unique way of winning in Michigan.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (/izzV)
You might want to look into the Muslims. They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (/izzV)
Eh, maybe. Was thinking more of Ahmed at the 7-11.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (Gqar8)
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It's very odd, then, that this was never ever an issue in the decades we had girls' sports before Big Tranny.
We never before knew how to tell Joe and Jane apart other than a deep body cavity search.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Now do away with physicals for boys before playing football. Ya f'n dumbass.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (zFF15)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (2614e)
For 99.999% we can just look at them in their street clothes and know.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (/izzV)
Now do the Scoliosis Testing.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (/izzV)
THAT would be a tell........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (2614e)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)
She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a job well done and a long and healthy future.
Posted by: old chick
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Nice.
And Steven Miller as replacement recalls the old song, 'Tighten Up'.
Anyway, best of all to Susie and for the gang around the Oval,
get ready. Maybe he'll kick the VP's butt along the way?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (EYrlY)
Careful.
That reads like a romance novel to the likes of Cory Booker and ace.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)
Have you heard of any big vote fraud investigation initiatives?
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (Gqar8)
Birth records are easy, and if there was someone who somehow nobody could tell (I can't even think of how) but a spit test dna would cover it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (n5tGW)
Trans girls, have you ever experienced a situation where you felt physically weaker than cis girls?
70% of trans girls on HRT or blockers that I've known were damn near osteoporosis levels of fraility
I haven't even started hrt and I've met women stronger than me
I visited my hometown and saw one of my high school friends. She’s a construction worker and good GOD she could pick me up and snap me like a twig with just two fingers.
I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell. I'm at least on par with most cis girls, but if they work out at all, they've definitely got me beat.
I play roller derby, so I feel weaker than cis women all the time. I'm stronger than some other skaters, but every time I get knocked on my ass its a reminder that the bigots trying to keep me out of my sport don't know what they are talking about.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (AF7Ff)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (Ta4DE)
Wiles, the first woman to hold the post and the person who ran Trump's 2024 campaign, is moving over to his political operation.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (ciXcx)
This is not going to be a pleasant two years.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)
No, lots of chatter but no announced investigations yet.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (I43vL)
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In 2008 Illinois voted for Obama 61-37.
In 2010 - people forget this happened but it did - Illinois elected a Republican, Mark Kirk, to the senate. He won 47-46. The governors race was also 47-46 but for the Dem.
A roughly 25% swing for both races in 2 short years.
Also in 2010 if you recall Scot Brown was elected in Massachusetts in the special election. He won by 5. That was only 13 months after Obama won Mass by 36.
This type of thing does happen.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (O3eDY)
People need to start asking these questions because right now the risk to both of them are so great how come no one is thinking of the transgenders?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (9bpxs)
These are the radicals of the Dim party, and this party of buffoons should be so proud to where they've gone since the days of JFK.
I'd HOPED that Dims would see this coming, but, nooooooo they voted D anyway like retarded robots.
I shall go make dinner early so I can have white whine later as it is Friday, I think. I am not depressed as I have a rule, too, of not drinking while depressed.
I read an anthropology study today of a 30yr old womman (Dim fem) who hates her husband, her children, and her life and is becoming an alcoholic. Some advised AA. Most advised to divorce the misogynist. I didn't read it all but don't think they said to go Clancy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (hzuYO)
I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.
I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
and fuck em....enjoy the female penis assholes....
this gun's retired.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (Int1s)
"You are the weakest link. Goodbye."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)
I often thought of starting a non-profit to cure trannies with penises for ovarian cancer.
Don't donate. You're called bad names.
And I have Canadian human rights tribunals. There are 4 lights in the room I think.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (Sco7b)
This is not a general endorsement of taxonomy, but just a use of it as a model of category, but sexual differences on the same scale are supra-family, and supra-kingdom.
Sexual differences are something we owe for everybody than can participate in the discussion.
Pretending that "discrimination on the basis of [intraspecies differences--mere "accidents" of geography, mostly]" and "discrimination on the basis of an OBVIOUS FUNCTIONAL and PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE" are the "same thing" is a sign of our slide into Intentional Cretinism.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)
I would drive across the country to watch Angel Reese get fucking power bombed through the hoop by Karl Malone in a fucking dress.....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: garrett
What, that gay men who play the woman in bed should be surgically altered to better resemble women?
This, too, is the societal effect of allowing more than one concurrent wife per man: castration of the unmarried.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (vJrRc)
A lie or one hell of an outlier soy boy.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (ftFVW)
"You are the weakest link. Goodbye."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Yep. Used and abused.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (Ta4DE)
If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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I'm not delusional.
What happened? A coup was effectively initiated.
Why? Simple; China is at war with us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (EYrlY)
Eh they are a self-licking ice cream cone programmed to the edge of homicidal certainty by the media....defusing that bomb on the left's part will be fun to watch.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (BI5O2)
It's like not letting children play with knives.
Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (8mulE)
...so they'll wait a year.
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (oh+I7)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (kLVP9)
Posted by: ace
Wait until both sides meet the Head Chopper Party.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (zFF15)
Motionless in White back in 1999 I think it was the amphitheater in Syracuse
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (9bpxs)
There is no such place.
I mean, Palestine, Texas is pretty free, for now.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (2614e)
Have I mentioned that I hate plumbing?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)
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My theory?
I think most Dumocrap voters have no idea how radical their candidates or their party has become on trans issues. Or they refuse to believe it.
A significant percent of Democrap votes are also gimmedats, or who otherwise see a personal economic advantage in voting Democrap, but are otherwise culturally modeate.
So I don't think it's unusual for someone to vote Dem and also "no" on trans issues.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (ZRkCF)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (ciXcx)
Yeah, that was Alister Hilton. He's good.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (kLVP9)
Yep.
I saw an election night podcast where two democrats were on. They both said yeah we need to put the woke stuff behind us.
Hating Jews and AI is the not new thing.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (AKptf)
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Two years too late ... but I'll take it, if only for the exploding MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia heads.
Trump is the worst Sexist, Racist, and Anti-Semite evah ...
Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (YvRjL)
Ya don't say.
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)
Why don't we see more trans "males" compete in men's sports?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)
My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Not what we would call a verbatim translation of the relevant Quranic verse, but your understanding makes you an honorable member of ahl Qitab, yaa sadiq.
Posted by: Your New Muslim Overlords at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (4NO2D)
Ya don't say.
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)
Yeah in women's sports of course but just how many trans men boys whatever have been successful playing in boys sports? I think the answer is zero although if they did play they would probably be a lot of injuries
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (rnoq1)
I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.
I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
And women’s soccer.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (yVYSZ)
The system already exists.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (oh+I7)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Shhhhh, you're not supposed to ask that question.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (ftFVW)
In 2010 - people forget this happened but it did - Illinois elected a Republican, Mark Kirk, to the senate. He won 47-46. The governors race was also 47-46 but for the Dem.
A roughly 25% swing for both races in 2 short years.
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Yes, but IL had GOP governors in the 90s and a senator as recently as 2005. It wasn't unheard of like recent TX history.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Sid at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (fE4hz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (rnoq1)
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)
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A "democracy" implies a country or government structure to read in the people's votes.
Socialism + nation = fascism. You can add on the intentionality of "internationalism", but until internationalism is made manifest it is simply aspirational Marxism using the elements of fascism.
However the thing that makes fascism the ideology of fascism and not nearly a functional fascist-equivalent is the comfort with the inevitability of a government structure and a repurposing of the government toward "The Greatest Good" as the
No communism, outside of the Khmer Rouge ever involved anything like "communes" (where they shot you, anyway). That's what a "rush to communism" would look like: we're going to take you all out into the woods and force you into farming communes, because the other indolent forms have procrastinated on that.
The goal of the pre-stage of communism is to remake man to live in free communes.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)
That right there is a scissor that will never cut straight.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (/izzV)
I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.
I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
And women’s soccer.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (yVYSZ)
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Agree, that too. But at least we only have to hear about those loathsome loudmouth lesbians (3L?) every four years, and a lot less since the most loathsomely loudmouthed of all of them retired.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)
I have a friend who is very left wing. We’ve been friends along time and we argue politics too. But he’s what I’d call a sane leftist. He believes in taxing evil billionaires and free everything from the govt. But he is opposed to trannies in girls sports. Also surprisingly not 100% opposed to guns.
He’s the type who would have voted straight D and voted against trannies.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (O3eDY)
Neither completed the course.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (mP0Kj)
Tolerance.
Tolerance is an evil, not a good.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (/izzV)
I mean, if the GOP was honestly motivated to champion the right, they'd have curb stomped the commies years ago. But... they're not motivated to do anything other than line their pockets and push those unwashed masses further up the road towards the camps.
They just smile whereas the left snarls.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (RORbl)
All apologies
What else could I say?
Everyone is gay
What else could I write?
I don't have the right
What else should I be?
All apologies
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (7XuqV)
It's like it's 2005 and they're a few million 56K modems. Except they no longer have any useful parts.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (BI5O2)
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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2h
In case you’re wondering, the eligibility requirements for this do not include US citizenship or any legal status.
Just “proof of residency” in California for one year.
The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
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13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
Unless they engage in the act of "remaking man"--which they suggest they would never, ever do! Their push to a "streamlined" "responsive" government is inherently fascist.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: PG at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (uzvUr)
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Bro is either lying or the saddest sack of simping soyboy shit that ever sadly sacked.
Yes yes yes, I know. The power of "and" and all that.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Gb7+b)
After all, what is the downside?
They can just say, "Can you prove that is a boy?", while working at the same time to postpone and equivocate any actual testing for proof until the season is over.
Since 90% of the school employees are Lefties, I am pretty sure that non-enforcement will defeat the actual ballot initiatives.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (dIske)
"Combined flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password! emergency fixes for OpenSSH and musl-libc issued for millions of systems, patch immediately."
Stupidest vuln evah!!
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Only a fool would think otherwise.
https://youtu.be/Hvz0TOm0zgI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (0bjKf)
It was still a 25 point swing.
Which by the way swung right back the next election.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar8)
@InTheAssembly
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13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
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I predict the biggest users of this program will be members of the state legislature, government employees, and illegal aliens.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (rnoq1)
The especially stupid part about all of this is the WA state law (and I assume other laws that were just passed) simply requires a sports physical from the athlete's GP verifying the athlete's biological sex.
I predict that some activist doctors will advertise they'll sign anything put in front of them. You say you're a girl? Yep, you're a girl.
Requirement fulfilled. Now the tranny's a girl.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (7XuqV)
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I think their rejection of God, opens them up to spirits which are inherently anti-Jew, as an expression.
I think the Lord has determined this to be a stripe of their color. The same way he knew that human's could not control themselves but to fulfil Zacharia's prophesy that Israel would be a "cup of trembling for the nations".
The Lord plays N-dimensional chess.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (9bpxs)
There was that gal in Texas I think it was, that was pretending to be a boy. She was on the HS wrestling team and all loaded up on testosterone. She did pretty well on the mat, but there were some boys who refused to get out there with her.
I think she graduated. Not sure if she went on to wrestle at the college level.
Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (BI5O2)
I would suggest your friend is in the minority.
Democrats didn't just win a wave election, they added 20 million votes over the 2022 midterms while the Republican vote was flat over 2022 so these were mostly new voters.
That's a lot of votes.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar
See Ref: Hobson's choice...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (mkw2N)
So, it is not a matter of them killing each other off and leaving us an opportunity- they can walk and chew gum at the same time.
We have to make our own opportunity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (QX8aE)
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They'll argue over how they want to be addressed "They/them" or being misgendered. Infact expect people to be punished for this crime against humanity.
Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Sid at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM
If the Jihadists murdered all of the Jews, they would then focus on murdering more of their fellow Muslims in the pursuit of more power for THEIR particular sect within the Muslim world.
Even while focused on the Jews, Muslims murder far more Muslims than all of the other groups of people in the world combined.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (9bpxs)
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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2h
In case you’re wondering, the eligibility requirements for this do not include US citizenship or any legal status.
Just “proof of residency” in California for one year.
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Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
Note, you can use a Post Office Box as your official address... and use a mail forwarding service (like I did for an out of State LLC many moons ago).
Worse, once you are on the voter rolls, you can stay there even if you are an Ex Patriot, and live outside the country.
They will literally mail your ballot to an overseas address.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (QX8aE)
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
So that's about 2500 homes?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (Sco7b)
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
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BUT, get out your checkbook, because FIRST you have to acquire a mandatory $45,000 soil sample test from the local government.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)
There is no "safe state" any more.
The left can and will overwhelm your state if we don't win in 2028.
If you think your deep, deep red state is safe, and you don't have to worry, all you're doing is counting the days until the alligator eats you.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (Aug7T)
Even while focused on the Jews, Muslims murder far more Muslims than all of the other groups of people in the world combined.
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That's the way they've always done it. One way or the other, they stay busy.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar8)
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He may well be. But only a minority is needed.
Say a state is 55-45 D/R.
If 45 of the Rs vote no on trannies, you only need 6/55 Ds to vote no and it’s no overall.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
Look here, missy! You can just GFY with all that noise!!!
Posted by: David Hogg at November 06, 2026 03:01 PM (2614e)
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They'll argue over how they want to be addressed "They/them" or being misgendered. Infact expect people to be punished for this crime against humanity.
Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (OkYzo)
Trotskyites vs Leninists.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (AKptf)
Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.
Posted by: tubal
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But another similarity is that believe it or not, true Islam has never been tried. Look under the hood, and everyone is whoring, drinking, and hating their overlords.
I'm not sure how we exploit this weakness, but it's there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)
The backlash against data centers across the West is particularly troubling given the Trump administration's plans to expand the US power grid, rebuild the industrial base, and accelerate economic growth to escape the country's debt trap. Yet the Democrats in the US, who have joined forces with socialists and socialist reformists, are attempting to derail the buildout and pop the investment cycle.
In Amsterdam, far-left activists had their list of causes, protesting both the environmental cost of data centers and Microsoft's ties to Israel. That raises a broader question: Who stands to benefit if the West fails to build data centers and power plants it needs to revitalize a hallowed-out industrial base?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
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There's no doubt, you have a rigor to you.
I bet you plank like nobody's business. (Which would be an odd business....)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (BotSl)
Would this reverse the crap of men pretending to be girls? There will be some tallywhacking going on if they try this with my granddaughters. I will hunt them down.
Of course, there's the trans wimps who can't win at sports competing with other males. Have to get their trophies beating girls at sports. They are probably used to being laughed at and it wouldn't solve the problem.
Riley Gaines is a heroine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (AKptf)
Why in the world would he slow down? He is in deep YOLO country now, runner.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (AKptf)
Neither completed the course.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM
Under the next Democrat administration, Greta Gerwig will become the judge for SEAL qualifying.
It will be amazing how many women then make it through under that new regime!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (HlyYF)
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A real mystery indeed.
Posted by: China at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (O3eDY)
Jason Robertson
@JRobFromMN
·
6h
While everyone in Minnesota is still talking about the statewide races, look at who just flipped House District 14A in St. Cloud by 593 votes...
Abdi Daisane (DFL) won 9,163 to 8,570.
He owns Blooming Kids Child Care Center, which has collected over $7.29 Million in Taxpayer CCAP childcare subsidies since 2018,(plus another ~$598k in food program claims through Partners in Nutrition)
And the State has hit it with 16 DHS licensing violations since July 2024...unsupervised kids, infant sleep safety failures, prohibited discipline, unclean space, and a background study fine.
To be clear,(no criminal charges against him)...this is all LEGAL subsidy money and the State's own inspection reports.
Now he heads to St. Paul to vote on the budgets and oversight rules for the EXACT system paying his business.
What are we even doing here?
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Ta4DE)
I think she graduated. Not sure if she went on to wrestle at the college level.
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If she wrestled at all at college, it would have been a junior college or Division 3 equivalent of a school. Division one wrestling is a murderer's row of elite talent.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (TN0g+)
Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)
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He's gonna Fly Like an Eagle.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)
Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.
Posted by: tubal
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But another similarity is that believe it or not, true Islam has never been tried. Look under the hood, and everyone is whoring, drinking, and hating their overlords.
I'm not sure how we exploit this weakness, but it's there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)
are you talking about Mohammed's two final revelations regarding eating pork and drinking booze being a-okay?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)
My wife is strong. She was a full scholarship college athlete. She competed in the heptathlon. There isn't a single feat of athleticism she could perform that I couldn't beat.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Mister Scott
Go look at the primary vote totals. It shifted in a few months, not two years.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (0U5gm)
Half the nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Posted by: Paul Simon at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (3/XaG)
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The Dem base doesn't care.
The 2024 Trump voters who voted D in 2026, didn't believe it; had no reason to believe it.
Who was the ones telling them about all the radical stuff the Dems believed?
The party that lied and lied and lied about all the things they would do the second they had Congress and the White House in 2024.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (Aug7T)
I get all that. Where did the 20 million new Democrat voters come from?
Again, the total Republican votes increased about 1 million from 2022 which is normal and doesn't suggest Republican voters were upset and flipped to Democrat. Somehow the Democrats found 20 million new votes across the country and it seems all of them are like your friend.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)
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No it's made up of Lie a Lot About Actually Wanting Communism and Lie Only a Little About Actually Wanting Communism.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (MPtWl)
Hate to say it but what occurs in the anti Jewish bike ride in Philly will say a lot about the Dems direction. Allegedly there will be a lot of people to protect the Jewish businesses, but how crazy the anti semites act will show which way the Dem "civil war" will go
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Let them do their worst. We need to see what it is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: tubal
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I think the Ottoman Empire would like a word.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Ta4DE)
I'm sure that's why Stephen Miller took the job - he has nothing to lose at this point...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (Gb7+b)
So the question is, what can we as Morons do to stoke the fires of Donkey Civil War?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
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Sometimes people step forward to lead, in the face of vicious opposition and at personal cost. She's one of those great people.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (rnoq1)
Neither completed the course.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM
Under the next Democrat administration, Greta Gerwig will become the judge for SEAL qualifying.
It will be amazing how many women then make it through under that new regime!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (HlyYF)
At one point, Sandy Eggo Fire Dept lowered the weight requirements that a woman has to carry by something like 40 or 50 lbs...like being a woman magically makes someone she's carrying that much lighter...there was pushback, as I recall.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)
I hope he takes scalps.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)
He better take the money and run.
Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Guy Who Shouts A Word at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: tubal
She at least had an in-universe reason for being able to do it.
Everyone who copied Whedon didn't bother to try to justify the obvious oddity.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: azjaeger at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (3/XaG)
Sorry. Headline.
Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"
Posted by: Stateless
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GOOD. Bill Gates Mao meets his Red Guard.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)
This is known to historians as "The Golden Millennium," when man lived in brotherhood with man, no blood was drawn in wrath, and nobody knew the bitter taste of gefilte fish.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BI5O2)
Hinojosa won election by 700000 votes
Texans hated Trump accept it.
And it will show in 2028. His stench will longer. Vance is already bailing and the proTrumpers like Ace will not accept that. Rubio? Too pro Iran war. The next candidate will have to be announced by the King
But that oil will be toxic
I took my 300$ predictit winnings and put it on Ossoff at 5 to 1
Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (VJWY3)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Ace has hinted at this before, but I almost if the realy key to all of this Republicans becoming registered Democrats and just making it some sort of centrist party.
I just have so little faith in the Republican Party holding the line
Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BotSl)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM
True dat, Piper!
OTOH: God made man and woman, Samuel Colt made them equal.
There are a ton of 'ettes that when bearing the firearm of their choice, could defeat Antifa "males" against even 1:10 odds.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (HlyYF)
Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)
Maybe it should be "F**K Palestine, Free AI"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tubal
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This, too, is the story of anime.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)
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I’m proud of the race we ran. We had to fight back, and we did, harder than anyone expected, forcing our opponents to pull out all the stops in the final weeks. The support you provided every step of the way was nothing short of amazing and gave us a chance to defy the odds.
And we decisively won the areas I currently represent, those that are part of both the old and new district. Extrapolating those results, if there were no Prop. 50 we would likely have won and been the only non-Democrat in the country elected in a district that competitive.
I suppose it would be natural to feel bitterness about all of this. And if I’m being honest, I do to some extent. But mainly, what I feel is gratitude.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (kX27y)
I hope he takes scalps.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO
This will be a Trump 3.0 - faster, stronger , more ruthless and effective Trump!
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (ssz2a)
Riley Gaines is a heroine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
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Sometimes people step forward to lead, in the face of vicious opposition and at personal cost. She's one of those great people.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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I'm not sure where she lives, but I bet she runs for office before long. (She does have a young kid and probably intends to have more, so I could be wrong.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (mmrXZ)
It's mental illness, and we are bowing to it.
I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)
My wife is strong. She was a full scholarship college athlete. She competed in the heptathlon. There isn't a single feat of athleticism she could perform that I couldn't beat.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (mkw2N)
Popping out babies she could do better, and I consider that a form of athleticism...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e
Ha! Well, it kind of is my actual business. There is a lot of planking in my world!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BotSl)
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I do not have enough faith to believe in the Republican Party as a thing.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)
Instapundit.
SALON SINGS SWAN SONG: Goodbye from Salon.
We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered. You read, shared, challenged, subscribed, wrote to us and kept coming back. Your engagement made Salon a publication and a community, and it gave our work meaning. We are so grateful for the time you spent with us.
The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)
serious Q
please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)
"Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he will not support Chuck Schumer as Majority Leader.
Q: “Would you support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader?”
JACKSON: “I’m gonna support somebody else.”"
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (rnoq1)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (Gb7+b)
serious Q
please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)
He's a total dumbass "Bro", and drunk all the time. I know that because I've seen him on SNL.
Posted by: Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (9ZFZd)
SALON SINGS SWAN SONG: Goodbye from Salon.
We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered. You read, shared, challenged, subscribed, wrote to us and kept coming back. Your engagement made Salon a publication and a community, and it gave our work meaning. We are so grateful for the time you spent with us.
The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)
___________
I care so little about Salon that I don't even know what it was. A blog? Website? I'm pretty sure it was like Cuckland, full of cucks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
serious Q
please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)
Probably gonna be something to do with the money - $1T to $1.5T in one budget year - probably some misuse somewhere, and they'll claim he's the boss who approved it...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (2614e)
Meh, I'll believe there's a Democrat civil war when the trannies start shooting up Democrat meetings or take out Dim pols.
And the Commies start murdering Democrat "slow commie" CEOs ala Luigi.
That's what they themselves said should how outraged and intent they were on having their way.
No, I don't support shooting or murdering people for their politics.
But, nor do I believe there's a serious Democrat split until we see them treat their opponents like they treat conservatives/Republicans. Their own rules, you know.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (YSUhf)
I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)
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Jonathan Haidt, almost a decade ago, pointed out how modern politics is advocacy for a more neurotic point of view, such as being "triggered" by more things.
Rather than working toward less compulsion by outside forces and owning your own reactions, which is where responsible therapists try to move their clients.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (qCV5n)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (YSUhf)
I'm not sure if that means anything the State calls "vaccines" is mandated...
But I'm scared he meant that.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)
I'm not sure if that means anything the State calls "vaccines" is mandated...
But I'm scared he meant that.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)
Elf sez what?? Preening for the commies.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (YSUhf)
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Blame well placed!
Posted by: Benjamin Libet at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (Kkd7F)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM
For American patriots that love the eagle.
https://tinyurl.com/2n58cbs8
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (BI5O2)
METALLICA!!!!!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (9bpxs)
God made man and woman, Samuel Colt made them equal.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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That would make the absolute coolest ad ever. And it's not illegal to advertise guns! But guess why you don't see it? Gutless networks and media services.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (AKptf)
If a voter only votes straight ticket on a machine then I also have to assume ballot questions and referendum will not be automatically selected as there is no party involved.
So it stands to reason you will get a lot of ballots with those parts blank because the voter voted straight ticket and then skipped the rest of the ballot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
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They kind of reach out and grab ya...
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)
It's demonic.
Posted by: Emmie at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (4BPLk)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah, but he took the money and ran.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (9bpxs)
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Trump has had his best wins when he's had to only fight Dems.
And his losses have all come because he's been fighting Republicans.
And there are no Republicans left to fight ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (Aug7T)
Same thing they went after him on before, following illegal orders.
Mark Kelly, one the seditious 6, is saying that 6 of the 8 charges against Hegseth are following illegal orders. And who gave him those illegal orders? His boss. Donald Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (TN0g+)
It was Mack Beggs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Beggs
He did not compete in the 2018–2019 collegiate wrestling season due to double mastectomy surgery.[
lol
Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)
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I was at my former local haunt during the Texas/OU football game a couple weeks ago. The layout for the restrooms is a little odd, so dudes are occasionally heading towards the ladies rooms (there are 2 separate rooms with one seat each) instead of turning short and going into the men's.
One dude headed towards the ladies and I attempted to get their attention. I wasn't able to. When they came out, I pointed at the door and said "Men's room."
"I'M NOT A MAN!!!!"
"Woah......I'm sorry."
It went back to it's table and commenced to pissing about me calling her a man. The First Lady ended up interjecting their piss fest and said "It was an HONEST MISTAKE. He apologized. It's done!"
The 'lady' dressed, walked and presented 'herself' as a 16 year old boy with the dress, walk and almost flattop hair.
You present yourself to the world as a teenage boy, don't get pissed when the world looks and says "Look. There's a boy."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (2614e)
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They kind of reach out and grab ya...
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)
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* tries hard to think of a Swingtown reference ... *
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (YSUhf)
It's a real doozy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
The ARNP I support is just the same. And she did vote for the most liberal candidates and for the income tax. But against the trannys.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (yVYSZ)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (YSUhf)
Abracadabra!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (2614e)
She finally says "so you think if I got you in an arm lock, you could get free?" I said I'm sure I could.
So we test the theory. I gave her my arm to "lock" it. Ready? 1, 2, 3 ... and I pull free so easily it shocks her. We do it again, this time she's holding harder. Same result.
Then she proposes a headlock. Sure, why not. I think you know how this turns out. I twice easily escape. She's genuinely surprised. She really thought that her strength was comparable to mine.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (Kkd7F)
Neither should have to with DNA testing as widespread and easy go do today.
But the reason they are not mentioning boys is because this was about girl’s sports and there are very few female to male transgenders trying out for the boy’s teams because they are crazy, not stupid.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (9bpxs)
Which, used to matter.
But then I remember the Obamacare committee markup and "There are no rules here, we make it up as we go."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (rB4CC)
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Sexed pronouns exist not because we have endless "second names", but it seemed a minimal accommodation for the way that people wanted their sex acknowledged.
"Personal pronouns" is stupid. You share your sexed pronouns with ~4 billion people.
That ain't in no way "personal". It simply recognizes a difference society chose to recognize.
Nobody decided "I want my wealth recognized in pronouns" to get richhim/richher pronouns.
Second-name to remember, "personal pronouns" is not how pronoun references aren't meant to work.
They are shorthands.
That's my functional objection.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
The other would ban surgeries on minors for altering gender characteristics.
I expect both will immediately be challenged in court.
Posted by: Isaiah 32:15-16 at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM
You didn't offer to trade leg scissors holds?
Missed opportunity.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM (qgHp7)
This election was not a moratorium on social issues, or the trans kids in sports bills would have swept in blue states. It's not a moratorium on open borders are ok, because several states passed voter ID laws.
It was an election about refuting forever wars, or the ones they look to be like Iran and Ukraine. It was about our politicians (even Trump) not listening to their base, and hugely on economic issues.
But the dems are going to push for the social issues and open borders and health care. The old bugaboos. I wish them well in their folly and hope they achieve none of it, while getting slapped down by voters swinging back to the right in 2028.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM
Sometimes it's not that easy.
Posted by: Jonah at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (0sNs1)
Just the rest of us.
He won't say it but that's what he wants.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (rB4CC)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)
I turned it off on this iPad.
Which means I throw out a lot more typos but I’m also not fighting iOS on what word I am trying to spell.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (6ydKt)
Has anyone heard about Austin Payne? He's a 15 year old white boy from Georgia who was shot by a group of four young black males and left to die. It appears to have been a robbery.
Payne called his mother, telling her he was shot and dying. She searched for him all night and found his body.
Has anyone heard a peep?
http://tiny.cc/x19d101
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: susan harms at
It's all about the bone structure. -Trixie Delight
(What? It's just a twisted Paper Moon reference)
Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (T1oyy)
Posted by: tubal
Hey! My eyes are up here!
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Toos7)
U15 = 13 and 14 year old boys.
Against grown ass stronk wymans.
So tell me again how its fair to have tranny dudes in girls sports?
Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 03:27 PM (vr4To)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:28 PM (yVYSZ)
NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.
Houston mayor gives executive order prohibiting HPD from contacting ICE in case of non-violent crimes.
There was a reason I was whiny and impatient about the enforcement operation. But I was counting on a 4 year timeline. Sickening and depressing.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (U/Byj)
Schumer needs 51 and he's already lost 2...I expect a preference cascade by the new Senator-elects keeps him out (aka, he can only be leader with R votes, and Rs won't help)...
Posted by: Nova Local
I think i see the problem. There are enough traitorous surrender monkey GOOe assholes to make that happen.
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (yf1gO)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)
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Given the price of real estate, it's undercapitalized as well.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 03:30 PM (amcLV)
That's my functional objection.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
It is the mentally ill forcing their delusions on others through societal and legal measures.
It is the Democrat party and the Marxists inverting reality through language and thought control as a means to divide and conquer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)
I don't know who remembers "Not-gay Gerald" from Stephen Crowder's first gang, but when they were on CRTV with a stocky, athletic karate-practicing young lady named Courtney.
There is little doubt that she outweighed NGG. Crowder wanted to illustrate sex differences by having Courtney and NGG trade karate kicks (through a kick pad!).
NGG did not look like he worked out much. But every kick NGG delivered to Courtney required her at least a couple steps back, and she could barely get this guy who she outweighed to rock back on his heels.
And they traded several kicks. He could stagger her, and I think he took one step back through several of her strongest kicks.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:31 PM (Fi81e)
But no data I've seen supports the idea that the idiotic foreign policy views of voters was a big factor - it was their other idiotic views.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Toos7)
Wonder Woman had a lot of assets, no doubt.
But her Achilles heel was that all you had to do was capture her and tie her up and she was helpless as a newborn kitten.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:31 PM (Fi81e)
I believe NGG is still a part of the show.
Crowder has gone through many a stage hand, however. 1/4 Black Garrett left a LONG time ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2614e)
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)
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Look through history. They are the party of intemperates.
That's why they lynched. That's why the riot. That's why the burned crosses..., that's why the ran "carpetbaggers" out of town.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah, but he took the money and ran.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Gqar
*********
Abracadabra, man.
Great, great band of fun times.
We've reached peak Jungle Love followed by Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (U/Byj)
Swing voters don't even vote their views because they don't have views or they wouldn't be swing voters. They vote feels. Whoever makes them feel smarter to vote for.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (ZRkCF)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:36 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:36 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)
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Look through history. They are the party of intemperates.
That's why they lynched. That's why the riot. That's why the burned crosses..., that's why the ran "carpetbaggers" out of town.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)
People with little to no impulse control demanding total control of civilizational structure that is dependent on self-control
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:37 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:37 PM (qgHp7)
Crowder has gone through many a stage hand, however. 1/4 Black Garrett left a LONG time ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2614e)
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No, Gerald ??? is a former (college?) tight end athlete and producer and long time personality on his show.
NGG left with a pretty unsavory dispute with Crowder, as Dave Lambeau let on.
It basically amounts to NGG wanted allowances to spend more time with his wife and his newborn than Crowder was willing to accept.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Wonder Woman
*Peels off googly eyes and places one on each boob.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (zFF15)
Has anyone heard about Austin Payne? He's a 15 year old white boy from Georgia who was shot by a group of four young black males and left to die. It appears to have been a robbery.
Payne called his mother, telling her he was shot and dying. She searched for him all night and found his body.
Has anyone heard a peep?
http://tiny.cc/x19d101
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)
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Are those real names?????
Jansquincey Donaldson
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker
Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
I hope you, you know, struggled for 20 or 30 seconds whilst enjoying the...ahhh...opportunity, before escaping.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 03:39 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (ZRkCF)
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Nope. Needed correction. I had an inkling his name was different from Gerald's, but it wasn't enough to make me check it.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
If the administration kicks off the long overdue effort to end the employment magnet (go after employers), continues its criminal deportations, and continues to squeeze from every side (welfare eligibility, etc), 2 more years might have some lasting impact. Deterring intending invaders via results is critical, and that relies on results.
Unless of course the country, as seems likely+, puts a Dem in the WH in '28. Then, fuggetaboutit, in general.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (U/Byj)
Did you see the Citi Bank plaza shooter? Big old fat man boobs swinging in the breeze. Got shot like a dog by a sneaky security guard.
http://tiny.cc/i29d101
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM
Given such things are called pasties, may I suggest using pastes, instead of places, in your statement?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (63An5)
And the GOPe will refuse to defend the President and we will lose the White House too.
Because that was always the plan. Trump just got in the way for a few years.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (yVYSZ)
RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he will not support Chuck Schumer as Majority Leader.
Q: “Would you support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader?”
JACKSON: “I’m gonna support somebody else.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (ndZc7)
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker
Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit
In the comments on police dashcam videos it's common to just call the perps "Felontavius", but it's honestly hard to keep parody ahead of reality in that field.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker
Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit
Posted by: Elric The Blade
NY Jets starting secondary.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (zFF15)
Buried lede: the fraudulent daycare actually had clients.
Didn't this guy know you don't have to run a legitimate business (however badly) to scam money out of the government?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (vJrRc)
NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.
Houston mayor gives executive order prohibiting HPD from contacting ICE in case of non-violent crimes.
There was a reason I was whiny and impatient about the enforcement operation. But I was counting on a 4 year timeline. Sickening and depressing.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (U/Byj)
Puts us in a tough spot. If we don't enforce immigration law, we lose. And if we enforce it, we also lose.
Hopefully, there is some way to thread the needle. Could be that there is some percentage of the population that cannot countenance the kind of physical confrontations and shootings ICE has had with instigators. Not sure how best to handle that, if so.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (HFrEr)
I used to resist Michael Savage's expressed viewpoint that "Liberalism was a mental disease" for the sake of amity. Over the years, I've dropped more and more reservations about it.
False amity is false amity.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher
😁😁😁
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:43 PM (zFF15)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM
Uh oh, he's on to us.
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (63An5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (ndZc7)
Here and there an insanely radical move may be punished, but with zero effect on robotic Dem voter behavior in the future, in general.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (U/Byj)
I'm not sure I believe the explanation fully. This was the "issue" (feeling) that got Trump elected.
I just think it's convenient that the result of 10 years of Trump is that we have to be nice about illegals. Works for the GOP and no one else.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (MPtWl)
Because that was always the plan. Trump just got in the way for a few years.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (yVYSZ)
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I fear you are right.
Trump was never of the DC Body.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)
Oh. I'd watched something of SC not that long ago and he was still there. Maybe that footage was dated, then, I guess.
Sad.
Not Gay Jared (as pointed out above) Went to Notre Dame and played football, if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (2614e)
I'm thinking of the wrong guy on Crowder's show.
Never mind.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM (2614e)
I detailed it here but I assumed they were just gearing up for "change" in 2028. Turns out no it was fully a 2026 operation.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM (MPtWl)
NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.
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This is an op, guys. Exit polls are complete garbage, just mostly made up.
There's no way legal citizens who can vote are upset that line-jumping illegals -- even of the same ethnicity --- are being deported.
Foreigners who jump through all the hoops for citizenship are some of the biggest proponents of strict enforcement of immigration law.
Know the op when you see it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (2614e)
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM
Just don't get us confused, m'kay?
Posted by: Whoopi, Trigglypuff, Stacey, and Lizzo at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (0sNs1)
"OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
·
3h
How voters shifted from 2024 to 2026
Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical
Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (AKptf)
We just have to pray that the red/green coalition collapses before the Muslims take over.
Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (0MjtC)
Video of South African train station decline in 10 years.
Damn. Decline is a choice.
https://x.gd/91fM1m
And tinyurl sucks now.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (Ta4DE)
I see no way to finesse the perceptions of people so stupid and unworldly that a violent confrontation between LE and a suspect/fugitive/etc - which happens every day all over the country for a million reasons - is somehow evil and mean and scares the cute puppies if the perp is an illegal alien.
It's inexcusably stupid. And a disaster. I don't see any way to thread the needle but then again I'm not the one to ask, because I think every bit of progress on this vital issue in the last 2 years is ephemeral. A populace that is simply determined to be less prosperous, free, secure and just will get its way eventually.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (2614e)
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It's confusing--and I confused it more. Gerald Morgan (I had to look it up), went to ND, and played tightend, is a big guy and it wouldn't really have impressed me if he shrugged off some chicks kicks.
The common joke is about Gerald, being a little more "refined" is gay.
Totally a different guy from "Not-gay Jared" who was scrawny, with a relatively high voice and they had to specify was "Not Gay".
That was the guy who I was astounded was so little affected by Courtney's kicks.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)
Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical
Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino
I'm keeping this for the next Boomer's Are The Worst post.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (pUU4E)
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)
Tom Servo had a valuable anecdote about established Mexican-American businessmen of his acquaintance who of course were appalled by all the bizarre social/cultural crap of the Dems very much were upset by "the fear" in their "communities" over immigration enforcement.
Doesn't matter now of course. Only option is to plow ahead and hope for a miracle in '28.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (enNUy)
Crap.This is like math.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Gqar8)
I wanted everyone deported, even if here 30yrs and not a US citizen who can speak, read and write English and pass a citizenship test.
I'm a purist since my people have been here since the early 1700's. Poor and wealthy immigrants who became US citizens and learned English and fought in all wars and became AMERICANS.
If Abuela is speaking espanol in the grocery store, thinking in code when I can understand most of it, or trying to irritate me (she succeeds as I want to yell at her to speak English)...I figure she's not here legally. I could be wrong.
When I am in France I spoke and read enough French to get by vs being freaking rude as an American tourist. Now I reckon I'd have to learn Farsi.
I now hope, since the soft touch didn't work, we round 'em up and ship them off in cargo planes to which ever country would take them. I don't care!!!
I'd hoped the $3k to self deport would work. Then the fekin' mid terms will embolden their sorry arses.
Off to cook and make potato voodoo dolls...nah. I only did this once watching a college basketball game. It worked!!!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (hzuYO)
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In his book The Outline of History, H.G. Wells theorized that the reason the Roman Empire fell was the Romans didn't care enough to keep it going.
Same as it ever was.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)
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In his book The Outline of History, H.G. Wells theorized that the reason the Roman Empire fell was the Romans didn't care enough to keep it going.
Same as it ever was.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)
I learned that H G Wells was a woman. Learned that from Warehouse 13.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky
**********
What do you do? Poke toothpicks in their eyes?
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (qgHp7)
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)
Ah yes. The Realtor Full Employment Act
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (y9nCu)
I wanted everyone deported, even if here 30yrs and not a US citizen who can speak, read and write English and pass a citizenship test.
We got rid of the illegals. What's weird is. It pissed off the legal Hispanics. You know, the ones losing jobs to the illegals.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (zFF15)
I don't buy that. In 2024 there was significant data about Hispanic counties in Texas going hard for Trump because they didn't want illegals driving down their salaries and competing for housing. I don't think Latinos all became cucks in 2 years.
Also, the methodology probably matters. The claim that 65% of Jews loved El-Sayid eventually drilled down to "one poll of 35 likely voters" or something of that nature.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Goatweed at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (jK3NL)
$300K in College Debt for a Degree in Hamster Reproduction Habits from Haaaaaaaarvard and all you can get is a minimum wage job at Micky Dee's.....
But..... But ...... But .... The Comiecrat Blue Tsunami was going to solve this....
A Shitbag in the Government is still a Shitbag in the Real world....
Learn to CODE .................. I want my MOMMY !!!!!!
Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (WpgHK)
ESAD!
Posted by: John at November 07, 2026 10:54 PM (UwF2a)
Sen. Harriet Hageman: With What Few Days We Have Left Being in Control of Congress, We Should Go Hog-Wild and Push the Republican Agenda to the Max
She wants to use budget reconciliation to fund the priorities, like border security, that Democrats intend to defund. But John Thune and his Confederacy of Cucks will not do that. It would upset their liberal sex-partners!And, just as importantly, she wants to defund by law the useless or anti-American bureaucrats and NGOs that the Democrats are determined to fund again.
One of the few House Republicans to win a U.S. Senate seat in Tuesday's blue-wave election is urging her GOP colleagues to aggressively use the remaining days of the lame-duck Congress this year to pass multi-year budgets to protect agencies that Democrats want to defund and to codify President Donald Trump cuts to foreign aid that the left wants to restore. Rep. Harriet Hageman, soon to be sworn in as Wyoming's next U.S. senator, told Just the News on Thursday night that she is urging fellow Republicans to replicate their last budget reconciliation law that funded Trump's Homeland Security agenda until the end of his presidency and codify other GOP priorities and foil Democrats' ambitions in the next Congress. Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election. "I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show.
Hageman suggested border and immigration budget items, the Justice Department and FBI priorities, and codifying the massive cuts to wasteful federal spending and the USAID foreign aid budget that Elon Musk's DOGE team implemented. Democrats have made clear they want to restore most of USAID's budget cuts. "We need to make sure that the cutting of those programs stays permanent," she explained.Sounds good. Unfortunately, as Ron DeSantis points out, the current Cuck Class of Congress "men" have no desire to do anything that will make their liberal friends, wives, mistresses, and gay prostitutes angry at them.
"Part of the reason we lost the majority is voters didn't think we worked that hard," [Congressman Randy Fine] also said. "They saw the Senate not even trying to pass the Save America Act, and they said, 'What's the point in having them?' Well, we've got two months left, and we should use every minute to the maximum advantage that we have."
...Well, here's the problem...If you're gonna do huge conservative things that are gonna reorient the country for a generation, fine. BUT I SAW NO INDICATION THAT THE CURRENT GROUP OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT TYPE OF BOLD, CONSERVATIVE CHANGE...He also pointed out the necessary things Congress"men" should have done -- but refused to do.
Why haven't we done: * immigration - shut off H1B visasVideo at the link. Boy I'm sure glad that John Thune respected the filibuster. Because Democrats are about to end it, just as they come into power. That may not be true-- they might not do it now, because Trump still has a veto that can only be overcome with a two-thirds supermajority in both houses. But they'll do it the moment they have Congress and the Presidency. Boy oh boy, I sure wish we could have enacted our actual agenda when we had the Congress and the Presidency. Thanks, Johnnyboy!
* codified Trump's immigration executive orders
* stripped immigration jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:29 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (okun6)
Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Ta4DE)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (AKptf)
* immigration - shut off H1B visas
* codified Trump's immigration executive orders
* stripped immigration jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases"
Tragic.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO)
He said she would always yell out "Put it to the Hub Vern! Put it to the Hub!".
It's time for the republicants to put it to the Hub.
Posted by: Put It To The Hub at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:32 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: John Thune, certified asshole at November 06, 2026 01:32 PM (Ta4DE)
Then they went to their AI and tech labs, and gathered up their tribes, and planned to steal 2026. They did. Next stop is 2028.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (LO74d)
Wanted to know what San Franpsycho thought about Harmeet Dhillon leaving. Especially after this Substack post
https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)
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I knew none of this but it provides the simplest explanation and can explain the ineffectiveness also of Jim Jordan, Chuck Grassley, James Comey, Steve Scalise, Darrell Issa, and all their stern letter-writing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (+gK6I)
They are coming for a packed senate and will stack the judiciary. That is it. Game over at that point.
They are now after Pete Hegseth now because the troops will follow him.
This is a coup. Plain and simple.
Can anything be done about it?
Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)
Yeah, Thune will get right on that.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)
no enmity to her personally....just wow just wow.... "yeah we sucked at doing anything tangible for a term but now that we fucked the football I am certain Thune will do work!'
Right honey.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (Int1s)
If not him, it would just be somebody else. They're not an Opposition Party. How much more evidence does one need ?
That's a stupid question. Many are just addicted to the idea of Vote Republican. Its baked into their DNA.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (S2K0Y)
Oh, no, I see a problem! And if they had wanted to do these things, they would have done these things.
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (oh+I7)
US Attorney General Todd Blanche made the announcement on Friday.
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (RHGPo)
Mike Lee is right, cancel the rest of your holidays, you lazy bastards, and leave a legacy that won't make you look like the losers you are.
Is it true that in the Senate, there's precedent for JD to take over and allow all the recess appointments? Do that.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Toos7)
Steiner will come....he is coming this time!
Look the last time people went down this rabbit hole I wound up sitting across from two federal agents for six hours talking them down from yanking an associates clearance.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Int1s)
I rolled my eyes at the Trump preserving the Oval Office news. Not the time.
But the house democrats say the first order of business they will do is vote to let trans women use the ladies rooms in congress.
Both parties are hitting on the important issues today!
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (gw3RI)
Posted by: Gaff at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (EqzMw)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)
You may need more than one.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (MPtWl)
They don't seem to realize that across the aisle aren't "good friends" but Marxist nutbags. They don't make nice, they crush opposition
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (7XuqV)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (+gK6I)
Hey, SMH! I was just gonna respond to your comment above:
God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.
Posted by: SMH
At times like this, I recall that line from one of my favorite hymns, "This Is My Father's World."
"This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."
Posted by: Bulg
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)
The GOP were invertebrate cunting simps before the midterms. Think they'll have stronger spines after they got fisted on Tuesday?
I'd like to be proven wrong. I don't think I will be.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
US Attorney General Todd Blanche made the announcement on Friday.
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (RHGPo)
Again, not a surprise. He's not paid enough to take the legal drubbing from Dems on this - Rs will not protect him, whereas he can drop back into the private legal field and make more money for way less risk in Florida...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Iwv3U)
If there was fraud, it's up to the base to demand its investigation, because DJT has apparently said nothing regarding it since Tue.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (AKptf)
Politicians are whores; it's just a matter of how much money they'll require for their services.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (vqA1l)
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Yeah, about that.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (MPtWl)
Oh, they worked very hard. For Democraps.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)
What did Harmeet say ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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Reportedly (I get literally all my news here now), she had made the decision before the election, and Susie Wiles asked her to hold off on making the announcement until after.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)
Trump got the BBB once, theoretically should be able to again. But ace as you point out, this is one of the last chances for the GOP Congress to undercut Trump and his agenda, so who knows.
And the bit about limiting jurisdiction in immigration cases is cute. Such statutory exclusions have long been in existence for certain elements of immigration, and as you know have been routinely violated - with impunity - in the last 2 years.
One more - gigantic - implication of the disastrous votes of Americans this week: a judiciary that clearly/correctly already had no concerns about being disciplined or punished in any way for its outrageous lawless behavior (from the FISA mega-scandal to usurping executive authority to laughing at statutory restrictions on jurisdiction in immigration) will now be even further unleashed.
I'd be surprised, over the next 2 years to NOT see courts outdoing themselves in lawless vandalism against executive authority, even more than they have to date.
So we also have that going for us.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (JNr/z)
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I had placed a lot of faith in her, I'm not the only one.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (oH6g4)
Repeal the 19th Amendment!
No?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (mmrXZ)
I'd rather see a repeal of the 16th and 17th amendments...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)
Sayed is showing there's a power struggle at work for the old school boomer DNC and the new DSA DNC. Would be wild if both Hakeem and Schumer were ousted as majority leaders.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Zombie Moe Howard at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Ssbab)
The argument now: We can't do conservative things because we do lose seats in congress
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell explains at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (+gK6I)
We'll invade Iran and it'll be over in a week. We'll be greeted as liberators!
No more will we hear the chant "Death to America",.... well at least in Iran anyway.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (oh+I7)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (+gK6I)
You can't do that, Donna.
Posted by: Microsoft AI at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)
Add holes.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (yVYSZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (yVYSZ)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (wrEn7)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (EcZ7+)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (yVYSZ)
Hahaha. I like the "add holes" better...let them go all trans.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)
California? I here it's beautiful out there.
Posted by: idiot amercian democrat voter at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (MPtWl)
Add holes.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM
In fairness, a lot of them need the time to line up their villa rentals in Tuscany.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: J. Thune at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (yKhjs)
Thune has something wrong with his thyroid, by the way. I see it when I bother to look at his cowardly ugly face.
His hormones could be totally messed up. Instead of testosterone he's probably in full menopause. If you look at that last word it certainly describes him. His courage is certainly paused.
These dimwits and their everlasting need to be popular and reelected sell their souls in DC. Over and over. They then compromise themselves with mistresses or ghey boys, are filmed, and chained to the depths of hell forever.
Oddly, I don't see McConnell or Maxine with many films of sexual deviancy (as that would blind me); however, useful twats in spying or accepting bribes for inserting pork barrel spending for kick backs. I farht in their general direction.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Sen. John Thune at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: The person who always says that at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (9bpxs)
They ran on punishing the GOP by any and all means. I think they nuke it on the first vote of next year. The Dems believe they are in charge of the country now and nothing will stop them.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (nEUC6)
I also read the comments and immediately remembered why I am not on that platform. It was irrational, unhinged, emotional and threatening.
There is an op to try and continue to divide us and in particular from JD. It’s interesting to see where that’s coming from, and if you don’t realize some of that is nefarious, you’re beyond help.
There is nothing wrong with airing and litigating our disagreements and arriving at a common point. But we should do that with legitimate people and factual conclusions.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qxjdH)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (+gK6I)
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The problem is she has not said much.
And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (RIvkX)
Can anything be done about it?
Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)
Not that enough of us are willing to do.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (vqA1l)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qMSw8)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (s1VwS"
His type is always too dumb to escape on time. He may not be around when it happens, but if the GOP doesn't go balls to wall here before January, well ...a lot of the these country club dumbasses will end up ethnically cleansed by shrieking mobs or shot while trying to leave the country.
I really want to be wrong but if Thune hasn't found a pair of balls and a reason not to be a giant jackass yet, I doubt he ever will.
My family is old school GOP office holders. I have basically disowned most of them for their TDS. These people never represented you in the first place. It's the same level of disgust the upper class brits have for the working class, for those who get the comparison.
Guys like Reagan are really rare at the federal level.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (MPtWl)
The internals for both sides likely didn't see this coming, hence all the hedging Ds were doing. They're always built on certain assumptions about turnout from different demographics and Hispanic turnout was off the charts.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)
She was told that Trump was not going to nominate her for Deputy AG and decided to resign soon after.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (yKhjs)
But then your Iran war happened.
Oh, we're not allowed to talk about that...
Ace, what's it like to be a crappy skid mark of Netanyahu?
Posted by: America First at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (+/Zpf)
Cross between Sydney Sweeny and Sitting Bull.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (Jr5Lq)
I am and remain barely a Vance man....if he does not distance himself from Tuq'r I will not be by the end of this year.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)
STEINER WILL COME
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (n3uHw)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (JNr/z)
Sadly it will probably be Scalise and Thune, because GOP is retarded.
Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (qxjdH)
And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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FUCKing...
Who's going to replace her?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Cross between Sydney Sweeny and Sitting Bull.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (wGerL)
If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)
You may need more than one.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (MPtWl)
*******
True. I don't care! Whee!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Marcus T
Almost like he's just a carbon copy of turtle.
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (3woza)
Sadly it will probably be Scalise and Thune, because GOP is retarded.
Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (V6W16)
So Turd and Polished Turd.
Posted by: Turd Polisher at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (Ssbab)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (0U5gm)
@philipakennedy
20 years ago, after Republicans suffered a blowout in the 2006 midterms, Rush Limbaugh shared a perspective many of us are feeling today:
Rush: “I feel liberated, and I’m going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don’t think deserve having their water carried…
Now I’m liberated from having to constantly come in here every day and try to buck up a bunch of people who don’t deserve it, to try to carry the water and make excuses for people who don’t deserve it.”
He's not wrong! These elections made everyone show their real cards, throw them all down on the table. Now we know where everyone stands. And we don't have to support pseudo compatriots who actually despise us.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (AKptf)
‘ If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.’
Ha!
My only laugh of the day.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (3woza)
If you never believe anything else I say... the DSA vs DNC thing is an op. The DSA is what the DNC has always wanted to be but never could.
They will try and maintain some rhetorical distance but expect a lot of "whoops the DSA got what they wanted again guess our hands are tied!" on shit that matters. Sort of a reverse failure theater. And there will be things that they can't give the DSA "yet" but they will magically enter the national conversation.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (XV/Pl)
==
that kinda tracks with how I feel!
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (AKptf)
Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)
Please post a link, thanks!"
I ask because I do not have an X acct, and AI sez Vance did not post anything like that on X today. Are you referring to his Wed X post?
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (Jr5Lq)
Can you imagine?
"All who want to captain the Washington Generals please step forward..."
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (oh+I7)
Before entering any hearing, you must walk through the waterfall, with head held high, to prove you aren't a witch. If you melt, lose your wig, or look like your face is melting, you don't get to say a word. Oops, your mascara is running, Senator. You get to sit and look stupid. No words from you!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 01:54 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (oh+I7)
Jesus it's gonna be like Black Friday
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (9bpxs)
I am not a believer of crossing the damn aisle in politics except to cut them at their knees (non-violently, of course).
I am also not a believer of a VP crossing the President who chose you the day after a mid-term disaster. It makes you look like you think YOU and the talking bobble head of Tucker and Megan are superior as you stab your boss in the back.
Ah, nope. I am done with you. It could change, however, once I see a coward trying to please the mamby pamby pantywaisted whiners I don't forget.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)
We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
=============
FUCKing...
Who's going to replace her?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)
______
That article is interesting because I thought -- or at least was led to believe -- that Harmeet was doing good work making elections more secure. That's what it looked like, right?
Some of my optimism for the midterms was based on the idea that it would be harder for Dums to cheat. Not impossible, but harder.
But ... what if all that was bullshit? What if Harmeet really was just another grifting hack, like that article says?
I don't know the answer to that. But it does make me worry that nothing has changed in terms of election security.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
We have none of that with people like Thune.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (qxjdH)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (xbqAo)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (9bpxs)
The thought they had the congress in 2024. I think they understood they were not going to be able to steal the presidency, but they thought they had the congress. They were close, so they used "leverage" on the cucks to stop them from doing anything.
Then they went to their AI and tech labs, and gathered up their tribes, and planned to steal 2026. They did. Next stop is 2028.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (LO74d)
Actually, I think that the Donkeys realized that they didn't have to go to all that trouble of stuffing ballot boxes, they just issued press releases "hey, we won! Yay!" and no one in the GOPe would question it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (7XuqV)
I am not a believer of crossing the damn aisle in politics except to cut them at their knees (non-violently, of course).
I am also not a believer of a VP crossing the President who chose you the day after a mid-term disaster. It makes you look like you think YOU and the talking bobble head of Tucker and Megan are superior as you stab your boss in the back.
Ah, nope. I am done with you. It could change, however, once I see a coward trying to please the mamby pamby pantywaisted whiners I don't forget.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (hzuYO)
___________
I agree. But I think the odds are low that this wasn't cleared with Trump first. If it wasn't, then I think almost certainly we would have seen Trump shit a brick.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)
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Next you'll be telling me that the "distinctions" among Collectivist Authoritarian Totalitarian ideologies like Communism, Fascism, and Islamism has also been an op.
Oh, nevermind ...
Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (YvRjL)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)
We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)
Threadwinner, and probably Comment of the Week.
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (O3eDY)
Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)
*******
So brave and heroic as an ugly lesbo. Who cares? Ireland probably hates her more than we do and will throw a party.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (xbqAo)
This is a micro-ish version of the macro idea that once America falls, there is nowhere else to go. We're it.
At some point, you have to defend what's yours, vice leaving it to go somewhere else. Evil will follow you to literally the ends of the Earth. It must be confronted. Directly. Maybe even violently.
Because if you don't, eventually there will be nowhere left to go.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)
Donna it makes me sad to think that you're probably right...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
This reminds me of the time the Democrats stormed out of session in Wisconsin and the Republicans could have passed every conservative bill and state constitutional amendment in sight. I can't remember what the issue was.
And did the Republicans use that opportunity?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (+gK6I)
DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
·
8h
I didn’t know this was possible.
President Trump can nominate a SCOTUS justice, get them confirmed by the GOP Senate within the next 2 months, then swap them in for any retiring Justice over the next 2 years.
Bypasses the Democrat-controlled Senate.
I hope he does it.
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Sarah Isgur
@whignewtons
·
Nov 5
Alito won't retire in the lame duck and he doesn't need to. Trump can nominate someone to the Supreme Court and the senate can confirm without a vacancy. Then Trump can wait to sign the commission any time in the next two years. The question isn't Alito, its Cornyn/Tillis/Thune.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (kX27y)
Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:5
Pants off....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (MPtWl)
Can you post a link, please?
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
*****
I think UK DM yesterday or this morning. Don't hold me to it as I read/scan like a lunatic on meth most days.
I don't have X. Will never have X as my footprint is tiny and I'm keeping it that way (my NSA guy just laughed and spilled his beer as I cause day drinking).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM
There are no more lifeboat states.
Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (OkYzo)
Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna
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I said I'm getting all my news exclusively here, but I get this darned feed in Google on my phone -- I'm going to disable it.
Anyway, Bakaria has backed a mileage tax! I hope it happens.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)
Clubs where we affirm allegiance to vote the party line even if we have to hold our noses.
The tribes we are up against register and vote EVERYONE. Many don't work, so they spend their time pressuring the entire community to hold together. muslims, indians, somalians, hatians, chinese, .... they are all tribes, and they vote as a unit. 90% participation and 90% party line.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (LO74d)
Posted by: It's me donna
66 and partly cloudy in San Gomorrah. Beautiful day it is.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (Fv808)
NEW: Republican Jeff Dial, a former state senator, has called Democrat Sebastian Matta to concede the Maricopa County Clerk of Superior Court race, both candidates tell me. Matta, a 19-year-old ASU student, will lead the clerk's office in the nation's 4th-largest county. @abc15 https://t.co/hcUzaSZprl
— Ford Hatchett (@FordHatchett) November 5, 2026
Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (V6W16)
WHAT GARBAGE – IN EVERY CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE RACE THE RESULTS ARE 53 TO 46 – EVERY SINGLE RACE!
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)
Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna
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I said I'm getting all my news exclusively here, but I get this darned feed in Google on my phone -- I'm going to disable it.
Anyway, Bakaria has backed a mileage tax! I hope it happens.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)
Supposedly to tax e-cars for mileage, but affects all cars and to monitor mileage, Gov't puts boxes in your car to monitor you...and you thought Flock was bad...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)
*******
Yes. Totally sucks. However, demographics of the Delta probably did this as well as who knows.
She wasn't a strong person in general from what I can tell from a thousand miles away.
Jackson has been gone for decades. With two mayors who wanted to Afrikkanize during the Obungo Errors.
I know black people who don't agree or like this, either. For that that's worth.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: ...
Yes, that is the future. Look at Bolsonaro.
In fact, what is Bolsonaro going to do? He might get extradited back to Brazil.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)
Tags what I told my wife when I started seeing illegals move into our once nice small city. If we’re going to be surrounded by illegals might as well not have to deal with snow.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: ...
Looks that way.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (G5zYf)
Yeah, they will jump right on that.
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (oh+I7)
Thanks! I figured it out. It was Vance's post from Wed. No posts today. I guess the Vance story on X today is a resurfaced Vance post from back when he was an out-and-out Never Trumper.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
Thanks Roberts.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (O3eDY)
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."
Posted by: Bulg
__
Amen : )
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (qesug)
The 2026 midterms will begat Ossoff
So unsure why you would want to bring up that comparison
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Only requires 4 or 5 more states to sign on after that the Electoral College will be nullified after the midterms there will be sufficient states with both majority Dem majorities in both the legislatures and governorships to sign on
Of course I expect morons to respect the sovereignty of states
Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)
The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)"
It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (MPtWl)
Art 1, Sec 10 of the Constitution says states can't enter inter-state compacts.
Will Democrats respect the supremacy of the Constitution?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM
Some people call him the Space Cowboy. Some call him the Gangster of Love..
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)
Too bad your momma's bull did not respect the sovereignty of your ass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (yky4J)
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
That is gonna be one hell of a Pump and Dump.
Their housing market is going to self-destruct.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (/izzV)
Bump on the road to the inevitable left wing takeover.
When you import 50M 3rd world people into a country it can’t not turn into a 3rd world country.
Prophetic this happened on the 250th anniversary of America. Nice bookend to history.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (O3eDY)
Everybody has staffers
Posted by: ...
Exactly. It's all in play.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)
Her days were probably numbered after that Vanity Fair fiasco.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (SQSrZ)
Christy, I read your post below about being very sad and depressed: just a suggestion, while your Mother is still in good mental health, perhaps seeing her and focusing on her might help you move past your own grief. Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.
Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (rJD2P)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)"
It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings
__
I f'ing told you so. She was on X - A LOT - and 90% of her posts were about how many steps she got in that day, her garden, her latest knitting project, and that she's an available seasoned woman. She was a poser.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (bNf8H)
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
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I see no possible way this could go wrong. Nope. No way.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (2UnvF)
Add in they do not allow new construction and voila...
of course the real goal here may be bribes and "allowing" new construction with code inspectors slow walking into penury.....
We are partying like it is 1933.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (Int1s)
They don't seem to realize that across the aisle aren't "good friends" but Marxist nutbags. They don't make nice, they crush opposition
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (7XuqV)"
This is exactly it. I listened to an old GOPe pol in the family say that Obama seemed to be a nice young man. They just did not, and will not, get it. The bulk of the party apparatus is the personification of an ostrich with it's head in the sand, with many of the remainder being plants or simple charlatans.
This is why I disowned half my family.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (G5zYf)
"America First" probably believes that Mossad dentists sabotaged his fillings.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (yky4J)
I want to email every senator and congresscritter to
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
before they haul me off to the asylum or gulag.
I want physical fights vs the polite ones. Obungo said to do this would be my excuse.
Since the Dims invited Somolians in, might as well go full Mogadishu 2026. Hopefully with CSpan.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (+gK6I)
Ha! 'Put it to the Hub Vern!'
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
You are approaching this wrong, you are looking at it trying to find success California seeks idiotic failure with graft vectors.
This is perfect.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (Int1s)
48 You have to read the article. Harmeet seems to have been given evidence of cheating and used none of it in all those cases she filed. And so, the cases were dismissed.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM
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If the article is correct, she is a useless lump and a fraud. And by extension, pretty mch all the rest of the people nominally on "our side."
Ms. Dillon is reportedly going to work for the Ron DeSantis presidential campaign. And she worked for his last one.
Aside from Trump, there don't seem to be very many people on our side for real.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (ienUH)
Posted by: EveR
What a beautiful sentiment. Thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (yVYSZ)
>>of course the real goal here may be bribes and "allowing" new construction with code inspectors slow walking into penury.....
There will be a huge boom...on paper.
Then, there will a slight lull while we wait for people to have their shiny new homes foreclosed on.
Then we will see a bust like none before.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (ERYKL)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (U/Byj)
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
That is gonna be one hell of a Pump and Dump.
Their housing market is going to self-destruct.
Posted by: garrett"
Schemes like this is what largely led to the housing collapse in 2007. Govt. forced banks to loans to people that did not qualify and could never make the payments. Then, unexpectedly, they stopped making payments. Weird.
Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (RHGPo)
This wildly reckless debt, from top to bottom of our society, scares the shit out of me.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: illiniwek at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)
Her days were probably numbered after that Vanity Fair fiasco.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (SQSrZ)
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Yea. Most of what she said was probably true, but it was idiotic to say them to a hostile source like VF.
Oddly enough -- or maybe not oddly at all -- is that what she said about JD is what a lot of ppl on our side are saying about him now.
But the VF thing was stupid. Which is too bad, because overall I thought she was smart and an effective CoS.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)
Every second counts, and I trust that at least some of them will drop their tools in the works.
But that's a two year plan. We need a ten year plan. And that plan is dissolving the Union.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (BI5O2)
Christy, I read your post below about being very sad and depressed: just a suggestion, while your Mother is still in good mental health, perhaps seeing her and focusing on her might help you move past your own grief. Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.
Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM(rJD2P)
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Kind of you to say this. However, she knows I am a germ factory from our little germy grandchildren and I don't fly this time of year. My brother and her both approve of me not coming to infect others or be a patient with a cold (I whine a lot with colds) there.
We've always been close and talk often. I have no guilt as we see her when we can (last June for a week). All is well, for now, at least.
She's getting great care, as my father did 20yrs ago, and that's my comfort and peace.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (qxjdH)
We could have had Rick Scott as Majority Leader, and instead the Republican Senators - in a secret ballot - got rid of him first, leaving them with either Thune or Cornyn as the finalists back in 2024.
Thune, only a couple of days after the '24 election results gave him the Leader's Chair, said that he wouldn't necessarily do what Trump wanted because 'independence'. Thune told you who he was right there.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (SQSrZ)
Apparently BPD people love taking "hostages". Too bad I didn't know it back then!
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (MPtWl)
They all have their little habits, their little rituals, probably revolving around prostitutes and/or drugs. Trump just didn't understand. Why did he have to be so pushy?
Posted by: PG at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (uzvUr)
Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (GUOwU)
VA Home Loans require $0 down at all. VA mortgages have a lower rate of delinquency and foreclosure.
If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM
Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: It's me donna"
I don't think anywhere outside of the deepest parts of appalachia or the ID-MT-WY corridor are looking all that hot.
Look around, take count of who you see and who they are, and consider your odds.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:19 PM (rB4CC)
Posted by: illiniwek at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (vbXSk)
How DARE you imply that Pam Bondi is hot
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:19 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: It's me donna
......
You can put the top down while paying your mileage tax.
Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: It's me donna
Not necessarily. Depends on the terms: length (more principal but lower monthly), whether any of the payment even goes to principal (but more interest), stuff like that. Given what monthly rents are, if you can swing two 40-year, interest-only loans, buying at 3% down is doable.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Fv808)
My guess is there'd be an immediate across-the-board rise in home prices, since there's so much easy OPM floating around.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (U/Byj)
Check out the NO language on the ballot:
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program.
Huh! Either way, they're doing it.
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (oh+I7)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (MnxJz)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (JNr/z)
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (Int1s"
Sure, in Spain
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (G5zYf)
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program."
Cripes.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (U/Byj)
Yeah. They basically look at your finances top to bottom and see if you can make the payment under your current (but changeable, obviously) conditions.
When I bought my first house, I didn't put anything down - I didn't have anything. I've since turned that into an upgrade on which I put down a significant amount garnered from the sale of my first, but starting out, I could never have gotten into the housing market without having served.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Yeah, that's about right. Sorry about your race, Darrell. Their loss.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (NtVYv)
Apparently this is what "we" voted for.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (MPtWl)
CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures
Posted by: It's me donna
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No, no, you don't understand -- it's free housing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Washington Nearside"
Because the VA loans have/had strict income requirement and verification requirements, unlike the subprime loans the banks were pressured into making?
Just a theory.
Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM
Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)
Because of our governmental system we do not have ten year plans, beyond a wish list sort of thing. Anything beyond four years is pretty much the same. Presidents and politicians, and their ideologies come and go. It has ever been thus.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (Gqar8)
Because there are layers of vetting involved therein that will absolutely not be involved in the CA Scheme.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (/izzV)
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program."
Cripes.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
This is a serious WTF
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (NtVYv)
If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (yKhjs)
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As someone who just recently went through the process of buying property via a VA loan, it is pretty exhaustive, and the appraisal process alone turns sellers off, so a lot of sellers will not accept a VA loan.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (qesug)
155 Working on affordability.
The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM
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This sounds like a part of the same plan that included letting half of LA burn and then preventing rebuilding.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (ienUH)
The country ought not be "ruled" in desperation.
However much desperation I predict the Democrats will almost certainly bring.
Putting Musk behind bars is going to do SO MUCH for AFFORDABILITY!!!
Prosecuting people for helping to fund and build a BALLROOM is going to do so much for the average pocket book!!
Everything I have heard about the victory lap that the American citizens have allowed the Democrats just drips of a more affordable America. </bullshit>
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)
But he won't because he would vote no on any bill Republicans want.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (rB4CC)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)
Yes.
But what is greater America good for? How much wherewithal does it have?
Can it survive a group of States seceding?
What if they are scattered across a continent, and leave as one?
Can it fight along half a dozen fronts?
What is the extent of the Acela Corridor's actual power, outside of a phony-ass paper chase?
I have more questions, but those are my first few.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)
Just a theory.
Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)
I think there's truth to this. They went through my finances to a ridiculous degree. "Do you realize you're spending this much at Wawa every month?"
But having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)
I agree. She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a long and healthy future.
Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 02:25 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:25 PM (2614e)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (MPtWl)
President where there was no incumbent president running, was won by the party that won the house the previous election.
2000 Bush won, gop won the house in 1998
2008 Obama, Dems won house 2006
2016 Trump, gop won house 2014
2024 Trump, gop won house in 2022
This does not bode well for 2028.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (O3eDY)
But do you have ANY idea how many parties the R's WOULDN'T get invited to were they to ACTUALLY do it?
So totally not worth it.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (2614e)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)
Ugh. But not having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (7XuqV)
Release ALL of it. Damn the torpedoes. FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!!!
F*ck 'em where they live.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (2614e)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (2UnvF)
It will be gone in a couple months. And prices will GO UP since government is footing the bill.
California is just stupid.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (rB4CC)
I have more questions, but those are my first few.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)"
There will be enough food in amy combo of red states after things shake out. What matters is where the refineries, pipelines, and oil/gas fields are.
Also gonna be lit watching millions tell their mortgage lenders in blue states to fuck off.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (G5zYf)
and we will need a bailout for Cali....and the beat goes on....
if a coven of globalists were working to bankrupt America into insolvency what would be different...?
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (Int1s)
It says public utility companies are not allowed to lobby for legislation.
But the actual full proposition does a lot more to restrict opposition to government courses of action for everybody.
Utility companies that already benefit from the government is just the bait.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Yeah, that's about right. Sorry about your race, Darrell. Their loss.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)
Thanks a lot. Turns out this may have been a blessing in disguise. The CT Senate has only 3 Republican seats out of 36 seats; the House has 35 Rs out of 151. If I won my election, I would get absolutely nothing done while in Hartford, making me a prime target in '28. This way, they can crash the state economy without me.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (SQSrZ)
This is a version of college where the govt just subsidizes pricing. Prices will continue to increase the beneficiaries won’t be buyers of homes (students) it will be sellers of homes (colleges).
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (Int1s)
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Once they get the proceeds from that highspeed rail they are "putting in", that will show you!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing"
I bought a house during covid with aloane from my bank which I have along relationship with. They still put me through the ringer and required pages and pages of documents. Unlike the house I bought before the 2007 crisis, which I qualified for with one paycheck and a credit report. It was ridiculously easy.
Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (yKhjs)
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True, but a large down payment means equity and equity makes it harder to just walk away from a mortgage.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (Fi81e)
Congresscritters have seen a lot of what we cannot.
I dont hear any Congresscritters coming out of the Epstein SCIF pulling a Schiff talking shiff about what nasty they saw in there.
In fact they are tight lipped.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (rB4CC)
Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (GUOwU)
*blinks*
That's absolutely bonkers. I've only ever owned two houses, both purchased with VA loans.
I can't imagine loaning that kind of money on a single paycheck. No wonder things shook out like they did.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:32 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (yKhjs)
I don't know the answer to that. But it does make me worry that nothing has changed in terms of election security.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at
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I saw a video by Dave Rubin talking about the vote in Texas. He showed that since 2002, there have been 2.9 million new voters added to the rolls and apparently they did not have to show any proof of citizenship.
He also showed that Abbott got slightly more votes than his last election, but the democrat jumped from 3.5 million to 5.2 million. So all the new votes went to the dem as Abbotts' numbers stayed essentially the same.
I'm smelling fraud.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (mseD3)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (+gK6I)
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Yep When the nest recession hits, it's going to be like a conga line into the bank, dropping off the keys.
On the other hand, since its a government loan...TADAA...you can't default on it.
Good luck CA.
Posted by: WisRich at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (G0vdT)
Gavin 28! Let me put America on a high speed rail to tomorrow!
Like I said fuck this electorate.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Int1s)
The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)
Watch for the fraud. Oh, that's right this is California and they don't care about fraud and waste.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (y171U)
???,,wait
That will actually only affect an exceedingly few number of individuals do no big deal
Sightings of boys playing in girls sports sre fewer than the annual sightings of Big Foot in Central Park
Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (l1aSU)
Have I mentioned that I hate plumbing?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: chicagovota at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (xTgJI)
Apparently BPD people love taking "hostages". Too bad I didn't know it back then!
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (MPtWl)
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Wow. My parents were angels to put up with me and still love me. I was no angel, but not super bad as a teen.
I heard the smile in her voice yesterday as she was very happy to be home again after 3wks. I can't tell she's worse for it all mentally as she remains alert and was cracking jokes to me in rehab (glue repair of a fractured lumbar vertebra).
I told her we are going to have my brother help her with face time so she can see her crazy great-grands who love her a lot. One blessing I will never know as these kids are very young. I never met my great-grandparents.
She's wonderful, never complains, has deep faith in God and is carrying on with this change in her life. I saw labs of hers results are some of us would wish for. She's tough.
My prayer is that she passes to heaven in her own bedroom someday without pain, fear, or suffering. As my father did almost 20yrs ago.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (hzuYO)
But he won't because he would vote no on any bill Republicans want.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (rB4CC)
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We'll then they can all be primaried for 2028 election.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (uKqbA)
Posted by: Milk Milk Lemonade at November 06, 2026 05:13 PM (d82Uo)
Posted by: Huxley Orwell at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (uYPG+)
Posted by: Steve Miller Band Groupie at November 06, 2026 10:17 PM (+dxte)
Congressional security should come clean with all of his malfeasance. And the results make public to air out the laundry.
But I have very little faith in our FBI. It is corrupt beyond my comprehension.
If he is clean, then publicly shout out his honor in upholding Federal law. Otherwise, burn him!
Posted by: John at November 07, 2026 11:07 PM (UwF2a)
Codify Trump's MAGA administration!
Poison pill any Congressional agenda in the next two years!
Why aren't any other Republican Congressional members shouting out your leadership? Pussies!
Posted by: John at November 07, 2026 11:17 PM (UwF2a)
Now That Democrats Captured Texas, They Can Get Rid of the Electoral College By Passing a Law That Texas Will Vote for the "National Popular Vote Winner" No Matter Who Texans Actually Prefer
The National Popular Vote Compact is an effort to get rid of the electoral college without the hurdle of a constitutional amendment. Leftwing states have signed up for the compact, which says that when enough states join the compact to control a majority of the electoral votes, they are all obligated to cast their electoral college votes for the national popular vote winner, even if the voters in the state cast their votes decisively for the other candidate.
To be honest, I slept on this and didn't consider it a big risk because the leftwing states could not actually control a majority of the 540 electoral votes. So, I thought, this will never come to pass. Except the left just captured Texas. So now it's possible.How about fundamentally changing the way we elect the president of the United States? No constitutional amendment. No two-thirds vote in Congress. No ratification by three-fourths of the states. And certainly no meaningful national debate about whether Americans actually want to abandon the presidential election system we've used for more than two centuries. They may be able to accomplish the whole thing with a handful of votes in several newly Democratic state legislatures. And thanks to Tuesday's election results, they're closer than ever. ... The compact doesn't take effect until participating states collectively control at least 270 electoral votes, the number required to elect a president. As of today, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have signed on. Together, they control 222 electoral votes. They need just 48 more. Tuesday's Elections May Have Given Democrats Everything They Need This is where the results of the 2026 midterms become enormously consequential. Democrats appear to have gained control of both legislative chambers and the governor's office in five important presidential battleground states. And none of those states currently belongs to the compact. Look at the electoral votes: Pennsylvania: 19 Michigan: 15 Arizona: 11 Wisconsin: 10 Nevada: 6 That's 61 electoral votes. Add those to the existing 222, and the compact would control 283 electoral votes.Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (2614e)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (2614e)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: CoryC at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (D7nDQ)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Ta4DE)
I think we're going to have to get used to it for quite a while.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (2614e)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (CWTWj)
Certainly until after most of us 29-year-olds have bit the dust.
Maybe an American phoenix will rise from the ashes in the future.
But maybe not.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (s2iZv)
Yes, but we Repubs in the Senate got lots of nice vacations, so you take the good with the bad.
Posted by: John Thune at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
Looks like we may get to test out my theory.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Cortez at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (O3eDY)
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Don't laff, but the Supreme Court of the US ? And, it will take longer than 2 years, and they don't have that long.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (LQ1/y)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (2UnvF)
And they are moving to strip the power of the lt. gov. to control the committees via simple majority vote.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)
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Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (ET1ES)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Cqx++)
Just means the middle States will actually be fly over Country because the East and West Coast will determine the elections
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (V362x)
Yes. This is what democrats do when they when. They run roughshod over everyone else.
That’s why you do everything you can to prevent them being elected. At all costs.
You also don’t do anything that will help them be elected.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (GD2xa)
I'm getting really tired of feeling like the country is on the edge of a precipice. Trump was a brief respite, but damn this is getting old.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)
Good thing the Dems would never dream of claiming credit for it.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)
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My sphincter just had a reaction.
Holy shit. I need to disengage.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (iOpI2)
Aside from that I think the constitutionality problem would trip this thing up. It's so extreme, that even the farcical SCOTUS would probably feel obliged to do the obvious thing (if even grudgingly, and possibly for the last time).
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)
They would need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court, which they can do.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (V362x)
"Justice Pakalolo Mahu and Justice (unpronounceable gender symbol) wrote the majority opinion for the court..."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)
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The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
DSA leader Megan Romer has NO answer when Fox News’s Martha MacCallum asks where the $49 TRILLION for her socialist agenda is coming from.
Romer calls the number “made-up.” Then MacCallum what HER number is, and it gets embarrassing fast.
MACCALLUM: “That’s $350,000 per household.
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Who hasn't got a.spare $350 K laying around?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (qC/tp)
https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx"
Unfortunately, ZH adds this: "The one blemish in the report was that after a year of declining foreign-born workers, in October we saw 809K foreign-born workers added, the biggest increase since Jan 2025, while native-born workers dropped by 64K."
https://tinyurl.com/3tfhfk47
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)
And yet, there's still 45% + of America that will vote for them no matter what.
Romney was correct.
This comes to pass, America is truly dead and we'll have to fight CWII to get it back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (2614e)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (zFF15)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (2614e)
Articles said TX senate is still super majority Republican. If they
are red Republicans, good luck passing any dumb legislation.
The biggest kink is the new blue Lt. Gov.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (wljQY)
I simply don't think it's possible to swear in two new justices between now and January. I mean, John Thune.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Halfhand at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (OJ+ZP)
Such is a Republic. I've been for Secession since it was a banning word by Maet.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (S2K0Y)
Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades
https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx
Posted by: Huck Follywood
ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)
Democraps will just win Texas and all its EC votes will go to the Democrap candidate. Just like other big blue states like CA and NY.
But I don't believe this. I think we got fucked by a perfect storm of fucky-ness on Tuesday. There are a lot of reasons for that, but they are all fixable. We have two years to do it.
Will we do it? That's an entirely different question.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (+gK6I)
I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.
Posted by: runner
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I've been saying that. I didn't think things could get worse until ace noticed this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (w6EFb)
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*smiles at ace*
Sometimes, you can be so sweet.
Hope you have a pleasant weekend.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (qesug)
It goes against the spirit and the black letter of the law.
The Framers were certainly aware of how a popular vote worked - they could have put that into the Constitution but chose not to.
Problem is, the Left would be happy to put more legislators on the bench, rather than judges.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I'm ready. But I can guarantee you that they are truly going to hate my ROE.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (zFF15)
From X:
There was no increased crossover vote.
NBC exit polls showed 5% Republican crossover in 2024 and 6% in 2026.
Republicans stuck to their guns. They voted the same.
https://tinyurl.com/mz63tace
20 million new Democrat votes materialized.
That is the story
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (ZdaMQ)
Please don't. One big lesson from the election results: stop ignoring bad news, on the assumption that it's all lies and ops.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (Jr5Lq)
How exactly do you believe 2 Young Conservatives would get approved by the Senate?
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (O3eDY)
I simply don't think it's possible to swear in two new justices between now and January. I mean, John Thune.
Also, remember that Cornyn, Tillis, Collins, etc. are still in the Senate. It will be their last FY to Republican voters.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (zG53D)
Posted by: InZona at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (ThKbm)
And they have to be confirmed and sworn in prior to the next Congress.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (GMWTj)
People's Hippo's info is somewhat reassuring on the even more urgent matter. TX is by far the largest and most important border sector. And has been a solid and important non-"sanctuary" state.
Any of that changes, the effort to restore rule of law takes a big, big hit. But if the border county sheriffs are all good with their 287gs (guess they are?), that helps a lot. And if the GOP Senate there can block any change by the big metros towards "sanctuary", that would be a huge relief.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (zFF15)
Is there ever a GOOD week for that?
Ouch.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (2614e)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (O3eDY)
It does not. Frankly, it does not.
The EVs belong to the States individually. They can do Proportional. All or Nothing. Or this compact.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (S2K0Y)
Now we know why they will kill the filibuster even while Trump can veto legislation.
After Congress "consents", would the current SCOTUS block? If so...a well-aimed wacko giving them a fortuitous vacancy or two on SCOTUS, and then...
Posted by: DarkShowerThoughts at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Vw44x)
Would that get around Constitutionality problems?
Would that have an equivalent effect on the Electoral College if the now-blue states adopted a "split" system?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: Eric at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (6VHHP)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (GMWTj)
Especially when they expand it to 15 justices in 2029.
Posted by: InZona at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (ThKbm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)
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It's a trap!
Posted by: Because John Thune will fail at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (zG53D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM
You think we take that seriously?
Posted by: The Uniparty at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (V7nuf)
So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)
The surge is largely explained by Hispanics, who live more in the South. While some proportion scaling with the wave is no doubt fraud, in bulk it is the appearance of a new and real group of voters. We got surprised by them just as much as Democrats were surprised by Trump's new constituency in 2016.
Unlike 2020, where Biden's new voters were unexplained and disappeared like the morning dew, we have actual people here.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (SwyyQ)
Have I not beat that drum for ages?
WHYY, 'There are no more Republicans representing Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania’s legislature'
Democrats achieved their trifecta in Harrisburg thanks in part to a historic breakthrough in Philadelphia’s suburbs.
And the PA Governor has been proven to be a highly reliable socialist ally. (Not only our PA state socialists but see Newsmax, 'Josh Shapiro Backs El-Sayed in Michigan Race Despite Israel Criticism.')
I believe PA will gladly join to Save Democracy.
F us.
F them, too.
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (NFX2v)
Welcome to Panem
Posted by: Eric at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (6VHHP)
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To be fair, many who voted have no concept of what it means to be an American.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (qesug)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:15 PM"
What other kind is there?
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (4NO2D)
Sanctuary? Yeah that’ll happen. But the border itself I think is fine for the next 2 years anyway.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (ZAoYx)
So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)
Texas alone registered 2 million new voters WITHOUT requiring proof of citizenship.
That alone tells you we never had a chance in the first place. Our side shoved it straight up our ass without lube.
How the f*ck is that even POSSIBLE?!?
We're the ONLY country on earth that allows stupid shit like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (2614e)
Posted by: Halfhand at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (OJ+ZP)
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 November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (n5tGW)
If "crossover" simple means party ID voting for other party, it's indeed not the story.
The Hispanic switch, with some evidence it was due to immigration enforcement - yowzah.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (U/Byj)
15 years after taking student loans, men have paid them down substantially compared to women who have barely made a dent.
https://tinyurl.com/4edr7kpz
Apparently it's NOT impossible for young people to pay off their debts.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)
Good luck with that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qesug)
The GOP retains a strong majority in the TX senate. So, the left did not capture Texas and cannot pass this or anything else without GOP say so. I think we are safe on this one.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (HFrEr)
These days, is there any good news? All I hear is a lot of whistling past the graveyard.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qRla/)
The thing is, nothing in the Constitution requires that the electoral votes be awarded on the basis of a popular vote.
In many states, and for many years, they were not. Typically the electoral votes were assigned by the state legislature.
Frankly, I'd like to see us go back to that, and also scrap the direct election of U.S. Senators.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qlLNh)
Yeah. Even though over 3/4 of the country supported basic ID to vote.
I don't have any tears to shed for the GOP getting its ass kicked. That party has to die before another one can take its place.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (S2K0Y)
Welcome to Panem
Posted by: Eric
Whoa, thought it was a nightmare
Lord, it's all so true
They told me, don't go walking slow
The devil's on the loose
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qC/tp)
youtube.com/watch?v=bUfrP-IBrkI
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)
The eGOPers in the Senate will prevent anyone potentially conservative from replacing them. They'll enjoy twisting the knife a bit longer.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (ZAoYx)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM
To use a term they use against them:
Every voter becomes DISENFRANCHISED!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (2614e)
From X:
There was no increased crossover vote.
NBC exit polls showed 5% Republican crossover in 2024 and 6% in 2026.
Republicans stuck to their guns. They voted the same.
https://tinyurl.com/mz63tace
20 million new Democrat votes materialized.
That is the story
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (ZdaMQ)
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That graph compares 2022 and 2026. What about 2024?
I'll bet GOP votes were much higher in 2024 because (i) it was presidential election and (ii) we won easily. I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized."
I've been saying since Tuesday that we lost because we didn't show up. The Democraps did. We voted like it was a midterm, like in 2022. They voted like it was presidential election, like in 2024.
We can debate the reasons why we stayed home, but I don't think there's any doubt that we did stay home.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
How the f*ck is that even POSSIBLE?!?
We're the ONLY country on earth that allows stupid shit like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM
I think I've spotted the problem.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (V7nuf)
https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)
Nothing I can do myself but pray, so I will remain worry free like a bubble head.
I still stubbornly believe all will be well.
Sometimes good things arrive to the surprise of all...including dimwitted and demonic Dims.
We could riot, I guess?! This would deserve a good riot. However, we don't lower ourselves to the standards of mutated, kuru, thudding dumb melons.
I saw a "college" interview of two dimwitted coeds today who want all prisoners free to live among them. One defended gangs. One super dumb one (with adenoids that need removal) even did the heart sign with her hands. I have to assume this is the only way some would date or attract men. Then weep after rape and abuse of the cycle of dumbassery.
President Trump has two more years. He may have things up his cuffed sleeves we don't know about.
I will say the main change for me this week is now disliking JD Vance a whole lot. He's turned into Pence.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (hzuYO)
If The huge gains in (formerly) red states were due to fraud then it means Republicans in those states were in on the fraud. I honestly doubt Kansas or South Carolina Republicans who run the state hatched a plan to give a Democrat a senate seat.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: Mr. Barky at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (f/a5g)
Posted by: Dave at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (sbsMc)
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{{{Sponge}}}
I remember when that news came out a while ago, and thought it didn't bode well at all.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (qesug)
Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
You're reaching. Badly.
States enter into agreements with other States as a matter of course. Such as which pro licenses are accepted and which are not.
If they want a Popular Vote Compact ? They'll get one.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (S2K0Y)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
What???
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (O3eDY)
And just like the upcoming drop in gas prices, the left will take all the credit. And the dumbass lo-fo mofos who put them in power will happily agree.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (WCRuE)
https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)
I said that the day Trump 2 was sworn in. Look what happened to the left when RBG didn’t retire. I literally don’t know if they could cram them through in 2 months. I bet the left sure would find a way though.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (itAg7)
For you movie types...Here's some good news!
B&N is having their 50% off Criterion Blu-rays, etc Sale starting today.
Just in time for your Christmas shopping!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics, largely in areas that don't have the urban machines that are key to fraud. While these are new voters, as far as I can tell they are largely real voters.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (okun6)
We can debate the reasons why we stayed home, but I don't think there's any doubt that we did stay home.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November
Are you on x? There are 8 bajillion charts and graphs on this out there.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (WCRuE)
On a nuts 'n bolts basis, sans a Constitutional Amendment, can a law nullify an entire Section of the Constitution. From a meta standpoint, can a legislative act turn the US from a Republic to a Democracy? From a "raw power" standpoint, can legislation remove a "check" to un"balance" the 3 branches?
I'll probably be dead by then, but if this occurs, can an SC decision prevent CW2?
Posted by: buddhaha at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (ipWju)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (yVYSZ)
His trying to do a cutesy two-step concerning Tucker Carlson was the first tipoff.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (WCRuE)
At some point, it doesn't matter where you are.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (l3cgK)
Tell the electorate what to expect, deliver on those expectations.
Wave it all away with "turnout." I'm not buying it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM
Yes. They'd tell the right to bend over and vote to confirm a communist. For comity 'n' shit. Of course, the GOPe doesn't actually need to be told to do that...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (V7nuf)
https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm staying out of the Rubio, JD, DeathSantis debate, but it's beyond obvious to me that DeathSantis sees a big opportunity that didn't exist on Monday and he's seizing the moment. He is 100% running for 2028. I don't think he was planning on doing that, but he clearly is now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)
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Lol.
Posted by: John Thune at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (vqA1l)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (yVYSZ)
BUY from Sticker Mule! The owner, Anthony Constantino just won a NY house seat. In blue New York. The sticker quality from Sticker Mule is the best, and he is hated by the left.
So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump. They have virtue signal contests of who can not buy from him harder. But nothing else has better quality.
Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:
"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That honestly describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (2SxyD)
How is anyone surprised who JD is?
There’s gambling in Casablanca guys. Shocking I know.
This is a symptom of how the right refuses to accept reality.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (O3eDY)
But the ominous part to me was the Hispanic 2024 Trump voters switching. Not just for TX, but nationally. Among his notable unique accomplishments, Trump's flipping the RGV (only GOP figure to do so ever) and generally garnering strong %s of the Hispanic vote is among the most important, electorally.
If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.
Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)
I agree.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
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Bible tells us not to fear many times. God wins in the end.
His will be done, our will is dumb.
That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (qesug)
ITS A FREAKING JOKE
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM
Aw, come on! I didn't even get a chance to run with that line!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (V7nuf)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (Ta4DE)
unrelated: having Thomas and Alito resign now in hopes 2 conservative judges could be seated in the interim would be trusting the Senate GOP to get it done in time,
Who thinks that is likely to happen?
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)
I’ll continue to pray and I refuse to live the rest of my life in doom and gloom. It’s gonna suck but I don’t see anyone who can change this course except for God. Thanks GOP
Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (ZHSC2)
Posted by: Guy who always says "It will probably be fine." at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
They already did that with the DSA. They SAID they weren't Democrats.
It's like even their side doesn't know to listen to when they tell you what they're going to do........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (2614e)
I would think it could be a massive class action waiting to happen.
Granted, the legal challenge would take forever to grind through, but how could it constitutionally prevail?
Posted by: barbarausa at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (enw9G)
https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
Vance seems to have bought into the idea that the chronically online pseudoright is key to elections. I haven't seen any evidence that they swing anything, anywhere. There's a better case for the GOPe still having a small percentage of the base than these guys.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)
Has DJT said anything about it? On the one hand, if he does, everybody will say 'oh he always says that.' OTOH, if he does not, fat chance the base alone can push the issue.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Stop with the defeatist mindset and go after the Democrat strongholds such as California and New York as well other places. Do whatever you have to do to win.
Use their tactics against them.
Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Oy/m2)
Who thinks that is likely to happen?
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)
It will not. Those two men need to stay exactly where they are for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (2614e)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mr. Barky at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (f/a5g)
Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper
The Goat's Ass Party
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)
I think JD has served well, but he's done. He has a beautiful family and found the American Dream. Working the rest of his life in other public roles to endure that dream for more poor Americans? Would be a life well served.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Toos7)
Right now it's:
Peltola, Mary (DEM) 48.2%
Sullivan, Dan S. (REP) 47.9%
Heikes, Gerald L. (REP) 2.3%
Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr. 1.7%
It seems unlikely that either Peltola or Real Sullivan will break 50% in the first round, though it could happen.
If it goes to a second round, I think Real Sullivan has it. You have to figure that almost all of the Heikes votes and at least some of the Fake Sullivan votes are going to have Real Sullivan as their second choice.
We won't know for a while, as Alaska is one of the few states that allows absentee ballots to be postmarked by election day, not received by election day. There are historical reasons for this... there were (and still are, to some extent) a lot of places here where the mail doesn't exactly move quickly or predictably.
The drop-dead deadline for receiving votes is November 18, even if they are postmarked by election day.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: The GOP at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (MWfyi)
If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Stop with the defeatist mindset and go after the Democrat strongholds such as California and New York as well other places. Do whatever you have to do to win.
Use their tactics against them.
Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Oy/m2)
Marquess of Queensbury Rules do not survive a street fight.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 06, 2026 12:43 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics, largely in areas that don't have the urban machines that are key to fraud. While these are new voters, as far as I can tell they are largely real voters.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (okun6)
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Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.
According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.
But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
I’ll continue to pray and I refuse to live the rest of my life in doom and gloom. It’s gonna suck but I don’t see anyone who can change this course except for God. Thanks GOP
Posted by: Billythesquid
It’s going to suck if you allow it to suck.
MAE had a great suggestion the other day. Make your world smaller. Affect the people around you positively. Remain loyal to your circle. If you can’t change it, don’t light your hair on fire.
Love where you live.
And be ready to defend yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (yVYSZ)
Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics
Ah yes, those "natural conservatives."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Howdy
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You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)
https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)
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On the bus at the moment but very interested. I inquired yesterday...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (2SxyD)
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Revelation 12:14 is often interpreted to mean the Beast shall reign for 3 1/2 years. "Time times and half a time." So somewhere around June 2030 we ought to be OK.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (qC/tp)
Those women shouldn't mind if sponsors drop them, as I'm sure they rail about capitalism on their show all the time.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (CWTWj)
If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)
The biggest factor in the Hispanic swing is Hispanic voters who weren't voting before. Those ones didn't so much "switch" as show up for the first time.
Trump's personal machismo popularity probably accounts for a few percentage points but nothing dramatic.
Platform wise I'm not sure what killed us yet. It might have been ICE, or could just be 'affordability'. The case for it having been ICE is the idea the new voters were pissed about it, the case against is that it's been a strong platform so far and Rs polled well on immigration vs Ds.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (okun6)
So a long way to go here though, because of events and dems will cause some crazy events.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)
Hopefully he'll say enough stupid stuff that the Democrats will abandon him completely.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)
Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid
That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (zFF15)
MAE had a great suggestion the other day. Make your world smaller. Affect the people around you positively. Remain loyal to your circle. If you can’t change it, don’t light your hair on fire.
Love where you live.
And be ready to defend yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (yVYSZ)
We're getting there. I just hope that they don't f*ck things up for me enough where we can't get to were we want to be in a couple years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (2614e)
Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (ZAoYx)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (n5tGW)
Ok, here is some gratuitous nightmare fuel:
Congress, being all insiders, are seeing the economic numbers that aren't released to the public. Its a variation of the "Lucifer's Hammer" passageway to a dystopia. You know that an extinction event is a few says away, so do you make it public and the world goes insane as they settle scores and engage in behavior they wouldn't do if there were consequences?
They see the multi-trillion dollar Sword of Damocles swinging over the economy and the horsehair is AI investment.
The exiting congress critters are Dionysius and the DSA types are Damocles.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (/TiS1)
Posted by: Archimedes
Yep. Just go back to Sioux Falls and shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (yVYSZ)
Of course it is!
Too many people don't know that, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (MPtWl)
Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.
According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.
But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
Republicans had 54 million votes in 2022. Not meeting presidential year levels is normal. The dropoff has been a bit higher because our election year totals for 2016, 2020, and 2024 were including TrumpOnly voters (maybe about 10% of the R vote).
60 million would've been a fairly normalish turnout for Ds in 2026.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (okun6)
Those women shouldn't mind if sponsors drop them, as I'm sure they rail about capitalism on their show all the time.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Toos7)
I stopped considering Chewy when they stopped carrying MyPillow products because of politics.
F*CK them. DIAF, libshit business.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2614e)
Posted by: far cry at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (pBJ6M)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
another dumbass arab who overestimates his smallish success; wait till they raid his house and find child pr0n...
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (AKptf)
They see the multi-trillion dollar Sword of Damocles swinging over the economy and the horsehair is AI investment.
The exiting congress critters are Dionysius and the DSA types are Damocles.
Wut?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
So the way it should work is that Congress passes the compact, Trump vetoes it, and nothing happens.
Somehow I think that the Democrats aren't going to accept that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: far cry at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (pBJ6M)
Shouldn't have built it to not withstand anything.
That thing was useless garbage from the start.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (2614e)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (O3eDY)
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I think that's true of most people, myself included.
Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (O3eDY)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)
I believed this as well; but got various reasons I know and deal with a lot of these (fully legal) and I’ve been surprised to see that thanks in part to Spanish language media and also to some admittedly heavy handed enforcement, they as a group have come to feel completely terrorized over the last year. They may be legal, but every one of them has friend, cousins, spouses, co-workers and employees who are in at least the gray area of immigration. Not completely illegal, but more like trying to extend visas, work permits. These people are being told to live in fear every day, and it’s made the entire community, legal or not, angry and paranoid. That’s what came out in Texas on Tuesday.
It has been popular in our groups to say “too bad, deport them all” but when 55% of the state decides to go communist in response, that may not have been the right plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (ZxPkt)
You know what is right up at the top?
All the new Dem AGs.
Do not doubt for a second that they already have lawsuits and indictments for:
- former Trump admin officials
- ICE agents
- Musk and any tech bros they dislike
You know all that shit about how we couldn't get a single red state AG to bring murder or fraud charges against, say, Fauchi or his minions?
And the spineless pussies hemmed and hawed about who-the-fuck-knows?
That will sure as hell not stop them.
And after those arrests, you know who is next?
Red state Republicans politicians.
They are going to fake up criminal fraud charges that make Leticia, Alvin and Fanni look like sober jurists strictly adhering to the law.
And they'll bring those in deep, deep blue cities.
Buckle up.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (Aug7T)
If it's true the legislature in TX currently has a super majority, pull an emergency session and hobble the Governor and Lt Gov as much as you can before they are sworn in. What else do you have to lose at this point?
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Toos7)
Indeed. Someone conservative like Amy Coney Barret, or David Souter, etc.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (LOvBA)
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yes, they did. but why? economics, almost 60% said it was economics, not ideology, religion, American Exceptionalism, or Iran (lol). The rent is too damn high!
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (EaqT1)
I’m already doing that Nurse. I’ve been doing it for a long time. I feel better after reading your words. You are one of my favorite people here
Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (ZHSC2)
Honestly not sure what concerns me more.
1. The number of Democrat voters who have no idea what they are
1. The number of Democrat voters who do
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (MPtWl)
Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid
That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (zFF15)
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I don't think there was any big swing. See my comment above. Dems got a little less votes on Tuesday than they did in 2024, but overall it was comparable (75M vs 70M).
The problem was that we got much much much less votes than in 2024 (77M vs 50M). We just stayed home.
My take is that Dems voted very similarly to how they voted in 2024. No great swings or migrations. It was us who voted drastically differently, by not showing up. If we got the 77M votes we got in 2024, we win.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Toos7)
They need to fix this non-citizen voter registration bullshit IMMEDIATELY. Law. Now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (2614e)
His will be done, our will is dumb.
That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (qesug)
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It's occurred to me more than once we are looking over HERE at what's going on and asking God, "What just happened?"
Meanwhile, God's plan is being put into action over THERE and we'll never, ever see it coming to fruition until it finally arrives on the scene.
And it will be glorious to behold.
He seems to like doing that to us.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (s2iZv)
Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper
The Goat's Ass Party
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)
*******
I am looking forward to the Dim cage fighting of the gheys vs the pisslams in Congress.
Instead of silver tipped canes as in Madison's time, there will be machetes whipped out of burkas and turbans, vs powder puffs and rainbows and tippy toes.
This should show the dumbest of Dims what we're up against.
I guess the GOPers will be the show girls with the signs in their sequins. Or maybe they will join the gheys for full on slaughter.
McConnell will be on the sidelines as the cardboard cut out with his smiling chy knee spy wife.
Thune will be a referee and I hope they beat on him as well.
ICE will then arrest and deport everyone and my life will be complete with chakras aligned like Al Gore the Sex Poodle.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (hzuYO)
DEI, Green deals, trans (because they used that under the guise to bring lots of illegals into the country), No ICE & reducing the actual numbers of police in Police departments, return of USAID, greatly reduced National Defense spending and billets.
Let criminals out of prisons ASAP and get them onto the public dole, i.e., Medicaid, federal grants for opiate treatment, etc. (But IGNORE THAT FOR POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS.) Legalize prostitution - unionize where possible - keeping within certain age restrictions. (Ha)
Public schools: Universal educational standards for standard K-12. Reduce testing goals in general. Reduce in school time to 4 days a week, max. Reduce AP offerings for average school districts. Raise and re-raise administration and teaching pensions and benefits.
Community hubs. Control of services such as water. More court appointed guardians and conservators for certain elderly & special needs individuals.
Specific aid to 'working families" to keep them onboard.
Utopia
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Something tells me he's going to regret stabbing Schumer in the back, after ChuckyBoy bent over and lubed up for him during the campaign.
Schumer and Pelosi are probably planning to "settle all the family business" as we speak.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (qlLNh)
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
1 John 2:15–17
Salvation comes when this world and its wicked nations pass away.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)
It's probably b/c we didn't deport them all that we have issues...we deported many, but still a semi drop in the bucket...
Like Iran, we pussyfooted when it got bad press, pleasing no one...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Gb7+b)
Our Near East strategery of bombing whomever Israel tells us to bomb would appear to need rethinking.
Posted by: AoS Cope was right. at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (dC6PZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)
When 25% of the 55% were illegals registered to vote, is that really a referendum?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (2614e)
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)
The phrase "working families" is a nearly sure-fire tell that whoever is using it is a communist.
Of course, none of them have families and very few of them have ever worked.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)
Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (CWTWj)
Indeed. Someone conservative like Amy Coney Barret, or David Souter, etc.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (LOvBA)
Or John Roberts...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (MPtWl)
My county has that, among others, up on Facebook.
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)
I don't think so based on the numbers. I think the votes just switched. A massive switch which boggles the mind as to if it was real or a cheat, but a switch none the less.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Brometheus at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (rOmMi)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM
"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)
According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.
But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
Republicans had 54 million votes in 2022. Not meeting presidential year levels is normal. The dropoff has been a bit higher because our election year totals for 2016, 2020, and 2024 were including TrumpOnly voters (maybe about 10% of the R vote).
60 million would've been a fairly normalish turnout for Ds in 2026.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (okun6)
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Well, yea. That's my point: Dems got their people to turn out like it was a presidential election year, by nationalizing the local elections. They showed up like Trump was on the ballot. Like in 2024.
We did not. We phoned in the normal mid-cycle turnout. Had we taken this election much more seriously, like we did in 2024, we would have gotten close to the 77M votes we did in 2024, and won.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (iFTx/)
I don't see how. Pelosi and her acolyte Jeffries are dead speakers walking, and Schumer is a Schmuck who's about to be defenestrated.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Ta4DE)
"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)
Truth.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (2614e)
Unlike 2020, where Biden's new voters were unexplained and disappeared like the morning dew, we have actual people here.
>>>>
So I am supposed to believe that all these 20 million hispanics who voted for Ds are actual hispanic citizens who are pissed that Trump is deporting the new Latin Americans who undercut their wages? Possibly plausible as a group that Hispancis were extra pissed by the high fuel prices and stupid enough to think voting D might lower those prices, but to the tune of 20 million votes? Pull the other finger.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (PV+Zw)
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The top issue for Hispanics was "affordability" by 57%.
Start with that as the headwind.
then add in that all the Rs were running on was "Dems are gonna trans your kids!!!"
And recall that, in 2024, voters flat refused to believe the crazy shit Kamala said--even when it was direct quotes.
So they're already against the R, and the R is blathering on something you don't really believe and nothing on what you're worried about = Guess I'll Vote Blue
Stop blaming the voters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Aug7T)
That's why it's the model for my unconstitutional interstate compact.
My idea is to pursue it in a much more resilient way. It's going to take awhile, just like NPV. But it will expand and deepen their approach, by attacking the problem in three tiers.
The NPV approach only goes at a mix of the second two parts of my strategy.
1.) States that allow Constitutional ballot initiatives
2.) States that allow legislative ballot initiatives
3.) States that have no initiative process
It will also focus the approach by not striving for a maximum bound but a minimum one. 10 States. I'm not constrained as much by population as geography. I want the most scattered group of States possible.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)
So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump. They have virtue signal contests of who can not buy from him harder. But nothing else has better quality.
Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:
"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That honestly describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Toos7)
What am I supposed to do with stickers? He may be a real good guy, but he is selling a niche product that I simply have no use for.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (yky4J)
Nope. The phantom 20 million D votes for Biden in 2020 - which were NOT reflected in down ticket offices or ballot measures - now appeared in the midterms, but only for house and senate races... again, not for other offices or ballot measures.
We weren't born yeatsrday - this is total bullshit. Whoever did the deed for Biden refused to do it for Harris. I suspected at the time that this was because of shit they wanted to go down on Trump's watch.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (MPtWl)
After the Obamacare fiasco I don't think so.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (OuaQy)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (CWTWj)
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
1 John 2:15–17
Salvation comes when this world and its wicked nations pass away.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Jr5Lq)
*********
I fear nothing (but snakes) due to faith. Always have, always will (I hope).
I do fear for our sons and grandchildren's future and will fight accordingly for them only.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: wat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (8Pt4r)
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Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
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3h
There were 20 Million new voter registrations between 2022 and 2024 in 37 states without proof of citizenship requirements
Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country
Insane.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (kX27y)
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The Bee explains it all.
Republicans Unsure Why Voters Are Mad At Them As They Literally Haven't Done Anything These Past Two Years
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qC/tp)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (yVYSZ)
In others, Dems were more determined to vote, and Republicans stayed home.
With mail-in ballots and early voting, we're never going to get an honest account of what really happened.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qesug)
Mark Ruffalo is promoting a petition urging House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM
"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)
******
NO
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)
You might be surprised how much informal power gets acquired when you're in congress for that long, even if you're not "officially"
I wouldn't backstab either one of them and expect to come out the other side intact.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Did he get told by his betters in the DNC to shut up, after he announced he won't bow the knee to Schumer, the Jewish majority leader? And this is his temper tantrum, he's taking his balk and going home?
Also, I found it hilarious he wore a tight black tee on election night, showing off his guns and pecs, and his Muslim wife dressed like a burqua bag meets little house on the prairie. Liberal women, meet your official handmaid's tale outfit when the Muslims take over Michigan.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)
No.
Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (qRla/)
Who’d a thunk that Texans would be the vote that ends constitutional order.
Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (jlI90)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (MPtWl)
There is no way they got an extra 15-20 million to turn out without grousing about polls being overwhelmed and demanding they stay open later. Not one peep I've seen.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (G5zYf)
If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Use their tactics against them.
Posted by: dantesed
Unlikely. Take ballot harvesting, for example. Imagine the GOPe spends $100 million on it. The Dem have a lock on the election officials, most DAs and judges. Which means the officials can throw out ballots harvested by the GOP, and the DAs won't pursue charges, and judges will bounce most civil challenges. I'm not saying it's impossible to reverse, just that in states like CA & NY, the doors to their tactics are entirely in the Dems' hands.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (TMNW7)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (MPtWl)
Right you are.
And/or joined the big 'multi-employer unions' (and their families by extension) that have often enjoyed bailouts under O & Joe.
While the order has changed, 'First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller' will again prove to be relevant someday.
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (NFX2v)
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So after the Rs doing nothing for voters for 2 years, the plan is to now engage in dirty tactics to hold power?
sure, that's a good plan. Voters will love it.
And everyone will forget about it in 2 years.
And that plan requires Thune, Cornyn, Cassidy, Collins, Earnst et al.?
We don't get to wishcast on ways to win without fighting.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Aug7T)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)
*******
DeSantis almost single=handedly got the Property Tax relief bill passed (Legislature did not want it) and, now, before he leaves office he is working on a Special Session to get a Tax Payer’s Bill of Rights passed to protect the Homestead Exemption from fees and extra charges to circumvent the Relief Bill. He actually does work for affordability.
Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (rJD2P)
Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (jlI90)
I wouldn't backstab either one of them and expect to come out the other side intact.
If we know anything about the new crop of Dem politicians, it's that they have no sense of history, no sense of proportion, and are convinced they are selected by God (or whomever) to dramatically remake the nation. They are NOT scared of Pelosi and Jeffries.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qesug)
There it is.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (MPtWl)
After the Obamacare fiasco I don't think so.
Posted by: torabora
You mean "Stonewall" Roberts?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qC/tp)
Only if the Senate had a couple months to pass it now, wouldn't that be great? I guess we are out of time though, the Thune out front told me.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)
That is the Premillenial Dysfunctional understanding of that passage. John only saw the United States in the last days of its existence and no other body of people over the last two thousand years gained any benefit or edification from this passage.
The orthodox view is sees the wings of the Eagle and immediately recalls Exodus 19:4 "I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself" very well understood by the Jews being ministered by John (completely unknown to Evangelicals today).
the "time, times and half-time" could have been stated "three and one-half years" if that is what was meant, but the symbology is obvious to those who know how to read apocalyptic prose.
The point is not that God's people escape all suffering, its that He delivers them from ultimate destruction. (Read Exodus for more details). The wilderness is simultaneously a place of hardship and divine provision
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (a3CJ+)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (hzuYO)
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God saw fit to position us close to our younger daughter and granddaughters by enabling us to buy some land and a house near them.
Oldest daughter in Texas is now making plans to move near us in Missouri within the next two years.
The enemy will have to come through us to get to them.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qesug)
Posted by: crasey at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (Hs4At)
https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (ET1ES)
Yes! And the Democrats will get credit for it! Because the voters are that stupid.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (iSxqy)
Nickelfucking assholes.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (qRla/)
Was it the post where he mentioned a pollster telling him voters cited wanting a changed relationship with Israel? Or did he actually propose something commenters are worried about? Honest question bc I feel like I missed something.
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (gw3RI)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)
Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
And we have a new state income tax and sales taxes in my area are going to be over 11%.
Yeeehaw! Gotta pay for all the tiny house neighborhoods for the druggies.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (yVYSZ)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (AKptf)
The politics of personal destruction. Trump's team needs to get on this. Put some dogged investigators on every one of the newly-elected Donks, and search for past crimes to charge them with. All on the QT, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (yky4J)
Nothing. Uncurious.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)
Card Shark
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (2614e)
It’s looking like the great majority of these new registrations where what we call “anchor babies” coming of age. That may suck, but under the law they are full legal citizens with voting rights.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Minuteman at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (ZC1Ng)
- buy the voter rolls from blue states.
- steal the final copy of the ballots before it's published
- AI to scrub for all registered, unlikely voters
- Chinese printer to print and "robosign" with unique sigs on ballots for all those.
- flood the blue states with fake ballots during early voting
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Aug7T)
F*CK them. DIAF, libshit business.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2614e)
Just closed my account with them, cancelling the auto ship orders I had. Not that it'll make a difference to them. But I did leave a note that I will not do business with a company that supports podcasters who promote assassination.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (LQ1/y)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (MPtWl)
Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)
Isn’t that what Ross said while arguing with Ross lookalike? Ha
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (LQ1/y)
Posted by: Democrats at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (jlI90)
and "ok" the good news is enjoy the results comrades....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)
No. Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (qRla/)
I would argue that letting the Nazis and commies move their philosophies over to America after WW2, infecting education and entertainment permanently, also did its fair share of damage. We are reaping the whirlwind of red diaper babies going to college and learning woke commie nonsense. And Hollywood turning it into visual feel good propaganda.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (9bpxs)
I hate to say it, but I think a voice and speaking coach would do him a world of electability good. He needs to learn how to speak forcefully and succinctly, without becoming shrill.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (qesug)
Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Democrats at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (jlI90)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
Republicans are calling for her to be removed from the House Roll Call immediately, calling the continued exploitation of an 87-year-old woman “undignified at best.”
“Senator McConnell just made an appearance and cast a vote on the Senate floor. It’s time for the left’s missing Congresswoman to do the same.”
Waters’ office hasn’t returned our request for comment.
Share this everywhere so they stop the continued exploitation of an 87-year-old woman!
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Not to be pedantic, but property meant anything of value. A wagon, a work shed, a horse. Not the biggest thing to overcome.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (nEUC6)
Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)
Vance doesn't appear to have a unique constituency of meaningful size. Even something more random like Kennedy for the MAHA thing would be stronger. We'll see for sure in the primaries. 2028 is likely to be an uphill battle.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (okun6)
You're not required to bring us good news, Ace.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (77rzZ)
1:06 PM
You are correct. The provision you are thinking of is the Compact Clause, found in Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
It states:
"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."
The intent of the Framers was to ensure that the federal government retains oversight regarding agreements between states or with foreign powers, preventing states from forming political blocs or alliances that might undermine national sovereignty or central authority.
However, the Supreme Court has interpreted the scope of this clause narrowly in cases like Virginia v. Tennessee (1893). The Court held that the clause only applies to agreements that might encroach upon or interfere with the "just supremacy of the United States." Therefore, many administrative or cooperative agreements between states—such as those dealing wi
Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (v1+7h)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)
Ruffalo is a fag who's shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (2614e)
Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (v1+7h)
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Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
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Nov 4
HOLY CR*P 🚨 Official Election Administration and Voting Comprehensive Report buried all the way on page 193 of the document shows Texas processed 2,900,357 new valid voter registrations between 2022-2024 without proof of citizenship
Documented proof of citizenship like birth certificate, passport and naturalization papers is not required at the time of voter registration in Texas
56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as “new valid registrations.”
This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (CHHv1)
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{{{BC}}}
Of course there's good news!
God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (qesug)
Posted by: It's me donna
Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
.......
Don't worry. Xavier Becerra's mileage tax will save us.
Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)
I always felt sorry for native CAs who had lived under Reagan as gov and saw their beloved state turn to into a hellhole. And when I’d see a CA plate here, which is constant, I’d say they’re not welcome, here unless they’re conservative refugees. We also had a room at the inn for them. But here I am. Watching my beloved home state, the one my dad and his bro came to in 1947 after the war, turn into the gulag. I would be lying if I said I haven't cried for 3 days straight now.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)
MY FIELD OF FUCKS IS BARREN!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (Ta4DE)
Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (v1+7h)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (qesug)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qesug)
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Same.
Politics is not my life. Not during the Obungo Error, and not now.
The Bible says 365 times not to be afraid. I ain't going to start now with ninny's like the Dims winning a midterm and things as they are. My life is fine.
It might go completely bad and horrific.
I will die fighting if it comes to it, but I know where I'm going and have no fear.
I absolutely do not want sons and grands to have to deal with this mess that I pray against.
People with faith are not weak, as some may see our prayers "not working." It is not a Magic 8 Ball when you pray and you don't get answers or what you pray for. Faith is not seen and I accept God's will.
This country with tik tok witches praying against Trump, supporting abortion, euthansia, pedophilia, etc is what I will continue to pray against. He hears our prayers.
Sometimes things are won by going through really, really bad times. We've been spoiled vs our ancestors who went through far worse. We'll see.
I will never give up or fear what is ahead.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)
Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)
Ruffalo is a fag who's shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (2614e)
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I despise that twat. He might not be wrong about this, though. I hope there's some nasty intramural fighting over the next speaker, especially if the Dems want to get rid of a black guy with a muslim name who was a perfect NPC for them as minority speaker.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)
Except:
Flips were 6% from Trump 2024 to Dem candidates 2026;
3% from Harris to Rep candidates. Not insignificant but below expectations for mid-term in 2nd administration.
Turnout for Reps was strong, better than 2022 and 2018.
Dem turn out went up about 19 million votes from 2022 to 2026. Basically presidential year turn out. Simply amazing print out the vote effort.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)
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My eldest has done the same thing.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (qesug)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (2614e)
This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”
Posted by: beckster
......
*cough*bullshit*cough*
Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (BFNU4)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (nEUC6)
I thought the term was "real property", i.e. land?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (yky4J)
(posts pretend gif of Jack Nicholson nodding)
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (MPtWl)
I will never give up or fear what is ahead.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)
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Amen sister.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qesug)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (N39Ws)
Awesome of you to do that.
AOP, sticker mule sells far more than just stickers. Any merch you might need, they make in America vs China. And it's good stuff. I am on their mailing list, and wait for good promos to stick up. Packaging, apparel, buttons, shipping labels, magnets, etc.
They do face stickers now, I might make face stickers of our dog as Christmas presents to add to the holiday card envelopes.
https://www.stickermule.com
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (Toos7)
Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)
I'm assuming the surveys you're talking about are aggregate surveys. As far as I know actual crossover voting was not that big.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (okun6)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qesug)
Inability my ass, they didn't want to do it. Remember that when shit kicks off.
There will be a fight, it's been a done deal that I have called out since June 2016 when the progs started allowing widespread open violence against conservatives. The exposure of Obama's last minute intelligence abuses and the russia scheme cemented it into place.
Look at which states required proof of citizenship to vote, even indirectly via enhanced IDs. Look at the early voting totals and new registrations. Look at why FL and TX were so different and why. Look at which states' "extra" dem house/senate votes didn't translate into prop. or lower office votes.
Near 20 million people did not only vote for federal house/senate, that's nonsense. "Gee, we just have to vote harder next time!". Yeah, no. You are not voting you way out of this.
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)
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My eldest has done the same thing.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (qesug)
They need to steel their resolve and prepare to fight like hell.
Cowering in the corner isn't going to give any hope for getting America back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (2614e)
And the Left would sell square inch parcels of desert for $1 to certain arbitrary demographics known for reliable dependents of the Left and then subsidize the $1 with a $500 billion government aid package where NGOs would proliferate and be entitled to a substantial cut.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (BvPIe)
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That's a 10-4, good buddy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (qC/tp)
We're down to 4 uncalled races where the GOP has only 1 almost outside the margin of fraud.
If this holds, the Donks will pick up 7 seats in Cali and the GOP will only have 1 congressional seat.
I mean, the GOP should just close up any remaining offices they have in that state.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Boned.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (n5tGW)
His will be done, our will is dumb.
That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
I don't know if I should say this, because it is a bit of discouraging.
While what you say is true, His will doesn't require the existence of any particular kingdom or polity.
He Himself has said that He could raise up a people for Himself from the rocks.
But we don't know if He's done with our nation, so we can't give up fighting against the evils in front of us.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Oglebay at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Oy/m2)
I like him as a candidate personally, but he has trouble appealing to the average retarded swing voter.
His political instincts/analysis are good. He would make an excellent Chief of Staff if nothing else.
Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: Archimedes
Or, maybe an open primary in case there are one or more other competitive choices some of us would consider.
Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (F3Dlr)
youtube.com/watch?v=Pz5ap1ZGZuI
Posted by: gp's Nood Summoning Comment at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
Speaking for myself, there are many more FUs to come.
--Lisa Murkowski
Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (8mulE)
I like both Rubio and DeSantis; I think Rubio will prove to be a much better campaigner. There’s no others with a realistic shot at the nomination.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)
I'm gonna steal that line.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 01:17 PM (Q+gd/)
Remember their goal is to demoralize you first and foremost. Then to demoralize their own even worse.
Do not be demoralized. You have blessings the idiots commies can never take. I know it's cold comfort but Republicans hate you. Do not weep for them, they would sell your soul if they had the chance. That is not demoralizing. It's freeing when you realize it.
Politics beyond a certain level is a fight between scumbags and other scumbags. We will persevere. Maybe more clear eyed. Don't let the bastards get you down.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:17 PM (MPtWl)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)
Social media is making anyone who’s on it paranoid and schizophrenic. Wild stories spread like wildfire and no one questions them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:18 PM (oH6g4)
The GOP dominated TX for over 25 years if they could not stop this if it was organized theft they are stupid and if they were this outcheated they are useless.....
regardless I am in Louisiana we held the line.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Even if current courts used that understanding, nothing stops an entrepreneurial Dem organization from selling 1" x 1" parcels of land in the boonies.
( In the 80's and 90' in the US there were dozens of property companies selling lots in the boonies, but none of them had access or water rights, making them effectively useless. )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (yVYSZ)
Again with the Epstein files? Almost as bad as Ace and the crows....(laughing)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)
I think one of Rubio’s strongest points is that he can speak personally to Communism. I have several friends who escaped Communism to come here and their stories are chilling. But even having been taught about communism (like they used to do), I’ve never lived under it (fixing to find out soon). I don’t have that experience. Rubio does.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (itAg7)
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (gw3RI)
Bing his picture and understand he plays the Hulk on green screen....it makes a lot of things make sense
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)
Can't agree. Or disagree.
Until I see the long-term average for this figure. Yes I'm guessing it's much below 55%, but I don't know. Have no idea what the "churn" is for voter registration, anywhere.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)
So glad I have no social life.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (MPtWl)
‘ regardless I am in Louisiana we held the line.’
Maybe so but you’re still just as screwed as the rest of us.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (fd80v)
The agreement between states not authorized by the Congress would be unconstitutional . It would directly change the Constitution without an amendment. Of course Ketanji would apply the Good and Plenty clause
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (7XuqV)
Flips were 6% from Trump 2024 to Dem candidates 2026;
I think you’re talking about national numbers. In Texas, the heavy majority Hispanic counties along the border (14 of them, I think) recorded a 38% flip. Massive.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (oH6g4)
I'm waiting for AIPAC to tell us what to believe.
</sarc>
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (BvPIe)
Only here. You don't "steal" a 100 Seat Majority in the House. You "take" a 100 Seat Majority in the House.
Lets play along. Lets say it was fraud. Then who cares ? If they can fraud a 100 Seat Majority. Then worrying about the poor ol' GOP is a waste of time.
Best them die quickly. So something can fill that void that will actually fight.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (S2K0Y)
It's been pretty good so far, except I have nobody to help move heavy furniture, or to give me a ride to the colonoscopy (which the clinic requires.)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (Jr5Lq)
I cried more longer and daily (in private) for our last sweet doggie than I do for people I dearly love. Because I know where they are as Christians. I find thankfulness, after a time, in the way they died. God also says to be thankful daily and I try.
My tear ducts mainly produce in laughter or when God has blessed me, when I hear of a new grandchild tears spring to my eyes.
In the last month my mother, almost 96yrs, has had a health battle, is home now and mentally doing well. I felt sad but tears don't come (which would maybe make it easier vs chronic insomnia, but can't be forced). I yam who I yam.
Politics has never earned a tear from me. And it will not.
I will not submit.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (+gK6I)
I wish I was joking...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (Gb7+b)
( In the 80's and 90' in the US there were dozens of property companies selling lots in the boonies, but none of them had access or water rights, making them effectively useless. )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (nEUC6)
I would argue that a square inch lot is not real property, but the very definition of fictitious.
In any case, I think the answer going forward is this: you don't get a vote unless you pay out more in taxes than you receive in government benefits, by a decent margin, too. Live as a parasite? No vote for you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (yky4J)
Correct and if true and when not if the crime wave hit when and not if El Senora Governor opens the border....well package deal Texas I will enjoy the show do not want to hear it....and given you just elected soft on crime democrat judges to go with her into power enjoy them getting wrist slaps while you see self-defense outlawed......
I am looking forward to the fun amigos......Strong enough and vote blue no matter who.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (Int1s)
Slight amendment. "Anyone who's generally clueless, unworldly, not very bright in a practical sense, and who doesn't know how to check around to see if what they're told makes any sense."
Of course the % of such people in the Hispanic community* probably matches that in the population overall - that is to say, shockingly high.
*"Hispanic" is among the least useful catch-all terms in politics, of course, and "community" is an odious stupid term that almost never actually applies the way it's used in relation to politics
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (U/Byj)
Some of us will perservere in some places, but large chunks of the US will likely be lost due to tens of millions of foreign invaders already present. And my children will almost certainly live a much poorer life - than we had, or than they could have had. My hopes rest on a better life for my grandkids or great grandkids, assuming my kids even survive to have any.
It will be a total bloodbath in some areas. People don't really seem to understand the size of the cliff before us.
If you tried to explain to some peasant in the urals in 1910 what was going to happen, do you think they'd understand the horror of what was coming?
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (G5zYf)
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (qRla/)
It is like ottoman man for the mind, post after post.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (LO74d)
Utah got shellacked too. Some is the same "demographics are destiny" crap TX has: Utah let in too many Silicon Valley companies, importing their blue voters, and openly invited in every refugee and free handout minority they could. But it's also that Utahns didn't feel heard. Whether you were a rancher, Mormon housewife, Marxist, commie college kid, or a return missionary kid trying to build a future life with a wife and kids. None of them felt heard. Republicans have to choose better candidates and listen and keep fighting.
This is not the shellacking that Obama and Clinton got in their midterms. Not even close. Obama lost like 60 house seats. And the dems came back from it. It's a warning, but I think it can still be turned around. Keep having faith.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)
I think Ted Cruz has a shot at the nomination, but he would be toast in the general.
Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (8mulE)
No it means as was warned here back when Bush got amnesty fever when the site was young....Hispanics will eventually make this South America north and look THAT is not the end of the world it is just not the land of my ancestors....and I owe it no depth of loyalty the USG got spoiled by and can live like a South American as well.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)
So glad I have no social life.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (MPtWl)
******
Very, very true. I have never had it and look how sane and sarcastic I remain! Which is normal for me to mock. If I'm not mocking eegits I'm not normal.
Life goes on, no matter what is thrown at you.
I repeat, the Dims will overreach and Acme Wylie Coyote themselves.
You either deal with it or waste how ever many days you are gifted.
It is possible that my lifelong faith in God was also enhanced by Saturday cartoons. This should also be included in the shrink study of me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)
But I find that I feel mostly like James Franco’s character in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, standing on the gallows with rope around his neck, grinning while he looks at the young man crying next to him, and he says “First time, eh?”
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (oH6g4)
Great, and Utah will learn as Arizona is learning that once Californicated you stay Californicated....don't care....
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (Int1s)
God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.
Posted by: SMH
At times like this, I recall that line from one of my favorite hymns, "This Is My Father's World."
"This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)
You forgot attribution, again, dude - the Babylon Bee.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:29 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)
Babylon Bee is doing straight reportage now?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (yky4J)
The bad news it looks like I will be cutting out lots of drywall in the master bath wall and ceiling.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (NcvvS)
Nope. Many of you simply choose to ignore Politics from time to time. Politics never ignores you.
There is no aspect of daily life not controlled by Politics. Including when, where, and if you can even freely assemble and associate.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (S2K0Y)
But the house democrats say the first order of business they will do is vote to let trans women use the ladies rooms in congress.
Both parties are hitting on the important issues today!
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Toos7)
Unfortunarely all that was coming our way with or without the midterms. The commies don't stop and Republicans don't stop letting them.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (MPtWl)
I am looking forward to the fun amigos......Strong enough and vote blue no matter who.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (Int1s)
Like you, I can live South American style if I have to. I know enough men with connections to the younger Mexican community that we could put together a little self protection cartel if we had to. One thing about the Hispanic world - a whole lot more happens outside the law than happens inside it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (oH6g4)
Posted by: Joe at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: Chicago Vota at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (xTgJI)
Posted by: deadrody at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (vgB0v)
Republicans need to get off their lazy asses and stop trying to be bipartisan. I can guarantee you, with the exception of John Fetterman, no Democrat will try be bipartisan in the next two years.
Posted by: wferrin at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (BC4Wk)
Posted by: Elliott M Althouse at November 06, 2026 05:24 PM (khMX4)
All this does is hasten the next step.
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