Wednesday Night ONT - September 30, 2026 [TRex]Wednesday Week CafeQuick HitsIllegal Immigration Advocacy Group CATO Shrieks: Trump Has Reduced Muslim Refugee Immigration by 96%! This is Terrible!Jack Smith Obtained the Emails of Hundreds of Republicans and Conservative-Leaning Journalists; Claims He Had to Subpoena the Entire Conservative Movement to Decide If Everyone Should Be Indicted for January 6thOf COURSE: The UK Gives the Exact Same Sentence to a Muslim Immigrant for Actually Setting a Migrant Hotel on Fire As They Gave a White Citizen for Briefly Saying "Burn the Hotels Down for All I care"Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Second Quarter Real GDP Growth Revised Upwards by 0.7%Muslim Terrorist Stabs Co-Pilot and Takes Control of Plane, Intending to Crash-Bomb It Into Tel Aviv; Israeli Passengers Aboard Channel the Spirit of Todd Beamer and Take the CockpitThe Detective-Karens of TikTok Has a New Obsession to Shriek About Wednesday Morning RantMid-Morning Art ThreadThe Morning Report — 9/ 30 /26Daily Tech News 30 September 2026Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - September 29, 2026An Otter CafeQuick HitsThe Venezuelan Shot by ICE Has Been Charged With Assaulting an OfficerLindsay Clancy's Scumbag Lawyer Kevin Reddington Contradicts His Earlier Defense, Now Insists That There's No Evidence Lindsay Clancy Murdered Her Children at AllNYT Tech Editor Gunned Down by In-Laws -- Because His Trans Lifestyle Wound Up Influencing His Son to Wear His Sister's DressesFauci Infected African Monkeys with Aerosolized Ebola. His Primary Fear? Not an Ebola Outbreak. Just That the Public Would Find Out About His Faucistein Experimentations.

Wednesday Night ONT - September 30, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and fully stocked. Step up and place your order.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. It is the last day of September after all.

If you're a troll, go away.

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

Remember blog etiquette - if you are the second commenter, you get the honor of alerting those in the prior post. If you are the first, you get to bask in the temporary glory of victory. If you are third, we still love you.

[Top photo: Inglewood, California]

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ONT Department of Pet Care

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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ONT Sign of the Times

You would think one room would be sufficient to observe the ladies' room, but apparently many are needed.

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ONT Department of Nostalgia

It is truly amazing what lurks out there on the interweb:

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ONT Department of Alcohol Science

I had no idea that this kind of thing was a sub-genre on YouTube. Is this what happens when gas gets expensive? Apparently so. Warning: once you watch one video, your entire YouTube feed gets filled with similar videos. (I feel sorry for the YouTube or NSA employee tasked with tracking my YouTube algorithm.)

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ONT Department of the Far Side

Everyone has probably seen this before, but I stumbled across it this week. I hadn't seen it for a while and it still made me laugh.

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ONT Department of Public Art

The Basketball Tree, functional sculpture by Alexandre Arechea, located in Biidaasige Park in Toronto.

I'm sure there is some deeper meaning that only the truly insightful can fully appreciate, but I like seeing a bit of whimsy and interaction in public art. It would take a while to figure out which hoop to aim for, but the odds of sinking a basket would improve!

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Mandatory Maiden

Bruce Dickinson sings the US National Anthem before the Steelers football game (with helicopter flyover):

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called Current Concept. The host does not give his real name, but is very handy and I love his dry sense of humor. His channel description is bang on accurate: "Engineering ish projects being made and tested. I'll even throw some jokes in there every now and then to keep em entertaining. This channel is my excuse to build dumb ideas that I've got."

Belt fed potato cannon? Done. Saw blade launcher? Done. Banana gun? Done. Robot knife thrower? Done. Rocket powered shoes? Done. You get the idea.

It is clever and a little crazy without being outright dumb or stupid clickbait.

The channel has over 205,000 subscribers. A few videos have gotten over a million views but most are in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Posting is about once a month(ish). I don't get the sense that this is a full time job.

I may have posted it on the blog before, but my favorite is the belt fed potato cannon video.

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Pittsburgh Scanner

The Pittsburgh police scanner is an internet treasure. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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Old school Sammy Hagar for the big ONT finish:

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Public service reminder: the left lane is for passing, not cruising. If you are driving in the left lane with a line of cars stacked behind you, you're doing it wrong. Sammy would agree. Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly sorted and processed. Are you lurking ????

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 Pastrami!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 30, 2026 10:00 PM (LtCD9)

2 "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
— Mahatma Gandhi

Why those with cognitive dissonance are so unhappy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - we'll always have ~~twitter~~ at September 30, 2026 10:00 PM (xRCm7)

3 huey

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 10:00 PM (JS6jE)

4 Sunset 95624

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 30, 2026 10:01 PM (LtCD9)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 10:01 PM (ktgTW)

6 Not first or second!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM (NnhvP)

7 This means I don't have to tell anyone, right??

Posted by: Dr. T at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM (lHPJf)

8 Bruce Dickinson sings the US National Anthem before the Steelers football game . . .

Is this 'THE' Bruce Dickinson?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM (ktgTW)

9 Good evening Katz and Kittiez!
Hi Mr. Rex!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM (jCKWs)

10 So...Big Donut invades the blog....

I've been there!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 30, 2026 10:03 PM (QGaXH)

11 I mighta got Firts, but I was busy preparing beverages and getting some chips to go with this fine sandwich Milady has prepared. I knew I'd be cutting it close. But, you know, priorities.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sometimes it just turns out that way at September 30, 2026 10:03 PM (xRCm7)

12 You would think one room would be sufficient to observe the ladies' room, but apparently many are needed.

Are you kidding? Even with thousands of observation rooms, we'll never know what a woman is.

Posted by: K. B. Jackson at September 30, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

13 I knew I'd be cutting it close. But, you know, priorities.
Posted by: mindful webworker

I'd like to set my priorities but there are some things I'd like to do first.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 10:04 PM (ktgTW)

14 Burl Ives: One of the influences that filled my youth with terror. Like Clarabelle the Clown.

Posted by: mindful webworker - traumatized at September 30, 2026 10:05 PM (xRCm7)

15 Are you kidding? Even with thousands of observation rooms, we'll never know what a woman is.
Posted by: K. B. Jackson

Is it not true when determining the sex of a baby in utero, it is the lack of a certain thing that leads one to say it's a girl?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 10:06 PM (ktgTW)

16 Evenin'

Pittsburgh Penguins 6 - Filthy Flyers 0. Nice way to start the season. I'm not holding my breath on a 6th Stanley Cup. I'm not even sure about the playoffs.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 30, 2026 10:06 PM (pLaQB)

17 Warning: once you watch one video, your entire YouTube feed gets filled with similar videos.

If that happens, go to youtube.com/feed/history and remove the offending videos from your watch history.

Also quite useful if you click one of my youtube music links.

Posted by: mikeski at September 30, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

18 And it's another Wednesday, last of September. And it's the same. The same. The same.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 30, 2026 10:09 PM (CHHv1)

19
*squares papers on podium*
*assumes serious expression*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:09 PM (eRlcH)

20 Pittsburgh Scanner..... a car abandoned at the end of the street for five years? How was it not towed already to make way for the snowplow? Does it not snow in Pittsburgh?

Posted by: mikeski at September 30, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

21 One of Pike's lawyers is driving an emergency appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Says she needs "medical care".

I can't begin to rationalize this idiocy.

Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 10:10 PM (EiUt/)

22 Brianna Lyman is on Gutfeld now.
Insanely pretty.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 10:10 PM (Sco7b)

23 if you are the second commenter, you get the honor of alerting those in the prior post.

Wait, that's a rule? I thought I made that up, once, back one day when I got a Firts.

Well, okay, dutifully done.

Posted by: mindful webworker - but I don't like it. :P at September 30, 2026 10:11 PM (xRCm7)

24 I was more than ready to see the back of August, but where the heck did September go?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (t/Q8n)

25 Pictured Randy's Donuts courtesy of Mayor James T. Butts (true fact) authorized it to be changed for the Electric State cameo of Cosmo Donut.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/28591041847208484

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYjzK3P7AOU
..by Disney.. Doing the Jobs that Humans don't want to...
The Robots Rebel Against The Humans Movie Clip

LET'S GO BRANDON!
.. as long as Humanity remains in control...(from the vid)
...Mr. Peanut signs peace treaty.

History Repeats, first as Tragedy, then as FARCE!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (eLKbV)

26 Is it not true when determining the sex of a baby in utero, it is the lack of a certain thing that leads one to say it's a girl?

Posted by: Tonypete
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Sometimes worded in the fashion that the male forms after what is indetermined or determined female.
It sprouts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (JS6jE)

27 Spock could play a mean multi-dimensional basketball.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

28 Left lane campers get the trebuchet, immediately.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (oqH4h)

29
if you are the second commenter, you get the honor of alerting those in the prior post.

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I'm not commenting, I'm sojourning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (eRlcH)

30
Is this 'THE' Bruce Dickinson?
Posted by: Tonypete

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You may have heard me in such songs as "Hatch Valley Green Chile" and "Multipurpose Paper"!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (mmrXZ)

31 Thank you, TRex!

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 10:13 PM (Dd38x)

32 Is there a Heisenberg uncertainty principle of knowing what a woman is? Like if we know what a woman is with total certainty, we can’t know at all what she will become?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:13 PM (PY8/y)

33 Is there a Heisenberg uncertainty principle of knowing what a woman is? Like if we know what a woman is with total certainty, we can’t know at all what she will become?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:13 PM (PY8/y)

No; we know what a woman is, but we have no idea what she's thinking.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 30, 2026 10:14 PM (lHPJf)

34 32 Is there a Heisenberg uncertainty principle of knowing what a woman is? Like if we know what a woman is with total certainty, we can’t know at all what she will become?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:13 PM (PY8/y)
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Close. The second part is knowing what she really wants.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:14 PM (oqH4h)

35 Pittsburgh Scanner
South Side. East Carson Street. Caller says that someone wearing a uniform that says "Security" on the back is currently beating someone's ass. The only problem is that their building doesn't have a security guard.

You've got a freelance pro bono security guard and you're bitching about it? Some people's kids, I tell ya.....

Posted by: mikeski at September 30, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

36 Security Guards at concerts, events in Norway, have a simple word-VAKT-on the back of their shirts. Means watch or guard. I just like the look of it.

Posted by: Simple Sam at September 30, 2026 10:14 PM (Fn+3X)

37 One of Pike's lawyers is driving an emergency appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Says she needs "medical care".

I can't begin to rationalize this idiocy.
Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 10:10 PM (EiUt/)
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What's the point of executing someone if they are at less than their absolute peak physical conditioning?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (FZ29D)

38 Fall allergies in full bloom.

Killmenow.

I’m miserable. My face feels like it’s six inches in front of my head. FML.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

39 Good evening, everyone!

Screening call seemed to go well. Interview tomorrow around lunch, then another interview Friday morning. And next week I get to drive 8-9 hours each way for an in-person interview....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (aJQbY)

40
Is it possible to have a thread where women are not disparaged?

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (/QHx4)

41
Close. The second part is knowing what she really wants.
Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:14 PM (oqH4h)

_________

If you don't, I'm not going to tell you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (eRlcH)

42 Welcome October! The only thing, all these political ads. They are everywhere. The mute button on my remote is going to get a workout.

Posted by: Case at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (9+0gc)

43 9 Good evening Katz and Kittiez!
Hi Mr. Rex!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM
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Howdy COMM!
There should be fresh donuts waiting for you at the wobbly table.

Posted by: TRex - not Bruce Dickinson dino at September 30, 2026 10:16 PM (XfIK1)

44 Spock could play a mean multi-dimensional basketball.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

Your agonizer, please.
- Bearded Spock

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:16 PM (PY8/y)

45
Is it possible to have a thread where women are not disparaged?

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (/QHx4)

__________

*checks book of statutes*

No

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:16 PM (eRlcH)

46 If you don't, I'm not going to tell you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (eRlcH)
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Clearly!

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:16 PM (oqH4h)

47 31 Thank you, TRex!
Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 10:13 PM
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You're welcome and good evening!

Posted by: TRex - not Burl Ives dino at September 30, 2026 10:17 PM (XfIK1)

48 8 Bruce Dickinson sings the US National Anthem before the Steelers football game . . .

Is this 'THE' Bruce Dickinson?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM (ktgTW)

Pfft mon amis ...

Posted by: Roger Doucet at September 30, 2026 10:17 PM (oCio0)

49
Is it possible to have a thread where women are not disparaged?

Posted by: four seasons

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Sigh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 10:17 PM (mmrXZ)

50
What's the point of executing someone if they are at less than their absolute peak physical conditioning?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Paths of Glory

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 10:18 PM (Cqx++)

51 The fact that TRex can produce such wonderful ONT content solo like this with such short, withered arms is inspirational to me.

Posted by: Michelle Fields Farewell To Arms at September 30, 2026 10:18 PM (Fn+3X)

52 I ran a '61 VW on windshield washer antifreeze once. It ran very poorly; had to pull the choke all the way out. If Pinto guy had had a manual choke carburetor, he could have made it run on some of those alcoholic concoctions.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 10:18 PM (C6xWR)

53 39 Good evening, everyone!

Screening call seemed to go well. Interview tomorrow around lunch, then another interview Friday morning. And next week I get to drive 8-9 hours each way for an in-person interview....
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (aJQbY)
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Blessings, man. You got this.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:18 PM (oqH4h)

54 Bruce.

Iron Maiden was the first show I ever saw, Somewhere in Time. Glendale, AZ. 1987.

I love my Dad, but he really had a hatred for those rock-n-roll shows. I missed out on Kansas (the Monolith tour) and Rush (Signals). He was certain I would become one of those potheads you hear about. Still not a pothead, despite all kinds of metal bands I've seen live.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

55 >>>Says she needs "medical care".

I can't begin to rationalize this idiocy.

Posted by: jen the original
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Lawyers have no shame. They are only in it for the money.
Second mortgage for the lake home, yacht, beamer.
A man's gotta make a buck.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 10:18 PM (JS6jE)

56 And the damn Yankees are putting the hurt on the BoSox.

8-1 bottom of the 6th

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 10:19 PM (yEz+x)

57 Not knowing what a women is, is mocking the left, not disparaging women.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:19 PM (PY8/y)

58
And the damn Yankees are putting the hurt on the BoSox.

__________

Two of the most assholic fan bases in baseball.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:20 PM (eRlcH)

59 I think everyone is wondering when Piper last ate a donut.

Posted by: Probably 5 years, Here at September 30, 2026 10:20 PM (Fn+3X)

60 What's the point of executing someone if they are at less than their absolute peak physical conditioning?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (FZ29D)

The Count likes everyone to be 'ealthy before they're broken.

Posted by: The albino at September 30, 2026 10:21 PM (TbWk/)

61 we have no idea what she's thinking.
Posted by: Dr. T

The second part is knowing what she really wants.
Posted by: ballistic

In both cases she doesn't know either.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 10:21 PM (NnhvP)

62 Planning lunch with two classmates in the next two weeks is tiresome. I'm ready to form a committee but don't think they would get the joke. I gave them the dates I am available & someone better make a decision before I take over.

Pretty sure one is a flaming liberal and I hope she does not bring up politics or covid. The other is one of my roommates & I don't worry about her.

I'd like to know where one girl is I told to shut up during a break of State Boards. Which is not like me and I snapped like a lunatic from stress and diarrhea (low potassium). We were all freaking out about answers to one question and she said something stupid and I cracked. Would apologize.

At the time (Civil War Era) we had to take boards out of the city in a crappy old college lecture hall. Spend two nights in a hotel with three of my best friends (two are the lunch friends). We were seriously insane. Either stressing or laughing hysterically.

An old proctor fell down on the wood floors behind me with a thud during one test. We were told not to look up for any reason. 100 student nurses didn't look up. Friends later asked if I tripped her. Nope! She had those old oxford nun shoes and they slipped.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 10:21 PM (hzuYO)

63 And the damn Yankees are putting the hurt on the BoSox.

__________

Two of the most assholic fan bases in baseball.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yet, both cheat less than the ASStros!

Posted by: Beats On Trash Can!! at September 30, 2026 10:22 PM (Fn+3X)

64 43

YUM!😛

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 30, 2026 10:22 PM (jCKWs)

65 Honest question...who in this thread is disparaging women?

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:22 PM (oqH4h)

66 I’m miserable. My face feels like it’s six inches in front of my head. FML.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

cetrizine and a sinus wash.

Grandpa said that when he was a kid in Tacoma his aunt used to swim in Puget sound and rinse her sinuses out that way when her allergies were bad in the summer. I don't suggest this today,

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 10:22 PM (rbvCR)

67 >> once you watch one video, your entire YouTube feed gets filled with similar videos.

I'm noticing this "algorithm" at work with me, and I get suspicious. I think Youtube tends to push certain content if you give it the slightest excuse. That is, if you watch some content about topic X, it then starts throwing "content similar to X" at you, but of a particular slant or bent.

And I think there's some way people pay or otherwise get the "algorithm" to boost their content.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)

68 What was the alcohol content of that windshield washer antifreeze, AOP?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (PY8/y)

69 39 Good evening, everyone!

Screening call seemed to go well. Interview tomorrow around lunch, then another interview Friday morning. And next week I get to drive 8-9 hours each way for an in-person interview....
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 10:15 PM (aJQbY)

Hope you get the best one!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (hzuYO)

70 54 Bruce.

Iron Maiden was the first show I ever saw, Somewhere in Time. Glendale, AZ. 1987.

I love my Dad, but he really had a hatred for those rock-n-roll shows. I missed out on Kansas (the Monolith tour) and Rush (Signals). He was certain I would become one of those potheads you hear about. Still not a pothead, despite all kinds of metal bands I've seen live.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

Yeah, but you're on a dangerous trajectory.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (BHTo4)

71 Brianna Lyman is on Gutfeld now.
Insanely pretty."

Well, he's a decent looking guy, but...

/oh

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (pfXMo)

72 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)

73 for those who are picky about spelling, "cetirizine"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 10:24 PM (rbvCR)

74
Yet, both cheat less than the ASStros!
Posted by: Beats On Trash Can!! at September 30, 2026 10:22 PM (Fn+3X)

____________

Derisive laughter all around. Sure, the Dodgers and Yankees were using electronic stuff as well, but MLB sure as hell wasn't going to go after them. So it was the Astros that were made an example of.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:24 PM (eRlcH)

75 the damn Yankees are putting the hurt on the BoSox.

8-1 bottom of the 6th
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 10:19 PM (yEz+x)

The only one of these miniseries that have been competitive is Philly Atlanta.

Posted by: LTG at September 30, 2026 10:25 PM (X18m9)

76 WTH is this world coming to when we have to import limeys to sing our national anthem?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 30, 2026 10:25 PM (lfNXu)

77 It is obvious some people are paying to promote certain videos very broadly, or I never would see such content, having no interest in it on YouTube.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:25 PM (PY8/y)

78 And the damn Yankees are putting the hurt on the BoSox.

__________

Two of the most assholic fan bases in baseball.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

This is correct.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 10:25 PM (xxBSa)

79 72 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026
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You're welcome!

Posted by: TRex - playoff umpire dino at September 30, 2026 10:25 PM (XfIK1)

80 It ran very poorly; had to pull the choke all the way out"

There's just not enough BTUs in a given volume of alcohol vs petrol...

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:26 PM (pfXMo)

81
What about the marachi group at a game a couple of days ago?

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 10:26 PM (/QHx4)

82 Thanks for the dandy ONT, T Rex!

Those whacky folks in Pittsburgh! I love the thought of small children taking over the streets with their bikes and big wheels!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 30, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

83 What about the marachi group at a game a couple of days ago?"

They were just checking on Jose, and could he see?

/

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:27 PM (pfXMo)

84 One thing I take solace in is that the CO Rockies are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs on opening day.

As for the Vikings, I have to wait for the playoffs to be disappointed.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

85 One of Pike's lawyers is driving an emergency appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Says she needs "medical care".

I can't begin to rationalize this idiocy.
Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 10:10 PM (EiUt/)

Lethal injection shouldn't take hours. Get on a saline drip. Introduce some ketamine, get them all gooned up. When they are nice and happy, a few cc's of potassium cyanide solution. Heart stops dead. Game over in under ten minute.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 10:27 PM (C6xWR)

86 the astros played like a bunch of limp wristed queens, but I don't know if that comment counts as disparaging women

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 10:28 PM (88C+u)

87 I love the thought of small children taking over the streets with their bikes and big wheels!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 30, 2026 10:26 PM
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Happy chaos. Big wheels are awesome.

Posted by: TRex - tricycle dino at September 30, 2026 10:28 PM (XfIK1)

88 Lethal injection shouldn't take hours"

.22 LR. Takes no time at all

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:29 PM (pfXMo)

89 Rumor has it that Big Donut later sold its real estate to a truck tire place, who later sold it to a bordello called The Glory Hole.

The rooftop donut structure was used by all of them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 10:30 PM (wpRMV)

90 the damn Yankees are putting the hurt on the BoSox.

8-1 bottom of the 6th
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 10:19 PM (yEz+x)

***

Switched to the Padres game. At least my niece is at that game.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 30, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)

91 Names for the Pittsburgh scanner's bike and Big Wheel gang populated by toddlers and kindergartners?

Little Rascals is taken.

Sippy Cup Cyclones?
Knee-high Nightriders?

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)

92 Anon. Rogue, is that donut place in Manhattan Beach, or Hermosa? A while back I drove past it, was definitely in one of those beach communities.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 30, 2026 10:30 PM (U/Byj)

93 WTH is this world coming to when we have to import limeys to sing our national anthem?
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 30, 2026 10:25 PM (lfNXu)

We're doing him a favor. If he sang his national anthem back home, he'd probably go to prison for hate speech.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 30, 2026 10:30 PM (vSvIl)

94 I'm noticing this "algorithm" at work with me, and I get suspicious. I think Youtube tends to push certain content if you give it the slightest excuse. That is, if you watch some content about topic X, it then starts throwing "content similar to X" at you, but of a particular slant or bent.

And I think there's some way people pay or otherwise get the "algorithm" to boost their content.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)
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Yeah man, you have to curate your feed. Anything you click, like, comment, interact with, or otherwise touch...you get more of it, and it can snowball quickly.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:31 PM (oqH4h)

95 Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
— Mahatma Gandhi
-----------------

That might be the biggest load of rubbish I have ever heard.

So if I trap you in a 3x3 cell and you think "I have to try and get out of here", you say, "Fuck I have to try and get out of here" and you pound the fuck out of the bars and floor and ceiling to try and get out, you are "happy"? What a dumbass.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:32 PM (vE0+H)

96 Those whacky folks in Pittsburgh! I love the thought of small children taking over the streets with their bikes and big wheels!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient

Don't blame the caller a bit. You have to nip it in the bud!

Posted by: Deputy Fife at September 30, 2026 10:32 PM (Fn+3X)

97 What was the alcohol content of that windshield washer antifreeze, AOP?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:23 PM (PY8/y)

It was concentrate, so maybe 90%. Agreed that BTU's of alcohol is low, car will run, but needs a much richer mixture than a normally-tuned carb will support. Hence the choke. Also, in my case, the VW engine was already warmed up. The 8 ounce bottle of ww antifreeze got me to an open gas station.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 10:32 PM (C6xWR)

98 So if I trap you in a 3x3 cell and you think "I have to try and get out of here", you say, "Fuck I have to try and get out of here" and you pound the fuck out of the bars and floor and ceiling to try and get out, you are "happy"? What a dumbass

---------

For real happiness, take up rick chiseling.

Posted by: Andy Dufresne at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (wpRMV)

99 Ah, Inglewood CA. I was born there. It's changed quite a bit since then. I haven't been back, and at this point, I wouldn't DARE go back.

Yeah, changed.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (Zli+D)

100 Thanks for the ONT. I do want to hang out with the Pittsburgh scanner person.

In the ED cops would arrive with the dregs of society and were pretty funny dudes. As were EMT's and ED docs and nurses. You have to be a bit insane to work in that environment, especially on weekends, full moons, or pick a day, any day. Sometimes horribly sad, so the insanity balanced it out other times.

The docs used to love to have me lose my cool by making me laugh inappropriately. To see if they could. I loved them all. There were always seven docs on at a time I had to deal with, plus PA's and ARNP's and the rest of the staff. If they every got me going I'd have to evacuate through the ambulance bay to laugh outside.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)

101 91 Names for the Pittsburgh scanner's bike and Big Wheel gang populated by toddlers and kindergartners?

Little Rascals is taken.

Sippy Cup Cyclones?
Knee-high Nightriders?
Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)
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Heck's Angels

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (oqH4h)

102 Or Rock Chiseling. Whatevz.

Posted by: Andy Dufresne at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (wpRMV)

103 Good evening morons ותודה, דינו!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

104 22 Brianna Lyman is on Gutfeld now.
Insanely pretty.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 10:10 PM (Sco7b)

Hubba Hubba!

Enjoying the Montgomery Wards Store music. Back in the day we referred to MW as 'Monkey Warts' because we couldn't and still can't call anything by its proper name if there's a good, mocking humiliating substitute.

That's how we roll......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (QGaXH)

105 82 Thanks for the dandy ONT, T Rex!

Those whacky folks in Pittsburgh! I love the thought of small children taking over the streets with their bikes and big wheels!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient

It's just like 'The Warriors'!! CAN YOU DIG IT!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 30, 2026 10:34 PM (pLaQB)

106 So if I trap you in a 3x3 cell and you think "I have to try and get out of here", you say, "Fuck I have to try and get out of here" and you pound the fuck out of the bars and floor and ceiling to try and get out, you are "happy"? What a dumbass

---------

For real happiness, take up rick chiseling.
Posted by: Andy Dufresne at September 30, 2026 10:33 PM (wpRMV)

***

HEEEEYYYYYY!!!!

Posted by: Rick at September 30, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

107
The hijacker is a religious extremist who refuses to shake hands with women, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 10:35 PM (/QHx4)

108 Ol' Mahatma gave Joe Biden a run for his money, 'cept he didn't bathe very often.

Posted by: Young Stuff at September 30, 2026 10:35 PM (Fn+3X)

109 Lethal injection shouldn't take hours"

.22 LR. Takes no time at all
Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:29 PM (pfXMo)

A single .22 LR bullet, if not properly placed, might not kill at all.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 10:35 PM (PY8/y)

110 but needs a much richer mixture than a normally-tuned carb will support. "

And really messes with EFI systems. And O2 sensors...

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:36 PM (pfXMo)

111 95 Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
— Mahatma Gandhi
_____________________________

Also, Mahatma Gandihi

"Phewwww, close one (wipes brow). I can't believe they bought it. Sleeping naked with my teenage grandniece was ok as long as they keep buying the 'testing my personal discipline" spiel."

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)

112 I think it’s amazing to hear foreigners celebrate our national anthem. They honor our country by coming out and recognizing what an opportunity they have been given.

And then there’s Rosanne Barr. Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 10:36 PM (yEz+x)

113 f they every got me going I'd have to evacuate through the ambulance bay to laugh outside.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Will you be attending a Mome?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 10:36 PM (NnhvP)

114
That might be the biggest load of rubbish I have ever heard.

___________

There's more where that came from with him. "It costs a lot of money to keep Gandhi in poverty."

The yawning gap between the Indians self-regard and their accomplishments is matched only by the Irish.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:36 PM (eRlcH)

115 Gandhi was a self-aggrandizing toolbag.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:37 PM (oqH4h)

116 Honest question...who in this thread is disparaging women?
Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:22 PM (oqH4h)
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Only in mah heart.

Posted by: Jimmah Carter at September 30, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

117 The yawning gap between the Indians self-regard and their accomplishments is matched only by the Irish."

This will end well.

*grabs popcorn

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:38 PM (pfXMo)

118 Only in mah heart.
Posted by: Jimmah Carter"

Hey, look - there's a rabbit.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:38 PM (pfXMo)

119 13 f they every got me going I'd have to evacuate through the ambulance bay to laugh outside.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Will you be attending a Mome?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 10:36 PM (NnhvP)
**********
Only in spirit, honey. I wish I could but then I'd have to explain you all to the dude I am married to. We don't travel as much as we used to. I'm sure it's a lot of fun and it would be great to put names to faces.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 10:39 PM (hzuYO)

120 And really messes with EFI systems. And O2 sensors...
Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:36 PM (pfXMo)

Flex-fuel vehicles, which are certainly EFI, can run E85, no problem. Of course, booze is too precious to waste on cars; use Chanel #5 instead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 10:39 PM (C6xWR)

121 May I discuss mah malaise now?

Posted by: Jimmah Carter at September 30, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

122 The yawning gap between the Indians self-regard and their accomplishments is matched only by the Irish."

*slowly backs out of thread*

Posted by: Dr. T at September 30, 2026 10:40 PM (lHPJf)

123 Yeah, women are tricky. If someone brought in donuts, muffins, or pastries to work, they cut them in half, so as to appear not piggish. Then go back three times, always having a half. Like the calories don't add up.

Posted by: 90% Half-Mental at September 30, 2026 10:41 PM (Fn+3X)

124 The yawning gap between the Indians self-regard and their accomplishments is matched only by the Irish."

This will end well.

*grabs popcorn
Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 10:38 PM (pfXMo)

***

Be careful. When you see the red dot, they're recording.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 30, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

125 Flex-fuel vehicles, which are certainly EFI, can run E85, no problem. Of course, booze is too precious to waste on cars; use Chanel #5 instead.

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Mouthwash makes for sweet-smelling exhaust.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 10:41 PM (wpRMV)

Wednesday Week Cafe

Shizuoka, Japan
More here

Sunbathing seals need to scratch an itch.

A potty-trained dog. Sort of. I wouldn't want to have to clean that grill.

Puppy does an evasive Kirk Roll.

Lava cat.

Ocean's 11 but with a dachshund.

Monkey and dog share a milkshake.

90% of the population of Whittier, Alaska lives in a single apartment building.

Owls pose for the cover of their first album. I think it's a shoegazer album.

Minor content warning: A split-down-the-midline anatomical model of what sex looks like.

Young crested myna bird, having been mouth-fed by mother all its life, is frustrated that a worm won't just jump into its mouth like the other worms did.

The kookaburra's call, which I've mentioned before is used in almost every jungle scene, despite the bird only living in Australia.

Dale Irby, the most interesting man in the world.

You can't fool me, this is a Muppet. That's how every larger-sized Muppet's arms move.

Wolves eat each other's faces out of love. This may be slightly alarming for humans.

Massimo
@Rainmaker1973

The Batman effect.
A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. In the experimental condition, an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%).
[Francesco Pagnini et al.,"Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect", Nature, 2025]

Be Batman, people. #BeBatman.

A kestrel hovering. Well not really hovering. Just flying at the same speed as the wind, but in the opposite direction, so that it remains over the same point.

A python could totally climb the rope in gym class.

"Get in here and say that to my face!"

Aw: Man helps fawn over fence to rejoin his mama.

You (the dumb one): Worms are cute!

Me (the smart one): Worms are gross and weird, you dum-dum.

Very few species have been observed imitating human behavior, but the list of observations has recently grown.

This is a quokka being amazed by juggling and trying to repeat the movements.

[📹 lukeforrester_circuspic.twitter.com/VX4gQ7oN7o
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 30, 2026

Tigers live in lush tropical jungles with lots of wide rivers. They can have territories as large as 100 square km and being able to swim across rivers is a big evolutionary advantage

[read more: https://t.co/YrPQ2kUeGz]
[📹 https://t.co/plGrvQMCtG]pic.twitter.com/qFtMrkWELm
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 24, 2022

The town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales is completely dedicated to books and has 26 bookshops but only 2000 residents. That�s one bookshop per 77 people.

[📹 happyenchantedhome] https://t.co/Xs1YOWkLNB
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 30, 2026

Dogs are hypersocial and awesome:

This pet store's dogs are so anxious of being adopted that make even customers anxious.pic.twitter.com/XKmxjsCpnU
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 16, 2024

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=97hyh43DG5E

Ozzyman

Posted by: Kittens! at September 30, 2026 07:33 PM (jrgJz)

2 Yay Cafe!

Posted by: Zombie Billy Mays at September 30, 2026 07:36 PM (VyBeY)

3 Willowed: Supremes just said the Tennessee woman awaiting execution doesn't have to wait any more, over ruling a lower court's stay.

That's nice.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 07:37 PM (l26NL)

4 That album cover is clearly The Who.

Posted by: ibid at September 30, 2026 07:37 PM (D5eeg)

5
*looks at Café menu*

"Sautéed Cervaux"?
"Tête de veau"?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 07:37 PM (eRlcH)

6 Big ol' bear crashed the Aspen farmers market, nom-nommed all the pastries at a bakery vendor's table.

https://tinyurl.com/ycxvssp8

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 07:38 PM (rOKnE)

7 I hope "The Batman effect" doesn't have actual, you know, bats in it, because the link is down. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:38 PM (0sNs1)

8 "Minor content warning: A split-down-the-midline anatomical model of what sex looks like."

Wow. Even The Paolo doesn't cause them to lose their heads literally.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

9 Minor content warning: A split-down-the-midline anatomical model of what sex looks like.

Comment warning: lots of feminist retards.

Posted by: BIRM at September 30, 2026 07:40 PM (TbWk/)

10 I used to have a cat who when I would clench my had to him would clench his paw and extend those 5 big claws then blink at me.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:40 PM (uhVAy)

11 The town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales is completely dedicated to books

Whereas the village of Ham-on-Rye is dedicated to sammich shops.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (/C5Rl)

12 "Sautéed Cervaux"?
"Tête de veau"?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

We are fresh out of Tete and the Cervaux got 86ed. The special tonight is Patagonian Flipper Cheese on artisanal waffles. Do you want mushrooms and onions on that?

Posted by: Your waiter at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (MWfyi)

13 Willowed:

That's a part of the boomer hate but the big part IMO is that typically boomers have significantly more money to spend than younger generations and that causes some serious resentment.

I have some money now but I sure didn't when I was their age.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:16 PM (Cqx++)

Very True.

It took a long time before I didn't feel that I was just running in place.

I was always moving forward, but the benefits of normal life accrue fairly slowly and then they take off.

Someone whining to me that it just isn't fair that they don't have what I have, can just bite my ass.

They haven't worked as hard or as long as I have.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (YSUhf)

14 No bats in The Batman effect.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

15 Someone whining to me that it just isn't fair that they don't have what I have, can just bite my ass.

They haven't worked as hard or as long as I have.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (YSUhf)

I lived for a long time in one of the most expensive cities in the US working for well below minimum wage. It's called grad school and I couldn't get payments from mama and papa.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:44 PM (uhVAy)

16 A trip to Hay-on-Wye is definitely on the Bucket List.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 30, 2026 07:45 PM (xg/DD)

17
Me (the smart one): Worms are gross and weird, you dum-dum.

Wow. Looks like a miniature model for a scene from the next Alien movie.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:45 PM (YSUhf)

18 'E's got the same number of them I had.

Posted by: zombie Adolf H. at September 30, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

19 The Corgi Store

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:46 PM (Cqx++)

20 A big part of the boomer hate is also the fact that there is a significant portion of boomers who steadfastly refuse to comprehend/admit that shit in 2026 is not the same as it was in 1976 and in fact bears little to no resemblance at all.

No, young people shouldn't be laying blame. At the same time, older people should try to muster up some measure of understanding and sympathy to facts on the ground that are markedly different to the ones they experienced at that age.

"Stop spending your money on Starbucks and Netflix, you frivolous idiots" isn't exactly winning hearts and minds.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 07:48 PM (oqH4h)

21 Scene up top looks like a good place for some samurai to recite some haikus and commit seppuku.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 07:48 PM (LHPAg)

22 11 The town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales is completely dedicated to books

Whereas the village of Ham-on-Rye is dedicated to sammich shops.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (/C5Rl)

Excellent!

I hope they're next to each other; reading gives me an appetite.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 30, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)

23 >>>Wolves eat each other's faces out of love.

That bear and dog from yesterday were perfectly happy eating each other's faces, except for that damn monkey that had to keep jumping up and slapping them upside their heads.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 30, 2026 07:48 PM (syz1S)

24 A trip to Hay-on-Wye is definitely on the Bucket List.

Archer City, TX was a bookstore town while Larry McMurtry was alive. I know there was talk of keeping it going but I don't know if they did.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 30, 2026 07:48 PM (vTZFs)

25 That python climbing the tree is the stuff nightmares are made of.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 30, 2026 07:48 PM (ftFVW)

26 Someone whining to me that it just isn't fair that they don't have what I have, can just bite my ass.

They haven't worked as hard or as long as I have.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (YSUhf)

I lived for a long time in one of the most expensive cities in the US working for well below minimum wage. It's called grad school and I couldn't get payments from mama and papa.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:44 PM (uhVAy)

I did grad school. The final straw was me getting a $75K grant from the NIH that was "appropriated" by my major prof for her stuff.

I quit and went to dental school. It was especially easy once I learned what Ph.Ds who I knew did great work wind up as lab assistants for years.

Bah.

Time wasted but at least I moved onto better things.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:49 PM (YSUhf)

27 Every time this subject comes up, it turns into The Four Yorkshiremen sketch.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:50 PM (rbvCR)

28 big part of the boomer hate is also the fact that there is a significant portion of boomers who steadfastly refuse to comprehend/admit that shit in 2026 is not the same as it was in 1976 and in fact bears little to no resemblance at all.
-------------------------------------
Lets see...the Carter inflation and Reagan recovery...looks to me like it was worse then by quite a bit.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:50 PM (uhVAy)

29 >>>The Batman effect.

I expect you all to be on your best behavior.
--Batman

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 30, 2026 07:50 PM (syz1S)

30 Lets see...the Carter inflation and Reagan recovery...looks to me like it was worse then by quite a bit.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:50 PM (uhVAy)

"We never had a cup, we drank out of a rolled-up newspaper."

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:51 PM (rbvCR)

31 Is Wales book village at risk of having Diversity dumped there?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 30, 2026 07:51 PM (4HoLg)

32 ***A split-down-the-midline anatomical model of what sex looks like.
--

Gross, at least they didn't show her intestines.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:52 PM (JS6jE)

33 msnow/membership

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 07:52 PM (gWCxi)

34 TN execution is back on apparently.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 07:53 PM (k2hhB)

35 yeah the Tiger Song that Hobbes makes Calvin sing is pretty much true. Tigers can do anything, including swim.
- but they didn't swim across the Wallace Line. Tigers stopped at Bali and did not swim to Lombok or points east.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 07:53 PM (88C+u)

36 I don't know why it bothers me, but the principal character in most novels is a voracious reader. Can't get enough books. Typically buys dozens of copies and places them around the house so one will always be at hand. All her relatives love the stacks of books she gives them on their birthdays and at Christmas.

Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 07:53 PM (2ap+5)

37 >>>Big ol' bear crashed the Aspen farmers market, nom-nommed all the pastries at a bakery vendor's table.
https://tinyurl.com/ycxvssp8

what do I keep telling people?

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 07:53 PM (1wjle)

38
A big part of the boomer hate is also the fact that there is a significant portion of boomers who steadfastly refuse to comprehend/admit that shit in 2026 is not the same as it was in 1976 and in fact bears little to no resemblance at all.
... At the same time, older people should try to muster up some measure of understanding and sympathy to facts on the ground that are markedly different to the ones they experienced at that age.
Posted by: ballistic

Exactly. I barely recognize the country I grew up in. I'd very much enjoy the retribution extracted on the surrender monkeys in the GOPe that allowed this to happen while I spent my health, and youth protecting the place they all shit up with their grift. I'll crawl through burning gasoline soaked glass sherds to vote anyone not demoncrat, just to get them out of office.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 07:54 PM (QVmho)

39 Bats are flying rodent vermin. Batman is fine.

Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at September 30, 2026 07:54 PM (Fn+3X)

40
The same people whining the loudest about high rents are the loudest advocates for unlimited immigration.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 07:54 PM (eRlcH)

41 Lets see...the Carter inflation and Reagan recovery...looks to me like it was worse then by quite a bit.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:50 PM (uhVAy)

"We never had a cup, we drank out of a rolled-up newspaper."
Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:51 PM (rbvCR)

Someone claiming to rate historical eras needs to know more than the one they are living in. I didn't ever say things aren't tough now, but they seem to think that Boomers had a life of sunshine and posies and free Internet for life.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:54 PM (uhVAy)

42 Gross, at least they didn't show her intestines.

Posted by: Braenyard

Oddly enough, the dude's intestines are what I couldn't stop looking at. They look so frilly.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 30, 2026 07:54 PM (ftFVW)

43 Owls pose for the cover of their first album. I think it's a shoegazer album.

Who?

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 07:55 PM (88C+u)

44
Lets see...the Carter inflation and Reagan recovery...looks to me like it was worse then by quite a bit.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:50 PM (uhVAy)

"We never had a cup, we drank out of a rolled-up newspaper."
Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:51 PM (rbvCR)

Well, people's hard times may be just a joke to you. But, believe me they weren't fun to live through. But, also, that's life. Live and learn, do your best blah-blah-blah.

I'm glad that at least your life went perfectly in a straight arrow for success.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:55 PM (YSUhf)

45 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

46 You can't fool me, this is a Muppet. That's how every larger-sized Muppet's arms move.
---
Must be the cousin of Sam the Eagle.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 07:56 PM (FZ29D)

47 I don't know why it bothers me, but the principal character in most novels is a voracious reader. Can't get enough books. Typically buys dozens of copies and places them around the house so one will always be at hand. All her relatives love the stacks of books she gives them on their birthdays and at Christmas.
Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 07:53 PM (2ap+5)

Might need to pick different novels. None of the ones I read have characters like that.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:56 PM (uhVAy)

48 I don't mind snakes. I see plenty around the grounds of my abode. But, for all that is holy, there should be a size limit. Boas and Anacondas don't belong here. They should be on some other planet somewhere....that's inaccessible.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 07:56 PM (dIske)

49 Origin of bats
tinyurl.com/mpwfbne3
[spoiler: Europe, not long after Chicxulub]

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 07:56 PM (88C+u)

50 "Stop spending your money on Starbucks and Netflix, you frivolous idiots"

If they can't take good advice then f'em. Stupid punks.

Posted by: Your waiter at September 30, 2026 07:57 PM (MWfyi)

51 Bookstores are subversive. Mostly filled with novels. Novels are made up lies, who wants to fill their head with lies? Have enough trouble with my brain without that.

Posted by: We Choose Truth Over Facts at September 30, 2026 07:57 PM (Fn+3X)

52 That apartment building town doesn't sound like me

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

53 Senator Hollen is looking out for your rights!

Sen. Chris Van Hollen Says Act to Ban Stock Trading Would 'Disenfranchise American Voters'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 07:59 PM (ndZc7)

54 I fixed the Batman Effect post. I just copied it right into the post.

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 07:59 PM (1wjle)

55 52 That apartment building town doesn't sound like me
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

_______________________

Yeah, me either. I can see a definite "Lord of the Flies" scenario starting up in a situation like that. Plus you have to fight to use the ping pong table every night.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 08:00 PM (dIske)

56 I did grad school. The final straw was me getting a $75K grant from the NIH that was "appropriated" by my major prof for her stuff.

Time wasted but at least I moved onto better things.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:49 PM (YSUhf)

I didn't even get the degree out of it. Good thing I had taken Computer Science in college to get a skill out of it. Of course the Gulf War starting out the same month made job searching dicey.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:00 PM (uhVAy)

57
Bookstores are subversive. Mostly filled with novels. Novels are made up lies, who wants to fill their head with lies? Have enough trouble with my brain without that.
Posted by: We Choose Truth Over Facts at September 30, 2026 07:57 PM (Fn+3X)

.....uh.

Okay, you do you.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:00 PM (YSUhf)

58 Ozzyman
Posted by: Kittens! at September 30, 2026 07:33 PM (jrgJz)

Can't stand the guys voice.

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 08:00 PM (MQYOv)

59 Most bookstore owners are Communists. Then there's the pants rule.

Posted by: Knickerless Parsons at September 30, 2026 08:00 PM (Fn+3X)

60 I heard the cafe has secret menu options...

Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM (SwyyQ)

61 I don't mind snakes. I see plenty around the grounds of my abode. But, for all that is holy, there should be a size limit. Boas and Anacondas don't belong here. They should be on some other planet somewhere....that's inaccessible.
Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 07:56 PM (dIske)

Its the little ones you step on you might need to worry about.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM (uhVAy)

62 I fixed the Batman Effect post. I just copied it right into the post.
Posted by: ace

FWIW the link worked for me.

*shrugs*

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM (ftFVW)

63 "I love fiction-books"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfFNJ7mEOgI

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM (1wjle)

64 Every time this subject comes up, it turns into The Four Yorkshiremen sketch.
Posted by: Kindltot

Luxury!

Posted by: A Yorkshireman at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM (l26NL)

65 How much did that iphone cost? That's 1/20 of a $20k down payment. Did you take a trip to Cancun? What would forgoing that trip do for your house fund?

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM (MWfyi)

66 >>"Stop spending your money on Starbucks and Netflix, you frivolous idiots" isn't exactly winning hearts and minds.

This

Worse are the ones who tell college kids who've been sold the "everyone goes to college!" and college=career lie peddled by politicians for the past few decades to "go be a Panda Express manager, or take up a trade.

No different than lecturing laid off coal miners to "learn to code."

Think of all the American med students who didn't get a residency placement vs. the 80 foreigners who took the 82 spots at Rochester hospital (which is the trend, not an anomaly) - should they bootstrap a residency, become an HVAC tech, or "learn to code?"

Gen Z's future has been hijacked by DEI, H1-b and offshoring. Telling the ones who can't find jobs it's solely their fault is maddening.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 08:02 PM (rOKnE)

67 Origin of bats
tinyurl.com/mpwfbne3
[spoiler: Europe, not long after Chicxulub]
Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 07:56 PM

This. This is the kind of hard-hitting and impactful information that keeps people coming back to AoSHQ!

Posted by: Chiroptophiles of AoSQH at September 30, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

68 Bookstores are also dusty and musty. Mold growing between the covers. Don't you value your lungs?

Posted by: Have Another Hit-Of Fresh Air at September 30, 2026 08:03 PM (Fn+3X)

69 Government employment is at a 60 year low. Also, 65% of black college graduates work for the government at some level. That's 65% of all black women with college degrees.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)

70 >>A big part of the boomer hate is also the fact that there is a significant portion of boomers who steadfastly refuse to comprehend/admit that shit in 2026 is not the same as it was in 1976 and in fact bears little to no resemblance at all.

I don't see that. We know it's not the same.

But then it wasn't the same in the 1940s as it was in 1976. But blaming changes that most of us had nothing to do with and don't embrace either doesn't make a lot of sense.

Both or our enemies are over that way, both boomers and younger generations. It's not like all of you guys are hitting it out of the park either.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)

71 Books do make a nice bonfire, though.

Posted by: Hilter Jugend Bund #49 at September 30, 2026 08:04 PM (Fn+3X)

72 Its the little ones you step on you might need to worry about.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM (uhVAy)

____________________________

I used to work for a company that had me do crisis management after extreme weather events. Every hurricane had me sent down to Florida. No one talks about it, but right after a hurricane down there you see snakes everywhere. They were flooded out of their nests and holes. Hundreds of them everywhere.

That taught me to look where I'm waking...as well, as which ones to look out for, and which ones get the boot print. I just don't like the ones that would beat me at arm wrestling.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 08:06 PM (dIske)

73 winning hearts and minds.
Posted by: ballistic

No proof they have the latter.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 08:06 PM (NnhvP)

74 I'm glad that at least your life went perfectly in a straight arrow for success.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:55 PM (YSUhf)

Having survived adversity may be something to be proud of, but pain, poverty and loss do not make people inherently better or more noble. Don't compete at who had it worse, there is always someone who had it worse, and wear it better.

The joke of the Four Yorkshiremen is not that they suffered in poverty as children, it is that they think it is some sort of proof of superiority and are competing over it. The second joke is that they truly suffered in their childhood and yet they claim to be perfectly happy to force this same level of pain on "kids these days" as if the suffering is some sort of gift.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 08:06 PM (rbvCR)

75 Novels are made up lies, who wants to fill their head with lies? Have enough trouble with my brain without that.
Posted by: We Choose Truth Over Facts

Depending on the novel, books can show you that life can be different than the one you're living.

If your life is miserable, but you have no idea that it can be different or how to make it so, a good book can demonstrate a different and possibly better way of living.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 08:07 PM (vJrRc)

76
The correct response is the one you got from your Dad, if you were lucky. "That's nice, now go back to work"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)

77 >>The town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales is completely dedicated to books and has 26 bookshops but only 2000 residents. That’s one bookshop per 77 people.

Heh, I have a Little Free Library on practically every other block in my neighborhood.

But the one in the tweet picture looks nice!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 08:08 PM (rOKnE)

78 Kinda cool take on In the Air Tonight.

https://tinyurl.com/mwm8v7u9

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 30, 2026 08:08 PM (ftFVW)

79 FWIW the link worked for me.

*shrugs*
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 30, 2026 08:01 PM

That's because Ace, who loves us, even as we disappoint him, loves us, and fixed it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

80 3 Willowed: Supremes just said the Tennessee woman awaiting execution doesn't have to wait any more, over ruling a lower court's stay.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZiX0oO_3Ls

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 08:09 PM (JS6jE)

81 "Novels are made up lies, who wants to fill their head with lies? "

People like stories. That's one thing that makes us people. Giraffes don't care about stories, nor your cat. The stories can be real or made up, we don't care, we still like 'em.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

82 as if the suffering is some sort of gift.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 08:06 PM

cf. MisHum with Yoko videos, and CBD with man on the ottoman paintings.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

83 Here are the facts. For most of us, life is just going to suck. It'll be hard work for little gain. You'll be on a hamster wheel for most if not all of your prime years. You will be exploited, betrayed, and burned over and over. People will walk off with your work, time and assets, then laugh at you for being such a sucker. Then in the end you die and go to hell. So in summary, fuck it, who cares.

Posted by: Map of life at September 30, 2026 08:11 PM (TbWk/)

84 When I was a child, I would run across these horrid spy novels. The one I remember is the Parsifal Mosaic. It was just so boring and it's embarrassing to admit my life was so uneventful that I finished it. Never again though.

Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 08:11 PM (2ap+5)

85 cf. MisHum with Yoko videos, and CBD with man on the ottoman paintings.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

If I had to see it, so do you!

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 30, 2026 08:12 PM (ftFVW)

86 >> as if the suffering is some sort of gift.

*Recalls my dad's favorite response to adversity: "It builds character!"

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 08:13 PM (rOKnE)

87 @83

>>Then in the end you die and go to hell.

Or you go to heaven or return to non-existence and as far as your concerned, none of this ever happened.

So there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 08:14 PM (XV/Pl)

88 Speaking of books....in the highly coveted and difficult to find:

"Orson's Perfectly Harmless Practical Jokes & Revenge"

...I offer up simple payback mechanisms. For example, if your better half is giving you a hard time for whatever reason....just change the bookmark page in what she is currently reading. You're welcome.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 08:14 PM (dIske)

89 Gen Z's future has been hijacked by DEI, H1-b and offshoring. Telling the ones who can't find jobs it's solely their fault is maddening.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 08:02 PM (rOKnE)

They should've curried favor with the right people.

Posted by: SWIDT? I just slay me at September 30, 2026 08:15 PM (TbWk/)

90 Then in the end you die and go to hell. So in summary, fuck it, who cares.
Posted by: Map of life at September 30, 2026 08:11 PM (TbWk/)

I posted a link in an earlier thread to a hadith in Ibn Majah's book.
Sometimes we get day trips to blow the muhajidoun in Paradise. Their houris can be male you know.
So we'll have that to look forward to.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 08:15 PM (88C+u)

91 "Then in the end you die and go to hell. So in summary, fuck it, who cares."

Enjoy it while it lasts!

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 08:15 PM (MWfyi)

92 "Out of Sight" is a pretty good film. George Clooney is a pretty bad actor, but Jennifer Lopez is surprisingly good.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 30, 2026 08:16 PM (CHHv1)

93 I posted a link in an earlier thread to a hadith in Ibn Majah's book.
Sometimes we get day trips to blow the muhajidoun in Paradise. Their houris can be male you know.
So we'll have that to look forward to.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 08:15 PM (88C+u)

Super.

Posted by: But I don't wanna sucka the cock! at September 30, 2026 08:17 PM (TbWk/)

94 if your better half is giving you a hard time for whatever reason....just change the bookmark page in what she is currently reading. You're welcome.
Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 08:14 PM (dIske)

I'm pretty sure this is grounds for divorce.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 30, 2026 08:17 PM (zYpTz)

95
...Don't compete at who had it worse, there is always someone who had it worse, and wear it better....

You got a weird belief going here.

I'm not competing with anyone. I'm simply stating my lived experience, and nice or no-

My lived experience doesn't give me a whole lot of sympathy for someone complaining that they don't have what I have, as if I had some magical lucky life. It's a childish view. I worked and so should they and eventually if you make the right choices things will work out.

Good that your life was a perfectly successful from the beginning, but as striving doesn't make you better or superior, nor does your weird trying to tutor people on the meaning of the Yorkshireman joke But, please continue...nothing is more entertaining than having simple jokes explained.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:17 PM (YSUhf)

96 Mentioned last night on ONT then again on Tech thread there is a Great Horned Owl around here. Wish could get a picture of it.

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

97 they seem to think that Boomers had a life of sunshine and posies and free Internet for life.

Well, it didn’t cost anything, I’ll give you that.

But the various BBS’s sure did. We need to have a day of prices from the eighties, where you have to pay by the minute to use your phone for anyone outside your area code. And possibly inside, too.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 30, 2026 08:20 PM (kYmoU)

98 Heart of the Beast was okay. The special effects weren't very good and it was not clear to me why Brad Pitt and Odin (the combat dog) were in Alaska. But the dog was a real scene stealer.

Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 08:20 PM (2ap+5)

99
A split-down-the-midline anatomical model of what sex looks like.

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All I see is a bunch of cut-up human meat. With a dick in it. Now I'm not happy.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 30, 2026 08:21 PM (HLgI3)

100 Mentioned last night on ONT then again on Tech thread there is a Great Horned Owl around here. Wish could get a picture of it.
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

Put out some mice for it. Perhaps it will pose for you.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:21 PM (uhVAy)

101 Then in the end you die and go to hell. So in summary, fuck it, who cares.
Posted by: Map of life

====

In the meantime, hockey season started!

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 30, 2026 08:21 PM (4HoLg)

102 SCOTUS says the Christa Pike execution is back on. I don't know if that means tonight, tomorrow, next month, or next year.

"The state’s execution order expires at midnight, according to Kelley Henry, a Nashville-based attorney experienced with Tennessee death penalty law. If time runs out, the state Supreme Court would need to set a new date."

https://tinyurl.com/yjfmb8cm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:21 PM (ndZc7)

103 But the various BBS’s sure did. We need to have a day of prices from the eighties, where you have to pay by the minute to use your phone for anyone outside your area code. And possibly inside, too.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 30, 2026 08:20 PM (kYmoU)

I remember in our dorm in college getting a phone bill of 200 dollars because of one long distance call to Israel of all places mistakenly getting stuck on our bill. Had to get them to remove it because there was no chance the 5 of us could have paid such a charge.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:23 PM (uhVAy)

104
A split-down-the-midline anatomical model of what sex looks like.

-----

Really, it looks like a pervert was suddenly killed while having sex with a side of beef. Now his deviated preversions are recorded for all time, and he can't defend himself because he's dead.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 30, 2026 08:24 PM (VWtfl)

105 Posted by: She Hobbit

Nice voice. Are you doing the same at the Mome?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 08:25 PM (NnhvP)

106 Mentioned last night on ONT then again on Tech thread there is a Great Horned Owl around here. Wish could get a picture of it.
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

One night when, the kiddos were very young there was a Great horned Owl on a lower branch of our next door neighbor's tree.

It was huge. You don't realize how big they are until you can practically walk right up to one, which is what we did.

The funny thing is that the owl just gave us a cursory glance than looked away.

I never thought of an owl as an apex predator, but that's exactly the attitude.

In his world he was an apex predator.

He patiently waited until we walked into our house then flew away.

Incidentally, that summer most of the rabbits and squirrels in our neighborhood disappeared.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:25 PM (YSUhf)

107 102 SCOTUS says the Christa Pike execution is back on. I don't know if that means tonight, tomorrow, next month, or next year.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:21 PM
____________________________

We could really make it painful by putting Piper in charge of her last meal. "Nope, that's it. Kale. Eat it or don't. I don't care."

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 08:25 PM (dIske)

108 SCOTUS says the Christa Pike execution is back on. I don't know if that means tonight, tomorrow, next month, or next year.

"The state’s execution order expires at midnight, according to Kelley Henry, a Nashville-based attorney experienced with Tennessee death penalty law. If time runs out, the state Supreme Court would need to set a new date."

https://tinyurl.com/yjfmb8cm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:21 PM (ndZc7)

I don't really know much about the case, but from what I understand is she killed somebody when she was 18. I'm just a little curious how gang bangers who kill multiple people get life, but this chick gets death. Is there something I'm missing?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 30, 2026 08:27 PM (vzuC7)

109 SCOTUS says the Christa Pike execution is back on. I don't know if that means tonight, tomorrow, next month, or next year.

"The state’s execution order expires at midnight, according to Kelley Henry, a Nashville-based attorney experienced with Tennessee death penalty law. If time runs out, the state Supreme Court would need to set a new date."

https://tinyurl.com/yjfmb8cm
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:21 PM (ndZc7)

I'm sick of this crap. States should just pass a law saying that at t minus 6 months from execution you are done with appeals and shit. Everyone having to do this last minute judge shopping and performance lawyering and keeping all these workers on alert is just absurd and it happens nearly all the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:27 PM (uhVAy)

110 Nice voice. Are you doing the same at the Mome?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Nah. I'm trying to figure out what will annoy Sponge the most without going straight for the Cranberries.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 30, 2026 08:28 PM (ftFVW)

111 "Stop spending your money on Starbucks and Netflix, you frivolous idiots" isn't exactly winning hearts and minds.

OK, then what is the "winning message"?

"Here, let me give you all the shit I have busted my ass to earn all of my life so that you don't have to."

because any variation of "Poor thing, have a cookie" doesn't fix the problem that out of all the nations on the Earth these malcontents will be forever ungrateful that they weren't born into a massive trust fund in the most prosperous, generous and opportunistic country that ever existed.

Of course this isn't the monoculture of the 1970s-1980s, but the whining generation is the one throwing their bodies in front of ICE demanding that trillions of fraud and total destruction of the culture continues.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 08:29 PM (nCgQz)

112 I don't really know much about the case, but from what I understand is she killed somebody when she was 18. I'm just a little curious how gang bangers who kill multiple people get life, but this chick gets death. Is there something I'm missing?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 30, 2026 08:27 PM (vzuC7)

Well i would promote torture murder with perverse trophies well over the average as murderers go, but I don't have to do a rank-ordering since I support the same for all of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:29 PM (uhVAy)

113
Good that your life was a perfectly successful from the beginning, but as striving doesn't make you better or superior, nor does your weird trying to tutor people on the meaning of the Yorkshireman joke But, please continue...nothing is more entertaining than having simple jokes explained.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:17 PM (YSUhf)

You probably shouldn't go the rest of your life nursing resentment that other people had it easier than you.

As a parent, and as a mentor - or even as a co-worker - the goal should be to try to get people with less experience see the potholes and avoid them. If you force them to go through them without warning, to preserve equity or whatever, you just have to wait for the poor souls to pick themselves and figure out what just happened, like you did. They will no doubt go on to find greater problems to get tripped up by, but in a way that is also progress, they don't have to solve the same damned problems on their own that we already have figured out how to solve

There is no inherent goodness in suffering. There may be something in having survived suffering, but a lot of shitty adults had shitty childhoods too.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)

114
Heart of the Beast was okay. The special effects weren't very good and it was not clear to me why Brad Pitt and Odin (the combat dog) were in Alaska. But the dog was a real scene stealer.
Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 08:20 PM (2ap+5)

I enjoyed HotB.

Simple plot but well-made.

I have a couple of issues with it but I'd have to go into spoilers so I'll avoid doing that.

anyway, I think most morons and ettes would enjoy it.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:30 PM (YSUhf)

115 I don't really know much about the case, but from what I understand is she killed somebody when she was 18. I'm just a little curious how gang bangers who kill multiple people get life, but this chick gets death. Is there something I'm missing?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It was an extremely cruel murder of an innocent 19 year old girl.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)

116 Really, it looks like a pervert was suddenly killed while having sex with a side of beef.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

That was a side-plot of the "Preacher" comic. Garth Ennis I think...

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 08:31 PM (88C+u)

117 I've tried posting a few times today and they've been disappeared each time.

Seems I've been banned, not sure why, as I've been posting some lately without any problem.

I don't remember being warned about anything objectionable.

Trying it another way now.

Posted by: LTG at September 30, 2026 08:31 PM (Xa1PG)

118 >>>At the same time, older people should try to muster up some measure of understanding and sympathy to facts on the ground that are markedly different to the ones they experienced at that age.

"Stop spending your money on Starbucks and Netflix, you frivolous idiots" isn't exactly winning hearts and minds.

Posted by: ballistic
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Rummages through closet, grabs dusty black case, carefully takes out violin, rosins up bow. ƒ mmm 🎵 🎵

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 08:32 PM (JS6jE)

119 Well i would promote torture murder with perverse trophies well over the average as murderers go, but I don't have to do a rank-ordering since I support the same for all of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:29 PM (uhVAy)

Yeah, by all means fry them all. I was just a little surprised since I heard of cases where I thought for sure they would tire fire some of these assholes and yet they get life.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 30, 2026 08:32 PM (vzuC7)

120 Corgis are very smart doggehs. Friends of ours have a pair and they are a really great property patrol team, they know exactly where the boundaries are. Even the coyotes keep their distance, so you know they are tough little guys.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:32 PM (j/Zm5)

121 or return to non-existence and as far as your concerned, none of this ever happened.

So there's that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 08:14 PM (XV/Pl)

That is my vision of hell. Oblivion. As if I never was.

I hope that my legacy (that loved ones and others remember me, fondly or otherwise) prevents me from fading into bolivian.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at September 30, 2026 08:33 PM (0aYVJ)

122 I did a quick wiki on her (TN condemned woman) case this morning.

She committed a second murder in jail years into her confinement. Also, in the original crime she carved up the victim before crushing the skull with a rock.

Then she carried a piece of skull around in her coat pocket around college for show and tell.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 30, 2026 08:34 PM (r7+Q7)

123 fading into bolivian.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Could be worse. Could be El Salvador.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 08:34 PM (88C+u)

124 Corgis are not cuddley though, so if that is important choose another breed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:34 PM (j/Zm5)

125 It was an extremely cruel murder of an innocent 19 year old girl.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)

Like I said, I don't know much about it. I only heard of it like super recently. I'm almost afraid to dig into it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 30, 2026 08:34 PM (vzuC7)

126 Of course this isn't the monoculture of the 1970s-1980s, but the whining generation is the one throwing their bodies in front of ICE demanding that trillions of fraud and total destruction of the culture continues.
Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 08:29 PM (nCgQz)

monoculture? with hippies around??

What I suggest to everyone at any position is to identify with reason what is the best path for the security, prosperity, and morality of yourself and the country around you and find out who to oppose and who to support going forward. I did that in the 70s and opposed the Democrats AND the GOPers who were "liberal" or "east coast elitists" then and the GOPe clowns after them. I know how to spot the white hats and the black hats no matter what they label themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:34 PM (uhVAy)

127 Then she carried a piece of skull around in her coat pocket around college for show and tell.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd

I can save her.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 08:34 PM (88C+u)

128 I did a quick wiki on her (TN condemned woman) case this morning.

She committed a second murder in jail years into her confinement. Also, in the original crime she carved up the victim before crushing the skull with a rock.

Then she carried a piece of skull around in her coat pocket around college for show and tell.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 30, 2026 08:34 PM (r7+Q7)

Ah, so evil incarnate. Yeah, she should have been blow torched immediately.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 30, 2026 08:36 PM (vzuC7)

129 I don't know why it bothers me, but the principal character in most novels is a voracious reader.
Posted by: Burnham

Is it possible that you've only read three books?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 08:36 PM (nEUC6)

130 Ah, so evil incarnate. Yeah, she should have been blow torched immediately.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 30, 2026 08:36 PM (vzuC7)

Yeah, that's basically rabid animal territory. End it, incinerate it, and try not to get any on ya.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 30, 2026 08:39 PM (r7+Q7)

131
Well, my Astros are out. The future is bleak. I see a tear-down and several years in the wilderness.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (eRlcH)

132
..You probably shouldn't go the rest of your life nursing resentment that other people had it easier than you....

Once again, this is your weird baggage. Please don't have me carry your oddball explanations around.

I have no resentment for you or anyone. It's silly to weigh your life and experience by someone else's.

Not once have I advocated for the nobility of suffering.. Seriously, this is a bee in your bonnet. Not mine.

You're arguing or "mentoring" against your past, I guess. Cause what you're saying has zero to do with me or my life or beliefs.

Please, you're better at explaining jokes. Explain a knock-knock joke. That's more entertaining.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (YSUhf)

133 Is it possible that you've only read three books?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 08:36 PM (nEUC6)

Like Dan Quayle, I try to read Plato's Republic every year.

But I just can't make heads or tails out of it.

Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (2ap+5)

134 >>>At the same time, older people should try to muster up some measure of understanding and sympathy to facts on the ground that are markedly different to the ones they experienced at that age.

I don't recall on this instance being asked for understanding or sympathy as a human, but being attacked for being in the socialist grouping "Boomers". Since I am not a socialist, that's offense two.

If asked, you might have found that I have both understanding and sympathy for young people today and their situation. But its easier to just lash out.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (uhVAy)

135 >>>>Seems I've been banned, not sure why, as I've been posting some lately without any problem.

Apparently not.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:42 PM (viF8m)

136
Nah. I'm trying to figure out what will annoy Sponge the most without going straight for the Cranberries.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Everyone needs goals. Choose wisely!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 08:43 PM (NnhvP)

137 Nidec Corporation, formerly known as Nippon Densan Corporation, is a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of electric motors. Its products are found in hard-disk drives, electric appliances, automobiles and commercial and manufacturing equipment.
- - - -

*NIDEC SHARES FALL 18% AFTER AUDITOR WITHHOLDS OPINION

Ruh Roh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 08:43 PM (JS6jE)

138
At the same time, older people should try to muster up some measure of understanding and sympathy to facts on the ground that are markedly different to the ones they experienced at that age.

___________

My sympathy is tempered by the thought that the most strident complainers consistently advocate the wrong solutions to address their problems.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 08:45 PM (eRlcH)

139 @121

>>As if I never was.

Oblivion means, from your point of view, you never had a point of view, none of this happened.

Existence springs from the conscious mind, without a conscious mind there is no existence.

I don't believe we are merely tied to a conscious mind solely, I believe there is another level we attain, whether that's a new consciousness, our current consciousness going to another realm or place, I don't know, I'll find out soon enough.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 08:45 PM (XV/Pl)

140 I don't really know much about the case, but from what I understand is she killed somebody when she was 18. I'm just a little curious how gang bangers who kill multiple people get life, but this chick gets death. Is there something I'm missing?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 30, 2026 08:27 PM (vzuC7)

Gangbangers generally kill other scumbags. No one really cares. One animal is killed, and another is caged. There are whole urban neighborhoods that could hit with chemical weapons and no one would give a rat's hindquarters.

Pike killed an ordinary citizen apparently, and a pentagram was carved into the victim's body. Pike practically requested the express lane to Hell.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 08:45 PM (jBygX)

141
Seems I've been banned, not sure why, as I've been posting some lately without any problem.

I don't remember being warned about anything objectionable.

Trying it another way now.
Posted by: LTG at September 30, 2026 08:31 PM (Xa1PG)

_________

*starts in surprise*

How did you get in here? Security!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 08:46 PM (eRlcH)

142
Seems I've been banned, not sure why, as I've been posting some lately without any problem.

I don't remember being warned about anything objectionable.

Trying it another way now.
Posted by: LTG at September 30, 2026 08:31 PM (Xa1PG)

_________

*starts in surprise*

How did you get in here? Security!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 08:46 PM (eRlcH)

143 Well, my Astros are out. The future is bleak. I see a tear-down and several years in the wilderness.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

We live in the wilderness.

Posted by: Pittsburgh Pirates at September 30, 2026 08:47 PM (xxBSa)

144 My neice had an Owl. My brother keeps them and one imprinted on her.
She goes to kindergarten talking about her owl.
Everyone thinks she is nuts.
Teacher calls my brother. "does ... have an owl?"
"No, she has 5"
"Uhh okay. Can you bring one in to show the class?"
"Sure"
So the kids are sitting in a circle on the playground and my brother shows up. Bird sees neice, spreads his wings and flys right to her, lands in front of her and starts nuzzling her. Coolest kid in the school after that.

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 08:47 PM (Ae6Br)

145 Always be yourself.

Unless you can be Batman.

Then always be Batman.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 30, 2026 08:48 PM (amcLV)

146 Most indicators suggest that the Republicans in the House and Senate are going to face a brutal backlash from the American people in November. Polling with generic ballots suggest a big win for the Democrats and likely the loss of Republican control of both houses of Congress.
_[Apple Tree] Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

rolol

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 08:48 PM (JS6jE)

147 Coolest kid in the school after that.
Posted by: Reforger

Who?
(Had to do that.)

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 30, 2026 08:50 PM (Fv808)

148
Most indicators suggest that the Republicans in the House and Senate are going to face a brutal backlash from the American people in November.

___________

Sure, they're dying to run out and vote for people who have said they want to nuke the Constitution, nuke Israel and nuke anyone who opposes them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 08:51 PM (eRlcH)

149 [Apple Tree] Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

rolol
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 08:48 PM (JS6jE)

Wow. Is Ron Paul still alive?

There's a scam that ought to have run it's course.

He's like the Bernie for Republicans. Did he at least get a couple of bakehouses out of his libertarian shenanigans

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:51 PM (YSUhf)

150 Always be yourself.

Unless you can be Batman.

Then always be Batman.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 30, 2026 08:48 PM (amcLV)

Reminds me of a great meme: Live your life like an 8-year-old boy in a Batman costume.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at September 30, 2026 08:53 PM (0aYVJ)

151 Astros in the playoffs are like Tom Cruise sneaking into the castle with a stolen password.
They should be thankful they weren't publicly stripped of their uniforms and subjected to a ritual shunning.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 08:53 PM (88C+u)

152 *sigh*

bakehouse = lakehouse

Unless Ron Paul is a Kebler elf, then-

carry on!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:54 PM (YSUhf)

153 >>I don't really know much about the case, but from what I understand is she killed somebody when she was 18.

I believe it involved torture, inflicting a slow painful death, and then post-murder weirdness, like a satanic ritual using body part or something?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 08:54 PM (rOKnE)

154 >>bakehouse = lakehouse

Darn

Posted by: Paul Hollywood at September 30, 2026 08:54 PM (rOKnE)

155 Well, my Astros are out. The future is bleak. I see a tear-down and several years in the wilderness.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (eRlcH)

Yes

Posted by: MAC V SOG at September 30, 2026 08:55 PM (P4Pk9)

156 There are whole urban neighborhoods that could hit with chemical weapons and no one would give a rat's hindquarters.

been done

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 30, 2026 08:55 PM (jrgJz)

157 Like I said, I don't know much about it. I only heard of it like super recently. I'm almost afraid to dig into it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

She and her co-defendant boyfriend were Satanists at the time. Now she's a Buddhist. She made a statement to the effect that she can't cooperate with her execution because execution is against her Buddhist beliefs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:56 PM (ndZc7)

158
Well, my Astros are out. The future is bleak. I see a tear-down and several years in the wilderness.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (eRlcH)

Yes
Posted by: MAC V SOG at September 30, 2026 08:55 PM (P4Pk9)

Rangers are out too.

Maybe Dime Box outta get an MLB team and show these losers how it's done.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:57 PM (YSUhf)

159 >>So the kids are sitting in a circle on the playground and my brother shows up. Bird sees neice, spreads his wings and flys right to her, lands in front of her and starts nuzzling her. Coolest kid in the school after that.

So cool!
Heck, I'm not a kid, and I am envious.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 08:57 PM (rOKnE)

160 Reminds me of a great meme: Live your life like an 8-year-old boy in a Batman costume.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at September 30, 2026 08:53 PM (0aYVJ)

Piss myself because I trick or treated too long and cry because my caramel popcorn balls got confiscated because everyone in authority is deathly afraid of razorblades that never materialize? It's a weird kink, but I aim to please.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 08:58 PM (jBygX)

161 Please, you're better at explaining jokes. Explain a knock-knock joke. That's more entertaining.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (YSUhf)

You do realize that means you are turning this into a Four Yorkshiremen sketch? "The young today . . . "

Or intentional hazing?

I would stick with the unintentional humor if I were you. It is a better look.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 08:59 PM (rbvCR)

162 >>She and her co-defendant boyfriend were Satanists at the time. Now she's a Buddhist. She made a statement to the effect that she can't cooperate with her execution because execution is against her Buddhist beliefs

That's convenient.

Unfortunately for her, I don't her cooperation is required.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 09:00 PM (viF8m)

163 WHITE Sox.

Hoochie mama!

Gonna go get black out drunk now in celebration.

Probably post some really dumb barely cogent stuff too. So not much different than any random day of the week.

Posted by: GigantorX at September 30, 2026 09:00 PM (PXkCx)

164 >>>Unless you can be Batman.

Then always be Batman.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
----

youtube.com/watch?v=GQsjBLPBB8M

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:01 PM (JS6jE)

165 Seems I've been banned, not sure why, as I've been posting some lately without any problem.

-
We saw what you did on a Flock camera.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:01 PM (ndZc7)

166
You do realize that means you are turning this into a Four Yorkshiremen sketch? "The young today . . . "

So, weird that you base your life philosophy and meaning around a Monty Python skit.

But, carry on. You do you.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:02 PM (YSUhf)

167 Just tell the psycho bitch to be "one" with the electric chair.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 09:02 PM (vE0+H)

168 Evenin’, All. Here’s a fun fact:

The Nahuatl (Aztec) word for “armadillo” is, literally, “turtle rabbit.”

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

169 It's one of those NRO editors, right?

@nypost 10s
Man nabbed by SWAT officers after planning 'violent attack' on Texas state capitol, authorites say

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 09:02 PM (nEUC6)

170 Pregnant woman? Will offer a seat. Healthy woman under 40?
Nope, I'm old now and tired of them wanting chivalry from men and none from them.

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at September 30, 2026 09:03 PM (qvwZI)

171 I learned something I didn't know from watching PBS. There are pens designed expressly for the left handed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:05 PM (ndZc7)

172
Evenin’, All. Here’s a fun fact:

The Nahuatl (Aztec) word for “armadillo” is, literally, “turtle rabbit.”
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

Turtle Rabbit would be a pretty cool sidekick for Batman.

Make it so, DC!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:05 PM (YSUhf)

173 156 There are whole urban neighborhoods that could hit with chemical weapons and no one would give a rat's hindquarters.
been done
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing
Posted by: what the cat drug
----

My recollection is that the whole row of houses were notorious.
Not is a good way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:07 PM (JS6jE)

174 I learned something I didn't know from watching PBS. There are pens designed expressly for the left handed.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:05 PM (ndZc7)

How the hell would that work?

I'm left-handed.

That's got to be a joke.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:07 PM (YSUhf)

175 So, weird that you base your life philosophy and meaning around a Monty Python skit.

But, carry on. You do you.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:02 PM (YSUhf)

I am not the one who got bent out of shape because I mentioned the Four Yorkshiremen sketch. You apparently are doing you, and if not, you apparently are practicing extra hard tonight to achieve it.

Here's a tip, stop engaging with me and I will not mention it again. Or keep being a clown so I can laugh.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 09:07 PM (rbvCR)

176 She and her co-defendant boyfriend were Satanists at the time. Now she's a Buddhist. She made a statement to the effect that she can't cooperate with her execution because execution is against her Buddhist beliefs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:56 PM (ndZc7)

That just cries out for a session in the electric chair: "Om mani padme (jailer throws switch) Hummm!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 09:09 PM (C6xWR)

177
Pregnant woman? Will offer a seat. Healthy woman under 40?
Nope, I'm old now and tired of them wanting chivalry from men and none from them.
Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at September 30, 2026 09:03 PM (qvwZI)

__________

Her Majesty and I were at a restaurant for breakfast and there was a wait. We fell in to chatting with another couple, also of age. All the chairs were taken in the waiting area.

Then a party of three who had been sitting were called. The ladies in our quartet sat down. The other gentleman and I both refused to take the third seat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:09 PM (eRlcH)

178 People like stories. That's one thing that makes us people. Giraffes don't care about stories, nor your cat. The stories can be real or made up, we don't care, we still like 'em.
Posted by: fd

My cat loves my stories. I have many of them to regale him with. None of them are lies.

Posted by: The Mind That Alters, Alters All at September 30, 2026 09:09 PM (Fn+3X)

179 I don't recall on this instance being asked for understanding or sympathy as a human, but being attacked for being in the socialist grouping "Boomers". Since I am not a socialist, that's offense two.

If asked, you might have found that I have both understanding and sympathy for young people today and their situation. But its easier to just lash out.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 08:40 PM (uhVAy)
------

I said "a significant portion of boomers" purposefully to not tar everyone with the same brush.

If you find yourself reflexively defending yourself against that statement, you're saying more than you're probably meaning to say.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:11 PM (oqH4h)

180 I am not the one who got bent out of shape because I mentioned the Four Yorkshiremen sketch. You apparently are doing you, and if not, you apparently are practicing extra hard tonight to achieve it.

Here's a tip, stop engaging with me and I will not mention it again. Or keep being a clown so I can laugh.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 09:07 PM (rbvCR)

Nah.

I shan't.

Again the yorkshireman joke is your thing. Not mine.

If some 50 year old skit is the apex of wit for you, please continue. Maybe you can dig up a Leave it to Beaver joke to base your philosophy around.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:11 PM (YSUhf)

181 Different states have different laws. Some states don't have a death penalty. Others do. A new law goes into effect tomorrow in Alabama that carries the death sentence for raping or other serious offensive acts on children twelve or younger. It's about time to get serious on these terrible people. They don't belong in society, they are evil.

Posted by: Case at September 30, 2026 09:11 PM (9+0gc)

182 How the hell would that work?

I'm left-handed.

That's got to be a joke.

Posted by: naturalfake

No, they're real. I don't know how well they work.

https://tinyurl.com/mwrcd2np

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:11 PM (ndZc7)

183 Well, my Astros are out. The future is bleak. I see a tear-down and several years in the wilderness.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'm not trying to be mean to you Hadrian, but the White Sox sort of got me back into baseball. All those 100 loss seasons with two of my kids living in Chicago, I just fell for them.

The Sox and Ohtani if I'm being honest. They got me back into baseball. And now there's going to be a lock out.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 09:11 PM (l26NL)

184 101 Then in the end you die and go to hell. So in summary, fuck it, who cares.
Posted by: Map of life

====

In the meantime, hockey season started!
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Stuck at work, so no hockey. (checks score of Pens game). 5-0, Penguins over the vile vermin from Philthy. Still 2nd period. Which give the Pens plenty of time to fritter away the game and lose in OT.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 30, 2026 09:11 PM (pLaQB)

185 Does Batman have to be Batman all the time? Sometimes he could be Bruce Wayne.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 09:12 PM (Cqx++)

186 Apparently you overlooked kindletot's and naturalflake's admonition.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:13 PM (JS6jE)

187 Also some boomers: "Stop spending your money on Starbucks and Netflix, losers!"

Without knowing literally a damned thing about anyone's personal financial situation. They could be living in a yurt eating nothing but instant ramen, but hey we had to endure Jimmy Carter so suck it up, pussies.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:13 PM (oqH4h)

188 An armadillo is kinda like an armored car, 'cept it's got feet instead.

Posted by: John Dawson, NRPS,1972 at September 30, 2026 09:13 PM (Fn+3X)

189 Eff that shit about giving up your seat for “ladies.”

Hey, toots, you got the vote. You can shuffle in the dust like the rest of us.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 09:13 PM (77rzZ)

190 Healthy woman under 40?
Nope, I'm old now and tired of them wanting chivalry from men and none from them.
Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me

Lately young women have been holding the door open for me if they get there first. I have grown old.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:14 PM (ktgTW)

191 I learned something I didn't know from watching PBS. There are pens designed expressly for the left handed.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:05 PM (ndZc7)

How the hell would that work?

I'm left-handed.

That's got to be a joke.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:07 PM (YSUhf)

I have a left-handed framing hammer, which I used when I was a field survey crewman. I also have a left-handed baseball bat, and left-handed eatin' irons.

But lefty scissors are of the devil.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:14 PM (0aYVJ)

192 I'm fairly ambidextrous, but writing left-handed was a bridge too far.
Mom was left handed. Wrote with the paper all whackadoodle.

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 09:14 PM (ZHRuH)

193 Recent article on how writing with your off hand will cause your brain to grow. I wrote a complete legible paragraph with my off hand. I feel better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:15 PM (JS6jE)

194 An armadillo is kinda like an armored car, 'cept it's got feet instead.
Posted by: John Dawson, NRPS,1972

Also, no machine gun ports.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:15 PM (ndZc7)

195 I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:15 PM (ktgTW)

196 If some 50 year old skit is the apex of wit for you, please continue. Maybe you can dig up a Leave it to Beaver joke to base your philosophy around.
Posted by: naturalfake

More lies. Any Leave it to Beaver joke is 63-69 years old.

Posted by: On Air 1957-1963 at September 30, 2026 09:16 PM (Fn+3X)

197 When I was in drafting school, they had left-hand adaptors for Leroy lettering kits. 'Twas shit. I just did Leroy lettering right handed. I also shoot right.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:17 PM (0aYVJ)

198 What if you're righty but crank your hog with your left? Does that count?

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:17 PM (oqH4h)

199 >At the same time, older people should try to muster up some measure of understanding and sympathy to facts on the ground that are markedly different to the ones they experienced at that age.-------

That doesn't help your argument at all. Life's core problems haven't really changed in over 5000 years.

And the American way is to tell whiners to suck it up and solve the problem instead of blaming others for it. That's why we remain the greatest country in the world and will continue to be so until we stop that attitude.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:17 PM (KC5Lt)

200
Recent article on how writing with your off hand will cause your brain to grow. I wrote a complete legible paragraph with my off hand. I feel better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:15 PM (JS6jE)

__________

Writing with the accustomed hand has become painful. Takes five minutes to make out the check for my Sunday offering.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:17 PM (eRlcH)

201 143 Well, my Astros are out. The future is bleak. I see a tear-down and several years in the wilderness.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

We live in the wilderness.
Posted by: Pittsburgh Pirates

But we finished above .500!! The ticker tape parade will be this Saturday in Uniontown, PA!! Come early!!

Posted by: Pittsburgh Pirates at September 30, 2026 09:17 PM (pLaQB)

202 If you find yourself reflexively defending yourself against that statement, you're saying more than you're probably meaning to say.

The problem is a significant number of the people tossing the accusation over and over and over and over are whiny little bitches who deserve the scorn they get. They have zero appreciation for what generations before them went through and don't care. They don't read books and get all their news from Tik Tok and are dumb as fuck. And they over generalize and never stop feeling sorry for themselves because they are little snowflakes that are the first generation that had to start with nothing and work for what they want in life.

I'm sorry if you think this applies to you. I said a significant number. If you think it applies to you well I didn't say that.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)

203 Recent article on how writing with your off hand will cause your brain to grow. I wrote a complete legible paragraph with my off hand. I feel better.

Posted by: Braenyard

I gotta ask... so if I jerk off with my left hand...

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 09:18 PM (ZHRuH)

204
An armadillo is kinda like an armored car, 'cept it's got feet instead.
Posted by: John Dawson, NRPS,1972

Bedrock National Bank

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 09:19 PM (Cqx++)

205 Without knowing literally a damned thing about anyone's personal financial situation. They could be living in a yurt eating nothing but instant ramen, but hey we had to endure Jimmy Carter so suck it up, pussies.

Posted by: ballistic
---

Rummages deeper in closet, picks up tan colored case, takes out gramp's silver trombone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeezCdF4mk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:19 PM (JS6jE)

206 I always find it funny that I can see a southpaw immediately. While rightys will pause, and then say, wait, you're lefthanded?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:19 PM (0aYVJ)

207 Bedrock National Bank
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That mastodon that used his trunk to squirt off Wilma in the shower had the best gig ever.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:20 PM (ktgTW)

208 >>>with my left hand...

Posted by: MkY
=---

There's only one way to find out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:21 PM (JS6jE)

209 Barney Rubble...what an actor!

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 09:21 PM (ZHRuH)

210 I thought the joke of the four yorkshiremen was the ever increasing absurdity of their claims.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 09:22 PM (vE0+H)

211 Yet another fun left-handed fact: Both my parents were right handed, but me, a sister and two brothers are left-handed.

Behold the supremacy of the Southern Paw.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:22 PM (0aYVJ)

212 That mastodon that used his trunk to squirt off Wilma in the shower had the best gig ever.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:20 PM (ktgTW)

Th part where he applied the body lotion was cut, because NSFW.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 09:22 PM (C6xWR)

213 Barney Rubble...what an actor!
Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 09:21 PM (ZHRuH)

Great movie. Last scene of Bill diving from the balcony makes me laugh just thinking about it.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:23 PM (KC5Lt)

214 Barney Rubble...what an actor!
Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 09:21 PM (ZHRuH)

Betty Boop, nice gams.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

215 Fuck Hitler

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:24 PM (0aYVJ)

216 Hi friends! What’s new?

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

217 That doesn't help your argument at all. Life's core problems haven't really changed in over 5000 years.

And the American way is to tell whiners to suck it up and solve the problem instead of blaming others for it. That's why we remain the greatest country in the world and will continue to be so until we stop that attitude.
Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:17 PM (KC5Lt)
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Very convenient that you cut off the part where I said younger people shouldn't be laying blame.

This is definitely the mark of someone making an earnest argument.

The American way is actually generational transfer of knowledge and lessons learned that have kept us in the driver's seat for so long, not looking at subsequent generations and saying "suck it up, buttercup."

Young people always have problems listening.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:25 PM (oqH4h)

218 I play hockey left handed and put my belt on like a left hander. I'm also left eyed dominant.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:26 PM (KC5Lt)

219 Left handedness throughout history is a fascinating subject.
Posted by: LTG

How gauche.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:27 PM (ktgTW)

220 It's okay guys, a newly-married couple with one income can easily save up the money to afford a down payment on a modest home in a decent area so they can start a family in 2026, if only they'd cancel Netflix and make coffee at home.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:27 PM (oqH4h)

221 And other things people who haven't been in the housing market in 70 years believe.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:28 PM (oqH4h)

222
Left handedness throughout history is a fascinating subject.
Posted by: LTG

__________

To begin with, we're higher on the evolutionary ladder than the common ruck of righties.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:28 PM (eRlcH)

223 Ima order a left handed pen. I had no idea that's how it worked. I though I was just right handed.

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 09:29 PM (MQYOv)

224 That mastodon that used his trunk to squirt off Wilma in the shower had the best gig ever.
Posted by: Tonypete

Ashley loved that thing!

Posted by: Joseph Robinette Something at September 30, 2026 09:29 PM (Fn+3X)

225 Young people always have problems listening.
----

Gaw this is tedious.

So to you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:30 PM (JS6jE)

226 Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:25 PM (oqH4h)

I didn't cut off anything. I was addressing the specific recommendation you made for more understanding.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:30 PM (KC5Lt)

227 Ima order a left handed pen. I had no idea that's how it worked. I though I was just right handed.
Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 09:29 PM (MQYOv)

Get the left-handed eraser, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 09:30 PM (C6xWR)

228 Oh. Well. We are hating on Boomers (no, I am not one), hating on women (praise the stars I live in the Deep South where manners matter and being polite is an Olympic event), and Tonypete is being hysterical. Awwww, home. 😊

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

229 __________

To begin with, we're higher on the evolutionary ladder than the common ruck of righties.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
---

Yar, right on the edge of evolution, one might say.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:31 PM (JS6jE)

230 I play hockey left handed and put my belt on like a left hander. I'm also left eyed dominant.
Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:26 PM (KC5Lt)

I bat left, throw left, but shoot right.

I put on my belt like the Army taught me. Also thread my shoelaces like what the Army taught me. I am also very aware of removing my cover when entering a building.

That's a different thing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

231 Sinister is a synonym for left-handedness.

Posted by: Right On! at September 30, 2026 09:31 PM (Fn+3X)

232 You know who else liked Olympic events?

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 09:31 PM (vE0+H)

233
I didn't cut off anything. I was addressing the specific recommendation you made for more understanding.
Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:30 PM (KC5Lt)
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Uh yeah hoss, you did. I said young people shouldn't blame, and you specifically ignored that part so you could get up on that high horse.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:32 PM (oqH4h)

234 Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:25 PM (oqH4h)

Calm down

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:32 PM (KC5Lt)

235 I guess y’all ate all the snacks, too?

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

236 Get the left-handed eraser, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I liked the left handed baseball bat mentioned earlier.

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 09:33 PM (ZHRuH)

237 Posted by: ballistic
~~~~~

Let it go. You're not winning the argument and you risk making yourself toxic at the HQ.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at September 30, 2026 09:33 PM (3ImbR)

238 Only the chocolate covered or sugary one's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:34 PM (JS6jE)

239 Gaw this is tedious.

So to you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:30 PM (JS6jE)
------
Cool man, go dig for another instrument. If you find a flugelhorn maybe give that a whirl and see if that's satisfying.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:34 PM (oqH4h)

240 Lets try to avoid any altercations here.

Posted by: davidt at September 30, 2026 09:34 PM (Q+gd/)

241 Mastodon.

Saw them open for Slayer many years ago. I briefly wondered why the roadies were suddenly playing the set list. Then I got it: good metal bands know their settings.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)

242 240 Lets try to avoid any altercations here.
Posted by: davidt at September 30, 202

I read that as alterations. Maybe I am tired. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

243 Let it go. You're not winning the argument and you risk making yourself toxic at the HQ.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at September 30, 2026 09:33 PM (3ImbR)
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Bro I don't fucking care. I started off on a level and conciliatory note. If people get their hackles up and want to come at me for some perceived slight, that's on them.

"Making myself toxic" lmao fucking lefty talk

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 09:36 PM (oqH4h)

244 Lets try to avoid any altercations here.
Posted by: davidt

The tailor shop in my old neighborhood was a tough place. After you bought a suit you always had to stay for altercations. Fisticuffs would break out almost immediately.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:37 PM (ktgTW)

245 240 Lets try to avoid any altercations here.
Posted by: davidt

Give Peas a Chance!

Posted by: Piper's Ghost at September 30, 2026 09:37 PM (Fn+3X)

246
Lets try to avoid any altercations here.
Posted by: davidt at September 30, 2026 09:34 PM (Q+gd/)

___________

*body flies through plate glass window*
*bottle broken over head*
*collapsing balcony*
*dancing girls squealing in terror*
*someone sliding down bar*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:37 PM (eRlcH)

247 Hi friends! What’s new?
Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

Apparently I am significant!

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 09:38 PM (rbvCR)

248 The tailor shop in my old neighborhood was a tough place. After you bought a suit you always had to stay for altercations. Fisticuffs would break out almost immediately.
Posted by: Tonypete

=====

It almost works in Emily Latella Voice

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 30, 2026 09:38 PM (4HoLg)

249 I dress ambidextrously.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 09:38 PM (wVcYX)

250 Visualize Whirled Peas

An Oldie, but a Goodie

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:38 PM (0aYVJ)

251 I read that as alterations. Maybe I am tired. 🤣

Posted by: Piper
---

Think I have a mellophonium way back in the back.
Maybe that will do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:39 PM (JS6jE)

252 Sinister is a synonym for left-handedness.
Posted by: Right On! at September 30, 2026 09:31 PM (Fn+3X)

How gauche

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 09:39 PM (rbvCR)

253 The tailor shop in my old neighborhood was a tough place. After you bought a suit you always had to stay for altercations. Fisticuffs would break out almost immediately.
Posted by: Tonypete

Excellent Three Stooges short in a tailor shop. The Steam Press was a highlight.

Posted by: Sing A Song of Six Pants (1947) at September 30, 2026 09:40 PM (Fn+3X)

254 247 Hi friends! What’s new?
Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

Apparently I am significant!

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026

Well of course you are! Was that a question?

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

255 "Making myself toxic" lmao fucking lefty talk

Posted by: ballistic
---

It is a full moon isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:41 PM (JS6jE)

256 *body flies through plate glass window*
*bottle broken over head*
*collapsing balcony*
*dancing girls squealing in terror*
*someone sliding down bar*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:37 PM (eRlcH)

*horns toot all over the place*

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

257 Think I have a mellophonium way back in the back.
Maybe that will do it.
Posted by: Braenyard

One of my gal pals, a former professional flautist, showed me a contra-alto flute. I had no idea that those even existed.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:42 PM (ktgTW)

258 Just for nothing, the UGA student who fell out of her 8th story apartment window but survived is a super hottie.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:43 PM (KC5Lt)

259
*horns toot all over the place*
Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

___________

*piano player continues unconcernedly*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:43 PM (eRlcH)

260 That old wive's tale said the Soviets used left handed pencils.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 09:45 PM (Cqx++)

261 One of my gal pals, a former professional flautist, showed me a contra-alto flute. I had no idea that those even existed.
Posted by: Tonypete

Nice, but the Schaum Flotte girls interested me the most.

Posted by: Skin To Win! at September 30, 2026 09:45 PM (Fn+3X)

262 Well of course you are! Was that a question?
Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

Well, not to my 'other.

I made her a sort of potato chowder for dinner, and a lovely loaf of bread. And an apple crisp. She ate half the loaf of bread, which surprised both of us.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 09:45 PM (rbvCR)

263 256 *body flies through plate glass window*
*bottle broken over head*
*collapsing balcony*
*dancing girls squealing in terror*
*someone sliding down bar*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:37 PM (eRlcH)

*horns toot all over the place*
Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

*rapes someone, but not in a gay way, just to show dominance*

Posted by: Graham Platner at September 30, 2026 09:45 PM (8vyLI)

264 Just for nothing, the UGA student who fell out of her 8th story apartment window but survived is a super hottie.
Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:43 PM (KC5Lt)

Air bags save lives!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 09:46 PM (C6xWR)

265 *piano player continues unconcernedly*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 09:43 PM (eRlcH)

*siger looks about concernedly*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

266 Once had a guy convinced his pool playing sucked because left handed cue.

Posted by: davidt at September 30, 2026 09:46 PM (Q+gd/)

267 *chugs beer*
*smashes mug on the floor*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 09:47 PM (xxBSa)

268 Left-handed 10mm sockets are hard to find.

Posted by: Gref at September 30, 2026 09:48 PM (5rh/l)

269 Just for nothing, the UGA student who fell out of her 8th story apartment window but survived is a super hottie.
Posted by: polynikes

. . . fell while dancing on a sofa.

This gal will never have to buy her own White Claws ever again.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:48 PM (ktgTW)

270 Singer!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 09:48 PM (zZu0s)

271 Ned Flanders owned a Left Handed store called Leftorium.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:48 PM (KC5Lt)

272 Just for nothing, the UGA student who fell out of her 8th story apartment window but survived is a super hottie.
Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026

There is something about Athens! 😉

Posted by: Piper at September 30, 2026 09:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

273 Ned Flanders owned a Left Handed store called Leftorium.
Posted by: polynikes

Probably right next to the Scotch Tape store.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:50 PM (ktgTW)

274 I haven't looked at any cafe videos this week. I have now three days' worth in a separate window. I'll get around to 'em before Friday. Probably.

Unless I use a tedious program like xvideoviewer or whatever, which involves several clicks, I just open the link to X… where I can't watch in fullscreen and have to scroll up a bit to access unmute. Also tedious.

So, I keep thinking I'll give in and join the X. I just don't like to let the richest man in the world jerk me around. I'm funny like that.

But, but, Ace's cute li'l' animules!

Posted by: mindful webworker - we'll always have ~~twitter~~ at September 30, 2026 09:51 PM (xRCm7)

275 There are 2 kinds of left-handed, those who curl their hand around and write sort of underneath it, and those who hold their hand underneath. We use opposite sides of the brain. I'm in the second category. Also cross dominance, so my hand-eye coordination is poor. The only sports I've ever enjoyed were swimming and skiing. No hand-eye coordination required.

Posted by: Wenda at September 30, 2026 09:51 PM (a4+G3)

276 You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 09:52 PM (viF8m)

277 I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 09:52 PM (2Ez/1)

278 You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench

Posted by: JackStraw

What would be the use of that? Aren't almost all monkeys right-handed?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:52 PM (ktgTW)

279 277 I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Dude - #195!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:53 PM (ktgTW)

280 It's not easy being left-stumped.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 30, 2026 09:54 PM (Q+gd/)

281 Apparently, Christa Pike is still alive 2 hours after her execution began? According to her lawyers?

Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 09:54 PM (EiUt/)

282 >>What would be the use of that? Aren't almost all monkeys right-handed?

You wouldn't understand. It's a boomer thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 09:54 PM (viF8m)

283
I have ambidextrous eyes.

It's called mono vision. One eye is far-sighted and the other is near-sighted.

Basically how it works is depending on whether I'm looking at something close or far my brain switches dominance to the appropriate eye.

Very useful esp if your a doc or dentist.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:54 PM (YSUhf)

284 You know the one thing we need is a left-hand monkey wrench

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 09:52 PM (viF8m)

My King Dick wrench is ambidextrous.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 09:55 PM (C6xWR)

285 I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Dude - #195!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:53 PM (ktgTW)

It's an ambidextrous joke as 195 said left arm.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 09:56 PM (KC5Lt)

286 My daughter does everything right-handed except batting. She had a killer lefty Darryl Strawberry swing from age 2. Her brother is 5 years older and we played wiffle ball in the backyard nearly every day, so she idolized him.
She was the very first girl to play in the local little league here and was better than nearly every pitcher in the league.
When she was a high school senior, a boy walked up to her in school and asked if she remembered him. She said, "yeah, Odom, right"? He said Yeah, you struck me out in Little League.
Age 13 on she wanted to play softball with the girls. She became an Army captain after college, went to Afghanistan, and now works for Lockheed-Martin in their satellite division.

Posted by: She's Pretty Awesome at September 30, 2026 09:56 PM (Fn+3X)

287 279 277 I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Dude - #195!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:53 PM

Heh.
Just got here.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 09:56 PM (2Ez/1)

288 My King Dick wrench is ambidextrous.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 09:55 PM (C6xWR)

Please! There are ladies present!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 09:57 PM (zZu0s)

289 281 Apparently, Christa Pike is still alive 2 hours after her execution began? According to her lawyers?

Posted by: jen the original
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People of left and right on the streets of San Francisco OD with absolutely no pain and with minimal cost but the government must spend thousands of dollars for a system that lends itself to failure.
_Government Illustrated

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 09:57 PM (JS6jE)

290 There was a basketball player who said being able to dibble with both hands made a player amphibious.

Posted by: LTG at September 30, 2026 09:57 PM (TbEIY)

291 Apparently, Christa Pike is still alive 2 hours after her execution began? According to her lawyers?
Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 09:54 PM (EiUt/)

Of course they're going to claim that. Their pay stops when she does.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 09:57 PM (C6xWR)

292 One of my gal pals, a former professional flautist, showed me a contra-alto flute. I had no idea that those even existed.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 09:42 PM (ktgTW)
~~~~~

Choir lady told me I was a contralto. Then said she didn't know what to do with me, "Stand over there for now."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at September 30, 2026 09:58 PM (3ImbR)

293 Not sure I would call myself ambidextrous, but I do a lot of things righty, especially shooting. Living in a right-handed world requires it, really. *glances at standard transmission truck*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 09:59 PM (0aYVJ)

294 You know, there is not much resisting a .30-06 to the chest. Just saying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 10:00 PM (zZu0s)

295 >>>I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

>>> I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Someone ought to notify Dr. Frankenstein.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at September 30, 2026 10:00 PM (3ImbR)

296 >>Choir lady told me I was a contralto. Then said she didn't know what to do with me, "Stand over there for now."

Choir teacher in grammar school told me I was a sucko.

Told me to stand with Jugdish and Mohamed and just mouth the words. That was hurtful.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 10:00 PM (viF8m)

297 Christa Gail Pike was sentenced to death in 1996.

Turns out that was 30 years ago.

Posted by: Person with a calendar at September 30, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)

298 Pike has had two separate doses of phenobarbital and according to USA today, the state of TN does not have a protocol for the condemned who don't die after the second dose.

Hard to imagine the state can't manage an euthanasia better than this.

Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM (EiUt/)

299 Apparently, Christa Pike is still alive 2 hours after her execution began? According to her lawyers?
Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 09:54 PM (EiUt/)

Arrgghh! Just fire a round into her head. a whole dollar spent (if that)

What is her method of execution? Licked to death by puppies?

The fuck!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 10:03 PM (0aYVJ)

300 Why not anesthesia and then an over dose of fentanyl? People are dropping left and right from fentanyl.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 10:03 PM (KC5Lt)

301
Hard to imagine the state can't manage an euthanasia better than this.
Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 10:02 PM (EiUt/)

____________

We've seen all too many of our dogs through The Last Gift of Love and it's always gone off very peacefully. Maybe they should get a vet. Or someone from Canada.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 10:05 PM (eRlcH)

302 Seriously, have her chug a fifth of Wild Turkey.

The fuck. We once knew how to execute murderers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 10:05 PM (0aYVJ)

303 One of Pike's lawyers is driving an emergency appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Says she needs "medical care".

Posted by: jen the original at September 30, 2026 10:07 PM (EiUt/)

304 LAST!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

305 New NOOD ONT

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=421547

Posted by: mindful webworker - dutifully at September 30, 2026 10:08 PM (xRCm7)

306 That was hurtful.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 10:00 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Whaddya expect?! Listen to the Dead all your life, and of course you're going to end up sounding like Jerry Garcia.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at September 30, 2026 10:08 PM (3ImbR)

307 Never understood why we don't just go to the evidence locker and get a dose of Fent that would down a bull elephant and spike the condemned with it.

It's more than they deserve.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:08 PM (oqH4h)

308 Posted by: She's Pretty Awesome

That’s really cool. Good job!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 10:08 PM (yEz+x)

309 What is her method of execution? Licked to death by puppies?

The fuck!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw from the Mountains at September 30, 2026 10:03 PM

Wasn't the execution halted?

Posted by: LTG at September 30, 2026 10:09 PM (TbEIY)

310 >>Whaddya expect?! Listen to the Dead all your life, and of course you're going to end up sounding like Jerry Garcia.

Et tu, nurse?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

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Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration voted Tuesday to designate the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and approximately 90 other groups as domestic terrorist groups.
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The vote comes after Texas and Florida labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations last year, which forbids both organizations and their affiliates from purchasing or acquiring land in the states and allows increased enforcement against the groups.
Florida on Tuesday expanded the designation to include the domestic terrorist group label and also labeled al-Qaeda, the Houthis and the Continuity Irish Republican Army as foreign terrorist organizations.
Florida also now considers Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, two Mexican drug cartels and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as foreign terrorist organizations, according to CBS News.
CAIR has since sued the state over the designation, accusing DeSantis of violating the First Amendment and the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
...
The designations will take effect Nov. 5, if no court strikes them down first.

That's the snag, isn't it?

This is how you do it: An entitled and violent asylum seeker (aren't they all) starts causing "chaos" at a Japanese airport and is deported that same day.

A judge has halted, for the moment, the communist jihadi's plan to tax so-called "pied-a-terre" residences in NYC.

If you remember, Mamdani sent out demands to everyone who owned a home valued at $1 million or more, despite his confiscatory tax only applying to homes valued at $5 million or more. He also sent these demands to people whose NYC homes are their primary homes, not secondary residences or pied-a-terres.

His intent was maximum intimidation. He's a communist like Hasan Piker who wants "capitalist blood running in the streets."

The judge did not block his tax itself, but he demanded Mamdani stop and re-do his intimidating demands sent out to everyone with a pricey apartment.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plans to charge wealthy out-of-towners with a new tax were dealt a blow on Tuesday after a state judge ordered the administration to redo its rollout.
The ruling by state Supreme Court judge Wayne M. Ozzi sided with a group of homeowners who claimed the tax unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state property owners, impedes interstate commerce and retroactively creates tax liabilities for co-op boards because of actions by their shareholders.
In the ruling, Ozzi said "homeowners are being substantially harmed and penalized needlessly" by the city's new tax on second homes in New York City valued at more than $5 million.
He ordered the administration to remove the current list of property owners to whom the tax won't apply and replace it with one listing only those who will be subject to the tax.

The wack-a-doo communist BLM revolutionary running as the Democrat for the open Florida senate seat raised money for a supposedly BLM cause and then, get this, no seriously you'll never believe this, can't account for where the money went.

Hard to believe, right? Must be racism.

A charity controlled by Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon raised more than $270,000 in 2024, tax-exempt funds that Nixon said she would use to support Cafe Resistance, the black power-themed bookstore and coffee shop she was launching in Jacksonville. But when Nixon opened the shop that same year, she placed it under the control of her for-profit LLC, and whatever became of the charitable fortune she raised in 2024 is now a mystery.

I think I can solve this mystery. The money went were all BLM "charity fundraising" money goes.

The IRS deadline for Nixon to report what she did with the money she raised in 2024 expired nearly a year ago. A Florida state disclosure she did make said she spent the majority of her charity's haul, $214,000, on "other."

I spent 83% of the charitable tax-free money I raised on "other," your honor.

I blow through a lot of "other" in a month.

And ever since Nixon opened Cafe Resistance--a squat, cinderblock building in a downtrodden part of town that appeared, to a Washington Free Beacon reporter on multiple visits, to operate on a shoestring--her personal income has skyrocketed. This has led legal and tax experts consulted by the Free Beacon to question whether the Florida Democratic Socialist could be exploiting her charity to funnel funds to her personal LLC in violation of nonprofit laws.

Can I answer?

Unanswered questions include how much of the $270,000 raised in 2024 Nixon actually spent on charitable endeavors at her ramshackle bookstore, and how she is spending the charitable donations she continues to raise for race-related "programming" at her store, such as black history classes and the distribution of free contraceptives. Nixon should have answered these questions nearly a year ago on a Form 990 tax return with the IRS by November of 2025, which would have offered a full accounting of her charity's activities in the 2024 calendar year, but she never did.
The Free Beacon contacted Nixon and her campaign on September 25 with a lengthy list of questions related to her charity and LLC, both of which she named the Moxie Group. Nixon did not respond to the inquiry; however, that same day, the Florida Department of State dissolved the Moxie charity as a business entity, and by the afternoon of Sept. 26, the charity--which allegedly "works to empower and uplift underserved and underrepresented communities," according to Nixon's charitable solicitations--had shut down its online fundraising portal, which had been active and soliciting tax-exempt funds the previous day. The Moxie charity's solicitation license in Florida expired January 28, and the Florida Department of Agriculture is now reviewing whether the charity solicited contributions while unregistered, said Aaron Keller, the department's communications director.
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"If the IRS were to determine she is benefiting personally from the charity, its exemption could be revoked and she may have personal tax liability," Sternal added.
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The separation between Nixon's charity and LLC in the operation of her Cafe Resistance bookstore has often been nonexistent. The email address her charity uses in its disclosures to the Florida Department of Agriculture, for example, is the same email address the bookstore uses to solicit bookings for birthday parties and private events, the revenue from which Nixon's for-profit LLC presumably collects.
Nixon's charity and LLC are both corporations, and corporations are generally prohibited from providing event space to political campaigns for free, unless they have a practice of regularly providing their spaces to outside groups for free, according to the Federal Election Commission.

I know some of you are suspicious that she launched a fake charity just to line her own pockets. I'm sorry that you are such Huge Racists. Anti-racists avoid the truth at all costs and deploy socially-promoted lies.

"Genius" prosecutor who was trying to put the current President in prison all of a sudden can't answer basic questions about his investigation or his methods. pic.twitter.com/rINqd10vlZ
— MAZE (@mazemoore) September 30, 2026

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: AG Todd Blanche just caught activist judges in Minnesota improperly running to the New York Times and fake news to TRASH ICE enforcement during ongoing cases -- and he's filing judicial misconduct complaints with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
"ALL BUT ONE" judge in the District of Minnesota.
Absolutely unbelievable! They should all be IMPEACHED!
"These judges talk to the media or at least to the New York Times about cases some of which are ongoing in a matter that the Department views as a clear violation of their ethical duties."
"Specifically, the former Chief Judge spoke on the record to the New York Times about the immigration surge late last year and early this year in Minneapolis."
We have a SERIOUS rogue judge problem in the US.
It's time for the House to fire up impeachments. Clean house, end the judicial coup and keep deporting!

Video here.

CNN is granted access inside an immigration court hearing where dozens of children facing deportation, some as young as three years old, appealed to stay in the United States. Many of them facing the judge without an attorney representing them. pic.twitter.com/3SZselDAbq
— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN) September 29, 2026

Stephen Miller
@StephenM
Large swaths of corporate media exist at this point primarily to propagandize and radicalize subsets of the population into supporting the liquidation of national sovereignty. Willfully omitted by the CNN propagandists is that these are minors who cartels have recently tried to smuggle across the Southwest Border but who were rescued by Border Patrol. These minors will now be safely and humanely reunited with their families by dedicated public servants who have devoted their lives to combatting child trafficking. It is because of the efforts of these public servants that there is no longer a raging UAC ("unaccompanied alien child") catastrophe -- the Trump Administration swiftly, urgently and righteously ended the child trafficking nightmare.
Between ten to twenty thousand children a MONTH were successfully smuggled by cartels into the US under Biden, who worked with taxpayer NGOs to deliver the smuggled children to unknown adults in the US, whereupon they disappeared. The NGOs then submitted knowingly fraudulent asylum claims to try to keep the children from ever going home or seeing their families again.
These same Democrat-NGO networks for cartels were also ruthlessly exploited by TDA and MS-13 to insert gang members into the United States and violent criminals into our high schools (automatically allowed in merely by claiming to be 17), subjecting innocent American children to unspeakable horrors.
It was one of the darkest of many dark chapters of the Biden era. The Trump Administration put the child traffickers out of business and CNN considers this a great tragedy to be urgently reversed. New depths of "journalistic" depravity and immortality.

The left-wing media immediately trumpets the claims of far-left open borders organizations, but meanwhile cannot trust the word of "far-right" Israeli politicians about the terrorist attempt to crash the plane they were are.

After all, he might have just had a "mental health issue." He may have just been attempting suicide.

Suicide, with 150+ unwilling co-participants.

According to The New York Times, hijacking a plane full of people of a very specific identity and trying to crash it into the ground is not necessarily terrorism, and it can be chalked up to a mental health issue.

Real winners over there. pic.twitter.com/2xQm9dFJAg
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) September 30, 2026

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
NY Times is now in FULL damage control mode after they were called out for referring to the stabbing of an airplane captain and an attempted hijacking by the co-pilot as an "altercation."
Their excuse is that they aren't "activists and partisans."
Pathetic

LOL. They sure are quick to trumpet all of the nonsense claims of Democrats, open borders NGOs, and Hamas.

But here, they're taking a cautious approach because they're not "activists and partisans."

I keep hearing about young women who reinterpret past sexual experiences as nonconsensual. I think they�re treating the discomfort they feel about the experience as evidence something was done wrong to them.

Something was done wrong to you, by you. That feeling is called regret. https://t.co/MgfVDmtwDc
— Christina Buttons (@buttonslives) September 30, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 Otters called

Posted by: SciVo at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (ke3zm)

2 Hello.

Posted by: Case at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (9+0gc)

3 OT: today I learnt about something called "datura". also something something The Hat Man, journeys through hell and a week long vacation from reality.
youtu.be/zWyrdTl47sM
So a video game developer recommended adding this plant medicine to a booze cocktail, and got called on it. Several commenters complained You're Not The Boss Of Me.

Posted by: datura is baaad, mkayy at September 30, 2026 06:35 PM (88C+u)

4 I could have been first but I was holding hands with my otter.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:36 PM (MWfyi)

5 Bet they all preach how to overun the country

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 06:37 PM (Ia/+0)

6 It seems the Islamists cause a whole lot of problems. What we need is another Hammer to come along, and I don't mean MC.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)

7 It seems the Islamists cause a whole lot of problems. What we need is another Hammer to come along, and I don't mean MC.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)
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Although, MC would be a fun start

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 06:39 PM (kOzmw)

8 I could have been first but I was holding hands with my otter.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:36 PM (MWfyi)

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:39 PM (ExV1e)

9 ...Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon...
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Say it with me kids...a "Fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 06:39 PM (TN0g+)

10 The wack-a-doo communist BLM revolutionary running as the Democrat for the open Florida senate seat raised money for a supposedly BLM cause and then, get this, no seriously you'll never believe this, can't account for where the money went.

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"That would be ... up the nose, Bob!"

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 06:39 PM (fTvJp)

11 "After all, he might have just had a "mental health issue."

He does have a mental health issue. How it is dealt with is the problem.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:39 PM (MWfyi)

12 World Wars I and II were just serial altercations.

Posted by: CNN at September 30, 2026 06:40 PM (Fn+3X)

13 This "racist" thing. I've heard all of it I can stand. We(all humans) are a little bit tribal, and that's a GOOD thing.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 30, 2026 06:40 PM (T5g+F)

14 datura, lol

Posted by: Zombie Billy Mays at September 30, 2026 06:41 PM (VyBeY)

15 We have a SERIOUS rogue judge problem in the US.

It's time for the House to fire up impeachments. Clean house, end the judicial coup and keep deporting!

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"DENIED!"

/US District Clown Judge Bozoberg, de facto Emperor of the USA

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 06:41 PM (fTvJp)

16 We may never know the motives of that shabby Omani pilot.

Reminds me of the time I had insomnia and caught the live reporter on the jihadi bombing of the Brussels airport. They replayed the security footage, where you could clearly hear “Ally Ackbar!!” a second before the BOOMS, all while the chyron below it read something like “ Airport explosions - police say motive unknown.”

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:41 PM (4KUe5)

17 What if it had been Lindsay Clancy that tried to crash that plane? Can't you understand what that poor woman must have been going thru?

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:42 PM (MWfyi)

18 Ace , I think your referring to Erin Burnett as a "pie eating machine" caused her to diet. Now she should work on bit being an idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 06:42 PM (jivel)

19 $270K don't go as far as it used to.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 06:42 PM (LHPAg)

20 6 It seems the Islamists cause a whole lot of problems. What we need is another Hammer to come along, and I don't mean MC.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)

Imagine a life without Islam
https://tinyurl.com/7rvaapn9

Posted by: Gref at September 30, 2026 06:43 PM (5rh/l)

21 From the last one:

So they're publishing this finding -- Muslim refugees down 96% under Trump -- as a primal scream.

But all right-thinking people think: This is what I fucking voted for.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:35 PM

That's fantastic news!

Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/byEGjLU2egA

Is there an American Amelia?

Choking Fox - Sun All Year Round (Remigration Farewell) [Amelia Meme Song]
https://youtu.be/hSm3zQG5K2g

Though I suppose we would need about a dozen Amelias...

Geography by Geoff - Why The US Is Really 12 Nations (Not 50 States)
https://youtu.be/U2eTN6yDRGE

(I haven't actually watched that last one yet -- it's on The List -- so tell me if it sucks.)

Posted by: SciVo at September 30, 2026 06:43 PM (ke3zm)

22 I skipped the Cornell thread earlier, but let me tell you all what happened.

This woman was a willing participant.
Then she saw the "free pussy at delta house" tweet someone sent out that night, and realized she fucked up.

Then her family and friends saw that tweet.

Everyone involved needs to be shamed out of polite society.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:43 PM (b//Sn)

23 It's kind of crazy how in the 1990s women on campus were demanding the right to sleep with their profs because they were adults, and then began accusing their hookups of "emotional manipulation" and said that they couldn't REALLY give consent and then all college sex was rape but THEN it was perfectly okay for a man to get naked in the women's locker room and masturbate and if you had a problem YOU WERE THE PROBLEM.

Maybe don't sleep around so much before you decided you want to get married.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:43 PM (ZOv7s)

24 Millions are raised for politicians then it disappears into pockets

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

25 **** Immigration judge rules that Trump may deport the leader of a large mosque due to national security concerns.
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Now, do the rest of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:44 PM (JS6jE)

26 Sean Parnell
@SeanParnellASW
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2h
Today, at Secretary Hegseth’s direction, the Department of War is announcing FORTRESS America—a national insurance policy for the American homeland.

Every major military installation in America will generate its own power.

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That Hegseth guy seems alright.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:45 PM (ExV1e)

27 ...religion of peace...

Posted by: George Bush at September 30, 2026 06:45 PM (Wt1Rs)

28 3 yrs old and representing themselves. Precocious!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 06:46 PM (NnhvP)

29 Read the account of the attempted hijacking over at HA. Best part is that a maintenance man who had no flight training helped to charge the cockpit and bring the attacker down. The pilot had been stabbed and was bleeding, so they pulled him out of the cockpit. The plane was still in a steep dive, and he was for the moment alone in the cockpit.

This is the best part:

"Hayoun then returned to the cockpit. “I went back to the controls and pulled back on the yoke, because there was no one left in the cockpit,” he said.

I asked him how he had known what to do. “I had seen Air Crash Investigation on TV,” he told me, laughing. “I pulled back on the controls, and then another pilot came in and said he was taking control of the aircraft.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 06:46 PM (ioK7j)

30 Fortress America. Sounds like Festung America . He's a Nazi

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (jivel)

31 $270K don't go as far as it used to.
Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 06:42 PM (LHPAg)
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That, too, is all the fault of OrangeManBad.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (FZ29D)

32 I have a crush on Smotrich.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (QwZKw)

33 Maybe don't sleep around so much before you decided you want to get married.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:43 PM (ZOv7s)

I've noted a few cases of OnlyFans ho's who go find a Christian pastor and become insta-tradwifes.

Posted by: and they're still online at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (88C+u)

34 12 World Wars I and II were just serial altercations.
Posted by: CNN

A slight continuation of politics by other means.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (Y8DZL)

35 Everyone involved needs to be shamed out of polite society.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:43 PM (b//Sn)
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You're going to be shocked to learn that during the campus rape hysteria, there was a piece of demographic information that the DEI police tried mightily to hide: the race of the parties involved.

I'm sure we are all shocked to find that white women disproportionately accused black men of rape. Oh, and get this - it was skewed to high-status athletes. A bunch of the cases were girls who had their MRS Degree guy lined up, cheated on him at a party and got found out.

Michigan State had a woman accuse a football player, who was investigated and acquitted, and then the harridans demanded he by lynched er, I mean punished anyway, so he was, his career was destroyed, and he sued the university and got millions and then she sued because he got paid and she needed money, too. What a shitshow that was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

36 Fortress America. Sounds like Festung America . He's a Nazi
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (jivel)

FORTRESS stands for: Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply, and Survivability.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)

37 Immigration judge rules that Trump may deport the leader of a large mosque due to national security concerns.
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Now, do the rest of them.
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If those Flock cameras aren't going to be destroyed--put them to good use and deport anyone whose car ever visited a mosque.

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 06:48 PM (TN0g+)

38 FORTRESS stands for: Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply, and Survivability.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)
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An acronym brought to you by the same people that came up with Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division (S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 06:50 PM (FZ29D)

39 Fortress America. Sounds like Festung America . He's a Nazi
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (jivel)
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Milton Bradley should sue for trademark infringement. It was a fun game and I still have it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:50 PM (ZOv7s)

40 "According to The New York Times, hijacking a plane full of people of a very specific identity and trying to crash it into the ground is not necessarily terrorism, and it can be chalked up to a mental health issue."

Yes, same for all the suicide bombers and those that drive vehicles through crowds ... just mental health cases that tried to end their misery. The "I stand with Clancey" crowd would wholeheartedly agree with that opinion.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 06:50 PM (vbXSk)

41 This "racist" thing. I've heard all of it I can stand. We(all humans) are a little bit tribal, and that's a GOOD thing.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

Most racism is just pattern recognition. Stereo types are earned, not awarded. Every east Asian country is ten times as overtly racist as anyone around here.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 06:50 PM (l26NL)

42 I really hope the bases are going to use Small Modular Reactors - that would be a great way to jump start the technology.

Test reactors are already being built, they're past the theoretical stage.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 06:51 PM (ioK7j)

43 And ever since Nixon opened Cafe Resistance--a squat, cinderblock building in a downtrodden part of town that appeared, to a Washington Free Beacon reporter on multiple visits, to operate on a shoestring--her personal income has skyrocketed. This has led legal and tax experts consulted by the Free Beacon to question whether the Florida Democratic Socialist could be exploiting her charity to funnel funds to her personal LLC in violation of nonprofit laws.

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"the downtrodden part of town"

Who runs that part of town that downtrods this poor woman? Who has run it for the last, oh, century??

One wonders.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)

44 Michigan State had a woman accuse a football player, who was investigated and acquitted, and then the harridans demanded he by lynched er, I mean punished anyway, so he was, his career was destroyed, and he sued the university and got millions and then she sued because he got paid and she needed money, too. What a shitshow that was.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Dude...

-Mel Tucker, at a location unspecified to Eaton County Courts

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 06:52 PM (Y8DZL)

45 I've noted a few cases of OnlyFans ho's who go find a Christian pastor and become insta-tradwifes.
Posted by: and they're still online at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (88C+u)
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We all hope for redemption and it can happen that someone who intends to fake it actually fakes themselves into it.

But I cannot ignore that both Candace and Milo had very high-profile conversions to the Catholic faith and that acted like rat bastards. I think they assumed the Catholic thing would bring them a new following and it wasn't enough, so the went the other way.

Who knows, but prayers for both of them. They need it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:52 PM (ZOv7s)

46 The Iranian Guard has endorsed the Democrats.

Death to America = Vote Democrat. I really can't argue with that.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 06:53 PM (l26NL)

47 I really hope the bases are going to use Small Modular Reactors - that would be a great way to jump start the technology.

Test reactors are already being built, they're past the theoretical stage.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 06:51 PM (ioK7j)

Space probes use bits of radioactive stuff to generate heat that is used to provide power for decades long space missions. Not much reason this couldn't be used for other uses, and no chance of a chain reaction.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)

48 Oh, and get this - it was skewed to high-status athletes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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"you can just grab them by the pussy!"

It's funny because Trump's quote was really a statement of shock at the low morals of so many women. Yet it got inverted. The world turned upside down.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:54 PM (b//Sn)

49 Dude...

-Mel Tucker, at a location unspecified to Eaton County Courts
Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 06:52 PM (Y8DZL)
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Tucker was an idiot. He had a clause in his contract that said no hanky-panky at work. The chick was also stupid, because when it leaked, post-Nassar MSU wasn't going to play games and just fired his ass, which also removed their liability.

So then she sued him (knowing he had the text messages showing it was consensual) and now she gets bupkis AND destroyed her lucrative lecture circuit business.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

50 I do not recall

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 06:55 PM (vE0+H)

51 "ALL BUT ONE" judge in the District of Minnesota.

Absolutely unbelievable! They should all be IMPEACHED!
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Fool, they have no shame, jail them. They will feel that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:56 PM (JS6jE)

52 Most racism is just pattern recognition. Stereo types are earned, not awarded. Every east Asian country is ten times as overtly racist as anyone around here.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 06:50 PM (l26NL)

The fun part is they have entirely different races to do - Chinese versus Koreans vs Japanese vs Indonesian vs Viets.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

53 The wack-a-doo communist BLM revolutionary running as the Democrat for the open Florida senate seat raised money for a supposedly BLM cause and then, get this, no seriously you'll never believe this, can't account for where the money went.

https://youtu.be/-WCFUGCOLLU

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:58 PM (l3cgK)

54 See ya goat bumper.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 30, 2026 06:58 PM (6VKbU)

55 Humper stupid ass spell ck

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 30, 2026 06:59 PM (6VKbU)

56 OT

I think a lot of the boomer hate is envy - they grew up before the herpes/aids scares. They lived in safe neighborhoods and good schools and clean streets. They drove cool cars.

I feel that. I grew up at the peak of the scares, cars were econobox crap, and no jobs after graduation. But I didn't blame the boomers.

The problems come from the "greatest generation" that came back from the war and figured they would do all kinds of crazy stuff hear in pursuit of utopia. The GGs were in charge until Clinton, and by then it was already fuck -- it had to be fucked or a scumbag like him and manbearchakra would never have gotten elected.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:59 PM (b//Sn)

57 >>18 Ace , I think your referring to Erin Burnett as a "pie eating machine" caused her to diet. Now she should work on bit being an idiot

glad I could help.

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 06:59 PM (1wjle)

58 Fortress America. Sounds like Festung America . He's a Nazi
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 06:47 PM (jivel)
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Milton Bradley should sue for trademark infringement. It was a fun game and I still have it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:50 PM (ZOv7s)

I have an old SPI game "Invasion America" where the Chinese invade the West, Euro-Commies from Cuba using hovercraft, and South Americans up Central America. It was a blast.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:59 PM (uhVAy)

59 I rate this as 2.5 "Yikes on Bikes!" and one "Yeech on a Beach".

Posted by: Yikes On Bikes at September 30, 2026 06:59 PM (V362x)

60 Judge Boasberg is the kind of leftist that makes up law as he sees fit. He is the go to judge for the socialists to make a ruling. Never should have been put on the bench in the first place.

Posted by: Case at September 30, 2026 07:00 PM (9+0gc)

61 Something was done wrong to you, by you. That feeling is called regret.

_____________________

Hey, GROK....can self-important narcissits experience regret?

GROK: Yes, individuals with narcissistic personality traits or disorder can experience regret, but it is self-focused and shallow rather than genuine remorse for hurting others.

(and, there you go)

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 07:00 PM (dIske)

62 I think the Omani might have srewed up, He's now in Saudi Arabia, not here or Israel where he could tie up the courts.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:01 PM (NnhvP)

63 Jeebus Datura. Be prepared for blackout madness.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 30, 2026 07:01 PM (bX16E)

64 "These minors will now be safely and humanely reunited with their families by dedicated public servants who have devoted their lives to combatting child trafficking."

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Sadly, their parents will sell them again.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 30, 2026 07:01 PM (zYpTz)

65 I think the Omani might have srewed up, He's now in Saudi Arabia, not here or Israel where he could tie up the courts.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:01 PM (NnhvP)

I don't think Israel has the death penalty, even. He may want to be extradited to Tel Aviv.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:02 PM (uhVAy)

66
"the downtrodden part of town"

Sounds like a Billy Joel song.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)

67 Immigration judge rules that Trump may deport the leader of a large mosque due to national security concerns.

Why that was mighty gracious of him, letting Trump enforce the actual laws that congress wrote.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 07:03 PM (I43vL)

68 I need a few quick hits... of the good stuff.
Leg is killing me, doc says burst popliteal cyst behind knee.
Fucking crippled and I'm only 29.

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 07:03 PM (UjdFS)

69 47 I really hope the bases are going to use Small Modular Reactors - that would be a great way to jump start the technology.

Test reactors are already being built, they're past the theoretical stage.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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There are those who are not nay-Sayers believe that we are at the beginning of the 4th industrial revolution, ~ rhyming with the times that Rockefeller took us from candles to lanterns on to Edison and Ford.
If that is so we are at the beginning, the bottom of the market.
What appears to be evermost highs is actually the new bottom.
Of course, one must believe in America and an American's ability to over achieve.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:04 PM (JS6jE)

70 "the downtrodden part of town"

Sounds like a Billy Joel song.
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They've taken all the coal from the ground...

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 07:04 PM (TN0g+)

71 "I think a lot of the boomer hate is envy"

We were a lot more free. Nowadays people are captives of their phones and computers and social media and crap. They should be jealous.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)

72 60 Judge Boasberg is the kind of leftist that makes up law as he sees fit. He is the go to judge for the socialists to make a ruling. Never should have been put on the bench in the first place.

Posted by: Case at September 30, 2026 07:00 PM (9+0gc)

Agreed. He belongs on the rack.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)

73 Immigration judge rules that Trump may deport the leader of a large mosque due to national security concerns.

Why that was mighty gracious of him, letting Trump enforce the actual laws that congress wrote.
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Judge Boasberg hasn't weighed in yet.

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM (TN0g+)

74 "the downtrodden part of town"

Sounds like a Billy Joel song.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)

Well we know there is a "cheatin'" side of town from the Eagles.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM (uhVAy)

75 Demanding objectivity from the New York Times is like demanding calculus from retard.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM (RIvkX)

76 Maybe I should go down to the Pioneer Chicken stand and meet my man.

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 07:06 PM (UjdFS)

77 65 I think the Omani might have srewed up, He's now in Saudi Arabia, not here or Israel where he could tie up the courts.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:01 PM (NnhvP)

I don't think Israel has the death penalty, even. He may want to be extradited to Tel Aviv.

Posted by: Oldcat
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He has brought shame upon the House of Saud.

Lop his head off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:06 PM (JS6jE)

78 Oh ffs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:06 PM (zZu0s)

79 Whether he and an Obama 'Champion of Change,' Linda Sarsour, are related - along with her relationship to Hamas - continues to be debated.

Islamic Watch, Taxpayer-Funded College Hosts Sharia-Loving Commencement Speaker With Ties To Terror Group, April 2017

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 30, 2026 07:06 PM (NFX2v)

80 66
"the downtrodden part of town"

Sounds like a Billy Joel song.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)

Stole the idea from me ...

Posted by: Johnny Rivers at September 30, 2026 07:08 PM (oCio0)

81 72 60 Judge Boasberg is the kind of leftist that makes up law as he sees fit. He is the go to judge for the socialists to make a ruling. Never should have been put on the bench in the first place.

Posted by: Case at September 30, 2026 07:00 PM (9+0gc)

Agreed. He belongs on the rack.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)
_______________________________

While there is no official requirement that judges get assigned randomly to cases, there sure ought to be. It wouldn't do much good in the DC courts due to the over representation of political hacks, but in other jurisdictions it would make a huge difference.

I wouldn't be against a literal drawing from the hat in the presnece of both sides.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 07:08 PM (dIske)

82 "the downtrodden part of town"

Who runs that part of town that downtrods this poor woman? Who has run it for the last, oh, century??

One wonders.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)
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I marked that too. What is this Tale of Two Cities?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:08 PM (RIvkX)

83 "I keep hearing about young women who reinterpret past sexual experiences as nonconsensual."

Sweetie, there is a reason you are supposed to keep your panties on until you are married. That, right there, is the reason.

If you don't want to feel like a slight upgrade from a tube sock by some horndog promising you the moon, get off the mattress.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:10 PM (GYqb1)

84 I live in the uptrodden part of town,

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 07:12 PM (b//Sn)

85 "I think a lot of the boomer hate is envy"

We were a lot more free. Nowadays people are captives of their phones and computers and social media and crap. They should be jealous.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM

That's a part of the boomer hate but the big part IMO is that typically boomers have significantly more money to spend than younger generations and that causes some serious resentment.

I have personally encountered this "it's not fair" attitude from younger people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 07:12 PM (I43vL)

86 Don't trod on my town.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:12 PM (JS6jE)

87 75 Demanding objectivity from the New York Times is like demanding calculus from retard.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:05 PM (RIvkX)

My high school math teacher demanded that of me. It was a pretty tough ask, all things considered. But now I can dx/dy with the best of them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:13 PM (GYqb1)

88 All major restaurant chains are closing 100scof stores because the Trump economy is so awesome!; GDP up !!
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I piss on IHOP's grave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:13 PM (RIvkX)

89 keep hearing about young women who reinterpret past sexual experiences as nonconsensual."

Sweetie, there is a reason you are supposed to keep your panties on until you are married. That, right there, is the reason.

If you don't want to feel like a slight upgrade from a tube sock by some horndog promising you the moon, get off the mattress.

Just sayin'.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:10 PM (GYqb1)

Suggesting that young women act with restraint and take responsibility for their own actions? That's just straight up misogyny!

Posted by: The current ethos at September 30, 2026 07:13 PM (TbWk/)

90 Were the unnamed Israelis referring to the possibility that the co-pilot may have been attempting suicide by crashing a plane full of passengers making wanking gestures while talking to the reporter?
This is an important point, here.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:14 PM (rbvCR)

91 I have personally encountered this "it's not fair" attitude from younger people.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 07:12 PM (I43vL)

They are too stupid to see that we were all broke when we were their age, and we worked our asses off to get away from that.

Some of us have had a job since 1973. I earned my retirement.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:14 PM (GYqb1)

92 I have personally encountered this "it's not fair" attitude from younger people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
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If they can't get up and get it they are welcome to go fuck themselves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:15 PM (JS6jE)

93 "That's a part of the boomer hate but the big part IMO is that typically boomers have significantly more money to spend than younger generations and that causes some serious resentment."

Work at it for 40+ years and get back to me.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:15 PM (MWfyi)

94 Idea: Sequel to "A Streetcar Named Desire" - "A Fat Chick Called Regret"

I still got it.

Posted by: Zombie Tennessee Williams at September 30, 2026 07:16 PM (47/pr)

95
That's a part of the boomer hate but the big part IMO is that typically boomers have significantly more money to spend than younger generations and that causes some serious resentment.

I have some money now but I sure didn't when I was their age.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:16 PM (Cqx++)

96 Suggesting that young women act with restraint and take responsibility for their own actions? That's just straight up misogyny!
Posted by: The current ethos at September 30, 2026 07:13 PM (TbWk/)

Accountability is literal poison to them. Or, it ust does not exist in their reality. Or it's only for dudes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s)

97 When it comes to current "socialist" horseshit, it is all envy. All of the ads for Mary Peltola are about how much money Dan Sullivan makes, and how he, single-handedly, made everyone pay more for their Obamacare, and how he never has to worry about paying the electric bill.

Envy.

Don't want to be broke? Get a job and quit making piss poor decisions.

Or seethe with envy and take whatever your communist masters deign to give you, if anything.

Like I said, poor choices.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:17 PM (GYqb1)

98 Calculus was bitter torture. No one explained why I was there, what was going on, and what this was for. Algebra, Geometry all clear. Trigonometry was questionable. But calculus was "here do this daily mental torture then take this test and also shut up."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

99 ====
I piss on IHOP's grave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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They used to make delicious carafes of coffee and Denver omelettes. They left their lane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (JS6jE)

100 He may want to be extradited to Tel Aviv.
Posted by: Oldcat
That would require extradition laws between them!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (NnhvP)

101 Accountability is literal poison to them. Or, it ust does not exist in their reality. Or it's only for dudes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s)

There used to be shame associated with being the town pump.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (GYqb1)

102 I think the Omani might have srewed up, He's now in Saudi Arabia, not here or Israel where he could tie up the courts.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

The Bee says he's already been offered a job by British Airways.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (l26NL)

103 Work at it for 40+ years and get back to me.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:15 PM (MWfyi)

Ill take their side just a bit. One of the biggest keys to wealth is breaking the rent trap. Houses are insane in value now. It is not 'save up 10 or 20k to get 10% on the balance' but more like 40 or 50k.

Thats a tough hill to climb for anyone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (zZu0s)

104 I could just be tripping, but doesn't Jack Smith and that ugly Judge Boasberg look sort of like retarded twins?

DEPORT THEM ALL (including Jack Smith and Boasberg)

I would be jailed in the UK for writing those 3 words or thinking this.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 07:19 PM (hzuYO)

105

Young Man Blues

But you know nowadays
It's the old man,
He's got all the money
And a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said nothing

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:19 PM (Cqx++)

106 ICE be upon him: Immigration judge rules that Trump may deport the leader of a large mosque due to national security concerns.

All the muzzies who attend and listen to him should go as well

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:19 PM (NnhvP)

107 Why are all of these pro-Palestinian fucks here pumping out their anti-Israeli shit? Wouldn't it make more sense if they were in the middle east?

Get these un-American cockroaches out of here!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 30, 2026 07:19 PM (VQ7/I)

108 99 Calculus was bitter torture. No one explained why I was there, what was going on, and what this was for. Algebra, Geometry all clear. Trigonometry was questionable. But calculus was "here do this daily mental torture then take this test and also shut up."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

I ended up using almost all of those nearly daily, but I didn't know that when I was learning it. Girls aren't supposed to be good at math, but there I was.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:20 PM (GYqb1)

109 >>> Immigration judge rules that Trump may deport the leader of a large mosque

Fixed:

Immigration judge rules that Trump may deport ~~the~~ any leader of ~~a large~~ any mosque

Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 07:20 PM (SwyyQ)

110 There used to be shame associated with being the town pump.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (GYqb1)

Now they boast about it as a dating strategy. I have seen the same shit touted to men by the alpha retard gurus. The idea, as I understand it, is to limit the possibility of emotional damage by limiting emotional engagement by maintaining multiple partners simultaneously.

Of course, what these idiots do not understand- that shit is toxic to someone actually trying to form a long term relationship. What fools.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:21 PM (zZu0s)

111 Space probes use bits of radioactive stuff to generate heat that is used to provide power for decades long space missions. Not much reason this couldn't be used for other uses, and no chance of a chain reaction.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)

Well, first this is stuff that is HIGHLY radioactive, and also it doesn't put out as much heat as is needed to run a base. There was some very early discussion in the 50's that a mini-Thorium reactor could be jiggered with this small amount of isotope and put in series, but the problem there is still that the gamma source is highly radioactive and really bad for children, pets, and people who like their genome the was it was issued.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

112 Some of us have had a job since 1973. I earned my retirement.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Now add up all the vacation time off you have ever taken. The percentage sucks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:22 PM (NnhvP)

113 Work at it for 40+ years and get back to me.

Posted by: fd
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Make commitments and keep them, make investments in the future and honor them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:22 PM (JS6jE)

114 I put down $40k on a house 25 years ago. I worked extra hard and more hours to save up the down payment while paying rent. It can be done.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:22 PM (MWfyi)

115 White Sox up 7-3, bottom of the sixth.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 07:22 PM (l26NL)

116 that was just a bad hookup when I was 19”
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No wonder the Paolo is so popular with the ladies

Posted by: 496 at September 30, 2026 07:23 PM (aadd2)

117 Ill take their side just a bit. One of the biggest keys to wealth is breaking the rent trap. Houses are insane in value now. It is not 'save up 10 or 20k to get 10% on the balance' but more like 40 or 50k.

Thats a tough hill to climb for anyone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (zZu0s)

I was excited when minimum wage went up to $2.95. I think its something like $15 now in a lot of places. You make a lot more in the trades. Except if you spend it all on fancy coffee, vapes and weed, in which case it doesn't cover the basics.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:23 PM (GYqb1)

118 I'm definitely spending too much time on the internet
sunnah.com/ibnmajah:4337
Muslims get 72 houris - but how does the math work out? Especially since the Prophet (pbuh) saw that most people in hell are women. I mean, some of the houris could be boys, but still . . .
Ibn Majah here says that two of the houris are from heaven and the other seventy are from hell.

Posted by: scarlet gospel at September 30, 2026 07:23 PM (88C+u)

119 I put down $40k on a house 25 years ago. I worked extra hard and more hours to save up the down payment while paying rent. It can be done.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:22 PM (MWfyi)

Not saying it cant be done.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:23 PM (zZu0s)

120 Regrets? I have a few ...

Posted by: as crooned bt Frank Sinatra at September 30, 2026 07:23 PM (0sNs1)

121 Now add up all the vacation time off you have ever taken. The percentage sucks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Only if your life sucks. Does your life suck?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:23 PM (JS6jE)

122 source: Meira K. Seems to be Anglo-Jewish.
youtu.be/OPvuYH9i2j4

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 07:24 PM (88C+u)

123 They all should go

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0)

124 Some of us have had a job since 1973.
Posted by: tcn in AK

And get off my lawn youngster!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:24 PM (NnhvP)

125 I put down $40k on a house 25 years ago. I worked extra hard and more hours to save up the down payment while paying rent. It can be done.
Posted by: fd

My older son just bought a house for him and his new bride in Colorado. I know I keep commenting about it but I can't believe it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 07:24 PM (l26NL)

126 Now add up all the vacation time off you have ever taken. The percentage sucks.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:22 PM (NnhvP)

Maybe, but the TxMoMe counts double.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:25 PM (GYqb1)

127 I had a roommate in college who had a revolving door to her bedroom. She was a few years older and already a RN.

I never knew who would come out that door, married doctor or not, but at least she did not have threesomes. At least while I was there.

At my nursing reunion, one of my two classmates (who lived above me in an 100+ year old historic home) told me a story. While I was home in MS for the summer she came into the back door to do laundry in the basement. Said roomie was stark nekkid on the couch with a guy and it freaked her out. I dare say!

I used to sit on that couch and it grosses me out 50yrs later.

I was the total opposite and married the guy I was dating at the time. My bedroom door had no surprises.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 07:25 PM (hzuYO)

128 3 OT: today I learnt about something called "datura". also something something The Hat Man, journeys through hell and a week long vacation from reality.
youtu.be/zWyrdTl47sM
Posted by: datura is baaad, mkayy at September 30, 2026 06:35 PM (88C+u)
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Commonly known as Jimson Weed. Yeah don't freakin smoke that shit lol. You will trip balls and maybe die.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 07:25 PM (oqH4h)

129 116 White Sox up 7-3, bottom of the sixth.
Posted by: Blutarski

In fairness, they're playing the Asterisks (.500 AL-W)

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 07:25 PM (88C+u)

130 White Sox up 7-3, bottom of the sixth.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 07:22 PM

That's the power of a blessing by the Pope.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

131 125 Some of us have had a job since 1973.
Posted by: tcn in AK

And get off my lawn youngster!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:24 PM (NnhvP)

Well, I had paper routes before that, but I had to be 12 to bus tables.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:26 PM (GYqb1)

132 The thing about being a young man is you have a lot of potential energy if you don't squander it. As you get older you do learn to work smarter but you will never have the energy you had in your 20s.

Unless you are PDT. That guy has more energy than ten giraffes.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)

133 While there is no official requirement that judges get assigned randomly to cases, there sure ought to be. It wouldn't do much good in the DC courts due to the over representation of political hacks, but in other jurisdictions it would make a huge difference.

I wouldn't be against a literal drawing from the hat in the presnece of both sides.
Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 07:08 PM (dIske)

I am thinking that if the Minnesota judges get the judicial misconduct claims prosecuted, the DC courts will be next. Judges understand precedent.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:26 PM (rbvCR)

134
Only if your life sucks. Does your life suck?

Posted by: Braenyard

The percentage of vacation days to work days certainly did.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:26 PM (NnhvP)

135 109 99 Calculus was bitter torture. No one explained why I was there, what was going on, and what this was for. Algebra, Geometry all clear. Trigonometry was questionable. But calculus was "here do this daily mental torture then take this test and also shut up."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

I ended up using almost all of those nearly daily, but I didn't know that when I was learning it. Girls aren't supposed to be good at math, but there I was.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:20 PM (GYqb1)

Some teachers do a sh**ty job teaching it. If they just explained it simply it would made more intuitive sense. I won't explain it here, as it would violate the "no math" rule...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 07:27 PM (l3cgK)

136 131 Well, I had paper routes before that, but I had to be 12 to bus tables.

these days, they uber tables so you have to be at least 16. or an illegal immigrant.

Posted by: anachronda at September 30, 2026 07:29 PM (v3pYe)

137 Calculus was bitter torture. No one explained why I was there, what was going on, and what this was for. Algebra, Geometry all clear. Trigonometry was questionable. But calculus was "here do this daily mental torture then take this test and also shut up."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM

I'm interpolating this as calculus didn't become integral to your life.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:29 PM (0sNs1)

138 Except if you spend it all on fancy coffee, vapes and weed, in which case it doesn't cover the basics.

Posted by: tcn in AK
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They don't know the difference between trinkets and tangible assets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:29 PM (JS6jE)

139 I have personally encountered this "it's not fair" attitude from younger people.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 07:12 PM (I43vL)

They are too stupid to see that we were all broke when we were their age, and we worked our asses off to get away from that.

Some of us have had a job since 1973. I earned my retirement.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 07:14 PM

One thing we all sometimes need to be reminded of is that since day one of public school these kids have been taught that there is only so much money and the economy is a zero sum game.

With billionaires and millionaires taking more than their "fair share" that leaves less for them. I know that is both wrong and stupid but that is what they have been taught for decades in public schools.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 07:29 PM (I43vL)

140 Oh no, math jokes.

*runs away"

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

141 Some of us have had a job since 1973.
Posted by: tcn in AK

The year of my birth

*Rides off on Bidg Wheel*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 07:30 PM (xxBSa)

142 Ill take their side just a bit. One of the biggest keys to wealth is breaking the rent trap. Houses are insane in value now. It is not 'save up 10 or 20k to get 10% on the balance' but more like 40 or 50k.

Thats a tough hill to climb for anyone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM (zZu0s)
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I take their side a lot on this particular issue. Older Americans, for the most part, have absolutely no idea what home values are now and what it takes for a young person to crack into the homeowner category.

A number of years ago a person could find a starter home in a good neighborhood with good schools for 100-200k. That's a 10-20k down payment. If you're frugal with a decent job you can save for a couple of years and swing that and start a family.

Now? lol. Good luck. Any home in any place where there are jobs and decent schools is 500k+ and if you're trying to start a family both the husband and wife are working full time and saving everything for years and years to get a chance.

And spare me the "Oh but there are great homes in East Bumfuck, Ohio!" Yeah there are no jobs there. And the homes are still 300k+.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 07:31 PM (oqH4h)

143 Big Wheel.

Terrible typing day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 07:31 PM (xxBSa)

144 With billionaires and millionaires taking more than their "fair share"
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 07:29 PM

Did you know a $16 million bank account in China has been found with Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as the owner?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

145 Big Wheel.

Terrible typing day.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 07:31 PM

Proud Mary is proud of you.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

146 Well, first this is stuff that is HIGHLY radioactive, and also it doesn't put out as much heat as is needed to run a base. There was some very early discussion in the 50's that a mini-Thorium reactor could be jiggered with this small amount of isotope and put in series, but the problem there is still that the gamma source is highly radioactive and really bad for children, pets, and people who like their genome the was it was issued.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

So seal it up. You wanna know what else is radioactive? The sky, the ground, your granite counters, and your own genes.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:32 PM (uhVAy)

147 119 I'm definitely spending too much time on the internet
sunnah.com/ibnmajah:4337
Muslims get 72 houris - but how does the math work out? Especially since the Prophet (pbuh) saw that most people in hell are women. I mean, some of the houris could be boys, but still . . .
Ibn Majah here says that two of the houris are from heaven and the other seventy are from hell.
Posted by: scarlet gospel at September 30, 2026 07:23 PM (88C+u)
Read the whole book, guilt-free crime and 'rewards' in paradise.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 07:32 PM (LHPAg)

148 Supremes just said the Tennessee woman awaiting execution doesn't have to wait any more over ruling a lower court's stay.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 07:32 PM (l26NL)

149 >>>Calculus was bitter torture. No one explained why I was there, what was going on, and what this was for.

>I hear journalists and newcasters talk about the calculus of a current situation all of the time. How hard could it be?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 30, 2026 07:33 PM (VQ7/I)

150 Nood.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)

151 >>Oh no, math jokes.

*runs away"

Are you trig-ered?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 07:35 PM (rOKnE)

152 >>>Calculus was bitter torture. No one explained why I was there, what was going on, and what this was for.

>I hear journalists and newcasters talk about the calculus of a current situation all of the time. How hard could it be?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 30, 2026 07:33 PM (VQ7/I)

I loved calculus after the algebra courses before it. Smooth and easy. I even liked Differential Equations once I got to Quantum Physics and there was a 'real world' purpose to it.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:35 PM (uhVAy)

153 And spare me the "Oh but there are great homes in East Bumfuck, Ohio!" Yeah there are no jobs there. And the homes are still 300k+.
Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 07:31 PM (oqH4h)

I have been reliably informed that they should try harder and live like the four Yorkshiremen, and be happy for it.
It will give them character and understand what they have when eventually they get it.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:36 PM (rbvCR)

154 In proportion to incomes homes today are no more expensive than they were then.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:36 PM (JS6jE)

155 I blow through a lot of "other" in a month.

I thought it was snort a lot of "other" off naked "other".

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 07:36 PM (NzX/y)

156 So seal it up. You wanna know what else is radioactive? The sky, the ground, your granite counters, and your own genes.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 07:32 PM (uhVAy)

Well, then stick one in your front pocket and don't complain if all your kids have three balls and a purple goatee

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 07:37 PM (rbvCR)

157
That's a part of the boomer hate but the big part IMO is that typically boomers have significantly more money to spend than younger generations and that causes some serious resentment.

I have some money now but I sure didn't when I was their age.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 07:16 PM (Cqx++)

Very True.

It took a long time before I didn't feel that I was just running in place.

I was always moving forward, but the benefits of normal life accrue fairly slowly and then they take off.

Someone whining to me that it just isn't fair that they don't have what I have, can just bite my ass.

They haven't worked as hard or as long as I have.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 07:38 PM (YSUhf)

158 Commonly known as Jimson Weed. Yeah don't freakin smoke that shit lol. You will trip balls and maybe die.
Posted by: ballistic

Killed the plants growing in this yard and carefully threw out the nasty seed pods.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 07:39 PM (NnhvP)

159 But I didn't blame the boomers.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:59 PM (b//Sn)
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I think there is a misunderstanding between petulant blaming and analysis of where the mistakes were made. Everyone makes mistakes, the question is how do we avoid the same one and getting out of the situation we are in.

To do that we have to re-evaluate things, such as: is a two-income family desirable? Has no-fault divorce been a good thing? Has Free Trade lived up to its promises?

There's also the question of "who, whom?" in terms of where society should place its emphasis. Right now we have a retirement system that crushes the young with ever higher payments for every smaller returns. Similarly, we set up a tax/benefit structure based on the idea that old people would die around 62 and not need long-term care, and that families would all have 3 kids or more.

That's where the "bootstrap" thing doesn't work because the economy is completely unlike it was in 1973 or even 1993. I bought a house in my 20s in 2001, but I could not do it today and that's a problem.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

160 Are you trig-ered?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 07:35 PM

Is that a sin?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

161 154 In proportion to incomes homes today are no more expensive than they were then.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 07:36 PM (JS6jE)
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Fucking rofl, case in point.

Try harder! Don't spend your money on Starbucks!

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (oqH4h)

162 137 Calculus was bitter torture. No one explained why I was there, what was going on, and what this was for. Algebra, Geometry all clear. Trigonometry was questionable. But calculus was "here do this daily mental torture then take this test and also shut up."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:18 PM

I'm interpolating this as calculus didn't become integral to your life.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 07:29 PM (0sNs1)

That summed it up.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 07:41 PM (l3cgK)

Illegal Immigration Advocacy Group CATO Shrieks: Trump Has Reduced Muslim Refugee Immigration by 96%! This is Terrible!

Is it?

Is it really?

CATO is a "libertarian think tank," which means, CATO is a left-wing organization funded by deep-pocketed corporate and cheap-labor exploiters to make the case for open borders to conservatives.

CATO's position is that by limiting immigration and enforcing borders, you "create" illegal immigration, and you have no right to complain about that, Bigots.

Enact Open Borders and illegal immigration vanishes! Yay!

CATO Institute witness: �If you make legal immigration impossible, don�t complain about illegal immigration. You created it. You made it illegal.� pic.twitter.com/xng89bddCQ
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) September 2, 2026

So that's the baseline they're starting at: All immigration is good. Legal immigration, illegal immigration -- all good. As many bodies from culturally-incompatible and backwards countries packed into America as possible. Illegal immigration is a fake concept created by bigots who want to control who comes into their country. Drive down workers' pay so that corporations can pay people third-world wages in America and make a fortune.

So they're publishing this finding -- Muslim refugees down 96% under Trump -- as a primal scream.

But all right-thinking people think: This is what I fucking voted for.

Truly incredible that CATO is unintentionally better at messaging the administrations� wins than most right-wing influencers pic.twitter.com/NOsKKSy7w6
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) September 29, 2026

From CATO: legal immigration from Muslim nations has been cut 96%.

While legal immigration in general is down, Trump has practically halted Muslim migration and completely ended Muslim refugee resettlement.

�Annual Muslim immigration may be the lowest in over 30 years.� pic.twitter.com/7PdA0UOAIm
— Prowler (@derzum_) September 29, 2026

CATO analysis on the early phase of Trump's immigration crackdown:

Refugees down 90%, permanent immigrants down 50% or more, H-1B -25% (-80% for new applicants), students down 40%. Trump not only has a net outflow of illegals but an increasingly narrow entry for legal migrants. pic.twitter.com/EMNcvi6ALo
— Prowler (@derzum_) April 14, 2026

The path we were on. The path we�re now on.

We�ve skipped timelines. pic.twitter.com/hC18Vg6JUz
— Casual Observer (@CObserving) September 29, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:35 PM

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1 1st

Posted by: GF at September 30, 2026 05:34 PM (mAZdb)

2 Those are rookie numbers

Rookie of the year maybe

Posted by: Kratwurst at September 30, 2026 05:36 PM (36bTp)

3 Happy New Year to all the Feds.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 30, 2026 05:38 PM (aKh6S)

4 "Trump Has Reduced Muslim Refugee Immigration by 96%! "

That's my President.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 05:38 PM (MWfyi)

5 Ahhh, good news to end my day.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 30, 2026 05:39 PM (ZgwKJ)

6
Let's get rid of those that are already here.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 05:39 PM (/QHx4)

7 Democrats eliminate illegal immigration by defining it as something else.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:39 PM (l3cgK)

8 Boers > Muslims

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (/OKHJ)

9 What Trump has accomplished on immigration is surpassing my wildest dreams.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (UgMlZ)

10 8 Boers > Muslims

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (/OKHJ)

Boars > Muslims

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)

11 Can't they just shoot them?

Posted by: Rule 556 at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (PMpfL)

12
This is progress.

I would be opposed to 3rd country resettlement of these Islamists, however.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (Y8DZL)

13 Obviously, he's doing what the Americans want.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (NnhvP)

14 Not 100%< but I'll take it

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (6XDXn)

15 Cool! I voted for this! I also voted for evicting all of the fraudulent third-world shitstains that are already here, so let's get cracking on that, eh?

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (3BwY8)

16 >>But all right-thinking people think: This is what I fucking voted for.

I NEED MOAR

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (vNne8)

17 So they're publishing this finding -- Muslim refugees down 96% under Trump -- as a primal scream.

How many cancer cures will go undiscovered because our doors were shut against muslim geniuses? How many Steve Jobs will never realize their visions in America?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (guGkK)

18 Didn't Cato destroy the Roman Republic?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (4NO2D)

19 So that's the baseline they're starting at: All immigration is good. Legal immigration, illegal immigration -- all good.

Yeah, the statics do not bear this out. Illegals from enemy countries or philosophies are, by definition, not a good thing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:42 PM (l3cgK)

20 And...there were rarely any true Refugees.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 05:43 PM (vNne8)

21 How many cancer cures will go undiscovered because our doors were shut against muslim geniuses? How many Steve Jobs will never realize their visions in America?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (guGkK)
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Elon Musk just texted me saying that he's worried that he won't have the best and brightest rocket scientists for SpaceX!

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:43 PM (3BwY8)

22 Great news!

GET THEM ALL OUT

ALL ILLEGALS (except white South Africans)

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 05:43 PM (hzuYO)

23 Fewer coming in is good. .

Now get rid of 96% of the ones who are already here.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 05:43 PM (W2Pud)

24 You don't have to live like a refugee.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 30, 2026 05:43 PM (YZ0Fo)

25 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (amcLV)

26
Shit like this is exactly what i voted for.

And yes. My experiences in GW1 are what made me an Islamophobia racist asshole

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (QVmho)

27 Enact Open Borders and illegal immigration vanishes!

That is logical, Mr. O'Spades.

Posted by: Spock, son of Sarek at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (0sNs1)

28 How many Quality Learing Centers will never teach a single child?

Besides all of them, I mean.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (guGkK)

29 Finally some good news.

Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (SwyyQ)

30 And...there were rarely any true Refugees.
Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 05:43 PM

By international law, the only asylum seekers we should ever get are Mexicans and Canadians.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (4NO2D)

31 It doesn't need to be said but CATO is yet another institution that was nominally lolbertarian at one point but naturally got hollowed out by leftists and is now a skinsuit at best.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (3BwY8)

32 Enact Open Borders and illegal immigration vanishes!

Take the locks off the doors of banks and bank robbery will end tomorrow!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (guGkK)

33 I'd rather have 10,000 cannibals from uncontacted Indonesian tribes relocated to my hood than muslims.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (6GZK/)

34 My experiences in GW1 are what made me an Islamophobia racist asshole
Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM

But you still like us, right?

Posted by: Camel Spiders at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)

35 For those of you keeping score at home, I'm still not tired of all the winning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (2Ez/1)

36 Does this mean no more clocks?

Posted by: Ahmed Mohamed, Clock Boy at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (PMpfL)

37 >>By international law, the only asylum seekers we should ever get are Mexicans and Canadians.

I can make a case for the Cubans who self-exiled and the like. They got here without crossing real land borders.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (vNne8)

38 By international law, the only asylum seekers we should ever get are Mexicans and Canadians.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:44 PM (4NO2D)
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Eh, a person can theoretically get a tourist visa, board a plane from anywhere there's a direct flight, land here, and turn themselves over to immigration to make an asylum claim as well.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (3BwY8)

39 Mr. Biers can fuck off. Wanting to live here does not mean than you can live here.

Posted by: huerfano at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (2Xqig)

40 CATO is a "libertarian think tank,"...

What is a Lepo ?

- Gary Johnson, Libertarian presidential candidate

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (/TiS1)

41 In the end, I don't see much difference between Big L libertarians and Progressives. Both have a world view that can only be achieved through coercion and force.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (4NO2D)

42 10 8 Boers > Muslims

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (/OKHJ)

Boars > Muslims
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)

boors > muslims

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (6GZK/)

43 “If you make legal immigration impossible, don’t complain about illegal immigration. You created it. You made it illegal.”

____________________

Sophistry!!!! The "logic" associated with this statement is mindboggling.

Let's try it out:

"You made stealing money from an ATM impossible by structure reinforcment and pin #s. Don't complain about theft. You created it. You made it illegal."

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)

44 “If you make legal immigration impossible, don’t complain about illegal immigration. You created it. You made it illegal.”

And if we legalized murder, it wouldn't be a crime anymore.

These yahoos don't deserve to use the name "Cato"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (vJrRc)

45
Elon Musk just texted me saying that he's worried that he won't have the best and brightest rocket scientists for SpaceX!
Posted by: ballistic

He can fucking well open his own higher education institute and train up Americans to do then.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (QVmho)

46 33 I'd rather have 10,000 cannibals from uncontacted Indonesian tribes relocated to my hood than muslims.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (6GZK/)
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It would be much more entertaining if the cannibals were relocated to places like Dearborn or Hamtramck.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (3BwY8)

47 Let's get rid of those that are already here.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 05:39 PM (/QHx4)
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I think a lot of migrants are waiting to see if the Dems can win back Congress before leaving. If they fail, the flood will begin.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (ZOv7s)

48 >Boers > Muslims

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (/OKHJ)

Boars > Muslims
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)

boors > muslims

Sorry. The answer is 'Moops'.

Posted by: George Costanza at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (vNne8)

49 Praise Allah for President Trump !!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (r564k)

50 Apropos to the numerical theme of this post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeolH-kzx4c

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (0sNs1)

51 Eh, a person can theoretically get a tourist visa, board a plane from anywhere there's a direct flight, land here, and turn themselves over to immigration to make an asylum claim as well.
Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM

They would have to have avoided all "safe" countries along the way.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (4NO2D)

52 Dear ICE,

Please do a careful check of every roofing and lawn business in the USA. They are still here.

I know the lawn people don't speak English which seems to be a clue.

Thanks.
Sincerely,
ChristyB

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (hzuYO)

53 He can fucking well open his own higher education institute and train up Americans to do then.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (QVmho)
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I need Ben Roethisberger to show up here but the joke is that the muslim immigrants are fucking retarded, not that Elon wants them here.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (3BwY8)

54 Libertardians and Communists both want old borders and both know it will lead to the same result.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM (f0sNM)

55 Sharif don’t like it.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM (X3rKN)

56 These yahoos don't deserve to use the name "Cato"
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (vJrRc)
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It's not Cato the Elder, it's the other Cato, Inspector Clouseau's houseboy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)

57 First they came for the Somalis and I said make sure you get all the Somalis.

Posted by: Knee Mauler at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM (2Ez/1)

58 They would have to have avoided all "safe" countries along the way.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (4NO2D)
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Yes, there are direct, nonstop flights from South Africa to the United States.
Direct Flight Routes & Airlines
• Delta Air Lines: Flies nonstop from Johannesburg (JNB) to Atlanta (ATL).
• United Airlines: Flies nonstop from Johannesburg (JNB) and Cape Town (CPT) to New York/Newark (EWR), as well as Washington Dulles (IAD).

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM (3BwY8)

59 He can fucking well open his own higher education institute and train up Americans to do then.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM

Just where is the Texas Institute of Technology and Science anyway?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 05:49 PM (0sNs1)

60 Sharif don’t like it.

Hey, where da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sharif Bart at September 30, 2026 05:49 PM (guGkK)

61 Michael Malice did an episode with 'Hoe_math' that posted this morning.

It's good stuff.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 05:49 PM (vNne8)

62 21 How many cancer cures will go undiscovered because our doors were shut against muslim geniuses? How many Steve Jobs will never realize their visions in America?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (guGkK)
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Elon Musk just texted me saying that he's worried that he won't have the best and brightest rocket scientists for SpaceX!

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:43 PM (3BwY

Well, they're good with explosives...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:49 PM (l3cgK)

63 33 I'd rather have 10,000 cannibals from uncontacted Indonesian tribes relocated to my hood than muslims.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 05:45 PM (6GZK/)

They'll keep the streets clean...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (l3cgK)

64 Yes, there are direct, nonstop flights from South Africa to the United States.
Direct Flight Routes & Airlines
• Delta Air Lines: Flies nonstop from Johannesburg (JNB) to Atlanta (ATL).
• United Airlines: Flies nonstop from Johannesburg (JNB) and Cape Town (CPT) to New York/Newark (EWR), as well as Washington Dulles (IAD).
Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM

That would explain why we are being overrun by South Africans.

/snark

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (4NO2D)

65 “If you make legal immigration impossible, don’t complain about illegal immigration. You created it. You made it illegal.”

This is like arguing that "bitches make rape inevitable by being so stingy with the pussy."

The correct rebuttal is to hit Bier's in the face with a lead pipe until the only sound coming from his filthy bought-and-paid-for cockport is squealing.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (6GZK/)

66 It's not Cato the Elder, or Cato the Younger, it's the other Cato, Inspector Clouseau's houseboy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM

Suggested edit for accuracy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (0sNs1)

67 Elon Musk just texted me saying that he's worried that he won't have the best and brightest rocket scientists for SpaceX!

You know who else wanted the best rocket scientists?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (guGkK)

68 I wish one of the Republicans on the panel had said to Biers "one American citizen being killed by an illegal is too many. The rest of your argument is irrelevant"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 05:51 PM (jivel)

69 I would love an immigration system that supplied Korean engineers, German mechanics and Brazilian underwear models. But for some reason our political class wants us to have Salvadoran gang bangers and Somalian welfare cheats.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 30, 2026 05:51 PM (f0sNM)

70 Cato the Oriental.

Posted by: Bald Headed John at September 30, 2026 05:51 PM (MWfyi)

71 Cato was a dick.

Posted by: Caesar at September 30, 2026 05:51 PM (2Xqig)

72 I love that moose-limb immigration has dropped so dramatically. And yet, some five years removed from 9-11, Fort Collins had a mosk.

Beware the Beast. Stay off the Moors.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at September 30, 2026 05:51 PM (0aYVJ)

73 You know who else wanted the best rocket scientists?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM

Eisenhower?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:52 PM (4NO2D)

74 I might be wrong but I don't think the Cubans that make it here would be voting for communism.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 05:52 PM (QwZKw)

75 And if we legalized murder, it wouldn't be a crime anymore.

Lindsey Clancy's good with that!

Posted by: DanMa'am at September 30, 2026 05:52 PM (8uzBS)

76 Do these CATO people hear themselves? If you say murder is no longer illegal, then murder becomes legal. If you say retail theft is no longer illegal, then shoplifting becomes legal. Are they crazy, or just bone-stupid?

Posted by: RebeccaH at September 30, 2026 05:52 PM (VFung)

77 @67 Operation Paperclip

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (jivel)

78 Don't want no more snakes in my backyard.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (LHPAg)

79
But you still like us, right?
Posted by: Camel Spiders

Nah, brush. All y'all need the flamesthrower experience.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (QVmho)

80 I want a moratorium on ALL immigration now and for the next 30 years. If we need some specific Noble Prize winner, we can make them a citizen by Act of Congress.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (4NO2D)

81 Elon Musk just texted me saying that he's worried that he won't have the best and brightest rocket scientists for SpaceX!

Yeah right, go hire from ISRO, the group that has the most expensive cost per kilogram to boost.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (/TiS1)

82
But... but... cultural enrichment!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (eRlcH)

83 78 Don't want no more snakes in my backyard.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (LHPAg)

You, good Sir, need an Irish Miracle!

Posted by: St. Patrick at September 30, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)

84 >>CATO's position is that by limiting immigration and enforcing borders,

CATO's position is the cuck chair as some invader satisfies his wife.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 05:54 PM (b//Sn)

85 For those who asked, Part VII of my series on China invading Taiwan is finally up at ahlloyd.com. This is about establishing a beachhead. This is an open-ended project and I may take a break because a growing percentage of my traffic is coming from the PRC. As it: the volume has gone up by a factor of 4. Someone's very interested!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

86 I'm just surprised that there is not one reference to "Darth Fonzie" in the post or the comments.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 05:55 PM (dIske)

87 Bruce Lee's Kato > Cato Institute

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 05:55 PM (jivel)

88 My favorite Cato-spain is how immigrants (illegals) consume less rates of welfare than native-born Americans.

Which numbers they arrived at by counting Social Security and Medicare as "welfare."

They still stand by that "stat."

They need added as a fourth, more worse, to the "there's liars, damned liars and statistics" quote.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 05:55 PM (3cUTc)

89 I VOTED for this!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 05:55 PM (RIvkX)

90 I think some are missing ballistic's joke.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 05:56 PM (QwZKw)

91 Do these CATO people hear themselves? If you say murder is no longer illegal, then murder becomes legal. If you say retail theft is no longer illegal, then shoplifting becomes legal. Are they crazy, or just bone-stupid?
Posted by: RebeccaH at September 30, 2026 05:52 PM (VFung)
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The correct answer is: "yes." Libertarians want policies to be driven by self-interest and devoid of any moral component. It's all about maximizing value, which is why the True Believers are fine with debt slavery and imagine that if the government was just taken away, they could achieve their dream of an estate policed by mercenaries while the trade in children and do all the drugs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

92 75 And if we legalized murder, it wouldn't be a crime anymore.

Lindsey Clancy's good with that!
Posted by: DanMa'am at September 30, 2026 05:52 PM (8uzBS)
_________________________

Want to see Lindsey Clancy's next trial get scheduled, and done in record time, with the result being "life in prison?"

Start an internet rumor that she voted for Trump in 2024. Her defense attorney can't shut it down. He's under a gag order.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 05:57 PM (dIske)

93 Sharif don’t like it.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta
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He can go straight to hell, boy.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 05:58 PM (JzUSu)

94
That final graph is kinda weird.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 05:58 PM (mmrXZ)

95 We were the industrial Arsenal of Freedom and won a two front world war with a population of 133 million people. We don't need any immigration.

Country's full. Moose out front should have told ya.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:58 PM (4NO2D)

96 This is a good thing.

Now to inoculate the nation against the invasion machine(which includes H1-B visas) being restarted if the dems regain power. How can we do that? Perhaps we get Congress off of its collective ass and pass a few laws that cement the limits with a trigger for impeachment if not met?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 30, 2026 05:59 PM (T5g+F)

97 It's not Cato the Elder, or Cato the Younger, it's the other Cato, Inspector Clouseau's houseboy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM

Suggested edit for accuracy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (0sNs1)
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Of course, instead of launching surprise attacks to test your reflexes, CATO institute lets foreign men launch surprise attacks on their wives.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

98 Elon Musk just texted me saying that he's worried that he won't have the best and brightest rocket scientists for SpaceX!

Yep, you want those aerospace engineers from India that wrote the software for Boeing's 737MAX Crashmaster.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 06:00 PM (xE0sV)

99 But you still like us, right?
Posted by: Camel Spiders

Nah, brush. All y'all need the flamesthrower experience.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:53 PM (QVmho)
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At least a SAW.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 06:00 PM (X7pZH)

100 I freaking hate Trump. Why is he allowing that 4% to come in still? I'm voting for dems this cycle

/retards in comment sections everywhere.

On a serious note, I would be all kinds of ok if we cut off the 4% as well ...

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at September 30, 2026 06:00 PM (Iwv3U)

101 The Paolo, he does the jobs Americans won't do.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

102 ...with a trigger for impeachment if not met?

Different kind of trigger is required

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 06:01 PM (xE0sV)

103 They belong in a Muslim cy

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:01 PM (4KUe5)

104 Yes. THIS is what I voted for. Trump!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:01 PM (wzUl9)

105 Drive down workers' pay so that corporations can pay people third-world wages in America and make a fortune.
_-_

Aye, that's their goal alright.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 30, 2026 06:02 PM (T5g+F)

106 They would have to have avoided all "safe" countries along the way.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (4NO2D)

The United States is the only safe country in the world for People of Diversity. It's also a hateful place in which everyone who isn't a straight, white, Christian, male is routinely gunned down in the streets by the police. And the police should be the only ones allowed to have firearms.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

107
I'd pay good money for someone to hand those stats to that volatile, white-hating mayor of Dearborn so I could watch him blow his stack. If Dems take the White House in 2028, I bet that guy would be in the Oval Office once a week, like Trumka during the Obama admin.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 06:02 PM (mmrXZ)

108 Hey CATO, you dumb shits, how many of the 4% that were allowed in are military-ages males?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 30, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB)

109 Not seeing the problem.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 06:02 PM (vE0+H)

110 " I think some are missing ballistic's joke.
Posted by: Ben Had"

Aw shoot, he's right on target.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:02 PM (MWfyi)

111 ...of course, the muslims who ARE here are breeding like fucking rabbits.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 06:03 PM (vNne8)

112 Cato is overwhelmingly staffed by the demographic that Muslims like to throw off of roofs.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at September 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5IFb9)

113 96% down. 4% to go. Then we need some mass deportations of the illegals and aliens (as in, alien to the spirit of America) already here. How about -100%?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)

114 You know who else wanted the best rocket scientists?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (guGkK)

Jeff Bezos, shopkeeper?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:03 PM (ExV1e)

115 Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger?

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Oy/m2)

116 88 My favorite Cato-spain is how immigrants (illegals) consume less rates of welfare than native-born Americans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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It's even worse - they then bring in their families, including many who will never learn language and never work. Sure, one indian might not be on welfare, but in 10 years there are 5 or more people brought in under his sponsorship and they are all wards of the state.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (b//Sn)

117 A dirty secret about Refugees claiming asuylum because they were at risk - it's believed that 80% - 90% of all asylum claims are fake. IOW, yes they want to come here, no they aren't some secret agent being chased by an evil government or something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (ioK7j)

118
Boeing's 737MAX Crashmaster.
Posted by: Community Notes

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I think this will rank with the Ford F250 Earthfucker (did I get that name right?)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (mmrXZ)

119 Drive down workers' pay so that corporations can pay people third-world wages in America and make a fortune.
_-_

Aye, that's their goal alright.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 30, 2026 06:02 PM (T5g+F)
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That was the argument for outsourcing: American workers are overpaid. The didn't want to close all the plants, but the Iron Law of Limitless Greed made them do it. They were powerless against it.

And then Trump reminded them that tariffs exist for a reason. That's why they hate him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)

120 CATO delinda est.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 06:05 PM (nEUC6)

121 fd, did you see the GS that needed a home?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 06:05 PM (QwZKw)

122 Never had much truck with any of the CATOs. Cato the elder, the younger, nor the group.

One dude encouraged the destruction of Carthage after they had been defeated, One was a drunken scold troll who accomplished little.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

123 115 Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger?

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Oy/m2)

Kato Kalin

Posted by: St. Patrick at September 30, 2026 06:05 PM (l3cgK)

124 off saintly sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

125 I think Stephen Miller had a big hand in this.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 06:07 PM (kX27y)

126 A dirty secret about Refugees claiming asuylum because they were at risk - it's believed that 80% - 90% of all asylum claims are fake. IOW, yes they want to come here, no they aren't some secret agent being chased by an evil government or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (ioK7j)
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That's why Trump has been doing third-country deportation and SCOTUS lifted the injunction. That circumvents the "fear of harm" argument.

"Oh, can't go back to Venezuela? Well, plenty of room in Liberia!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

127 Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger?
Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026

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It was the Elder, I believe, who ended every speech on any topic with, "And furthermore, Carthage must be destroyed." Trump could take a page from his book.

"We've created the biggest and best economy in the world. And furthermore, illegal immigration to this country must cease. I thank you."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:07 PM (wzUl9)

128 A lot of South Africa's problems were the Indian and Irish migrants that moved there and lived in cities and did not understand what ending apartheid meant. And besides, they have other passports for when TSHTF.

So I am surprised Musk does not get it.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:07 PM (b//Sn)

129 And if we legalized murder, it wouldn't be a crime anymore.

Lindsey Clancy's good with that!
Posted by: DanMa'am at September 30, 2026 05:52 PM (8uzBS)

I was going to make a joke but it would have been tasteless and crass and that's not who we are.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

130 A dirty secret about Refugees claiming asuylum because they were at risk - it's believed that 80% - 90% of all asylum claims are fake. IOW, yes they want to come here, no they aren't some secret agent being chased by an evil government or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (ioK7j)

Also by international law asylum seekers must wait in the first neighbor country to apply to be here. So unless you are Canadian or Mexican, you are not supposed to be here at all to seek asylum.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

131 Why don't Muslims go to one of 50+ Muslim countries instead of only wanting to go to Western nations? I am at a loss for words. There has to be some reason, right?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Uvvcx)

132 Yeah, “refugee” status is totally gamed.
Almost all have been coached by an NGO to provide a fake reason for being a refugee.
Under Trump, pretty much all refugees have been rejected except South Africans.

#winning

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:09 PM (4KUe5)

133 Cato … my little yellow friend

Posted by: Inspector Cleuseau at September 30, 2026 06:09 PM (oQgKT)

134 Left Coast Dawg, How are ya!?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 06:10 PM (QwZKw)

135 The reason is conquest.
That’s it.
A lot admit it.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:10 PM (4KUe5)

136 Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger?
Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026

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It was the Elder, I believe, who ended every speech on any topic with, "And furthermore, Carthage must be destroyed." Trump could take a page from his book.

"We've created the biggest and best economy in the world. And furthermore, illegal immigration to this country must cease. I thank you."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:07 PM (wzUl9)

Carthage at that time was a defeated, disarmed nation under Rome's protection. Cato was an ass.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

137 131 Why don't Muslims go to one of 50+ Muslim countries instead of only wanting to go to Western nations? I am at a loss for words. There has to be some reason, right?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Uvvcx)
Caliphate, my brother.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 06:11 PM (LHPAg)

138 80% - 90% of all asylum claims are fake. IOW, yes they want to come here, no they aren't some secret agent being chased by an evil government or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Just to clarify -- it is closer to 99%. There are VERY few who are actually at risk, as anyone really at risk can not leave. And NO ONE has a right to skip other safe countries.

That means 99,999% are *economic* migrants.
We have UN treaty obligation to accept real asylum candidates, but not if they skip countries. We have no legal or moral obligation to accept economic migrants.
Further, even a working, tax paying, migrant is STEALING a job or opportunity from a citizen so there IS a moral obligation to exclude them.

OK, so it's a transaction. But then they just want benefits. Now it is not just immoral, but theft. The world has turned upside down.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:12 PM (b//Sn)

139 Dearborne is now the 3,234 holiest sight in Islam.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 06:12 PM (QwZKw)

140 Why don't Muslims go to one of 50+ Muslim countries instead of only wanting to go to Western nations?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 30, 2026 06:08 PM

Yeah, the British Caliphate is wide open. They should go there.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 06:13 PM (4NO2D)

141 I think this will rank with the Ford F250 Earthfucker (did I get that name right?)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 06:04 PM (mmrXZ)

The F250 is the ladies version, comes in pink. The Earthrumpler. The men's version is the F-950 Earthfucker.

Posted by: Ben Rothelisberger at September 30, 2026 06:13 PM (zZu0s)

142 Down 96% you say?

Well, I suppose that's a start. We're still not down 100% so there's clearly work to do.

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 06:13 PM (TN0g+)

143 Why don't Muslims go to one of 50+ Muslim countries instead of only wanting to go to Western nations?

Strip clubs.

Posted by: t-bird at September 30, 2026 06:14 PM (7kply)

144 Also by international law asylum seekers must wait in the first neighbor country to apply to be here. So unless you are Canadian or Mexican, you are not supposed to be here at all to seek asylum.
Posted by: Oldcat
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This is why, until obama, border crossers were classified at "Mexican" or "OTM" (other than mexican) as the OTM had no right to seek asylum.

shit for brains removed that distinction. Then Trump tried to return it with Remain in Mexico, but then shit for brains II ended that too.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:15 PM (b//Sn)

145 Carthage at that time was a defeated, disarmed nation under Rome's protection. Cato was an ass.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)
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Later historians condemned him because the destruction of Carthage left Rome unopposed in the Western Med and opened the pathway to decadence. The flood of slaves also destroyed the freeholders of Italy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:15 PM (ZOv7s)

146 Why don't Muslims go to one of 50+ Muslim countries instead of only wanting to go to Western nations?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
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Mostly? Money.

Also conquest, white women, housing, status....

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:16 PM (b//Sn)

147 I would be for throwing them all out, Islam is against the US Constitution

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Ia/+0)

148 Carthage at that time was a defeated, disarmed nation under Rome's protection. Cato was an ass.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Hannibal, in many many ways, was t he worst thing that could have ever happened to Carthage. Sure, he defeated the Romans many times and slaughtered tens of thousands. But thats just it: he could not close the deal. So he pissed off the exact wrong people and gave them many, many reasons to want to fuck Carthage in the skull. The population of Rome dropped by something like 17% during the second Punic War. Entire families were wiped out.

Retard. And most in Carthage did not even want the war. They wanted to make money.

Posted by: Ben Rothelisberger at September 30, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

149 I voted for this!!!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 06:17 PM (CtuYK)

150 /off sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 06:18 PM (zZu0s)

151 Are they crazy, or just bone-stupid?
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The correct answer is "Yes".

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

152 CATO is what happens when the undisciplined brain eats itself. There are no fully legal libertarian think tanks in Muslim countries or even in England but I repeat myself.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at September 30, 2026 06:18 PM (NKrMi)

153 Carthage at that time was a defeated, disarmed nation under Rome's protection. Cato was an ass.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Nevertheless, I still say Canada must be destroyed.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 06:18 PM (JzUSu)

154 ***Reduced Muslim Refugee Immigration by 96%!
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I voted for that.

And more.

Four % more, then deportations.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:19 PM (ShznQ)

155 deport

deport

deport

deport the fucking lot

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2026 06:19 PM (+fdRY)

156 Cbc crow news!

An animal welfare group has been administering nasal naloxone to crows that are suspected to have eaten toxic drugs left accessible outside in downtown Prince George, B.C.

The Good Caws Crow Rescue Society (GCCRS) has posted multiple videos showing their volunteers giving nasal naloxone to crows that are otherwise unresponsive

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 06:20 PM (Sco7b)

157 Srsly, the Somalis claim Minnesota is their promised land. The are the rightful heirs to the land, not the Americans who’ve lived there for centuries.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:20 PM (4KUe5)

158 Retard. And most in Carthage did not even want the war. They wanted to make money.
Posted by: Ben Rothelisberger at September 30, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)
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Hannibal saw a Thucydides Trap coming. Rome was consolidating power in Italy and spreading into Gaul. It was also now a seapower, with far greater resources. The idea was to break into Italy and convince allied cities to switch to Carthage and return Rome to a regional (land-oriented) power.

It was a reasonable plan, and he blasted through Roman armies with amazing success. Based on what he knew, it might have worked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

159 Fuck 'em. Make it uncomfortable enough they self deport.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (QwZKw)

160 Nevertheless, I still say Canada must be destroyed.

But it's the geographical center of the US!

Posted by: t-bird at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (7kply)

161
This is the sort of news that animates Melat Kiros, that 29-year-old Ph.D. student who is going to take a Colorado Congressional seat. I hope she spends her first term seething like a pressure cooker. She literally told an interviewer that we shitty Americans need to do better and be better, and the people who will help us with it is brown immigrants.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (mmrXZ)

162 Mis Hum's ONT on Monday had a Paul Joseph Watson video that was must watch.

He talked about the women working at migrant reception centers all fucking migrants. It was something I had not heard about, but it is a real pattern.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (b//Sn)

163 151 Are they crazy, or just bone-stupid?
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Here. Take a pull of this and you'll begin to understand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (ShznQ)

164 Srsly, the Somalis claim Minnesota is their promised land. The are the rightful heirs to the land, not the Americans who’ve lived there for centuries.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:20 PM (4KUe5)

Since they've been here, they've been, basically, immune to our laws while being showered with tens of millions of dollars for nothing. Are you sure they're wrong about it being the promised land?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

165 90 I think some are missing ballistic's joke.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 05:56 PM (QwZKw)
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Yeah, just a couple. Lol.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 06:22 PM (oqH4h)

166 The hero pilot in the jihadi plane incident is a jeet. I didn't expect that but am glad.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 06:22 PM (l26NL)

167 It was a reasonable plan, and he blasted through Roman armies with amazing success. Based on what he knew, it might have worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

He let his hatred blind him. The cities of Italy had already gotten rolled by Rome once. Plus Rome actually defended them tooth and nail. They knew what would happen if they flipped (something like three cities did during the Second punic war) and Rome DIDNT lose. It did not go well for them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

168 Srsly, the Somalis claim Minnesota is their promised land. The are the rightful heirs to the land, not the Americans who’ve lived there for centuries.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026

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Oh, yes, the Somali tradition of sleighs and snowball fights that goes back to time immemorial!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

169 More good economic news: the Atlanta Fed "GDPNow" reading for the 3rd quarter is 3.7%, with the official BEA numbers not due until the end of October, right before election day.

The number would be considerably higher but for all the chip imports for AI. Oil imports from Venezuela may also be a factor, since our refineries are where the increased oil flow from that country go.

All in all, an excellent economy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 06:23 PM (tAo8j)

170
Mis Hum's ONT on Monday had a Paul Joseph Watson video that was must watch.

He talked about the women working at migrant reception centers all fucking migrants. It was something I had not heard about, but it is a real pattern.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

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I'm gonna take a look. It's the same with welfare offices too, I'm sure. I wonder if they break laws to favor migrants? Do you think Hodan rubber-stamps welfare applications from Hibo, Sahra, and Fadumo?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 06:24 PM (mmrXZ)

171 He talked about the women working at migrant reception centers all fucking migrants. It was something I had not heard about, but it is a real pattern.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (b//Sn)
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They adopt a "pet" migrant, who moves in with them, and is also dependent because he doesn't speak the language and has a sub-average IQ, but eventually she goes into Karen mode he flies into a rage and that's the end of that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

172 64 Yes, there are direct, nonstop flights from South Africa to the United States.
Direct Flight Routes & Airlines
• Delta Air Lines: Flies nonstop from Johannesburg (JNB) to Atlanta (ATL).
• United Airlines: Flies nonstop from Johannesburg (JNB) and Cape Town (CPT) to New York/Newark (EWR), as well as Washington Dulles (IAD).
Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:48 PM

That would explain why we are being overrun by South Africans.

/snark
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:50 PM (4NO2D)
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So how about that claim that the only asylum seekers we see should be from Canada or Mexico, hoss?

If you missed it, I'm saying that a white south african being chased out of his home by marauders could fly directly here and apply for asylum, being the first safe country he touches.

Save your snark for when you're not getting clowned on.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 06:24 PM (oqH4h)

173 >>> 148 Carthage at that time was a defeated, disarmed nation under Rome's protection. Cato was an ass.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Hannibal, in many many ways, was t he worst thing that could have ever happened to Carthage. Sure, he defeated the Romans many times and slaughtered tens of thousands. But thats just it: he could not close the deal. So he pissed off the exact wrong people and gave them many, many reasons to want to fuck Carthage in the skull. The population of Rome dropped by something like 17% during the second Punic War. Entire families were wiped out.

Retard. And most in Carthage did not even want the war. They wanted to make money.
Posted by: Ben Rothelisberger at September 30, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

Best sock fail in a long time.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2026 06:24 PM (+fdRY)

174 157 , the Somalis claim Minnesota is their promised land. The are the rightful heirs to the land, not the Americans who’ve lived there for centuries.

Posted by: Lizz
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I got a promise for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:25 PM (JS6jE)

175 Now the Democrats and the media (BIRM) are going to have to come out in favor of mosquitoes and ticks.

Trump bans mosquitoes and ticks by executive order

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 06:25 PM (ndZc7)

176 Ugh, that’s gross that NGO AWFLS sleep with refugees. No wonder they believe they deserve sex with any woman in their new country.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:26 PM (4KUe5)

177 >>>It was a reasonable plan, and he blasted through Roman armies with amazing success. Based on what he knew, it might have worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

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Great. Now I’m going to have to go back and re-watch Oversimplified so I know what people are talking about.

Posted by: Turn 2 at September 30, 2026 06:26 PM (QFchU)

178 >>> 166 The hero pilot in the jihadi plane incident is a jeet. I didn't expect that but am glad.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at September 30, 2026 06:22 PM (l26NL)

Ghurka?

Although my understanding is that Hindus in general are not terribly fond of muzzies.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2026 06:27 PM (+fdRY)

179 Why was Cato the Houseboy later spelled Kato the Houseboy.

Posted by: Billy the Housepest at September 30, 2026 06:27 PM (Fn+3X)

180 166 The hero pilot in the jihadi plane incident is a jeet. I didn't expect that but am glad.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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Some Indians won't touch physical work others put their shoulder to it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:27 PM (JS6jE)

181 He let his hatred blind him. The cities of Italy had already gotten rolled by Rome once. Plus Rome actually defended them tooth and nail. They knew what would happen if they flipped (something like three cities did during the Second punic war) and Rome DIDNT lose. It did not go well for them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)
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It's easy to say all that after the fact, but Roman allies did rebel from time to time, and there was the Social War when a bunch of the allies tried to quit at once.

The thing is that the alternative was to wait passively until the legions rolled up in overwhelming strength, which they would eventually have done, because Rome gotta Rome.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:27 PM (ZOv7s)

182 It was a reasonable plan, and he blasted through Roman armies with amazing success. Based on what he knew, it might have worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

Until someone realized that the Roman army should never attack Hannibal out in the open. It was better to harass Hannibal troops from behind or something like that.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 06:28 PM (Oy/m2)

183 >>Best sock fail in a long time.

It is. If only it was in All Caps

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 06:28 PM (vNne8)

184
I don't have much hope for France.
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Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 06:28 PM (kX27y)

185 142 Down 96% you say?

Well, I suppose that's a start. We're still not down 100% so there's clearly work to do.

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 06:13 PM (TN0g+)

I'd be happy with election integrity at 96%...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:28 PM (l3cgK)

186 Why was Cato the Houseboy later spelled Kato the Houseboy.
Posted by: Billy the Housepest at September 30, 2026 06:27 PM (Fn+3X)
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K is less racist than C?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 06:29 PM (kOzmw)

187 176 Ugh, that’s gross that NGO AWFLS sleep with refugees. No wonder they believe they deserve sex with any woman in their new country.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:26 PM (4KUe5)
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Yeah it's gross but you gotta understand that all of these do-gooder NGOs and assistance outfits are staffed largely with aging single women with a savior complex, and by golly if letting Mohammed bin Mohammed knock her up so he gets to live out his dream, then she can save him!!!!!

It's either swarthy dick or a life of many cats.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 06:29 PM (oqH4h)

188 The hero pilot in the jihadi plane incident is a jeet. I didn't expect that but am glad.
Posted by: Blutarski
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Powerline has a quote from a military pilot saying the tail should have broken off the plane at the rate it was descending, ie that the 737's construction, at least in that regard, is outstanding.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 06:29 PM (JzUSu)

189 Until someone realized that the Roman army should never attack Hannibal out in the open. It was better to harass Hannibal troops from behind or something like that.
Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026

***
"Ahem."
( -- Fabius Cunctator, "The Delayer")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)

190 Now the Democrats and the media (BIRM) are going to have to come out in favor of mosquitoes and ticks.

Trump bans mosquitoes and ticks by executive order
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 06:25 PM (ndZc7)
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The Mullahs have endorsed the Dems. Every GOP candidate should do short commercial showing them screaming Death to America and then say "these people have asked you to vote for the Democrats. Why would you?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

191 >>BREAKING: 93-year-old Marie-Louise was found dead and covered in blood in her bathroom in Toulouse, France. A 33-year-old Sudanese illegal migrant was found naked and asleep on top of her body when police arrived.

All Raped Out, he was.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 06:29 PM (vNne8)

192 Plus, I am trying to remember exact numbers but the largest army he fielded was 45k when he entered the Alps. He lost something like 15k to desertion and exposure. And while he did wonders with that 30k. He never had enough to break Rome (the city.) He expected all of the cities to flock to him and everyone in the Mediterranean to chip in. They just looked at him and thought 'you cant take the city with that.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

193 Inspector Dreyfuss was driven insane by Inspector Clouseau, but Herbert Lom lived to a very ripe old age compared to Peter Sellers. What is the lesson there? Some of you may never die.

Posted by: Insanity Leads To Long Life? at September 30, 2026 06:30 PM (Fn+3X)

194 180 166 The hero pilot in the jihadi plane incident is a jeet. I didn't expect that but am glad.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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Some Indians won't touch physical work others put their shoulder to it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:27 PM (JS6jE)

That's just how they're caste...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:31 PM (l3cgK)

195 That is horrifying, Garrett.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 06:31 PM (4KUe5)

196
1880's Minnesota immigrants arrived in debt to the banks and railroads and in many cases lived in sod dugouts.

But obviously their decedents owe Somalis money, land acknowledgements a tug on the forelock while they bow.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 06:31 PM (Y8DZL)

197 Carthage at that time was a defeated, disarmed nation under Rome's protection. Cato was an ass.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Nevertheless, I still say Canada must be destroyed.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 06:18 PM (JzUSu)

Canada is an empire, looting the outer provinces for the decadent core area without any care for them, or the future. They bitch about our tariffs while having them for trade between provinces.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)

198 >>That is horrifying, Garrett.

That's the truth of the matter.

If they hadn't found him, he would have gotten right back to it as soon as he was rested.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 06:32 PM (vNne8)

199 The thing is that the alternative was to wait passively until the legions rolled up in overwhelming strength, which they would eventually have done, because Rome gotta Rome.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:27 PM (ZOv7s)

My point being: his plan depended entirely on his own skill AND other people. That is always a bad bet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 06:32 PM (zZu0s)

200 CATO Institute witness: “If you make legal immigration impossible, don’t complain about illegal immigration. You created it. You made it illegal.”

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A strawmanchild.

Who's made legal immigration to the USA impossible?

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (fTvJp)

201 News

Airplane - no mention islam
Cornell U - rape
Storms
Black single Mom of 3 struggling - propaganda piece.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

202 I don't have much hope for France.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 06:28 PM (kX27y)
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You should. Pope Leo's visit shook the French establishment to its core. A million people lined the streets of Paris and priests conducted Confession right on the sidewalk for hours.

The secularists are horrified at the revival and a Muslim activist actually said France will be fully Catholic in 30 years, it's inevitable now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (ZOv7s)

203 Nood, quick hits

Posted by: SciVo at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (ke3zm)

204 The news in that rape story is that the police showed up.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (QwZKw)

205 Powerline has a quote from a military pilot saying the tail should have broken off the plane at the rate it was descending, ie that the 737's construction, at least in that regard, is outstanding.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

My tail has been subjected to decades long stress, but is nevertheless intact.

Posted by: Mayor Pete Buttagigg at September 30, 2026 06:33 PM (Fn+3X)

206 I am not surprised

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 06:34 PM (Ia/+0)

207 It's either swarthy dick or a life of many cats.
Posted by: ballistic
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Or dying and being eaten by kitties.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 06:34 PM (E4rtv)

208 What's the headcount on that 4%?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 30, 2026 06:35 PM (bX16E)

209 My point being: his plan depended entirely on his own skill AND other people. That is always a bad bet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 06:32 PM (zZu0s)
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Show me a leader who doesn't rely on his skill and other people. What else can he rely on? Sometimes the odds are bad, but that's the best play you have, and sometimes it pays off.

Remember, pagans believed very much in fate, and so he may have assumed the gods would be with him, especially if the auguries were good.

Pagans were nuts about auguries. "Nope, liver's not healthy. Can't fight today. Try again tomorrow."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)

210 208 What's the headcount on that 4%?

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at September 30, 2026 06:38 PM (v3pYe)

211 Plus, I am trying to remember exact numbers but the largest army he fielded was 45k when he entered the Alps. He lost something like 15k to desertion and exposure. And while he did wonders with that 30k. He never had enough to break Rome (the city.) He expected all of the cities to flock to him and everyone in the Mediterranean to chip in. They just looked at him and thought 'you cant take the city with that.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 06:30 PM (zZu0s)

he incorporated a lot of Gauls in North Italy into his "Africans" and probably some Southern Italians/Greeks while he stayed there for 20 years. But his base wasn't even Carthage really, he was a free agent in the Spanish state his father had started after the first Punic War.

Meanwhile Rome had been building a system that for all its flaws was incorporating Italy into their future on an equal footing. Magistrates in Italian towns could join the Roman Senate. Italian areas could become fully Roman - First Latium, then other districts over time.

Only a few cities joined him, and then he had to watch as Rome over time took them all back from him.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)

212 Sep 29
🇫🇷🔴 BREAKING: 93-year-old Marie-Louise was found dead and covered in blood in her bathroom in Toulouse, France. A 33-year-old Sudanese illegal migrant was found naked and asleep on top of her body when police arrived.
Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 06:28 PM (kX27y)
Only one way to fix this.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 06:39 PM (LHPAg)

213 Herbert Lom lived to a very ripe old age compared to Peter Sellers. What is the lesson there?
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Cocaine and longevity do not conspire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:40 PM (JS6jE)

214 Pagans were nuts about auguries. "Nope, liver's not healthy. Can't fight today. Try again tomorrow."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 30, 2026 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)

Not one of the old Claudians! When the sacred chickens did not eat before his naval battle, he cried "Then let them drink!" and threw them over the side into the sea.

Of course he lost the battle and his life.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)

215 Canada is an empire, looting the outer provinces for the decadent core area without any care for them, or the future. They bitch about our tariffs while having them for trade between provinces.

Posted by: Oldcat
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It has slaves in Africa today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 06:41 PM (JS6jE)

216 Until someone realized that the Roman army should never attack Hannibal out in the open. It was better to harass Hannibal troops from behind or something like that.
Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026

***
"Ahem."
( -- Fabius Cunctator, "The Delayer")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)

The other Roman trick was the "Hey, we have 2 consuls and 8 praetors. Lets have more than one army!". So one or two of them would follow Hannibal about, and the rest would go and defeat anyone suspicious, take any towns with unrest, pacify the Gauls in North Italy, and in one famous incident ambush and destroy a new army led by Hannibal's brother into Italy so fast the first news he got was his brother's head being tossed over his encampment wall.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 06:45 PM (uhVAy)

217 "Why don't Muslims go to one of 50+ Muslim countries instead of only wanting to go to Western nations?"

"There aren't any Western countries, just countries not yet fully converted (by force or stampede) to Islam."

Muhammad

Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 07:24 PM (vbXSk)

218 Hey, Cato. This is what we voted for!

Posted by: Ralph at September 30, 2026 09:32 PM (8WZD4)

Jack Smith Obtained the Emails of Hundreds of Republicans and Conservative-Leaning Journalists; Claims He Had to Subpoena the Entire Conservative Movement to Decide If Everyone Should Be Indicted for January 6th

As Julie Kelly and others point out: There is no crime of "blocking the peaceful transfer of power," but this expansive and legally undefined mission justifies, Jack Smith says, subpoenaeing the checks made out to Republican office-holders and mass-spying on conservative media.

Special Counsel Jack Smith's sweeping investigation into President Donald Trump included the financial data of everyday supporters across 50 states who gave as little as $1 to the president and allied groups, new documents reveal.
Smith's team obtained at least 4,782 checks from everyday Americans making mainly small-dollar donations. Smith's sweep -- though ostensibly focused on the events of Jan. 6, 2020 -- hoovered up checks from September 2019 to August 2023.
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The Biden administration wielded the country's most powerful law enforcement tools to spy on Republicans with little concern for whether it violated the Constitution, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley said.
Grassley released the documents as part of an ongoing probe into the investigation the FBI codenamed "Arctic Frost" that formally began in April 2022 into a 2020 fake elector scheme. Arctic Frost and two other FBI investigations -- one relating to January 6 codenamed "Project Coconut" and one related to Mar-a-Lago documents codenamed "Project Cranberry" -- mired Trump's return to the White House and ensnared hundreds of conservative individuals and entities.
Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, where Grassley pressed Smith on the apparent overreach.
"Did you obtain possession of donor data, to include financial information, yes or no?" he asked.
After a pause, Smith said, "our investigation was focused on investigating matters under my mandate including whether any person or entity violated the law with attempts to block the peaceful transfers of power."
"Let me ask the question again. Did your special counsel operation obtain possession of donor data, to include financial information, yes or no?" Grassley pressed.
"Yes we acquired financial information. As I sit here right now I cannot recite to you every subpoena we issued. I can tell you why we issued subpoenas," Smith said. "It was to conduct a criminal investigation into one of the most serious crimes in our nation's history. I had a duty to collect facts."
"You answered yes ... The list includes checks from constituents in every state of every single member of this committee, both Republicans and Democrats," Grassley replied. "Every member on this committee ought to be outraged for what happened to their constituents. Which one of my Democratic colleagues will join me in that outrage?"
Smith did not include any reference to this data in his public report, Grassley pointed out.

He also pawed through the emails of hundreds of journalists.

By the way, he seems to have used as his predicate for the subpoena the partisan head of the National Archives, who shrieked that Trump wouldn't give back his documents.

People are pointing out that the National Archives does not have the power to initiate a criminal investigation. It's not like a referral from Congress. It's just a partisan bureaucrat demanding that Trump Respecc My Authoritah.

Previous congressional disclosures showed investigators obtained records involving members of Congress. The latest records reveal the production also included communications between government officials and journalists working for some of the country's largest news organizations.
The communications appeared in records produced by the National Archives in response to a subpoena seeking material associated with 87 White House phones from Trump's first administration, according to a spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, citing whistleblower disclosures made to the chairman.
"What will the partisan media say about this disgraceful government overreach? This wasn't a normal prosecution by any means," Grassley challenged in comments to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, as critics have highlighted the lack of concern or coverage given to Smith's probe by legacy media.

One organization identified Tuesday as having been swept up in the probe was the Media Research Center. Its president, David Bozell, announced in 2025 that "not one single broadcast network aired one solitary second" about Smith's alleged spying on conservative organizations and senators following a tranche of public disclosures.
Fox News is among the organizations whose journalists appear in the records, along with CNN, CBS News -- including its newsmagazine "60 Minutes" -- NBC News and CNBC.
The records also include communications involving journalists from the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, Reuters, the Associated Press and NPR, as well as The Federalist and Washington Times.

GOP Senators say he's a partisan hatchet-man.

He says no, I'm just a straight-shooter who begged Merrick Garland to let me prosecute Trump.

He denies that last part -- or rather, he "cannot recall" asking Merrick Garland for the job of Biden's Lawfare Attack Dog.

Former special counsel Jack Smith's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday laid bare lingering divides over President Donald Trump's efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election and the Biden administration's investigation of him.

...
To be sure, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, made a handful of revelations, including about Smith's securing of communications between the media and government sources. He also highlighted Smith's subpoena of roughly 5,000 checks from small-donor contributors to Republicans.
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After the hearing, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told the "John Solomon Reports" podcast that she believed Smith's investigation was politically motivated, calling it a "witch hunt."
"It wasn't about law and order. It was about political retribution and making people pay, making them suffer, building this file, and it is going to be imperative that Jack Smith be held to account for what he did, because we never ever want this to happen to another American," she said.
During the hearing, Grassley pointed to Smith's investigative activities and pressed him on the basis for securing certain information.
"[Y]ou obtained at least 4,782 donor checks. Many of those checks were $5 to $10," Grassley said. "The list includes checks from constituents in every state of every single member of this committee, both Republicans and Democrats. It included 42 checks from Iowans who dared to donate money to Republicans. No matter what you say, there is no legitimate basis for what you did."

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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., often known for his boisterous and folksy commentary in Senate hearings, pointedly told Smith that "[y]ou make me want to throw up in my mouth" after Smith insisted he acted in a non-partisan manner.
Kennedy's line of questioning had addressed the role of Attorney General Merrick Garland in the probe.
...
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, primarily dealt with Smith's appointment and reasons for ending the case. He specifically highlighted the concerns about partisanship that stemmed from the Biden administration investigating an active political opponent.
"Are you aware of whether this has ever happened before in the 250-year history of the United States of America, where an incumbent president, attorney general, appoints a special counsel to investigate his or her political opponent. Has that ever happened before?" he asked.
Smith could not identify a comparable instance.
...
Despite that claim to follow DOJ policy, yesterday Just the News reported that Smith -- contrary to DOJ policy -- kept evidence on Trump after the cases were shut down. Normally, DOJ rules require the disposal or return of seized evidence once a criminal case is closed or dismissed, provided the evidence is no longer needed for official purposes.
Early in the afternoon, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., took the most aggressive line of questioning, pressing Smith on his decision to pursue lawmakers' phone records. But he also outright accused Smith of waging a political investigation intended to stop Trump from returning to the White House.
"Mr. Smith, I have to start by saying I think that maybe I underestimated you. I underestimated, in particular, your comedic talent," Hawley said. "I've been watching this whole hearing. I've watched everything you said. I noticed that you began by saying, 'I have no partisan loyalty,' and you repeated over and over and over, there's nothing in your investigation about politics. That's hilarious."
Echoing the Republicans' party line, Hawley said "In fact, your investigation was all about politics from day one. Your investigation, so-called, your prosecution, so-called, was nothing other than an attempt to interfere politically in a presidential election in the United States of America."

Julie Kelly claims that Jack Smith was actually considering indicting the entirety of the conservative movement:

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
@julie_kelly2
6h
As I have said repeatedly--and Jack Smith confirmed here--Arctic Frost would have made the Jan 6 investigation look like a cakewalk.
Smith was preparing to indict hundreds of GOP lawmakers, WH officials, MAGA-associated groups, influencers, and the president himself (again)--and perhaps even media organizations--under Arctic Frost.
There is no federal crime related to "blocking the peaceful transfer of power"--which by the way, Jack Smith, happens on January 20, not January 6.
But Smith and his team undoubtedly were collecting evidence to bring more conspiracy and obstruction charges against these individuals and groups.
But by the end of 2023, Smith ran up against two potential SCOTUS roadblocks: the presidential immunity question out of the J6 case in Washington AND the Fischer decision related to the lawful use of the 1512(c)2 obstruction statute in Jan 6 cases.
The latter decision, issued in June 2024, handed a blow to Smith's effort to criminalize free speech and political activity. SCOTUS held that the post-Enron corporate fraud statute required some evidence of document tampering/destruction. That's not, however, how the Biden DOJ applied the statute in 300+ cases--so those charges/convictions were systematically tossed.
So, Smith essentially lost the ability to use 1512--which represented 2 of 4 counts in his J6 indictment against Trump and would not have survived a Fischer-like challenge before SCOTUS again--in potential Arctic Frost prosecutions.
Even though Smith probably believed the "fake electors" certificates would have met the documents threshold. (Doubtful)
But he likely planned to use the conspiracy against rights charge he brought against Trump to these targets.

Kelly rejects the idea that Smith was invading conservatives' emails and financial records to "spy on" them.

No, she says: He was gathering evidence for a mass-indictment.

Lawmakers and WH officials and journalists were not being "spied on" or even considered potential witnesses.
They were under investigation by this scumbag, his henchmen in special counsel office, and his puppet masters in the Biden DOJ and White House.
Don't lose sight of this--and what the country avoided with Trump's win in 2024.

As I have said repeatedly�and Jack Smith confirmed here�Arctic Frost would have made the Jan 6 investigation look like a cakewalk.

Smith was preparing to indict hundreds of GOP lawmakers, WH officials, MAGA-associated groups, influencers, and the president himself (again)�and�
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) September 30, 2026

Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker

This may be the most uncomfortable moment in the entire Jack Smith hearing.
It's when Sen. Kennedy confronted him about an accusation that Smith had actually asked Garland for the job of Special Counsel.
Hoo boy. Watch Smith squirm as he tries to answer the question.
KENNEDY: You asked General Garland to appoint you special counsel, didn't you?
SMITH (looks down and scribbles): I don't think that's accurate. He made the decision to appoint me.
KENNEDY: In fact, you had people call General Garland to lobby him to appoint you, didn't you?
SMITH (looks down and scribbles some more): I don't recall anything like that.
KENNEDY: You really wanted to be special counsel, didn't you?
SMITH: I accepted the position as special counsel because I had spent 30 years as a nonpartisan prosecutor. I had investigated every sort of criminal case you could possibly imagine, and I thought I was qualified to do the job.
I knew that I would do it independently, and I would conduct it the same way whether it were Republican or a Democrat.
if Smith wanted to be Special Counsel and had lobbied for that position, it throws all of his partisan activities in a whole new light.
As it stands, this looks horrible.

Notice he keeps avoiding answering the question. Or rather, his only answer is "I don't recall."

This may be the most uncomfortable moment in the entire Jack Smith hearing.

It's when Sen. Kennedy confronted him about an accusation that Smith had actually asked Garland for the job of Special Counsel.

Hoo boy. Watch Smith squirm as he tries to answer the question.

KENNEDY:� pic.twitter.com/DZeedFvU1O
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 29, 2026

I'm sickened by this news that my journalistic communications were obtained as part of Jack Smith's egregious misconduct.

Proud to have been one of the only journalists who debunked his agency's role in perpetrating the Russia collusion lie against the American people.

No� https://t.co/IwSf6t7vRj
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) September 29, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 All a waste of time until we see them swinging from the gallows.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at September 30, 2026 04:32 PM (j3Fsw)

2 "Blocking the Pea"

I'm not looking that up on Urban Dictionary.

Posted by: far cry at September 30, 2026 04:33 PM (Oh7rl)

3 We're going to find out his name isn't actually "Jack Smith" right?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 04:33 PM (nEUC6)

4 Aw, Ace changed the headline and now I look like a babbling idiot.

Even more so than usual, I mean.

Posted by: far cry at September 30, 2026 04:35 PM (Oh7rl)

5 This is all kabuki theater, nothing is going to happen and everyone knows it. This is an exercise to get some sound bites for the mid terms.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 04:36 PM (I43vL)

6 Jack Smith should be doing an air dance.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:36 PM (4NO2D)

7
Double hanging needed. Fauci and Smith.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:36 PM (/QHx4)

8 Jack Smith was reading Ace's emails?

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:37 PM (vNne8)

9 7
Double hanging needed. Fauci and Smith.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:36 PM (/QHx4)

Let Fauci complete his aerosolized Ebola experiments on Jack Smith, then hang Fauci.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 30, 2026 04:37 PM (oPFtC)

10 This is totally what democracy looks like. Finding ways to throw every political opponent in prison with an R next to his name.

I bet half to 3/4ths the GOP would go along with it had Trump not won.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 04:38 PM (UgMlZ)

11 >>Julie Kelly claims that Jack Smith was actually considering indicting the entirety of the conservative movement:

Anyone else here read The Flounder by Gunter Graas?

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:38 PM (vNne8)

12 "Find me the man ( or woman) and I will find the crime."

Posted by: Laventi Beriah Smith at September 30, 2026 04:39 PM (JrHfD)

13 8 Jack Smith was reading Ace's emails?
Posted by: Garrett

Looking at Ace's lez pron collection.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 30, 2026 04:39 PM (sAmhv)

14 And he would have gotten away with it too, but for those sneaky kids.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:39 PM (0U5gm)

15 By the way, this is the definition of evil. It takes a maoist to decide to indict half of the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:40 PM (0U5gm)

16 I commented on this in JJ's Mornin' Report...

This was all part of the witch hunt against perceived enemies of the dems. There's no punishment too good for Smith and those behind the scenes that ordered this, but, as already stated, "Nothing will Happen" is the likely result.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:41 PM (l3cgK)

17

weft,

Lol. I thought the same about his name.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:41 PM (/QHx4)

18 Nonpartisan. Ha.

Smith's wife produced a piece of garbage hagiography of Michelle Obama titled Becoming (I know, right?) which was sold to Netflix.

Her mother worked for Soros.

He's as far left as they come.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:42 PM (viF8m)

19 Jack Smith is a nasty worm of a man who needs flattening by a cement roller.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 04:42 PM (W2Pud)

20
Send the dude to England and tell them he dissed the Prophet once.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 04:42 PM (Y8DZL)

21 Nothing about something, something under the color of law yet?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 04:43 PM (NnhvP)

22 It is impossible for a person who finds Trump distasteful to be a bad person or ever dishonest.

Besides, if that person were ever dishonest, it's nothing compared to all of Trump's lies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:43 PM (U/fqy)

23 Since we are hating on the media - with good reason - and all these stories show how they still lie with impunity. the media narrative of this is going to be a disaster for the GOP this fall is not living up to reality, and even the AP went so far as to say watch out for NH. Early mail in balloting shows no huge swell for the populations the democrats need to make huge gains. More and more stories are showing that the economy - over which everyone says is a huge issue - is actually moving into a significant growth phase with investment and employment gaining ground and inflation holding steady or dropping slightly. Heck, MMS types are already running stories about how the good economic news is really not supported if you do a bunch of handstands and cartwheels with the data.The dems realize any real gap is closing, is there enough time for the GOP to actually take advantage of it.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 30, 2026 04:43 PM (7/DDO)

24 Getting Trump was the key domino to their whole coup.

The plan was:
- Trump in jail, permanent gag order (keep him from further conspiring with his confederates, of course), freeze and seize all his assets
- Trump family in jail (maybe spare Melania and Baron)
- Arrest and disqualify from ballot every Republican in more than enough seats to give them a super majority in the House and Senate. Those who denounce Trump would go free--after the election.
- stack the SCOTUS with at least 5 more Jumanji Browns.

This was serious enough and important enough they attempted to assassinate Trump to keep it going.

They meant to end the US.
And give themselves permanent, unchallengeable power.
They have not given up on that.
Which plan will be back in play by taking Congress this year.

So yeah, don't vote in November because the Republican in Congress haven't done enough and we need to "teach them a lesson."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 04:43 PM (3cUTc)

25 A couple of things: 1.) It is a terrible thing that this sack of shit will never face prosecution, scrutiny, or so much as a few uncomfortable moments for what he did. Our "side" is full of complete dripping pussies. And I do most dripping pussies an apology for such a comparison... 2.) We keep expecting our "side" to act in the same ruthless manner, using the same tools as our enemies. But, they don't, and they won't. Because they're dripping pussies.

And people wonder why Republican voter enthusiasm is lower than a snake's belly in a wheel rut.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at September 30, 2026 04:44 PM (gDrjQ)

26 Yup, we got him now. No way he's getting out of this one. Wait, I'm getting a message from my producer...

Posted by: Oddbob at September 30, 2026 04:44 PM (vTZFs)

27 Dovetails nicely with Biden's nazi-esque speech about MAGA Republicans being the nation's most perilous threat.

Posted by: Halfhand at September 30, 2026 04:44 PM (bWXIP)

28 Further evidence of WHAT IS CERTAIN TO HAPPEN on January 20, 2029.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 04:44 PM (RIvkX)

29 24
So yeah, don't vote in November because the Republican in Congress haven't done enough and we need to "teach them a lesson."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 04:43 PM (3cUTc)

=======

Sit out the opportunity to replace Mitch, Cassidy, Cornyn, Ernst, and Tillis with more conservative senators because the GOP isn't rightward enough and there's no opportunity to fix the GOP now that primaries are over.

It's science.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:44 PM (U/fqy)

30
Vote like your life depends on it.
It does.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:45 PM (/QHx4)

31 How many subpoenas does it take to make a superpoena?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 04:45 PM (Cqx++)

32 Nonpartisan. Ha.

Smith's wife produced a piece of garbage hagiography of Michelle Obama titled Becoming (I know, right?) which was sold to Netflix.

Her mother worked for Soros.

He's as far left as they come.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:42 PM (viF8m)

Saying 'I have no interest in the future of this country' like it is a badge of honor.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:46 PM (uhVAy)

33 Great, another hearing. So what's next? Does the DOJ bring charges or is this just grandstanding by the GOPe and once again a Democrat doesn't get the 4 am police raid.

Posted by: Beartooth at September 30, 2026 04:46 PM (e6MOU)

34 Shirt sleeve status? Rolled?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:46 PM (4NO2D)

35 Early voting starts here next week.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 04:47 PM (Cqx++)

36 Here's what pisses me off about all of these things being uncovered. The Dems have paid (and will pay) zero price for any of it.

Not one vote in these midterms will change over this. Not one swing voter cares. Its just considered fair game because Trump is so awful.

I feel like 20 years ago, this would have been an earthquake in DC. A deep state coup.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 04:47 PM (UgMlZ)

37 31 How many subpoenas does it take to make a superpoena?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 04:45 PM (Cqx++)

He's a dick in my book regardless.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:47 PM (l3cgK)

38 >>Smith's wife produced a piece of garbage hagiography of Michelle Obama titled Becoming (I know, right?) which was sold to Netflix.

Women would seriously kill for her arms.

Or, some shit.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:47 PM (vNne8)

39 Found one!

Posted by: Dorothy Thompson at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (xPxza)

40 >>>There is no crime of "blocking the peaceful transfer of power . . . ."

If there was, Obama and Co. should be strung up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (dK+Kv)

41 I note he's not hanging from a lamppost.

He's not even in jail.

There's a lot right in what Trump is doing, but the loyal soldiers of the left need to face dramatic consequences or they'll just mass-imprison their opponents again.

This isn't a "oh, let the process play out." This traitor needs to be made an example of and EVERYONE who worked to support him.

Either lampposts or exile. (To Bikini Atoll.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (N1DT3)

42 Sit out the opportunity to replace Mitch, Cassidy, Cornyn, Ernst, and Tillis with more conservative senators because the GOP isn't rightward enough and there's no opportunity to fix the GOP now that primaries are over.

It's science.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:44 PM (U/fqy)

"I hate the media and experts but I will believe their explanation for why events in the country work out as they do with total faith"

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (uhVAy)

43 I’ve just checked the Twitter feeds of Geraghty, CCW Cooke, Lowry, and MacLaughlin. Not one of those highly principled “conservatives” at National Review has tweeted about Jack Smith targeting actual conservative journalists.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (VlTrg)

44 We're going to find out his name isn't actually "Jack Smith" right?

It's actually "Bill Kristol".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (2ocoG)

45 I wonder if you could consider the back-and-forth work of Jack Smith and judge Boasberg to be collusion and conspiracy to commit treason...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (l3cgK)

46 If several thousand indictments came down from a corrupt DC jury, the second US civil war would have gone hot. A lot of police wouldn't arrest people, a lot would and then the action would have started. I doubt the arrogant scumbag Smith thought about that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 04:49 PM (jivel)

47 43 I’ve just checked the Twitter feeds of Geraghty, CCW Cooke, Lowry, and MacLaughlin. Not one of those highly principled “conservatives” at National Review has tweeted about Jack Smith targeting actual conservative journalists.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (VlTrg)

=

Why? When their real enemies are those on the right who have decided that the friend/enemy distinction is a more useful framing device for political action that classical liberalism of treating everyone like reasoning individuals who can be talked into positions they're emotionally opposed to?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:49 PM (U/fqy)

48 >>> 24
==
maybe spare
==
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 04:43 PM (3cUTc)

These are commies we're talking about. Ask the Romanov family about mercy from commie filth.

The commies tend to forget this isn't pre-industrial OMG Russia...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2026 04:50 PM (+fdRY)

49 35 Early voting starts here next week.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Slacker. Benson was sending out dead voter mail-in ballots in Michigan back on September 18th.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 04:50 PM (Y8DZL)

50 >>> 40 There is no crime of "blocking the peaceful transfer of power . . . ."
==
If there was, Obama and Co. should be strung up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (dK+Kv)

What rope for Tank Abrams?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2026 04:51 PM (+fdRY)

51 Double hanging needed. Fauci and Smith.

Posted by: four seasons

You forgot the perp... Garland.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 04:52 PM (NnhvP)

52 The first bill passed by the Jack Smith gifted super-majority in Congress would have been to stack SCOTUS.

The second would have been FCC and FEC laws to make it a felony for anyone who is not registered as a licensed reporter to report on, comment on or discuss the news.
To fight "disinformation."
Their new SCOTUS will rule that is merely a "reasonable restriction" on the 1st Amendment.

The third bill would have been mandatory all-mail elections in every state with ballots sent to all adults.

And all of that is still their plan.

But gas prices are too high so you need to teach Republicans a lesson this year.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 04:53 PM (3cUTc)

53 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at September 30, 2026 04:53 PM (2Ez/1)

54 What rope for Tank Abrams?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

3/8" metal strand.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 04:54 PM (6XDXn)

55 Jack should charged with everything he has done

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:54 PM (Ia/+0)

56 50 >>> 40 There is no crime of "blocking the peaceful transfer of power . . . ."
==
If there was, Obama and Co. should be strung up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 04:48 PM (dK+Kv)

What rope for Tank Abrams?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2026 04:51 PM (+fdRY)

There's no rope strong enough...or anchoring point...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:54 PM (l3cgK)

57
- Arrest and disqualify from ballot every Republican in more than enough seats to give them a super majority in the House and Senate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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

Yikes. I don't think I saw that part -- but I don't doubt it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:54 PM (mmrXZ)

58 In a Franpsycho administration Jack Smith and James Boasberg would be distant, fading memories.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 04:54 PM (RIvkX)

59 The careerists in the federal government are the principle enemy of the American people and until the GOP shows some willingness to go to war against them the way that they have warred against us, I can't see any excuse for enthusiasm in support of the GOP.

Yes, the Democrats, who are on their side, are evil.

Do something about it, GOP.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 30, 2026 04:54 PM (vSvIl)

60 8 Jack Smith was reading Ace's emails?
Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:37 PM (vNne

To be fair, if he tried to read the comments, I think he would find us somewhat impenetrable.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 04:55 PM (GYqb1)

61 Looks like RICO to me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 04:55 PM (6XDXn)

62 Huh. Completely unsurprising in the context of 2020 and J6, but huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

63 >>To be fair, if he tried to read the comments, I think he would find us somewhat impenetrable.

There's a CharlieBrown'sDildo joke to be had here...

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:56 PM (vNne8)

64 To be fair, if he tried to read the comments, I think he would find us somewhat impenetrable.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 04:55 PM (GYqb1)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE ME.

Posted by: Ben Rothelisberger at September 30, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

65 What rope for Tank Abrams?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

There are tow straps and cables capable of recovering loaded tractor trailers.

Posted by: I Was A Rigger at September 30, 2026 04:56 PM (Fn+3X)

66 But gas prices are too high so you need to teach Republicans a lesson this year.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 04:53 PM (3cUTc)

We've only got a month, but I would not be surprised if we see gas prices start dropping precipitously starting next week.

I expect Trump has been working with November in mind. Maybe he knew he had this small window to end (or at least seriously degrade) the Iranian threat, so he took it.

But I have to think he didn't just give up on the mid-terms. He knows gas prices are a BIG deal.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 04:56 PM (N1DT3)

67 To be fair, if he tried to read the comments, I think he would find us somewhat impenetrable.

But it wouldn't be rape rape.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 04:57 PM (ktgTW)

68 66 We've only got a month, but I would not be surprised if we see gas prices start dropping precipitously starting next week.

I expect Trump has been working with November in mind. Maybe he knew he had this small window to end (or at least seriously degrade) the Iranian threat, so he took it.

But I have to think he didn't just give up on the mid-terms. He knows gas prices are a BIG deal.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 04:56 PM (N1DT3)

========

And yet...gas prices don't change voter behavior and have no material effect on elections.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2097832343964668203

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:57 PM (U/fqy)

69 Vote like your life depends on it.
It does.
Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:45 PM (/QHx4)

What is the GOP going to do in order to eliminate the threat?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 30, 2026 04:58 PM (vSvIl)

70 69 Vote like your life depends on it.
It does.
Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:45 PM (/QHx4)

What is the GOP going to do in order to eliminate the threat?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 30, 2026 04:58 PM (vSvIl)

========

Replacing Mitch, Cassidy, Cornyn, Ernst, and Tillis in the Senate with more conservative Republicans and keeping the House makes passing the SAVE Act a more real possibility next Congress than it ever was in this Congress with those five (and Murkowski, who is a Democrat) in the upper chamber.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:59 PM (U/fqy)

71 Jack Smith needs to be forced to listen to Yoko and Celine Dion 24/7.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 04:59 PM (Oy/m2)

72 My thoughts about all this is the Obama Democrat clan came within a breath of creating a permanent Democrat police state during the useful idiot Biden years. The current crop of Communists taking over the Democrat party fully intend to complete that work and make damn sure it includes a gulag.

If this nation survives the next 20 years and beats back this Communist insurgency President Trump's lasting legacy will be the literal saving of the American experiment. If not, God help us.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 05:00 PM (VyD10)

73
Nothing will happen to Jack, but given what he wanted and what he was willing to do, he must be living in hell. Ben Rhodes is another one. He eternally looks like the serial killer whose mother just said "Get over here and adjust my pillow, you idiot."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 05:00 PM (mmrXZ)

74 And yet...gas prices don't change voter behavior and have no material effect on elections.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2097832343964668203
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

But to play devil's advocate on that, usually these are geopolitical events that don't connect directly to one political party.

Trump bombing Iran though is a direct line voters connect with why gas prices went up like 50%. And just goes along with the overall narrative of "affordable" that dems are pushing

I just dont think anyone can confidently say its not going to move the needle

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 05:01 PM (UgMlZ)

75 According to Legacy Media, the only important thing to come out of these hearings is that a MO senator did not know the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeys. "'What a dufus,' knowldegable observes snorted in derision." I think that's an exact quote from the WSJ.

And in other news, "Cockpit Spat No Cause For Alarm in Madcap Mideast Kerfuffle."

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 30, 2026 05:01 PM (sFNX2)

76 Looks like RICO to me.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 04:55 PM (6XDXn)

I ask this with all honesty: Has RICO ever produced any kind of real convictions?

It always seems like "we're gonna RICO the fuck out this guy" type of stuff.

I ain't no legal eagle. just a dumb guy in Idaho.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at September 30, 2026 05:02 PM (0aYVJ)

77 74
But to play devil's advocate on that, usually these are geopolitical events that don't connect directly to one political party.

Trump bombing Iran though is a direct line voters connect with why gas prices went up like 50%. And just goes along with the overall narrative of "affordable" that dems are pushing

I just dont think anyone can confidently say its not going to move the needle

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 05:01 PM (UgMlZ)

=========

"Here's data about why this thing doesn't happen."

"But this time is super special."

Gas was high in real dollars under Obama in 2012. Dude still won re-election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 05:02 PM (U/fqy)

78 What rope for Tank Abrams?
****

8 strand cable, piano wire.

Posted by: clarence at September 30, 2026 05:02 PM (vCaJx)

79
Paw-Paw and Me-Maw passed away a couple decades ago, but they would have wanted us to go on casting their mail-ballots the way I think today. And cashing their Social Security checks.

But go ahead and hate on 'em, far-right homoislamophobos.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 05:02 PM (Y8DZL)

80
the Obama Democrat clan came within a breath of creating a permanent Democrat police state during the useful idiot Biden years. The current crop of Communists taking over the Democrat party fully intend to complete that work and make damn sure it includes a gulag.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

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

Serious question, how hard is Obama working on this? He always struck me as a lazy ass. He doesn't even put that much thought into his public remarks. I don't doubt his hallowed personality is the inspirational font of this movement, but I don't think he's doing jack.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 05:04 PM (mmrXZ)

81 The same legal theory they wanted to arrest Trump and the entire conservative movement on could be used on the left's judges and bureaucracy that keep trying to stop the duly elected executive from doing its job...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 05:04 PM (sKqQm)

82 Every conservative blog, website and social media post would have been illegal if Trump had not won.

Jack Smith didn't come up with this list of conservatives to spy on all on his own:
It's a list that has been kept and updated since at least Clinton.

That business with the FBI files was a permanent back-door into the conservative biosphere--enough key players compromised to keep them up-to-date and to recruit replacements.

But sure, the real problem is that conservatives need to police their own and keep out the Nazis, white supremacists and Christian nationalists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 05:04 PM (3cUTc)

83 Jack Smith needs to be forced to listen to Yoko and Celine Dion 24/7.
Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 04:59 PM (Oy/m2)

*throws Air Supply and the Bee Gees onto the conflagration of the horrid*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at September 30, 2026 05:04 PM (0aYVJ)

84 And yet...gas prices don't change voter behavior and have no material effect on elections.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2097832343964668203

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:57 PM (U/fqy)
==
Its affordability in general - a stand in for economy. That does move the needle. If we get our voters to the ballot box, we win. There is no indication of a blue wave.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 30, 2026 05:05 PM (7/DDO)

85 71 Jack Smith needs to be forced to listen to Yoko and Celine Dion 24/7.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 04:59 PM (Oy/m2)

singing "I Got You Babe"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:05 PM (l3cgK)

86 Affordability is a feeling, not a fact.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 05:06 PM (2Ez/1)

87 "Here's data about why this thing doesn't happen."

"But this time is super special."

Gas was high in real dollars under Obama in 2012. Dude still won re-election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

Gas prices were down significantly when Obama ran in 2012 then they were in 2008 before he was President, so not sure where youre getting that from.

Obama had zero to do with that, fracking did and the economy still being soft, but gas prices were a very big issue in 2008 campaign when they had hit an all time high. It was a non issue in 2012.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 05:06 PM (UgMlZ)

88 Trump bombing Iran though is a direct line voters connect with why gas prices went up like 50%. And just goes along with the overall narrative of "affordable" that dems are pushing

I just dont think anyone can confidently say its not going to move the needle

The problem with that line of thinking is that the Dems have an official position on gas prices - the higher the better.

I know LIVs are LIVs but even they know the Dems tell them gasoline is bad, cars are bad, and you should be taking public transit.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 05:07 PM (sKqQm)

89
Every conservative blog, website and social media post would have been illegal if Trump had not won.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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

No doubt. And then insufficiently zealous lefties would start getting canceled, and then it would be clear that it's all about power, not ideology. Terrifying.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 05:07 PM (mmrXZ)

90 84 Its affordability in general - a stand in for economy. That does move the needle. If we get our voters to the ballot box, we win. There is no indication of a blue wave.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 30, 2026 05:05 PM (7/DDO)

========

Eh.

I think the idea of affordability being an issue this election is really about the problems with polling in general.

Hyper-engaged liberals are answering polls at heightened levels that overinflate their preferences.

They've latched onto affordability as an issue, so polling, the same polling that said that Wang was going to win by 20 in the Wisconsin Democrat primary when she lost by 0.5%, shows it as a major, top issue (30%, usually).

Plus, you know, online narratives aren't real life.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 05:07 PM (U/fqy)

91
The problem with that line of thinking is that the Dems have an official position on gas prices - the higher the better.

___________

Four years ago the NPC module was that presidents have no influence over gas prices.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 05:09 PM (eRlcH)

92 The Dems are locked in , but the DSA candidates could drive a lot away. The GOPe is having a hissy for but most will vote
The key is the independents. Gas prices will hurt with them but the degree of batshit craziness by the Dems should offset anger over higher prices

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 05:09 PM (jivel)

93 80 Serious question, how hard is Obama working on this? He always struck me as a lazy ass.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The real question is how Valerie Jarrett is getting her orders for him from Tehran these days.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 05:09 PM (Y8DZL)

94 It's how progressives were all, "inflation isn't an issue" in 2021/2022.

And suddenly they're acknowledging publicly that groceries shot up 50-100% in price.

They're allowed to talk about it now that Biden's out of power, so they're making it THE issue when they talk to pollsters, blaming Emmanuel Goldstein for the issue that they ignored for a few years before he was back in charge.

All while regular people have largely absorbed it as just life now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 05:09 PM (U/fqy)

95 Plus, you know, online narratives aren't real life.

But for some people, it's as close as they get.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 30, 2026 05:10 PM (vTZFs)

96 ctrl+f
'nothing'

8 matches
well done guys

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 05:10 PM (ZxPkt)

97 Nothing will happen to me, I'm bullet proof.

How does my ass taste now? Like tuna fish and cranberies?

Posted by: Jack Smith at September 30, 2026 05:10 PM (PMpfL)

98 The problem with that line of thinking is that the Dems have an official position on gas prices - the higher the better.

I know LIVs are LIVs but even they know the Dems tell them gasoline is bad, cars are bad, and you should be taking public transit.
Posted by: 18-1

==

its completely hypocritical that the now love the idea of cheap gas while promising to make fossil fuel energy as expensive as possible. Even Bernie Sanders is now screaming about gas prices.

But voters are stupid.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 05:10 PM (UgMlZ)

99 Democrat early mail in voting is going to be 25% LOWER than in 2018 in Ohio. Before covid ramped up mail in voting.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2105390254194573488

But, keep telling me about how it's Republicans have a turnout problem.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 05:11 PM (U/fqy)

100 It's how progressives were all, "inflation isn't an issue" in 2021/2022.

And suddenly they're acknowledging publicly that groceries shot up 50-100% in price.

I have seen so many leftists posting pictures of inflation/prices that show a steep increase from 20-24 with a flat line in 25 who seem to not understand what they've posted is not favorable to Biden or them...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 05:12 PM (sKqQm)

101 Have we reached the "this is the most important election in history" stage yet?

Posted by: Because we usually do at September 30, 2026 05:13 PM (2Ez/1)

102 *Plants flag*

Republicans keep both houses.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 30, 2026 05:14 PM (2UnvF)

103 GOP Senators say he's a partisan hatchet-man.

He says no, I'm just a straight-shooter who begged Merrick Garland to let me prosecute Trump.
_________________________

He's way way way beyond being a hatchet man. Smith is an actual, dyed in the wool true believer. The very fact that he secured emails from media, and then followed up by stating that it was to find complicity with the J-6r's shows a fishing expedition that wasn't meant to find anything. It was meant to intimidate. Finding something he could twist into a career ending "revelation" would have been a bonus as far as Smith's concerned.

BTW...I think all this shit he secured on congressmen and women should already be available publicly fight corruption. I think congress should have open finances, and inner office communication should be the property of the people. So, I really don't give a shit that he got phone records and finances on them. They are public officials representing a constituency. And, the constituency has a right to know right down to the inside baseball.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 05:14 PM (dIske)

104
Is it a quagmire? Does it have gravitas?

Did anyone spell 'potato' wrong yet?

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)

105 101 Have we reached the "this is the most important election in history" stage yet?

Posted by: Because we usually do at September 30, 2026 05:13 PM (2Ez/1)

It's like those cultivation novels or video games...each boss you have to fight is a higher level than the last...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (l3cgK)

106
Jack Smith needs to be forced to listen to Yoko and Celine Dion 24/7.
Posted by: dantesed

I think you misspelled coated in sugar water and staked out on a fire ant nest.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (QVmho)

107 If this fucker isn't hanging by his neck until dead.... we're lost.

Seriously.

String him up in front of 1600 Penn Ave. Tomorrow. Or this is all just smoke and mirrors to keep the lie alive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (RORbl)

108 Hyper-engaged liberals are answering polls at heightened levels that overinflate their preferences.
--
Interesting thing i saw on X.
Pollsters over-estimated the R result in CA for the recall due to greater R enthusiasm.
And that such a distortion can go the other way and may go a long way toward explaining polling this year.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (3cUTc)

109 101 Have we reached the "this is the most important election in history" stage yet?
Posted by: Because we usually do

Not a Hannity listener?

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (Y8DZL)

110 I'm more of a wood splitting maul guy.

Posted by: The Tin Man at September 30, 2026 05:16 PM (2Ez/1)

111 109 101 Have we reached the "this is the most important election in history" stage yet?
Posted by: Because we usually do

Not a Hannity listener?

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (Y8DZL)

Not since the Ham 'n Eggers support while the FIB went "Girls Gone Wild" on the Constitution...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:16 PM (l3cgK)

112 Why has no ambitious red state AG gone after this miserable cocksucker for abusing the state’s citizens? It’s right there, take it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 30, 2026 05:17 PM (dY410)

113 Apparently Smith did similar dirty crap when he worked at the world court. He's a nasty piece of work

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 05:17 PM (jivel)

114 Posted by: Jack Smith at September 30, 2026 05:10 PM (PMpfL)

I've never actually had tuna and cranberries. It sounds revolting, but it may not be a good idea to boast that nothing will happen to you, "Jack". That sounds like hubris, which is not a good quality , and none of us know what will happen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 05:17 PM (JrHfD)

115 It's how progressives were all, "inflation isn't an issue" in 2021/2022.

And suddenly they're acknowledging publicly that groceries shot up 50-100% in price.

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

"It was TRANSITORY just like we said, H8R!"

/Four Years counts as transitory, right?

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 05:17 PM (Lrqtb)

116 113 Apparently Smith did similar dirty crap when he worked at the world court. He's a nasty piece of work

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 05:17 PM (jivel)

Well it IS the International CRIMINAL Court...Criminals run the thing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:17 PM (l3cgK)

117 Is it a quagmire? Does it have gravitas?

Did anyone spell 'potato' wrong yet?
Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM
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Does it have all the earmarks?

Posted by: Another classic at September 30, 2026 05:18 PM (2Ez/1)

118 117 Is it a quagmire? Does it have gravitas?

Did anyone spell 'potato' wrong yet?
Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM
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Does it have all the earmarks?

Posted by: Another classic at September 30, 2026 05:18 PM (2Ez/1)

It's got its eyes on you...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:18 PM (l3cgK)

119 You know how you know it's a quagmire? Giggity

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 05:19 PM (jivel)

120 I will personally sign-off that these were Top Men.

Top. Men.

Posted by: AutoPen Of The United States (APOTUS) at September 30, 2026 05:19 PM (0sNs1)

121 Is it a quagmire? Does it have gravitas?

Did anyone spell 'potato' wrong yet?
Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 05:15 PM (ZxPkt)
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It's not a real election until someone bobbles around in a tank.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 30, 2026 05:19 PM (amcLV)

122 SMITH: I accepted the position as special counsel because I had spent 30 years as a nonpartisan prosecutor.

Given his record as a prosecutor on the Enron case. Smith should have been dropped out of a helicopter due to the lives he ruined.

The man is pure evil and vindictiveness and represents in total the reason why reprobates like him should never have more responsibility than to push a broom around in a horse stable.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 05:21 PM (xE0sV)

123 Im testifying in a case tomorrow. Remind me not to make that face Jack Smith just made.

Posted by: LASue at September 30, 2026 05:23 PM (lCppi)

124 If you let ignorant people vote you get dumb ass results.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 05:23 PM (KC5Lt)

125 *Plants flag*

Republicans keep both houses.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 30, 2026 05:14 PM (2UnvF)

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

*Plants fig*

Transinsanity costs Democrat-Communists both houses.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 05:23 PM (Lrqtb)

126 Has someone been indicted? Are there handcuffs? Big plastic zip ties? A dawn SWAT team raid with dogs, really bright lights and media camera crews?
No?

Posted by: Yawn... at September 30, 2026 05:24 PM (2Ez/1)

127 Limits on federal powers are always good.

And we're back from MD Anderson. News isn't peachy...

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 05:24 PM (pfXMo)

128 The elections will be held soon. Where are the dirty tricks? The forged documents, the sexual misconduct allegations? Where are the secret strippers/mistresses? Who once had their picture taken with Castro?!

DON'T JUST PHONE IT IN, AMERICA

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 05:25 PM (ZxPkt)

129
MLB's most annoying fans lose, 4-3. Ohh, oh, oh, oh, ohhh. Stick it up your fundament.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 05:26 PM (eRlcH)

130 "It was to conduct a criminal investigation into one of the most serious crimes in our nation's history."

But he's not partisan at all.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 05:26 PM (MWfyi)

131
The elections will be held soon. Where are the dirty tricks? The forged documents, the sexual misconduct allegations? Where are the secret strippers/mistresses? Who once had their picture taken with Castro?!

__________

Don't forget me!

Posted by: Whispering Campaign at September 30, 2026 05:27 PM (eRlcH)

132 Hey, anyone here download the WINDOWS 26H2 yet?

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

133 Where are the dirty tricks? The forged documents, the sexual misconduct allegations? Where are the secret strippers/mistresses? Who once had their picture taken with Castro?!
+++

Chill.
I arrive tomorrow.

Posted by: October at September 30, 2026 05:27 PM (2Ez/1)

134 This is the year of the YOUTH vote!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 05:28 PM (Cqx++)

135 Honestly, what do lose if someone like this asshole puts hundreds of GOP politicians behind bars? The same ones who pant how this is an existential threat to the republic that they then address with stern letters and hearings? The GOP is gonna have to start giving a shit if they expect me to.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 05:29 PM (6GZK/)

136 Its affordability in general - a stand in for economy. That does move the needle. If we get our voters to the ballot box, we win. There is no indication of a blue wave.

Democrats, in word and in deed, have consistently demonstrated that they are the authors and defenders of run-away inflation, high prices and supply destruction while simultaneously creating massive amounts of parasitical demand.

There should be no question on this, and why, other than the GOP is run by absolute retards and cowards, should the public be unaware of the cause and effect of having Democrats in any form of power.

You can't Cantillion trillions of dollars and NOT have run-away inflation while The Rich Keep Getting Richer as the K Economy becomes more and more defined.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 05:31 PM (/TiS1)

137 Yeah, some megalomaniacal fuckstain acting under the color of the law aspires to imprison hundreds to thousands of his political opponents and the GOP responds with a hearing where they offered some pithy remarks and stern rebukes.

LOL, someone punch me in the Johnson to wake me up when our feckless do-nothing slate of clown shoe faggots actually start doing something that fucking matters.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:32 PM (3BwY8)

138
*Plants fig*

Transinsanity costs Democrat-Communists both houses.
Posted by: ShainS

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

Ex-lefty Evan Barker (she keeps popping up on podcasts so don't blame me for quoting her) sez Dems aren't going to give up on free healthcare for illegal aliens either.

*Plants pie*

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 05:32 PM (mmrXZ)

139
This is the year of the YOUTH vote!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 05:28 PM (Cqx++)

___________

Sorry, I don't wake up that early.

Posted by: Youth at September 30, 2026 05:33 PM (eRlcH)

140 Hey, anyone here download the WINDOWS 26H2 yet?

Given the trajectory of Indian Windows, 26H2 is a precursor to loading Linux.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 05:33 PM (/TiS1)

141 >Hey, anyone here download the WINDOWS 26H2 yet?

Posted by: Orson
----

I'm not gonna try it
you try it

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 05:34 PM (ZxPkt)

142 Hawley and Kennedy can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.

If I never hear one more folksy cornball jibe from that useless cumsock it will be too soon.

Nobody believes Hawley has ever busted a grape in a food fight. Soft as fucking Charmin.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 05:34 PM (3BwY8)

143 You can't Cantillion trillions of dollars and NOT have run-away inflation while The Rich Keep Getting Richer as the K Economy becomes more and more defined.
Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 05:31 PM (/TiS1)

Paul Krugman tells me that this is the cost of avoiding liquidity traps, which would otherwise destroy the world.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 05:35 PM (rbvCR)

144 So yeah, don't vote in November because the Republican in Congress haven't done enough and we need to "teach them a lesson."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 04:43 PM (3cUTc)

So yeah, vote for the Rinos! Watch how they completely...do not change their behavior. And so the party continues its decades-long collapse into corruption, mediocrity, and pandering. All for the sake of ensuring that dirtbags like Collins and Murkowski (and my local loser Gabe Evans) retain their seats.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 30, 2026 05:36 PM (lfNXu)

145 I wonder can we sue the DOJ for who knows what, invasion of privacy and then the DOJ can settle the class action lawsuit like the left does

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at September 30, 2026 05:36 PM (ubCxQ)

146 Nood Cato.

Not the oj guy

Posted by: Kratwurst at September 30, 2026 05:38 PM (36bTp)

147 135 Honestly, what do lose if someone like this asshole puts hundreds of GOP politicians behind bars? The same ones who pant how this is an existential threat to the republic that they then address with stern letters and hearings? The GOP is gonna have to start giving a shit if they expect me to.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 05:29 PM (6GZK/)

Many in the GOP only care for how much fundraising cash they can get from the rubes. The worse things are in Congress for them, the better the fundraising.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)

148 Jack smith is a modern day Robespierre with his guillatine

Posted by: Matt at September 30, 2026 05:39 PM (OdsgZ)

149
All for the sake of ensuring that dirtbags like Collins and Murkowski (and my local loser Gabe Evans) retain their seats.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 30, 2026 05:36 PM (lfNXu)

____________

All I can vote for is Abbott, Paxton and Randy Weber. Which I intend to do. I got no influence over the squishes in other states.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 05:39 PM (eRlcH)

150 LOL, someone punch me in the Johnson to wake me up when our feckless do-nothing slate of clown shoe faggots actually start doing something that fucking matters.

In the entire history of Congressional Investigations, including Tea Pot Dome, Watergate, Enron and targeted Contempt charges applied to Friends of Trump, there have been only around 180 convictions.

The ENTIRE history of Congressional investigations including HUAC of 1941

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 05:39 PM (+4Cf6)

151 Gas was high in real dollars under Obama in 2012. Dude still won re-election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 05:02 PM

The unemployment rate was 7.9% in October of 2012. No President had ever, ever, been reelected with the UE above 6.

The 2012 election was stolen IMO.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 05:40 PM (4NO2D)

152 *Plants flag*
Republicans keep both houses.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 30, 2026 05:14 PM

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at September 30, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

153 Gas prices were down significantly when Obama ran in 2012 then they were in 2008 before he was President, so not sure where youre getting that from.

Obama had zero to do with that, fracking did and the economy still being soft, but gas prices were a very big issue in 2008 campaign when they had hit an all time high. It was a non issue in 2012.
Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 05:06 PM (UgMlZ)

On July 7, 2008, I paid 3.85 here in my part of NJ. On Dec 31, 2008, it was 1.41. Been keeping an Excel data base for gasoline since 20065.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (hmYU4)

154 'Sure would be a shame if something happened to Jacka$$ Smith, or one of his helper minions for what they did to all of those innocent people" - NOT!!!!

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at September 30, 2026 05:46 PM (8zTHt)

155 What did you people think was happening?
And by what miracle do you think justice will be served?
Tyranny and deception are free, in our modern world, from penalty.

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at September 30, 2026 05:47 PM (8ZS/E)

156 Remember the Auto-Pen administration emptied the emergency reserve oil

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)

157 I find myself not particularly caring if the asshole goes to jail. What I want is to see him charged in eight different jurisdictions and bled dry of every cent he's ever made or hopes to make. When the lefty moneybag types come out to support him, we'll have a list of enemies that Nixon would envy.

Not to say that jail time wouldn't be icing on the cake.

Posted by: nunya at September 30, 2026 06:08 PM (k61rn)

Of COURSE: The UK Gives the Exact Same Sentence to a Muslim Immigrant for Actually Setting a Migrant Hotel on Fire As They Gave a White Citizen for Briefly Saying "Burn the Hotels Down for All I care"

One was a tweet -- following the massacre of little girls at a dance party by the deranged offspring of a Muslim migrant -- saying "I don't care if they set the migrant hotels on fire."

The other was actual arson by a Muslim migrant setting fire to a migrant hotel, and smiling about it afterwards.

They both got the same sentence: Two years, seven months.

No doubt you remember the case of Lucy Connolly, who, after an attack on a Taylor Swift dance party in Southport that left three girls dead and ten seriously wounded, posted an outraged tweet that said she wouldn't care if all the asylum hotels were burned down. The tweet was up for three hours, and she took it down because it was an angry outburst.
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The British government came down on her like a ton of bricks. You can, it seems, present a terrorist threat to a military base and get bail, but if you have a verbal outburst, the state treats you like a terrorist.
She pled guilty of inciting racial hatred and was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison, of which she served 40 percent. The original charge was even harsher and would have landed her in jail for 42 months, which is why she took the plea.
Mohammed Abdalla actually set fire to an asylum hotel, from which he was being evicted, smiled about it, and was just convicted of endangering the lives of everybody living there.
His sentence? Two years and seven months.

Oh, and she deleted the tweet immediately and expressed regret, whereas he grinned like a psychopathic barbarian when arrested.

No Two-Tier Justice here! Two plus two is five, don't you know that, Racist?

If you want to know how much the UK hates white people

Mohammed Abdalla - Illegal migrant tried to burn down a hotel with 170 people in

Lucy Connolly - Tweeted "Burn down the hotels for all I care"

They both got the same amount of time in prison - 2 years and 7 months

INSANE pic.twitter.com/D9CcsCEb32
— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) September 29, 2026

Police officers were lectured about Nigel Farage in a publicly funded talk about Islamophobia, The Telegraph can reveal.

Officers at a hate crime conference attended training sessions that compared the Reform UK leader�s opinions, specifically his doubts about young Muslims�� pic.twitter.com/u2HutKLxs4
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 29, 2026

A joke of a country.

From the last week:

- Former bodyguard for Hamas leader granted asylum + citizenship. Planned new attacks in Europe from UK

- Terrorist plot foiled near RAF. Suspects released

- Admitted member of terror group entered UK illegally but can�t be deported https://t.co/7IvVM6U1Bv
— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 30, 2026

The British took to their invaders far more readily than the French ever did.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 03:31 PM (I43vL)

2 Remember "immigrants" are a protected class of people in the UK.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 03:31 PM (I43vL)

3 Formerly great Britain

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (N1DT3)

4 As in most of the rest of the West, THIS is what happens when you let people who hate you rule over you.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:33 PM (N1DT3)

5 Labour isn't going to stop and it's not going to call a snap election.

Britain has until 2029, unless the people decide otherwise.

Up to you, Britons.

Good luck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:33 PM (U/fqy)

6 The UK government is now running ads, featuring only white characters, asking people to sign up for the military and warning that they may be drafted for the war which is planned.

Imagine being told to fight for a country where it is illegal to fly your own country's flag in public.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:33 PM (0U5gm)

7 "Why are you doing this?"

"Because you let me"

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 30, 2026 03:34 PM (eag3e)

8
Soap box
Ballot box
Ammo b...

Forget it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 03:35 PM (jLZLb)

9 Once again we see the wisdom of the Founders in enshrining the Right to Bear Arms in our Constitution.

There's little the subjugated populace of formerly great Britain can do against their rulers and their military-age replacement population.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:36 PM (N1DT3)

10 Silly peasants, Charles III approves.

Posted by: 13times at September 30, 2026 03:36 PM (6iKlf)

11 Where is Guy Fawkes?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 03:37 PM (wWIcc)

12 This word: Cannot.

I do not believe it means what you think it means.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 03:37 PM (vNne8)

13 Britain is gone. Perhaps it will arise someday from the ashes, like a Phoenix. Of course, the Phoenix is a mythical bird.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar8)

14 I think the Tories are ahead of Reform in the polls now.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (/OKHJ)

15 13 Britain is gone. Perhaps it will arise someday from the ashes, like a Phoenix. Of course, the Phoenix is a mythical bird.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar

======

Spain came back.

It took 700 years, but it came back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (U/fqy)

16 What has happened in Britain now dwarfs the Norman Conquest.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:39 PM (Gqar8)

17 It's all done on purpose. They want to destroy the UK by bringing in enemies and punishing dissent to this destruction.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:39 PM (l3cgK)

18 14 I think the Tories are ahead of Reform in the polls now.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (/OKHJ)

======

2029:

CP wins 30%.
Labour wins 20%.
Green wins 3%.
Reform wins 30%.
Restore wins 17%.

CP and Labour form governing coalition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (U/fqy)

19 I think the Tories are ahead of Reform in the polls now.

Posted by: Mark1971

Neither one of them is worth spit. The only party willing to do what is needed is restore with Rupert Lowe. Both the Tories and reform are allying with the mohammedans.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (0U5gm)

20 Will faire Albion rise in this time of grave danger?

Arthur Pendragon your nation needs you!

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (wWIcc)

21 >>Spain came back.

The Tour de Espana had to cancel several Stages as well as its Final Stage last year due to Muslim protests and threats to the event.

They moved the entire event out of the most populated areas for this year.

Spain is not back.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (vNne8)

22 Remember "immigrants" are a protected class of people in the UK.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 03:31 PM (I43vL)

Normal brits should remember they immigrated from Saxon areas in 500 AD and Norse areas in 800 AD and Norman areas in 1050AD.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)

23 15 13 Britain is gone. Perhaps it will arise someday from the ashes, like a Phoenix. Of course, the Phoenix is a mythical bird.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar

======

Spain came back.

It took 700 years, but it came back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (U/fqy)

And it's being lost yet again.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)

24 I don't understand how these Brits can be quite so stupid. They sent soldiers to Iraq, FFS. And not one of them can point to a single thing any of these "immigrants" have brought to England except misery.

I don't get it in this country, either, but at least most of us don't love these goat humpers.

Do they really think the crocodile will eat them last?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (GYqb1)

25 Why can't Abdu be deported? I don't have X. This seems retarded, sir.

Float him on a raft somewhere south towards Afrikka, or find a catapult to launch him into the sea. I'll bet he can't swim! Chum the waters first!

There is no way I am every going back to the UK. And I love it and have been many times. I am done and quite sure they will miss me. I would be arrested for my thoughts of silent prayers.

In a pub in the Cotswalds I stared down a nitwit man older than me who was bashing Trump during his first term. Making sure we overheard. He wilted and looked away from my green lasers as I walked past him.

My poor dude would have turned around in horror to see me trying to Ziva this guy if he'd stood up and confronted me. I ignored him all through lunch and didn't look his way. He was baiting us.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (hzuYO)

26 The Blade, he also does not care if all migrant hotels are burned down

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

27 Fear. The Brit government is afraid of muzz riots. They are paralyzed.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (QwZKw)

28 3 Formerly great Britain

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (N1DT3)

Meh Britain...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)

29 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (zTJFr)

30 Is there such a thing as a self-decapitating Brit?

Posted by: Buck at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (z6ONu)

31 15 13 Britain is gone. Perhaps it will arise someday from the ashes, like a Phoenix. Of course, the Phoenix is a mythical bird.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar

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Spain came back.

It took 700 years, but it came back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:38 PM (U/fqy)

You are such a hopeful optimist. A Starry Eyed Dreamer. Hmm, a show tune drifted through just now!!

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)

32 Normal brits should remember they immigrated from Saxon areas in 500 AD and Norse areas in 800 AD and Norman areas in 1050AD.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)

Not the Welsh. Nobody knows where they came from. Nobody can understand a word they speak or spell, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (GYqb1)

33 Kind of related, CNN had a scrolling story that Madmani is unveiling plans to counter anti-semitism.

No idea if offing himself is part of the plan.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (Sco7b)

34 And it took Iberia how long to throw it all away again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (wWIcc)

35 CP wins 30%.
Labour wins 20%.
Green wins 3%.
Reform wins 30%.
Restore wins 17%.

CP and Labour form governing coalition.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (U/fqy)

Have a hard time buying the Tories. Who the hell is even in the party any more?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (uhVAy)

36 Wait. Lucy was imprisoned for a TWEET?

Tell me that’s not real.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (W2Pud)

37 33 Kind of related, CNN had a scrolling story that Madmani is unveiling plans to counter anti-semitism.

No idea if offing himself is part of the plan.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (Sco7b)

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He's putting his wife in charge of the antisemitism committee and staffing the rest with reform gay Jewish rabbis who are all women.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (U/fqy)

38 >>Why can't Abdu be deported?

Who will terrorize the Native Population if you deport these people?
Who!?

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (vNne8)

39 8
Soap box
Ballot box
Ammo b...

Forget it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 03:35 PM (jLZLb)

Kleenex box...

Posted by: Jihadi Union of Great Britain at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

40 The Blade, he also does not care if all migrant hotels are burned down

Posted by: Elric The Blade

At this point, the only option is to burn down all of the hotels and burn them out.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (0U5gm)

41 Kind of related, CNN had a scrolling story that Madmani is unveiling plans to counter anti-semitism.

No idea if offing himself is part of the plan.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (Sco7b)

Certain 20th Century German Leaders had similar plans.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (uhVAy)

42 29 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (zTJFr)

You get what you encourage.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

43 When the bobbies actually fear they won't make it home to their beds at night, then I'll have hope for England.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (3cUTc)

44 She pled guilty of inciting racial hatred and was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison, of which she served 40 percent. The original charge was even harsher and would have landed her in jail for 42 months, which is why she took the plea.
________________________________

A good example of not considering what is "Right" and "Wrong", but what is "best for me personally." I would have been inclined to fight the original charges and roll the dice on the possible sentence. These folks in the UK haven't yet figured out they are past the point where keeping one's head down is an appropriate strategy.

Become the Martyr. Publicize that sacrifice. Build the f*cking ranks of defiance. Even her statement was not definitive. She just showed indifference....and still it fell within the flexible realm of "hate speech."

"Burn down the hotels for all I care"

That is indifference. It is a removal from the discussion, not a definitive call for violence. Who the f*ck was her attorney?

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (dIske)

45 42 29 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (zTJFr)

You get what you encourage.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

========

I encourage the threesome with Dolley and Alexandra Daddario, and yet...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (U/fqy)

46 Wouldn't Labour call a snap election if they thought they could a majority in Parliament with only a third of the vote like last time?

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (/OKHJ)

47 My poor dude would have turned around in horror to see me trying to Ziva this guy if he'd stood up and confronted me. I ignored him all through lunch and didn't look his way. He was baiting us.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (hzuYO)

Shoulda dumped a drink in his bangers and mash, and then called Jeremy Clarkson to stop in.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (GYqb1)

48 Wait. Lucy was imprisoned for a TWEET?

Tell me that’s not real.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (W2Pud)

tens of thousands are in the UK. It's super democratic that way.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (uhVAy)

49 "We're going to unlock this country's generosity, you disgusting bigots."

Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (2ap+5)

50 Tell me that’s not real.

Posted by: nurse ratched

It is real. Take a look for several similar police encounters. The crime is called 'noticing', I believe.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (0U5gm)

51 The woman was reacting to the stabbing of little kids incident, and the tweet was only up for a very short period and seen by very few people.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (xPxza)

52 Akbar Britain

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (x8rTv)

53 What rhymes with Abdu?

Subdue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (wWIcc)

54 46 Wouldn't Labour call a snap election if they thought they could a majority in Parliament with only a third of the vote like last time?

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (/OKHJ)

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They have the largest majority since like the 80s. They have something like 67% of the chamber.

And it's unclear if they could get the same arrangement with the Tories to work together to kill Reform and Restore like they did in 2024, all while Labour's popularity has nose-dived since.

I mean...they could try it.

It probably wouldn't work, but they could try it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (U/fqy)

55 If the UK wasn't being run by a cabal of anti-white, child-raping pedos in the thrall of muslims, what would they be doing differently?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (3cUTc)

56 In idle moments, I muse about things like how people don't really think about Dinosaur Jr. any more, if they ever did. J Mascis (guitar, vocals, songwriting) might even be better known now for his signature Squier Jazzmaster. I don't even play guitar, but YouTubers commonly praise it as a "best value" -- even though it's Squier's most expensive guitar, that's Fender's budget line, so it's carefully positioned beneath the cheapest Fender-branded guitar.

And then my mind wanders to how, if New Yorkers don't wake up and vote their interests, pretty soon any attempt to discuss him in New York City will be shouted down by weird-beards screaming that his devil music is haram, and it's Islamophobic to defy Sharia in a land claimed for Allah. I don't want to have to think about the politics of everything; but Marxists and Muslims stick their noses into every little bit of everyone's business, and there is no escaping it anymore.

What J Mascis used to be known for, from their second album You're Living All Over Me (1987):

Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things (Video)
https://youtu.be/4WAFdBU88bg

What he's known for now:
https://www.fender.com/products/j-mascis-jazzmaster

Posted by: SciVo at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (ke3zm)

57 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (ccf/V)

58 There's a whole lot more the British citizens have to be afraid of than just sticking to the road and staying off the moors. They are well and truly bleeped.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (qBdHI)

59 Needs more opiate of the masses!

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Set to Build $9 Million Mosque in Cuba

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

60 There are tens of thousands of people in UK prisons for posting things online that the left doesn't like posted.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (0U5gm)

61 Our speech is violence.

Their violence is speech.

Silly man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (ccf/V)

62 I believe our Prime Directive now, here, is Don’t Be Britain.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (Gqar8)

63 32 Normal brits should remember they immigrated from Saxon areas in 500 AD and Norse areas in 800 AD and Norman areas in 1050AD.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)

Not the Welsh. Nobody knows where they came from. Nobody can understand a word they speak or spell, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (GYqb1)

The other night I overheard three very hefty women talking
Their accent appeared to be Scottish, so I approached them and asked: "Hello, are you three lassies from Scotland?"

One of them angrily screeched: "It's Wales, Wales you bloody idiot!"

So I apologized and replied: "I am so sorry. Are you three whales from Scotland?"

And that's the last thing I remember.

Posted by: Whales from Wales at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (l3cgK)

64 43 When the bobbies actually fear they won't make it home to their beds at night, then I'll have hope for England.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (3cUTc)

They DO already. They fear the muzz. That's why they placate them. If they were packing, the calculus might be different.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (GYqb1)

65 Not the Welsh. Nobody knows where they came from. Nobody can understand a word they speak or spell, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (GYqb1)

Celts aren't native there either. And if you go back farther indications are that at some point nobody was from there.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

66 Spain came back.

It took 700 years, but it came back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

And it's being lost yet again.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
.......

Time for Reconquista II

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (UjdFS)

67 There are men of the UK who want to fight but have no guns. I reckon that's why. They do appear in numbers,or did after Kirk was killed, for freedom of speech.

Plus they are very quickly being over run with barbarians who are producing more of the same jihadi inbreds like rabbits on Viagra.

Outnumbered and helpless unless you have a handy Narwhal tusk.

Heaven forbid if you are throw the raciss card!

Rise up and fight! This is why I'd better stay home.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (hzuYO)

68 24 I don't understand how these Brits can be quite so stupid. They sent soldiers to Iraq, FFS. And not one of them can point to a single thing any of these "immigrants" have brought to England except misery.

I don't get it in this country, either, but at least most of us don't love these goat humpers.

Do they really think the crocodile will eat them last?
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (GYqb1

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Entire political class is paid of by the arabs.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (DbmIv)

69 55 If the UK wasn't being run by a cabal of anti-white, child-raping pedos in the thrall of muslims, what would they be doing differently?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (3cUTc)

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"Implying that anyone is anti-white in the West is evidence that you adhere to the friend enemy distinction which is not allowed and evil. Which makes you my enemy against my friends on the left, and I will destroy you."
-Erick Erickson

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (U/fqy)

70 I'm starting to think Rhodesia was the demarcation for the end of the West.

A vibrant, prosperous country was destroyed because the people ruling over the West felt bad about being successful.

I will note that Rhodesia was mostly empty until the Rhodesians came there. Most of the black population came to the country because of its prosperity. They were not natives whose land was stolen by the WHITE DEVIL.

But it didn't matter. The white devil was the problem so Rhodesia had to be destroyed.

(Some might argue that giving up India was the beginning. Maybe so. But it didn't involve the same destruction.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (N1DT3)

71 I think part of the reason for this goatfucker's short sentence for burning down a hotel for illegal migrants is that nobody really gives a shit about illegals. Not even in the UK.

They claimp they care, and they make illegals a protected class, but that's only because they're making bank and power off them. As soon as they're expendable, away they go.

Sorta like in Chicago how nobody cares about dead gangbangers. Cops who arrest gangbangers who murdered another gangbanger secretly approve of the murder. These murderers won't be prosecuted with any vigor, and won't get harsh prison sentences.

I think a similar sort of thing is going on in UK. Nobody cares about illegal-on-illegal violence.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

72
When a foreigner comes to our country how long do wait to apply for citizenship?

I think it should be many years. Monitor their associations and social media.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (/QHx4)

73 They have the largest majority since like the 80s. They have something like 67% of the chamber.

And it's unclear if they could get the same arrangement with the Tories to work together to kill Reform and Restore like they did in 2024, all while Labour's popularity has nose-dived since.

I mean...they could try it.

It probably wouldn't work, but they could try it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

They are losing seats with every by-election that happens, but it is a slow bleed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (0U5gm)

74 I will not tolerate infestation!!

https://youtu.be/KSQzztaWbik

Posted by: Frank Costanza at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (zTJFr)

75 45 42 29 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (zTJFr)

You get what you encourage.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

========

I encourage the threesome with Dolley and Alexandra Daddario, and yet...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (U/fqy)

Run the Gov't first...

Posted by: Whales from Wales at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (l3cgK)

76 73 They are losing seats with every by-election that happens, but it is a slow bleed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (0U5gm)

==========

Going from a majority of 180 seats to a majority of 160 seats isn't even a rounding error.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:47 PM (U/fqy)

77 I believe our Prime Directive now, here, is Don’t Be Britain.
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (Gqar

That was always the US's prime directive. Which is why I was always suspicious of Masterpiece Theatre fanboys.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)

78 The US can't do this (1st amendment) but UK and Europe should do the following.

1. Ban hate speech. Muzzies will be all in. it will protect islam and be seen as blasphemy.

2. Ban the koran and mosques as hate speech. Sorry goat-fuckers, you gotta go.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 03:47 PM (xPxza)

79 Don't look at what the Brits are doing as standard police work.

Look at it as a regime cracking down on a people it has conquered.

And then everything they are doing makes sense.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

80 What do we do about the migrant hotels, Burnham?

Sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 03:47 PM (2ap+5)

81 Wait. Lucy was imprisoned for a TWEET?

Tell me that’s not real.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (W2Pud)

VERY Real.

Britain imprisons white people for HURTY WORDS!! at a rate much higher than actual violence by the brown replacements.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (N1DT3)

82 50 Tell me that’s not real.

Posted by: nurse ratched

It is real. Take a look for several similar police encounters. The crime is called 'noticing', I believe.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (0U5gm)

From the country that arrested a woman for praying silently on a bench across the street from a baby abattoir...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (l3cgK)

83 I wondered why the British porn turned brown for some reason......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (ccf/V)

84 I encourage the threesome with Dolley and Alexandra Daddario, and yet...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (U/fqy)

God is looking out for you on this one. At our age, that could be fatal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (GYqb1)

85 53 What rhymes with Abdu?

Subdue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM (wWIcc)

Fondue?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (l3cgK)

86 9 Once again we see the wisdom of the Founders in enshrining the Right to Bear Arms in our Constitution.

There's little the subjugated populace of formerly great Britain can do against their rulers and their military-age replacement population.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:36 PM (N1DT3)

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Plenty of revolutions occur without arms.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (DbmIv)

87 Needs more opiate of the masses!

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Set to Build $9 Million Mosque in Cuba
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

Sigh

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (jLZLb)

88 Speaking of burning out invaders, Ireland hasn't been in the news recently.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (vJrRc)

89 >>I muse about things like how people don't really think about Dinosaur Jr. any more, if they ever did. J Mascis (guitar, vocals, songwriting) might even be better known now for his signature Squier Jazzmaster. I don't even play guitar, but YouTubers commonly praise it as a "best value" -- even though it's Squier's most expensive guitar, that's Fender's budget line, so it's carefully positioned beneath the cheapest Fender-branded guitar

I sent a Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh LP out in the mail just about 2 hours ago.

'You're Living All Over Me' is arguably the greatest true indie LP ever made.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (vNne8)

90 Normal brits should remember they immigrated from Saxon areas in 500 AD and Norse areas in 800 AD and Norman areas in 1050AD.
Posted by: Oldcat

They'll be a "Stolen Lands" acknowledgement before the headbanging starts at the Mosque this weekend.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (Y8DZL)

91 Fondue?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (l3cgK)

Butt goo?

Posted by: Burnham at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (2ap+5)

92 Britain has more political prisoners then Russia, or if you believe their numbers, China

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

93 Britain enables hate speech laws.

islhamists declare whites use hate speech.

UK Police approach the white, harasses them then arrests them with no evidence whatsoever.

islhamists f*ck goats in celebration.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (ccf/V)

94
84 I encourage the threesome with Dolley and Alexandra Daddario, and yet...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (U/fqy)

God is looking out for you on this one. At our age, that could be fatal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (GYqb1)

=======

I found someone who hasn't liked and subscribed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (U/fqy)

95 They both got the same sentence.**
--

Words have meaning doncha know?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (nqf1u)

96 But it didn't matter. The white devil was the problem so Rhodesia had to be destroyed.

(Some might argue that giving up India was the beginning. Maybe so. But it didn't involve the same destruction.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Rhodesia was the blueprint of the marxist plan to destroy the west, and remarkably successful. India was different, because it became immediately apparent that a country that was half mohammedan and half not would immediately start shooting, as the mohammedan half will not tolerate any other government.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (0U5gm)

97 24 I don't understand how these Brits can be quite so stupid. They sent soldiers to Iraq, FFS. And not one of them can point to a single thing any of these "immigrants" have brought to England except misery.

I don't get it in this country, either, but at least most of us don't love these goat humpers.

Do they really think the crocodile will eat them last?
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (GYqb1

------

Entire political class is paid of by the arabs.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 30, 2026 03:46 PM (DbmIv)

Their army was declining in the East West Germany days and was let to become risible with time and is now a joke. Their special forces should defect to Jamaica or Bermuda.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

98 I encourage the threesome with Dolley and Alexandra Daddario, and yet...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (U/fqy)

When Dolley starts asking AI the best way to bury a body so no one finds it we will know why now

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:50 PM (sKqQm)

99
God is looking out for you on this one. At our age, that could be fatal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (GYqb1)

He's basically still a yute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:50 PM (ccf/V)

100 Wait. Lucy was imprisoned for a TWEET?

Tell me that’s not real.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (W2Pud)

tens of thousands are in the UK. It's super democratic that way.
Posted by: Oldcat

Geez! Rockin' Robin is in a shit load of trouble.

He rocks in the treetop all the day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song
All the little birds on Jay Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet-tweet-tweet

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 03:51 PM (ndZc7)

101 Wait. Lucy was imprisoned for a TWEET?

Tell me that’s not real.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (W2Pud)

tens of thousands are in the UK. It's super democratic that way.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (uhVAy)
_________

UK doesn't have free speech the way we recognize it.

Plus, the UK pretends it's not prosecuting speech, but incitement to violence. A kinda "yelling fire in a crowded theater" bullshit.

Of course, it's only native whites who ever get prosecuted for such incitement.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

102 94
84 I encourage the threesome with Dolley and Alexandra Daddario, and yet...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (U/fqy)

God is looking out for you on this one. At our age, that could be fatal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (GYqb1)

=======

I found someone who hasn't liked and subscribed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (U/fqy)

Have you ever considered resurrecting The Daily Daddario, TJM? Asking for a friend. Aw hell, who am I kidding?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

103

Check this out.

Of course she has pics of her with dogs in pubs.

How does one become such a revolting hypocrite...money? Power?

And it's a prog bitch to go along with it.

Lots of crazy shit going on over there.

GB Politics
@GBPolitcs
·
Sep 28
🚨NEW: Labour minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter claims that visions of Britain based on warm ale, pubs and black Labradors are a "far-right fantasy" that "never really existed"

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (VuTBl)

104 Shoulda dumped a drink in his bangers and mash, and then called Jeremy Clarkson to stop in.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (GYqb1)

********
This jerk was talking loudly with three others a table away once he heard our accents. No one else in my family heard him. I am aware of stuff others aren't. I always tell my dude he'd better hope I am with him if something bad goes down to give details to eye color and what they were wearing.

My face does not change with the laser look. No one but this eejit saw it. I met his gaze when I stood and walked past their table.

My husband and sons know the look, but not many others have seen it. I can bore holes in walls and never am the person to look away.

This shrinking coward did and I was basically telling him without words that I heard him and did not like it.

I could now be arrested for this I reckon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (hzuYO)

105 If only the American werewolf in London had been around today, he could easily get arrested for publicly insulting the muzzies.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (77rzZ)

106 I don't understand how these Brits can be quite so stupid. They sent soldiers to Iraq, FFS. And not one of them can point to a single thing any of these "immigrants" have brought to England except misery.

From what I can tell the Brits are being inactive because:

1) Being called rayciss is literally the worst thing in the world that can happen to you

2) If they take action someone might get rid of the NHS even though none of the immigration movements/politicians are even suggesting they'd do so

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

107 I wondered why the British porn turned brown for some reason......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (ccf/V)

its the beans on toast.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (uhVAy)

108 90 Normal brits should remember they immigrated from Saxon areas in 500 AD and Norse areas in 800 AD and Norman areas in 1050AD.
Posted by: Oldcat
---

Didn't the original Brits flee to Ireland?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (nqf1u)

109 Saudi Arabia Reportedly Set to Build $9 Million Mosque in Cuba

All the existing weapon storage buildings have crumbled to pieces there.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (Y8DZL)

110 60 There are tens of thousands of people in UK prisons for posting things online that the left doesn't like posted.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (0U5gm)

We've already had a taste of this with the J6 political prisoners. The Dems take over and we will rapidly become the UK.

Posted by: Tyrants at heart at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (TbWk/)

111 Interesting immigration news:

https://tinyurl.com/4hdvx8wf

"Immigration judge rules Salah Sarsour can be deported on national security grounds

An immigration judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can deport Salah Sarsour, who is president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and advocate of Palestinian rights, but rejected allegations that the man lied on his application for a green card."

Trump is deporting people with green cards as national security threats now.

Kamala would have done it but better, you know.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (U/fqy)

112 If they take action someone might get rid of the NHS even though none of the immigration movements/politicians are even suggesting they'd do so
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

The powers don't care about the NHS. They have real doctors for their woes.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)

113 Plenty of revolutions occur without arms.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 30, 2026 03:48 PM (DbmIv)

Plenty? Name 2.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (N1DT3)

114 I encourage the threesome with Dolley and Alexandra Daddario, and yet...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:43 PM (U/fqy)
________

Bro, don't you know that MFF is so last season? MMF is all the rage now, just ask those Cornell frat boys. Once you go gay, you'll never be in dismay!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

115 Scots are Celts with Kilts...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (l3cgK)

116 114 Bro, don't you know that MFF is so last season? MMF is all the rage now, just ask those Cornell frat boys. Once you go gay, you'll never be in dismay!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

========

I'll have to take your word on that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (U/fqy)

117 65 Not the Welsh. Nobody knows where they came from. Nobody can understand a word they speak or spell, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:41 PM (GYqb1)

Celts aren't native there either. And if you go back farther indications are that at some point nobody was from there.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

That's true of Europe as well, but I know there were people in England during the previous ice age, when a great deal of the land between England and France was not under water. So, at least about 12,000 years ago.

The Celts probably got there after the ice age was over, and probably came from northern Europe, but they were isolated in England long enough to become their own crazy people. Hibernia was always a bit harsh.

The Welsh? I believe they are considered the actual Britons, and were mostly displaced by the Angles, the Saxons, and eventually the Normans. But they are just as odd as the Celts.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (GYqb1)

118 UK is not redeemable.

Posted by: mr tmz at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (rJ48h)

119 Normal brits should remember they immigrated from Saxon areas in 500 AD and Norse areas in 800 AD and Norman areas in 1050AD.
Posted by: Oldcat
---

Didn't the original Brits flee to Ireland?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (nqf1u)

Celts were driven to the West hilly areas and the North, but they weren't the original inhabitants either.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (uhVAy)

120 No one ever mentions the Picts anymore. Where have all the Picts gone?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar8)

121 Didn't the original Brits flee to Ireland?

My understanding is that the Welsh are mostly the pre-Germanic British population. and Britain is a mix of those people, Germans, and Scandis.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

122 Sep 28
🚨NEW: Labour minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter claims that visions of Britain based on warm ale, pubs and black Labradors are a "far-right fantasy" that "never really existed"

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (VuTBl)

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.--George Orwell

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:55 PM (l3cgK)

123 An immigration judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can deport Salah Sarsour, who is president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and advocate of Palestinian rights, but rejected allegations that the man lied on his application for a green card."

Trump is deporting people with green cards as national security threats now.

Kamala would have done it but better, you know.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (U/fqy)

Now do Linda Sarsour.....at least I think that's her name. That bitch should be launched out of the country via trebuchet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (ccf/V)

124 >>🚨NEW: Labour minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter claims that visions of Britain based on warm ale, pubs and black Labradors are a "far-right fantasy" that "never really existed"

What 'arm could come uv lettin'm wear trousers? Go on.

Posted by: Brits back then at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (vNne8)

125 122
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.--George Orwell

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:55 PM (l3cgK)

=

"That dude is a fascist because he doesn't support communism."
-DSA

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (U/fqy)

126 When will they stop treating islam as a race? If I revert to Islam, have I changed my race?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (GMWTj)

127 The Welsh? I believe they are considered the actual Britons, and were mostly displaced by the Angles, the Saxons, and eventually the Normans. But they are just as odd as the Celts.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (GYqb1)

The invaders certainly looted most of the vowel supply.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)

128 The Arab oil money bought the UK long ago. They wouldn't have an economy without it.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (QwZKw)

129 Bro, don't you know that MFF is so last season? MMF is all the rage now, just ask those Cornell frat boys. Once you go gay, you'll never be in dismay!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

Meh.....I will continue to attempt kickin' it old school, then.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (ccf/V)

130 No one ever mentions the Picts anymore. Where have all the Picts gone?

They're in a cave with several species of small furry animals.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:57 PM (/OKHJ)

131 88 Speaking of burning out invaders, Ireland hasn't been in the news recently.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 03:49 PM (vJrRc)

*********
Cork and Dublin seemed like blue cities here with tattoos and piercings and faggots.

Maybe the farmers outnumber them, but these were the men I noted in pubs and when we were walking around. And,yes, I still look as I am not yet dead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 03:57 PM (hzuYO)

132 120 No one ever mentions the Picts anymore. Where have all the Picts gone?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar

Digital. You no longer see analog Picts from old-style cameras.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 03:57 PM (l3cgK)

133 The celts also used to control most of central Europe - there were celtic battles with the classic Greeks for example

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

134 No one ever mentions the Picts anymore. Where have all the Picts gone?
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar

They got the blues. Woad is them.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (uhVAy)

135 I fear the West is going to give up on EU just as the West gave up on Constantinople.

Listen guys, we can't keep moving West and rebuilding our capitals as the satanists invade and take over. I am all in on full reconquista. Back to the dessert for them all.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (xPxza)

136 The only party willing to do what is needed is restore with Rupert Lowe.

Yeah. On Reform vs. Restore, I keep going back to Chesterton in Eugenics and Other Evils that “At the beginning of our epoch men talked with equal ease about Reform and Repeal. Now everybody talks about reform; but nobody talks about repeal.”

Hopefully for Britain, Lowe can get some traction with Restore.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (kYmoU)

137 I learned something new....and disturbing.......

MFF refers to the Midwest Fur Fest where all the furry freaks gather and share their perversions........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (ccf/V)

138 My understanding is that the Welsh are mostly the pre-Germanic British population. and Britain is a mix of those people, Germans, and Scandis.
Posted by: 18-1

There's speculation among linguists that the native Celtic population was on its way to developing its own variety of Latin, which would have become its own Romance language if not for the Anglo-Saxon conquest.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)

139 Do they really think the crocodile will eat them last?

They are content to be the little birds that eat the detritus out of the crocodiles' teeth.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (vTZFs)

140 The celts also used to control most of central Europe - there were celtic battles with the classic Greeks for example
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

The area in modern Central Turkey was Celtic in Roman times...Galatia after "Gauls"

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (uhVAy)

141 I could now be arrested for this I reckon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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My mom could walk into and out of a room and describe the
complete scene; men, women, where seated, what they were wearing, the decor, everything. Not a photographic memory
just visual acuity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 03:59 PM (nqf1u)

142 Where have all the Picts gone?

-
Long time passing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)

143 > The Arab oil money bought the UK long ago. They wouldn't have an economy without it.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 03:56 PM (QwZKw

The hell you say.

Posted by: Manchester City F.C. at September 30, 2026 03:59 PM (rJ48h)

144 The left occasionally attempts to argue that the last round of immigrants is contributing I think I saw recently arguments Somalis built Minneapolis and Haitians Boston but mostly they address the question of "how are immigrants improving my life" with an answer of "why are you racist?"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

145 No one ever mentions the Picts anymore. Where have all the Picts gone?
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM

You asked for it...........

https://youtu.be/cYfxdFZkM5Y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (ccf/V)

146 I learned something new....and disturbing.......

MFF refers to the Midwest Fur Fest where all the furry freaks gather and share their perversions........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (ccf/V)

Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Posted by: LASue at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (lCppi)

147 In twenty years' time, schools will teach that in 1066, muslims came to rescue the UK and it has been islamic ever since.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (GMWTj)

148 Long overdue change. Try getting into Israel without having security look you in the eye......repeatedly. And even before you take off from the U.S.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
23h
NEW: TSA confirms to
@FoxNews
that they are taking chairs away from TSA officers checking IDs/travel documents at security lines at airports in an effort to improve vigilance and hospitality by having officers stand and look passengers in the eye while interacting. A TSA spokesperson tells FOX that the officers are on 15 minute rotations checking IDs and helping passengers through scanners, then get 30 minutes sitting down in a chair at the X-Ray machine to scan for luggage. TSA will now mandate that the officers checking travel documents remain standing for their rotation.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (kX27y)

149 When will they stop treating islam as a race? If I revert to Islam, have I changed my race?

No, but other Muslims will never consider you their equal.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (vTZFs)

150 I'm of English and Irish ancestry. Their histories are amazing.
If they don't care about being overrun, then I can't care either. Pull out of NATO and let them fight for themselves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (jivel)

151
They're in a cave with several species of small furry animals.
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:57 PM (/OKHJ)

Heh.

*fistbump*

You beat me to it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (ccf/V)

152 Back to the dessert for them all.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (77rzZ)

153 That woman got jail time for saying she didn't care about something??!! That is so completely insane. I hope she flees the UK as soon as she's able.

Posted by: LASue at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (lCppi)

154 Labour minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter claims that visions of Britain based on warm ale, pubs and black Labradors are a "far-right fantasy" that "never really existed"

The one time I went to Britain, back in about 1995, it was to Birmingham; I went a couple of miles out of the city into the countryside, and this was literally what the pubs were: warm ale, dogs running free (mostly black), and kids running everywhere (mostly British).

And everyone talking a dialect of English that was absolutely incomprehensible.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (kYmoU)

155 Not So Great Britain

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

156 109 Saudi Arabia Reportedly Set to Build $9 Million Mosque in Cuba

All the existing weapon storage buildings have crumbled to pieces there.

Posted by: Auspex
----

Sick and tired of Islam. Just stay 'over there' and do what you want.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (nqf1u)

157
Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Posted by: LASue at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (lCppi)

Damn internet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (ccf/V)

158 THE FAILURE OF RAINFURREST

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=GmULc5VANsw

Posted by: Internet Historian at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (vNne8)

159 I fear the West is going to give up on EU just as the West gave up on Constantinople.

Listen guys, we can't keep moving West and rebuilding our capitals as the satanists invade and take over. I am all in on full reconquista. Back to the dessert for them all.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (xPxza)

I see the modern realignment of the world as isolating the EU axis while pressuring them to reform. Trumps Western Hemisphere cleanup, the new Mideast alliances. Somebody will have to clean up Australia and NZ of the poison.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)

160 England is a fag country.

Posted by: Archie Bunker at September 30, 2026 04:02 PM (PMpfL)

161

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:02 PM (ccf/V)

162 The UK is done. It is not when they come back if. That will be decades from now at best. But that is not going to happen unless we invade.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 30, 2026 04:02 PM (UkV2l)

163 I'm of English and Irish ancestry. Their histories are amazing.
If they don't care about being overrun, then I can't care either. Pull out of NATO and let them fight for themselves
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (jivel)

Sadly we need to have a hand in NATO to reduce the chance of them doing something stupid with it.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:03 PM (uhVAy)

164 One thing I'll see for Islam, they definitely frown on MMF relations.

MFFFF is apparently ok though.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 04:03 PM (sKqQm)

165 >>I don't understand how these Brits can be quite so stupid. They sent soldiers to Iraq, FFS. And not one of them can point to a single thing any of these "immigrants" have brought to England except misery.

They have been heavily (HEAVILY) indoctrinated to think that islam is not a threat. That islam was a more advanced civilization than the West in the past and that muslims are just like them, only with better food.

Same as over here where they teach kids that gays or trans are "born that way" or "guns are bad" or "abortion is women's healthcare".

They believe this in their bones and only realize it is a lie when their head is about to come off. The elite believe it more than anyone else because they never have to smell them or fear them on the upper deck of a bus.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 04:03 PM (xPxza)

166 159 I see the modern realignment of the world as isolating the EU axis while pressuring them to reform. Trumps Western Hemisphere cleanup, the new Mideast alliances. Somebody will have to clean up Australia and NZ of the poison.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)

========

Iran seems to have been one of the central nexuses of radical Islam across the world, so it'll be interesting what will happen over time as Iran's ability to project power through funding terrorism outside it's own borders will reshape geopolitics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (U/fqy)

167 The UK is done. It is not when they come back if. That will be decades from now at best. But that is not going to happen unless we invade.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at September 30, 2026 04:02 PM (UkV2l)

There's an old saying "There's a lot of ruin in a country". They can come back if we can get them to act, because their current rulers can't rule.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (uhVAy)

168 Said many times spent 2 years in England, sad to see it turned into Englandstan

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

169 >>One thing I'll see for Islam, they definitely frown on MMF relations.

Not if you are Honor Raping.

Then, it's M(x)F. Where the Value of x is the number of Male relatives in your village.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (vNne8)

170 Trump is deporting people with green cards as national security threats now.

Call me when I. Omar is boarding the plane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (nqf1u)

171 And everyone talking a dialect of English that was absolutely incomprehensible.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

I had a coworker who went to visit relatives in the far north of Scotland. Said he could not understand them even though they were speaking English.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (77rzZ)

172 Great Shitain.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (ccf/V)

173 One thing I'll see for Islam, they definitely frown on MMF relations.

MFFFF is apparently ok though.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 04:03 PM (sKqQm)

MG.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:05 PM (ccf/V)

174 >>Iran seems to have been one of the central nexuses of radical Islam across the world, so it'll be interesting what will happen over time as Iran's ability to project power through funding terrorism outside it's own borders will reshape geopolitics.

A lot of it will depend on how many of the IRGC we let survive to burrow into places like Oman and Qatar.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:05 PM (vNne8)

175 145 No one ever mentions the Picts anymore. Where have all the Picts gone?
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:54 PM

Joe Mannix is too busy to post.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 04:06 PM (Y8DZL)

176 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

Yeah, I saw that as I hit Post. Thanks.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 04:06 PM (xPxza)

177 I'm starting to understand the absolute surprise on Brits who showed up in the US for the World Cup and couldn't rap their heads around the gregarious and self-less nature of Amereicans.

If we end up seeing someone getting jailed for an indifferent tweet, there are going to be masses questioning the act. More than that, there will be those organizing using the act as a rallying call because it is in the nature of "most" Americans to look past the individual, and grab onto the concept.

I don't think the British culture understands the tentacles of such a mentality. They don't understand socialality. Therefore, they look out for themselves and never look at the big picture attached to the act.

Short version: They're f*cked.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 04:06 PM (dIske)

178 Don't kid yourself, this is the exact same path we were on and if Democrats get back in power this is the path we will return too. Look at what Democrats did with illegal and legal immigration. Look at the mayor NYC. Omar, Talib. The Democrat nominee for senate in Michigan.

Yet another reason to vote. Even if you don't like the Republican in your district this is the alternative.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:06 PM (viF8m)

179 My concern is that Turkey will move in to fill the Iranian void and nothing much will change.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 04:06 PM (/OKHJ)

180 Iran seems to have been one of the central nexuses of radical Islam across the world, so it'll be interesting what will happen over time as Iran's ability to project power through funding terrorism outside it's own borders will reshape geopolitics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (U/fqy)

Well that's likely over now. Pretty much everyone has signed off on the destruction of that state. A quick recovery, partition, what lies next is the question.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:06 PM (uhVAy)

181 I rate this post as five "Yikes on Bikes!"

There's no saving the UK. We need to take away their access to nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Yikes On Bikes at September 30, 2026 04:07 PM (V362x)

182 I learned something new....and disturbing.......

MFF refers to the Midwest Fur Fest where all the furry freaks gather and share their perversions........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:58 PM (ccf/V)

Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Posted by: LASue at September 30, 2026 04:00 PM (lCppi)
_______

Just for s&g, I googled it. They aren't even trying to hide the festival is all creepy twinks and homos. It's the Fulsom Street fair in cartoon animal costumes.

ComicCons and Renfairs are packed with cute girls in revealing costumes. But MFF? Not a one.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

183 Formerly great Britain
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Now - Lousy Britain.
Next - Shithole Britain.

Posted by: DaveA at September 30, 2026 04:07 PM (FhXTo)

184 Rosie in a Burka, thank heaven

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:08 PM (Ia/+0)

185 174 A lot of it will depend on how many of the IRGC we let survive to burrow into places like Oman and Qatar.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:05 PM (vNne

=

I suspect just pulling back on Iran itself as a nation will affect things rather greatly.

Oil sales to China, gone. State sponsorship alongside safe haven and training grounds, gone. Most of the terror leadership, dead.

Some will survive and move on to other countries, but will they be able to recreate anything like they had in Iran?

If we take out 90% of Iran's ability to project terrorism out onto the world...what changes?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:08 PM (U/fqy)

186 Remember when that guy wrote Prayers for the Assassin with the western left converting to Islam in mass everyone thought it was a silly plot point and yet here we are...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 04:08 PM (sKqQm)

187 A lot of it will depend on how many of the IRGC we let survive to burrow into places like Oman and Qatar.
Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:05 PM (vNne

I think those states have flipped on the IGRC because they get to keep those funds. And the missile attacks I suppose.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:08 PM (uhVAy)

188 The crime is called 'noticing', I believe.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM

Aggravated Noticing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (4NO2D)

189 151
They're in a cave with several species of small furry animals.
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:57 PM (/OKHJ)

Heh.

*fistbump*

You beat me to it......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (ccf/V)

THAT, explains Roger Watters.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (Gqar8)

190 I just have this sinking feeling that the fun is going to start right after I have my next grabber.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (wGerL)

191 176 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

There's a threesome.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (Sco7b)

192 155 Not So Great Britain

Posted by: Skip
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Commenter the other day said that Britain lost it when they gave up the colonies. He was right. It takes fortitude to run an empire and the British became soft and lazy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (nqf1u)

193 >>If we take out 90% of Iran's ability to project terrorism out onto the world...what changes?

It's a whole new world.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (vNne8)

194 Remember when that guy wrote Prayers for the Assassin with the western left converting to Islam in mass everyone thought it was a silly plot point and yet here we are...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 04:08 PM (sKqQm)

The Western Left went to Communism and all the Communist states died. Even the CCP went all free markety for a while.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (uhVAy)

195 >>If we take out 90% of Iran's ability to project terrorism out onto the world...what changes?

Just think of the Billions we have to spend policing them....

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:10 PM (vNne8)

196 172 Great Shitain.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 04:04 PM (ccf/V)

I read that at first as Great Shitstain...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:10 PM (l3cgK)

197 193 >>If we take out 90% of Iran's ability to project terrorism out onto the world...what changes?

It's a whole new world.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (vNne

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Imagine a world where 30-50% of US foreign policy isn't dictated by news derived from Palestinians using foreign aid to build tunnels.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:11 PM (U/fqy)

198 The nice thing is once America is muslim we can kill as many civilians we want anywhere at anytime with no repercussions. Rape too.

Allah be praised!

Posted by: Muhammed Abdullah Mohammed Mohammed at September 30, 2026 04:11 PM (PMpfL)

199 Commenter the other day said that Britain lost it when they gave up the colonies. He was right. It takes fortitude to run an empire and the British became soft and lazy.
Posted by: Braenyard

They really didn't have a choice. Post WWII they were broke. It also takes money to run an empire.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

200 The memo has gone out!

https://tinyurl.com/44sauf2j

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 04:11 PM (ndZc7)

201 Venezuela was a South American hotbed of Hezbollah. They helped Maduro run drugs and gangs into the US.

Not so much anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:12 PM (viF8m)

202 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

There's a threesome.
Posted by: Stateless

Ach! Brain bleach, stat!

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)

203 We don't have to belong to NATO to control them. They are weak and feckless. Bring our atoms home from Britain, stop giving weapons to Ukraine and let them stew on it for a while.

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:12 PM (nqf1u)

204 The crime is called 'noticing', I believe.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 03:44 PM

Aggravated Noticing.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (4NO2D)

Aggravated Noticing While Parading. Death penalty.

Posted by: LASue at September 30, 2026 04:13 PM (lCppi)

205 Commenter the other day said that Britain lost it when they gave up the colonies. He was right. It takes fortitude to run an empire and the British became soft and lazy.
Posted by: Braenyard

They really didn't have a choice. Post WWII they were broke. It also takes money to run an empire.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

They were pretty broke, but not as bad as Germany and Japan. They went socialist though, and that ruined them. Once you get the ruling class to hate the country you are in a hell of a fix.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:13 PM (uhVAy)

206 203 We don't have to belong to NATO to control them. They are weak and feckless. Bring our atoms home from Britain, stop giving weapons to Ukraine and let them stew on it for a while.

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:12 PM (nqf1u)

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We stopped giving weapons to Ukraine more than a year ago. They're buying them from us now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:13 PM (U/fqy)

207 186 Remember when that guy wrote Prayers for the Assassin with the western left converting to Islam in mass everyone thought it was a silly plot point and yet here we are...
Posted by: 18-1

Robert Ferrigno. Old-school moron who would comment sometimes under his real name and sometimes "Rakkim".

Posted by: 88C+u at September 30, 2026 04:13 PM (88C+u)

208 This is what happens when you give up your guns...

Then the only folks in your country who have guns, are the bad guys... ie criminals and the Government.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:14 PM (mP0Kj)

209 We don't have to belong to NATO to control them. They are weak and feckless. Bring our atoms home from Britain, stop giving weapons to Ukraine and let them stew on it for a while.

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:12 PM (nqf1u)

We have stopped giving. The EU pays for weapons and gives them to the Ukies.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:14 PM (uhVAy)

210 The English given names are a clue as to the natue of the place. Sriously, hard to take them seriously.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:14 PM (Gqar8)

211 It is sort of amusing the left tells us that Europe got rich off of looting their colonies

But they still agree with the conventional wisdom that of course Europe gave up their colonies after WWII because they didn't have the money to keep them...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 04:14 PM (sKqQm)

212 191 176 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

There's a threesome.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (Sco7b)

I don't think the laws of physics would allow that to occur. I don't think they could get close enough to close the deal. But I like the idea of those harridans in big black bags.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (GYqb1)

213 Imagine a world where 30-50% of US foreign policy isn't dictated by news derived from Palestinians using foreign aid to build tunnels.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:11 PM (U/fqy)

And through UN aid in Lebanon.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (uhVAy)

214 Warm Beer, Lousy Food, Shit Weather, Disarmed Populace, Weenie "King"

Posted by: Those are The Positives at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (Fn+3X)

215 If I were king I would have already cut off all trade /cooperation with Spain and Britain. Of course almost half of our own country have the same attitude as those loser countries. Maybe I could offer them a citizen trade.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (KC5Lt)

216 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

There's a threesome.

Didn't a Chinese guy write a hit SF novel about just this problem..?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)

217 212 191 176 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

There's a threesome.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (Sco7b)

I don't think the laws of physics would allow that to occur. I don't think they could get close enough to close the deal. But I like the idea of those harridans in big black bags.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (GYqb1)

Their gravitational influence would cause them to merge into a black hole...
/raciiist!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (l3cgK)

218 Was it ever really great?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (Cqx++)

219
What will be The Moment when the UK has been taken over? They still have Reform and Restore parties, the royal family, the countryside, the Great British Baking Show, Lloyds of London, I could go on with institutions large, small, and British that are still standing. I can't imagine what the tipping point would be in a slow takeover. Easy to pinpoint things like the election of Hitler to Chancellor, the annihilation of the Romanovs, the Fall of the Wall in 1989. What's it gonna be in England?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (mmrXZ)

220 I put it to the Socialists who gave up the Empire , they didn't wantvto run anything

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (Ia/+0)

221 We stopped giving weapons to Ukraine more than a year ago. They're buying them from us now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:13 PM (U/fqy)

We already gave the $127 billion... so we are kinda paying for those weapons anywayz.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (mP0Kj)

222 216 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

There's a threesome.

Didn't a Chinese guy write a hit SF novel about just this problem..?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)

Famous problem in physics: the three body problem...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (l3cgK)

223 I see the modern realignment of the world as isolating the EU axis while pressuring them to reform. Trumps Western Hemisphere cleanup, the new Mideast alliances. Somebody will have to clean up Australia and NZ of the poison.

Posted by: Oldcat

I think the future state is the western hemisphere being self sufficient, with the rest of the world fighting for scraps and having no US navy to protect global shipping.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (0U5gm)

224 Middling Britain?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (Gqar8)

225 Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

https://tinyurl.com/bdfzpkwj

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Da fuq? Were they trying to lift a body positive AWFL out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)

226 Smit Machchar foils Omani co-pilot's attack and attempt crash plane on its flight to Tel Aviv.
If he was a real Scot he would have killed that Omani.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:17 PM (nqf1u)

227 212 191 176 Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

There's a threesome.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (Sco7b)

I don't think the laws of physics would allow that to occur. I don't think they could get close enough to close the deal. But I like the idea of those harridans in big black bags.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 04:15 PM (GYqb1)

New definition of the Three Body Problem

Posted by: Physicist at September 30, 2026 04:17 PM (mP0Kj)

228

Good grief.

You can buy muzzie clothing on amazon.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)

229 225 Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

https://tinyurl.com/bdfzpkwj

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Da fuq? Were they trying to lift a body positive AWFL out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)

Just making sure to smash whatever the first crane missed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:17 PM (l3cgK)

230 I hope the natives manage to take a bunch of prog traitors down with them, but honestly there are too many third worlders. Demographically they're doomed. Only hope for airstrip one is a foreign power to clean house.

Some fuckups you just cannot recover from.

However it falls apart, it'll be educational for us.

Posted by: heya at September 30, 2026 04:18 PM (Km6p/)

231 225 Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

https://tinyurl.com/bdfzpkwj

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Da fuq? Were they trying to lift a body positive AWFL out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)

His Crane style is very weak...

Posted by: Kung Fu Master at September 30, 2026 04:18 PM (mP0Kj)

232 The Brits and the French laid the foundation for the shape of the modern Middle East at the end of WWI. If you aren't familiar with the Sykes Picot Agreement look it up.

Now instead of controlling the Middle East it is largely controlling them. Consequences.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)

233 229 225 Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

https://tinyurl.com/bdfzpkwj

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Da fuq? Were they trying to lift a body positive AWFL out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)

Just making sure to smash whatever the first crane missed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:17 PM (l3cgK)

Cranes don't miss...

Posted by: Denny Crane at September 30, 2026 04:19 PM (mP0Kj)

234 Prior to the Uke/Russian war , Britain hated the Russians just as much as Ukraine. And I don't know why.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2026 04:19 PM (KC5Lt)

235
Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, and Stacey Abrams convert to Islam.
Posted by: Bulg

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Speaking of, that ex-lefty Evan Barker is certain that Abdul el-Sayed is going to run for president. He'll undoubtedly become US Senator in Michigan, and she thinks he could even get in as soon as 2028.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:19 PM (mmrXZ)

236 228

Good grief.

You can buy muzzie clothing on amazon.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)

And Haggis.Don’t forget the Haggis.Subscribe and Save!!!!?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:19 PM (Gqar8)

237 Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

https://tinyurl.com/bdfzpkwj

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Da fuq? Were they trying to lift a body positive AWFL out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)

His Crane style is very weak...
Posted by: Kung Fu Master

Big whooping.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)

238 I think the future state is the western hemisphere being self sufficient, with the rest of the world fighting for scraps and having no US navy to protect global shipping.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (0U5gm)

Nah, we probably will have to sail the Navy out to patrol choke points here and there. The new powers around there could certainly build small ships to rub out piracy and such.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (uhVAy)

239 Wouldn'f be surprised if poating "Charles Martel" without commentary on Facebook would get you arrested by police in England.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (cWLG3)

240 >>Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

But THIS crane, son. THIS crane is built on solid ground.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (vNne8)

241 Prior to the Uke/Russian war , Britain hated the Russians just as much as Ukraine. And I don't know why.
Posted by: polynikes

Maybe it goes back to the Great Game?

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

242 Was it ever really great?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot

I recall from my childhood a newspaper cartoon of a proper English gentleman in his living room, before the fire. Over the mantel was part of a plaque that said ...Britain. The portion that said Great... was burning in the fireplace to keep him warm.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (0U5gm)

243 236 228

Good grief.

You can buy muzzie clothing on amazon.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)

And Haggis.Don’t forget the Haggis.Subscribe and Save!!!!?
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:19 PM (Gqar

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Assuming it's made in China.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (cWLG3)

244 I think the future state is the western hemisphere being self sufficient, with the rest of the world fighting for scraps and having no US navy to protect global shipping.

Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Hemispherical independence doesn't mean hermit kingdom.
There will be much trade with other parts of the world
we simply will not be dependent upon them.
He who rules the waves rules the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (nqf1u)

245 Speaking of, that ex-lefty Evan Barker is certain that Abdul el-Sayed is going to run for president. He'll undoubtedly become US Senator in Michigan, and she thinks he could even get in as soon as 2028.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:19 PM (mmrXZ)

he's like 4 foot tall and dumb as a post. Thinking Hasan Piker is a bridge to power is really dumb.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (uhVAy)

246 240 >>Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

But THIS crane, son. THIS crane is built on solid ground.
Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (vNne

Did the second one catch on fire before it fell over?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (Gqar8)

247 I think the future state is the western hemisphere being self sufficient, with the rest of the world fighting for scraps and having no US navy to protect global shipping.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (0U5gm)

I still think we should annex Canada, and Mexico... and everything down to OUR Canal...

Big Navy, and Guards at the Canal? now that there is some FINE border control.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)

248 >> Speaking of, that ex-lefty Evan Barker is certain that Abdul el-Sayed is going to run for president. He'll undoubtedly become US Senator in Michigan, and she thinks he could even get in as soon as 2028.

That's Retarded, Sir.

Posted by: Trayvon's GF at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (vNne8)

249 Prior to the Uke/Russian war , Britain hated the Russians just as much as Ukraine. And I don't know why.
Posted by: polynikes

Maybe it goes back to the Great Game?
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

They all had to learn those stupid poems about the Crimean War. It scars you.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:22 PM (uhVAy)

250 Traditional Scottish haggis is banned from import and sale in the United States because it contains sheep lungs, which are prohibited for human consumption under U.S. federal food safety regulations established in 1971. You may now continue.

Posted by: @SOEarpiece at September 30, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)

251 >>Did the second one catch on fire before it fell over?

This crowd is old enough ... mature enough to get that ref.

Posted by: Trayvon's GF at September 30, 2026 04:22 PM (vNne8)

252 >> I think the future state is the western hemisphere being self sufficient, with the rest of the world fighting for scraps and having no US navy to protect global shipping.

You mean the Donroe Doctrine?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:22 PM (viF8m)

253
he's like 4 foot tall and dumb as a post. Thinking Hasan Piker is a bridge to power is really dumb.
Posted by: Oldcat

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She and the podcaster she's talking to are calling him Tiny King and stuff. Contrasting him with Ossoff, who has been taking supplements and working out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:22 PM (mmrXZ)

254 240 >>Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

But THIS crane, son. THIS crane is built on solid ground.
Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (vNne

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When you reach 30 years of age you can address guys younger than you as "Son."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (cWLG3)

255 I keep banging the drum about getting Air Force personnel, families, assets, and our nukes out of the UK.

There are already risks to living there -- I personally had to do casualty intervention on an entire family that was killed when their vehicle ended up in a ditch. We lost about 5 people a year to car wrecks, not to mention home invasions, vehicle break ins, and the security costs involved.

Perhaps we can pull Hegseth away from his gym bros to address this.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (qwx/I)

256
This is what happens when you give up your guns...

Then the only folks in your country who have guns, are the bad guys... ie criminals and the Government.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:14 PM (mP0Kj)

Lots of guns in Limeyland, in the country. Farmers... and farmers' mums.

Not to mention sea mines. Deactivated, of course. Controlled by the NWA.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (y9nCu)

257 Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

https://tinyurl.com/bdfzpkwj

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Da fuq? Were they trying to lift a body positive AWFL out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)
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The third crane is going to burn down, fall over, and sink into the swamp.

But the FOURTH crane will stand strong!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (FZ29D)

258 256 Lots of guns in Limeyland, in the country. Farmers... and farmers' mums.

Not to mention sea mines. Deactivated, of course. Controlled by the NWA.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (y9nCu)

==

Ah...fuck off, grasshopper.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (U/fqy)

259 >>She and the podcaster she's talking to are calling him Tiny King and stuff.

Bernie Sanders would tell us she likely has Muslim Rape Fantasies.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:24 PM (vNne8)

260 250 Traditional Scottish haggis is banned from import and sale in the United States because it contains sheep lungs, which are prohibited for human consumption under U.S. federal food safety regulations established in 1971. You may now continue.
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at September 30, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)
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You could buy haggis from Canada before the Great Canada Trade War.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:24 PM (cWLG3)

261 It's all for the greater good!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 30, 2026 04:24 PM (qwx/I)

262 Take a look at your globe from the top instead of the equator and you will why Trump wanted Greenland so much.

Western Hemisphere dominance.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:25 PM (viF8m)

263 254 240 >>Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

But THIS crane, son. THIS crane is built on solid ground.
Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (vNne
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When you reach 30 years of age you can address guys younger than you as "Son."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (cWLG3)

Or kiddo.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)

264 Big Navy, and Guards at the Canal? now that there is some FINE border control.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)

South of the Canal there is no road to South America.

But I don't want to annex too much, just break up hostile powers like Canada and restructure their institutions to be less fragile. Become real midsized nations in the real world aside from what fever dream Canada is in.

Ditto Mexico, they need to have their top third rebuilt to be a real place.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)

265 I'm not your kid, Bub.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (4NO2D)

266 263 254 240 >>Second crane falls onto house while trying to remove another crane that had fallen onto the roof

But THIS crane, son. THIS crane is built on solid ground.
Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 04:20 PM (vNne
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When you reach 30 years of age you can address guys younger than you as "Son."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (cWLG3)

Or kiddo.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)

Or Sonny Jim

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (Gqar8)

267 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (mmrXZ)

I honestly believe King Charles is a closet Moslem.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (wGerL)

268 256
This is what happens when you give up your guns...

Then the only folks in your country who have guns, are the bad guys... ie criminals and the Government.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:14 PM (mP0Kj)

Lots of guns in Limeyland, in the country. Farmers... and farmers' mums.

Not to mention sea mines. Deactivated, of course. Controlled by the NWA.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (y9nCu)

The rappers?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (l3cgK)

269 I honestly believe King Charles is a closet Moslem.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM

Not Shia. He lacks the forehead bump.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (4NO2D)

270 @267 I prefer he keeps it in the closet.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:27 PM (cWLG3)

271
I think the future state is the western hemisphere being self sufficient, with the rest of the world fighting for scraps and having no US navy to protect global shipping.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

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Go New World!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:27 PM (mmrXZ)

272 269 I honestly believe King Charles is a closet Moslem.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM

Not Shia. He lacks the forehead bump.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (4NO2D)

Maybe his ass has the experience...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:27 PM (l3cgK)

273 There are already risks to living there -- I personally had to do casualty intervention on an entire family that was killed when their vehicle ended up in a ditch. We lost about 5 people a year to car wrecks, not to mention home invasions, vehicle break ins, and the security costs involved.

Perhaps we can pull Hegseth away from his gym bros to address this.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (qwx/I)

Not sure we want to teach the Limeys how to build roads. The Romans never did.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

274 The Grant’s Haggis on Amazon does not say where it is made - or even what is in it. Sort of - disturbing.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:27 PM (Gqar8)

275 NO LUNGS!

Posted by: FDA at September 30, 2026 04:28 PM (4NO2D)

276 Haggis is sort of disturbing.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)

277 I still think we should annex Canada, and Mexico... and everything down to OUR Canal...

Big Navy, and Guards at the Canal? now that there is some FINE border control.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)
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Yeah, we could offer Carney's Canada "associate statehood".

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 04:28 PM (rj6Yv)

278 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:16 PM (mmrXZ)

I honestly believe King Charles is a closet Moslem.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (wGerL)

He doesn't even believe in his own family's survival. I doubt he believes in Allah.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:29 PM (uhVAy)

279
It's all for the greater good!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 30, 2026 04:24 PM (qwx/I)

*creepy chanting*

The Greater Good

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 04:29 PM (y9nCu)

280 277 I still think we should annex Canada, and Mexico... and everything down to OUR Canal...

Big Navy, and Guards at the Canal? now that there is some FINE border control.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)
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Yeah, we could offer Carney's Canada "associate statehood".
Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 04:28 PM (rj6Yv)

Junior probationary membership. There will be hazing.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:29 PM (Gqar8)

281 Churchill H8ed the Communists, the Socialists were not so much against them.

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

282 280 Yeah, we could offer Carney's Canada "associate statehood".
Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 04:28 PM (rj6Yv)

Junior probationary membership. There will be hazing.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:29 PM (Gqar

=======

Otherwise known as territory run by a military governor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (U/fqy)

283 Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 04:23 PM (cWLG3)

Or kiddo.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

What, no love for "sport?"

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

284 Charles deserves the gibbet.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (qwx/I)

285
The rappers?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (l3cgK)

Neighborhood Watch Alliance

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (y9nCu)

286 Otherwise known as territory run by a military governor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM

That will keep the outer provinces in line.

Posted by: Grand Moff Rubio at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)

287

Rioting and attacking their own teachers.

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
4h
BREAKING:

Second and third-generation students continue to attack schools across France

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (kX27y)

288
285
The rappers?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:26 PM (l3cgK)

Neighborhood Watch Alliance

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (y9nCu)

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"Splitters!"
-Alliance of the Neighborhood Watch

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:31 PM (U/fqy)

289 Churchill H8ed the Communists, the Socialists were not so much against them.
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

Commies, or just Russians? He certainly was pretty willing to slice up East Europe to them despite what he said later.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:31 PM (uhVAy)

290 286 Otherwise known as territory run by a military governor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM

That will keep the outer provinces in line.

Posted by: Grand Moff Rubio at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)

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Someone spin up Grok!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:31 PM (U/fqy)

291 Rioting and attacking their own teachers.

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
4h
BREAKING:

Second and third-generation students continue to attack schools across France
Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (kX27y)

you can't make me like the French, so don't try.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:31 PM (uhVAy)

292 287

Rioting and attacking their own teachers.

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
4h
BREAKING:

Second and third-generation students continue to attack schools across France

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (kX27y)

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"Please, stop making Le Pen popular by doing what she says you do."
-Macron

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:32 PM (U/fqy)

293 Otherwise known as territory run by a military governor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (U/fqy)

Don't they still have one from the Crown, even now?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:32 PM (uhVAy)

294 The Grant’s Haggis on Amazon does not say where it is made - or even what is in it. Sort of - disturbing.
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:27 PM (Gqar

~~~~~

Even more disturbing if it did tell you.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at September 30, 2026 04:32 PM (3ImbR)

295 Nood - Biden's attack dog, Jack Smith, violates more things.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 30, 2026 04:34 PM (oPFtC)

296 292 287

Rioting and attacking their own teachers.

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
4h
BREAKING:

Second and third-generation students continue to attack schools across France

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 04:30 PM (kX27y)

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"Please, stop making Le Pen popular by doing what she says you do."
-Macron
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:32 PM (U/fqy)

I will always think of him as Maracon.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:34 PM (Gqar8)

297 I will always think of him as Maracon.
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 04:34 PM (Gqar

French Obama. To go with Canadian Obama, Trudeau.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 04:35 PM (uhVAy)

298 "Please, stop making Le Pen popular by doing what she says you do."
-Macron
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 04:32 PM (U/fqy)
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The government of France recently outlawed wearing the hijab and niqab, recently. Is this the reaction?

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 04:35 PM (rj6Yv)

299 Haggis is sort of disturbing.
Posted by: JackStraw

Check out the Glencannon short story, "The Hunting of the Haggis," by Guy Gilpatric.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

300 286 Otherwise known as territory run by a military governor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 04:36 PM (nqf1u)

301
I honestly believe King Charles is a closet Moslem.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

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

I don't think he believes in anything. I myself would find it hard to be Anglican. How do you argue that you're the one true church ever since some guy broke away from the one true church in order to get a divorce?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 04:36 PM (mmrXZ)

302 The riots in France could produce an interesting result. In their history the French have shown the ability to be vicious. Let's see if that strain still exists

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 04:37 PM (jivel)

303 I had haggis several times while in Scotland. I found it delicious, similar to chili but with a slightly different flavor.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:38 PM (0U5gm)

304 I had haggis several times while in Scotland. I found it delicious, similar to chili but with a slightly different flavor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 04:38 PM

The lungs make all the difference.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:40 PM (4NO2D)

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Second Quarter Real GDP Growth Revised Upwards by 0.7%

Why is it that estimated growth rates always have to be revised downwards for Democrats and upwards for Republicans?

Because the left-wing bureaucrats consistently overestimate growth under Democrats and underestimate it under Republicans.

Note that it's the first estimate that gets all the press. The revision only gets noticed by economists and traders.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.2% in the second quarter of 2026, according to a U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released Wednesday.
In the first quarter, real GDP increased, at a revised rate of 2.5%.
The report released Monday, for April, May, and June, is an estimate, the third for the quarter.
Real GDP was revised up 0.7% point from the second estimate, "primarily reflecting upward revisions to investment, consumer spending and government spending," the Commerce Department's bureau also said.

Inflation came in -- say it with me -- unexpectedly low.

The key Commerce Department report released Wednesday shows consumer prices in August increased 0.3% from the previous month, less than Wall Street expected.
The report, the personal consumption expenditures price index, is the primary inflation gauge for the Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates based on inflation.
Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.2%.
The seasonally adjusted 0.3% increase for the month, puts the 12-month gain at 3.4%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for increases of 0.3% and 3.7% respectively, according to CBNC.com.

Instapundit has some Russian Conspiracy Theory that the media manipulates economic news to favor politicians they vote for and to disfavor the politicians they hate.

What an absurd and Racist theory.

It is the best of economies, it is the worst of economies.
But which?
It really is a tale of two economies, depending on who you ask.
On the one hand, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the US economy has entered an "acceleration phase": Despite rising interest rates, the markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted.
On the other, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries railed just days before that President Donald Trump has delivered a "Rotten Age," with an economy that's "failing everyday Americans" -- and Americans seem to agree, with 63% disapproving of Trump's economic policies, per the RealClear Politics polling average.
By the numbers, Bessent has a strong case.
US jobless claims tumbled last week to levels not seen in years, retail sales are up and manufacturing is booming.
Importantly, the workforce participation rate is climbing -- so the low unemployment numbers aren't just the result of people giving up on the job search altogether.
As columnist Daniel McCarthy notes, "Establishment economists predicted none of this."
Well, they're usually wrong, it seems.
Trump's combination of lighter regulation, tighter restrictions on illegal immigration and protectionist tariffs is translating into more jobs here at home as businesses expand.
...
It's an old playbook, one that Bill Clinton's pollster Mark Penn wielded to defeat President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
The economy had actually recovered from a brief recession in 1991, but voters thought otherwise -- because the media told them so.
"There is often a huge disconnect between belief about the economy and the true economic state of affairs," Penn wrote in his 2007 book "Microtrends."
"Until the statistics are actually published, people tend to assess the economy through the eyes of the national media."
During the 1992 election, Clinton repeatedly told us we were experiencing the worst economy in 50 years.
The press echoed that message dutifully.
But as Penn recounted with glee, "The statistics that came out after the election showed that the period leading up to November had actually been a period of record growth."
Whether this is the best of economies, the worst of economies, or something in between, you can bet that for the next month-plus we'll be told it's the worst.
We always are, when the Republicans are in charge.

Although I am pessimistic about the midterms, NeverTrump liberal Frank Luntz of all people says that
the GOP hasn't lost yet.

His polling shows a rough cycle for both parties, but the details favor the GOP. Trump and Republicans aren't polling well, yet Democrats are doing even worse, and they've dug themselves deeper into their media bubbles. Even the turnout advantage Democrats are banking on turns out to be pretty thin.
"I'm looking at a turnout differential that advantages the Democrats by a couple of points, which means that there are more people who oppose Donald Trump, who are planning to vote, than those who support him," Luntz told CNN This Morning on Monday. "There's always been a historical advantage to the party out of power in the midterms, particularly in the first midterms."
A couple of points? That's it?
The party out of power usually walks into its first midterm with the wind at its back, and Democrats can only manage a two-point edge.
Luntz also explained why that edge is so fragile.
Trump's voters show up when he's on the ballot and stay home when he isn't, which makes his absence in November a bigger problem for Republicans than his approval ratings.
"When he is on the ballot, his people come out. They participate," he said. "They did in the on-year elections, 2016 and 2024. And they did not, in 2018. And they did not as much, even when Joe Biden was the president in 2020, for the 2022 election."
The fix is obvious, and Trump is already working on it. Luntz said the whole map hinges on whether the president can get those voters engaged again, starting with the biggest prize.
"But he needs his people to vote in a place like Texas," Luntz continued. "If the Trump voters participate, the Republican nominee in Texas is elected. If the Trump voters don't participate, the Democrats will achieve an upset. It's the same thing in states as small as Iowa, Alaska. It even matters in a state like Ohio."

Turnout is a big problem. I see a lot of conservatives trying to rally the base into turning out.

🚨 UPDATE: Donald Trump posted overnight CNN's admission that he has 98% PERCENT SUPPORT among the MAGA GOP

"There's been no real decline in MAGA support...these folks say they're gonna vote for Congressional Republicans! That support is really holding up strong!"

IT NEEDS TO� pic.twitter.com/kdnDpf4uFI
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 29, 2026

17 months in a row of zero illegal crossings
The best crime numbers in history, even after Democrats let in 25 million people
The most jobs in the history of the United States
Murders are lower than at any time since 1900
New plants are being built every day, like today's $18B investment
$21 TRILLION being invested in America, the most in history
The war will be won very soon
Gas prices will come tumbling down

🚨 WOW! President Trump was just asked what his midterm message is for millions of Americans to vote red, and he dropped RAPID FIRE truth nukes to the Fake News in the Oval Office:

- 17 months in a row of ZERO illegal crossings
- The best crime numbers in history, even after� pic.twitter.com/0todedjOiS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 28, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:32 PM

Comments

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1 I VOTED FOR THIS!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (gLYp7)

2 It happens.

Every time.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (x8rTv)

3 And I nooded before I commented.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (gLYp7)

4 Breath of fresh air.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (nqf1u)

5 Willowed:

Brought to you by the geniuses at The Babylon Bee:

"Near Disaster As FlyDubai Pilot Fails To Illuminate 'No Hijacking' Sign"

https://tinyurl.com/548ykp5u

Their website definitely employs many Morons.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (HlyYF)

6 Crime numbers so low Matt Yglesias noticed.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (2ocoG)

7 Now, act like government spending should be counted negative to GDP.

And realize that GDP was down a full 1% because government spending was down in Q2.

So...add 1% to the Q2 GDP for the money the government didn't spend, because that's how government spending should be included in GDP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (U/fqy)

8 i didn't know that we're now taxing remittances, so mexico is paying for the wall

and sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul...who likes the flavor of his dog's excrement at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (fNAFl)

9 Trump will carry the hapless feckless testeless gormless Republicans over the finish line, again. But he said doody once and trusted some Republicans that everyone loved.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:35 PM (x8rTv)

10 I'm pleased with the job Trump is doing.

Posted by: Emmie at September 30, 2026 02:35 PM (ppsv1)

11 Instapundit has some Russian Conspiracy Theory that the media manipulates economic news to favor politicians they vote for and to disfavor the politicians they hate.

=========

Journalists are objective fact tellers who explicitly reject telling objective fact.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:35 PM (U/fqy)

12 ~~Un-~~Expectedly!

Posted by: Another Anon at September 30, 2026 02:35 PM (4h45B)

13
(sigh) Ace, these economists are CREDENTIALED!

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 02:35 PM (Y8DZL)

14 No shit stop me if you heard this one before.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 30, 2026 02:35 PM (wxsGM)

15
I'm told in a million posts that things have never been worse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)

16 >>> Turnout is a big problem. I see a lot of conservatives trying to rally the base into turning out.

=====

My wife and will be voting in a midterm for the first time in our 29 years (yeah, I know. 🤦‍♂️

. Hope that there are more like us.

Posted by: Turn 2 at September 30, 2026 02:36 PM (QFchU)

17 Inflation came in -- say it with me -- unexpectedly low.

The one problem with this data point, which is a major, major success for Trump is that quite a few normies don't understand what inflation is.

Even if Trump got inflation to 0%, the Bidenflation prices stay because Biden destroyed the value of the dollar by 50%.

It would take substantial deflation to undo that which is probably impossible to do and would have other problems if it was.

So take 2020-24 as a lesson, don't elect Democrats if you don't want prices to double.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)

18 *markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
**markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
***markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
****markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
_ghost of Maynard Ferguson

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:36 PM (nqf1u)

19 >>>the GOP hasn't lost yet.

Don't give up hope.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 02:37 PM (dK+Kv)

20 Crime numbers so low Matt Yglesias noticed.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (2ocoG)

But he - like every lefty - simply can't connect 'cause' to 'effect.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 02:37 PM (gLYp7)

21 "Turnout for Republicans is trash!" say the vibes.

"Turnout for Democrats is trash," say the data.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2105349389762113877/photo/1

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:37 PM (U/fqy)

22 "But he needs his people to vote in a place like Texas," Luntz continued. "If the Trump voters participate, the Republican nominee in Texas is elected. If the Trump voters don't participate, the Democrats will achieve an upset. It's the same thing in states as small as Iowa, Alaska. It even matters in a state like Ohio."

Turnout is a big problem. I see a lot of conservatives trying to rally the base into turning out.

Because Republican voters seem largely stupid.

Staying home and letting Democrats DESTROY THE COUNTRY is a stupid f*cking way to go about things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (ccf/V)

23 I'm kind of surprised that Secretary Bessent hasn't requested on-site auditing and evaluation at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis in real time. So, they can identify the political hacks that seem to think it's OK to shape the economy to their liking.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (dIske)

24 Now, act like government spending should be counted negative to GDP

This is sort of comedic when you really think about it.

The government could double the GDP tomorrow by just printing $24T and giving it to politicians.

Does anyone believe that would be good for the country as a whole?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)

25 Good thing we didn't lower interest rates to help Trump and the economy. Look at thise inflation numbers!!! /s

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (aBcEh)

26 24 This is sort of comedic when you really think about it.

The government could double the GDP tomorrow by just printing $24T and giving it to politicians.

Does anyone believe that would be good for the country as a whole?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)

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This is the story of Biden's positive GDP numbers, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (U/fqy)

27 So, the economy is doing very well indeed. So to counter this, the Left talks gas gas gas and beef beef beef prices. Pissing and moaning about both is their winning strategy.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 02:39 PM (Gqar8)

28 Good news, everyone!

Saudi Arabia is going to build a $9m mosque in Cuba!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:39 PM (ccf/V)

29 7 Now, act like government spending should be counted negative to GDP.

And realize that GDP was down a full 1% because government spending was down in Q2.

So...add 1% to the Q2 GDP for the money the government didn't spend, because that's how government spending should be included in GDP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM

Agreed!

I want TWO numbers published.

Publish the GDP under the exact same data treatment as the historical series.

ALSO publish a GDP number, ex government spending.

We will never start to reduce the massive debt without people understanding the underlying economic facts.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:39 PM (HlyYF)

30 Hacks in Black halt Christa Pike execution.

I feel for the victim Colleen's mother. What a horrible thing to do to her after all these years.

Posted by: Delurker at September 30, 2026 02:40 PM (2Drhq)

31 My fear is the "new coalition" we have is a lot of young men that are a bit flakey.

Our coalition used to be the sort of people that show up every election, upper middle class types that seem to have drifted over to the Dem side.

It used to be Republicans did really well in non-Presidential election years, it was Dem turnout that really dropped.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 02:41 PM (87dSN)

32 My wife and will be voting in a midterm for the first time in our 29 years (yeah, I know. 🤦‍♂️. Hope that there are more like us.

Posted by: Turn 2 at September 30, 2026 02:36 PM

Good job!

Can you also invite about five couples more from your "dinner party" friends to also come vote?

Depending upon your state, we really need it!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:41 PM (HlyYF)

33 This is the story of Biden's positive GDP numbers, by the way.

One thing I was noting over the last few years...

If you got a 10% return on investments under Biden you were only breaking even because inflation and therefore costs were increasing every year by that same amount. And you can see that by comparing SP500 "gains" against the price of gold (note, mostly flat)

Under the Trump economy with 3% inflation anything over 3% is a real gain...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

34 >>> Turnout is a big problem. I see a lot of conservatives trying to rally the base into turning out.

There is clearly a psyop at work trying to convince the normies that Trump is making everything worse, vote for dems, they will somehow magically fix it, and not just make things even worse. But it's a psyop fueled with new media like TikTok, and paid influencers shilling for lefties, not just the standard tried-and-true ones. Whether it all works or not, we'll see.

I saw there were signs out on lawns targeting politicians as voting for the Iran war. I guess they decided they can't run on the economy. Let's try the war and see if that sticks.

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:42 PM (Eng1Z)

35 27 So, the economy is doing very well indeed. So to counter this, the Left talks gas gas gas and beef beef beef prices. Pissing and moaning about both is their winning strategy.
Posted by: tubal

Around here the data centers apocalypse is often mentioned as well.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 02:42 PM (Y8DZL)

36
- 17 months in a row of ZERO illegal crossings

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

I'm not sure what counts as a "crossing," because there have been some jet ski traffickers here in Sandy Eggo. They zip into the shore in (polluted) Imperial Beach, their passengers jump off, and they zip away. Border Patrol came dune-buggying out and got some of them, but I don't know how many are making it off the beach.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:42 PM (mmrXZ)

37 30 Hacks in Black halt Christa Pike execution.

I feel for the victim Colleen's mother. What a horrible thing to do to her after all these years.
Posted by: Delurker at September 30, 2026 02:40 PM (2Drhq)

Reasons?? Or are reasons only for the Little People?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 02:42 PM (Gqar8)

38 31 My fear is the "new coalition" we have is a lot of young men that are a bit flakey.

Our coalition used to be the sort of people that show up every election, upper middle class types that seem to have drifted over to the Dem side.

It used to be Republicans did really well in non-Presidential election years, it was Dem turnout that really dropped.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 02:41 PM (87dSN)

======

Having high propensity voters and not low propensity voters means you win midterms but lose presidentials.

Obama had this problem.

The issue, though, is that Congress is largely useless, and we've been growing the imperial presidency for a century.

If we have to have a choice between the two, I choose the presidency.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:42 PM (U/fqy)

39 But, but my gas prices are so high!

How much higher are they than when Joey B was doubling the price of everything???

We're still recovering from that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (nqf1u)

40 Saudi Arabia is going to build a $9m mosque in Cuba!
Posted by: Sponge

Good thing those 7th-century goatf***kers don't need electricity.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (77rzZ)

41 "I won’t allow a man to come at me or point at me"
-- Aja Wilson.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (0sNs1)

42 Read earlier that we have the smallest number of government workers this century. Fewer bureaucrats helps the private economy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (jivel)

43 I'm kind of surprised that Secretary Bessent hasn't requested on-site auditing and evaluation at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis in real time. So, they can identify the political hacks that seem to think it's OK to shape the economy to their liking.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (dIske)

It works fine, we get one good report then a second one on the revision. Plus all the dumbing down of the stats the Dems do to prop up their crap numbers means things shoot up like a rocket when a non idiot gets in charge.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

44 I know this hits a nerve with some here, but I think if the Iran altercation never happened, we'd do fine to good in the midterms.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (87dSN)

45 Wahahahahahaha.

HYPER
@hyper12p
Translated from Hebrew
I survived a kidnapping attempt, send me nudes

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)

46 Its literally all A.I. driven growth. The idea of the economy doing well is basically now like the stock market doing well. Just some shit that sounds good on TV that doesnt translate to daily life.

I believe that about as much as when the government was saying that inflation was under 10% during covid when everything in the stores was rising 25%-50%. Doesn't matter who is running things. All they do is lie.

Meanwhile in reality: Market Absorbs Flood Of Treasury Bills As Yields Rise. The U.S. Treasury has aggressively funded new borrowing with T-bills, reaching 40% of $2.1 trillion in net new debt, far above TBAC’s 15-20% guideline.

They are absolutely killing you with debt. Guess what happens when the next Fed increase comes in due to spiraling inflation??. I don't know if it's possible to bankrupt a country, but Uncle Donny sure is giving it his best

It grew as in more money flowed through not as in we were more productive or increased quality of life. Everything getting more expensive will make the economy as people scrounge to find the last few dollars to buy more expensive necessities.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (aBcEh)

47 I see more black pill propaganda than I have seen since... two years ago.

Posted by: ace and garrett at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)

48 So take 2020-24 as a lesson, don't elect Democrats if you don't want prices to double.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)

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"But, if prices double -- doesn't that mean all our welfare benefits will double?"

/Free Shit Army, Inc.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (4f3B/)

49 35 27 So, the economy is doing very well indeed. So to counter this, the Left talks gas gas gas and beef beef beef prices. Pissing and moaning about both is their winning strategy.
Posted by: tubal

Around here the data centers apocalypse is often mentioned as well.
Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 02:42 PM (Y8DZL)

Why yes, because ceding Chine God-like control over our information systems is a good thing, because - reasons, again.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (Gqar8)

50 So, the economy is doing very well indeed. So to counter this, the Left talks gas gas gas and beef beef beef prices. Pissing and moaning about both is their winning strategy.
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 02:39 PM

And it's very effective.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (ccf/V)

51 @hyper12p
Translated from Hebrew
I survived a kidnapping attempt, send me nudes
Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)

Bobs and vagene!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (ccf/V)

52 37 Reasons?? Or are reasons only for the Little People?

The hacks in black want to be fully satisfied that Pike's alleged childhood sexual abuse was considered at trial.

Posted by: Delurker at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (2Drhq)

53 Why do democrats whine about gas and beef?

They all drive EVs and are vegans.

So they should be happy gas and beef are expensive. Right?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (W2Pud)

54 I see more black pill propaganda than I have seen since... two years ago.
Posted by: ace and garrett at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)
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Yes there is.

And...is there something I need to know about you two?

Nah...ignorance is sometimes very blissful.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (X7pZH)

55 I know this hits a nerve with some here, but I think if the Iran altercation never happened, we'd do fine to good in the midterms.
Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (87dSN)

I think without Iran as a hotpoint, the media would just be spinning something else and harder. The story never changes- just the details.

Posted by: ace and garrett at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

56 41 "I won’t allow a man to come at me or point at me"
-- Aja Wilson.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (0sNs1)
++++++++++++++++++

Not a psychology major, apparently. If you want something to happen as a sporting event, claim you won't allow it. That's not a deterrent. That's an invitation.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (dIske)

57 44 I know this hits a nerve with some here, but I think if the Iran altercation never happened, we'd do fine to good in the midterms.

Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (87dSN)

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No, we'd still have lost the midterms because Trump was being too mean about immigration which led to the deaths of Goode and Pretti.

And then Trump stopped all immigration enforcement because of the deaths of Goode and Pretti, which means the GOP lost the midterms.

And then Trump was low-key being too aggressive on immigration which led to car chases and bad results, which was going to lose the midterms.

And then Mullin stopped all ICE enforcement with cars, which led was going to lose the midterms.

And then Mullin put the policy back less than a day later, which led to the GOP losing the midterms.

There's always a bullshit narrative.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (U/fqy)

58 Hacks in Black halt Christa Pike execution.

I feel for the victim Colleen's mother. What a horrible thing to do to her after all these years.

--

It's a real travesty of justice for that poor mother. I really thought she had no lifeline left and was going to meet her maker at 10am. Nope.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 02:45 PM (qBdHI)

59 Oh! Off completely platonic sock!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)

60 46 Meanwhile in reality: Market Absorbs Flood Of Treasury Bills As Yields Rise. The U.S. Treasury has aggressively funded new borrowing with T-bills, reaching 40% of $2.1 trillion in net new debt, far above TBAC’s 15-20% guideline.

They are absolutely killing you with debt. Guess what happens when the next Fed increase comes in due to spiraling inflation??. I don't know if it's possible to bankrupt a country, but Uncle Donny sure is giving it his best

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (aBcEh)

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Sure sounds like the Fed should have lowered interest rates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (U/fqy)

61 44 I know this hits a nerve with some here, but I think if the Iran altercation never happened, we'd do fine to good in the midterms.
Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (87dSN)

Coulda woulda shoulda. Reality is, now, we need to get our asses out to vote.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (Gqar8)

62 "Turnout is a big problem. I see a lot of conservatives trying to rally the base into turning out."

I've been screeching about turnout for a long time. It's the key to victory.

For the most part, we have good candidates up against Moloch's retarded cousin who walks with a limp and was just arrested for fucking the baby rather than eating it.

We should have this in the bag. But "should" is doing some heavy lifting. We must turn out. En masse. We can't sit this one out.

Get out and vote the shit out of this thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

63

Those gas prices need to come down, mile after mile of communist advertising on every highway.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (VuTBl)

64 Oh! Off completely platonic sock!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
___

See what you did?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (X7pZH)

65 I pulled the numbers Republicans have gotten versus Dems in off year elections

2022: 54m v 51m
2018: 51m v 60m
2014: 40m v 35m
2010: 45m v 39m

Now obviously that Dem count in 2018 jump looks fake as hell.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

66 Posted by: ace and garrett at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM

FLASH NEWS ALERT: Temperature of Hades is rapidly approaching 107.64 degrees Kelvin!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (0sNs1)

67 See what you did?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (X7pZH)

Lol. I regret nothing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

68 65 I pulled the numbers Republicans have gotten versus Dems in off year elections

2022: 54m v 51m
2018: 51m v 60m
2014: 40m v 35m
2010: 45m v 39m

Now obviously that Dem count in 2018 jump looks fake as hell.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

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Either Dems were really, really motivated to turnout, or there was the laying of groundwork for cheating.

Or both.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (U/fqy)

69 Because Republican voters seem largely stupid.

Staying home and letting Democrats DESTROY THE COUNTRY is a stupid f*cking way to go about things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Aw, I don't need to vote. Nobody's going to vote for that dumb Democrat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (nqf1u)

70 >>> The issue, though, is that Congress is largely useless, and we've been growing the imperial presidency for a century. If we have to have a choice between the two, I choose the presidency.

Too bad the founding fathers didn't put in a red button clause that we can press to flush all the congresscritters down the drain and start over if they are utterly failing at their jobs. Or at least put in term limits or age limits. Scorched earthing the current congress and voting in new people would not be a bad thing every few decades.

I think the current congress has been ranked as the most do-nothing in the history of do-nothing congresses, and that is a very low bar already. Like the fewest bills discussed and passed ever. And they are on vacation again until after midterms.

Supposedly Trump and Vance are war gaming strategies of how to work around congress to get the SAVE Act initiatives in before 2028, regardless of how feckless congress and its bought off politicans are. I wish them Godspeed!

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (Eng1Z)

71 Why aren't Republicans out doing good propaganda? 🤔

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:48 PM (x8rTv)

72 Posted by: ace and garrett at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM

FLASH NEWS ALERT: Temperature of Hades is rapidly approaching 107.64 degrees Kelvin!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (0sNs1)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:48 PM (X7pZH)

73 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
___

See what you did?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM

But did it disappoint Ace is the real question.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:48 PM (0sNs1)

74 I pulled the numbers Republicans have gotten versus Dems in off year elections

2022: 54m v 51m
2018: 51m v 60m
2014: 40m v 35m
2010: 45m v 39m

Now obviously that Dem count in 2018 jump looks fake as hell.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

2018 was the year the GOPe spiked the midterms by quitting en-masse at the last moment. Thanks "Steak and Egger" Gowdy!

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)

75 70 I think the current congress has been ranked as the most do-nothing in the history of do-nothing congresses, and that is a very low bar already. Like the fewest bills discussed and passed ever. And they are on vacation again until after midterms.

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (Eng1Z)

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The assertion that a do nothing Congress is inherently a bad Congress coming from, especially, conservatives, always makes me wonder...

Congress sucks. Their bills suck. We have too many laws.

Asking Congress to do more just do to more is asking for a whippin'.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (U/fqy)

76 Gas prices are going to have a negative impact for this quarter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

77 There is a sense in which the Iran war is helping Trump as it leaves one obvious issue they can campaign on which is something of a trap.

LIVs don't care about the war at all. No dead Americans and they just don't care.

Now, they do care about gas prices which are being driven by the war in large measure.

But here's the trap - can you really run on lowering gas prices as a Dem? And if you do, what do you do when Trump proposes ending the gas tax in Oct and asks congress to come back and vote on it?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

78 74 I pulled the numbers Republicans have gotten versus Dems in off year elections

2022: 54m v 51m
2018: 51m v 60m
2014: 40m v 35m
2010: 45m v 39m

Now obviously that Dem count in 2018 jump looks fake as hell.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

2018 was the year the GOPe spiked the midterms by quitting en-masse at the last moment. Thanks "Steak and Egger" Gowdy!

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)

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And yet...GOP turnout still spiked. Dem turnout just spiked a whole lot more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (U/fqy)

79 Would the Democrats talk down the economy to win an election?

In 2020, they destroyed it to win.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (RIvkX)

80 GDP up, inflation down. Vote democrat to fix this.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (0U5gm)

81 When ever did a Auto-Pen administration report being higher then was knocked down a few months later?

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

82 76 Gas prices are going to have a negative impact for this quarter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

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The increase happened last quarter.

There's no more inflation to happen unless it goes even higher.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (U/fqy)

83
There's always a bullshit narrative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

I'm guessing that minus Iran, it would be the Bond-villain connection between Russia and AI. AI would be the new COVID, except it's raging through the internet instead of your bloodstream.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)

84 Some (C)rap artist named bulletproof was shot and killed in Chicago last night.

I guess he wasn't.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (0U5gm)

85 It works fine, we get one good report then a second one on the revision. Plus all the dumbing down of the stats the Dems do to prop up their crap numbers means things shoot up like a rocket when a non idiot gets in charge.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

______________________

I admire your optimism.

Although, I am reminded at how they hid certain statistics, inflated others, and held off on others in the final stretch of the 2024 election to protect Biden's campaign at the time.

Thankfully, Biden had other problems more obvious. But, they did what they could.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

86 >>The issue, though, is that Congress is largely useless, and we've been growing the imperial presidency for a century.

If we have to have a choice between the two, I choose the presidency.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror
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We'd be safer with a herd of horses.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (nqf1u)

87 83
There's always a bullshit narrative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

I'm guessing that minus Iran, it would be the Bond-villain connection between Russia and AI. AI would be the new COVID, except it's raging through the internet instead of your bloodstream.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)

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Good guess.

It would be something, though, no matter what.

"If only Trump has squashed Iran's navy and ended them as a nuclear threat instead of letting this Russia/AI narrative take root, we'd be winning the midterms."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (U/fqy)

88 When ever did a Auto-Pen administration report being higher then was knocked down a few months later?
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

All of the times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

89 I didn't see this in time for the last thread, but Bibi Netanyahu went to the airport to personally greet the blood-covered passenger who helped subdue the Sudden Jihadi Syndrome sufferer.

https://tinyurl.com/2b4294j4

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (qlLNh)

90 Even if Pike was SA'd as a child (and she's *very* manipulative so there's good reason to doubt her claims) most abuse victims don't lure romantic rivals into the woods, torture them for hours, bash ther skulls in and then parade a piece of the skull around town to show off to their friends.

Posted by: Delurker at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (2Drhq)

91 They are absolutely killing you with debt. Guess what happens when the next Fed increase comes in due to spiraling inflation??. I don't know if it's possible to bankrupt a country, but Uncle Donny sure is giving it his best

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM (aBcEh)

LOL. Inflating the money supply like Biden did of course has not debt related consequences for the country.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (uhVAy)

92 Posted by: ace and garrett at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM

Wait, Ace married garrett?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

93 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)

Dropped my wounded Subaru Forrester off at Caliber Collision this morning.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (77rzZ)

94
I'm not particularly enthused about Mike Rogers as Senator, especially as it removes an armed al-Sayad from the senate democrat caucus chamber where he could do a lot of good quickly.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (Y8DZL)

95
Either Dems were really, really motivated to turnout, or there was the laying of groundwork for cheating.

The Dem gain in 2018 was 70%. The next closed gain was 28%

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)

96 Headline (NY Post):

"Iran publishes propaganda letter urging US voters to punish Trump in midterm elections"

Failed hijacking +own goal. Our chances are improving.

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (rj6Yv)

97 Paxton had an affair so I'm going to vote for the pedo-adjacent socialist twink that thinks Jesus Christ is just some guy but turning kids trans and sterilizing them is God's will.

It's what True Christians must do.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 02:52 PM (3cUTc)

98 Even if Pike was SA'd as a child (and she's *very* manipulative so there's good reason to doubt her claims) most abuse victims don't lure romantic rivals into the woods, torture them for hours, bash ther skulls in and then parade a piece of the skull around town to show off to their friends.
Posted by: Delurker at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (2Drhq)

Did the victim do the abuse?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:52 PM (uhVAy)

99 I know this hits a nerve with some here, but I think if the Iran altercation never happened, we'd do fine to good in the midterms.
Posted by: Leupold at September 30, 2026 02:43 PM (87dSN)

the stat I heard was that pre-Iran the US economy was in a -0.7% deflation.
Don't have a cite, and can't find the report again, but that is what I heard.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

100 97 Paxton had an affair so I'm going to vote for the pedo-adjacent socialist twink that thinks Jesus Christ is just some guy but turning kids trans and sterilizing them is God's will.

It's what True Christians must do.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 02:52 PM (3cUTc)

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When Paxton wins by 9, people are going to be all, "I knew he was going to win, never had a doubt, but it was way too close to call. Cornyn would have won by 10."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:52 PM (U/fqy)

101 90 Even if Pike was SA'd as a child (and she's *very* manipulative so there's good reason to doubt her claims) most abuse victims don't lure romantic rivals into the woods, torture them for hours, bash ther skulls in and then parade a piece of the skull around town to show off to their friends.
Posted by: Delurker at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (2Drhq)

We live in the Dawning of a New Age of Protected Criminality.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 02:52 PM (Gqar8)

102 There's always a bullshit narrative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

I'm guessing that minus Iran, it would be the Bond-villain connection between Russia and AI. AI would be the new COVID, except it's raging through the internet instead of your bloodstream.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)

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"TRUMP WAS AN EPSTEIN ISLAND PEDO -- RELEASE THE VIDEOS!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (4f3B/)

103 They are absolutely killing you with debt. Guess what happens when the next Fed increase comes in due to spiraling inflation??. I don't know if it's possible to bankrupt a country, but Uncle Donny sure is giving it his best

I'd like to see Trump take a few trillion off the budget, you with me Mr Reddit?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (sKqQm)

104 There's always a bullshit narrative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Tell me about it.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer, who can't get his films definitively ranked by TJM at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (0sNs1)

105 When ever did a Auto-Pen administration report being higher then was knocked down a few months later?
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

All of the times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)
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The algorithmic things need adjustment.

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (rj6Yv)

106 102
"TRUMP WAS AN EPSTEIN ISLAND PEDO -- RELEASE THE VIDEOS!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (4f3B/)

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Massie losing his primary seems to have killed that as a political narrative outside of the fringes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:54 PM (U/fqy)

107 104 There's always a bullshit narrative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Tell me about it.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer, who can't get his films definitively ranked by TJM at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (0sNs1)

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When I'm good and ready!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:54 PM (U/fqy)

108 Yep. Punching out a girl who you think is after your boyfriend isn't worthy of the death penalty (even if she dies, if you weren't intending to kill her).

However, luring her to a remote location, bashing in her skull, and (this is the truly disturbing part) keeping a piece of the skull as a souvenir IS.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 02:54 PM (qlLNh)

109 92 Posted by: ace and garrett at September 30, 2026 02:44 PM

Wait, Ace married garrett?
Posted by: Ian S.

They're living in sin! Filthy, filthy sin!!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 30, 2026 02:54 PM (aBcEh)

110 >>@OpenSourceZone
·
3h
>>Middle East crude exports recover to per war levels per JPMorgan

>>Middle East crude exports have rebounded to 98% of prewar levels, reaching roughly 17.5 million barrels per day

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:54 PM (viF8m)

111 I admire your optimism. Although, I am reminded at how they hid certain statistics, inflated others, and held off on others in the final stretch of the 2024 election to protect Biden's campaign at the time.

Thankfully, Biden had other problems more obvious. But, they did what they could.
Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

I just remember Trump rolling out stats that Blacks and Hispanics were suddenly doing better than the last 50 years that nobody could refute, which I assume was just the thumb on the scale for Biden working for Trump.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:55 PM (uhVAy)

112 Sure sounds like the Fed should have lowered interest rates.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (U/fqy)

I think Bessent rolled a bunch of high interest 10 and 30 year Treasuries in to lower interest Treasuries.
I could be wrong about that.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 02:55 PM (rbvCR)

113 @RapidResponse47
@AGToddBlanche: "Just a few minutes ago, the DOJ filed a Judicial Misconduct Complaint with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals against all but one District Court judge in the District of Minnesota for violating various judicial canons."

More of this ^^^ please!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at September 30, 2026 02:55 PM (3ImbR)

114 110 >>@OpenSourceZone
·
3h
>>Middle East crude exports recover to per war levels per JPMorgan

>>Middle East crude exports have rebounded to 98% of prewar levels, reaching roughly 17.5 million barrels per day

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:54 PM (viF8m)

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Headline is stupid. Middle East exports of crude have been at pre-war levels for months.

What's new is pre-war levels of crude through the strait specifically are now being confirmed by some major sources to be pre-war levels, but that's been true for weeks now, since before the Saudi pipeline attack.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:55 PM (U/fqy)

115 > "TRUMP WAS AN EPSTEIN ISLAND PEDO -- RELEASE THE VIDEOS!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"
Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (4f3B/)

They never explain why the "Biden-Harris Admininstration" didn't "release the Epstein files".

They had four full years to do this. Nothing was released even when Commielay was running against Trump.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (qlLNh)

116 Wait, Ace married garrett?

Germany has Alice Weidel and Sarah Bossard

We have Ace and Garrett?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm)

117
>>Middle East crude exports have rebounded to 98% of prewar levels, reaching roughly 17.5 million barrels per day
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:54 PM (viF8m)

Just watched Tousi and the IRGC and proxies just hit oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (+gK6I)

118 112 Sure sounds like the Fed should have lowered interest rates.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:46 PM (U/fqy)

I think Bessent rolled a bunch of high interest 10 and 30 year Treasuries in to lower interest Treasuries.
I could be wrong about that.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 02:55 PM (rbvCR)

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It's my understanding that most of the US debt is 2-year. But that's half-remembered information I read once and never followed up on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (U/fqy)

119 But did it disappoint Ace is the real question.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:48 PM (0sNs1)

When is he NOT disappointed in us?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (ccf/V)

120 They are absolutely killing you with debt. Guess what happens when the next Fed increase comes in due to spiraling inflation??. I don't know if it's possible to bankrupt a country, but Uncle Donny sure is giving it his best

I'd like to see Trump take a few trillion off the budget, you with me Mr Reddit?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (sKqQm)

That's what tariffs do, ya leftist twit. Free money from foreigners (the OP not mr 18-1). But they oppose those too.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)

121 However, luring her to a remote location, bashing in her skull, and (this is the truly disturbing part) keeping a piece of the skull as a souvenir IS.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

What's the big deal? She didn't need it anymore!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 30, 2026 02:57 PM (aBcEh)

122 I think the problem is much deeper than intentional manipulation to make Republicans look bad, although there is that too.

The entire Economics Industrial Complex is built around a model of the world optimized for government and wall st. An obvious example is GDP -- taking money from A and giving it to B counts as "P" in GDP. That is nonsense. Selling off your core competencies for lower cost of production is "profit". Earlier I saw a governor complaining that cutting SNAP was going to kill their economy.

This all makes it very had to do things that are common sense right. But the ruling class is so disconnected from the real economy that the fly by numbers and the numbers are all crap.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 02:57 PM (xPxza)

123 But he - like every lefty - simply can't connect 'cause' to 'effect.'
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

They are programmed not to.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 02:57 PM (nEUC6)

124 But that's half-remembered information I read once and never followed up on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

So, you're kinda lyin' about that whole illiteracy thing, I guess.

What an asshole thing to do.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

125 Just watched Tousi and the IRGC and proxies just hit oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (+gK6I)

I don't think Tousi is personally involved or his operation has *really* evolved a lot since he moved to the USA.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (uhVAy)

126 @AGToddBlanche: "Just a few minutes ago, the DOJ filed a Judicial Misconduct Complaint with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals against all but one District Court judge in the District of Minnesota for violating various judicial canons."

Mmmmmmm.......cannons........

https://shorturl.fm/icIU4

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (ccf/V)

127 Currently the GOPe is desperately trying to help Talarico by shaming Christians out of voting for Paxton.
"Paxton is attacking his religion (and yours too)!" they fake gasp.

It's the usual deception:
That "character matters" and it's a sin upon you to vote for men who have sinned.
And so what if that means a godless, blaspheming heretic wins, well you can't be blamed--your conscious won't permit you to vote for a sinner.
You are blameless--Republican should know better than to nominate a sinner.

Never mind that standard--that only Republicans are held to--the "vote for the more holy man," has never resulted in a win for Republicans.
But has an unblemished record of letting radical leftist win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (3cUTc)

128 Meanwhile, Canada's economy is circling the bowl.

Elbows Up, icebacks.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)

129 124 But that's half-remembered information I read once and never followed up on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

So, you're kinda lyin' about that whole illiteracy thing, I guess.

What an asshole thing to do.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

=====

I read tea leaves.

Keep up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (U/fqy)

130 Hopefully the Rs will shock the left and sweep the midterms, but we are in some trouble with the 10-year Treasury rate at 5.3%. AI insists I can't estimate government debt service as the product of the Treasury yield and the debt, but I keep doing it anyway.

0.053 x $40 trillion = $2.12 trillion. Per year.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (2ap+5)

131 They never explain why the "Biden-Harris Admininstration" didn't "release the Epstein files".

2020-2024: The Epstein files are a hoax you stupid hicks. They don't exist! There are no pedos in government. He was just one guy and his perverted girlfriend. Stop just calling people you don't like pedos.

Early 2025: Trump won't release the Epstein files! He's a pedo along with everyone in the R party

Late 2025: Trump didn't release all of the Epstein files! There are super sekret ones that say he's a pedo!

2026: Uh, let's just talk about the Epstein class cuz like that's the important point in all this, no one ever cared about what was actually in the files, that's like Trump misinformation

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)

132 Even if Pike was SA'd as a child (and she's *very* manipulative so there's good reason to doubt her claims) most abuse victims don't lure romantic rivals into the woods, torture them for hours, bash ther skulls in and then parade a piece of the skull around town to show off to their friends.
Posted by: Delurker at September 30, 2026 02:51 PM (2Drhq)
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Her tales of abuse are almost certainly made up. Her claim is that most every adult male in her life sexually abused her. She also claims her "boyfriend" abused her (the same boyfriend she hated

Next week, she'll claim that ace and garrett roofied her and then made he watch their gay sex.

She is pure evil. There were also two other girls with her at the murder. They tortured Slemmer for hours, and then Pike smashed her head in with a rock.

I don't care if Pike's (bullshit) claims of abuse are true. Fry her fucking ass.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

133 130 Hopefully the Rs will shock the left and sweep the midterms, but we are in some trouble with the 10-year Treasury rate at 5.3%. AI insists I can't estimate government debt service as the product of the Treasury yield and the debt, but I keep doing it anyway.

0.053 x $40 trillion = $2.12 trillion. Per year.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (2ap+5)

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It would be funnier if Democrats barely win the House on the back of 5 or so districts that Trump won by about 5.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:59 PM (U/fqy)

134 Maybe Bulletproof was a Werewolf and it was a silver bullet

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)

135 When is he NOT disappointed in us?
Posted by: Sponge

When he can't tell you how disappointed he is in us.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 03:00 PM (Y8DZL)

136 "TRUMP WAS AN EPSTEIN ISLAND PEDO -- RELEASE THE VIDEOS!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"
Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 02:53 PM (4f3B/)

They never explain why the "Biden-Harris Admininstration" didn't "release the Epstein files".

They had four full years to do this. Nothing was released even when Commielay was running against Trump.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (qlLNh)

it wasn't Rush Limbaugh and Crowder at Epstein's welcome home from a Pedophile conviction party in NYC. It was Democrats and the MSM talking heads.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:00 PM (uhVAy)

137 They are programmed not to. /i]

My favorite lefty headline of all time was "Crime is down but prisons are still filling up!"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:00 PM (sKqQm)

138
When he can't tell you how disappointed he is in us.
Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 03:00 PM (Y8DZL)

This tracks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:01 PM (ccf/V)

139 The media is the enemy.

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at September 30, 2026 03:01 PM (36x1j)

140 Her tales of abuse are almost certainly made up. Her claim is that most every adult male in her life sexually abused her. She also claims her "boyfriend" abused her (the same boyfriend she hated

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

If true, her targeting for revenge is way off and thus she deserves punishment.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:02 PM (uhVAy)

141 Ghislane was invited to Clinton's daughter's wedding. This is after Epstein's charges became public knowledge and before Ghislane got her own grift.

So there is only one reason you invite her - you want to keep Epstein close.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:02 PM (sKqQm)

142 The media is the enemy.
Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at September 30, 2026 03:01 PM (36x1j)

https://youtu.be/FhSy-6VqIww

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:02 PM (ccf/V)

143 Why is it that estimated growth rates always have to be revised downwards for Democrats and upwards for Republicans?

Because it works like this:

Bureaucrat receives an envelope from a go-between to a hedge fund that trades on the news. Among the bulk in the envelope are the "Numbers To Report".

The hedge fund sets up the trades before The Numbers are released. Algos do their thing and the hedge fund manager buys another beach house.

A few days after the first report, The Real Numbers are passed to the go-between, the hedge fund people consider whose in office and make adjustments up or down and place their Revised Number bets.

The Revised Numbers are released.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 03:02 PM (xE0sV)

144 IMHO, this is the trap that FDR fell into. Higher uncertainty increases risk. Increased risk demands higher profit. So by the numbers, producing the same amount under duress looks good.

He increased uncertainty and the numbers he went by showed success even though less was produced and people starved.

Trump is doing the opposite - he is trying to reduce risk and reduce obstacles but the models don't account for that.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (xPxza)

145 There are two places where you see stories that Republicans are going to sit out the midterms:

The media and online--and it's all anecdotes.

No one in real life is actually polling Republicans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (3cUTc)

146 The media is the enemy.

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at September 30, 2026 03:01 PM (36x1j)

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AKA The Enemedia.

[h/t commenter ellipsis ("...")]

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (4f3B/)

147 Why does the economic vibe feel kind of off? Is that just media messaging? Big ticket items like rent and cars and houses seem insane to me. The prices are unbelievable. Cash for clunkers bears some responsibility.

Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)

148 0.053 x $40 trillion = $2.12 trillion. Per year.
Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 02:58 PM (2ap+5)

So less than what two blue states do in fraud ? Workable.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:04 PM (uhVAy)

149 I hadn't heard about this other murderess until this week. Good Lord. There's a lot of utterly whackjob women out there.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ)

150 145 There are two places where you see stories that Republicans are going to sit out the midterms:

The media and online--and it's all anecdotes.

No one in real life is actually polling Republicans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (3cUTc)

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You mean the polling firms that have missed several major races by double digits in the past few months, solely because they can't poll the white working class effectively, the polls that say that men are going to swing about 10-15 points to the left from 2024 despite being rather inelastic in their voting habits over the last 20 years, are not getting an accurate picture of the electorate?

Crazy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:05 PM (U/fqy)

151 Bill Clinton visited Epstein Island many times, why not a payback to Chelsea?

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 03:05 PM (Ia/+0)

152 It's my understanding that most of the US debt is 2-year. But that's half-remembered information I read once and never followed up on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 02:56 PM (U/fqy)

I know that Yellen issued a lot of 2 year bonds and I am told it was a bid to manage the difference between the bond rates of London and Brussels, but I don't understand the mechanism. I think the Euros were buying low interest bonds to back their own bonds

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

153 If this election and the one in 28 were marbles, we are talking about all of them.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:05 PM (Gqar8)

154 @AGToddBlanche: "Just a few minutes ago, the DOJ filed a Judicial Misconduct Complaint with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals against all but one District Court judge in the District of Minnesota for violating various judicial canons."

From what I've seen, I prefer Lorna Hajdini's cannons https://tinyurl.com/36zwjfsz over most judicial canons.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 30, 2026 03:06 PM (aBcEh)

155 Once it became widely known that Reid Hoffman, Democrat mega donor and the fat POS who paid for E J Carroll's farce of a trial among other things, was besties with Epstein a lot of the air in that "scandal" went away.

Epstein was always more closely tied to the left and the establishment because he was a CIA asset.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)

156 *markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
**markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
***markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
****markets aren't tanking as many experts predicted
_ghost of Maynard Ferguson

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:36 PM (nqf1u)

Played to the tune of Gonna Fly Now.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at September 30, 2026 03:06 PM (zafwz)

157 Hey, Democrats are really going to kill it this year now that they got the explicit endorsement of the IRGC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:06 PM (U/fqy)

158 Why does the economic vibe feel kind of off? Is that just media messaging? Big ticket items like rent and cars and houses seem insane to me. The prices are unbelievable. Cash for clunkers bears some responsibility.
Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)

they quote rent prices in NYC, which has been rent controlled by a century, mismanaged for even longer by Democrats exclusively, and is now run by a terror loving commie.

Car prices are high because they pretty much declared all used cars obsolete and illegal in 5 years.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (uhVAy)

159 LAME

Kalshi
@Kalshi
We’re partnering with CBS News to bring prediction market data to their midterm elections coverage.

11:02 AM · Sep 30, 2026

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (/OKHJ)

160 Another lie that the GOPe is spreading is that Paxton is a "lazy campaigner."
It's a deflation tactic of "and if he doesn't want it, why should you vote for him?"

I haven't voted in a R primary in near 8 years; only the general.

And I'm getting flyers from Paxton near every other day.
Plus texts near daily.

Way, way more than Cruz ever did; any other candidate in TX for that matter.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (3cUTc)

161 Why does the economic vibe feel kind of off? Is that just media messaging? Big ticket items like rent and cars and houses seem insane to me. The prices are unbelievable. Cash for clunkers bears some responsibility.
Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)

Illegals need housing and cars, and often get discounts on loans.
Also, Private Equity firms have to invest in something so they often invest in real estate, and need to either be profitable or hide the decrease in value, and have been known to sell real estate between themselves, or to themselves on paper to re-enforce the paper value of the holdings.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (rbvCR)

162 159 LAME

Kalshi
@Kalshi
We’re partnering with CBS News to bring prediction market data to their midterm elections coverage.

11:02 AM · Sep 30, 2026

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (/OKHJ)

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According to Kalshi, Wang was a 95% favorite to win the Wisconsin Democrat governor's nomination.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:08 PM (U/fqy)

163
Epstein was always more closely tied to the left and the establishment because he was a CIA asset.

I think he was primarily British Intelligence, and him ensnaring Prince Andrew seems the most obvious proof to me because what other country would even care?

But as we saw many times the American Nat Sec folks abused 5 Eyes repeatedly.

Note, you'll find a lot of discussion online that Ghislane's father did work for Israel, and he certainly did. But he also worked for the Brits...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

164 161 Why does the economic vibe feel kind of off? Is that just media messaging? Big ticket items like rent and cars and houses seem insane to me. The prices are unbelievable. Cash for clunkers bears some responsibility.
Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)

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Where 287g agreements exist between local police forces and DHS, rents are outright declining.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (U/fqy)

165 Her tales of abuse are almost certainly made up. Her claim is that most every adult male in her life sexually abused her. She also claims her "boyfriend" abused her (the same boyfriend she hated

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

If true, her targeting for revenge is way off and thus she deserves punishment.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:02 PM (uhVAy)
_____

Yup. It was clearly premeditated murder in the coldest of cold blood. Pike murdered her romantic rival after torturing her. The death penalty was made for cases like this.

Sure, Pike claimed at trial that she only wanted to "scare" Slemmer but things got out of control. The jury didn't believe this obvious bullshit, but that was a different time.

Today, women aren't responsible for anything they do, no matter how heinous or intentional. Fry this witch now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)

166 @Kalshi
We’re partnering with CBS News to bring prediction market data to their midterm elections coverage.

11:02 AM · Sep 30, 2026

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (/OKHJ)

Tell me you don't want to be taken seriously without telling me you don't want to be taken seriously.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)

167 You mean the polling firms that have missed several major races by double digits in the past few months, solely because they can't poll the white working class effectively, the polls that say that men are going to swing about 10-15 points to the left from 2024 despite being rather inelastic in their voting habits over the last 20 years, are not getting an accurate picture of the electorate?

Crazy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:05 PM (U/fqy)

Everyone hates Trump except for 98 percent of the people who voted him in. People don't vote 98 percent for the Pope or your grandma.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

168 Let’s talk about the price of Arugula now. Remember that bullshit? Anyone here know the price of Kale?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (Gqar8)

169 The economy vibe is off because people are used to 3% inflation, not 10+% like we had for 4 years under Biden...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

170 There are two places where you see stories that Republicans are going to sit out the midterms:

The media and online--and it's all anecdotes.

No one in real life is actually polling Republicans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (3cUTc)

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Actual Journalist Salena Zito came to national prominence in 2016 describing how the media & online narratives & anecdotes had Trump getting crushed -- while she was traveling all over (the mostly flyover and formerly blue collar industrial towns of) America where it was clear Trump was going to steamroll Killary.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:10 PM (4f3B/)

171 Anyone here know the price of Kale?
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (Gqar

Could be free and I wouldn't eat it...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 03:10 PM (+gK6I)

172 >>I think he was primarily British Intelligence, and him ensnaring Prince Andrew seems the most obvious proof to me because what other country would even care?

Tomato, tomato.

There's a reason British intel was involved in the Russia hoax.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 03:11 PM (viF8m)

173 According to Kalshi, Wang was a 95% favorite to win the Wisconsin Democrat governor's nomination.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:08 PM (U/fqy)

How could those wise 'investors' know that Democrats would cheat? Just because it happens in every election in every city and state in the country since 1800.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

174 Tell me you don't want to be taken seriously without telling me you don't want to be taken seriously.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)
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I was trying to think of something pithy but this works.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 03:12 PM (RIvkX)

175 no one will ever read what i write

and hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at September 30, 2026 03:12 PM (rHWcc)

176 Let’s talk about the price of Arugula now. Remember that bullshit? Anyone here know the price of Kale?
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (Gqar

Piper does.

It's great for getting stubborn stains out of grout.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:12 PM (uhVAy)

177 173 According to Kalshi, Wang was a 95% favorite to win the Wisconsin Democrat governor's nomination.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:08 PM (U/fqy)

How could those wise 'investors' know that Democrats would cheat? Just because it happens in every election in every city and state in the country since 1800.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

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What if polling post-2024 is not about informing the public but about manipulating the betting markets and making insiders money?

Would that explain polling behavior more or less than them trying to get it right and just being kind of not good at it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:12 PM (U/fqy)

178 The economic strength is causing interest rates to rise (people are finding better uses for their money than Govt debt). That's a bummer for investors as asset prices decline when borrowing costs go up. It is a paradox. But workers are getting raises. So maybe it's better to narrow the wealth spread while all boats rise.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 30, 2026 03:13 PM (Hpgos)

179 Let’s talk about the price of Arugula now. Remember that bullshit? Anyone here know the price of Kale?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:09 PM (Gqar

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How much money did The Mooch make in Arugala Futures?

/Killary's Cattle Futures

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:13 PM (4f3B/)

180 "this economy is worse than the Great Depression" is a take, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:13 PM (U/fqy)

181 Here in Missouri the Supreme Court has stepped in and prevented us from voting for the Wrong People. We Love Big Brother!!!!

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:14 PM (Gqar8)

182 What if polling post-2024 is not about informing the public but about manipulating the betting markets and making insiders money?

What kind of polling firm would ruin their reputation to make a quick buck!?!?!

Posted by: Ann Selzer at September 30, 2026 03:15 PM (aBcEh)

183 162 159 LAME

Kalshi
@Kalshi
We’re partnering with CBS News to bring prediction market data to their midterm elections coverage.

11:02 AM · Sep 30, 2026

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (/OKHJ)

=======

According to Kalshi, Wang was a 95% favorite to win the Wisconsin Democrat governor's nomination.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:08 PM (U/fqy)

It was mentioned at the MoRe, but still bears repeating: RCP's average poll of polls is garbage, due to the garbage polls put in there to game the system. Prediction markets are garbage, due to campaigns (or their surrogates) distorting the market with garbage trades.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 30, 2026 03:15 PM (0CU3H)

184 What if polling post-2024 is not about informing the public but about manipulating the betting markets and making insiders money?

51% of polymarket earnings go to .1% of the bettors so its a basically a pump and dump scheme...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:15 PM (sKqQm)

185 What if polling post-2024 is not about informing the public but about manipulating the betting markets and making insiders money?

Would that explain polling behavior more or less than them trying to get it right and just being kind of not good at it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:12 PM (U/fqy)

Well, the house always wins as they say. I just think its funny that the news services still pay for bullshit polls and now will pay for access to bullshit non polls to continue putting up crap as opposed to news.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:15 PM (uhVAy)

186 lol tubal

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 03:16 PM (X7pZH)

187 Why does the economic vibe feel kind of off? Is that just media messaging? Big ticket items like rent and cars and houses seem insane to me. The prices are unbelievable. Cash for clunkers bears some responsibility.
Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)
______

Biden's avalanche of inflation can't be reversed. Trump cannot roll back four years of price increases.

And high housing and rent prices are being cherry-picked by doomsayers. In fact, rent and housing prices are lower in many if not areas of the country.

Even in big blue cities, where rent and housing is very expensive, there are reasonable bargains out there.

Go to any renting or buying website, put in an area, and you will find reasonable prices. To be sure, these listings might not be the 3,500 sf newly-built luxurious housing that everyone wants, but luxury was never cheap, ever.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

188 Frank Luntz. The fat guy with the bad toupee?

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 03:16 PM (UjdFS)

189 What if polling post-2024 is not about informing the public but about manipulating the betting markets and making insiders money?

What kind of polling firm would ruin their reputation to make a quick buck!?!?!
Posted by: Ann Selzer at September 30, 2026 03:15 PM (aBcEh)

that's why prostitutes are a myth and always have been.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:16 PM (uhVAy)

190
Could be free and I wouldn't eat it...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 03:10 PM (+gK6I)

Were Piper still with us, she'd be hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:16 PM (ccf/V)

191 This is all a distraction from the Epstein and UAP Files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (0sNs1)

192 Unexpectedly.

>>The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a key indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector in the Chicago region, has shown a significant uptick. The latest data reveals an actual reading of 58.8, substantially exceeding the forecasted figure of 51.2. This robust performance signals a strong expansion in the manufacturing sector, as any reading above 50 indicates growth.

https://tinyurl.com/pk8znyr7

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)

193 One of the goofiest things I'm seeing on X is "the blue wave appears to be largely confined to red states" and that explains why Rs are going to lose the House and Senate.

No really, they're serious.
R's in red states are totally demoralized.
Dems in red states are fired up and ready for war.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (3cUTc)

194 181 Here in Missouri the Supreme Court has stepped in and prevented us from voting for the Wrong People. We Love Big Brother!!!!
Posted by: tubal

Mary Cloggenstein's cousin?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (aBcEh)

195 192 Unexpectedly.

>>The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a key indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector in the Chicago region, has shown a significant uptick. The latest data reveals an actual reading of 58.8, substantially exceeding the forecasted figure of 51.2. This robust performance signals a strong expansion in the manufacturing sector, as any reading above 50 indicates growth.

https://tinyurl.com/pk8znyr7

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)

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Worst economy ever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (U/fqy)

196 Based on 2026 numbers, if full Social Security benefits were to be paid from general revenue rather than the trust fund, that be $270 billion. So a drop in the bucket compared to debt service - problem solved.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (2ap+5)

197 There's always a bullshit narrative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Thanks for the appreciation TJM.

Posted by: the media at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (E4rtv)

198 Posted by: Sid at September 30, 2026 03:12 PM (rHWcc)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (ccf/V)

199 Another lie that the GOPe is spreading is that Paxton is a "lazy campaigner."
It's a deflation tactic of "and if he doesn't want it, why should you vote for him?"

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Yeah, that's been the GOPee JournoList talking point since Cornyn got butthurt.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (4f3B/)

200 Co-pilot is in Saudi custody being interrogated.

Oh well.

Don't think his god is going to be of much use to him.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 03:18 PM (X7pZH)

201
Dropped my wounded Subaru Forrester off at Caliber Collision this morning.
Posted by: Bulg

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

I found one near me!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 03:18 PM (mmrXZ)

202 Canada wants the Dems to win midterms, so everything Carney and the Liberals are doing is to do what THEY think will torpedo DJT.

The domestic and international MSM want the Dems to win the midterms, so everything EVERYTHING they post and publish will be tailored as an anti-DJT hit piece.

Iran wants the Dems to win the midterms, so every military strike and terrorist act they commit is devoted to swaying US voters against the US Administration.

Every state-sponsored act harmful to America committed around the globe is focused on the US electorate for the purpose of swaying US senate and house races.

Biggest set of psyops in world history.

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)

203 LAME

Kalshi
@Kalshi
We’re partnering with CBS News to bring prediction market data to their midterm elections coverage.

11:02 AM · Sep 30, 2026
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (/OKHJ)
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Kalshi is desperate for something after the 9th circuit appeals court shitcanned their entire sports-betting business, at least in that circuit (which includes Nevada).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

204 I was trying to think of something pithy but this works.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Don't lemont it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)

205 51% of polymarket earnings go to .1% of the bettors so its a basically a pump and dump scheme...
Posted by: 18-1

You know who else runs a pump and dump scheme?

Posted by: Andrew Tate at September 30, 2026 03:18 PM (aBcEh)

206 191 This is all a distraction from the Epstein and UAP Files.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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That's what we said!!!!!

Posted by: the media at September 30, 2026 03:19 PM (E4rtv)

207 I was trying to think of something pithy but this works.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 03:12 PM

I, myself, think about pithy alot.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at September 30, 2026 03:19 PM (0sNs1)

208 I found one near me!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Great!

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 03:19 PM (77rzZ)

209 Think of the Congress as an FlyDubai flight. Democrats are the terrorists trying to hijack the plane and crash the economy. We're the passengers, jumping up to beat the shit out of the terrorists and save the country.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 03:19 PM (v3w5Z)

210 You know who else runs a pump and dump scheme?

Never trust a man that wear capris with no socks...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:19 PM (sKqQm)

211 193 One of the goofiest things I'm seeing on X is "the blue wave appears to be largely confined to red states" and that explains why Rs are going to lose the House and Senate.

No really, they're serious.
R's in red states are totally demoralized.
Dems in red states are fired up and ready for war.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:17 PM (3cUTc)

==

Waves have never, ever worked like that.

The biggest crests are in the places where the party who is benefiting from the wave are entrenched.

So, you'd expect to see New York or Illinois or California to be even more blue than normal in a blue wave, all while deep red states do shift to the left, but only a bit. Turnout for blue goes up. Turnout goes down for red. But it's uneven and never enough to undo red state advantages entirely.

So, you wouldn't expect to see a Trump+14 state to become a D+5 state. You'd expect it to be like a GOP+9 state or something.

While also expecting D+20 states to become D+30 states.

Oh, by the way, CA is looking like a D underperformance this year. Same with NY.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:20 PM (U/fqy)

212 Frank Luntz. The fat guy with the bad toupee?

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 03:16 PM (UjdFS)

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The judges would have also accepted Mrs. Kevin McCarthy.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:20 PM (4f3B/)

213 Novig: "We got Sydney Sweeney. Who you got?"

Kalshi: "We got CBS News, man!"

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:20 PM (/OKHJ)

214 The judges would have also accepted Mrs. Kevin McCarthy.
Posted by: ShainS

Heh. I had forgotten about that.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ)

215 We’re partnering with CBS News to bring prediction market data to their midterm elections coverage.

11:02 AM · Sep 30, 2026
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2026 03:07 PM (/OKHJ)
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"data"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 03:21 PM (v3w5Z)

216
Kalshi is desperate for something after the 9th circuit appeals court shitcanned their entire sports-betting business, at least in that circuit (which includes Nevada).
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I would plan for the prediction markets being regulated or or even banned soon. To many people with inside information on events willing to sell out.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

217 Oh, by the way, CA is looking like a D underperformance this year. Same with NY.

MA looks the same way to me this year. The commie governor will win and I don't expect the Reps to win any house seats thanks to gerrymandering but it will be closer then normal.

The NH is wear I'm more interested...the GOPer is going to beat the commie easily for governor and we might just get a house seat finally in New England

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

218 CBS Skews.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (QwZKw)

219 If the Democrats win in 28 we will look back nostalgically on the Obama/Biden years. Yeah, it’ll be that bad in my view.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (Gqar8)

220 Experts...

They seem to have a knack for being 100% wrong in the field in which they've supposedly earned their expertise.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 03:23 PM (FZ29D)

221 One problem with housing is the buyer not only has to shoulder a 7% mortgage, the current homeowner wants the buyer to compensate him for giving up his 2.5% mortgage for 7% on his new address.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 03:23 PM (2ap+5)

222 Canada wants the Dems to win midterms, so everything Carney and the Liberals are doing is to do what THEY think will torpedo DJT.

Biggest set of psyops in world history.
Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)

Carney is playing Canadian Roulette with 6 bullets in his chambers, while any American paying attention just finds it funny.

Come on Alberta! Bust up the farce and be in a real country. Rename all your rivers America River! A generation of scrubbing Euro influence out and you can be invading the North Pole just like us!

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:23 PM (uhVAy)

223 We've endorsed! To find out our voting choices, just look for the "D" next to the candidate name.

Posted by: Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps at September 30, 2026 03:23 PM (v3w5Z)

224 Experts...

They seem to have a knack for being 100% wrong in the field in which they've supposedly earned their expertise.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 03:23 PM (FZ29D)

If they were any good, people would be paying them for the advice and they wouldn't have to shout it on streetcorners with the other whores.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (uhVAy)

225 Kalshi?

Posted by: Frank Costanza in Bed with Geogre at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (0aYVJ)

226 217 Oh, by the way, CA is looking like a D underperformance this year. Same with NY.

MA looks the same way to me this year. The commie governor will win and I don't expect the Reps to win any house seats thanks to gerrymandering but it will be closer then normal.

The NH is wear I'm more interested...the GOPer is going to beat the commie easily for governor and we might just get a house seat finally in New England

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

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And, again, this is not how a blue wave would form.

Early mail in voting data from OH has started coming in. Ohio votes about 20% by mail recently and has for a few cycles. Also, there was a large voter roll cleanup that knocked off about 300,000 registrations in the state.

Democrat turnout is down. Way down, in all of the urban centers, so far. Comparing day to day from the last 2 elections (22 and 24), it's down this year by double digits.

Blue enclaves in a state with a supposedly competitive senate and governor race are just...not turning out.

The turnout problem seems to actually be on the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (U/fqy)

227
The NH is wear I'm more interested...the GOPer is going to beat the commie easily for governor and we might just get a house seat finally in New England
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

_________

100 years ago, who would have thought the Republicans would dominate the South and Democrats would hold all the seats in New England?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (eRlcH)

228 221 One problem with housing is the buyer not only has to shoulder a 7% mortgage, the current homeowner wants the buyer to compensate him for giving up his 2.5% mortgage for 7% on his new address.
Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 03:23 PM (2ap+5)

True.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (tOcjL)

229 We should totally put Democrats in charge because I don’t like the process of gas and Cheetos.

What’s the worst that could happen? I mean last time they crashed the economy.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (iETvL)

230
Come on Alberta! Bust up the farce and be in a real country. Rename all your rivers America River! A generation of scrubbing Euro influence out and you can be invading the North Pole just like us!
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:23 PM (uhVAy)

If for nothing else, the Oilers have a real shot to win the Stanley Cup in the next 2 years. If that is to happen, I would be most grateful were Alberta to NOT be part of Canada.

The drought would continue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (ccf/V)

231 Fake news for the win!

Americans’ Confidence in the Economy Sinks to Lowest Level Since 2014

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 03:25 PM (ndZc7)

232 Removes misspelled sock

Posted by: Frank Costanza in Bed with Geogre at September 30, 2026 03:25 PM (0aYVJ)

233 128 Meanwhile, Canada's economy is circling the bowl.

Elbows Up, icebacks.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:58

I mentioned this but I was at our local beer store. Apparently sales are noticably down.

Oh CNN and MS Now are very upset about military cuts.
They love the country so much.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 30, 2026 03:25 PM (Sco7b)

234 Blue enclaves in a state with a supposedly competitive senate and governor race are just...not turning out.

The turnout problem seems to actually be on the left.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:24 PM (U/fqy)

Or the normal "D turnout ballots" are being held until they can be dumped in late night...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 30, 2026 03:25 PM (tOcjL)

235 Removes misspelled sock
Posted by: Frank Costanza in Bed with Geogre at September 30, 2026 03:25 PM (0aYVJ)

Fail......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:25 PM (ccf/V)

236
100 years ago, who would have thought the Republicans would dominate the South and Democrats would hold all the seats in New England?

New England pols did invent modern gerrymandering...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)

237 Here's a fact for you:

Every poll that has Talarico winning, has him with a 20 to 30 point advantage among independents.

Beto, actual results: 3% advantage over Cruz among independents.

But sure, believe that there's suddenly been that massive swing--against a politician that just won statewide office--because of the now 3rd rehash of "he's corrupt and had an affair!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:26 PM (3cUTc)

238 Anacdotyal evidence:

My leading cleaning team worker bought a new car this week. A Mazda 3. She got a good monthly rate.

My cars are 15 years older.
I'm in the wrong business.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 03:26 PM (u82oZ)

239 President Trump in two years has delivered a booming short-term economy, long-term investment that will sustain economic growth, secure our borders, is getting rid of the legal aliens, battled the Democrat courts hell bent on destroying his administration with some success, has remapped the global balance of power, secured energy dominance for the US, has taken out Iran for the most part, clipped the wings of the Democrats administrative state, and is working to ensure the US is the AI leader. This list is hardly inclusive.

Somehow the Left has drummed up the story that he is a failed president and to some degree made it stick. More insane is the Left is selling this crap while promoting a Communist/Islamic takeover of the nation which will destroy as a positive.

I have no idea how this election will play out but I can point to the 1864 election when it was thought Lincoln would lose. Then it was the men who were dying for him came through and gave him that second term. If Trump is going to prevail it will be the average American foot soldier citizen that will do this; this is something I would not bet against. Have faith.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (VyD10)

240 derpity derp

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (0aYVJ)

241 237 Here's a fact for you:

Every poll that has Talarico winning, has him with a 20 to 30 point advantage among independents.

Beto, actual results: 3% advantage over Cruz among independents.

But sure, believe that there's suddenly been that massive swing--against a politician that just won statewide office--because of the now 3rd rehash of "he's corrupt and had an affair!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:26 PM (3cUTc)

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"I totally didn't believe the summer polls showing Texas to be going blue. I learned my lesson in 2024 when Allred was in striking distance of Cruz consistently and then went on to lose by 9."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (U/fqy)

242 I think in general things are swinging better but slower than we'd like. Hopefully not too slowly to make people feel optimistic by the midterm.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (aJQbY)

243 One other frustrating thing with this election - the Dems are only competitive at all because of rotten boroughs full of illegals.

Even without the illegals themselves voting they've made it so in blue states there are significantly fewer citizens per district then in red states.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

244 I have old vehicles.

88 (restoration project)
96
2008
2013
2014

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (ccf/V)

245 +5 in the House and +2 in the Senate for an R gain.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (QwZKw)

246 Here is a hopeful thought - maybe, just maybe the rabid racoons on the Left have scared the shit out of some standard Dems. Maybe, just maybe their turnout will be affected.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (Gqar8)

247 128 Meanwhile, Canada's economy is circling the bowl.

How could they tell?

Posted by: canada is a popcorn fart economy at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (PMpfL)

248 Dropped my wounded Subaru Forrester off at Caliber Collision this morning.
Posted by: Bulg

I predict Caliber will overprice your estimate and total your Subaru. A total scam run by body shops and insurance companies to fix and resell or part-out.

I recommend an independent shop for a second estimate.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (w9Wax)

249 I would plan for the prediction markets being regulated or or even banned soon. To many people with inside information on events willing to sell out.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

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College & Professional Sports officials, referees, and umpires hardest hit!

/Not to mention White House teleprompter operators ...

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (4f3B/)

250 100 years ago, who would have thought the Republicans would dominate the South and Democrats would hold all the seats in New England?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Nixon?

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (Y8DZL)

251 Blue enclaves in a state with a supposedly competitive senate and governor race are just...not turning out.

The turnout problem seems to actually be on the left.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Urban blacks decline plus fear of cheating prosecutions. Seems to be similar in TX urban areas according go Seth Keshel.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

252
"Dad used to beat him up."

"Good."

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (x8rTv)

253 Beato was exactly the kind of candidate you think would do we for the Dems.

Normal looking white guy with a fake hispanic name who is straight and sounds normal.

Yes he was a commie but he could play at not being one.

Talafreako? He's the kind of guy normal people don't let near their children.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

254
"I totally didn't believe the summer polls showing Texas to be going blue. I learned my lesson in 2024 when Allred was in striking distance of Cruz consistently and then went on to lose by 9."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (U/fqy)

The ad a Cruz PAC put out showing a menacing football player standing over the poor young girl having just been walloped laying on the ground was VERY effective.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (ccf/V)

255 Every poll that has Talarico winning, has him with a 20 to 30 point advantage among independents.

Beto, actual results: 3% advantage over Cruz among independents.

But sure, believe that there's suddenly been that massive swing--against a politician that just won statewide office--because of the now 3rd rehash of "he's corrupt and had an affair!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:26 PM (3cUTc)
=================
Our endorsement will make that difference!

Posted by: Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (v3w5Z)

256 MAZE
@mazemoore
MSNOW's coverage of the FlyDubai incident is as expected.
They bring in Inzamam Rashid to let everyone know that the motive is completely unclear.

-
I assume the pilot and the co-pilot were fighting over one of those little bags of peanuts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (ndZc7)

257
Talafreako? He's the kind of guy normal people don't let near their children.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

You can still see the cum dripping from his lips.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (ccf/V)

258 Here is a hopeful thought - maybe, just maybe the rabid racoons on the Left have scared the shit out of some standard Dems. Maybe, just maybe their turnout will be affected.
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (Gqar

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The King Roy Cooper $3 campaign blegs just keep rolling in. I'm getting one every two days now.

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (rj6Yv)

259 I predict Caliber will overprice your estimate and total your Subaru. A total scam run by body shops and insurance companies to fix and resell or part-out.

I recommend an independent shop for a second estimate.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

We've always had great results with Caliber. I see no reason to doubt them, at least this particular shop.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

260 246 Here is a hopeful thought - maybe, just maybe the rabid racoons on the Left have scared the shit out of some standard Dems. Maybe, just maybe their turnout will be affected.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (Gqar

====

I think it's a combination of a few things:

Voter roll cleanups have been aggressively pursued by DOJ and outside groups, limiting cheating abilities.
DOJ threats to monitor voting in blue enclaves is giving the left some pause.
Blacks are turning off of politics because of a series of loses both political (Callais) and generalized (the prominence of other client groups in Democrat rhetoric and policy).
Trump actually is animating low propensity GOP voters this year.
Illegals who do vote are actually terrified of trying now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (U/fqy)

261 Real GDP was revised up 0.7% point from the second estimate, "primarily reflecting upward revisions to investment, consumer spending and government spending," the Commerce Department's bureau also said.

Just my opinion but government spending should never be counted in the GDP, especially with the rampant deficit spending going on in DC.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)

262 Waves have never, ever worked like that.

The biggest crests are in the places where the party who is benefiting from the wave are entrenched.
--
Exactly.
Polls are showing essentially tied races everywhere.

Or:
If Talarico was really winning in TX, it wouldn't be close in MN, NH, or MI.
But it is.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (3cUTc)

263 Here is a hopeful thought - maybe, just maybe the rabid racoons on the Left have scared the shit out of some standard Dems. Maybe, just maybe their turnout will be affected.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (Gqar

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The Islammunists may have to step up their election-rigging games.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:31 PM (4f3B/)

264 245 +5 in the House and +2 in the Senate for an R gain.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (QwZKw)

LOVE THIS!

Hope and prayers, Ben Had, for this very thing.

I am an eternal optimist and always find hope.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 03:31 PM (hzuYO)

265 Kalshi is desperate for something after the 9th circuit appeals court shitcanned their entire sports-betting business, at least in that circuit (which includes Nevada).
Posted by: Elric The Blade
=====
I would plan for the prediction markets being regulated or or even banned soon. To many people with inside information on events willing to sell out.
Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)
______

True, but there's a loophole in federal commodities law that allows non-sports prediction markets as some kind of futures contract swap. States have little to no power over that.

But sport betting is a different animal, and the states have yuge regulating powers. And they will fight to the end because they want their nice fat cut of the action.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)

266 >>My leading cleaning team worker bought a new car this week. A Mazda 3. She got a good monthly rate.

>My cars are 15 years older.

She will be making payments for years.

You will not.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel at September 30, 2026 03:31 PM (vNne8)

267 Here is a hopeful thought - maybe, just maybe the rabid racoons on the Left have scared the shit out of some standard Dems. Maybe, just maybe their turnout will be affected.
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (Gqar

Yes, I don't see how the fecklessness of the Geriatric Wing of the Dems and the idiocy and failure of the Communist/Islamofacist wing is the recipe for victory. Remember TX and FL have a built in plus for the good guys baked in already no matter what Missouri does.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

268 dammit...OFF stinky lesboSock

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (vNne8)

269
It makes no difference. We're all going to drown from the MASSIVE storm this week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (eRlcH)

270 I predict Caliber will overprice your estimate and total your Subaru. A total scam run by body shops and insurance companies to fix and resell or part-out.

I recommend an independent shop for a second estimate.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

My daughter has 2 totals on her record. Both cars were very repairable, but the Ins Co deemed them totals, took them, then auctioned them off.

They're both currently in the state of Illinois being repaired for resale as salvages. They'll get their money back, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (ccf/V)

271 Anyone who thinks the Democrats will do better on the economy has a REALLY short-term memory.

They should not be allowed anywhere near a voting booth.

They should also send me all their money, as I will be a better steward of their resources than they are now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (FZ29D)

272 Talafreako? He's the kind of guy normal people don't let near their children.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

He's the kind that doesn't wait for permission

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (x8rTv)

273 88 (restoration project)
96
2008
2013
2014
Posted by: Sponge

Mine are
60
63
86
07
I know AOP can top this, so I don't know why I bother.

Posted by: Olden Times Were Better at September 30, 2026 03:32 PM (Fn+3X)

274 Or the normal "D turnout ballots" are being held until they can be dumped in late night...
Posted by: Nova Local
==========
Doesn't work like that in normal states. You have to request a ballot be mailed, not blanket mailouts. Whole process takes time.

Dems rely on mailouts first for ballot harvesting and fraud , second early voting, EV voting is almost always GOP heavy. Dem spin is that these mail in ballot requesters not requesting will vote in person early.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)

275 Just my opinion but government spending should never be counted in the GDP, especially with the rampant deficit spending going on in DC.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)

=======

Just think how high GDP growth will be when we refinance maturing 0.5% bonds for 6% on the run.

(I don't know if government debt service is included in GDP, but it would funny if it were)

Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 03:33 PM (2ap+5)

276 Democrats are on the loosing side of the 80 - 20 divide they are not going to like the choices the normal average Joe & Jane make.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 30, 2026 03:34 PM (Q/FnY)

277 Oh, by the way, CA is looking like a D underperformance this year. Same with NY.
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That remains my "holy shit, I think I pulled a muscle laughing" prediction.

That CA with their super smart redistricting, spread themselves way to thin.
That they had way too many close races they only won by massive cheating after the fact.
And are not going to gain the 5 seats they predicted.

A competitive R for governor while a near-retard is running on the other side matters for races outside of L.A.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)

278 248 Dropped my wounded Subaru Forrester off at Caliber Collision this morning.
Posted by: Bulg

I predict Caliber will overprice your estimate and total your Subaru. A total scam run by body shops and insurance companies to fix and resell or part-out.

I recommend an independent shop for a second estimate.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 30, 2026 03:28 PM (w9Wax)

Did that to both my cars...but there was nowhere else that could take my cars that insurance covered...

When they did it to the 2nd car, I got a way better payout...so it was worth going away (same payout for my 2020 and 2011 cars with similar mileage - yes, I was pissed about the 2020 payout and called it fraud, so when I got car 2 with the same result, I think they knew to overpay me or state people were getting inolved - my kids got cars hit in back to back months - day I was paid out was day 2nd car was hit, so it was fresh)...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 30, 2026 03:34 PM (tOcjL)

279 Car loans aren't the worst sort of debt but they are pretty bad.

Under Biden you could get a 3% mortgage while inflation was 10%+ which is basically getting free money.

Getting a 8% or higher rate loan for a car now with inflation at 3% is a bad deal unless you need it to get to work.

Better to buy/keep an older car if you can minimize debt on it.

And apparently I'm turning into David Ramsey...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

280 I have old vehicles.

88 (restoration project)
96
2008
2013
2014
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 03:27 PM (ccf/V)
___

Ours are 2008 and 2014.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 03:34 PM (X7pZH)

281 Beato was exactly the kind of candidate you think would do we for the Dems.

Normal looking white guy with a fake hispanic name who is straight and sounds normal.

Yes he was a commie but he could play at not being one.

Talafreako? He's the kind of guy normal people don't let near their children.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

That lasted for about 5 days. The feeding your wife your baby's poo story pretty much put the 'normal' illusion out the window.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:34 PM (uhVAy)

282 NOOD UK Muzzies

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 03:35 PM (4f3B/)

283 Anyone know the provenance of the Lezbaru designation?

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:35 PM (Gqar8)

284 Blue enclaves in a state with a supposedly competitive senate and governor race are just...not turning out.
--
The cope is that their voters are totally going to reverse their habits and trend of the last 10 years and are going to show up on Election Day, in person.

LOL sure.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:36 PM (3cUTc)

285 Anyone know the provenance of the Lezbaru designation?
Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 03:35 PM (

Probably the Dead Sea Scrolls. Its OLD.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 03:36 PM (uhVAy)

286 I parked next to a Bentley SUV yesterday. Bentley makes SUVs??? My wife assured me they do and that the particular model we were parked beside costs north of $600K.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 03:37 PM (2ap+5)

287 284 Blue enclaves in a state with a supposedly competitive senate and governor race are just...not turning out.
--
The cope is that their voters are totally going to reverse their habits and trend of the last 10 years and are going to show up on Election Day, in person.

LOL sure.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 03:36 PM (3cUTc)

======

The left said the same thing about their voters in 2024 when mail in voting was going down compared to 2020.

GOP crushed on election day.

And this excuse didn't come up this year until after early voting started.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 03:37 PM (U/fqy)

288 Have a 2009 lesburu with 92k miles. Manual tranny.

I hope it runs forever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 03:37 PM (W2Pud)

289 I'll only vote if Ace fixes the ad pop up problem on his website.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (DbmIv)

290 Polls are psychological warfare. We would be wise wise to remember polling is just a branch of the media.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 03:40 PM (jdlda)

291 Though no one can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory better than the GOPe, I am feeling pretty good about the midterms, and look forward to having even fewer RINOs in the next Congress.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:01 PM (4NO2D)

292 I parked next to a Bentley SUV yesterday. Bentley makes SUVs??? My wife assured me they do and that the particular model we were parked beside costs north of $600K.
Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 03:37 PM

Did you bump it with your car door? The temptation would be strong for me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 04:03 PM (4NO2D)

293 And, the Fed dutifully raises interest rates based on these bullshlt numbers. Warsh is as useless as any of them. President Trump is 50/50 at government hiring and judicial nominations.
He needs better advisors regarding appointments and nominations.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 30, 2026 04:06 PM (fMu/S)

294
>>My leading cleaning team worker bought a new car this week. A Mazda 3. She got a good monthly rate.
>My cars are 15 years older.

She will be making payments for years.

You will not.
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel

Depreciating all the while.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 04:09 PM (Cqx++)

295 In Biden's last year the GDP avg growth was 2.8% about 10% higher than Trump's

Posted by: Paul at September 30, 2026 05:26 PM (6mL3R)

296 When Biden had a higher grp Ace said it was low

Posted by: Paul at September 30, 2026 05:27 PM (6mL3R)

Muslim Terrorist Stabs Co-Pilot and Takes Control of Plane, Intending to Crash-Bomb It Into Tel Aviv; Israeli Passengers Aboard Channel the Spirit of Todd Beamer and Take the Cockpit

Below, a passenger wearing the blood of the terrorist he beat up:

Pepel Klaasa
@pepel_klaasa

A passenger on the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight recounts:
"We are currently in Saudi Arabia.
One of the crew members attacked the pilot with a knife and disabled the aircraft's systems. Yaniv (pictured?) and another passenger stormed the cockpit and subdued the attacker.
Luckily, there were two more pilots on board. They were the ones who managed to land the plane."
Well, yes. Overall, the probability that a plane full of Israelis will contain a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer is substantially higher than 50%.

Via bonhomme.

The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, thanks to the Israelis aboard "committing a genocide" on the terrorist.

I'm sure that's what CAIR will be saying any minute. When the Israelis beat the shit out of the terrorist attempting to kill them, did you know they killed 750,000 Gazan children? It's true. An Arab journalist said it. So it must be true.

A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was unexpectedly diverted to Saudi Arabia after one pilot stabbed the other and "apparently tried to crash the plane", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
The Flydubai plane - which took off from Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates early on Wednesday morning - signalled an emergency alert two hours into the flight.
Tracking data also showed a sudden drop in the plane's altitude.
Flight FZ1073 was forced to change course from its route to Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel and instead landed at Tabuk Airport in northeastern Saudi Arabia.
On arrival, accounts from passengers to local media detailed a stabbing in the cockpit of the plane.
In an address after the incident, Netanyahu confirmed the stabbing and said a passenger and crew member broke into the cockpit and overpowered "the pilot who had carried out the stabbing".
The pilot was arrested and is being questioned by Saudi authorities, the prime minister said.
The plane's captain and first officer were injured and taken to hospital, the company that owns Tabuk Airport said. It did not say what caused the injuries.

All the Jews are probably lying. I understand the BBC's refusal to just say the guy stabbed the other pilot. Who knows, maybe the other pilot slipped and fell on to a knife multiple times.

Flydubai said "an altercation occurred in the flight deck" and all passengers are safe and accounted for. The flight was carrying at least 150 people, with Netanyahu saying "almost all" passengers were Israeli.

And you can't trust the words of 150 different people, given that they're almost all Israelis.

...
Initial local media reports cited Israeli officials as saying a fight had broken out between two pilots.
But, speaking on Wednesday following the incident, Netanyahu confirmed later reports that one pilot had stabbed the other before "apparently trying to crash" the plane.
He added that an Israeli passenger told him "the plane went into a spin and began to descend" before the passenger and a crew member broke into the cockpit and overpowered the "pilot who had carried out the stabbing".
...
Passengers on board the flight have been talking to various media outlets. BBC News has not been able to verify their accounts.

You'd think the consistent accounts of 150 different people would verify each other's accounts, but no, these are Jews, and they probably did a genocide in the cockpit.

Yasmin Abukasis told Reuters that her daughter - who was on the flight - said a man holding a knife had forced one of the pilots onto the floor, and that there was blood everywhere.
Speaking from Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, she said her daughter phoned her to say she heard screaming on the plane as a pilot called for help, adding that two other pilots took control of the plane as other passengers ran towards a man who had a knife.
"The plane start to lose control. So all the people, they scream, they think they are going," Abukasis told AP news agency.
One female passenger described the "very stressful" moment people realised the plane was descending. "We understood the pilots lost control," she told Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom.
"There are people here with shirts covered in blood," she said, adding: "Now we are fine and want to return home."
Another unnamed passenger told the Jerusalem Post that while passengers near the front of the plane forced the attacker from the cockpit after the stabbing of the co-pilot, two pilots from the back of the plane helped land the aircraft.
Almog Itali, who was also on board the flight, told media one of the pilots who landed the aircraft was British.
The other pilot was European, Itali said, although he did not provide a specific nationality.

The media is calling the attempt at a 9/11 in Tel Aviv an "altercation" or "flight fight."

Muslim co-pilot stabs pilot and tries to take down plane with 180 passengers

Media: pic.twitter.com/2sfYv2nI2M
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 30, 2026

The NYT trying to frame a likely terrorist plane hijacking as a minor altercation is definitely an interesting choice� pic.twitter.com/GarLeWfsG6
— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 30, 2026

This is just probably fake Mossad AI:

🚨 BREAKING: A pilot aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv attacked the other pilot and attempted to seize control of the aircraft in terror attack.

The plane, carrying 174 Israeli passengers, plunged 14,000 feet before the situation was brought under control and� pic.twitter.com/FAgyt7dOpK
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) September 30, 2026

Kosher
@koshercockney
You can't hate the BBC enough.
With the story about this terrorist co-pilot that stabbed the pilot and planned to crash the FlyDubai flight.
The BBC are only reporting it as "Israel's far-right minister Ben Gvir SAYS it was a terrorist that wanted to crash the plane to kill Israelis"
Not the fact it actually WAS a terrorist, or that the Israeli passengers STOPPED the terrorist, and passengers recorded a video stating it was a terrorist attack and also that every Israeli official and news outlet says it was a terrorist attack.
They had to say that it's only the "Far Right" Minister Ben Gvir (who they know is disliked) that claims it was a terrorist attack.
And of course their actual headline calls it a "Flight fight"
This is not journalism, this is whitewashing of terrorism from an Anti-Israel propaganda network.
It seems whenever there is a terrorist attack against Jews, they cannot seem to say those words themselves.
And of course they won't admit that it was Jews that saved a plane full of innocent people either.
The brave Israelis that stopped this terrorist attack saved 180 people on that plane. That's fact.
No wonder so many people want to cancel the BBC licence.

You can�t hate the BBC enough.

With the story about this terrorist co-pilot that stabbed the pilot and planned to crash the FlyDubai flight.

The BBC are only reporting it as �Israel�s far-right minister Ben Gvir SAYS it was a terrorist that wanted to crash the plane to kill� pic.twitter.com/mDAde91wX2
— Kosher (@koshercockney) September 30, 2026

Via Comrade Arthur.

This guy says the terrorist smuggled an axe aboard, not a knife.

Flydubai Flight Hijacking Attempt: Israeli Passengers Avert Terror Attack pic.twitter.com/4BxxC7zPPo
— Jonny Daniels (@MrJonnyDaniels) September 30, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:24 PM

Comments

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1 THE BLADE BLADES AGAIN!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

2 Hi

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 01:25 PM (oqH4h)

3 Jews attack mohammedan, film at 11

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 01:26 PM (0U5gm)

4 Seen on Twitter:

Hijacking an airplane full of Israelis is an interesting choice.

You know there's a full-on assault team, some pilots, probably a sniper or two, a few doctors, et al. on board.

Any other nation in the world and they're probably all dead, but Israelis have learned the lessons we refuse to learn: You can't always go along to get along.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 01:26 PM (gLYp7)

5 a ukrain and russian pilot onboard landed the plan per pjm

Posted by: doug at September 30, 2026 01:28 PM (B1+sW)

6 Jews attack mohammedan, film at 11
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Islamophobia at 30,000 ft!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:28 PM (yOEUM)

7 I feel like I should wait for Candace Owens to give me the real scoop on this. She nose the facts.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 01:28 PM (oqH4h)

8 Just a little tussle. Nothing really.

Posted by: BBC at September 30, 2026 01:29 PM (2Xqig)

9 Co-pilot was on K and very hormonal. He didn't mean it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

10 What ever happened to 'fly the friendly skies'??

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 01:29 PM (Oy/m2)

11 Not today, Satan. Not today.

Posted by: moki at September 30, 2026 01:31 PM (wLjpr)

12 Afternoon.

A Moosleeeeeeeeeeem man tries to drive a plane full of Jews into the ground. Wil we ever know the motive? It's a mystery, I tells ya.

Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:31 PM (dpXJq)

13 Any word on his motive yet? It is a mystery why these things happen.

Posted by: Ripley at September 30, 2026 01:31 PM (GUOwU)

14 Only thing they did wrong was not to beat him to death

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:31 PM (nIKjK)

15 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

This comes right after guys caught in the UK trying to blow up an airfield. Iran is lashing out with everything they have.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:33 PM (nIKjK)

16 Who was the guy the Saudi's made filets out of again? A real shame.

Practice makes perfect!

Posted by: connected and litigious at September 30, 2026 01:33 PM (cS1cw)

17 MSNOW....has not reported a single word about the incident.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 01:33 PM (dIske)

18 I rate this story as four "Yikes on bikes!"

Posted by: Yikes On Bikes at September 30, 2026 01:33 PM (V362x)

19 Mostly Peaceful Co-Pilot's Sharp Accessory Damaged by Pilot's Ribcage.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 30, 2026 01:33 PM (bNf8H)

20 I trust that as the anniversary of the terrible attack on 10/7 approaches Israel has stepped up security.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 01:34 PM (JrHfD)

21 I read that the British government said it has no knowledge that one of the pilots who took over and got the plane safely down is a British citizen.

Also-and I'd be one of them-several passengers initially refused to get on the replacement plane until the Mossad checked out the crew and said it's ok.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:34 PM (kX27y)

22 15 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

maybe he was an Israeli?

anyway what a great job by the passengers

close call

and the news media is full of freaking DEMONS

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 01:34 PM (j+aD2)

23 Would have been much more impressive if the perp had 60 9mm rounds in him.
Do better, Mossad...

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 01:34 PM (ZHRuH)

24 Look, it's not really his fault. He was upset about the Aces losing to the Fever yesterday, Lindsay Clancy facing another trial, AND Mars in in retrograde!!!!! He didn't have a choice!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 30, 2026 01:34 PM (aBcEh)

25 Wonder what the Saudis are going to do with their pro-level Jihadi?

Posted by: pawn at September 30, 2026 01:34 PM (3g9Kl)

26
What frightens me is a hostage situation with some band of Antifa/Musloids taking over a church or synagogue service.

I go to 7:00 AM Mass, so I doubt they get up that early, but still...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (eRlcH)

27 Only thing they did wrong was not to beat him to death
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:31 PM (nIKjK)

They should have given him the Pinochet treatment.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Oy/m2)

28 Is the terr still alive?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Az7Eg)

29 21 I read that the British government said it has no knowledge that one of the pilots who took over and got the plane safely down is a British citizen.

Also-and I'd be one of them-several passengers initially refused to get on the replacement plane until the Mossad checked out the crew and said it's ok.

damn I mean I have a feeling this Britisher didn't look like what one pictures

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (j+aD2)

30 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

This comes right after guys caught in the UK trying to blow up an airfield. Iran is lashing out with everything they have.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I'm guessing "FlyDubai" is a Dubai Airline, not an Israeli one.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (vJrRc)

31 OT but we all remember JeffB, right? Good ole contrarian JeffB. Always a fun time watching him and Ace flirt in the threads.

Was he always such a retard?

https://tinyurl.com/yc39bn35

He called Black Sabbath Pop? Like he says a lot of dumb shit in one little Twat but calling Black Sabbath fucking POP?!?!?!?

Fucking imbecile.

Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (dpXJq)

32 maybe he was an Israeli?

He's Omani

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (nIKjK)

33 Did the pilot know his Co-pilot or they are just randomly assigned to flights?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (JrHfD)

34 What frightens me is a hostage situation with some band of Antifa/Musloids taking over a church or synagogue service.

I go to 7:00 AM Mass, so I doubt they get up that early, but still...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Carry. Multiple guns.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Az7Eg)

35 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

FlyDubai is a division of Emirates. Not Israeli.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (2ocoG)

36 >>I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?
__
Flydubai is owned by the UAE, not Israel.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (bNf8H)

37 22 15 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

maybe he was an Israeli?

No, it was flydubai. Not Israeli. El Al still doesn't fly to the UAE. Lots of Israelis do business with Dubai. Reportedly, the stabbed pilot is an Indian.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (kX27y)

38 But the media honestly reports on how well the socialist democrats are doing in the polls and stuff...

So I'm not at all fazed by the lock-step reporting by the propaganda arm of the socialists, democrats and terrorists. All one and the same.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (RORbl)

39 Tough day for Piker.

Posted by: Redenzo at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (zDcg4)

40 One female passenger described the "very stressful" moment people realised the plane was descending.

Stressful. Yeah. I'll bet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (4NO2D)

41 So the media is wrong when they said it was a "scuffle" between the pilots...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (+gK6I)

42 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

This comes right after guys caught in the UK trying to blow up an airfield. Iran is lashing out with everything they have.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:33 PM (nIKjK)

Wasn't it an Arab airline? I'm not going to have to read the content, am I? Please don't make me read the content.

Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (dpXJq)

43 >>I'm guessing "FlyDubai" is a Dubai Airline, not an Israeli one.

FlyDubai is owned by the UAE government.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (viF8m)

44 >>>18 I rate this story as four "Yikes on bikes!"

wow, that many?

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (1wjle)

45
Carry. Multiple guns.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (Az7Eg)

_________

I don't doubt the security at my own parish, but what about those happy-clappy we-love-migrants congregations?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (eRlcH)

46 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

NOT an ElAl flight.

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (ZHRuH)

47 Good on the passengers who refused to become the victims of terrorism!.

Posted by: pookysgirl, in the waiting room yet again at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (V47AS)

48 We may never know the motive, Media vows.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (4NO2D)

49 Reportedly, the stabbed pilot is an Indian.
Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (kX27y)

Oh. I see. The pungent stench of curry drove him to insanity.

Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (dpXJq)

50 Technically, every Israeli has to serve in the military, so a plane full of Israeli's is ipso fact a military troop transport.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (Lm2uZ)

51 So the media is wrong when they said it was a "scuffle" between the pilots...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (+gK6I)

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

The CBC in Canada is reporting it as a "kerfuffle."

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (Lrqtb)

52 41 So the media is wrong when they said it was a "scuffle" between the pilots...

well I mean technically...

sigh

anyway, decent result, I with the jihadi was dead but still, good.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (j+aD2)

53 The days of sitting back to fly to Cuber are over.

Posted by: connected and litigious at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (cS1cw)

54 I don't know about you guys....but there is a serious chance of BACKLASH!!!!! over this "altercation". It's my understanding that the passengers pounced on the freedom fighter rather unfairly.

Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (dIske)

55 Thankful they were able to get into the cockpit and kept the plane from crashing, and saving the pilot.

I still think this is what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that crashed into the sea. Pilot was suicidal and took everyone with him was all I ever figured out.

Is the terrorist pilot dead? I want him dead.

My other question is why that woman on one video is squatting in the aisle? I have to assume she's a flight attendant? Otherwise it makes no sense, and I realize not important.

Damn every one of these islamic barbarians who breathe air.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (hzuYO)

56 I'm guessing "FlyDubai" is a Dubai Airline, not an Israeli one.

That just shows how crafty the Joo is

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (nIKjK)

57 You can’t hate and despise the media enough

God bless Todd Beamer. RIP

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (Dkvax)

58 "Flydubai 1073 first squawked 7700, then 7500, before switching back to 7700"

Allow me to translate:

7700 - we have an emergency situation onboard

7500 - an attempted hijacking is presently taking place here on the flightdeck

7700 - okay, Israeli passengers beat the shit out of the hijacker, may have "accidently" [wink-wink] cut him with his own knife, and he is now duct-taped to a seat, but we're still requesting emergency handling to landing

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (J4Dwc)

59 I rate this story as four "Yikes on bikes!"
Posted by: Yikes On Bikes at September 30, 2026 01:33 PM (V362x)
_____

"Fuck you!"

-- Dykes on Bikes

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

60 Another Jewish plot to drum up support for Islamophobia and war!!

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (x8rTv)

61 As my good friend Uri pointed out on X, any passenger plane in Israel almost certainly has at least one doctor and a few trained warfighters on board, which should serve to change the calculation for anybody that's ever going to try this again...

Posted by: American Hawkman at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (U1fU7)

62 49 Reportedly, the stabbed pilot is an Indian.
Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (kX27y)

Oh. I see. The pungent stench of curry drove him to insanity.
Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (dpXJq)
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The pilot, not the terrorist co-pilot, who is Omani.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (kX27y)

63 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (ccf/V)

64 He called Black Sabbath Pop?

Christian Rock. Obviously.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (4NO2D)

65
"altercation"

_________

Tiff. Set-to. Dispute. Disagreement.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (eRlcH)

66 I'm sure that's what CAIR will be saying any minute. When the Israelis beat the shit out of the terrorist attempting to kill them, did you know they killed 750,000 Gazan children? It's true. An Arab journalist said it. So it must be true.

Talent Free Macklemore hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (ccf/V)

67 Any bets on whether the co-pilot started yelling, "Aloha snackbar!", when the passengers starting fighting him to take back control of the plane?

If that IS eventually reported, anyone think that will change the BBC's assessment of motive at all?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 01:41 PM (HlyYF)

68 50 Technically, every Israeli has to serve in the military, so a plane full of Israeli's is ipso fact a military troop transport.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

And the babies are illegal invading colonizers, so they're legitimate targets, too.

Posted by: Hasan Piker at September 30, 2026 01:41 PM (aBcEh)

69 I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

Ok, a little bit of pedantry here. "Arabic" refers to the language, and "Arabian" to the Arabian Peninsula.

For people, the term to use is "Arab": "Arab pilot.

OK, pedant hat off.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)

70 No reason whatsoever to squawk 7700 first, by the way.

Go directly to 7500.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 01:41 PM (J4Dwc)

71 Actually I don't mind the early media coverage, they had very little information and were trying to show restraint. Granted, they only do this with certain kinds of stories because they really don't want something to be true, but its the proper way for a news organization to report, early on.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:42 PM (nIKjK)

72 MSM: "Silly Slap Fight Frightens Jews on Plane!"

You just can't make this up...

Posted by: Boswell at September 30, 2026 01:42 PM (NTVPI)

73 "... a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer..."

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBERGER at September 30, 2026 01:42 PM (TIizU)

74 a ukrain and russian pilot onboard landed the plan per pjm
Posted by: doug at September 30, 2026 01:28 PM (B1+sW)
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A fun side fact!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 01:43 PM (skYuh)

75 9/10 Thinking:
Not even the first day of 0ct7/RockoverFest.
Where's AOC? the Remain Sinwar Camosole, and FREE GAZA hotpants? (on Boebert?)

LET's GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS

That's the thing about comedy, not everyone gets the joke.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ifLIBsWantAmerica2Fail
ctHARRIS: the punchline: ... and she wouldn't change a thing...

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at September 30, 2026 01:43 PM (oOryp)

76 The evil Jews also had dogs onboard who raped the freedom fighter.
- NYT

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:43 PM (f0pGg)

77 Tiff. Set-to. Dispute. Disagreement.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Dust-up

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

78 I rate this story as four "Yikes on bikes!"

The Jews on the plane had no bikes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:43 PM (nIKjK)

79 So, it was just a ruckus in the cockpit?

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 01:44 PM (Oy/m2)

80 Cue W to say "remember, Islam is a religion of Peace". Eff u Shrub

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 01:44 PM (jivel)

81
"Silly Slap Fight Frightens Jews on Plane!"

__________

Why, you!...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:44 PM (eRlcH)

82 We may never know his motives.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 01:44 PM (0sNs1)

83 Go back and watch interviews of troops who fought Japanese in the Pacific.

There is a certain mindset one needs to have in order to stop suicide fighters. Don't tell me its racist.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 01:44 PM (0U5gm)

84 Passengers on board the flight have been talking to various media outlets. BBC News has not been able to verify their accounts.

But they'll take the word of the "Gaza Health Ministry" as gospel...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:45 PM (l3cgK)

85 All the Jews are probably lying. I understand the BBC's refusal to just say the guy stabbed the other pilot. Who knows, maybe the other pilot slipped and fell on to a knife multiple times.

good thing this wasn't aeroflot. might have accidentally fallen out the window.

Posted by: anachronda at September 30, 2026 01:45 PM (v3pYe)

86 NYT and BBC both compete for worst news account "Plane diverts after altercation between pilots".

They could have more accurately said, "Plane saved after altercation between civilization and Satanic evil"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 01:45 PM (skYuh)

87 Another happy ending. Asian Grandparents applaud.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 30, 2026 01:45 PM (KGj36)

88 "Fuck you!"

-- Dykes on Bikes
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
_________________________

Right back at ya.

Dykes in Nikes

Posted by: WNBA at September 30, 2026 01:45 PM (dIske)

89 Reuters and AP both have an “Israel says” disclaimer in their headlines. You know it may have happened but maybe not. You can never trust those Jews after all.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:45 PM (f0pGg)

90 >> I just... why would an Israeli airline hire an Arabic pilot?

Apartheid works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (vNne8)

91 49 Reportedly, the stabbed pilot is an Indian.
Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (kX27y)

Oh. I see. The pungent stench of curry drove him to insanity.
Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (dpXJq)

He wouldn't shut up about "Bobs and Vagena"

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (k1E2D)

92 Damn incompetent boob..........

Posted by: Cavernous Nostrils at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (ccf/V)

93 May GOD be praised!

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (LHPAg)

94
From what I understand, El Al practically has a proctologist assigned to their security teams when they do the interviews to allow you to fly on their aircraft.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)

95
good thing this wasn't aeroflot. might have accidentally fallen out the window.
Posted by: anachronda at September 30, 2026 01:45 PM (v3pYe)

________

Kids fly free? Kids fly plane!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (eRlcH)

96 One female passenger described the "very stressful" moment people realised the plane was descending.
.......

Interrupted snack service?

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (UjdFS)

97 Another Jewish plot to drum up support for Islamophobia and war!!

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (x8rTv)

How would the Jews have done it any differently.

- Candy O, probably.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (dK+Kv)

98 Where's AOC?
---------

Someone did something...let's move on.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (XeU6L)

99 We've had 50 years of Iranian lessons learned, the task now is to hand out a final exam. I would not be opposed to calling up the B-52s and letting them bomb Iran until the entire IRGC is hanging from lamp standard by their necks starting. Such policies worked to subdue Germany and Japan in World War II; sometimes the old ways are the best way.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (VyD10)

100 The Jews genocided to the hijacker. Look at the bleeding they caused

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 01:47 PM (jivel)

101 @90

>>Apartheid works in mysterious ways.

The airline is owned by A-Rabs.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 01:47 PM (Lm2uZ)

102 Did he stab the pilot in the neck as Mo (pbuh!) instructs the faithful in the noble Quran?

Posted by: CTHillary at September 30, 2026 01:47 PM (GMWTj)

103 More of a tiff.

Posted by: Blind Pew at September 30, 2026 01:48 PM (Ae6Br)

104 So a thwarted muslim terror attack in the UK, a foiled muslim hijacking in the Middle East and riots in France from "the left" all in a few days.

More coincidences. Watch your back.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 01:48 PM (viF8m)

105 73 "... a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer..."

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBERGER at September 30, 2026 01:42 PM (TIizU)
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And if this is true - the mother of one of the passengers complained that when they were being tended to after landing in Saudi Arabia, they weren't given kosher food. If you know Israelis, you know this is so Israeli.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:48 PM (kX27y)

106 Christian Rock. Obviously.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (4NO2D)

Technically true.

Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:48 PM (dpXJq)

107 Thankful they were able to get into the cockpit and kept the plane from crashing, and saving the pilot.

I still think this is what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that crashed into the sea. Pilot was suicidal and took everyone with him was all I ever figured out.

Is the terrorist pilot dead? I want him dead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (hzuYO)

MH370 is definitely suicide by pilot, they found his computer at home had practice routes in flight simulator to avoid tracking by other radars, and he popped up to high altitude to kill all the passengers from lack of oxygen.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy)

108 If this were Europe, FlyDubai would soon publish a song "This is not my stabby place!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (aL2Pd)

109 Technically, every Israeli has to serve in the military, so a plane full of Israeli's is ipso fact a military troop transport.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (Lm2uZ)

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Good point.

Never wondered before if Arab-Israelis (21% of the population now) are also required -- or even allowed -- to serve in the IDF?

* searches interwebz *

"They are not required to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but they are allowed to volunteer.

While the IDF conscription laws apply to Jewish, Druze, and Circassian citizens, the exemption for Arab Muslims, Christians, and Bedouins is not based on statutory law but on IDF Human Resource Department guidelines and discretionary powers of the Defense Minister.

This policy dates back to Israel’s early years, with the state citing security concerns and the humanitarian consideration of not forcing citizens to serve in an army perceived to be in conflict with the 'Palestinian people'." [irony quotes mine]

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (Lrqtb)

110 The previous thread gives a new meaning to cockpit...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (l3cgK)

111 Christian Rock. Obviously.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (4NO2D)

Technically true.
Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 01:48 PM

It's got sabbath right in the name.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (4NO2D)

112 Christopher Taylor,

I clicked on your nic in the last thread to check your location and went to your website. Your fingernail pic looked eerily like me.

If I did my hair and beard the same (which I usually do), and we went to a MoMe and said we were brothers, EVERYONE would believe us!

Do you know any of the Morons or 'ettes in your area that have attended a recent TXMoMe? If so, they can confirm.

Further, in TX, I also look like Weasel Buddy Geoff.

Triplet Morons should really scare the Leftist population!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (HlyYF)

113 All over the UK muslim cops are arresting schoolkids and elderly widows for viewing this news.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (aL2Pd)

114

I'm getting the impression that Mohammedans are not to be trusted. Ever.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (VWtfl)

115 Arabs. The lying terrorist goblin race.

Not a fan.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (s1VwS)

116 73 "... a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer..."

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBERGER

It's funny how dumb they are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuQM2xut0-Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
Dare to be STOOP1D; make that deal with cTHEIL! and ctKARP, ctLUCKY, cthANDURIL

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (oOryp)

117 Tiff. Set-to. Dispute. Disagreement.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Dust-up
Posted by: Bulg
_________

Pettifoggery

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (JzUSu)

118 More of a tiff.
Posted by: Blind Pew
----

A mere difference of opinion.

"We fly"

"No, we crash"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (XeU6L)

119 We've had 50 years of Iranian lessons learned, the task now is to hand out a final exam. I would not be opposed to calling up the B-52s and letting them bomb Iran until the entire IRGC is hanging from lamp standard by their necks starting. Such policies worked to subdue Germany and Japan in World War II; sometimes the old ways are the best way.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (VyD10)

Ironic that the Iran 9-11 attack put an end to the 'play along with the hijackers' mantra we had for a generation before that.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)

120 115 Arabs. The lying terrorist goblin race.

Not a fan.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (s1VwS)

Explains why they hump goats, sheep, and camels...if you know the story behind how goblins procreate...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

121 BBC CANNOT really tell this story... why?

According to reports one of the Pilots who stepped in and heroically landed the Plane was British.

And BBC cannot have the British People doing anything heroic against Moslems... King Chuck would not approve, and it would set a bad example.

I mean, come on... the Brit people might actually stand up for THEMSELVES! The HORROR.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (mP0Kj)

122 If I did my hair and beard the same (which I usually do), and we went to a MoMe and said we were brothers, EVERYONE would believe us!

Yea but you are the cooler brother

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:51 PM (nIKjK)

123 Flydubai Flight Hijacking Attempt: Israeli Passengers Avert Terror Attack pic.twitter.com/4BxxC7zPPo

— Jonny Daniels (@MrJonnyDaniels) September 30, 2026

"Only Israelis could do something like that."

Um..............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (ccf/V)

124 The Pilot probably insulted/offended the Muslim, and the Muslim's only reasonable response, or actually his Koranic duty, was to crash the plane and kill all on board.

I wonder if there were other Muslims on board, or if they were somehow warned to stay off that flight?

Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (vbXSk)

125 31 He called Black Sabbath Pop?

how many guitar licks does it take to get to the center of a black sabbath pop?

Posted by: anachronda at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (v3pYe)

126 So who stabbed who? Did the pilot stab the co-pilot or did the co-pilot stab the pilot?

Posted by: Cymbaline at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (soTNb)

127 I don't know about you guys....but there is a serious chance of BACKLASH!!!!! over this "altercation". It's my understanding that the passengers pounced on the freedom fighter rather unfairly.
Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM

Don't forget Meeeeeeeee!

Posted by: Islamophobia at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (0sNs1)

128 If you’re Israel do you want mohammedians in your military? I would think not.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (f0pGg)

129 110 The previous thread gives a new meaning to cockpit...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:49 PM (l3cgK)

Know why it's called a "cockpit"?

Because it's filled with pricks.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (oPFtC)

130 The airline is owned by A-Rabs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Air Hadji?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

131 127 I don't know about you guys....but there is a serious chance of BACKLASH!!!!! over this "altercation". It's my understanding that the passengers pounced on the freedom fighter rather unfairly.
Posted by: Orson at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM

Don't forget Meeeeeeeee!

Posted by: Islamophobia at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (0sNs1)

Islamo-FIB-ia....

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:53 PM (l3cgK)

132 So a thwarted muslim terror attack in the UK, a foiled muslim hijacking in the Middle East and riots in France from "the left" all in a few days.

More coincidences. Watch your back.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 01:48 PM (viF8m)
================
The IRGC probably has high hopes for their endorsed candidates so I doubt they would encourage any attacks until after the midterms.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 01:53 PM (aL2Pd)

133 Is the terrorist pilot dead? I want him dead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 01:39 PM (hzuYO)

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

"NOT SO FAST ... RELEASE HIM IMMEDIATELY!"

-- US District Clown Judge Bozoberg, de facto Earth Emperor

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 01:53 PM (Lrqtb)

134 120 115 Arabs. The lying terrorist goblin race.

Not a fan.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (s1VwS)

Explains why they hump goats, sheep, and camels...if you know the story behind how goblins procreate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

I HAVE seen Goblin Slayer...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 30, 2026 01:53 PM (s1VwS)

135 126 So who stabbed who? Did the pilot stab the co-pilot or did the co-pilot stab the pilot?
Posted by: Cymbaline at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (soTNb)

Not sure. But we do know that 21,000 Gazan children were killed on the plane.
- MSM

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:53 PM (f0pGg)

136 Actually I don't mind the early media coverage, they had very little information and were trying to show restraint. Granted, they only do this with certain kinds of stories because they really don't want something to be true, but its the proper way for a news organization to report, early on.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:42 PM (nIKjK)

"Apparent Hijacking" works fine and is not hiding the truth of the situation.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 01:53 PM (uhVAy)

137 We may never know the true reasons behind what happened on this plane - me filling in for the mainstream media.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (VyD10)

138 128 If you’re Israel do you want mohammedians in your military? I would think not.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (f0pGg)
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Druze, yes.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (kX27y)

139 I suspect the co-pilot is a former Etihad employee and the Emirates pilot was ribbing him over the Man City scandal, ending in the unfortunate wrestling match.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (2ap+5)

140 Tiff. Set-to. Dispute. Disagreement.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Dust-up
Posted by: Bulg
_________

Pettifoggery

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (JzUSu)

More of a hijinks, really.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (dK+Kv)

141 And if this is true - the mother of one of the passengers complained that when they were being tended to after landing in Saudi Arabia, they weren't given kosher food. If you know Israelis, you know this is so Israeli.
Posted by: beckster

I was on a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris that did not have enough kosher meals on board. I guess somebody at the airline screwed up the count.

There was practically a riot on the plane. The flight attendant gave a bottle of wine to me and the lady sitting next to me because we were about the only ones on the plane not causing a ruckus.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ)

142 Lesson well learned from 9/11 - in a potential hijakcing, fight, don't freeze. Passengers have nothing to lose and everything to gain by fighting...

I posted this story this morning and the media spin, so glad Ace ran with it...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 30, 2026 01:55 PM (tOcjL)

143 140 Tiff. Set-to. Dispute. Disagreement.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Dust-up
Posted by: Bulg
_________

Pettifoggery

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM (JzUSu)

More of a hijinks, really.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (dK+Kv)

hijack hijinks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:55 PM (l3cgK)

144 Some people did some things.

Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 01:55 PM (SwyyQ)

145 Not to blame the victims here but why would any Israeli a) fly on an Arab airline and b) fly to Dubai?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (f0pGg)

146 Combining this and the last Thread, the most common first name for rapists in the world today is "Mohammed".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (0sNs1)

147 145 Not to blame the victims here but why would any Israeli a) fly on an Arab airline and b) fly to Dubai?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (f0pGg)

Answer to a)....it was a bargain price!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (l3cgK)

148 Lesson well learned from 9/11 - in a potential hijakcing, fight, don't freeze.

Basically. The 9/11 highjackers ruined the entire crime attempt. You're gonna die if you let them carry it out, so why not die fighting?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (nIKjK)

149 Stabbed pilot: "It's just a flesh wound".

Posted by: connected and litigious at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (cS1cw)

150 137 We may never know the true reasons behind what happened on this plane - me filling in for the mainstream media.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (VyD10)

We may never know the sad reasons Abdhul Bin Stabby lost his reason..

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (mP0Kj)

151 146 Combining this and the last Thread, the most common first name for rapists in the world today is "Mohammed".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (0sNs1)

Like it was in the 6th Century...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (l3cgK)

152 Lesson well learned from 9/11 - in a potential hijakcing, fight, don't freeze.
Nova Local

Not just hijacking. Any situation where immediate action can save a few.

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (hGhF0)

153 They did something to overstress the aircraft. A big chunk of the vertical stabilizer is busted right off.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (X3rKN)

154 150 137 We may never know the true reasons behind what happened on this plane - me filling in for the mainstream media.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 01:54 PM (VyD10)

We may never know the sad reasons Abdhul Bin Stabby lost his reason..

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (mP0Kj)

He had a future as an elder statesman...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (l3cgK)

155 147 145 Not to blame the victims here but why would any Israeli a) fly on an Arab airline and b) fly to Dubai?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (f0pGg)

Answer to a)....it was a bargain price!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (l3cgK

lol

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (jBygX)

156 "How can we break the cycle of violence if you keep preventing us from starting the cycle?"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (pIhio)

157 153 They did something to overstress the aircraft. A big chunk of the vertical stabilizer is busted right off.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (X3rKN)

I read it was the steep descent

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (+gK6I)

158 hijack hijinks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:55 PM (l3cgK)

In-flight folderol.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (dK+Kv)

159

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (ccf/V)

160 Not to blame the victims here but why would any Israeli a) fly on an Arab airline and b) fly to Dubai?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (f0pGg)

Dubai is one of the few major hubs that airlines route worldwide traffic through heading to the far East from Europe.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)

161 Unrelated, but did anyone watch the recent debate between Steven Crowder and Harvard professor Randall Kennedy? Saw a YouTuber summarize it and had some clips that looked pretty brutal (Professor got kinda stomped), but anyone can look bad if the right/wrong clips are picked.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (aBcEh)

162 142 Lesson well learned from 9/11 - in a potential hijakcing, fight, don't freeze. Passengers have nothing to lose and everything to gain by fighting...

I posted this story this morning and the media spin, so glad Ace ran with it...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 30, 2026 01:55 PM (tOcjL)

Yeah... screwed it up for all of us...

Posted by: D. B. Cooper at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (mP0Kj)

163 153 They did something to overstress the aircraft. A big chunk of the vertical stabilizer is busted right off.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (X3rKN)

You should start an airline...Dirac Delta Airlines...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (l3cgK)

164 They did something to overstress the aircraft. A big chunk of the vertical stabilizer is busted right off.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta

It dove at about 100 knots above it's rated speed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (0U5gm)

165 Bob Dole has learned of certain grievous allegations which have been made against Bob Dole. Bob Dole wishes to assure the good listeners of this fine station that Bob Dole has thoroughly investigated Bob Dole. Bob Dole is completely innocent of any wrongdoing in regard to these allegations against Bob Dole. Bob Dole cherishes the people’s faith in Bob Dole’s honesty and integrity. Bob Dole thanks you all and good day.

Posted by: Bob Dole at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (x0Zdw)

166 If you want to stop Sudden Jihad Syndrome the only way to do it is to get Muslims out of western countries.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

167 Explains why they hump goats, sheep, and camels...if you know the story behind how goblins procreate...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Moroccan Donkey at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (0sNs1)

168 Yea but you are the cooler brother

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:51 PM

Beg to differ.

(I hold authors in high esteem.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (HlyYF)

169 We may never know the sad reasons Abdhul Bin Stabby lost his reason..

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (mP0Kj)

He had a future as an elder statesman...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

An austere religious scholar, more like.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

170
The airline is owned by A-Rabs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Air Hadji?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

Honestly, I've been surprised that there hasn't been any 9/11 style attacks using mohammedan-owned air freight planes. Presumably, that would be a lot easier than hijacking a passenger airliner.

Then I thought about it some and decided that the mohammedan oil sheik cocksuckers who own such air freight companies don't have a problem spending a couple of hundred thousand on a terrorist op, but crashing one of their own $60M aircraft? They're too cheap for that.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (y9nCu)

171 That's the rudder that is missing

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (J4Dwc)

172 Authorities at Tabuk Airport confirmed that emergency responders rushed both injured aviators to a local hospital upon touchdown. Control of the aircraft was seized midair by two off-duty flight crew members – a Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot – who managed to neutralize the threat and navigate the airliner to a safe landing in Saudi Arabia.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (RHGPo)

173 158 hijack hijinks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:55 PM (l3cgK)

In-flight folderol.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (dK+Kv)

At least it was not Snakes.... Snakes on a Plane is just ... bad...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (mP0Kj)

174 UAE has full relations with Israel including commerce and business and flying between the two is routine.

Real question isn't that.

Real question - probably already posed above, haven't had time to read through comments - is WTF with flight deck access??

That is how did anyone "storm the cockpit"? That was sort of addressed after 9/11 - can't imagine a UAE airline doesn't have up-to-date security infrastructure. They're even adding to the tough, pry-proof doors with new aircraft. There's a gate of sorts between first class and the forward head, so pilots can take bathroom breaks while keeping cockpit area secure.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (U/Byj)

175 Unrelated, but did anyone watch the recent debate between Steven Crowder and Harvard professor Randall Kennedy? Saw a YouTuber summarize it and had some clips that looked pretty brutal (Professor got kinda stomped), but anyone can look bad if the right/wrong clips are picked.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (aBcEh)

So shade on Crowder, but a retarded monkey can outwit your average Harvard professor these days. What kind of modern dance does the professor teach?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (uhVAy)

176
Beg to differ.

(I hold authors in high esteem.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (HlyYF)

You COULD write your story. Then you'd be the cooler brother.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (ccf/V)

177 11 Not today, Satan. Not today.
Posted by: moki at September 30, 2026 01:31 PM (wLjpr)
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Amen.

He who keeps Israel will not slumber and will not sleep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (X7pZH)

178 Have the Saudis already allowed the suspect to be released on bail?

Posted by: toddg at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (KCFD3)

179 > They did something to overstress the aircraft. A big chunk of the vertical stabilizer is busted right off.
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Something like 3X overspeed in a dive, followed by a sharp turn before being stabilized.

This, from various flight tracking sites and their analysis.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (RORbl)

180 At least it was not Snakes.... Snakes on a Plane is just ... bad...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (mP0Kj)

I'm tired of these MFing sheiks on this MFing plane!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (dK+Kv)

181 169 We may never know the sad reasons Abdhul Bin Stabby lost his reason..

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 01:57 PM (mP0Kj)

He had a future as an elder statesman...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

An austere religious scholar, more like.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

Aspiring Raper... or Rapper...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (mP0Kj)

182 In 1981 with first baby son, we were flying back West from MS. Weather was bad with storms, black clouds, at take off to Texas.

We sat bulkhead with kids & had just been served a lovely lunch. It is rare for airline food to look lovely for me. My husband had the 8wk old asleep on his shoulder.

The plane rolled a hard left. Centered. Hard right. Then dropped flat tens of thousands of feet. Everything went airborne, food, etc in aisle. Overhead bins opened. I leaned toward the baby to help hold him. Then it was over.

A flight attendant ran to the front for a medical kit. She had giant hives on her neck and I said to my husband, "Well, that's not good." Unseatbelted guy cut open his head in the back.

There was no time to scream or panic. The sounds from passengers were similar to a carnival ride of "oooh." It happend in seconds vs what these people went through. I was wearing a wool skirt & when we got off the plane I had an opened mustard packet on my back.

I later learned there was a tornado on the ground as we flew over LA. It was a downdraft that caused the Dutch Roll. Since then neither of us bat an eye when turbulence is announced. Nothing has compared to that.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (hzuYO)

183 two off-duty flight crew members – a Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot – who managed to neutralize the threat and navigate the airliner

That's interesting

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)

184
I'll wait for Candice Owen and Tucker Carlson to weigh in on this before I make conclusions about who started this small altercation, thank you.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (Y8DZL)

185 Surprised the Saudis allowed the plane to land. They have a no Jews allowed policy. Hell if they see a passport stamped with an Israeli visa they won’t allow the carrier of the passport in, even if they’re not Jewish.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (f0pGg)

186 Bob Dole fought in Italy during WWII and sustained a head wound then went into politics

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 02:01 PM (RHGPo)

187 I find it encouraging that the Russian and the Uke were able to work together.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

188 >> b) fly to Dubai?

The flight was to Tel Aviv

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (J4Dwc)

189 Yeah... screwed it up for all of us...
Posted by: D. B. Cooper at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (mP0Kj)

Like we need more people feeding the bears in the Pacific Northwest.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)

190 I don't doubt the security at my own parish, but what about those happy-clappy we-love-migrants congregations?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I wouldn't be caught dead in one. Sorry. Those happy-clappies aren't responsible for my safety.

I am.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (Az7Eg)

191 145 Not to blame the victims here but why would any Israeli a) fly on an Arab airline and b) fly to Dubai?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (f0pGg)
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Because El Al does not fly to the UAE. And lots of Israelis do business with Dubai.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (kX27y)

192 187 I find it encouraging that the Russian and the Uke were able to work together.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

Huh, report above said one was a Brit...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (mP0Kj)

193 One female passenger described the "very stressful" moment people realised the plane was descending.
......

Good thing she was in the bathroom.

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (UjdFS)

194 A potential michigan senator sez - hurt people hurt people.

Israelis on board say - not today Satan

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (pIhio)

195 UK PM: Iran behind RAF base incident. Andy Burnham says Britain believes Iran was involved in the RAF Fairford incident, marking the first official confirmation of Iranian involvement in what amounts to an attack on British soil. Trump criticises decision to release suspects on bail.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (RHGPo)

196 I find it encouraging that the Russian and the Uke were able to work together.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

Their drones were in the cargo hold.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (uhVAy)

197 So shade on Crowder, but a retarded monkey can outwit your average Harvard professor these days. What kind of modern dance does the professor teach?
Posted by: Oldcat

From the clips I saw, I'd say mostly shuck and jive, but he's black, so that's probably racist and would get me cancelled.

Shit.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (aBcEh)

198 fly to Dubai?

The flight was to Tel Aviv
Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (J4Dwc)

Presumably they flew to Dubai first then flew back.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (f0pGg)

199 Bob Dole fought in Italy during WWII and sustained a head wound then went into politics
Posted by: SMOD

I thought it was his arm.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

200 >>> Luckily, there were two more pilots on board. They were the ones who managed to land the plane." Well, yes. Overall, the probability that a plane full of Israelis will contain a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer is substantially higher than 50%.

They forgot to add "movie producer that will buy the exclusive rights to tell the whole story."

Two pilots, two soldiers, a surgeon, a lawyer, and a diamond dealer walk onto a plane... Have I heard that joke before?

But I'm so glad I can joke about this as a setup of a joke, and not the utter tragedy it would and should have been.

Did the pilots have postpartum psychosis? (Yeah, I'm beating to death an aging joke, sorry.)

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (Eng1Z)

201 Candace and Tucker say it's probably ketchup.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (x8rTv)

202 He's Omani
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (nIKjK)

Of the Padme Hum Omanis?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (C6xWR)

203 119 We've had 50 years of Iranian lessons learned, the task now is to hand out a final exam. I would not be opposed to calling up the B-52s and letting them bomb Iran until the entire IRGC is hanging from lamp standard by their necks starting. Such policies worked to subdue Germany and Japan in World War II; sometimes the old ways are the best way.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at September 30, 2026 01:46 PM (VyD10)

Ironic that the Iran 9-11 attack put an end to the 'play along with the hijackers' mantra we had for a generation before that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 01:50 PM

^^^ This.

I saw a comment around 9/11 where someone said the Jihadists came up with a devastating new method of terror attacks, and it took normal, red-blooded Americans 49 minutes to develop an effective counter-measure.

IMHO: 'Merica, f*ck with us at your own peril.

I believe the Israelis also qualify under that standard.

How many other countries filled with pussies can say the same?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM (HlyYF)

204 I hold authors in high esteem

Writers may be a lot of things but cool is not one of them

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM (nIKjK)

205 a Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot.

That must have been awkward...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

206 >>Dubai is one of the few major hubs that airlines route worldwide traffic through heading to the far East from Europe.

Dubai itself is a pretty significant tourist destination and ever since the Abraham Accords relations between Israel and the UAE have expanded a lot.

This would be a lot more widely known if our garbage media didn't embargo all news on the Abraham Accords cause Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM (viF8m)

207 The hijacker was actually demonstrating his solidarity with the Cornell "rape" victim

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 02:05 PM (jivel)

208 Let's not go on about 'oo crashed 'oo.

Posted by: NYT at September 30, 2026 02:05 PM (47/pr)

209 UK PM: Iran behind RAF base incident. Andy Burnham says Britain believes Iran was involved in the RAF Fairford incident, marking the first official confirmation of Iranian involvement in what amounts to an attack on British soil. Trump criticises decision to release suspects on bail.
Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (RHGPo)

Nice detective work, old bean! Why did you let Iranian terrorist suspects out in half an hour then, eh, sport?

Again, amusing that even the most craven acts couldn't save Spain or the UK from attacks.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)

210 This week has to get better. It just does.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 02:05 PM (Az7Eg)

211 That is how did anyone "storm the cockpit"? That was sort of addressed after 9/11 - can't imagine a UAE airline doesn't have up-to-date security infrastructure. They're even adding to the tough, pry-proof doors with new aircraft. There's a gate of sorts between first class and the forward head, so pilots can take bathroom breaks while keeping cockpit area secure.

Posted by: rhomboid

I am sure that there is a way for crew members to access that area.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 02:05 PM (0U5gm)

212 UK PM: Iran behind RAF base incident. Andy Burnham says Britain believes Iran was involved in the RAF Fairford incident, marking the first official confirmation of Iranian involvement in what amounts to an attack on British soil. Trump criticises decision to release suspects on bail.

The traditional response to capturing enemy saboteurs is a quick military tribunal and a hanging.

Not...this

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)

213 Answer to a)....it was a bargain price!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:56 PM (l3cgK
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People are willing to put up with added risk if it means shaving a few bucks off their ticket.

Not surprising, though, that some of the pax aren't all that keen on going back to Israel on Dubai Air from...Saudi Arabia.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:05 PM (X7pZH)

214 NDTV, some Indian channel it seems, said the Indian was the pilot.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (vbXSk)

215 Like we need more people feeding the bears in the Pacific Northwest.

judging by the fat bear contest, I'd say they've been fed enough

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (nIKjK)

216 That is how did anyone "storm the cockpit"? That was sort of addressed after 9/11 - can't imagine a UAE airline doesn't have up-to-date security infrastructure. They're even adding to the tough, pry-proof doors with new aircraft. There's a gate of sorts between first class and the forward head, so pilots can take bathroom breaks while keeping cockpit area secure.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (U/Byj)
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The reports I read (out of Israel) is that the stabbed pilot had the presence of mind to open the cockpit door.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (kX27y)

217 a Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot.

That must have been awkward...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

Nah, they needed to save the flight so they could get back to killing each other back home.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)

218 anyway, decent result, I with the jihadi was dead but still, good.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (j+aD2)

Hopefully, the Saudi cops will use whatever means necessary to extract information, and his toenails, from him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (C6xWR)

219 195 UK PM: Iran behind RAF base incident. Andy Burnham says Britain believes Iran was involved in the RAF Fairford incident, marking the first official confirmation of Iranian involvement in what amounts to an attack on British soil. Trump criticises decision to release suspects on bail.
Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (RHGPo)

Sooo... whole thing started when a Brit Woman saw a bunch of suspicious guys... and reported them.

5 were captured, then released on bail... but Woman said there were MORE than 5, more like 10... and that as of 24 hours after the incident, no Cop had come to ask her any questions.

Whole thing is Hinky...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (mP0Kj)

220 Any word on why Mossad did this?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (0cxsI)

221 Nice detective work, old bean! Why did you let Iranian terrorist suspects out in half an hour then, eh, sport?

I've seen it argued they planned to allow them to pull off the attack and then blame it on Russia

Britain has been ramping up its "we have to go to war to save Europe from Russia" propaganda to a crescendo...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

222 This week has to get better. It just does.
Posted by: rickb223

You could always save 15% or more on car insurance by switching to Geico.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (77rzZ)

223 Any word on why Mossad did this?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (0cxsI)

They want to start a war with Saudi Arabia, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (ccf/V)

224 Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot.

That must have been awkward...
Posted by: 18-1

I dunno. My guess is the average Uke and average Russ have no ill will towards each other. It’s their shitty “leaders” who do.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (f0pGg)

225 >>Because El Al does not fly to the UAE. And lots of Israelis do business with Dubai.

It does now.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (viF8m)

226 India has TV?

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (UjdFS)

227
"Air Israel. Please clear the runway."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (ccf/V)

228 164 They did something to overstress the aircraft. A big chunk of the vertical stabilizer is busted right off.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta

It dove at about 100 knots above it's rated speed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 01:59 PM

College educated Democrats: "Engineers understand design limits very precisely, who knew? I get all of my scientific understanding from watching shows on Netflix!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (HlyYF)

229 I find it encouraging that the Russian and the Uke were able to work together.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)
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So this has been confirmed?

Saw this story on X this morning, and well, first 24-48 hours and all...

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (X7pZH)

230 You could always save 15% or more on car insurance by switching to Geico.
Posted by: Bulg

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (Az7Eg)

231 India has TV?

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (UjdFS)

Yes, but it is covered in shit. Because everything over there is covered in shit particles.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (dK+Kv)

232 Florida judge who made more than 900 donations to Democrats quits before suspension, keeps pension

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (RHGPo)

233 I've seen it argued they planned to allow them to pull off the attack and then blame it on Russia

Britain has been ramping up its "we have to go to war to save Europe from Russia" propaganda to a crescendo...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

Israel has pretty good relations overall with Ukraine and Russia. Only MI-6 could believe that one.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (uhVAy)

234 This week has to get better. It just does.
Posted by: rickb223
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I occasionally have 'Stop the world,I want to get off' moments...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (XeU6L)

235 >>They did something to overstress the aircraft. A big chunk of the vertical stabilizer is busted right off.

Air can't bend Steel.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (vNne8)

236 225 >>Because El Al does not fly to the UAE. And lots of Israelis do business with Dubai.

It does now.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (viF8m)
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Not yet, starting next month after an 8 month suspension.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (kX27y)

237 Rhomboid

No one stormed the cockpit. The incident unfolded in the cockpit. Reports state that the captain, who was stabbed, managed to hit the release button for the bulkhead door, allowing the good guys to enter.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (J4Dwc)

238
People are willing to put up with added risk if it means shaving a few bucks off their ticket.

I'm doing everything within my power to NOT fly a discount airline. Spirit was hell in the air, I've been told.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (ccf/V)

239 Because El Al does not fly to the UAE. And lots of Israelis do business with Dubai.

It does now.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (viF8m)
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Heh.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (X7pZH)

240 Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot.

That must have been awkward...
Posted by: 18-1

I dunno. My guess is the average Uke and average Russ have no ill will towards each other. It’s their shitty “leaders” who do.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (f0pGg)
_____

There are Ukrainians who consider themselves Russian and vice versa. Many Ukrainians support the Russian side, because they consider themselves Russian.

So these two could easily be on the same side of the Uke conflict.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

241 a Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot – who managed to neutralize the threat and navigate the airliner to a safe landing in Saudi Arabia.

I'm glad there wasn't a dispute over who would act as Pilot and who would act as Co-Pilot.

Maybe there was... how universal is Rock Paper Scissors?

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 02:10 PM (a6PrB)

242 I hold authors in high esteem

Writers may be a lot of things but cool is not one of them
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM

[ Ian Fleming has entered the chat ]

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 02:10 PM (4NO2D)

243
I think we've probably seen enough evidence through the years to prohibit any muslims from entering or working in the cockpit during flight.

Probably enough evidence to ban them from any airport jobs.

Not that this will happen.

Though I believe it should.

Yes, yes. I know...

I denounce myself.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 02:10 PM (YSUhf)

244 201 Candace and Tucker say it's probably ketchup.
Posted by: ...

So, only a food fight...

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 02:10 PM (Y8DZL)

245 They should quit trying to wash everything in the river.

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 02:10 PM (UjdFS)

246 Says right here in the Daily Falafel, "Non-life threatening aerial injuries in suspected routine random in-flight staff meeting."

Posted by: Mohammed Muhamed Mohamed at September 30, 2026 02:11 PM (7Q0e+)

247 >>> Unrelated, but did anyone watch the recent debate between Steven Crowder and Harvard professor Randall Kennedy? Saw a YouTuber summarize it and had some clips that looked pretty brutal (Professor got kinda stomped), but anyone can look bad if the right/wrong clips are picked.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (aBcEh)

I've only watched the first half. Plan to finish it today, then listen to Steven's comments about it on his show today.

I'm just glad some professor finally was willing to debate him. Like Steven said, he is glad the prof was willing to be "the man in the arena." The schools would cancel the live debates, or changed the rules they agreed to so Steven was forced to call it off. Why are the left so scared to talk to a college dropout?

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:11 PM (Eng1Z)

248 5 were captured, then released on bail... but Woman said there were MORE than 5, more like 10... and that as of 24 hours after the incident, no Cop had come to ask her any questions.

Whole thing is Hinky...
Posted by: Romeo13

It seems incredibly risky, but intel agencies could have the 5 released on bond in the hopes it would help them locate others. The UK has pretty advanced surveillance systems, so they might be pretty confident the 5 can't really escape, but where they go, who they call/text, etc may be very useful intel. And it's not suspicious, because the British police release brown people for rape and murder all the time.

Posted by: Military Moron at September 30, 2026 02:11 PM (aBcEh)

249
Writers may be a lot of things but cool is not one of them

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM

TJM hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:11 PM (ccf/V)

250 Maybe there was... how universal is Rock Paper Scissors?
Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 02:10 PM (a6PrB)

The Russian and Ukrainian used drone - hypervelocity missile - artillery.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)

251 I occasionally have 'Stop the world,I want to get off' moments...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

It's just work. We moved off the old company's servers onto our own.
Major corporations always look at the big picture. But it's the little pictures that keep the company running. Printers don't work. Files can't be accessed. Logins & passwords weren't working properly.

The shit that causes an 8 hour day to stretch in to 10 & 11 hours.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (Az7Eg)

252 It seems incredibly risky, but intel agencies could have the 5 released on bond in the hopes it would help them locate others. The UK has pretty advanced surveillance systems, so they might be pretty confident the 5 can't really escape, but where they go, who they call/text, etc may be very useful intel. And it's not suspicious, because the British police release brown people for rape and murder all the time.
Posted by: Military Moron at September 30, 2026 02:11 PM (aBcEh)

snicker.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)

253
India has TV?

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (UjdFS)

Yes! They're totally green over there..

The TVs are powered by burning dried cow flops.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (YSUhf)

254 Terrorist is Omani?

Oman and Iran are... not at war with each other. In fact, they're getting along just fine. You might even say they're allies.... of a sort. Iran certainly isn't targeting Omani infrastructure like they are in, say SA or elsewhere.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (RORbl)

255 Why are the left so scared to talk to a college dropout?

I've seen videos on leftwing forums saying DO NOT TALK TO RIGHT LEANING PEOPLE

Why? They explain why...

If you listen to them they might persuade you they are correct based on their arguments and then you couldn't be a cool, tolerant leftwing person. So why risk it?

Yes this is standard cult behavior.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

256 That is how did anyone "storm the cockpit"? That was sort of addressed after 9/11 - can't imagine a UAE airline doesn't have up-to-date security infrastructure. They're even adding to the tough, pry-proof doors with new aircraft. There's a gate of sorts between first class and the forward head, so pilots can take bathroom breaks while keeping cockpit area secure.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (U/Byj)
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The reports I read (out of Israel) is that the stabbed pilot had the presence of mind to open the cockpit door.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:06 PM (kX27y)

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Something else that never occurred to me to ask: even though this wasn't and Israeli airline like El Al, I wonder if Israel has the equivalent of US Air Marshals on flights to and from the country?

* searches interwebz *

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Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (Lrqtb)

257 I'm doing everything within my power to NOT fly a discount airline. Spirit was hell in the air, I've been told.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM (ccf/V)
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When I flew to Orlando last year, part of the leg there was on Frontier.

I paid for an extra seat so I wouldn't have anyone sit next to me, front of the plane, and a window seat.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:13 PM (X7pZH)

258 They didn't crash the plane, so where's the crime?

Posted by: The Left at September 30, 2026 02:13 PM (E/qck)

259 Bob Dole fought in Italy during WWII and sustained a head wound then went into politics
Posted by: SMOD

I thought it was his arm.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

It was his arm and a big chunk of his torso. I think it was a 20mm shell that didn't explode.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 30, 2026 02:13 PM (g8Ew8)

260 "Yes, Israel employs a comprehensive system of undercover armed security officers, known as sky marshals or in-flight security officers, on its flights.

El Al Airlines: The Israeli national carrier places armed, undercover agents on every single international flight. These officers are trained to blend in with passengers and carry concealed firearms to prevent hijackings and terrorist attacks.

Other Israeli Carriers: Airlines such as Arkia and Israir also utilize similar security measures, including air marshals and additional screening protocols.

Non-Israeli Airlines: While non-Israeli carriers flying to Israel (such as Delta, United, or Lufthansa) must meet heightened security standards enforced by the Israeli government for flights departing from Ben Gurion Airport, they do not typically carry the same level of onboard armed sky marshals as El Al. Security for these flights relies more heavily on rigorous passenger and baggage screening at the airport."

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Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 02:13 PM (Lrqtb)

261 I'm doing everything within my power to NOT fly a discount airline. Spirit was hell in the air, I've been told.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:09 PM

Personally, I like driving on fairly long trips.

Also, Bride of PI has never once tried to stab me from the co-pilot seat ... yet!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (HlyYF)

262 Watching the news here in Israel. One of the guys who wrestled the terrorist pilot then grabbed the yoke and pulled the plane back up from its dive until someone else - likely other pilots on board - took over the cockpit.

Crazy details.

הודו לה' כי טוב, כי לעולם חסדו

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (gsBYv)

263 MSP is pretty much all Muzzie employees. Maybe a few US born at TSA since those jobs require citizenship. Other than that, all Mohammedans.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (f0pGg)

264 The reports I read (out of Israel) is that the stabbed pilot had the presence of mind to open the cockpit door.
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God bless him, because if he hadn't, there is no way the pax would have gotten in that cockpit.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (X7pZH)

265 I'm just glad some professor finally was willing to debate him. Like Steven said, he is glad the prof was willing to be "the man in the arena." The schools would cancel the live debates, or changed the rules they agreed to so Steven was forced to call it off. Why are the left so scared to talk to a college dropout?
Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:11 PM (Eng1Z)

Because they are smarter than the leftist.

But seriously, Crowder does one on one discussion for a living for hours daily. You have to be an ivory tower dunce to think that doesn't lead to some skills.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

266 224 Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot.

That must have been awkward...
Posted by: 18-1

I dunno. My guess is the average Uke and average Russ have no ill will towards each other. It’s their shitty “leaders” who do.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:07 PM (f0pGg)
____________________________

There is a large chunk of Ukraine that is very Pro-Russian....which is why Zelenskyy initiated Martial Law and suspended any possible elections. He, also, states that should elections ever be considered in the future, that portion of Ukraine will no be included in the vote.

The media forgets to mention this....EVER.

Posted by: WNBA at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (dIske)

267 Watching the news here in Israel. One of the guys who wrestled the terrorist pilot then grabbed the yoke and pulled the plane back up from its dive until someone else - likely other pilots on board - took over the cockpit.

Crazy details.

הודו לה' כי טוב, כי לעולם חסדו

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (gsBYv)
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It's the guy in the pic foreground talking on the phone.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (gsBYv)

268 It's just work. We moved off the old company's servers onto our own.
Major corporations always look at the big picture. But it's the little pictures that keep the company running. Printers don't work. Files can't be accessed. Logins & passwords weren't working properly.

I always love when one of the IT guys persuades the big wigs we aren't secure enough, we had new restrictions and now no one can access anything.

No work is getting done but hey 100% secure!

Whenever I get the chance I do mention to the big wigs I can make you 100% secure right now. Let me turn all the servers off..."but then we couldn't do any work or make any money?!?" See...now you are getting it.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)

269

Vivid.🇮🇱
@VividProwess
·
1h
One of the Israeli heroes from the plane:

“I choked the hijacker. He was trying to bring the plane down. I pulled the controls up and stopped the plane from diving. Good thing I had watched Air Crash Investigation.”

Holy shit.
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And look how close they came to crashing:

https://tinyurl.com/4w986vh5

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (kX27y)

270 The reports I read (out of Israel) is that the stabbed pilot had the presence of mind to open the cockpit door.
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God bless him, because if he hadn't, there is no way the pax would have gotten in that cockpit.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (X7pZH)

And the IDF would have shot down the plane.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

271 "a Russian pilot and a Ukrainian pilot.
That must have been awkward..."

The two were supposedly on board to fly the return trip. Have not heard anything about them being Ukrainian and Russian.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (vbXSk)

272 So shade on Crowder, but a retarded monkey can outwit your average Harvard professor these days. What kind of modern dance does the professor teach?
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I think the Crowder/Professor debate got traction is because the Professor is Harvard Law.

Painful to watch b/c Crowder is polite, but increasingly impatient and Harvard Law Prof is, from video evidence, a DEI nothing.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (qGmRV)

273 >>> Yes this is standard cult behavior.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)

I heard a conspiracy the other day that Manson was a secret CIA project gone wrong. I highly, highly doubt that. People can be just deranged. But I do think the left learned a LOT about building a cult of personality from studying people like Manson.

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (Eng1Z)

274 MSP is pretty much all Muzzie employees. Maybe a few US born at TSA since those jobs require citizenship. Other than that, all Mohammedans.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (f0pGg)
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Good thing I have zero reason to fly into Lil' Mogadishu.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM (X7pZH)

275 I go to 7:00 AM Mass, so I doubt they get up that early, but still...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (eRlcH)

Any Sunday Mass at my old parish, probably 50% or more of the men are carrying in addition to the grounds security detail, episcopal permission or not. Some women, too.

Remember "Ahmed, the Clock Boy"? He was from around there.

Posted by: sal at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM (f+FmA)

276
Also, Bride of PI has never once tried to stab me from the co-pilot seat ... yet!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (HlyYF)

Braggart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM (ccf/V)

277
But seriously, Crowder does one on one discussion for a living for hours daily. You have to be an ivory tower dunce to think that doesn't lead to some skills.

The left builds up very complex arguments for whatever the stupid new narrative item is they are very proud of but these fall apart whenever they get debated.

So rather then going back and coming up with better arguments they prefer to just silence the other side.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

278 Spirit was hell in the air, I've been told.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

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True, but the hell started long before you were in the air.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM (pIhio)

279 And the IDF would have shot down the plane.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)
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Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM (X7pZH)

280 262 Watching the news here in Israel. One of the guys who wrestled the terrorist pilot then grabbed the yoke and pulled the plane back up from its dive until someone else - likely other pilots on board - took over the cockpit.

Crazy details.

הודו לה' כי טוב, כי לעולם חסדו
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (gsBYv)
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Yes, saw that as the guy is recounting the ordeal to Bibi.......crazy indeed.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:17 PM (kX27y)

281 seems incredibly risky, but intel agencies could have the 5 released on bond in the hopes it would help them locate others. The UK has pretty advanced surveillance systems, so they might be pretty confident the 5 can't really escape, but where they go, who they call/text, etc may be very useful intel. And it's not suspicious, because the British police release brown people for rape and murder all the time.
Posted by: Military Moron at September 30, 2026 02:11 PM (aBcEh)

Counterpoint: The UK is run by and for Muslims and their sympathizers and they let the terrorist go so they can continue their work.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 02:17 PM (f0pGg)

282 You cannot hate the ~~BBC~~ all media enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 30, 2026 02:18 PM (2WIwB)

283 Have Candy Owens and Tucker Carlson explained how this was really a false flag plot by the Jews to make mulims look bad?

Maybe they can do a zoom threesome with that pig Nick Fuentes and really expose the Jew Cabal?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 02:18 PM (3cUTc)

284 Unrelated, but did anyone watch the recent debate between Steven Crowder and Harvard professor Randall Kennedy? Saw a YouTuber summarize it and had some clips that looked pretty brutal (Professor got kinda stomped), but anyone can look bad if the right/wrong clips are picked.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 01:58 PM (aBcEh)
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Saw part of it.

Early on, was not impressed with his dem-like conflation between students who have to bite a university-supplied pillow in a university-supplied "safe space" because somebody is saying something they really, really don't like somewhere on campus and conservative kids who feel they can't speak their mind on campus or fear that the administration won't care how they are treated. And points up conservative "snowflakes".

However, Crowder did not challenge him on this conflation of two vastly different cases under the name "snowflakes", when there are differences of scale and direction.

But what I saw of Crowder, he did well.

Posted by: Axeman at September 30, 2026 02:18 PM (Fi81e)

285 That's the rudder that is missing
Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM

Good thing it wasn't a KLM plane. It would be a Dutch rudder that was missing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:18 PM (0sNs1)

286 I heard a conspiracy the other day that Manson was a secret CIA project gone wrong. I highly, highly doubt that. People can be just deranged. But I do think the left learned a LOT about building a cult of personality from studying people like Manson.

I believe the CIA stopped the MK Ultra stuff because at about the same time sociology/advertising figured out how to manipulate people in mass

Why go to all the trouble of trying to invent mind control drugs when you can just produce a majority in favor of something politically with a little media work and some fake votes?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

287 Good thing I have zero reason to fly into Lil' Mogadishu.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM (X7pZH)
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Yep and that's my home town. Never going back again.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:19 PM (kX27y)

288 I'm doing everything within my power to NOT fly a discount airline. Spirit was hell in the air, I've been told.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Pro tip: the seat on the emergency exit aisle does not recline. Ask me how I know and just how uncomfortable it is from DFW to Las Vegas via Denver.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 02:19 PM (Az7Eg)

289 212 UK PM: Iran behind RAF base incident.

Whoa there, cowboy; Harry and Meghan haven't been cleared yet.

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 02:19 PM (Y8DZL)

290 Maybe they can do a zoom threesome with that pig Nick Fuentes and really expose the Jew Cabal?

Everyone knows CBD is the head of the Jew Cabal.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG)

291 Cleary facts are not facts! My President told me Sep 2001 the "Islam is the Religion of Peace"!!
Sounds like "End Wokeness" is calling Bush a leftist liar!

Bur, he's a "Compassionate conservative"; has so said a million times last 26 years.!!@#$!%

Posted by: rodney stanton at September 30, 2026 02:19 PM (KYmzp)

292 Also, Bride of PI has never once tried to stab me from the co-pilot seat ... yet!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM

She approves of the AoSHQ Moron Lifestyle, then.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:20 PM (0sNs1)

293 Nick Fuentes isn't going to put his bits near a woman's no-no square and from the sounds of it Candace prefers seafood to snausage...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:20 PM (sKqQm)

294 I heard a conspiracy the other day that Manson was a secret CIA project gone wrong
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And they just did the one like it? Nah.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (x8rTv)

295 I always love when one of the IT guys persuades the big wigs we aren't secure enough, we had new restrictions and now no one can access anything.

No work is getting done but hey 100% secure!

Whenever I get the chance I do mention to the big wigs I can make you 100% secure right now. Let me turn all the servers off..."but then we couldn't do any work or make any money?!?" See...now you are getting it.
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No IT person ever got fired for making everyone else's job harder.
My work is so throttled now I can barely open pdf's and any videos are right out.
Because the haxors are always after our precious datas.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (3cUTc)

296 The media forgets to mention this....EVER.

From what I understand the Ukranian legislature amended the constitution so that there are no elections while they are at war. Hard to see how that could possibly be abused.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (nIKjK)

297 And look how close they came to crashing:

https://tinyurl.com/4w986vh5
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That makes me a little nauseous just watching that.

That's worse than the steepest combat landing.

Good thing they were at cruising altitude.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (X7pZH)

298 There is a large chunk of Ukraine that is very Pro-Russian....which is why Zelenskyy initiated Martial Law and suspended any possible elections. He, also, states that should elections ever be considered in the future, that portion of Ukraine will no be included in the vote.

The media forgets to mention this....EVER.
Posted by: WNBA at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (dIske)

A few years back Russia voted a good chunk of that region into Russia after plebiscites. They hold most of that region now, there's little chance that will be pried away from them, much less Crimea which they've had for more than a decade.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (uhVAy)

299 262 Watching the news here in Israel. One of the guys who wrestled the terrorist pilot then grabbed the yoke and pulled the plane back up from its dive until someone else - likely other pilots on board - took over the cockpit.

Crazy details.

הודו לה' כי טוב, כי לעולם חסדו
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (gsBYv)

Was his name.... Chuck?

/Looks around for Sarah...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (mP0Kj)

300 I heard a conspiracy the other day that Manson was a secret CIA project gone wrong.
Posted by: LizLem

After all I've learned in the last few years, I don't necessarily discount any conspiracy theories anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (77rzZ)

301 Also, Bride of PI has never once tried to stab me from the co-pilot seat ... yet!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM (HlyYF)

Braggart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:16 PM

I can't brag about my shooting prowess, drinking ability, or disco moves on the dance floor.

You gotta give me something, man!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (HlyYF)

302 "Compassionate Conservative" was a phrase designed to insult conservatives.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:22 PM (x8rTv)

303 No IT person ever got fired for making everyone else's job harder.
My work is so throttled now I can barely open pdf's and any videos are right out.
Because the haxors are always after our precious datas.

I've been arguing for a while the answer to internet security is less getting people to build perfect castles around their data and more hanging hackers on live TV/drone striking ones in foreign countries.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)

304 >>> Painful to watch b/c Crowder is polite, but increasingly impatient and Harvard Law Prof is, from video evidence, a DEI nothing. Posted by: mustbequantum at September 30, 2026 02:15 PM (qGmRV)

Crowder was polite, and the audience is making the right leaning hecklers that want to drag the professor stay in line.

I do like Crowder brought up that the professor named his book "N**ger," and that Crowder loves that because it makes uptight social justice professors have to squirm a little when they cite his book. The professor looked pretty smug about it! That Steven might be right that it was an intentional trolling of his white peers.

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:22 PM (Eng1Z)

305 26
What frightens me is a hostage situation with some band of Antifa/Musloids taking over a church or synagogue service.

I go to 7:00 AM Mass, so I doubt they get up that early, but still...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:35 PM (eRlcH)

NH Dept of Safety has free classes/seminars on Emergency Preparedness for Houses of Worship. Sadly too many pastors won't take advantage of this -- optics of encouraging violence, etc.

I went to a couple of these a few years ago. They stressed repeatedly - it is not a question of IF it'll happen in your town, but WHEN.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 02:23 PM (N39Ws)

306 Cleary facts are not facts! My President told me Sep 2001 the "Islam is the Religion of Peace"!!
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While standing on that massive heap of smoldering rubble.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:23 PM (X7pZH)

307 >>>Overall, the probability that a plane full of Israelis will contain a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer is substantially higher than 50%.

heh

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 02:23 PM (odBC9)

308 The media forgets to mention this....EVER.

From what I understand the Ukranian legislature amended the constitution so that there are no elections while they are at war. Hard to see how that could possibly be abused.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (nIKjK)

They forgot to amend it to say that Z would remain president though. Russia now says that Z is not the president anymore anytime they want to piss off the fellow.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:23 PM (uhVAy)

309 The BBC today: "Bit of tomfoolery...barely an inconvenience!"

Posted by: Boswell at September 30, 2026 02:23 PM (NTVPI)

310 Why go to all the trouble of trying to invent mind control drugs when you can just produce a majority in favor of something politically with a little media work and some fake votes?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

Why use expensive drugs when all they have to do is replicate and implement the tobacco/second-hand smoke/COVID models.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 30, 2026 02:24 PM (g8Ew8)

311 >>I believe the CIA stopped the MK Ultra stuff because at about the same time sociology/advertising figured out how to manipulate people in mass

Well that and they got caught with the Church Committee and Ford issued an EO prohibiting experimenting on humans with drugs unless the patient gave explicit permission.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 02:24 PM (viF8m)

312 292 Also, Bride of PI has never once tried to stab me from the co-pilot seat ... yet!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:14 PM

She approves of the AoSHQ Moron Lifestyle, then.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:20 PM

True.

However, for my personal safety, I probably should not introduce her to bluebell!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:24 PM (HlyYF)

313 I've been arguing for a while the answer to internet security is less getting people to build perfect castles around their data and more hanging hackers on live TV/drone striking ones in foreign countries.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)

So... businesses want secure data, and then put it on the Cloud, and then use AI... where the processing is done offsite.

Uh... guys..

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2026 02:24 PM (mP0Kj)

314 The media forgets to mention this....EVER.

From what I understand the Ukranian legislature amended the constitution so that there are no elections while they are at war. Hard to see how that could possibly be abused.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (nIKjK)
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I'm of the growing opinion the war is all on giant op that was all secretly orchestrated by Biden, little dickless, and Putin.

It sure solves a lot of problems for everyone involved. Who cares how many soldier peons have to die?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

315
This co-pilot has post pardom depression.

Posted by: The Clancy Defense at September 30, 2026 02:25 PM (OkYzo)

316 The BBC today: "Bit of tomfoolery...barely an inconvenience!"/i]

I notice that Ryan George is showing up in a second hand fashion everywhere.

I wonder how many people have seen guys like George's comedy because it isn't as easy to track as when someone would have a TV network show

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

317 הודו לה' כי טוב, כי לעולם חסדו
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Amen.

Yes He is.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:25 PM (X7pZH)

318 islamic terrorists seem spicy this week, eh?

What is this holiday for the rock worshippers? Kill infidel moon?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 02:26 PM (hzuYO)

319 While standing on that massive heap of smoldering rubble.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:23 PM (X7pZH)

You and your technicalities.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:26 PM (x8rTv)

320 >>I believe the CIA stopped the MK Ultra stuff because at about the same time sociology/advertising figured out how to manipulate people in mass

Well if you think it took sociology classes to invent manipulation you have a lot of work to do to explain 10000 years of human history.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:26 PM (uhVAy)

321 But seriously, Crowder does one on one discussion for a living for hours daily. You have to be an ivory tower dunce to think that doesn't lead to some skills.
Posted by: Oldcat

I'm smart! Not like everybody says...like dumb...I'm smart and I want respect!

Posted by: Professor Fredo at September 30, 2026 02:26 PM (aBcEh)

322 >>>And look how close they came to crashing:
https://tinyurl.com/4w986vh5
>>>That makes me a little nauseous just watching that.

This comment on the post is interesting:

@BuzzPatterson 1h
This is my old jet. This airframe exceed the max operating speed by 100 knots. That’s a lot. It ripped off the rudder. To recover, stabilize the jet, and divert is simply a miracle.

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (Eng1Z)

323 Overall, the probability that a plane full of Israelis will contain a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer is substantially higher than 50%.
________

What about a mohel? Gotta have a mohel.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

324 Let's not jump to conclusions.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (x8rTv)

325 You and your technicalities.
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:26 PM (x8rTv)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (X7pZH)

326 Heroes!

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (odBC9)

327

Overton

@overton_news
·
1h
This may be the most incredible detail of the entire story.

Reuters has reported that the pilot who was stabbed aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ 1073 manually released the lock on the cockpit door while he was lying on the floor.

That pilot’s name is Captain Smit Machchhar.

FOX: “The wounded pilot, listen to this, covered with blood and lying on the floor, had clicked open the release of the cockpit door.”

“A second set of pilots on board who were due to replace the first pair, landed the plane.”

“A pilot who had just been stabbed, had the wherewithal to open that cockpit door. This man can be described as none other than a hero.”

That decision allowed the replacement pilots to reach the cockpit and take control of the aircraft.

His heroic actions likely saved the the lives of every passenger on board.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (kX27y)

328 It's just work. We moved off the old company's servers onto our own.
Major corporations always look at the big picture. But it's the little pictures that keep the company running. Printers don't work. Files can't be accessed. Logins & passwords weren't working properly.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 02:12 PM (Az7Eg)
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The Network team always hates the Security team and vice versa. Execs side with Network until there's an incident and then Security is the most important team in the building, until they go overboard and the execs give Network the reins again. Rinse, repeat.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (oqH4h)

329 Hadrian the Seventh @ 45

I don't doubt the security at my own parish, but what about those happy-clappy we-love-migrants congregations?

****************

Darwin strikes again. Stupid oughta hurt.

Posted by: Butch at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (98xTj)

330
You gotta give me something, man!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:21 PM (HlyYF)

Noted.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (ccf/V)

331 One thing I was considering earlier is what is Iran's strategy right now.

Mostly they seem to be focused on causing issues with oil/shipping to increase prices to try and get Dems elected in the US.

But, this would also be about the best time to cut an actual deal with Trump because this is the most leverage they'll have on the US until '28 baring the Dems taking both houses of congress with a significant majority...which they won't.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (sKqQm)

332 What is this holiday for the rock worshippers? Kill infidel moon?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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Close of the quarter. IRGC got an email from their broker.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (pIhio)

333 Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (x8rTv)

How's Brit Lass doing?

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

334
It's strange to see people jump into action, instead of stand around with cell phones recording the moment for Tik-Tok.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 30, 2026 02:29 PM (OkYzo)

335 Religion of Peace. My ass.

Posted by: tubal at September 30, 2026 02:29 PM (Gqar8)

336 WSJ calling it a "struggle" shows they are the true blue scumbags.

The arabic word for struggle is jihad.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:29 PM (x8rTv)

337 I'm of the growing opinion the war is all on giant op that was all secretly orchestrated by Biden, little dickless, and Putin.

It sure solves a lot of problems for everyone involved. Who cares how many soldier peons have to die?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

Nah. It was an op, but one the idiots in the West thought would topple Russia and make them all rich because of the first sanctions package by the EU and US.

Note they are now working on the 20 or 21st sanction package.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)

338 This co-pilot has post pardom depression.

Posted by: The Clancy Defense at September 30, 2026 02:25 PM (OkYzo)

Pardom me?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 02:30 PM (dK+Kv)

339 Well if you think it took sociology classes to invent manipulation you have a lot of work to do to explain 10000 years of human history.

No, that's not the argument. The argument is these were new ways to manipulate people via mass media.

As an example, remember early on in COVID when China released videos of people collapsing on the street randomly to amp up the fear factor?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:30 PM (sKqQm)

340 How's Brit Lass doing?

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

Hey mostly good. Still waiting on full result but preliminarily it sounds like a small surgery and followup imaging. Thanks. I appreciate you thinking of her.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:30 PM (x8rTv)

341 It's strange to see people jump into action, instead of stand around with cell phones recording the moment for Tik-Tok.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 30, 2026 02:29 PM (OkYzo)

Of all the people on God's Green One, the Israelis know best that 'sit quietly and hope nothing bad happens' isn't an option.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (gLYp7)

342 The skill of those two pilots to land a plane with pretty much no rudder is impressive in itself.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (X7pZH)

343 Overall, the probability that a plane full of Israelis will contain a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer is substantially higher than 50%.
________

What about a mohel? Gotta have a mohel.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM

One never knows when one might need a little trim to look their best.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (0sNs1)

344
I went to a couple of these a few years ago. They stressed repeatedly - it is not a question of IF it'll happen in your town, but WHEN.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 02:23 PM (N39Ws)

********
We have security at Mass. I don't know detals and know some carry as private citizens.

My plan is to cover my grands with my body on the floor our pew. I don't care if I die as I want them to live. We have security that I don't know about and that's fine.

It is a sad world to have this plan in church.

Yet I have had plans since 9/11 to fight on planes or if I have to anywhere. I won't die scared from these bastards (trannies or islamics). I know where I'm going and they won't be joining me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (hzuYO)

345 Hey mostly good. Still waiting on full result but preliminarily it sounds like a small surgery and followup imaging. Thanks. I appreciate you thinking of her.
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:30 PM (x8rTv)

That's good news.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:32 PM (ccf/V)

346 Brought to you by the geniuses at The Babylon Bee:

"Near Disaster As FlyDubai Pilot Fails To Illuminate 'No Hijacking' Sign"

https://tinyurl.com/548ykp5u

Their website definitely employs many Morons.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:32 PM (HlyYF)

347 Hey mostly good. Still waiting on full result but preliminarily it sounds like a small surgery and followup imaging. Thanks. I appreciate you thinking of her.
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:30 PM (x8rTv)

I missed this.

Godspeed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 02:32 PM (dK+Kv)

348
The arabic word for struggle is jihad.
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:29 PM (x8rTv)

Remember the "What's YOUR Jihad?" ad campaign?

Total winner, that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 02:32 PM (ccf/V)

349 Nood, Trump's economy is kicking ass!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 02:32 PM (gLYp7)

350 NOOD.

Economic growth.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 02:32 PM (HlyYF)

351 Of all the people on God's Green One, the Israelis know best that 'sit quietly and hope nothing bad happens' isn't an option.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (gLYp7)
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Especially after 9/11, though they have been dealing with this sort of thing a lot longer, so yeah, they ain't just gonna press record.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:32 PM (X7pZH)

352 342 The skill of those two pilots to land a plane with pretty much no rudder is impressive in itself.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (X7pZH)

*****
Several miracles from God for that flight and those people.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (hzuYO)

353 342 The skill of those two pilots to land a plane with pretty much no rudder is impressive in itself.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (X7pZH)
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I read that a military pilot said it was as good as Sully's landing if not even more impressive.

Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (kX27y)

354 Regarding the train-pulling skank in the previous thread: by taking this action, she is likely forfeiting a promising career in the pron industry.
There really should be some recourse for those so accused. The accused should counter sue for attorney's fees, loss of reputation, and time lost from work having to deal with this garbage.
She's a ho, nothing but a money grubbing ho and her lawsuit proves it.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (JNTt1)

355 It is a sad world to have this plan in church.

Were I driving the R media efforts the theme would be "We don't have to live like this"

Deport the illegals
Stop the invasion
Throw away the key for violence criminals

and we can have a society like we did in the 80s/90s.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (sKqQm)

356 One never knows when one might need a little trim to look their best.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 02:31 PM (0sNs1)

Just a little off around the ears.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (dK+Kv)

357 Am Yisrael Hai...motherf*ckers!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (k5CNB)

358 The Network team always hates the Security team and vice versa. Execs side with Network until there's an incident and then Security is the most important team in the building, until they go overboard and the execs give Network the reins again. Rinse, repeat.
Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 02:28 PM (oqH4h)

I once consulted at a place that had TWO IT departments. They both hated each other and would not cooperate. One division had to write software to read the screen on a terminal doing a DB access on the other IT department's program rather than, you know, actually get the results of a query on their own databases.

the program had some bugs so I found out what was happening and found out how to save the 'errors' and the operators could manually recover nearly all of the data they needed.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (uhVAy)

359 >>> But seriously, Crowder does one on one discussion for a living for hours daily.

He started the talking on college campuses bit as a serious thing, and Charlie Kirk took it one step higher. Bless them both for trying to reach kids and have dialogues.

I can't remember his name, but there is a young black conservative taking up the mantle and going to campuses now, and he is pretty savage on gen Z kids. Some snowflake got upset at him, I think Kirk's death was brought up. And the conservative guy was like "you killed the nice one! Now you're stuck with me."

Posted by: LizLem at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (Eng1Z)

360
What about a mohel? Gotta have a mohel.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

Try Mohel 6.

They're cheap and have several locations.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (YSUhf)

361 About the Johnny Daniels video above - although a good report, many people took issue with the fact that he said "Who else but Israelis would confront the attacker" Um, Flight 93? Also, the Captain is an Indian national who although being stabbed multiple times, reportedly was able to open the cabin door allowing the Israeli's to get into the cockpit to take over and he should have certainly been mentioned or none of this would have ended well.

Posted by: Cheri at September 30, 2026 02:34 PM (oiNtH)

362 Coming on the heels of those UK nationals scamps (ie imported Muslim savages) at the air
force base. It's almost like there's a pattern emerging with a certain segment of the human race.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 02:35 PM (qBdHI)

363
Hey mostly good. Still waiting on full result but preliminarily it sounds like a small surgery and followup imaging. Thanks. I appreciate you thinking of her.
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 02:30 PM (x8rTv

*********
Very thankful and I pray that all will be well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 02:37 PM (hzuYO)

364 The lock release switch is located up high, so he couldn't have reached it while lying on the floor.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 02:37 PM (J4Dwc)

365 Well if you think it took sociology classes to invent manipulation you have a lot of work to do to explain 10000 years of human history.

No, that's not the argument. The argument is these were new ways to manipulate people via mass media.

As an example, remember early on in COVID when China released videos of people collapsing on the street randomly to amp up the fear factor?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:30 PM (sKqQm)

Nothing new under the sun. Remember early in WWI when suddenly the world was flooded with stories of the beastly Huns raping Belgian nurses? Of course the Germans didn't help by their heavy handed reprisals for people shooting at their troops behind the lines, just more grist for the mill.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 30, 2026 02:37 PM (uhVAy)

366 I hope he is vigorously interrogated; his named accomplices rounded up, and the nation-state (coff, coff, Iran) gets a few special delivery packages that go kaboom.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (JNTt1)

367 Thanks. I appreciate you thinking of her.
Posted by: ...

Of course. That's what we do here -- take an interest in each other's family members.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (77rzZ)

368 I read that a military pilot said it was as good as Sully's landing if not even more impressive.
Posted by: beckster at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (kX27y)
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Yeah, just read that.

He also said that in every other previous instant of a dive like that ripped the whole tail off.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (X7pZH)

369 Thanks. I appreciate you thinking of her.
Posted by: ...

Of course. That's what we do here -- take an interest in each other's family members.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (77rzZ)
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Awww...you two are so sweet, my teeth hurt. ; )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:39 PM (X7pZH)

370 Jesus...

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 02:40 PM (J4Dwc)

371 Some (C)rap artist named bulletproof was shot and killed in Chicago last night.

I guess the name didn't fit.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 02:47 PM (0U5gm)

372 Deport the illegals
Stop the invasion
Throw away the key for violence criminals

and we can have a society like we did in the 80s/90s.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 02:33 PM (sKqQm)

I grew up in the 50's. I want that society back, going into the early 60's. Society began to change very rapidly after JFK was assassinated. If he came back to life in 1969, he wouldn't recognize the country.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 30, 2026 02:50 PM (hmYU4)

373 There is something to be said for a country full of combat veterans. I wish them all the peace in the world, but Israel is the King of FAFO in the Middle East. Just saying, nobody is taking back the cockpit of your average European airline. A US carrier is at least hauling a fair number of rednecks and other ornery Americans around the sky to get feisty. There was a time, and may be a time again, when situations like this demand an answer to "Who will Will Smith play in the movie?"

Posted by: BrianOnTheBay at September 30, 2026 03:35 PM (lhcSJ)

374 He also said that in every other previous instant of a dive like that ripped the whole tail off.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 30, 2026 02:38 PM (X7pZH)
*****
I don't know squat about flying except to keep my seatbelt on since our Dutch Roll/rapid loss of altitude in 1981. Have never had fear of flying before or after.

I did see photos of the tail in the UK DM and it's basically 3/4 ripped off. The pilots who got that plane down did it by hand, maintaining a 15k altitude til landing.

God was with them on that flight. I didn't understand til I saw the photo of the plane.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 04:12 PM (hzuYO)

375 Since we are hating on the media - with good reason - and tying in to the last story, the media narrative of this is going to be a disaster for the GOP this fall is not living up to reality, and even the AP went so far as to say watch out for NH. Early mail in balloting shows no huge swell for the populations the democrats need to make huge gains. More and more stories are showing that the economy - over which everyone says is a huge issue - is actually moving into a significant growth phase with investment and employment gaining ground and inflation holding steady or dropping slightly. Heck, MMS types are already running stories about how the good economic news is really not supported if you do a bunch of handstands and cartwheels with the data.The dems realize any real gap is closing, is there enough time for the GOP to actually take advantage of it.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 30, 2026 04:28 PM (7/DDO)

The Detective-Karens of TikTok Has a New Obsession to Shriek About

Oh good. The leftist Karens have decided on This Week's Hair-Tearing Freak-Out.

Two years ago, at Cornell, a woman arranged a sexual encounter with a frat brother. She showed up drunk, and then drank more at the frat, and then did ketamine as well.

She had a threesome with two frat brothers. She later told police the encounter was consensual and voluntary. She even mentioned that at several points some frat brothers attempted some light sexual behavior -- a kiss in one case --and she said "No" to it, and that behavior stopped.

Later in the night she had a second threesome with other dudes.

I imagine she got quite the reputation as a genuine slag over this behavior.

Although this became a scandal two years ago, and some frat brothers were expelled for drug use, no charges were ever brought. According to the woman's own statement, she voluntarily got drunk (mostly before she ever showed up), she voluntarily did ketamine, and she voluntarily engaged in two threesomes. In fact, she texted one of the frat brothers to tell him she enjoyed her threesome and she'd be up for more.

Now she says "I was raped." She's filing a civil suit and claiming that the frat brothers "drugged" her without her knowledge and that they had sex with her without her consent. Contradicting her previous statements.

But because this is a blue state (New York) where everything is gay and stupid, and the same TikTok Detectives who claimed Patrick Clancy killed his children are activated, the prosecutors are re-opening the case.

Prosecutors in upstate New York are defending their decision not to bring charges in 2024 after an alleged "gang rape" at a Cornell University fraternity.
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten described the allegations as "morally disturbing" but argued that the facts he knew at the time did not support a prosecution.
"If what was said on social media about this case was true, those fraternity members would be in prison right now," Van Houten told ABC News.
Van Houten argued that Jane Doe's account of the incident from 2024 suggested that she consented to the sexual activity. He said that she did not withdraw her consent, and that when she raised concerns, the fraternity members "stopped and did not pursue what they were doing."
"She clearly consented in the beginning, and there was never any indication that she changed that to the things that she participated in," he said. "There is a disconnect in the sense of how the community and how social media has understood this to have happened. If at any point Jane Doe had said, 'I don't consent to this anymore,' or in those words, or in any form of communication. If there had been continued sexual activity, contact by these individuals, that would be a crime. But that's not what was alleged in her statement."

Apparently there is a Snapchat picture which is referenced but not detailed. I guess it shows the frat guys in a compromising position. But I have no idea. The DA acknowledges the picture is "gross" but is not evidence of a crime.

...
"But the question that we analyzed was: Did Jane Doe consent to what happened, and was she unable to consent?" he said. "I'm not clear on exactly how that was given to us, or if anyone here looked at it. That was not critical to our analysis, as I mentioned earlier. The issue was her consent, and if you take that Snapchat being vile and crude and vulgar, that did not have any relevance to the issue of whether Jane Doe consented to what was happening," Van Houten said.

The DA's comments come a day after his office announced it would be reopening the 2024 case in light of Jane Doe's civil lawsuit alleging that she was drugged, assaulted and gang raped by seven former and current members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell.
Cornell's Chi Phi chapter was barred from campus after the alleged Oct. 19, 2024, incident, though none of the individuals allegedly involved faced criminal charges, according to the DA.
An attorney for Jane Doe responded to Van Houten's written statement on Monday, alleging his client's claims were not investigated thoroughly.

Because she literally said she got drunk by herself, voluntarily did drugs, and consented to a three-way. What is the crime, apart from her admitted use of an illegal drug?

There is one fact that makes this seem like it could have been a rape. Three weeks after the event, she said she consented to the first threeway, but says she did not consent to the second (and whatever other sex she had later), and said she was raped.

But she also admits to having memory gaps, due to being drunk and high on ketamine.

Jane Doe in Cornell University case told campus police, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," transcript shows
...
CBS News New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi exclusively obtained a transcript of the alleged victim's interview with campus police from a source.
Jane Doe describes initial sexual activity, gaps in memory
The interview began on Nov. 14 -- more than three weeks after the alleged gang rape -- and continued the next day.
A campus police investigator led the questioning. A Title IX investigator, a victim advocate, and Jane Doe's adviser were also in the room for the first day of the interview.
According to the transcript, Jane Doe described drinking and using drugs the night of the alleged rape, and said she had gaps in her memory.
The transcript shows she distinguished the initial sexual activity from what she says happened later, and when asked whether she was OK with the initial encounter, she said, "Yeah, as much as I can be because, again, I was super drunk when I got there ... But I was pretty OK with all of this."

And then this claim comes:

Jane Doe added, according to the transcript, "And then, of course, I was being hit at the same time. Physically hit very, very hard."
According to the transcript, she said she didn't remember the end of the night "where I was raped" and didn't know how many people had sex with her.
When describing what happened later in the night, the transcript says Jane Doe said, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped."
The transcript shows that throughout the interview, the investigator asks questions as he prepares her written statement.
Before discussing what Jane Doe said when men asked her for sex, the transcript says the investigator warned her that his questions may sound accusatory, but said he needed specific answers to determine the right charges.
According to the transcript, Jane Doe said she swatted one man's hand away and told him she was uncomfortable, and she told another man no a few times or that she was too tired.
"Was it 'no' or was it, 'eh, I'm tired'?" the investigator asked, according to the transcript.
The transcript says Jane Doe responded, "I think it's 'I'm tired.'"
According to the transcript, the investigator later asked whether she got tired of answering the men's questions and gave in.
"Yes. It was coercion, yes," Jane Doe said, according to the transcript. She also said she was "completely and totally incapacitated."

The DA says he never saw this part of the police interview.

It wouldn't change the charging decision -- she admits she doesn't remember what happened and it's hard to make a rape case when she was clearly given consent for another threeway. No, consent does not "carry over" to other people, but as a practical matter it's hard to prove that a woman who was freely agreeing to sex with multiple partners later didn't consent to additional sex.

Just by admitting she has gaps in her memory and is "pretty clouded," she's signing the jury form stating "reasonable doubt." Her admission that she doesn't even remember how many men she had sex with puts an exclamation point after reasonable doubt -- how can she say she withdrew consent for some sexual encounters when she doesn't even remember them all?

And her current story -- that she was drugged without her knowledge -- expressly contradicts her statements that she took the drugs voluntarily, and showed up drunk in the first place.

We frequently say that women should be warned not to get pass-out drunk and then go off with men. That's good advice, and should be repeated, but we're always told we're "victim blaming" and "slut shaming" when we offer good advice.

But some advice should be given to men, too: Don't sleep with women like this. Don't even be alone with women like this.

Normal women don't agree to multiple three-ways with strangers. If a woman agrees to this, she is psychologically abnormal, and you may be signing up a for a lifetime of pain for five minutes of pleasure. You may be signing up for a lifetime of persecution by a mentally-ill broken woman.

At any rate, enjoy. This will be the the Karens' screaming conniption topic for the next month.

Jenin Younes
@JeninYounesEsq
Sep 29
I've held my tongue for a while, but being from Ithaca, a Cornell alum and a former criminal defense attorney, and seeing how out of hand this story has gotten, I am compelled to comment on the lawsuit alleging a gang rape at Cornell.
I cannot purport to know what happened one night at a frat house in October 2024--any more than you can. However, here are a few basic principles much of the public appears not to understand.
A lawsuit is a series of allegations made by the plaintiff. It is not proof. Allegations made in lawsuit turn out to be untrue all the time, either due to mistake, intentional misrepresentation, or flat-out lies. Unfortunately, people often misrepresent the truth in lawsuits due to monetary and other incentives. In the past, there have been instances of fabricated rape allegations. About a decade ago, Rolling Stone published a piece about an allegedly horrendous rape that occurred on the UVA campus that garnered similiar outrage to this incident and turned out to be entirely fabricated.
I have read the DA's press release and the lawsuit itself. According to the cited portions of Jane Doe's statements to police shortly after the incident, crediting it as entirely true, there was simply no basis to charge the alleged perpetrators. Everyone involved was apparently extremely intoxicated. Jane Doe gave consent to the encounter at the beginning and does not explicitly recall any activity occurring after consent was withdrawn. It is possible that, due to her inability to recall, she had not given consent for some of the activity towards the end, but possible is not a basis for a district attorney to file criminal charges.
Her current lawsuit is fairly consistent with her initial statement--except it omits the portions where she told the police she gave consent. Is she lying? Did she later remember something she didn't initially? Is she mistaken? I do not know--and again, neither do you.
What I do know is that if we are to live in a society of laws, going after the jobs and reputations young men who may have participated in an entirely consensual incident, and the DA who made the correct decision not to charge, is mindless mob justice. We actually want prosecutors to decline to seek indictments when there's insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
None of this is to say I approve of what happened as reported in the initial statement to police. That's a cultural and parenting issue, though, not a matter for law enforcement. I encourage people to let the DA's office handle the case going forward, and not to participate in the witch hunt against either the prosecutors involved or the young men who, as of now, have not been charged or shown to have committed any crime.

Robby Soave
@robbysoave
Sep 28
As someone who was involved in setting the record straight in the UVA / Rolling Stone rape hoax, I have serious reservations about reopening the Cornell case.
It's important to note that the victim's initial statements to police are radically different from the claims she made in her lawsuit. That's why the DA declined to prosecute: No crime was was even alleged--she described consensual behavior at every key juncture.
She has now changed her story completely.

"Jane Doe" texted one of her alleged gang-rape assailants that she enjoyed the sexual activity, wanted to meet up again, and "none of the sexual stuff was illegal." Apparently in October 2024 she had no idea she was gang-raped. Only came to that shocking realization 2 years later pic.twitter.com/pbRHwCClB2
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) September 29, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 THE BLADE BLADES IN AND BLADES A FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:11 PM (ccf/V)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

4 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:11 PM (ccf/V)

5 "I was raped by my husband when he asked for sex, but I wasn't in the mood and said yes anyway."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:11 PM (U/fqy)

6 Too late

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 12:12 PM (N1DT3)

7 Things that used to be common sense are uncommon now.

Posted by: huerfano at September 30, 2026 12:12 PM (2Xqig)

8 The coverage I saw of these stories on leftwing sites is:

Innocent woman went to a frat party, raped by 7 men. Misogynist college only punishes the rapists by making them write an essay.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

9 Nothing has been learned. It's as if Duke and UVa never happened.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

10 "I was raped by my husband when he asked for sex, but I wasn't in the mood and said yes anyway."

I was raped by work. I didn't want to go, preferring to stay in bed, but went anyway.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

11 I miss Jane D'oh........Hope she's ok.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:14 PM (ccf/V)

12 "But some advice should be given to men, too: Don't sleep with women like this. Don't even be alone with women like this."

Another piece of advice: don't do devil's threeways!

They're gayer than just fucking the other dude yourself.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

13 None of this would have happened if Rule #1 was followed.

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Ae6Br)

14 Trump should have banned TikTok

Actually ban all of social media

Actually ban all online news sites unless it's a smart military blog

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at September 30, 2026 12:15 PM (fapp/)

15 Betting "Jane Doe" got paid.

Also betting there are many likely payors. All with an ax to grind.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 12:15 PM (RORbl)

16 gp: "is there a correlation between frequency of media stories about rape, and the election cycle?"

AI: "While there is no broad, comprehensive statistical data proving a universal correlation between the frequency of all media stories about rape and the election cycle, a strong correlation does exist when looking specifically at politicized sexual misconduct coverage and strategic political opposition research."

I'll never forget how lefty pinheads spray-painted "RAPE" all over our local Republican HQ building during the Kav fooferaw.

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 12:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

17 1) Don't stick yer dick in crazy
B. Best not to do drugs and get drunk
III: No matter how consensual and what paperwork is signed, you ALWAYS risk getting accused of r@pe if you're a guy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:16 PM (l3cgK)

18 >>In fact, she texted one of the frat brothers to tell him she enjoyed her threesome and she'd be up for more.

>>Now she says "I was raped."

But.

Is she still up for more?

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at September 30, 2026 12:16 PM (vNne8)

19 And here's why the problem is men, not women

Man: "So what do you think of Lindsay Clancy"

Ditzy nose ringed blonde: "Oh she's clearly innocent!"

Man: ".......... I can still fix her"

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at September 30, 2026 12:16 PM (fapp/)

20
"Oh, and another thing I forgot, they were all far-right rapists"

Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Y8DZL)

21 10 "I was raped by my husband when he asked for sex, but I wasn't in the mood and said yes anyway."

I was raped by work. I didn't want to go, preferring to stay in bed, but went anyway.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

I was raped in the wee hours of the morning by something bad I ate...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)

22 Back in my day we always used a date rape drug.

Uncle Ted always had a pocketful.

Posted by: William Kennedy Smith, Raper at September 30, 2026 12:17 PM (w+jhU)

23 I find none of this behavior moral.

It really seems that it's also not illegal, because her previous statements already contradict her claims so it's going to be her word (today) against her word (when it happened) and the word of the frat boys. (Both then and now.)

But the harpies don't care. They have a chance to take our the VILLIAN OF HISTORY!!11!!, white fraternity boys.

Also, this is what happens when you remove the fences that society put up over hundreds of years about sex because you think those fences just represented "stodgy old geezers". Our society decided that thousands of years of rules about sex were outdated. Love should be free!

And now we have the most lonely society in history, with much less "love". Funny that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 12:18 PM (N1DT3)

24 22 Back in my day we always used a date rape drug.

Uncle Ted always had a pocketful.

Posted by: William Kennedy Smith, Raper at September 30, 2026 12:17 PM (w+jhU)

Right with ya man.

Posted by: Bill Cosby at September 30, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

25 "And then, of course, I was being hit at the same time. Physically hit very, very hard."

This is the story of me.

Posted by: Brooke Baldwin's Blown Out Bajingo at September 30, 2026 12:19 PM (J4Dwc)

26 Word to the young ladies:

Don't mix booze and K. Too much of that, and you'll be so giddy and euphoric -- not to mention decisionally impaired -- that you'll fuck a diseased alligator.

Booze and K are basically date-rape drugs. You almost have no idea what you're doing, but you're very happy about it. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

27 Hold on a sec. The first girl I ever kissed is on the phone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 12:19 PM (RIvkX)

28 Snatch of Doom™️

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 30, 2026 12:19 PM (X3rKN)

29 Normal women don't agree to multiple three-ways with strangers. If a woman agrees to this, she is psychologically abnormal, and you may be signing up a for a lifetime of pain for five minutes of pleasure. You may be signing up for a lifetime of persecution by a mentally-ill broken woman.

There's another, even worse risk, which is that Paolo shows up and makes me look bad by comparison. It's a risk I'm not willing to run.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

30 If someone encouraged her to claim she was raped, does this bring up incitement to commit perjury?

Posted by: clarence at September 30, 2026 12:20 PM (vCaJx)

31 Afternoon Ace.
Hate to say it but my first thought was that she got out of Cornell with huge loans and couldn't find a high paying job, so the lawsuit looks good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 12:21 PM (jivel)

32 I can fix her!

Posted by: Rosy Optimist at September 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Fn+3X)

33 "She had a threesome with two [Cornell] frat brothers. She later told police the encounter was consensual and voluntary. Now, [two years later,] she says "I was raped.""

Believe All Women. But which one? Living in the modern world is a shit show.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (VyD10)

34 She simply had pre-mortem depression and didn't know what she was doing, you guys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (ccf/V)

35 Normal women don't agree to multiple three-ways with strangers. If a woman agrees to this, she is psychologically abnormal, and you may be signing up a for a lifetime of pain for five minutes of pleasure. You may be signing up for a lifetime of persecution by a mentally-ill broken woman.

And modern liberal colleges are the perfect example of having lots of abnormal women...

Posted by: Bill Cosby at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (l3cgK)

36 Remember not to judge my fellow Christians.

There is nothing inherently wrong with a threesome. Well, as long as there are men involved then women. I mean, ideally all men. Uh is it getting hot in here?

Posted by: James Talarico at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

37 Believe All Women. But which one?

Once again, the HQ cuts to the chase.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

38
Can't be too careful. Better shoot all the frat members.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 12:23 PM (eRlcH)

39 "This will be the the Karens' screaming conniption topic for the next month."

They're getting bored with Lyndsey Clancy, it seems

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)

40 THE BLADE BLADES IN AND BLADES A FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:10 PM

And did The Blade get consent for that, or will he be hearing from the comments section's lawyers?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 12:23 PM (bFu5X)

41 off disgusting sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:23 PM (l3cgK)

42 Oh, and another thing I forgot, they were all far-right rapists"
Posted by: Auspex at September 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Y8DZL)

Rape is of course a predominantly right-wing phenomenon.

Posted by: Next talking point at September 30, 2026 12:23 PM (TbWk/)

43 Let me also say that I lived with frat boys for 1 year in college. (Thanks for the random roomies assignment!)

This kind of behavior seems to be very common.

I am rather certain everyone, man, woman, dog and goat, who goes to a frat party KNOWS this behavior is common.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (N1DT3)

44 Isn't she required to carry a mattress around?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (jivel)

45 The Devil made her DO IT.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (MWfyi)

46 36 Remember not to judge my fellow Christians.

There is nothing inherently wrong with a threesome. Well, as long as there are men involved then women. I mean, ideally all men. Uh is it getting hot in here?

Posted by: James Talarico at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

This guy gives IANAL a different meaning...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (l3cgK)

47 even money she has discovered no one is interested in her clown car and she's trying to find something to fill the ...hole in her .... life.....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (nXhwP)

48 Accountability is taught to be something women can give or withdraw their responsibility to. If they even acknowledge it.

Probably going to be light on this one. Too many bad experiences. That is on me because my IFF seems to pick ladies like this out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Y/06r)

49 They're getting bored with Lyndsey Clancy, it seems

More likely it's starting to dawn on them that most people disagree with them and want them to STFU and STFD.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

50 Believe All Women. But which one?

Depends...is it a lifelong Democrat whose testimony is backed up by a bunch of state troopers in Arkansas or a leftwing professor who can't remember how many doors her house had when she got boofed?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

51 "Normal women don't agree to multiple three-ways with strangers. If a woman agrees to this, she is psychologically abnormal."

Not really true. The under-30 set is big on 3-somes. Hell, rap and pop stars sing songs about it. What the youngers hear, they want to do.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

52 More fake and ghey stuff before the mid-terms to pull on the strings of mindless puppets to gin up the outrage vote.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (KVitD)

53 Rosie Palms > Devil's threesome

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

54 Believe All Women. But which one? Living in the modern world is a shit show.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (VyD10)

This is one of several reasons why I live as a hermit.

Posted by: To the extent suburbia allows at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (TbWk/)

55 There's always room for Jello Pudding Pops and rape! But mostly rape.

- Bill Cosby

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (bFu5X)

56
Not really true. The under-30 set is big on 3-somes. Hell, rap and pop stars sing songs about it. What the youngers hear, they want to do.

Isn't that usually MFF and not MMF though?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

57 James Talarico will never be accused of raping a woman. Ride on YMCA Cowboy, Ride on.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at September 30, 2026 12:26 PM (VyD10)

58 56
Not really true. The under-30 set is big on 3-somes. Hell, rap and pop stars sing songs about it. What the youngers hear, they want to do.

Isn't that usually MFF and not MMF though?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

MMM...tasty.

Posted by: James Talarico at September 30, 2026 12:26 PM (l3cgK)

59 Frat guys are dumb - News at 11

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (KVitD)

60 49 They're getting bored with Lyndsey Clancy, it seems

More likely it's starting to dawn on them that most people disagree with them and want them to STFU and STFD.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

Also, when gals start getting dumped for saying they support Clancey, even if they do not 'get it' it starts to have real world consequences. And they understand that. So, avoid. Transfer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (Y/06r)

61 57 James Talarico will never be accused of raping a woman. Ride on YMCA Cowboy, Ride on.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at September 30, 2026 12:26 PM (VyD10)

What if it's a tranny woman?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (l3cgK)

62 Two chicks at the same time.

Posted by: Lawrence, if he had $1M at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

63 54 Believe All Women. But which one? Living in the modern world is a shit show.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at September 30, 2026 12:22 PM (VyD10)

This is one of several reasons why I live as a hermit.
Posted by: To the extent suburbia allows at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (TbWk/)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (Y/06r)

64 >>Normal women don't agree to multiple three-ways with strangers.

Normal women won't admit to it...

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (vNne8)

65 Any threesome that involves two men is GAY.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (MWfyi)

66 62 Two chicks at the same time.

Posted by: Lawrence, if he had $1M at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

Two girls for every boy!

Posted by: Beach Boys at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (l3cgK)

67 Even Sunny Hostin, the lawyer on The View, doubts that this is truly rape. It's about time we did put up the fences again, as Formerly Virginian states, but it's too late for this MI girl.

Posted by: Random PJ at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (+jscL)

68 I rate this story as two "Yikes on bikes!"

Posted by: Yikes On Bikes at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (V362x)

69 Speaking of Clancy I wonder if the lone juror making his video is going to convince some number of black male voters that voting for their local Karen Democrat isn't a sane choice...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

70 More fake and ghey stuff before the mid-terms to pull on the strings of mindless puppets to gin up the outrage vote.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

The onslaught will kick into high gear tomorrow. 10/1.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (yOEUM)

71 James Talarico will never be accused of raping a woman. Ride on YMCA Cowboy, Ride on.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at September 30, 2026 12:26 PM (VyD10)

What if it's a tranny woman?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (l3cgK)

Then he still maintains his unbroken gay streak.

Posted by: A man by any other name at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (TbWk/)

72 MMM...tasty.
Posted by: James Talarico at September 30, 2026 12:26 PM

I'm not sure you understand what 3M means.

Posted by: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (bFu5X)

73 65 Any threesome that involves two men is GAY.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (MWfyi)
--

From her police statement, that's why she was excited to do it.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 30, 2026 12:29 PM (0bjKf)

74 This sounds a lot like that 'mattress girl' roaming around Texas University saying she was raped after she willingly had rough sex with some dude.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:29 PM (ccf/V)

75 > some advice should be given to men, too: Don't sleep with women like this. Don't even be alone with women like this.

Excellent advise and worth repeating.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2026 12:29 PM (mkw2N)

76 62 Two chicks at the same time.
Posted by: Lawrence, if he had $1M at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

Two dude threesomes. NOT at all the same thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:29 PM (Y/06r)

77 I would also like to say that this kind of "WOE IS ME!!!" crap degrades women who suffered ACTUAL rape.

"Oh, I felt bad and just couldn't say no..." vs. "He held a knife to my throat and raped me."

Stop trying to make regret on par with actual violence. You are a terrible person for minimizing actual suffering.

It's of a type with stolen valor. Because victimhood is a badge of honor now. Except that REAL victims actually had to suffer while these evil women just want the sympathy without the suffering.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 12:29 PM (N1DT3)

78 I see this rape-accusation-frenzy as a good thing. It reeks of "scraping the bottom of the barrel" for some random thing for the Left to get all jazzed about, since they have run out of constructive narratives and purposeful mass-hysterias in this election season. You see, the Left is an Outrage Machine that survives on a diet of ginned up fake outrages. During election season, they need to arrange "directed hysterias" that benefit their chances of winning. In fact, that's the whole reason to keep your minions in a state of hair-trigger borderline hysteria to begin with -- so you can use that hysteria when needed to win elections.

BUT -- as we see here -- if you run out of constructive vote-swaying hysterias during election season and instead fall back on the worn-out classic "fake rape accusation again some random dudes," then it shows you are in big trouble election-wise, since you realize that every time your Leftist side opens its mouth on some electoral issue, you lose more voters.

So, yes, the mania over this particular case is a good sign that the Dems are in trouble.

Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2026 12:30 PM (Av6i5)

79 She may have had "gaps in her memory" when she made her initial statements after the events had just happened.

However, when she takes the stand, I expect her memory (at least two years after the event) will be vastly improved and clear.

MY memory does not operate in that fashion. Maybe because I am just an Idiot?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 12:30 PM (HlyYF)

80 From the police interview transcript I read, of the first two dudes one was so drunk he passed out during the act and the other was so drunk he was dry-heaving.

Sounds like the wrong people might be getting charged with rape.

> Normal women don't agree to multiple three-ways with strangers.

You'd be surprised. It is a very, very common female fantasy.

Now, if reality doesn't match up with fantasy, leading to regrets afterward... that's another story.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:30 PM (qlLNh)

81 It's also unfair that she can "Jane Doe" this whole thing. Who is this girl? I assume there's a lot in her history that shows this behavior wasn't uncommon.

All frat boys know there is always "That Girl" on campus. Always. No exceptions to this rule.

The more the Greek system controls campus partying and social standing, the more "That Girls" there are. Some girls are willing to do anything to get in with the Cool Kids frat.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

82 >>>Also, this is what happens when you remove the fences that society put up over hundreds of years about sex because you think those fences just represented "stodgy old geezers". Our society decided that thousands of years of rules about sex were outdated. Love should be free!
And now we have the most lonely society in history, with much less "love". Funny that.

yup. There's also the continued insistence by Strong and Empowered Feminists that they should be protected from the consequences of their actions as if they were children. But do not patronize them, Patriarchs. They're only helpless children who are not responsible for their own actions when they CHOOSE to be.

It's called Choice, racists. Look it up.

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (1wjle)

83 72 MMM...tasty.
Posted by: James Talarico at September 30, 2026 12:26 PM

I'm not sure you understand what 3M means.

Posted by: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company at September 30, 2026 12:28 PM (bFu5X)

You guys changed your name a few years ago...

Posted by: Beach Boys at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)

84 Here we go:

"The first woman set to be executed by Tennessee in 200 years has had her planned lethal injection halted just one hour before it was due to take place.

Murderer Christa Pike was given a stay of execution by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit around 9am CT Wednesday after a judge agreed to consider whether childhood sexual abuse she suffered was taken into account when she was first sentenced. "

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (MWfyi)

85 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (o8Bcf)

86 "Women" don't even know their friends on the Left have already thrown them to the wolves. Dummies.

In two or three years it will be even more obvious. And they still won't know. Dummies.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (x8rTv)

87 >>>MY memory does not operate in that fashion. Maybe because I am just an Idiot?

I mean:

>>>Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (1wjle)

88 She may have had "gaps in her memory" when she made her initial statements after the events had just happened.

However, when she takes the stand, I expect her memory (at least two years after the event) will be vastly improved and clear.

MY memory does not operate in that fashion. Maybe because I am just an Idiot?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 12:30 PM

It's a civil sexual assault case against frat boys. Who needs memory?

Posted by: E. Jeanne Carol at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (bFu5X)

89 I wish young men were advised against having anything to do with situations like this. Go watch some porn. Do not participate in gang sex. Don’t have sex with drunks.

Think of the diseases. Herpes is for life, you know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM (BVYOm)

90 62 Two chicks at the same time.
Posted by: Lawrence, if he had $1M at September 30, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

$1000 just outside town. You don't need a million.
Those whorehouses are for sale right now too. I think $33.9 million takes the whole shebang.

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM (Ae6Br)

91 "the other was so drunk he was dry-heaving."

That happens a lot.

Posted by: Lena at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM (MWfyi)

92 This sounds a lot like that 'mattress girl' roaming around Texas University saying she was raped after she willingly had rough sex with some dude.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:29 PM (ccf/V)
______

Columbia University

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

93 >>>I wish young men were advised against having anything to do with situations like this. Go watch some porn. Do not participate in gang sex. Don’t have sex with drunks.
Think of the diseases. Herpes is for life, you know.

yup.

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (1wjle)

94 >>>claiming that the frat brothers "drugged" her without her knowledge

I can believe that someone snorted ketamine because they were forced to do so.

I cannot believe that someone snorted ketamine without their own knowledge. Unless they thought they were snorting some other drug, like cocaine for example. If they were looking for a pep me up and got something that knocks them loopy instead.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (8mulE)

95 >>You'd be surprised. It is a very, very common female fantasy.

Sure.

But in her Fantasy the Fraternity was for Minotaur.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (vNne8)

96 You guys changed your name a few years ago...
Posted by: Beach Boys at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM

I know...you want me to track corporate M&A as well as make stupid jokes?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (bFu5X)

97 81 It's also unfair that she can "Jane Doe" this whole thing. Who is this girl? I assume there's a lot in her history that shows this behavior wasn't uncommon.

All frat boys know there is always "That Girl" on campus. Always. No exceptions to this rule.

The more the Greek system controls campus partying and social standing, the more "That Girls" there are. Some girls are willing to do anything to get in with the Cool Kids frat.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

The Greek System...sounds gay as hell. Bunch of gay homos.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)

98 RapeEnthusiastsockOFF

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (vNne8)

99 It could also be as simple as:

-she has this hook up and multiple threesomes. She enjoys it is fine with it.

-she gets out of college and says 'that was my hoe phase' time to find a guy.

-she starts dating a new guy and one of his buddies mention they heard she got really wild back in college (a couple years before.)

-Dude confronts his girl. She can't lie like a psychopath. Relationship blows up.

-She looks forward to a future of 'gal who ran multple trains willingly in the same night' rep following her forever. Because relationship dude is going to go full 'I broke it off because I found out she's a whore.' And tell all his friends who ask.

-now it's rape.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (Y/06r)

100 the whole shebang.
Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM

Phrasing?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 12:34 PM (bFu5X)

101 >>>So, yes, the mania over this particular case is a good sign that the Dems are in trouble.

interesting take but I do not share your optimism. This is not a sign of any rational choice. They're just maniacs 24/7 and love yelling.

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:34 PM (1wjle)

102
Columbia University
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

Oops. My mistake. The rest was accurate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:34 PM (ccf/V)

103 >>>-she gets out of college and says 'that was my hoe phase' time to find a guy.

yeah, probably. "Regret 'rape.'"

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:35 PM (1wjle)

104 East Coast Pit Roast.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 30, 2026 12:35 PM (bNf8H)

105 Not really true. The under-30 set is big on 3-somes. Hell, rap and pop stars sing songs about it. What the youngers hear, they want to do.

Isn't that usually MFF and not MMF though?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)
_________

Both. Sometimes it's not specified (that annoying Katy Perry song).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

106 The coverage I saw of these stories on leftwing sites is:

Innocent woman went to a frat party, raped by 7 men. Misogynist college only punishes the rapists by making them write an essay.
----

Seems easy enough punishment--AI could kick out that essay easy-peasy.

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 12:35 PM (TN0g+)

107 >> "Regret 'rape.'"

I specifically left that one out of the song.

Posted by: Zombie Sinatra at September 30, 2026 12:35 PM (vNne8)

108 105 Not really true. The under-30 set is big on 3-somes. Hell, rap and pop stars sing songs about it. What the youngers hear, they want to do.

Isn't that usually MFF and not MMF though?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)
_________

Both. Sometimes it's not specified (that annoying Katy Perry song).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

She has quite a few, doesn't she?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:36 PM (l3cgK)

109 Anybody know how to get in touch with her?

Posted by: Madonna at September 30, 2026 12:36 PM (VyD10)

110 Top Five Leftist Mass-Hysteria Classics employed over and over when needed:

1. Cops shoot some ghetto thug.
2. Slutty girl later "realizes" she meant to say "No."
3. Republican politician does the exact same thing a Democrat politician previously did.
4. Fake hate crime usually involving a non-"noose" or a mis-drawn "swastika."
5. Leftist protestor positions self in front of car, gets run over.

Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2026 12:36 PM (Av6i5)

111 "I don't like the whorish choices I made when I was young so I'm going to badger someone in a position of authority into giving me an 'I'm NOT a Slut!' official certification."

Like with Donkey Brains.

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:36 PM (1wjle)

112 yup. There's also the continued insistence by Strong and Empowered Feminists that they should be protected from the consequences of their actions as if they were children. But do not patronize them, Patriarchs. They're only helpless children who are not responsible for their own actions when they CHOOSE to be.

It's called Choice, racists. Look it up.
Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM (1wjle)

Schrödinger's Feminism. Simultaneously they are mentally and emotionally superior stronk independent girlbosses doing it for themselves and living their best lives on their terms, and also vulnerable, inexperienced and easily manipulated victims of the patriarchy who have no agency and thus cannot be held responsible for anything they do. Whichever one they bring to the fore depends of course on whether it benefits the girlboss victim in a particular context.

Posted by: Strong independent naive victims at September 30, 2026 12:36 PM (TbWk/)

113 The Frat boys violated the First Rule: Don't put your dick in crazy.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 30, 2026 12:37 PM (36x1j)

114 What exactly is ketamine and does it make you incapacitated?

I see ketamine being referenced from time to time online.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 12:37 PM (Oy/m2)

115 >>>114 What exactly is ketamine and does it make you incapacitated?

I don't know. I think it's some kind of animal tranquilizer?

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle)

116 It's also unfair that she can "Jane Doe" this whole thing. Who is this girl? I assume there's a lot in her history that shows this behavior wasn't uncommon.

All frat boys know there is always "That Girl" on campus. Always. No exceptions to this rule.

The more the Greek system controls campus partying and social standing, the more "That Girls" there are. Some girls are willing to do anything to get in with the Cool Kids frat.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

The Greek System...sounds gay as hell. Bunch of gay homos.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)
_____

I never rushed a frat because it's gay and I've always been a lone wolf. I can get my own girls without having to leverage frat membership.

But ... in certain colleges, frats are the only game in town, and if girls want any kind of status or social life, they do whatever they have to do to get in the door.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

117 But because this is a blue state (New York) where everything is gay and stupid

The absence of quality locally-produced picante sauce is more destructive to society than most want to realize.

IYKYK.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (0sNs1)

118 The Frat boys violated the First Rule: Don't put your dick in crazy.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 30, 2026 12:37 PM

I exist for a reason, guys.

Posted by: Rule 1 at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (bFu5X)

119 > Don’t have sex with drunks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM (BVYOm)

Yes. At any age.

A while back I was invited to the apartment of a woman in my retirement complex. Things were...progressing...until I got a whiff of her breath.

Drunker than shit.

I got the hell out of there.

I learned later from another resident that she is what they call a "high-functioning alcoholic". Not necessarily visibly drunk, but shitface drunk nonetheless.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (qlLNh)

120 It is the Instagram 'cause du jour' at the moment.

And I just don't give a shit. I wasn't there, I don't have first hand knowledge of the facts. Leave me alone. Go harass the authorities in question.

And as ace said, don't get involved with women like this.

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (oCio0)

121 I think we have to know more about the Zodiac signs of the guys. Were they Geminis?

Posted by: Anne Whitney Ferguson-Lane at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (fmbc9)

122 >>>I never rushed a frat because it's gay and I've always been a lone wolf. I can get my own girls without having to leverage frat membership.

same for me, except I couldn't get my own girls

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:39 PM (1wjle)

123 113 The Frat boys violated the First Rule: Don't put your dick in crazy.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 30, 2026 12:37 PM (36x1j)

Yeah, this. But, women have the hot-crazy matrix. Dudes have the young-stupid matrix.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:39 PM (Y/06r)

124 THE BLADE BLADES IN AND BLADES A FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:10 PM

And did The Blade get consent for that, or will he be hearing from the comments section's lawyers?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 12:23 PM (bFu5X)
________

Comments section was high on K and would consent to anything ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:39 PM (iFTx/)

125 That's not a threesome, it's a spit roast.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:40 PM (x8rTv)

126 115 >>>114 What exactly is ketamine and does it make you incapacitated?

I don't know. I think it's some kind of animal tranquilizer?

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle)

In the right dose, it would be totally incapacitating. K-hole.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 12:40 PM (jBygX)

127 Prosecutors in upstate New York are defending their decision not to bring charges in 2024 after an alleged "gang rape" at a Cornell University fraternity.

-----------

"We will prove in court to an impartial New York jury that Donald J. Trump was in fact an 'honorary' member and leader of that same fraternity at the time -- and will prosecute him for rape."

/AG Tish James

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 12:40 PM (txdT8)

128 Flydubai flight FZ1073 departed Dubai International for Tel Aviv today. About 2.5 hours into the flight, a member of the crew used a knife to stab the pilot and disable flight systems resulting in a rapid descent.

Passengers stormed the cockpit and subdued the attacker. A dentist attended the stabbed pilot. Two other pilots were on board and were able to divert the plane to Saudi Arabia and land safely.

Pictured: a man covered in blood who apparently helped subdue the attacker.

http://tiny.cc/wjcb101

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2026 12:40 PM (mkw2N)

129 >-she gets out of college and says 'that was my hoe phase' time to find a guy.

yeah, probably. "Regret 'rape.'"
Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:35 PM (1wjle)

And after 100+ cocks and The Wall rapidly approaching she'll insist "my past doesn't matter" or suddenly get religion and some naive young man will marry her at the pastor's insistence because Jesus has washed away her sins.

Posted by: The herpes and HPV, not so much at September 30, 2026 12:41 PM (TbWk/)

130 Yeah I always thought frats were super gay. NTTAWWT

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:41 PM (x8rTv)

131 What exactly is ketamine and does it make you incapacitated? I see ketamine being referenced from time to time online. Posted by: dantesed

From the ever trusted intertubes. "During and shortly after exposure, ketamine temporarily impairs several types of memory. Studies in healthy volunteers show dose-dependent disruptions to working memory (your ability to hold information in mind), episodic memory (recall of specific experiences), and procedural learning (picking up new skills)."

"Picking up new skills." Didn't see that one coming.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at September 30, 2026 12:41 PM (VyD10)

132 Billy Graham was right!

Posted by: Don't Even Get On An Elevator With 'em at September 30, 2026 12:41 PM (Fn+3X)

133 The Frat boys violated the First Rule: Don't put your dick in crazy.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 30, 2026 12:37 PM (36x1j)

Yeah, this. But, women have the hot-crazy matrix. Dudes have the young-stupid matrix.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:39 PM (Y/06r)
_______

True, but the guys were almost certainly tripping balls themselves. One of my own rules is always "never get so fucked up that you'll do things you'll regret."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

134 never rushed a frat because it's gay and I've always been a lone wolf. I can get my own girls without having to leverage frat membership.

same for me, except I couldn't get my own girls
Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:39 PM (1wjle)

*fistbump*

Posted by: It was a sad and lonely time at September 30, 2026 12:42 PM (TbWk/)

135 Can't wait for Dick Wolfe to hear about this and give it his own treatment on Law and Order: SVU...I mean, Law and Order: The Olivia Benson Show.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 30, 2026 12:42 PM (oPFtC)

136 Well, yeah, I consented to sex with Chad and LaShawn and DeShawn and Chad, but not with Melvin. Eww.

Posted by: Cornell Fratmattress at September 30, 2026 12:42 PM (VHUov)

137 Posted by: Anne Whitney Ferguson-Lane

You go, girl!

Posted by: Susan Olivia Cuthbertson-Kline at September 30, 2026 12:43 PM (bFu5X)

138 In my youth, I was the sober and thoughtful individual for many guy's nights of heavy drinking and even some guys and gals nights.

I intervened on impending terrible decisions on many occasions. I have two friends that to this day will tell their story of the night when PI saved their life.

Therefore, I don't understand why frats do NOT have a designated sober/wise guy for their biggest parties?

It can't be a new pledge, since the older guys would not submit to his guidance. Maybe a senior and one assistant from each pledge class below him?

Over the years, I have observed several frats be de-certified by their national organization. Sometimes for a single night of bad behaviors.

Yet most frats would never take my advice. 99% of the fun with greatly reduced risk of pledge deaths, criminal charges, civil suits, de-certification, etc., seems like a wise decision to me.

But I choose to live the AOS Moron lifestyle, so terrible decisions baffle me. We have events with lots of guns and lots of booze. However, the rule is always NO booze before guns, and NO guns after you start booze.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 12:43 PM (HlyYF)

139 Afternoon Ace.
Hate to say it but my first thought was that she got out of Cornell with huge loans and couldn't find a high paying job, so the lawsuit looks good
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 12:21 PM (jivel)

Might not have been a student at all. Maybe a local stripper. Or escort. Not a Hooter's gal; they are too classy for that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 12:43 PM (C6xWR)

140 Silly. Next.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 30, 2026 12:43 PM (VQ7/I)

141 True, but the guys were almost certainly tripping balls themselves. One of my own rules is always "never get so fucked up that you'll do things you'll regret."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

It's funny, every time I said that at the beginning of the night, those were the nights I got so fucked up AND did something I regretted. Thankfully, even drunk as hell, I always waved off the drugs. In my mind, there is a bright shiny dividing line between alcohol and drugs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Y/06r)

142 Who is this girl?
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Apparently her photo is circulating (on Reddit and places like that), and she's reportedly quite the hottie. People are saying "I can see why the boys were lining up to bone her -- sexy as heck."

Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Av6i5)

143 I need to see pictures of this chick before I pass judgment.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Shattered my Femur at September 30, 2026 12:44 PM (NoYYJ)

144 Ketamine is an anesthesia.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 12:45 PM (jivel)

145 “Both. Sometimes it's not specified (that annoying Katy Perry song).”

That annoying Katy Perry song is called her catalog.

Posted by: Clay at September 30, 2026 12:45 PM (99VRV)

146 What exactly is ketamine and does it make you incapacitated?

It's what Matthew Perry took before he drowned in a pool, gently slipping below the waves.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

147 Some people have a hard time attracting crows.

Posted by: Not Mentioning Any Names at September 30, 2026 12:45 PM (Fn+3X)

148 Apparently, there is some former writer for South Park that has stood up a website that will eventually publish very detailed dossiers on all seven guys.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 12:45 PM (J4Dwc)

149 I mean:

>>>Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:31 PM

Truth in advertising is my motto!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (HlyYF)

150 I intervened on impending terrible decisions on many occasions. I have two friends that to this day will tell their story of the night when PI saved their life.

Good on you. I literally tried to drink myself to death once in college and I was lucky enough to have someone like yourself around.

Posted by: Always have a sober friend around at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (TbWk/)

151 Don’t have sex with drunks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM

This is wisdom.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (bFu5X)

152 > she's reportedly quite the hottie.
Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Av6i5)

If the picture I saw was accurate, she's pretty damned cute, especially if you have a thing for redheads.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (qlLNh)

153 There are plenty of guys who don't have to be drunk to have sex with a drunk stoned girl. No arm twisting needed either.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (x8rTv)

154 All the News that's Fit to Print

https://tinyurl.com/mrcrvvn7

"Breaking news: A plane flying from Dubai to Israel was diverted after an altercation between the pilot and co-pilot, Israeli officials said."

I'll throw out the first riff:

"After an altercation between President Lincoln and actor John Wilkes Booth, the play Our American Cousin was temporarily suspended.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, thed Housekeeper at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (xg/DD)

155
same for me, except I couldn't get my own girls

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:39 PM (1wjle)

Yes......somehow I'm married for 22 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (ccf/V)

156 If this is the latest chew toy I think the dog is going to be disappointed...

Posted by: Max Power at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (SwyyQ)

157 Mattress Girl II: Electric Booty Call.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (wWIcc)

158 It's apparently a thing that some feminists defend girls who keep in contact with their "rapists" while demanding complete cutoffs from parents who are Trump voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (U/fqy)

159 What exactly is ketamine and does it make you incapacitated?

I don't know. I think it's some kind of animal tranquilizer?

Posted by: ace at September 30, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle)
______

That's mostly a myth. Ketamine is a legitimate medical drug for anesthesia, pain management, and depression. It only later became used by vets.

K became very popular in the club circuit (and apparently frats too) because it's a "clean" euphoric high. It puts you in a giddy trance. But as with all drugs, if you take too much it could be very dangerous.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)

160 If the picture I saw was accurate, she's pretty damned cute, especially if you have a thing for redheads.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:46 PM (qlLNh)

The fuck? Is someone gonna put me some knowledge here or what

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (x8rTv)

161 Seems like there is some perjury going on, either now or then.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (4NO2D)

162 Not drinking the entire time I was at college was one of my better decisions.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (vNne8)

163 Don’t have sex with drunks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 12:32 PM

Please do not give this advise to my wife.......there's this one drunk that occasionally attempts it with her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (ccf/V)

164 Has Amber Heard chimed in yet?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (VyD10)

165 REPORT:

In a cynical effort to look busy and fool their imbecilic base into thinking they are working for them, the Democrat/communist/Muslim coalition running California out of existence has surpassed itself for producing busy work.

California is putting teenagers as old as 15 through a state-mandated seat-belt fit test—and those who fail it will have to remain in a child restraint such as a booster seat. The new rule takes effect January 1, 2027. It applies to children ages 8 through 15, meaning it reaches right up to a teenager’s 16th birthday. The law stops short of ordering every 15-year-old into a booster. Teenagers who pass all five steps may use an adult belt, while those who miss even one step will need a child restraint. The story exploded across social media Saturday as Californians compared Sacramento’s latest mandate with the state’s much larger public crises.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (EKMrJ)

166 > The fuck? Is someone gonna put me some knowledge here or what
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (x8rTv)

I'm reluctant to share it, in case it turns out not to be her.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:48 PM (qlLNh)

167 *advice. DAMNIT. I hate that mistake.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:48 PM (ccf/V)

168 "I was raped by my husband when he asked for sex, but I wasn't in the mood and said yes anyway."

I was raped by work. I didn't want to go, preferring to stay in bed, but went anyway.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

-----------

I'm old enough to remember when the newest & latest rape complaint was merely the male gaze.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 12:48 PM (txdT8)

169 "I can see why the boys were lining up to bone her -- sexy as heck."

Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Av6i5)

Again, to get a "line of boys" you mostly only have to be breathing.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:48 PM (x8rTv)

170 Has Amber Heard chimed in yet?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (VyD10)

She's to busy leaving a guinea pig on some guy's pillow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (ccf/V)

171 Apparently her photo is circulating (on Reddit and places like that), and she's reportedly quite the hottie. People are saying "I can see why the boys were lining up to bone her -- sexy as heck."
Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Av6i5)

Which amplifies the problem. She KNOWS she is high value, but she has this story dragging behind her, so she is also toxic to most high value guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (Y/06r)

172 *too

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (ccf/V)

173 Anita Hill kept in contact with Long Dong...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (wWIcc)

174 167 *advice. DAMNIT. I hate that mistake.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:48 PM (ccf/V)

======

Mistake?

That's such a rookie mistake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (U/fqy)

175 You don't have to share the pic just the reddit

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (x8rTv)

176 -She looks forward to a future of 'gal who ran multple trains willingly in the same night' rep following her forever. Because relationship dude is going to go full 'I broke it off because I found out she's a whore.' And tell all his friends who ask.

-now it's rape.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:33 PM

In addition to other bad decisions, she clearly does NOT understand the "Streisand Effect" if you have accurately described her reasoning.

She may be anonymous now, but if it goes to trial I believe it is highly likely she will be identified.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (HlyYF)

177 The Devil made her DO IT.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 12:24 PM (MWfyi)

We were in James 1 for Bible study this morning. Our own evil desires lead us to be "dragged away and enticed" by temptation.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (Wt5PA)

178 True, but the guys were almost certainly tripping balls themselves. One of my own rules is always "never get so fucked up that you'll do things you'll regret."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

It's funny, every time I said that at the beginning of the night, those were the nights I got so fucked up AND did something I regretted. Thankfully, even drunk as hell, I always waved off the drugs. In my mind, there is a bright shiny dividing line between alcohol and drugs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:44 PM (Y/06r)
______

I've done things that the next day I was like "ugh, I wouldn't have done that if I was sober." But luckily, I never had a major "WHAT THE FUCK DID I DO" regret.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

179
If the first threesome was consensual, then the second threesome was Rape-Rape.

-whoopie Goldberg

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 30, 2026 12:50 PM (OkYzo)

180 Which amplifies the problem. She KNOWS she is high value, but she has this story dragging behind her, so she is also toxic to most high value guys.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (Y/06r)

And likely no one would've known about it until she started screaming rape all over.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:50 PM (ccf/V)

181 In a cynical effort to look busy and fool their imbecilic base into thinking they are working for them, the Democrat/communist/Muslim coalition running California out of existence has surpassed itself for producing busy work.

California is putting teenagers as old as 15 through a state-mandated seat-belt fit test—and those who fail it will have to remain in a child restraint such as a booster seat.

Black women and girls are disproportionately obese. What will they do when the seat belt fit test mandates that black children must all be in booster seats? Isn't that a not so microaggression?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

182 But I choose to live the AOS Moron lifestyle

This lifestyle of which you speak. Does it involve shelving construction and crow whispering?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 12:51 PM (0sNs1)

183
That's such a rookie mistake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (U/fqy)

I'm new to this whole anonymous posting on the internet thing......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:52 PM (ccf/V)

184 Someone tell the Karens that rapey Tuesday was yesterday.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 12:52 PM (dK+Kv)

185 If there ever was a situation that called for putting a fraternity on double secret probation this is it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at September 30, 2026 12:52 PM (VyD10)

186 You know, I'm no prude but, the last thing I would want is some other guy's spunk on my dick. It seems definitionally faggy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 12:52 PM (4NO2D)

187 Someone tell the Karens that rapey Tuesday was yesterday.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 12:52 PM

But today is Rapey Day Ending in Y Day, so it's all good.

Posted by: The River Otters at September 30, 2026 12:53 PM (bFu5X)

188 If there ever was a situation that called for putting a fraternity on double secret probation this is it.

So you're saying someone needs to put his foot down, and that foot is me?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

189 She's having problems with her son.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 12:53 PM (RIvkX)

190 If this was a gang rape she would have gone to the police as soon as possible.

A normal woman is not going to not go to somebody if she has just been raped by four or five men or whatever it was.

That she didn’t call the cops means she either couldn’t remember anything, couldn’t decide if it was rape, or liked it and didn’t think it was a big deal until it was.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 12:54 PM (6ydKt)

191 I would never want to be in a threesome that would have me as a participant.

h/t Groucho

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)

192 In addition to other bad decisions, she clearly does NOT understand the "Streisand Effect" if you have accurately described her reasoning.

She may be anonymous now, but if it goes to trial I believe it is highly likely she will be identified.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 12:49 PM (HlyYF)

BUT this is one of the things that is so toxic about social media: it both pushes gals to get freaky and get it out of their system while at the same time telling them they bear no responsibility for it and to refuse accountability. AND to do everything publicly. So, it is completely unsurprising that she is turning this into an instagram campaign.

Plus, this could also be a case of unintended consequences. She may have meant to do the civil lawsuit in order to neutralize the baggage, and then it blew up. Now she's an even bigger whore and every potential dude will know it. She'll have to settle for dudes like Russell Brand or Bill Maher. Which, note, she might not consider settling.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 12:55 PM (Y/06r)

193 "Don't do drugs ... drugs are Baaaad"

Mr. Garrison

Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 12:55 PM (vbXSk)

194
A normal woman is not going to not go to somebody if she has just been raped by four or five men or whatever it was.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 12:54 PM

A normal chick isn't going to have an orgy with a bunch of dudes is all I'm going to say about this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 30, 2026 12:55 PM (q2usZ)

195 Naked , drunk and zonked on ketamine is no way to go through life , son

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 12:55 PM (jivel)

196 K became very popular in the club circuit (and apparently frats too) because it's a "clean" euphoric high. It puts you in a giddy trance. But as with all drugs, if you take too much it could be very dangerous.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)

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There was an old "ER" TV episode from the early 00's where a 14-year-old girl is found on The El unconscious -- after apparently being gang-raped by school classmates -- and brought into the ER.

She's discovered to have "Special K" in her blood, and was presumably drugged first.

Of course the twist at the end is that she admits to having willingly taken the drug and engaged in consensual group sex -- and not for the first time.

Still creeps me out all these years later ...

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (txdT8)

197 This kind of do-over case makes it that much harder on legitimate victims who have some doubt introduced to their accusation. This woman should some pay a price in the legal system.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (PKL0q)

198 "Don't do drugs ... drugs are Baaaad"

Mr. Garrison
Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 12:55 PM (vbXSk)
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That was the counselor. Mmkay?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (RIvkX)

199 I am available as a witness.

Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (VyD10)

200 If this was rape, why didn't she report it to the city police instead of the campus police?

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (Oy/m2)

201 The New Republic: Supreme Court Says Trump Can Keep Deporting People to Random Places. Donald Trump can temporarily resume his third-country deportations, at least until the high court hears arguments on the case in December.

the conservative argument seems to be "we shouldnt take them in and if their country of origin doesnt want them either we will ship them off to a 3rd party."

Thats super wrong, morally speaking. Pretty sure thats crime against humanity adjacent.

It is both cruel and unusual. Especially because we're just forever paying those countries to detain them. So it's also financially terrible.

This is going to be controversial but I think if dems take power they should continue this practice. Sure, maybe some republicans in congress might accidentally get deported to Somalia, but sometimes mistakes happen when you’re securing the homeland

So SCOTUS has ok'd trafficking operations. Let's just call it what it is. This is not the America sold to us in schools growing up. I wonder how many people no longer identify as patriotic over the past 10-20 years.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (t19vo)

202 So you're saying someone needs to put his foot down, and that foot is me?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:53 PM

Put Neidermeyer on it. He's a sneaky little shit just like you.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (bFu5X)

203 I thank Allah that I was in college before smart phones were a thing.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (f0pGg)

204 198 "Don't do drugs ... drugs are Baaaad"

Mr. Garrison
Posted by: illiniwek at September 30, 2026 12:55 PM (vbXSk)
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That was the counselor. Mmkay?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (RIvkX)

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Yeah, Mr. Garrison just doesn't trust something that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (U/fqy)

205 Imagine being the kid who has to climb out of his booster seat in front of everyone in the high-school drop-off line.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (KVitD)

206 How would you even go about getting Ketamine to use as a 'recreational drug?'

That seems a controlled substance.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)

207 201 the conservative argument seems to be "we shouldnt take them in and if their country of origin doesnt want them either we will ship them off to a 3rd party."

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (t19vo)

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The 3rd party agreed.

And...why doesn't the home country want these people? Because they're too smart and contribute too much to GDP to handle?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:58 PM (U/fqy)

208 So according to the left it’s inhumane to send someone to a country that’s not their homeland. But wouldn’t them saying in the US also be inhumane since you know, it’s not their homeland? Plus it’s the most racist place on earth.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 12:58 PM (f0pGg)

209 How would you even go about getting Ketamine to use as a 'recreational drug?'

That seems a controlled substance.

IIRC, Matthew Perry got it from his doctors, who were betting each other on how much he could handle.

Not all MDs are smart.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

210 This is an important point:

"The law in New York State is clear that if you are voluntarily intoxicated or under the influence of drugs – such that your judgment is impaired — that does not legally, under the penal law, constitute your inability to consent."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

211 205 Imagine being the kid who has to climb out of his booster seat in front of everyone in the high-school drop-off line.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM

We went from no helmets and metal gym equipment on concrete to this?

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 30, 2026 12:59 PM (q2usZ)

212 This is not the America sold to us in schools growing up.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM

Of this I have no doubt.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 12:59 PM (4NO2D)

213 These guys probably posted the picture somewhere, she saw it, freaked out, called the cops then and then it was gang rape.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 12:59 PM (6ydKt)

214 I hear the train a comin', it's rolling 'round the bend....

Posted by: FULSOM PRISONER at September 30, 2026 12:59 PM (6pJKE)

215 Do they still let kids ride just sitting on the bus seat?

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 12:59 PM (Ae6Br)

216 212 This is not the America sold to us in schools growing up.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM

Of this I have no doubt.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 12:59 PM (4NO2D)

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They should really read the words of people like Ben Franklin talking about how he doesn't want a mass of French people coming to America to change the country's culture from its British roots.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 01:00 PM (U/fqy)

217 first threesome was consensual, then the second threesome was Rape-Rape.

-whoopie Goldberg

It was a 3some. So it’s rape-rape-rape

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:00 PM (f0pGg)

218 As others have noted, there is no situation where a man can make a false allegation about a woman, destroy her life, her family and her career and nothing happens to him when it's later proven false.

But time and time and time and time again any woman, any where at any time for any reason--or no reason--can lie about a man sexually assaulting her--even decades later.
And no matter how false, how malicious, how damaging to him, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS to her.

Because we are suffering under an elderly Gyno-Kakistocracy

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 01:00 PM (3cUTc)

219 Ironically, it's the woman who made it through college retaining her virginity and relative sanity will be labelled the "pick-me girl".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 30, 2026 01:00 PM (KVitD)

220 Do they still let kids ride just sitting on the bus seat?
Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 12:59 PM (Ae6Br)

The town I graduated HS in just had a bus accident where a child was killed.

There are STILL no seatbelts on school buses for anyone but the driver.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:01 PM (ccf/V)

221 206 How would you even go about getting Ketamine to use as a 'recreational drug?'

That seems a controlled substance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)

My vets have used ketamine on my cats when they do procedures on them and all I can say is they were really high and I wouldn't want to take that drug after seeing my cats. My cat did kill a mouse on that drug so she could still hunt but still, she was really high.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 30, 2026 01:01 PM (q2usZ)

222 How would you even go about getting Ketamine to use as a 'recreational drug?'

That seems a controlled substance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)
__________

Controlled but very readily available. Just like pretty much every other illegal drug. If you want it, you will find it.

"We are the people that can find whatever you may need. If you got the money, honey, we got your disease."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

223 As regards ketamine:

My son was given ketamine for some stitches after an assault when he was about 8 y.o. So I was observing in the ER the entire time. They also gave him a local (lidocaine?)

He stayed awake and was moderately responsive to the doctor during the entire process. I am sure I could have put out my hand and said, "Walk with me back to the car" and he would have readily complied.

He asked me about his stitches the next day, and said he had zero memory of even going to the hospital.

So (in my experience) ketamine is different from what we usually consider an anesthetic.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 01:01 PM (HlyYF)

224 Speaking of getting f'd

Sex, Spies, And The FOMC: How Beijing Turned A Senior Fed Economist Into Its "Inside Man"

"It turns out they were - at worst - only half wrong: it's just that the foreign power in question wasn't getting the FOMC minutes through the front door, but via a lovesick Fed economist, an online dating site, a set of silk scarves, and a gym-obsessed "Ph.D. student" who, according to US officials, was actually a Chinese intelligence officer."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 01:01 PM (nEUC6)

225 "But time and time and time and time again any woman, any where at any time for any reason--or no reason--can lie about a man sexually assaulting her--even decades later. And no matter how false, how malicious, how damaging to him, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS to her."

Disagree. I got my 15 minutes of fame and a footnote in the history books.

Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford at September 30, 2026 01:02 PM (VyD10)

226 How would you even go about getting Ketamine to use as a 'recreational drug?'

That seems a controlled substance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)

You can get just about anything you want controlled or otherwise in about 10 minutes anywhere in America. The world really.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 01:02 PM (f0pGg)

227 That seems a controlled substance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:57 PM (ccf/V)

I seem to remember a case a few years ago where some anesthesiologist got caught giving less to patients and keeping the extra for himself.

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 01:02 PM (Ae6Br)

228 My wife says that the people who survived the attempted murder crash have arrived in Tel Aviv and are literally dancing about.

I'll bet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (4NO2D)

229
Black women and girls are disproportionately obese.

__________

Non posso. All black people are starving to death after changes to SNAP benefits.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (eRlcH)

230 Ketamine and alcohol is also known as a Cornell.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (VyD10)

231 the conservative argument seems to be "we shouldnt take them in and if their country of origin doesnt want them either we will ship them off to a 3rd party."

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (t19vo)

Yes, you’ve got it exactly.
Thank you, sweetheart.

They can save themselves the trouble by not coming here illegally.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (6ydKt)

232 Is this the E. Jean Carroll defense? Nearly as ridiculous as the Chewbacca defense!

R^pe is cool especially if the individual can file a complaint after the statute of limitations has expired.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (fMu/S)

233 This is going to be controversial but I think if dems take power they should continue this practice. Sure, maybe some republicans in congress might accidentally get deported to Somalia, but sometimes mistakes happen when you’re securing the homeland

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 30, 2026 12:56 PM (t19vo)

Uhhhh... Do they think US citizens are getting deported? Ilhan might get deported because her citizenship is fraudulent.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (Wt5PA)

234 231
Yes, you’ve got it exactly.
Thank you, sweetheart.

They can save themselves the trouble by not coming here illegally.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (6ydKt)

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They can choose to walk to Canada if they're so afraid of being sent to Djibouti.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (U/fqy)

235 165 REPORT:

In a cynical effort to look busy and fool their imbecilic base into thinking they are working for them, the Democrat/communist/Muslim coalition running California out of existence has surpassed itself for producing busy work.

California is putting teenagers as old as 15 through a state-mandated seat-belt fit test—and those who fail it will have to remain in a child restraint such as a booster seat. The new rule takes effect January 1, 2027. It applies to children ages 8 through 15, meaning it reaches right up to a teenager’s 16th birthday. The law stops short of ordering every 15-year-old into a booster. Teenagers who pass all five steps may use an adult belt, while those who miss even one step will need a child restraint. The story exploded across social media Saturday as Californians compared Sacramento’s latest mandate with the state’s much larger public crises.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (EKMrJ)

Awkward for a 15 1/2 year old who just got his permit...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (l3cgK)

236 Apparently her photo is circulating (on Reddit and places like that), and she's reportedly quite the hottie. People are saying "I can see why the boys were lining up to bone her -- sexy as heck."
Posted by: zombie

Sloppy seconds/thirds/fourths/fifths

Yeah. That’s gotta be super sexy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (LiD+O)

237
Non posso. All black people are starving to death after changes to SNAP benefits.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (eRlcH)

I thought Trump was only starving the children.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:05 PM (ccf/V)

238 Ketamine and alcohol is also known as a Cornell.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (VyD10)

Where the hoors and the slutty girls range.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)

239 234 231
Yes, you’ve got it exactly.
Thank you, sweetheart.

They can save themselves the trouble by not coming here illegally.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 01:03 PM (6ydKt)

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They can choose to walk to Canada if they're so afraid of being sent to Djibouti.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (U/fqy)

Her Djibouti got those frat guys in trouble...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:05 PM (l3cgK)

240 If you think this situation is a mess wait until you hear "On second thought, I changed my mind" from Bonnie Blue.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 30, 2026 01:05 PM (47/pr)

241 Disagree. I got my 15 minutes of fame and a footnote in the history books.
Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford at September 30, 2026 01:02 PM (VyD10)

And a Coke!

Posted by: Senator Chuck Grassley, gentleman at September 30, 2026 01:06 PM (xg/DD)

242 but via a lovesick Fed economist, an online dating site, a set of silk scarves, and a gym-obsessed "Ph.D. student" who, according to US officials, was actually a Chinese intelligence officer."
____

That's pathetic.
- Rep. Eric Swallwell

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 30, 2026 01:06 PM (KVitD)

243 Is a threesome even legal under common law? I remember when intercourse out of wedlock was seriously frowned upon.

Judgement and influence in these cases should be tossed out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 30, 2026 01:06 PM (VQ7/I)

244
Sloppy seconds/thirds/fourths/fifths

Yeah. That’s gotta be super sexy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (LiD+O)

There's a strip club in Myrtle Beach called "The Drip."

She seems a fitting candidate for employment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:07 PM (ccf/V)

245 Emma Sulkowicz redux...no....wait...Duke lacrosse.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:07 PM (XeU6L)

246 182 But I choose to live the AOS Moron lifestyle

This lifestyle of which you speak. Does it involve shelving construction and crow whispering?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 12:51 PM

I recently put up shelves for my youngest daughter at her new college apartment.

I also had a pet crow in my youth.

I don't understand how I did NOT also receive the "handsome devil" upgrade and "sharpshooter" designation when Ace sent me my cardboard-level membership card.

Should I have paid extra for the upgrade?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 01:07 PM (HlyYF)

247 My vets have used ketamine on my cats when they do procedures on them and all I can say is they were really high and I wouldn't want to take that drug after seeing my cats. My cat did kill a mouse on that drug so she could still hunt but still, she was really high.
Posted by: CaliGirl

No Miss, that was Kat-amine. Different stuff.

Posted by: Know-It-Awl at September 30, 2026 01:07 PM (Fn+3X)

248 I have a feeling about this case, I am gonna hold off on commentary for the moment.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:08 PM (nIKjK)

249 They can choose to walk to Canada if they're so afraid of being sent to Djibouti.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (U/fqy)

To be fair, everybody is afraid of getting stuck in Djibouti.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 01:08 PM (6ydKt)

250 Joseph Wambaugh in The Black Marble: "She didn't know she was raped until the check bounced."

Jane Doe smells money, probably at the behest of some ambulance-chaser who smelt money first.

Posted by: NeighSayer at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (bufu1)

251 248 I have a feeling about this case, I am gonna hold off on commentary for the moment.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:08 PM (nIKjK)

So not embracing the AOSHQ lifestyle?

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (Ae6Br)

252 So.
Jane Doe is a slut.

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

253 Yeah. That’s gotta be super sexy.

That is just nasty to even consider. I mean bad enough its two dudes, but following up on two previous dudes :/ Not enough jungle juice in the world.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (nIKjK)

254

Im cynical enough to know that this is a DNC/WEF ploy for the midterms, just like Lindsay Clancy was.

I mean, come on. The insane droogs needs activating.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (VuTBl)

255 249 They can choose to walk to Canada if they're so afraid of being sent to Djibouti.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 01:04 PM (U/fqy)

To be fair, everybody is afraid of getting stuck in Djibouti.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 01:08 PM (6ydKt)

Shake, Shake, Shake,
Shake, Shake, Shake,
Shake Djibouti!
Shake Djibouti!

Posted by: KC and the Sunshine Band at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)

256 You know, I'm no prude but, the last thing I would want is some other guy's spunk on my dick. It seems definitionally faggy.

You can avoid that with a spit-roast, which when I was in college many years ago was allegedly a frathouse favorite.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (2ocoG)

257 Is a threesome even legal under common law? I remember when intercourse out of wedlock was seriously frowned upon.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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The past is a foreign country - Per Petterson

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (XeU6L)

258 Sheik Djibouti!

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (ccf/V)

259 Title IX was never meant to protect males. This goes back 20yrs ago when the charge of rape first raised her drunken head to get back at college boys.

Accounts then (my boys were in universities in FL) showed a boy expelled in CA. Why? Because a drunk girl texted him in their coed dorm that she wanted sex. Texts should be admissible in court or in Title IX kangaroo court.

Why was he expelled and forced to be on a sex predator list? Because alcohol was involved and "he took advantage of her"...when she initiated it. Making it non-consensual the college ruled.

It mostly started because the next day after their consensual dorm sex she wanted a boyfriend. He said, "nah." She got mad and filed suit with Title IX, who always side with the female.

Imagine having an email from your mother on this subject, telling sons to have a document signed that the girl agreed to sex and notarized. I did this mostly directed to the casanova son vs the one who married his HS sweetheart. I defend males, so bite me.

This current ho was drunk AND on ketamine and liked group sex apparently. Raped (BS) when she consented and texted. Texts should be proof but are not if alcohol is involved in minors.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)

260 Why is rape even a crime anymore? If a woman can be excused for murdering 3 children because "hormones"...well let me tell ya about hormones, brother. Can't control 'em, just make ya want to fuck any slag that comes along. /sarc

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (Pad3X)

261
Jane Doe is a slut.
Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

__________

A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (eRlcH)

262 I actually have a request, does anyone here know much about selling a car? I have my brother's 2004 Volvo XC-90, its a turd of an SUV but it looks nice and is great on paper. I am trying to sell it but everyone is passing or super lowballing it (like $100).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (nIKjK)

263 Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be dirty slut whores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ccf/V)

264 You can get just about anything you want controlled or otherwise in about 10 minutes anywhere in America. The world really.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Yeah, but here I am without my quad 50cal mounted Hilux technical.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 01:11 PM (nEUC6)

265 f a woman can be excused for murdering 3 children because "hormones"...

Her lawyer is now saying "where's the evidence she did it?" He may not be the worst person alive but he's got to be up in the bottom 1%

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (nIKjK)

266 261
Jane Doe is a slut.
Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

__________

A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A skank. A trollop.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (yOEUM)

267 I actually have a request, does anyone here know much about selling a car? I have my brother's 2004 Volvo XC-90, its a turd of an SUV but it looks nice and is great on paper. I am trying to sell it but everyone is passing or super lowballing it (like $100).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

List it in a lesbian Redditt forum.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (VyD10)

268 Our indoor contract for only $500 per room solves this problem

Posted by: Flock at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (xPxza)

269 Yeah, but here I am without my quad 50cal mounted Hilux technical.

Same. *sigh*

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG)

270 To be stuck inside Djibouti with the Memphis Blues again....

No, not quite right.

Posted by: Near-Zombie Bob Zimmerman at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (Fn+3X)

271 California is putting teenagers as old as 15 through a state-mandated seat-belt fit test—and those who fail it will have to remain in a child restraint such as a booster seat. The new rule takes effect January 1, 2027. It applies to children ages 8 through 15, meaning it reaches right up to a teenager’s 16th birthday. The law stops short of ordering every 15-year-old into a booster. Teenagers who pass all five steps may use an adult belt, while those who miss even one step will need a child restraint. The story exploded across social media Saturday as Californians compared Sacramento’s latest mandate with the state’s much larger public crises.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 12:47 PM (EKMrJ)

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

Alternative Headline: "Robert Reich banned from driving in Califzuela."

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (Lrqtb)

272
A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (yOEUM)

__________

She needs a wallop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (eRlcH)

273 263 Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be dirty slut whores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ccf/V)

Thanks, Mom & Dad...

Posted by: Heidi Ho at September 30, 2026 01:13 PM (l3cgK)

274 War Correspondent
@warDaniel47
🚨 NEW: Hillary Clinton WARNS against the rise of Christianity, says white Christian men are causing "such damage" to the United States
-----

if she's not actually the devil, she'll do til the devil gets here

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 01:13 PM (ZxPkt)

275 "There is one fact that makes this seem like it could have been a rape. Three weeks after the event, she said she consented to the first threeway, but says she did not consent to the second (and whatever other sex she had later), and said she was raped."

Three weeks later? Was this the first time she went to the cops about it? Or did someone else report it, and they were interviewing her?

Big holes in this story in how it first came to the attention of the police.

And also why after two years there's a civil lawsuit, but I assume it's because of potential statue of limitations issues and monetary greed.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

276 Yeah, but here I am without my quad 50cal mounted Hilux technical.

I don't go nowhere without my Cherokee Chief

https://youtu.be/L4tyS05yMag

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:13 PM (nIKjK)

277 Her lawyer is now saying "where's the evidence she did it?" He may not be the worst person alive but he's got to be up in the bottom 1%
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (nIKjK)

To which they've responded "Her DNA was everywhere......"

This man should be locked up before put in front of a firing squad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:13 PM (ccf/V)

278 When I was at school, we used to sing a song,

'High above Cayuga's waters
There's an awful smell
Some say it's Cayuga's waters
We say it's Cornell'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:13 PM (XeU6L)

279 The coverage I saw of these stories on leftwing sites is:

Innocent woman went to a frat party, raped by 7 men. Misogynist college only punishes the rapists by making them write an essay.
Posted by: 18-1
........

What I Did This Summer

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:13 PM (UjdFS)

280 Hillary Clinton WARNS against the rise of Christianity, says white Christian men are causing "such damage" to the United States
-----

It's a script.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 01:14 PM (x8rTv)

281 You can get just about anything you want controlled or otherwise in about 10 minutes anywhere in America. The world really.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Yeah, but here I am without my quad 50cal mounted Hilux technical.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 30, 2026 01:11 PM (nEUC6)
________

[Makes "call me" gesture]

-- Sinaloa Cartel

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)

282 There's a lesson here.... Don't put your dick in crazy...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:15 PM (+gK6I)

283 this is one of those "there was this one time, in band camp?" type situations

all involved were dorks

it sucks but it happens. she was ok until the tri delts she was BARELY socially accepted by turned on her over it

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 01:15 PM (j+aD2)

284 Jane Doe is a slut.
Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

__________

A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (eRlcH)

A trollop. A tart, A harlot, A vamp. A minx.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 01:15 PM (6ydKt)

285 Hillary Clinton WARNS against the rise of Christianity, says white Christian men are causing "such damage" to the United States
-----

Does anyone anywhere give a flying f*ck about anything she says anymore?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:15 PM (ccf/V)

286 > I actually have a request, does anyone here know much about selling a car? I have my brother's 2004 Volvo XC-90, its a turd of an SUV
----

turd, huh
is it mechanically sound
does it run
or is it a bucket of bolts POS scrapyard entry

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 01:15 PM (ZxPkt)

287
A trollop. A tart, A harlot, A vamp. A minx.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 01:15 PM (6ydKt)

Minx 0.8 beta hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:15 PM (ccf/V)

288 "I'm a guy. I got needs man".

Posted by: Tyrik, Jacking Off In The Teen Section At Target at September 30, 2026 01:16 PM (Fn+3X)

289
Hillary Clinton WARNS against the rise of Christianity, says white Christian men are causing "such damage" to the United States

___________

The Democrats model for the ideal Christian church is the Chinese Patriotic Association.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:16 PM (eRlcH)

290 272 A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (yOEUM)

__________

She needs a wallop.

you're going to need a bigger wallop.

Posted by: anachronda at September 30, 2026 01:16 PM (v3pYe)

291 I feel like I'm at the Enquirer or the Daily Mail.
Not finished the coffee, going back to read Mannix
maybe this will be gone by then.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 01:16 PM (nqf1u)

292 Does anyone anywhere give a flying f*ck about anything she says anymore?

She's funny to quote to leftist who claim only Republicans claim elections were stolen

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:16 PM (nIKjK)

293 Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be dirty slut whores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 01:11 PM (ccf/V)

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

When describing my arthritic neck, curved spine, and rotated hips from playing 12 years of football as a maniac, I often sing to healthcare providers "Mommas don't let your babies grow up to play football ..."

[And we used to laugh at our friends whose parents wouldn't let them.]

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 01:16 PM (Lrqtb)

294 She needs a wallop.

"a spanking! A spanking!"
--the nuns of castle Anthrax

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:17 PM (nIKjK)

295 You got one job. Keep your daughter off the pole.

Posted by: Chris Rock at September 30, 2026 01:17 PM (yOEUM)

296 A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A skank. A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
......

Sperm Bank

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:17 PM (UjdFS)

297 Yeah, but here I am without my quad 50cal mounted Hilux technical.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
-----
I still want an Ontos.

For them who don't know it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M50_Ontos

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

298 There's a lesson here.... Don't put your dick in crazy...
Posted by: It's me donna
.......

This should be a rule.

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:19 PM (UjdFS)

299 I still want an Ontos.

Belt fed American-180

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:19 PM (nIKjK)

300 Is there any more info on that plane of Israeli's that might have been an attempted Hijack ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:19 PM (+gK6I)

301 I have it on good authority, Leticia James, that Trump was there, and he raped her and instructed all the young men how to rape her too. It’s all Trump‘s fault.

Posted by: Gonzotx at September 30, 2026 01:20 PM (nGraA)

302 This bullshit would come to an end immediately if law enforcement, DAs, and everyone else just told these crazy whore slags "NO, FUCK OFF." You wait two years, and change your story? No investigation, no lawsuit, no payday, bitch.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 30, 2026 01:20 PM (Pad3X)

303 ""Yes. It was coercion, yes," Jane Doe said, according to the transcript. She also said she was "completely and totally incapacitated."

For someone who claims to be "completely and totally incapacitated," she sure seems conscious and cognizant enough to recognize unwanted behavior and wave it off, only to finally say "ok, whatever" and do it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

304 296 A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A skank. A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
......

Sperm Bank

Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:17 PM (UjdFS)

How do you make withdrawals?

Posted by: James Talarico at September 30, 2026 01:20 PM (l3cgK)

305 Maybe her lawsuit will help her fight against every VD on the planet all mixing together to a toxic whoa, Nelly.

Or pay for her future children with a surrogate from the infections.

This is insane.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM (hzuYO)

306
Jane Doe is a slut.
Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

__________

A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A skank. A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (yOEUM)

A slattern.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM (y9nCu)

307 Anyone want to take bets on what this gutterslut's relationship with her father looks like?

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM (oqH4h)

308 262 I actually have a request, does anyone here know much about selling a car? I have my brother's 2004 Volvo XC-90, its a turd of an SUV but it looks nice and is great on paper. I am trying to sell it but everyone is passing or super lowballing it (like $100).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM

Is there a consignment auction place near you?

The guys in my state are really good. They sell farm equipment, cars, etc. Even though the auctions are "no reserve", they seem to get a fair price on about every common item. Of course, they have a LOT of registered buyers.

Does the car still drive safely on its own? My guys even take about 20 pictures and a short video of the car driving.

If the car is NOT operable, the prices I see are higher than the "salvage" price from the local junkyard.

Finally, if you have high income this year, you might benefit more by donating the car to a charity and taking the deduction. Be sure to print an appraisal from Kelly, etc. for your records if you go that route.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM (HlyYF)

309 300 Is there any more info on that plane of Israeli's that might have been an attempted Hijack ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:19 PM (+gK6I)

Just an altercation.

Posted by: mfm at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM (Q+gd/)

310 "Sure I did the first drunken three-way with two guys I didn't know but I never agreed to the second one. After all, I'm not a slut."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (guGkK)

311 Do they still let kids ride just sitting on the bus seat?
Posted by: Reforger

Studies show school buses are too dangerous whether they have seat belts or not.

So we're going to freeze the students in carbonite and ship them to school on a flatbed.

And since attending classes doesn't increase outcomes, we'll just leave them frozen until graduation.

Posted by: California at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (VHUov)

312
The weather lady on the noon local news has a spectacular battery of cannons in a tight dress.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (eRlcH)

313 There's a lesson here.... Don't put your dick in crazy...
Posted by: It's me donna
.......

This should be a rule.
Posted by: wth

The first rule.

Posted by: Chris Rock at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (yOEUM)

314 Is there any more info on that plane of Israeli's that might have been an attempted Hijack ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:19 PM (+gK6I)

Just an altercation.
Posted by: mfm at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM

A rumpus.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

315 306
Jane Doe is a slut.
Posted by: wth at September 30, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

__________

A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A skank. A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (yOEUM)

A slattern.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM (y9nCu)

Hussy

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

316 Just an altercation.
Posted by: mfm at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM (Q+gd/)

Bad place for that

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (+gK6I)

317 A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A skank. A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (yOEUM)

A slattern.

A round-heeled Rosie?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (guGkK)

318
How do you make withdrawals?
Posted by: James Talarico at September 30, 2026 01:20 PM (l3cgK)

Look up "felching" in the bank's customer handbook.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (y9nCu)

319 314 Is there any more info on that plane of Israeli's that might have been an attempted Hijack ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 01:19 PM (+gK6I)

Just an altercation.
Posted by: mfm at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM

A rumpus.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

Kerfuffle

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (l3cgK)

320 A strumpet. A dolly-mop. A doxy. A jade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A skank. A trollop.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:12 PM (yOEUM)
-------------------
A Hoochie!

Posted by: Abraham J. Simpson at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (xg/DD)

321 Belt fed American-180
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
-------

Heh. Had to research it. Pretty interesting. The ultimate form:

"It was mounted on a large tripod, with a rate of fire from 3,000 to 12,000 rounds per minute."

My emphasis.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (XeU6L)

322
Just an altercation.
Posted by: mfm at September 30, 2026 01:21 PM

A rumpus.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

Kerfuffle
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (l3cgK)

_________

A tiff

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 01:24 PM (eRlcH)

323 The weather lady on the noon local news has a spectacular battery of cannons in a tight dress.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Put those puppies on display for the evening news or at 10. More eyeballs, better ratings.

Posted by: Chris Rock at September 30, 2026 01:24 PM (yOEUM)

324 Can we talk about the graphic at the top? I thought it was the sun from Kellogg's Raisin Bran, and then I read the words and they were more suitable for Kaboom!.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 01:24 PM (2ocoG)

325 Cases like this make me glad that the local frats seem to be adopting cigars as their intoxicant of choice.

I hope that it's as a substitute for drunken parties, not in addition to.

Last I knew, pre-gaming (getting drunk before a party) was best-practices for the party girls who were still under the drinking age. Despite that, we haven't had a lawsuit about some drunk co-ed falling off the frat fire escape in at least 10 years.

Used to be it happened about every four.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 01:25 PM (vJrRc)

326 Off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 01:25 PM (yOEUM)

327 324 Can we talk about the graphic at the top? I thought it was the sun from Kellogg's Raisin Bran, and then I read the words and they were more suitable for Kaboom!.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 01:24 PM (2ocoG)

Yeah...how my ass feels after 4 hours of running to the toilet very early this morn...still dunno what I ate to elicit that response...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:25 PM (l3cgK)

328 Does the car still drive safely on its own? My guys even take about 20 pictures and a short video of the car driving.

Yeah it drives well, had a lot of work done on it, newish tires (4 years). I mean you'd think a twin turbo all wheel drive Volvo would be more desired, but it is pretty old.

It was mounted on a large tripod, with a rate of fire from 3,000 to 12,000 rounds per minute.

Its onlyl .22 but the thing is just insane. It was originally designed for crowd control LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:26 PM (nIKjK)

329 Innocent woman went to a frat party, raped by 7 men. Misogynist college only punishes the rapists by making them write an essay.
Posted by: 18-1

~~What~~ Who I Did This Summer
Posted by: wth

FIFY.

Posted by: mikeski at September 30, 2026 01:26 PM (VHUov)

330 233 Uhhhh... Do they think US citizens are getting deported? Ilhan might get deported because her citizenship is fraudulent.

republicans can't be president because the constitutional says natural born citizen and there's nothing natural about republicans.

Posted by: soon at September 30, 2026 01:26 PM (v3pYe)

331 330 233 Uhhhh... Do they think US citizens are getting deported? Ilhan might get deported because her citizenship is fraudulent.

republicans can't be president because the constitutional says natural born citizen and there's nothing natural about republicans.

Posted by: soon at September 30, 2026 01:26 PM (v3pYe)

C-section kiddies can't be president...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:27 PM (l3cgK)

332 327 Yeah...how my ass feels after 4 hours of running to the toilet very early this morn...still dunno what I ate to elicit that response...

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: taco bell at September 30, 2026 01:27 PM (v3pYe)

333 Its onlyl .22 but the thing is just insane. It was originally designed for crowd control LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
-------

Yes, I noted 'The A180 was adopted by the Utah Department of Corrections to arm prison guards.'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

334 1. Get drunk

2. Take drugs

3. Be a skank with multiple partners in one night

And as a result, you've developed into someone who can't handle responsibility because you're too self-destructive. Therefore, you can't make money at honest work, and nobody will marry you.

So your only financial option left is to make bank on being a victim.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 30, 2026 01:28 PM (GD2xa)

335 332 327 Yeah...how my ass feels after 4 hours of running to the toilet very early this morn...still dunno what I ate to elicit that response...

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: taco bell at September 30, 2026 01:27 PM (v3pYe)

I did NOT eat Taco Hell...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 01:28 PM (l3cgK)

336 I have my brother's 2004 Volvo XC-90, its a turd of an SUV but it looks nice and is great on paper

I've had good luck painting "For Sale" and the price on the back window, and driving the the car around town.

Shows that it runs at least.

Same thing for selling TVs at yard sales: hook that puppy up and play videos on it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 01:28 PM (vJrRc)

337 Its onlyl .22 but the thing is just insane. It was originally designed for crowd control LOL

That would certainly liven up any Antifa or No Kings protest.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 30, 2026 01:29 PM (2ocoG)

338 Nood terrorists

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 30, 2026 01:29 PM (vJrRc)

339 Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic. It came into widespread medical use during the Vietnam Unpleasantness.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 30, 2026 01:30 PM (X3rKN)

340
The weather lady on the noon local news has a spectacular battery of cannons in a tight dress.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Put those puppies on display for the evening news or at 10. More eyeballs, better ratings.
Posted by: Chris Rock at September 30, 2026 01:24 PM (yOEUM)

As Teh Ewok once put it in a post, "sweater mischief".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 01:31 PM (y9nCu)

341 BTW, it's clear that this thing has been picked up as a mid-term stir-up-the-liberal-white-women operation by the borg. On instagram I kept getting "suggested for you" posts in my feed - way more than usual - and all were some version of "Cornell 7 . . . all men are complicit . . . patriarchy and rape culture . . ." Like every third post in my feed. I follow saltwater fishing accounts, models, and right wing political accounts so these would not be natural algorithmic suggestions. Some then made the link between Cornell 7 (two black dudes, two hispanic dudes, an Asian and three whites - one black guy was afro-hispanic) at a super left wing campus and . . . . drum roll . . . Trump.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at September 30, 2026 01:36 PM (ssz2a)

342 Add - what are the chances that Jane Doe's story got MORE accurate after two years time and consultation with a civil personal injury attorney preparing a lawsuit against deep-pocketed defendants?

Posted by: Alec Leamas at September 30, 2026 01:37 PM (ssz2a)

343 Look up "felching" in the bank's customer handbook.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM

I wish I didn't know what that meant.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 30, 2026 01:38 PM (0sNs1)

344 341 Some then made the link between Cornell 7 (two black dudes, two hispanic dudes, an Asian and three whites - one black guy was afro-hispanic) at a super left wing campus and . . . . drum roll . . . Trump.

if you average their skin color, it's orange.

Posted by: anachronda at September 30, 2026 01:40 PM (v3pYe)

345 I actually have a request, does anyone here know much about selling a car? I have my brother's 2004 Volvo XC-90, its a turd of an SUV but it looks nice and is great on paper. I am trying to sell it but everyone is passing or super lowballing it (like $100).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 30, 2026 01:10 PM (nIKjK)

If it's a real turd, and unsaleable, donate it for tax write-off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 01:41 PM (C6xWR)

346 Nympho.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 02:00 PM (LHPAg)

347 I am late to this but I thought you could not legally give consent when you are drunk

Posted by: anon2020 at September 30, 2026 02:04 PM (RqMDa)

348 Ketamine is known to produce hallucinations.
Nothing this woman says about that night can be accepted, be it "good" (I enjoyed some sex) or "bad" (I was raped).
It may have been terrible sex and she imagined multiple Os, or it could have been a porn fantasy come true. She may have been forcibly raped, or she could have tucked her feet under her on the couch and sat on her shoe wrong and imagined forcible entry.
NOTHING she says can be taken as true.
This is why the cops, who have to worry about a legally solid case, didn't charge anyone.
The university admin, OTOH, can operate under the leftist rules -white men bad - and merrily proceed to try to ruin some guys lives.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 30, 2026 02:08 PM (iYF/u)

349 The only way to get convictions here is to hand pick a biased jury. Anyone else cannot convict a rape charge out of this woman’s testimony. When the acquittals come, the outrage machine will go into hyperdrive. The law is what they say it is, nothing more or less.

On the other hand, I have seen speculation that the text messages between the guys may open conspiracy charges. That is only speculation at this point, and my entirely IANAL take is you cannot prove conspiracy to commit rape if you cannot prove rape.

Posted by: Advo at September 30, 2026 02:29 PM (jO4mz)

350 The guys were fucked up too. If it's illegal to have sex with someone who's intoxicated, can they sue her?

Posted by: BenMSYS at September 30, 2026 03:52 PM (vR93T)

351 Men - Don't stick it in crazy.

Posted by: rj at September 30, 2026 06:07 PM (3W56t)

Wednesday Morning Rant

Betting the Business

The AI mania continues to impress, not just due to specific mind-boggling decisions but the wider market environment. There is no shortage of madness in either, and they can help to explain each other. My favorite recent example involves the Japanese investment firm SoftBank and its pet company, OpenAI. SoftBank has gone all-in on AI, and OpenAI receives much of its investment. SoftBank has invested heavily in OpenAI and its Stargate Project, which aims to invest half a trillion dollars over a few years.

And SoftBank is not just blowing smoke. The money is actually involved, and not a small amount of it. There has been one story in the SoftBank/OpenAI financing saga that has been unfolding over the past few months, and it - and the market's response to it - has been fascinating. Back in March, SoftBank announced that it had secured short-term financing to the tune of $40 billion to dump into its AI investments, with OpenAI getting 75% of that. It went onto SoftBank's corporate card, but as anyone who has ever financed a big-ticket item with a credit card knows, that's a bad way to do it.

And it became immediately clear that the lenders were balking over risks as SoftBank worked to refinance the debt. Just a couple of months later in June, investment analysts noticed that SoftBank is really exposed to AI, to the point that the investment firm is, in some ways, becoming a proxy for OpenAI itself, just with compound leverage. As it was put in the CNBC article:

... "Buying SoftBank is partly a leveraged bet on OpenAI," he said. "If OpenAI does well, leverage is great. But if OpenAI and other investments do poorly, the leverage will hurt SoftBank."

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold the phones. You mean that leverage amplifies both upside and downside?! The hell you say! This is as deep as sports commentary. "The team that puts up the most points will win the game, analysts say."

SoftBank isn't done. It has until next year to pay off that $40 billion credit card, and they have a plan for that:

SoftBank has said that borrowing would likely be repaid "through the utilization of existing assets and other financing measures."

In other words, it will try to borrow more favorably to pay off the credit card with a longer-term loan. It tried that in July, wanting to borrow ~$10 billion against its holdings in OpenAI, but couldn't get the terms it wanted because, get this, OpenAI is impossible to underwrite as it doesn't trade publicly and there's no way to recover value from it if there's a problem. If SoftBank can't pay, the lenders get nothing but non-liquid and possibly worthless shares in OpenAI - so lenders balked.

Flash forward another couple of months, and we arrive at last week. SoftBank has floated the largest non-financial bond offering in the region's history, offering an ~$11 billion bond, with $10 billion of it earmarked for paying off OpenAI-related financing. The company can't issue investment-grade debt (SoftBank is rated BB+, which is junk territory, and that is also where these bonds landed), already has a lot of debt (about $123 billion in net debt, though assets technically exceed that unless things unexpectedly go down in value...), about 1/3 of its value is a pure AI play (its holdings in OpenAI) and another third of its value is in a chip company (ARM) that is also riding high on the AI wave. Talk about exposure!

That's a great example of how speculative bubbles can evolve in one large company, but it gets better. After announcing this new bond the response to it was astonishing:

Shares of SoftBank Group jumped more than 7% on Thursday, as Japanese markets opened for the first time this week following a three-day holiday and the technology investor announced an $11.1 billion bond issuance to help fund its growing bet on OpenAI.

Borrowing stable money to pay off the credit card was good for a 7% pop in its share value. That is a mania, and it's everywhere. SoftBank serves merely as an example, because it isn't alone. It's going to be ugly when it blows.

But SoftBank is sure that this time, it won't blow. As its CEO Masayoshi Son put it:

... in a recent interview with CNBC [he], defended SoftBank's aggressive push into AI, calling the technology revolution "50x bigger" than the dot-com boom and arguing that any future correction in AI-related stocks would represent a buying opportunity rather than a structural threat.

50 times bigger? Let's hope not. And Son needs to hope that the "buying opportunity" doesn't work out like it did for Cisco Systems, which took 25 years to get back to the same nominal market cap it had at the height of the dot-com bubble.

A mania is no time to be wrong...

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)

2 No crows. Not art.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)

3 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

4 A mania is no time to be wrong...

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

The helll you say!

- Dutch tulip investors

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:01 AM (bFu5X)

5 Guess nobody remembers the "tech bubble"?

There will be an AI bubble. At some point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 11:02 AM (RORbl)

6 *cross-eyed*

Financials, man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:02 AM (U/fqy)

7 The AI mania continues to impress, not just due to specific mind-boggling decisions but the wider market environment.

I keep making money on chip manufacturers, so I'm not looking a gift stock in the mouth but, it sure feels bubblish.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 11:03 AM (4NO2D)

8 It's not AI, it's SI - Super Intelligence. Moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: Roy at September 30, 2026 11:03 AM (qwype)

9 AI is programmed by leftists and H1-B holders.

There's not a lot of I in AI......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:04 AM (ccf/V)

10 The WNBA is the Jerry Springer Show of "pro" leagues.

Posted by: Vagitarian Fake Gangster at September 30, 2026 11:05 AM (guCKp)

11 I have little direct experience with AI other than enhanced web searching, but my son says that he is using it extensively in his programming, so I guess it has value.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 11:05 AM (4NO2D)

12 Musk will corner the market on AI as well.......He owns the EV market, the Space market and will own AI.

The dude is becoming a Bond Villain.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:05 AM (ccf/V)

13 I remember when Surfer Crosses were the hot item.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 30, 2026 11:05 AM (KGj36)

14 Should I be worried? Nahhhh, it'll be fine.

Anthropic IPO Prospectus Reveals $8 Billion Operating Loss

Anthropic posted a roughly $42 billion net loss in 2025 as soaring computing costs and a massive accounting charge overwhelmed rapid revenue growth ahead of the artificial intelligence company’s planned initial public offering.

The Claude maker generated about $4.6 billion in revenue during 2025, up roughly twelvefold from the prior year, while its operating loss widened to $8.06 billion, according to its confidential IPO prospectus reviewed by Reuters.

https://tinyurl.com/mr4kuxy4

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

15 The WNBA is the Jerry Springer Show of "pro" leagues.
Posted by: Vagitarian Fake Gangster at September 30, 2026 11:05 AM (guCKp)

It's good to see Clark pulled her head out of her ass and Indiana won yesterday........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:06 AM (ccf/V)

16 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)

17 >>I remember when Surfer Crosses were the hot item.

I had one.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (J4Dwc)

18 I have little direct experience with AI other than enhanced web searching, but my son says that he is using it extensively in his programming, so I guess it has value.

The question isn't really if it's useful, it's whether people will be willing to pay enough to make it profitable. So far, the tea leaves don't look good.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

19 Somewhere is a warehouse filled with fidget spinners the investors would be happy to sell.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (gm9Sb)

20 Hopefully the AI cash cow will continue to grow and grow until it goes pop! and I get to see lots of jap AI and bank execs doing swan dives off of the soon to be empty in 2029 Torch Tower.

Posted by: Brother Can You Spare A Yen? at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (w+jhU)

21 It's good to see Clark pulled her head out of her ass and Indiana won yesterday........

Oh, do we hate her now too? Why?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

22 In honor of Joe Mannix (not a cop).......

https://shorturl.fm/PGZgo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V)

23 I don't get the logic... Lot of hysteria saying we need to slow down AI because it's gonna kill us all so lets let China get ahead of us and.... Kill us all ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 11:08 AM (+gK6I)

24
Oh, do we hate her now too? Why?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

No....she just Amber Heard in game 1 and they lost bigly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V)

25 A mania is no time to be wrong...

Posted by: Joe Mannix

No way, i just can't/won't believe it!
~Nortel

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 11:08 AM (NnhvP)

26 I think the time to have invested in AI is long past.

A couple years ago, when the AI bois were just starting out and entry was, well, speculative at best, would have yielded some banger bucks.

Assuming you could eat the short term capitol gains.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 11:08 AM (RORbl)

27 I don't get the logic... Lot of hysteria saying we need to slow down AI because it's gonna kill us all so lets let China get ahead of us and.... Kill us all ?

Yup. It's like destroying your economy over climate change (are you listening, Europe?) while doing nothing about China and its overwhelming fraction of global emissions.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

28 I just heard the chocolate ration has been increased!

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 11:10 AM (jdlda)

29 Continuing the stuff about Huckabee from the previous thread, I have been clear that the only female "R" with a cat in hell's chance of ever being President is actually Tulsi. I doubt it would ever happen but she definitely has something. I don't think she's one of us though. Wish she was.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 11:10 AM (x8rTv)

30 Betting that huge on a new technology is NEVER a good idea.

Even if it eventually does make money, in its infancy you're going to lose if you've leveraged yourself.

You think it's a great investment? Invest money you can spare into it. Don't invest so much that you're going to fail if it even meets a delay in production.

Imagine leveraging all your wealth on cars in 1900. YES, that's a great, long-term investment. But you're not getting huge returns even within a few years. Invest for the long term, not on gambling-style payouts in the short term.

(Who is running SoftBank!?!?)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:10 AM (N1DT3)

31 28 I just heard the chocolate ration has been increased!

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 11:10 AM (jdlda)

=====

From 25g to 20g!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:10 AM (U/fqy)

32 I just heard the chocolate ration has been increased!
Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 11:10 AM

Nice.

*downs a shot of Victory Gin*

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 11:11 AM (4NO2D)

33 I think the time to have invested in AI is long past.

Agree. You can probably still make some bucks, but when the inevitable bubble pop occurs, it will take down the rest of the economy with it. Good thing the Dems would never try to take advantage of that.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

34 From 25g to 20g!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:10 AM (U/fqy)

Liberal math

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 11:11 AM (+gK6I)

35 Some of this post looks suspiciously like math.

Posted by: far cry at September 30, 2026 11:11 AM (LSV6F)

36 23 I don't get the logic... Lot of hysteria saying we need to slow down AI because it's gonna kill us all so lets let China get ahead of us and.... Kill us all ?
Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 11:08 AM (+gK6I)
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The sudden hair-on-fire "we have to slow down!" hysteria from two weeks ago was the most obvious Op in the history of Obvious Ops.

Trump did the right thing and came out forcefully against putting the brakes on.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 11:11 AM (oqH4h)

37
I've grown tired of the hype pro and contra. My guess is: neither as good as we hope, nor as bad as we fear.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 11:12 AM (eRlcH)

38 Speaking of AI, I just finished up building out my multi-agent set-up, M4 Max 64gb is going to be doing the heavy lifting, an i9 with a 16gb nvidia card and an i7 with an rtx 6gb card makes a great home lab LLM environment.

It's coupled with a Proxmox hyperviser hosting my gitea LXC git repo so basically I can develop internally and have all work product locally, because as the saying goes, what do you call your stuff in the clouds?

Not your stuff.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Lm2uZ)

39 When nothing like the advertised potential is achieved and the bill comes due, we'll get AI TARP.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 30, 2026 11:13 AM (jBygX)

40 Imagine leveraging all your wealth on cars in 1900. YES, that's a great, long-term investment. But you're not getting huge returns even within a few years. Invest for the long term, not on gambling-style payouts in the short term.

I have no idea what you mean.

Posted by: US railroads in the late 1800s at September 30, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

41 Lights a Victory cigarette. Blows smoke ring.

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 11:13 AM (jdlda)

42 I've grown tired of the hype pro and contra. My guess is: neither as good as we hope, nor as bad as we fear.

This is almost always the smart bet.

Posted by: US railroads in the late 1800s at September 30, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

43 Callback to previous thread.

Dialogue between Spencer Pratt and a dude named Stafford who is a Rand Paul consultant.
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"
Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
·
48m
You work for a republican in like the reddest state in the country. Talk about starting on 3rd base and thinking you hit a triple. How'd your Presidential campaign turn out, by the way?

I'm just a dad. I ran for mayor as a republican in communist LA and singlehandedly boosted turnout over 30% from the prior election.

When I say most consultants suck, without ever naming you...but you take it personally and throw a public hissy fit, you may not realize what you're confessing...

Quote
Doug Stafford
@dougstafford
·
3h
Dude entered politics on third base, thinks he hit a triple, and never mentions he didn’t score.

Maybe win a race before you talk about winners and losers?"

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)

44 I've grown tired of the hype pro and contra.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yeah, so have I. AI is sucking all the air out of the room.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

45 > .... because as the saying goes, what do you call your stuff in the clouds?
--------
Stuff on someone else's computer.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 11:14 AM (RORbl)

46 Speaking of AI, I just finished up building out my multi-agent set-up, M4 Max 64gb is going to be doing the heavy lifting, an i9 with a 16gb nvidia card and an i7 with an rtx 6gb card makes a great home lab LLM environment.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Wow, I understood almost none of that. We've got some serious tech geeks on this site.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

47 You work for a republican in like the reddest state in the country. Talk about starting on 3rd base and thinking you hit a triple. How'd your Presidential campaign turn out, by the way?

Do I understand this correctly? Someone is saying CA is the reddest state in the country?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

48 I think the time to have invested in AI is long past.

Better late than never, but I need to sell these tulips first...

Posted by: t-bird at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (jnBG1)

49 The question isn't really if it's useful, it's whether people will be willing to pay enough to make it profitable. So far, the tea leaves don't look good.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

Amazon gave MASSIVE discounts to entice people into their digital assistant, Alexa, thinking that they would lock the network effects early and would figure out how to monetize it later.

... They still haven't really figured out that monetizing part. (Last I checked they had lost $25B, and that was 2 years ago.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (N1DT3)

50 47 You work for a republican in like the reddest state in the country. Talk about starting on 3rd base and thinking you hit a triple. How'd your Presidential campaign turn out, by the way?

Do I understand this correctly? Someone is saying CA is the reddest state in the country?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

=======

That was Pratt talking to the Rand Paul consultant.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (U/fqy)

51 Better late than never, but I need to sell these tulips first...
Posted by: t-bird

Can I interest you in a Cabbage Patch Kid?

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

52 WNBA is crazy. Serenity Now!

Posted by: Lloyd Braun at September 30, 2026 11:17 AM (guCKp)

53 52 WNBA is crazy. Serenity Now!

Posted by: Lloyd Braun at September 30, 2026 11:17 AM (guCKp)

=====

Serenity now, insanity later.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:18 AM (U/fqy)

54
This is almost always the smart bet.
Posted by: US railroads in the late 1800s at September 30, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

__________

AI is the nearest equivalent I can think of to railroads in the later 19th century. Inflated promises, wild speculation, corruption up the ying-yang, mass bankruptcies. But in the end an economic asset of enormous value. Severely screwed up by government regulation, but profitable once freed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 11:19 AM (eRlcH)

55 And yes, most GOP political consultants suck because they are typically to the left of the GOP which is why quite a few of them defect to the Dems over time.

Same as GOP corporate donor class and most state party apparatus. Brain dead dinosaurs stuck in the Bush and Reagan years while the country has changed all around them and soused in the hothouse higher ed institutions that have rotted the military higher ups, churches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher found the same thing in the Tory party in the 1970's--effete manage the decline losers that were all too ready to throw those below them to the sharks. And lousy political consultants. She went to Saatchi and Saatchi too with great results.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

56 Are we sure Joe Mannix is a real columnist and not AI Slop?

Posted by: Skeptical In NC at September 30, 2026 11:19 AM (Fn+3X)

57 Original quote.
"Guys, I hate to break it to you, but most political advisors are so bafflingly incompetent, it would make your head spin. All the talented communicators go work in Hollywood or at Saatchi and Saatchi, and these political bros never tap these agencies for help...I've connected several campaigns with literally the best marketing geniuses in the game, got them discounted rates, even...and they just never even bothered calling. It truly feels like a lot of consultants and candidates just want to lose.

You ever wonder how my ads went so massively viral, but there's not been a single candidate who's come close to it? It's their dumbass advisors. I didn't go with any political advisors, and they were SO mad about it. I partnered with a filmmaker and marketing wizard, instead of political grifters. Why? Because I wanted our messaging to be effective. Political ads suck. Nobody watches them. I wanted people to want to watch my ads. The fact that nobody else understands this is...I honestly don't know how to explain it, other than they want to lose.

There are a bunch of candidates who love it when their party loses power. It takes all the heat off them......

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

58
Do I understand this correctly? Someone is saying CA is the reddest state in the country?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

No. Rand Paul's state is.

The guy works for Paul. Pratt is giving him shit for thinking he's something in the political world because he works for a guy that can't lose in his state.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:20 AM (ccf/V)

59 It's coupled with a Proxmox hyperviser hosting my gitea LXC git repo so basically I can develop internally and have all work product locally, because as the saying goes, what do you call your stuff in the clouds?

Not your stuff.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Lm2uZ)

How do you like Proxmox? I work at a SMB and Broadcom is killing us with VMware licensing.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 11:20 AM (N39Ws)

60 Sounds like a very elaborate pump-and-dump scheme to me

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (iFTx/)

61 AI is programmed by leftists and H1-B holders.

There's not a lot of I in AI......
Posted by: Sponge

"Allo, theese is Steeeve. Can I do the needful for you today?"

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (ktgTW)

62 @46

>>Wow, I understood almost none of that. We've got some serious tech geeks on this site.

Well, I've been into computing since the 70's and am a Broadcast Systems Integration PM, so if I wasn't into geeky stuff that would be strange.

And the basic jist is I have a 3 workstations setup each will have an LLM agent doing specific tasks.

The biggest challenge was installing the 10Gbe fiber backbone throughout the house.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (Lm2uZ)

63 52 WNBA is crazy. Serenity Now!
Posted by: Lloyd Braun at September 30, 2026 11:17 AM (guCKp)
---------

Saw that CC went off with 27 points, 15 assists. She probably said FU to coaches game plan and said "I'm sick of your incompetence, I'm taking over".

Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (G0vdT)

64 60 Sounds like a very elaborate pump-and-dump scheme to me

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (iFTx/)

=======

I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (U/fqy)

65 AI is the nearest equivalent I can think of to railroads in the later 19th century. Inflated promises, wild speculation, corruption up the ying-yang, mass bankruptcies. But in the end an economic asset of enormous value. Severely screwed up by government regulation, but profitable once freed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Fiber optic was the thing in the early 00's to a much lesser extent. A lot of that cable laid was dark until suddenly streaming of video became a thing. Too late to save Lucent or some other telecom companies involved in the business but others built on what they started.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)

66 "Allo, theese is Steeeve. Can I do the needful for you today?"
Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM

"Also, your home warranty is about to expire."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

67 Better late than never, but I need to sell these tulips first...
Posted by: t-bird

Can I interest you in a Cabbage Patch Kid?
Posted by: Bulg

Perhaps you'd like to look over my collection of Franklin Mint items.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 11:22 AM (ktgTW)

68 AI is everywhere in my world.

It's affecting everything.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 11:22 AM (RIvkX)

69 It’s been estimated that oil flows in the Middle East have returned to pre war levels. They may even exceed them.

There is no mismatch between production and consumption, unless you’re China who by the way, largely runs their country on coal.

Refineries are handling the current flow BAU.

Commodities traders are driving up the price of WTI again today.

Let that sink in.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 30, 2026 11:22 AM (jN2NR)

70 50 times bigger? Let's hope not.

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

50x larger than the dot-com boom means a 50x larger collapse when the bubble bursts.

Long tulips ...

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM (Lrqtb)

71 Saw that CC went off with 27 points, 15 assists. She probably said FU to coaches game plan and said "I'm sick of your incompetence, I'm taking over".
Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (G0vdT)

Her and a teammate scored 57......Sophie Cunningham didn't do much.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)

72 >>And yes, most GOP political consultants suck because they are typically to the left of the GOP which is why quite a few of them defect to the Dems over time.

THIS

Ana Navarro?
Nicole Wallace?
Steve Schmidt?

Once they entered the MSM it's become clear how radical they are, and how much they've hated the voters they were hired to woo.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM (rOKnE)

73 @59,

>>How do you like Proxmox? I work at a SMB and Broadcom is killing us with VMware licensing.

I love Proxmox, it's dead simple to administer and rollout vm's and containers, if you add a Pulse instance you get even better management.

Most people are going the Proxmox route now that VMWare has begun to enshitify.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM (Lm2uZ)

74 Can I interest you in a Cabbage Patch Kid?
Posted by: Bulg

My lucrative retirement jet-setter lifestyle is completely funded by my Beanie Baby investments.

Posted by: Scoff At Your Own Peril at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM (Fn+3X)

75
"Also, your home warranty is about to expire."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:22 AM (bFu5X)

"Are there bees behind me?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)

76 Speaking of AI, I just finished up building out my multi-agent set-up, M4 Max 64gb is going to be doing the heavy lifting, an i9 with a 16gb nvidia card and an i7 with an rtx 6gb card makes a great home lab LLM environment.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Wow, I understood almost none of that. We've got some serious tech geeks on this site.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
________

I can translate that for you:

"I'm still a virgin"

The Blade is always here to help.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/)

77 Do I understand this correctly? Someone is saying CA is the reddest state in the country?
Posted by: Archimedes
=======
Gray box limits affect clarity but Spencer was running his race in LA while Doug Stafford works for Rand Paul and his dismal presidential campaign in 2024.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

78 "Are there bees behind me?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM

I don't get it.

(seriously, put me some knowledge, here)

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:24 AM (bFu5X)

79 >>Better late than never, but I need to sell these tulips first...

>>Can I interest you in a Cabbage Patch Kid?
Posted by: Bulg

>>Perhaps you'd like to look over my collection of Franklin Mint items.
- - -

Don't even THINK about telling me to sell my precious Beanie Babies!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:24 AM (rOKnE)

80 No. Rand Paul's state is.

The guy works for Paul. Pratt is giving him shit for thinking he's something in the political world because he works for a guy that can't lose in his state.

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

81 Close tags ftw.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:25 AM (bFu5X)

82 81 Close tags ftw.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:25 AM (bFu5X)

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Never use tags for the win.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:25 AM (U/fqy)

83 All I know is that my holding in $MU is about to pay off my mortgage with a lot to spare.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 11:25 AM (oqH4h)

84
Actually, the worst thing that happened to the railroads was the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 11:25 AM (eRlcH)

85 I don't get it.

(seriously, put me some knowledge, here)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:24 AM (bFu5X)

It was in an American Home Shield commercial. The little trollish woman was reading a glass ball telling someone's future when some guy's bees escaped.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM (ccf/V)

86 You should see the Pixy thread...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM (RIvkX)

87
Never use tags for the win.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:25 AM (U/fqy)

Boring. NO sense of adventure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM (ccf/V)

88 At least you could eat tulip bulbs...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM (C6xWR)

89 It was in an American Home Shield commercial. The little trollish woman was reading a glass ball telling someone's future when some guy's bees escaped.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM

*fistbump*

Thanks.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:27 AM (bFu5X)

90 87
Never use tags for the win.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:25 AM (U/fqy)

Boring. NO sense of adventure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM (ccf/V)

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Tags are empty spectacle distracting us from the meaningful meat of argument.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:27 AM (U/fqy)

91
Tags are empty spectacle distracting us from the meaningful meat of argument.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:27 AM (U/fqy)

Ace farts in your general direction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:28 AM (ccf/V)

92 Boring. NO sense of adventure.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM

I've been in The Barrel. There is no adventure in The Barrel.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:28 AM (bFu5X)

93 Somewhere is a warehouse filled with fidget spinners the investors would be happy to sell.
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The attention span of grown adults is alarming. I've sat in business meetings where people are continuously flipping a pen from top to bottom, bottom to top, while another is squeezing some block of moldable plastic. Jeez, can't anyone sit for 30 minutes without some sort of toy in front of them?

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 11:28 AM (TN0g+)

94
91
Tags are empty spectacle distracting us from the meaningful meat of argument.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:27 AM (U/fqy)

Ace farts in your general direction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:28 AM (ccf/V)

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Same as ever!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:28 AM (U/fqy)

95 I really don't know enough about AI data centers to set all my hair on fire either way. However, I am leery of any additional mass data storage and processing that's tied to all our computer usage. The panopticon is already fucking out of control, and we're just adding more eyes of Sauron. We're hurtling headlong into a Beholder-Sauron hybrid that we will never be rid of. Financially the irrationality and insane amounts of money being dumped into it screams "bubble" to me though.

There is also the little fact that AI is being forced down our throats without us ever having asked for it. Before long you won't be able to buy a computer or smartphone, or use any ISP or web browser without it. Personally I think this a tying violation of antitrust statutes but I'm just a jackass on the internet.

Posted by: No sir, I don't like it. at September 30, 2026 11:29 AM (TbWk/)

96 The attention span of grown adults is alarming. I've sat in business meetings where people are continuously flipping a pen from top to bottom, bottom to top, while another is squeezing some block of moldable plastic. Jeez, can't anyone sit for 30 minutes without some sort of toy in front of them?
Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 11:28 AM (TN0g+)

They can't sit at a stoplight without checking their Facebook status and holding up traffic when the light turns green......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:29 AM (ccf/V)

97 Heh, how is it reality star Spencer Prat has more clear-eyed assessments on politics than the (alleged) pros?

Oh yeah, he was in entertainment, where one had to learn to brand oneself and consistently please the audience to succeed.

Meanwhile, our GOP class has hated its audience (voters) and sold the same lame brand for decades -- and then gets pissy that we aren't loyal and grateful for their efforts.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (rOKnE)

98 When the AI players started asking for government regulation, that didn't compute for me. Then I realize what they really want is government protection....of their investments.

To Big to Fail ring a bell.

Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (G0vdT)

99 88 At least you could eat tulip bulbs...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That may be, but lay off the daffodil bulbs. They are poisonous to humans and to animals of all stripes.

Posted by: Jonquil Jones at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (Fn+3X)

100 Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual. I don't think it's been confirmed a suicide, but the parents posting about suicide prevention is a big tell.

https://tinyurl.com/3unm6as2

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

101 We all know that leftists assume the positions they do in order to virtue signal, but this guy encapsulates it really well, as it applies to the new push to ban AI. If you aren't moping, you're an uneducated rube.

many have noticed that there is a certain amount of depression chic in left-wing circles. If you aren't a gloomy pessimist about capitalism, democracy, the environment, racial reckoning, etc. then you probably don't care enough about the world...
If you aren't feeling those effects then you are probably not paying attention. Unfortunately, many of our undereducated electorate are doing just that - not paying attention, not reading up on policy decisions, not following the details...or the money.

https://tinyurl.com/bzyfm8k6

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

102 Can I interest you in a Cabbage Patch Kid?
Posted by: Bulg

My lucrative retirement jet-setter lifestyle is completely funded by my Beanie Baby investments.
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Any interest in buying a few unopened boxes of 1991 Leaf Baseball cards?

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (TN0g+)

103 Tags are empty spectacle distracting us from the meaningful meat of argument.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:27 AM (U/fqy)

Or... they provide wonderful emphasis. For example:

Prometheus sucks!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ExV1e)

104
There is also the little fact that AI is being forced down our throats without us ever having asked for it. Before long you won't be able to buy a computer or smartphone, or use any ISP or web browser without it. Personally I think this a tying violation of antitrust statutes but I'm just a jackass on the internet.

Posted by: No sir, I don't like it. at September 30, 2026 11:29 AM (TbWk/)

Microsoft has been pushing for decades for you not owning a PC, only having a terminal that gives you access to Microsoft's systems and data storage.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ccf/V)

105 98 When the AI players started asking for government regulation, that didn't compute for me. Then I realize what they really want is government protection....of their investments.

To Big to Fail ring a bell.

Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (G0vdT)

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Regulatory capture is a tale as old as time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM (U/fqy)

106 I watched The Death of Stalin last night. Pretty much a flat movie. I expected something moar.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM (KGj36)

107 At CNN: "Nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine held by Fiji court replaced with flour"

Reporters add that three Fijian judges have been hospitalized so far with flour-related rhinosinusitis.

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

108 I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (U/fqy)

I do.

Posted by: Paolo at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM (x8rTv)

109 What is poison for raccoons?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM (RIvkX)

110 Boring. NO sense of adventure.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM

I've been in The Barrel. There is no adventure in The Barrel.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:28 AM (bFu5X)

The sentient bioluminescent fungus is pretty cool.

Posted by: Putting the love in Lovecraftian at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM (TbWk/)

111 I watched The Death of Stalin last night. Pretty much a flat movie. I expected something moar.
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM

I mean, they did kind of give away the ending in the title.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (bFu5X)

112 Once they entered the MSM it's become clear how radical they are, and how much they've hated the voters they were hired to woo.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Way back when, Ace had complimentary things to say about Liz Muir. She worked for the Walker prezzie campaign in 2016. She later turned on the GOP and its voters over gay gay gay issues. Problem in a microcosm.

Anyone that has worked around political campaigns and voters will quickly find out that many voters simply don't know much at all about politics, policy, and reality beyond their bubble. So they conclude the masses are asses and believe themselves to be of a higher order of thinking. Same tendency in a lot of political science as well in studying voting behavior.

Instead, better to think of most voters as trying to tell you something but they lack the vocabulary and being articulate enough to name and describe their ills. It takes patience and listening intently to find out what problems are but that takes too long in most cases for pols and their conceited political staffs to consider. So voters have outcome preferences but not policy preferences until a politician tries to connect the two via ads.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

113
I mean, they did kind of give away the ending in the title.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (bFu5X)

The ultimate spoiler.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (ccf/V)

114 Boring. NO sense of adventure.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:26 AM (ccf/V)

That's why I keep the close tags in my signature.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (N1DT3)

115
I watched The Death of Stalin last night. Pretty much a flat movie. I expected something moar.
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 30, 2026 11:31 AM (KGj36)

_________

I enjoyed it, but the dialogue consisted of so much crosstalk that it was difficult to make out what was being said.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (eRlcH)

116 112 Way back when, Ace had complimentary things to say about Liz Muir. She worked for the Walker prezzie campaign in 2016. She later turned on the GOP and its voters over gay gay gay issues. Problem in a microcosm.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

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That campaign was an out and out disaster.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (U/fqy)

117 >>Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual. I don't think it's been confirmed a suicide, but the parents posting about suicide prevention is a big tell.

Ugh, so young. Sad.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (rOKnE)

118 I really don't know enough about AI data centers to set all my hair on fire either way.

This is NOT the AOSHQ way. Comment hysterically first, think later.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

119 106 I watched The Death of Stalin last night. Pretty much a flat movie. I expected something moar.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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Because Politics is the Theater of the Absurd.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

120 Way back when, Ace had complimentary things to say about Liz Muir. She worked for the Walker prezzie campaign in 2016. She later turned on the GOP and its voters over gay gay gay issues. Problem in a microcosm.

This, too, is the story of AtC.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:33 AM (ccf/V)

121 The attention span of grown adults is alarming. I've sat in business meetings where people are continuously flipping a pen from top to bottom, bottom to top, while another is squeezing some block of moldable plastic. Jeez, can't anyone sit for 30 minutes without some sort of toy in front of them?
Posted by: Crusader

At one of the companies I worked at, there was a board meeting where three top executives of the company were doodling.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

122 Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual. I don't think it's been confirmed a suicide, but the parents posting about suicide prevention is a big tell.

Ugh, so young. Sad.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (rOKnE)
______

I suspect there's more to this story ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

123
That's why I keep the close tags in my signature.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:32 AM (N1DT3)

Which makes it look funny when your comment makes the right sidebar on the main page.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:33 AM (ccf/V)

124 >>Microsoft has been pushing for decades for you not owning a PC, only having a terminal that gives you access to Microsoft's systems and data storage.

Returning to the mainframe-terminal model that they spent a couple of decades destroying. SMH.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (NcvvS)

125 So voters have outcome preferences but not policy preferences

That's a great way to put it.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

126 >>That campaign was an out and out disaster.

Right?

Walker had been so strong on immigration control as governor and then flipped. He admitted his biggest donor told him he had to be pro-immigration.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (rOKnE)

127 Rachael Dretch is the American Home Shield lady. One of unfunny SNL alums.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (yOEUM)

128 Saw that CC went off with 27 points, 15 assists. She probably said FU to coaches game plan and said "I'm sick of your incompetence, I'm taking over".
Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:21 AM (G0vdT)

Her and a teammate scored 57......Sophie Cunningham didn't do much.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)

The WNBA. So fucking exciting......NOT!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew8)

129 "I've sat in business meetings where people are ..."

... wasting time and money, as with 99% of business 'meetings.'

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

130 I watched The Death of Stalin last night. Pretty much a flat movie. I expected something moar.

--

I felt the same way! For all the accolades it's gotten, I was kinda bored. I did have one small laugh, I admit, when Stalin fell to the ground and all the other officials stood there staring at him not knowing what to do or say.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (qBdHI)

131
Instead, better to think of most voters as trying to tell you something but they lack the vocabulary and being articulate enough to name and describe their ills.

__________

Sam Rayburn told his staff to pay particular attention to any letter written in pencil on ruled paper.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (eRlcH)

132 126 >>That campaign was an out and out disaster.

Right?

Walker had been so strong on immigration control as governor and then flipped. He admitted his biggest donor told him he had to be pro-immigration.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (rOKnE)

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Governors have no power over immigration and can say anything.

Presidents have complete authority over immigration, and suddenly donors give a shit about those words.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (U/fqy)

133 Walker had been so strong on immigration control as governor and then flipped. He admitted his biggest donor told him he had to be pro-immigration.

The fact that he did it says he was unsuitable anyway.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

134 >>Returning to the mainframe-terminal model that they spent a couple of decades destroying. SMH.

"You will own nothing, have no privacy, and love it!!"

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (rOKnE)

135
Returning to the mainframe-terminal model that they spent a couple of decades destroying. SMH.
Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (NcvvS)

They became part of the "all your data are belong to us" crowd like Google and Oracle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (ccf/V)

136 >>The fact that he did it says he was unsuitable anyway.

Bingo

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (rOKnE)

137
Governors have no power over immigration and can say anything.

Presidents have complete authority over immigration, and suddenly donors give a shit about those words.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (U/fqy)

WRONG!!!!

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at September 30, 2026 11:36 AM (ccf/V)

138 The WNBA. So fucking exciting......NOT!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew

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I watch the X highlights. I tried watching games a couple of times and gave up each time after 10 minutes.

Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:37 AM (G0vdT)

139 Hitler, Stalin, and Mao are sitting in a pool of lava in Hell.

They start a lengthy argument about which of them is the worst person of all time.

Each has his points, but none of them can agree.

Finally Mao says "This isn't going anywhere. I'll go ask Satan himself."

He comes back in a little while, looks at the other two, and says "Who the fuck is this Anthony Fauci asshole?"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 11:37 AM (qlLNh)

140 I watched The Death of Stalin last night. Pretty much a flat movie. I expected something moar.

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I'm expecting the sequel -- The Death of Biden -- to be even flatter.

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Lrqtb)

141 Office 365 was their big push for centralization. You can't open an app without it checking with Microsoft's licensing servers.

If they have issues, you can't open any Office app until they resolve it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ccf/V)

142 139 Hitler, Stalin, and Mao are sitting in a pool of lava in Hell.

They start a lengthy argument about which of them is the worst person of all time.

Each has his points, but none of them can agree.

Finally Mao says "This isn't going anywhere. I'll go ask Satan himself."

He comes back in a little while, looks at the other two, and says "Who the fuck is this Anthony Fauci asshole?"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 11:37 AM (qlLNh)

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*Todd jumps into the lava pool in a canonball*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (U/fqy)

143 I watch the X highlights. I tried watching games a couple of times and gave up each time after 10 minutes.
Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:37 AM (G0vdT)

There's a reason it loses money.

They aren't very good.

Most high school games have fewer misses/bricks/airballs.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (N1DT3)

144 When the AI players started asking for government regulation, that didn't compute for me. Then I realize what they really want is government protection....of their investments.

To Big to Fail ring a bell.
Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (G0vdT)

Regulatory capture is a time-honored and heavily-storied tradition among big business. Industry regulation is designed to create massive barriers ro entry. Any trickle-down benefit to the consumer is coincidental.

Posted by: A tale as old as governments at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (TbWk/)

145 I don't even know what the tags here are about. Alls I know is that I carry scissors to snip off the tags when I shoplift.

Posted by: Savvy Consumer at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Fn+3X)

146 There's a reason it loses money.

They aren't very good.

Most high school games have fewer misses/bricks/airballs.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (N1DT3)

(BOYS high school games)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (N1DT3)

147 I watched Minecraft Movie. It was lame and gay. What's with casting almost all fat people? Weird.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

148 Morning.

Can AI brew a perfect cup of coffee?

Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (dpXJq)

149
I watch the X highlights. I tried watching games a couple of times and gave up each time after 10 minutes.
Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:37 AM (G0vdT)

I open my sports app and check the score and stat line, usually only for Indiana.....sometimes Atlanta to see how bad Angel Reese Amber Heard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (ccf/V)

150 Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual. I don't think it's been confirmed a suicide, but the parents posting about suicide prevention is a big tell.

https://tinyurl.com/3unm6as2
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

Funny. I have no idea who the parents are. Shame about the kid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (C6xWR)

151 >>The WNBA. So fucking exciting......NOT!

Almost all the press about it is the teen mean girl antics and clash of personalities drama. It is the perfect example of how men and women are different.

Don't think the WNBA understands just how repellent it is.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (rOKnE)

152 I watched Minecraft Movie. It was lame and gay. What's with casting almost all fat people? Weird.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

I will see no movie with Jack Black in it, even if it's free.

F*ck that guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (ccf/V)

153 Hitler, Stalin, and Mao are sitting in a pool of lava in Hell.

They start a lengthy argument about which of them is the worst person of all time.

Each has his points, but none of them can agree.

Finally Mao says "This isn't going anywhere. I'll go ask Satan himself."

He comes back in a little while, looks at the other two, and says "Who the fuck is this Anthony Fauci asshole?"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 11:37 AM (qlLNh)

It's ok. They all lose to Mohammed, piss be upon him.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (N1DT3)

154 Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual. I don't think it's been confirmed a suicide, but the parents posting about suicide prevention is a big tell.

--

I read a few things about it being a suicide possibly resulting from bullying of some kind. No idea though.

Apparently, Chad Lowe has some kind of podcast(?) where he's talked about having daughters and he now understands just how hard it is -- what with the patriarchy n'all* -- for women. How tough they have it in America. I just rolled my eyes. The Victimhood will never die.

*he didn't specifically cite the patriarchy, but his comments were pretty clear that's what he meant

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (qBdHI)

155 The common man on the street knows what the media has told him about politics.

That is the problem.

The media. They are the propaganda arm of the left. They identify with the likes of the radical socialists and weirdos and amplify their reach. Not so much because they identify with them as it because they hate you and the current administration. Yes, they do identify with them, to a point. But they hate you more.

The black-pilled don't seem to get this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (RORbl)

156 "They aren't very good."

Hence their publicity stunts that keep the buzz going, and us talking about them at least once every week.

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (Jr5Lq)

157
Funny. I have no idea who the parents are. Shame about the kid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (C6xWR)

The dad is Rob Lowe's brother.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (ccf/V)

158 Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual. I don't think it's been confirmed a suicide, but the parents posting about suicide prevention is a big tell.

https://tinyurl.com/3unm6as2
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

Funny. I have no idea who the parents are. Shame about the kid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (C6xWR)
_____

Remember 80s heartthrob Rob Lowe? This is his lesser-known brother.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

159 Office 365 was their big push for centralization. You can't open an app without it checking with Microsoft's licensing servers.

If they have issues, you can't open any Office app until they resolve it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ccf/V)

SaaS is the devil. Or at least one of the princes of hell.

Posted by: Enshittification unchained at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (TbWk/)

160 I'm expecting the sequel -- The Death of Biden -- to be even flatter.
Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 11:38 AM

Rude!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (bFu5X)

161 Thx Joe.
As I recall SoftBank took a beating on the WeWork fiasco. They aren't wizards

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (jivel)

162 That campaign was an out and out disaster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Donors compelled Scott Walker to debase himself and his politics over open borders. And you find this shit going on at the state and local level--whale donors make sure those state organizations follow the script and you get an iron triangle--donors, state/local party personnel, and the campaign apparatus of finance, law, and messaging. A candidate that refuses to hire the profferred campaign leeches that the state/local party demands, gets no donor money, no help or even active recruitment of other candidates to run against you in a primary (often entering at the last minute, etc.), and that the campaign staff you 'hired' actually work for the donors that are paying them through the campaign donations.

This is GOPe--it doesn't service candidates but rather donor interests. And a lot of that special interest money at the local level are real estate developers, at the state level, are the state's Chamber of Commerce members. And it produces Bush Republicans where genteel graft and reach arounds to all collaborate in gaining generational wealth for themselves is at play. Vile people.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

163 Using AI has increased my productivity at work yuuugely and bigly. I just tell Claude what needs to be done and it’s done. It still kinda blows my mind some times.

There is back and forth and I always get very specific with instructions and map out backup plans, test scenarios etc. Even with that the time it takes me to do things has been cut by at least 50% if not more.

It’s not just Google despite what a lot of people say.

It annoys me that the CCP propaganda against AI has been so good. You have 70% of Americans who are more than happy to destroy OpenAI and Anthropic and let China dominate the field. All it took was a few bots on X and TikTok to make this happen, ironically enough all run by AI.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (f0pGg)

164 The WNBA should've embraced the dildo-tossing thing.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (77rzZ)

165 I'm expecting the sequel -- The Death of Biden -- to be even flatter.
Posted by: ShainS

Look Fat, I'll be showering with nubile tweens long after you're gone!

Posted by: Loofah Joe! at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (Fn+3X)

166 Air cable ftw.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (yOEUM)

167
SaaS is the devil. Or at least one of the princes of hell.
Posted by: Enshittification unchained at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (TbWk/)

Sharing a handbasket ride with IoT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (ccf/V)

168 I watched Minecraft Movie. It was lame and gay. What's with casting almost all fat people? Weird.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

"My name...*super long pause*... is Steeeeeeeve!!!!!"

Yeah, that's two hours of your life you're never getting back, my dude.

I watched the new Arrow Video restoration of Excalibur last night. WOWOW!!!!!! Awesome. Highly highly HIGHLY recommended!

Posted by: Robert at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (dpXJq)

169 "They aren't very good."

Hence their publicity stunts that keep the buzz going, and us talking about them at least once every week.

They could double game attendance if Sophie Cunningham would strip down at halftime.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

170 They became part of the "all your data are belong to us" crowd like Google and Oracle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (ccf/V)

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

I recently received my share -- a $37.42 Zelle deposit -- from the $115 million Oracle data privacy class action settlement (Katz-Lacabe et al. v. Oracle America, Inc.).

I wonder how much the lawyers got? /rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Lrqtb)

171 I will see no movie with Jack Black in it, even if it's free.

F*ck that guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM

Come on, his performance in The Jackal was great.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:42 AM (bFu5X)

172 Microsoft has been pushing for decades for you not owning a PC, only having a terminal that gives you access to Microsoft's systems and data storage.

Returning to the mainframe-terminal model that they spent a couple of decades destroying. SMH.
Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (NcvvS)

Which is why this machine runs Linux.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:42 AM (C6xWR)

173 138 The WNBA. So fucking exciting......NOT!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 30, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew
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I watch the X highlights. I tried watching games a couple of times and gave up each time after 10 minutes.
Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 11:37 AM (G0vdT)

Isn't it a bit of an oxymoron when a bunch of lesbians want to play with balls?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 11:42 AM (N39Ws)

174 I watched Minecraft Movie. It was lame and gay. What's with casting almost all fat people? Weird.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

I will see no movie with Jack Black in it, even if it's free.

F*ck that guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (ccf/V)
______

He's obese now and will probably die young. The fat, manic thing doesn't work long term.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

175 He's obese now and will probably die young. The fat, manic thing doesn't work long term.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Correct.

Posted by: Zombie Chris Farley at September 30, 2026 11:43 AM (yOEUM)

176 Sam Rayburn told his staff to pay particular attention to any letter written in pencil on ruled paper.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
=========
Speaker Sam was one of a kind. Never heard that story but thanks. He was still legendary enough in DC when I was there decades later that he had a lot of stories floating around about him.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

177 He's obese now and will probably die young. The fat, manic thing doesn't work long term.

You don't say.

Posted by: Chris Farley at September 30, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

178 Isn't there an anecdote-story about some small town where everyone owes someone else and no one can pay anyone because they're all out of cash. Then some guy wanders in for a night at the motel and that cash goes all over town squaring everyone.

There's an AI joke about getting an ad onto the wanderers cel phone somewhere in the Cloud.

Posted by: DaveA at September 30, 2026 11:44 AM (FhXTo)

179 I have little direct experience with AI other than enhanced web searching, but my son says that he is using it extensively in his programming, so I guess it has value.

I have five other members on the development team. Either they don't use AI or don't know how to use it correctly.

Based on raw productivity metrics, I am producing at least 10x more than the other five combined.

OTOH, received word from those who are paying for the AI tokens, and they are concerned about the token burn against a finite pool for the entire department. So who knows?

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 11:44 AM (xE0sV)

180 The WNBA should've embraced the dildo-tossing thing.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:41 AM (77rzZ)
______

Seriously, they could have capitalized on that by getting in on the joke and starting some kind of pre-game ritual to get the dozen fans involved. Not throwing dildoes, but something.

Instead, they reacted to what was a dumb but harmless prank with all the anger, hostility, and hysteria that people expect from bitter man-hating lesbians.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

181 In the near future, AI is going to tell a woman she's wrong... and that, my friends, will be the end of AI.

Posted by: grass monkey at September 30, 2026 11:46 AM (eP4XR)

182 Guess nobody remembers the "tech bubble"?

There will be an AI bubble. At some point.

Sure, but it's not as if the dot-com boom was completely fake. Indeed, almost everything is a dot-com now in the sense that a business without a web presence is practically not a real business. Even mom-and-pop shops need to be on Facebook at a minimum so they can be found. What was fake was the expectation that a web presence WAS the business in and of itself. AI is similar in that it's being touted as the end product instead of as a tool to serve needs.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 30, 2026 11:46 AM (vTZFs)

183 "my son says that he is using it extensively in his programming, so I guess it has value."

For coding, it's great. For that, it's a more competent colleague than any human I ever worked with.

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 11:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

184 Remember 80s heartthrob Rob Lowe? This is his lesser-known brother.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

Oh, he said.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:46 AM (C6xWR)

185 My son lives next to a GOPe mover and shaker in GA who has had TDS from the very start. Cut from the treasonous Ratshitburger mold. He never had a Trump sign on his lawn. One election, the only sign on his lawn was for water commisioner, and he supported the Dem Sheriff candidate, because the Republican guy was a bit MAGA.

Posted by: Traitors Everywhere at September 30, 2026 11:47 AM (Fn+3X)

186 >>Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (rOKnE)
>>Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:35 AM (ccf/V)

Both true, and utterly opposed to the decentralisation that was a huge selling point for the server-desktop/laptop model.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 11:47 AM (NcvvS)

187 He's obese now and will probably die young. The fat, manic thing doesn't work long term.

You don't say.
Posted by: Chris Farley at September 30, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
_____

The piles of drugs that Farley abused had a hand in that, though. I don't know if Jackoff Black is a junkie.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

188 Our garbage media explained in one short X post.

https://tinyurl.com/ypp899r7

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 11:47 AM (viF8m)

189 150 Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual. I don't think it's been confirmed a suicide, but the parents posting about suicide prevention is a big tell.

https://tinyurl.com/3unm6as2
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

Funny. I have no idea who the parents are. Shame about the kid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (C6xWR)

I had a friend about that age commit suicide. 12ga. Small rural town in the 80s - not supposed to happen. Went to the wake. Nobody there but the parents. Haunts me to this day.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 11:48 AM (N39Ws)

190 There may well be an ai bubble in stock prices. But if there is and it pops it doesn’t mean AI goes away. Post 2000 .com crash the internet didn’t disappear. It just made the survivors that much stronger and set the stage for Web 2.0.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 11:48 AM (f0pGg)

191 ..Sophie Cunningham didn't do much.....
****

Isn't her job to keep the other team off of Caitlin?

Posted by: clarence at September 30, 2026 11:48 AM (vCaJx)

192 There may well be an ai bubble in stock prices. But if there is and it pops it doesn’t mean AI goes away. Post 2000 .com crash the internet didn’t disappear. It just made the survivors that much stronger and set the stage for Web 2.0.

And that's when the smart money gets in.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

193 I've seen certain types of AI applications in action. They need constant supervision.

They don't seem particularly 'smart,' just fast, paralleled circuits cranking out high speed calculations.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 30, 2026 11:49 AM (VQ7/I)

194 @176 whig, in the Best and the Brightest Halberstam told a Sam Rayburn story.
Sam was talking to Lyndon who was raving about the whiz kids that JFK brought in to government. "They use statistics and charts " to show how government can be efficient.
Sam responded "that's great Lyndon but I wish just one of them had ever run for sheriff"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 11:50 AM (jivel)

195 Right. BuyDogToothPasteOnline.com disappeared, but around 20% of *all* consumer spending now takes place online.

That percentage would be a lot higher if it were easier to buy houses and cars over the web.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (qlLNh)

196 Using AI has increased my productivity at work yuuugely and bigly.

My take on AI is this:

Pareto Principle says 20% does 80% of the work. I think with the mass retardation that is taking place at all levels within the US, with migration of complete and total 80IQ idiots plus the failure of the edjumakation cartels to turn out literate, functioning human beings, plus the culture trend towards eschewing any and all critical though, to be replaced by raw emotions... that 20% is most likely 5% and 90% of that 5% is fucking things up but with skill.

AI is what saves civilization. Instead of having a room full of White Men with slide rulers putting a man on the moon, we have one ADHD Autist with frontier AI models.

Naturally, the communists, the destroyers and the Malthusians want to cripple the relatively small handful of civilization saviors

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (xE0sV)

197 Wasn't WeWork Softbank's last big play?

They bet the entire farm on a boring cooperative suite provider like it was a revolutionary never-been-tried concept. And guess what? It turned out to be a massively overvalued boring cooperative suite provider.

Doesn't say much for their investing acumen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (wpRMV)

198 I have five other members on the development team. Either they don't use AI or don't know how to use it correctly.

Based on raw productivity metrics, I am producing at least 10x more than the other five combined.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 11:44 AM

I have made multiple good-faith attempts to use AI as part of my programming. I use the latest guidance from the leading figures on how to use it and have, so far, found that it makes it take far longer than just ignoring AI. I get crap that doesn't do what it's supposed to do and which takes longer to fix than it would take to just write what I need.

I would love for someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong because I'd hate to be left out.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (bXODF)

199 This, too, is the story of AtC.
Posted by: Sponge

She was fluent in swearing like Hugo the Chavez and had a sad personal story of abuse. But she chose her personal id over politics.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)

200 >>Which is why this machine runs Linux.

Ditto.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 11:52 AM (NcvvS)

201
Come on, his performance in The Jackal was great.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 11:42 AM (bFu5X)

Never heard of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:53 AM (ccf/V)

202 194 @176 whig, in the Best and the Brightest Halberstam told a Sam Rayburn story.
Sam was talking to Lyndon who was raving about the whiz kids that JFK brought in to government. "They use statistics and charts " to show how government can be efficient.
Sam responded "that's great Lyndon but I wish just one of them had ever run for sheriff"
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Been meaning to read that book for years. But Caro's LBJ (and Joseph Califano's biography) put me off the entire subject of the LBJ presidency. I find him vile and evil.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

203
Isn't her job to keep the other team off of Caitlin?

Posted by: clarence at September 30, 2026 11:48 AM (vCaJx)

Along with being kinda hot......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:54 AM (ccf/V)

204 > I would love for someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong because I'd hate to be left out.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (bXODF)

You have to prompt it like you're giving instructions to a semi-retarded intern who knows the syntax, etc. of the language cold, but doesn't really get the Big Picture about anything.

Always be hammering on the eventual goal.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 11:54 AM (qlLNh)

205 Wasn't WeWork Softbank's last big play?

They bet the entire farm on a boring cooperative suite provider like it was a revolutionary never-been-tried concept. And guess what? It turned out to be a massively overvalued boring cooperative suite provider.

Doesn't say much for their investing acumen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (wpRMV)
_______

The WW management fraud and self-dealing didn't help either

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

206 Caro's LBJ (and Joseph Califano's biography) put me off the entire subject of the LBJ presidency. I find him vile and evil.

Well, that's because he was vile and evil. Glad to be of help.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 30, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

207
I had a friend about that age commit suicide. 12ga. Small rural town in the 80s - not supposed to happen. Went to the wake. Nobody there but the parents. Haunts me to this day.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 11:48 AM (N39Ws)

This was almost my story around age 17.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:55 AM (ccf/V)

208 I seem to remember a sex scandal, way back when, but that might've been Rob rather than Chad.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 11:55 AM (qlLNh)

209 They don't seem particularly 'smart,' just fast, paralleled circuits cranking out high speed calculations.

With the right kind of guidance and properly narrowing the individual steps, removing ambiguity and providing ideal samples, I'm generating near 95% complete at start work product. The part of my time corralling in the AI agent is almost identical to evaluating and emending the resulting output.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 11:55 AM (/TiS1)

210 185 My son lives next to a GOPe mover and shaker in GA who has had TDS from the very start. Cut from the treasonous Ratshitburger mold. He never had a Trump sign on his lawn. One election, the only sign on his lawn was for water commisioner, and he supported the Dem Sheriff candidate, because the Republican guy was a bit MAGA.
Posted by: Traitors Everywhere

Not surprising. AZ and GA are GOPe central, in thrall to the Chamber of Commerce crowd wanting open borders along with human and drug trafficking as good for bizness. Notably both are hotspots for human and drug trafficking as distro points. GA has additional issues with Savannah Port and Chicoms which Ratshitburger is connected to (his bro is a high executive in Huawei USA for example).

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

211 I have made multiple good-faith attempts to use AI as part of my programming.

At my previous employer, we did some experiments with AI coding. That was a couple of years ago and the results were impressive then. The unanswered question that prevented us from using it for production code was "Who REALLY owns the code generated by AI and what does it mean to mingle it with other code that is clearly owned by us?" I'm sure a lot of people think they know the answer to that but until it's settled in the courts, it's not settled.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 30, 2026 11:57 AM (vTZFs)

212 OTOH, received word from those who are paying for the AI tokens, and they are concerned about the token burn against a finite pool for the entire department. So who knows?

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 11:44 AM

I got a certificate for a bunch of those AI tokens when I bought my new computer and purchased the office 365 forever license. I have no idea what they are or how to use them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 30, 2026 11:57 AM (I43vL)

213 Our garbage media explained in one short X post.

https://tinyurl.com/ypp899r7

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 11:47 AM (viF8m)

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Yep, you don't hate them nearly enough (and they're at the top of "my list" if and when in my remaining lifetime they succeed in turning America into an anarcho-terrorist shithole state).

I'm surprised they're not openly lamenting that the Muzzie Co-Pilot failed in his mass homicide attempt ...

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 11:57 AM (Lrqtb)

214 208 I seem to remember a sex scandal, way back when, but that might've been Rob rather than Chad.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Rob at the Democrat Convention in Atlanta in the 90's? Had sex with some teenage groupies I think.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

215 Jack Black getting disintegrated by the Martians in Mars Attacks and having his arm blown off in The Jackal warms the cockles of my heart

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 11:57 AM (jivel)

216 Been meaning to read that book for years. But Caro's LBJ (and Joseph Califano's biography) put me off the entire subject of the LBJ presidency. I find him vile and evil.
Posted by: whig

My wife says that, after reading that book, she could believe that LBJ was behind the JFK assassination.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)

217 ' The unanswered question that prevented us from using it for production code was "Who REALLY owns the code generated by AI and what does it mean to mingle it with other code that is clearly owned by us?"'

If you use it for nothing else but code reviews of human-written code, you will benefit (Assuming you aren't paying an arm and a leg for it. I've used only what I can get for free, which works fine for me.)

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 11:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

218

Colossus is the name used for a cluster of data centers developed by xAI (later SpaceXAI) in the Memphis, Tennessee–Southaven, Mississippi area.

I wonder if they hired Dr. Forbin?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 30, 2026 11:59 AM (Cqx++)

219
Governors have no power over immigration and can say anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Says WHO?
~G.Grusom

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 12:00 PM (NnhvP)

220 Guess nobody remembers the "tech bubble"?

There will be an AI bubble. At some point.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 11:02 AM

The AI fanatics that I know claim that this is a good thing because, once the bubble pops, the hardware to run the models will be available at fire-sale prices and so you can run your own AI systems for cheap.

I guess. I don't know. Five years ago, the technology that we now call "AI" was called "Autocorrect" and was mostly useful as a punchline. Now, it's supposed to be essential for making the USA competive technologically? Really?

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 30, 2026 12:00 PM (bXODF)

221 I would love for someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong because I'd hate to be left out.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (bXODF)
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Pretend like you're not a seasoned code jockey and that the AI is a noob. Explain in detail what you want the product to be without including technical jargon.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 12:00 PM (oqH4h)

222 Another Hollywood nepo takes the tube. Not normally news. But it was a girl and only 13. That's unusual.

https://tinyurl.com/3unm6as2
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

Funny. I have no idea who the parents are. Shame about the kid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:39 AM (C6xWR)

I had a friend about that age commit suicide. 12ga. Small rural town in the 80s - not supposed to happen. Went to the wake. Nobody there but the parents. Haunts me to this day.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 11:48 AM (N39Ws)
______

I had a rough freshman year in college after my dad lost everything. I was bitter and angry. I was away at college and my mom was worried I'd off myself. She called the college.

I had to spend the rest of the semester trying to convince the shrinks that I was not suicidal. And I wasn't even remotely suicidal. I was just really pissed at the world. But whatever I told them, their attitude was "that's what someone suicidal would say."

I was really really pissed at my mom at the time, but we laugh about it now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

223 This was almost my story around age 17.
Posted by: Sponge

Wow. Glad you got over it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

224 I have made multiple good-faith attempts to use AI as part of my programming. I use the latest guidance from the leading figures on how to use it and have, so far, found that it makes it take far longer than just ignoring AI. I get crap that doesn't do what it's supposed to do and which takes longer to fix than it would take to just write what I need.

I would love for someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong because I'd hate to be left out.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (bXODF)

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You didn't outsource the job to an H-1B Visa holder.

/Just channeling Vivek ...

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Lrqtb)

225 My wife says that, after reading that book, she could believe that LBJ was behind the JFK assassination.

Posted by: Bulg

I think the Kennedy family and courtiers thought that was possible too. A perfect example of a unprincipled evil man that had too much ambition and no morals to go along with it that destroyed America as we knew it.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)

226 219
Governors have no power over immigration and can say anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Says WHO?
~G.Grusom

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 12:00 PM (NnhvP)

=======

ICE has a big presence in CA and Newsom can only make noises about stopping it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:02 PM (U/fqy)

227 This is mild by comparison to some of the shell games being played with AI financing.

After seeing shit like this go down enough times in your life, all you can do is shrug. The bubbles blow up and pop faster and faster, nobody ever learns a damn thing, and the fraud grows more and more blatant, with less and less accountability.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 30, 2026 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

228 "Pretend like you're not a seasoned code jockey and that the AI is a noob. Explain in detail what you want the product to be without including technical jargon."

I talk to it like a competent peer, with the same training and experience that I have, and that works fine.

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

229 Always be hammering on the eventual goal.

It doesn't hurt to set definitive goals.

My prompt files are pretty large with things like:
• prefer composition over inheritance
• generate negative tests along with positive
• prefer flattening, normalization over complex objects

Then I provide a thousand file SSOT that has has made AI efficient instruction files, business rules, etc. Then a repository chock full of real-world samples, corner case inputs, deliberately malformed fail examples, etc.

Proper selection of models also helps too.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 12:03 PM (/TiS1)

230 I was in the “it’s all fake and gay” camp about AI until early this year. The latest models are light years away from even 18 months ago.

I turned into a believer kinda overnight. I’m at the point where I think to myself how did I survive without this before? “Before” being mid 2025.

I have a small consulting side gig with an AI startup as well. I’m not involved directly with the AI-ness of it, I am guiding their integration with systems I know well.

There’s cool stuff happening out there. Lots of opportunities. Taking the “it’s just Google” pov is seriously out of date.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 12:03 PM (f0pGg)

231 Jack Black getting disintegrated by the Martians in Mars Attacks and having his arm blown off in The Jackal warms the cockles of my heart
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 11:57 AM (jivel

Don't forget getting roasted by magic lightning in the X-Files.

Another highlight in that guy's portfolio.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 30, 2026 12:04 PM (BI5O2)

232 I talk to it like a competent peer, with the same training and experience that I have, and that works fine.

Especially if one of your instructions is:

"As a senior staff engineer..."

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 12:04 PM (pUU4E)

233 BROKEN:
The Minneapolis City Council
… yesterday voted 7-4 in favor of a requirement for DRIVERLESS robotaxis to have:
“a human monitor physically present within the driver’s seat of the vehicle and with immediate access to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.”

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 12:04 PM (ZxPkt)

234 233 BROKEN:
The Minneapolis City Council
… yesterday voted 7-4 in favor of a requirement for DRIVERLESS robotaxis to have:
“a human monitor physically present within the driver’s seat of the vehicle and with immediate access to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.”

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 12:04 PM (ZxPkt)

======

1. Jobs program for taxi drivers.

2. An understandable stepping stone with a new technology.

It's much more of the former than the latter, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:06 PM (U/fqy)

235 Buy tulip bulbs.

Posted by: Your crazy uncle at September 30, 2026 12:06 PM (79KBl)

236 lol driverless cars with a driver.
Chef’s kiss.

Next up: residents of Minneapolis wondering why are my Ubers so expensive? Must be Trump’s fault.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 12:06 PM (f0pGg)

237 Is Caro's entire output The Robert Moses book, along with the LBJ one? He's no Jackie Collins or Sidney Sheldon.

Posted by: Corin Tellado at September 30, 2026 12:06 PM (Fn+3X)

238 1. Jobs program for taxi drivers.

2. An understandable stepping stone with a new technology.

It's much more of the former than the latter, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:06 PM (U/fqy)
-----
Gotta have make-work jobs for the former "employees" of the shuttered Learing Centers.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 12:07 PM (oqH4h)

239 ICE has a big presence in CA and Newsom can only make noises about stopping it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

He's been screwing cal for a long time.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2026 12:08 PM (NnhvP)

240 the hardware to run the models will be available at fire-sale prices and so you can run your own AI systems for cheap.

Not for frontier models or even something scaled down with 1M+ tokens. You need some serious hardware and orders of magnitude more memory than you think.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 30, 2026 12:08 PM (pUU4E)

241 The Minneapolis City Council
… yesterday voted 7-4 in favor of a requirement for DRIVERLESS robotaxis to have:
“a human monitor physically present within the driver’s seat of the vehicle and with immediate access to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.”

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 12:04 PM (ZxPkt)

======

1. Jobs program for taxi drivers.

2. An understandable stepping stone with a new technology.

It's much more of the former than the latter, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:06 PM (U/fqy)
----
All those Somali Learing Center directors that are now unemployed need a job.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 12:08 PM (FZ29D)

242 233 BROKEN:
The Minneapolis City Council
… yesterday voted 7-4 in favor of a requirement for DRIVERLESS robotaxis to have:
“a human monitor physically present within the driver’s seat of the vehicle and with immediate access to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.”
Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 12:04 PM (ZxPkt)
----------

Forget it Jake, it's commi-town.

Posted by: WisRich at September 30, 2026 12:08 PM (G0vdT)

243 Is Caro's entire output The Robert Moses book, along with the LBJ one? He's no Jackie Collins or Sidney Sheldon.
Posted by: Corin Tellado

I've heard that he writes everything out in longhand, so it takes him a while to finish his books. He'll probably never finish his LBJ trilogy before hr dies.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

244 BROKEN:
The Minneapolis City Council
… yesterday voted 7-4 in favor of a requirement for DRIVERLESS robotaxis to have:
“a human monitor physically present within the driver’s seat of the vehicle and with immediate access to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.”
Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 12:04 PM (ZxPkt)
____

Another illegal alien welfare program. Taxi/Uber drivers in Minneapolis -- and pretty much every major city in the country -- are overwhelmingly foreigners and overwhelmingly illegals.

If the drivers were instead boring white guys, this council would be doing everything possible to push the driverless cars.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 30, 2026 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

245 OT: Breaking news - the plane that almost crashed today was a copilot stabbing the pilot and trying to hijack the plane. Somehow, the passengers managed to get into the cockpit, subdue the copilot, and get the plane landed (still TBD if that was the original pilot or what)...

Aka, what the media reported - that this was a "fight between the pilots" was bogus...absolutely bogus...

But good on the passengers for fighting, since fleeing was not an option...and freezing meant certain death...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 30, 2026 12:09 PM (tOcjL)

246 My general take on AI:
- I like having access to it myself, and find it useful.
- Would hesitate if forced to pay for it.
- Yeah, the frantic buildout is an obvious investment bubble.
- Like all tech, it will kill some people. We've learned to live with tech fatalities ever since we harnessed fire.

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

247 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 12:10 PM (NcvvS)

248
Wow. Glad you got over it.
Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

I did. Never again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 12:10 PM (ccf/V)

249 103 Tags are empty spectacle distracting us from the meaningful meat of argument.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:27 AM (U/fqy)

Or... they provide wonderful emphasis. For example:

Prometheus sucks!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ExV1e)

So I should or shouldn't invest in Prometheus?
And what if I'm allergic to Prometheus? Should I continue to invest in it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:13 PM (l3cgK)

250 This was almost my story around age 17.
Posted by: Sponge

I'm glad you are here.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 12:13 PM (N39Ws)

251 1. Jobs program for taxi drivers.

2. An understandable stepping stone with a new technology.

It's much more of the former than the latter, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 12:06 PM (U/fqy)

The worst possible way to ban driverless cabs. A guy sitting there to "monitor" will do no such thing. If not actively driving, he will be playing some damfool video game on his phone, and if a traffic situation arises where he could be useful, he won't be ready.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 12:20 PM (C6xWR)

252 I've grown tired of the hype pro and contra. My guess is: neither as good as we hope, nor as bad as we fear.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 11:12 AM

Hadrian! That is both my pain point and my guess.

PS: We should get together again soon.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 30, 2026 01:08 PM (bXODF)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Elijah in the Desert
Washington Allston

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:30 AM (Az7Eg)

3 Uh......poor guy. Should'a made that right turn at Albuquerque.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

4 duh.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

5 Found Ace's crow.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (Az7Eg)

6 Needs more cacti.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (RORbl)

7 Alternate title:

Crow Awaiting a Meal

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

8 I like it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

9 Awful lot of greenery for the desert.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Az7Eg)

10 "buns for the ravens" iykwim

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

11 Awful lot of greenery for the desert.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Az7Eg)

And it looks like rain is on the way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

12 The crows. Watch out for the crows.

Posted by: huerfano at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (2Xqig)

13 Needs an angry Frankenstein stomping through the landscape.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (ndZc7)

14 The desert was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Desert? Looks like there's plenty of water.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (w9Wax)

16 Very nice. Alston was a good landscape painter.
Would hang .
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (jivel)

17 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

18 'Wilderness' might be better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (Y/06r)

19 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

Lilliputian.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)

20 I like it. That tree looks a mite Tim Burtonesque, though. I wouldn't turn my back on it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)

21 Gloom, despair, and agony on me...

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (cWLG3)

22 Elijah, I'm rooting for you!

Posted by: The Tress at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

23 I know it's dead, but do trees grow that large in a desert?

Posted by: Non-desert dweller at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

24 dessert > desert

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)

25 I agree with rickb223. I quite like the painting, though, and the artist seems to have liked
painting trees.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (JrHfD)

26 He forgot to bring a boiled egg for the raven, hence the despair.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (cWLG3)

27 pellucidar.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

28 My daily art display UK-
"Elijah in the Desert" is a significant painting by American artist Washington Allston, created in 1818. It illustrates the biblical narrative of the prophet Elijah, who is sent into the desert by God and miraculously sustained by ravens that bring him food. This artwork is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and was the first piece acquired by the museum in 1870."

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

29 Sorry, I'm a little dead right now.

Posted by: The Tree at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (w9Wax)

30 [i[]I know it's dead, but do trees grow that large in a desert?
Posted by: Non-desert dweller at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM

I'm thinking the artist hasn't actually seen Middle Eastern "wilderness."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (bFu5X)

31 Then: Happy Little Trees

Now: Angry, Parched Trees

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

32 I hope he's not a white guy on welfare.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

33 I like how Elijah is dwarfed by the landscape.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

34 Always travel with a full canteen. Thus endeth today's lesson.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 09:36 AM (1utmP)

35 32 I hope he's not a white guy on welfare.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

Elijah, in the desert, looking for meth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (Y/06r)

36 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

That's the message.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (k5CNB)

37 The desert of. . . Montana?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

38
Elijah, in the desert, looking for meth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (Y/06r)

I didn't have that version of Clue........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (ccf/V)

39 Gamers on Welfare > Jezebel

Posted by: Elijah at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

40 Okay, I'll get this out of the way. Being the nerd I am, my first thought was of the Brown Lands on the approach to Mordor.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (yTvNw)

41 meth > math

Posted by: Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

42 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

That's the message.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (k5CNB)

Little people make art too?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

43 That's the message.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (k5CNB)

Eat your wheaties?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (Y/06r)

44 >>This artwork is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and was the first piece acquired by the museum in 1870."

Huh. Interesting choice.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (rOKnE)

45 I didn't have that version of Clue........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM

Limited New Mexico Edition.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X)

46 41 meth > math
Posted by: Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

LOL. I am surprised no one has mentioned anything about the Jewish Barbie thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (Y/06r)

47 Ace could learn a thing or two about befriending crows from this guy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (FZ29D)

48 It's not that Elijah is tiny.
It's that God is immense.

Posted by: Perspective at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Limited New Mexico Edition.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X)

Oooh. Nice one.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

50 Little people make art too?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

Have a Snickers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)

51 46 i have the autistic one.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Bep7s)

52

He's just tired and shagged out after a prolonged squawk...

Posted by: Ped Xing at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (KrNsD)

53 Okay, I'll get this out of the way. Being the nerd I am, my first thought was of the Brown Lands on the approach to Mordor.
Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (yTvNw)
---
He has the Precious! *gollum*

Posted by: Smeagol at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)

54
Have a Snickers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)

Don't make me hangry. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

55 there's a mint patch nearby, and some chives.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

56 48 It's not that Elijah is tiny.
It's that God is immense.
Posted by: Perspective at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

Wouldn't God be the Oasis in the desert?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Y/06r)

57 Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper

Posted by: Autistic Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

58 "This seems as good a spot as any to make some sun tea......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

59 Ace could learn a thing or two about befriending crows from this guy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Has he considered being very still so they can peck his eyes?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ThT1a)

60 Don't make me hangry. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

You're a dude though, so if you do something horrible because you have a sad, we can all call you an asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

61 I like it. That tree looks a mite Tim Burtonesque, though. I wouldn't turn my back on it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)
----
The buried corpse (copse?) of an Ent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (FZ29D)

62 A murder of crows > A murder by an undocument immigrant who is going to cure cancer or something

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (sKqQm)

63 58 "This seems as good a spot as any to make some sun tea......"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

God is sweet tea.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

64
You're a dude though, so if you do something horrible because you have a sad, we can all call you an asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

TJM hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

65 No Dessert in the Desert - a limerick

Three long years without chance to bathe
Made Elijah as thin as a wraith
Whether you're a saint or sinner
Relyin' on ravens for your dinner
Is a challenge that is sure to test your faith

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (I0N4X)

66
You're a dude though, so if you do something horrible because you have a sad, we can all call you an asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

It is at this point where I declare myself a woman and all will be forgiven.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

67 Why would an Ent be in the desert?

Posted by: Asking hte important questions at September 30, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)

68 57 Trains >>>> Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper
Posted by: Autistic Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

FIFY.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r)

69 In my experience a raven might bring you a shiny rock...no Big Macs though

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

70 In my experience a raven might bring you a shiny rock...no Big Macs though

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

Nevermore........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)

71 It is at this point where I declare myself a woman and all will be forgiven.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

*furious clapping* SO brave!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r)

72 57 Trains >>>> Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper

I like trains.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

73 59 pops told me he'd sleep with cucumber slices on his eyes so the turkey vultures would not peck his eyes out.
not sure why i ever believed him.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

74 It is at this point where I declare myself a woman and all will be forgiven.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Yasssss, Queen!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 30, 2026 09:45 AM (ThT1a)

75 Looks like a cut scene from Red Dead Redemption........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

76 57 "you've got a good point too, skipper!"

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

77 72 57 Trains >>>> Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper

I like trains.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

Woo-Woo!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r)

78 Morning, art people,

This looks like a scene from a Clint Eastwood Western. That tree with its maw and the branches shaped like a predatory claw is creepy, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

79
Woo-Woo!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r)

https://youtu.be/kSgYtmCnyYw

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (ccf/V)

80 Who's that knocking on my door?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

81 67 he thought the sandpaper was a map.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

82 Elijah is fairly unusual in that he never died.

Posted by: Chariot of Fire at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (Fn+3X)

83 Elijah looks like he could use a protein drink.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (UrqDf)

84 Who's that knocking on my door?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

Who's that ringin' the bell?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (ccf/V)

85 75 Looks like a cut scene from Red Dead Redemption........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

I started RDR 2 and... just explored the map and ignored the story. Did some of the side quests. Same thing I did with all the GTA game (IV). Crime has no appeal to me. I have no motive force to play the game.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Y/06r)

86 I'm surprised there are no buzzards circling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

87 Caption:

"Sorry , Eli . All's Ace was handing out was rotten lunch meat. So's that's what you get."

*shakes wing at sky*

"Dang, that Ace!"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (k3Vs9)

88 I like the barely visible raven dropping off Elijah's daily bread.

Quoth the Raven, "Mind your mannas, Elijah!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (I0N4X)

89 For those that didn't know, and have an interest. Significance of Broom Tree in Bible:

https://tinyurl.com/34dmukfb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (JrHfD)

90 This is very nice and is definitely NOT Ruler Art.

Posted by: Dick Blick Art Materials at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (Fn+3X)

91 i still haven't found the wooden tobacco store indian.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

92 Desert? Looks like there's plenty of water.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 30, 2026

***
It's an oasis -- like one of the watering holes the Apaches knew about and used while battling the U.S. Cavalry.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

93
Well painted.

Would not hang.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (k3Vs9)

94 I started RDR 2 and... just explored the map and ignored the story. Did some of the side quests. Same thing I did with all the GTA game (IV). Crime has no appeal to me. I have no motive force to play the game.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Y/06r)

I tried to play the first one following the story. Got stuck at a point, got bored and never played it again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V)

95 ‘Elijah, he not know what to do with raven. Me, Conan, know what to do with dumb bird.’

— Conan the Barbarian

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (s/oWd)

96 I tried to play the first one following the story. Got stuck at a point, got bored and never played it again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V)

The first RDR seemed less... gangstery?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:51 AM (Y/06r)

97
The first RDR seemed less... gangstery?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:51 AM (Y/06r)

It seemed you tried to be a lot more helpful......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (ccf/V)

98 Allston really captured the feel of a withered heath with the brown color scheme, the stark rocky hills and, especially, the stark, dead tree in the center. The exposed roots, the twisted broken branches, and the bare weathered wood of the trunks dominate. Elijah is a tiny figure, dwarfed by nature. Even the bird of prey is larger. The ominous clouds add to the sense of desperation and despair.

But it is not all bleak. The patches of blue sky promise light and, maybe, life (and God) to be found. There are living trees on the left side and on the distant hills. Elijah's pain will ultimately be rewarded if he continues and holds to his faith.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (yTvNw)

99 3 >>Uh......poor guy. Should'a made that right turn at Albuquerque.

Never trust GoogleMaps.

Posted by: red speck at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

100 100

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ccf/V)

101 FREE FOR ALL!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ccf/V)

102 It seemed you tried to be a lot more helpful......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (ccf/V)

Yeah, less 'we're going to rob this train and pistol whip women and children! And let's go beat this guy up for being overdue on a loan!'

You know a game that did it much better? Days Gone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Y/06r)

103 All skate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (ccf/V)

104 Boobs!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

105 I like it, for whatever reason. Might hang.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (aJQbY)

106 "...bird of prey..."
omnivore.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Bep7s)

107 The palette reminds me of the early Popeye cartoon backgrounds and hues. Maybe the crows have brought Eli a can of spinach?

Posted by: red speck at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Ve/HL)

108 But seriously, today's art is art...almost surreal art...but I don't really like it.

Maybe it looks better in person.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

109 JTB said what I was thinking!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (aJQbY)

110
You know a game that did it much better? Days Gone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Y/06r)

Never heard of it.

It's available on Steam, so maybe if I get bored......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)

111 Quite the contrast to yesterday's mess. Nice that CBD decided to be kind to us today. Four stars!

Posted by: Vibrant, Even! at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Fn+3X)

112 Is that Gondor in the distance?

Posted by: red speck at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Ve/HL)

113 109 JTB said what I was thinking!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (aJQbY)

He's a witch! WITCH!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Y/06r)

114 He's a witch! WITCH!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026

***
"I'm game, luv. Lead an' I'll follow. Where's 'library'?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

115 staph from staff.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (Bep7s)

116 >>No Dessert in the Desert - a limerick

Three long years without chance to bathe
Made Elijah as thin as a wraith
Whether you're a saint or sinner
Relyin' on ravens for your dinner
Is a challenge that is sure to test your faith

Heh.
Shoulda gone to Nantucket and gotten the 8 buck bucket!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (rOKnE)

117 Boobs!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

https://shorturl.fm/vjD0g

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

118 Which witch?

Posted by: Christine O'Donnell at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)

119 Never heard of it.

It's available on Steam, so maybe if I get bored......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)

The story pacing goes very much to long. Zombie back drop but one of the best... loner anti-hero goes on a redemption arc that actually has a happy ending. Like an OG happy ending. It is weird and considering the nihilism of a lot of zombie fans, I wonder if that is why it was not as popular among that group.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:58 AM (Y/06r)

120 Dollah General and Aldi hadn't made it to the area yet.

Posted by: EBT Acceped Here at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Fn+3X)

121 Posted by: Vibrant, Even! at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Fn+3X)

Yesterday's art wasn't a mess. It was clean with bright colors and lines. I assume by "mess" you mean that you didn't like it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (JrHfD)

122 "...bird of prey..."

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Well, it is from the Bible.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

123 117 why does that url end in dog?

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (Bep7s)

124 https://shorturl.fm/vjD0g
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

https://tinyurl.com/2k4te3rp

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (Y/06r)

125 Allston's self portrait on his Wiki page shows him to be quite the dandy.

Posted by: Tuna at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (lJ0H4)

126 But it is not all bleak. The patches of blue sky promise light and, maybe, life

If I were in that desert, I'd be rooting for the dark clouds.

Posted by: t-bird at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (jnBG1)

127 Over to the right, above Elijah, there looks to be a little waterfall refreshing the pool. That may explain why there are trees here.

Another raven (or a crow) is surveying the scene from atop a branch of the dead tree. I'm surprised there aren't more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

128 Quite the contrast to yesterday's mess. Nice that CBD decided to be kind to us today. Four stars!
Posted by: Vibrant, Even! at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Fn+3X)
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Now you're just being contrary.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

129 Meh. I am indifferent to 18th-19th century American artists kissing European art ass.

Give me paintings of American's busting sod, laying down steam engine tracks, cows being herded off to slaughter, Texans killing Mexicans at the Alamo, Custer being the last man alive, Oklahoma tent revivals, and Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. This list is not inclusive.

Plus, no dog, no art.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at September 30, 2026 10:02 AM (VyD10)

130 Yesterday's art wasn't a mess. It was clean with bright colors and lines. I assume by "mess" you mean that you didn't like it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Mess means that with a ruler, I could have done it, and I have little to no aptitude for drawing. Elijah shows talent.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness II at September 30, 2026 10:02 AM (Fn+3X)

131 Yesterday's art was the essence of simplicity. This has detail and variations in texture and color, plus a human figure and some birds.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

132 126 two waterfalls and a lagoon should suffice.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:03 AM (Bep7s)

133 127 oh, there are...

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

134 I couldn't find a Kindle collection of Allston's paintings, sadly. But his Wiki page has about twenty examples and they are worth looking at. What he does with realistic detail, light and perspective is wonderful. He really does represent the Romantic poetry, which I love, of Britain and America. I wonder if Allston and similar led to the Hudson River School that came along a few years later.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (yTvNw)

135 Art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (+kIYw)

136 I am going to guess Washington Allston never saw a desert.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (VyD10)

137 As SFO submits to Trump, SF activists demand city leaders fight back
After every ICE arrest, SFO appears more powerless in its response to the Trump administration

A dozen protesters assembled around a Smarte Carte rental dock outside the International Terminal earlier this month to decry San Francisco International Airport and denounce its leaders for submitting to the Trump administration. Travelers wheeling luggage cocked their heads to the side to read the signs about Immigration and Customs Enforcement at SFO.
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I voted for that!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

138 129 you forgot choctaw bingo.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

139 I've been through the desert by a crow with no name.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)

140 Caption:

C'mon Mr Elijah, Songalong-

*sings*

I seen a peanut stand, I heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye
But I be done seen everything
When I see an elephant fly...

*instantly shut down by Disney's lawyers*
*crow gets life in prison*

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (7F6tP)

141 131 yesterdays ocean was a flat blue triangle.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

142 https://youtu.be/kSgYtmCnyYw
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (ccf/V)
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https://tinyurl.com/2s44j4ua

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:06 AM (svKyi)

143 136 it took a thousand years to suck all the water out.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:07 AM (Bep7s)

144 After every ICE arrest, SFO appears more powerless in its response to the Trump administration

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You know what that sumbitch has done now?!!!

Cato Institute tries to attack Trump by noting he reduced legal migration from Muslim nations by 96% 😌

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

145 Since we've passed 100, I would like to comment on the Episcopal woman priest quoted in the earlier thread,. To suggest that Jesus" saying " Come out" to Lazarus suggests that Lazarus is gay is just ignorant and is is pushing an agenda, of course . Jesus meant "Come out" of the tomb as a reference to his raising the dead Lazarus . It has nothing to do with Lazarus possibly being gay. That is some tortured Biblical interpretation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (JrHfD)

146 120 Dollah General and Aldi hadn't made it to the area yet.
Posted by: EBT Acceped Here at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM

There's a Buc-ee's just out of frame.

Posted by: Beaver nuggets! at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

147 I really have to disagree with the take on Sarah Huckabee Sanders that her ad is bad because she had a white guy.

Preciously because white guys are not the normal able bodied and on welfare demographic

If she cast a black guy or a woman the media would dismiss it as racism or misogyny, but now you have all these commenters and analysts talking about the actual demographics of welfare that would have been dismissed out of hand otherwise and discussing just how many able bodied people are getting money from Uncle Sugar

So please right leaning pols more ads like this!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)

148 I wonder if Hot Air has a Vibrant Non Sequitur Thread...

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)

149 Turns out, going to the desert for forty days and forty nights was a bible theme and not just a one-off event.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (qbqtn)

150 145 everyone named lazarus is swishy.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

151 Party time, excellent!

Canadian judge rules citizens have a constitutional right to traffic drugs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

152 117 Boobs!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

https://shorturl.fm/vjD0g
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

Yeah ok!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 10:11 AM (s1VwS)

153 I wonder if Hot Air has a Vibrant Non Sequitur Thread...
Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)
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Thursday!

Posted by: Townhall at September 30, 2026 10:11 AM (qbqtn)

154 Elijah looks like he could use a protein drink.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (UrqDf)

I pour him a glass of wine every Passover!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 10:12 AM (k5CNB)

155 117 why does that url end in dog?
Posted by: cmeat

Usually my dog walks end with a curl.

Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at September 30, 2026 10:12 AM (yYROg)

156
Cato Institute tries to attack Trump by noting he reduced legal migration from Muslim nations by 96%

Imagine trying to explain this data point to any American on Sept 12, 2001...

Cato: See President Bush will respond to 9/11 by bringing in so many Muslims they'll elect one of their own to be mayor of NYC. But its like good for the economy and stuff. So when Trump reduces migration its racist and bad...

9/12 Normie: You mean the people that just attacked us and killed thousands of Americans?

Cato: Ok, that's racist for the record...you'll understand why in a few years when you guys elect a man named Hussein as president.

9/12 Normie: Oh my God we are going to lose the War on Terror...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

157 That is some tortured Biblical interpretation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (JrHfD)
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Otherwise known as "political advocacy" in some circles, or in our house, "pure unadulterated horseshit"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:14 AM (qbqtn)

158 149 Turns out, going to the desert for forty days and forty nights was a bible theme and not just a one-off event.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (qbqtn)

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This week on Survivor: Judea, does Jesus have the numbers to vote out Satan?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)

159 Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

I don't know anyone personally named Lazarus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (JrHfD)

160 157 or in our house, "pure unadulterated horseshit"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:14 AM (qbqtn)

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My ears are burning...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)

161
https://tinyurl.com/2k4te3rp
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (Y/06r)

https://shorturl.fm/dcMAg

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (ccf/V)

162 Party time, excellent II

Follow @KollegeKidd
@_kollegekidd
Footage surfaces of Diddy using cellphone at Fort Dix. The Bad Boy founder is reportedly spending thousands a month to live like a VIP behind bars, paying inmates to cook, clean, do his laundry and give him massages while allegedly gaining access to Hennessy, contraband phones and a jailbroken tablet

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

163 Greeting from the Elijah! The Lord Elijah! The Warrior of the Wasteland, the Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!

Posted by: Road Warrior 3:16 at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (TbWk/)

164 So it's a boob bounce thread?

Posted by: Just got here at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

165 159 there's only one left. he moved to frisco in the 60s.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (Bep7s)

166 Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:14 AM (qbqtn)

Yes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (JrHfD)

167 Good morning good people.

That tree could use watering.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (ktgTW)

168 I really have to disagree with the take on Sarah Huckabee Sanders that her ad is bad because she had a white guy.

***********

I have a dream that my grandchildren will grow up in a land where a person is judged not by the color of his skin, but by the cash value of his welfare fraud.

/Dr. Martin Huckabee King

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:18 AM (I0N4X)

169 paying inmates to cook, clean, do his laundry and give him massages while allegedly gaining access to Hennessy, contraband phones and a jailbroken tablet
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)
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Just like the women's section of the Cook County Jail, according to the documentary "Chicago."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 30, 2026 10:19 AM (amcLV)

170 Muin al-Arabid, who ran Hamas’s intelligence operations in Gaza, “gave Israel tremendous intelligence which has helped create a spike in locating and assassinating other top Hamas officials, funds, and weapons,” the Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday.

Al-Arabid, described by officials as an “intelligence gold mine,” was nabbed by Israeli special forces after months of surveillance by Israel’s Shin Bet security agency.
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Now, there's a guy Israel has decided needs to be sent into the desert for a time. Nothing like announcing he's flipped to wreck his day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:19 AM (qbqtn)

171 So it's a boob bounce thread?

Let me put this right here... https://tinyurl.com/3dv2v5dd

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

172 167 it's a lemon tree?

Posted by: burt munro at September 30, 2026 10:20 AM (Bep7s)

173 My ears are burning...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)
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heh. It's not always about you, TJM.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (qbqtn)

174 173 My ears are burning...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)
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heh. It's not always about you, TJM.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (qbqtn)

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That one song was definitely about me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (U/fqy)

175 Jpost: Muin al-Arabid, who ran Hamas’s intelligence operations in Gaza, “gave Israel tremendous intelligence which has helped create a spike in locating and assassinating other top Hamas officials, funds, and weapons

What's Hebrew for "nightingale"?

Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (yYROg)

176 145 everyone named lazarus is swishy.
Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026

***
You and I need to talk, brother.
( -- Lazarus Long)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (wzUl9)

177 Religious leader and high tech expert!

Pope Leo Pushes Back on Trump, Says AI Fears Not “Fake News”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

178 176 never read any heinlein. been meaning to.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

179 147 I really have to disagree with the take on Sarah Huckabee Sanders that her ad is bad because she had a white guy.

Preciously because white guys are not the normal able bodied and on welfare demographic

If she cast a black guy or a woman the media would dismiss it as racism or misogyny, but now you have all these commenters and analysts talking about the actual demographics of welfare that would have been dismissed out of hand otherwise and discussing just how many able bodied people are getting money from Uncle Sugar

So please right leaning pols more ads like this!
Posted by: 18-1
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It was a stupid ad and Huckabee should have apologized for it. Instead she doubled down which leaves serious questions as to her abilities for any higher office. It is particularly offensive in the case that WalMart, Tysons, etc. are busy bringing in H1Bs to fill tech roles in Arkansas while the 'white gamer bros' applications are being thrown away.

The first rule in politics is be loyal to your base voters because they are the ones that will stick it out when things go bad. The swing voters, the 'principled' types, will run away when things go bad as they often do in politics.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (E4rtv)

180 Meanwhile, France is on fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (viF8m)

181 Elijah was *feeling* desolate, too. A very appropriate setting.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (PKL0q)

182 179 It was a stupid ad and Huckabee should have apologized for it. Instead she doubled down which leaves serious questions as to her abilities for any higher office. It is particularly offensive in the case that WalMart, Tysons, etc. are busy bringing in H1Bs to fill tech roles in Arkansas while the 'white gamer bros' applications are being thrown away.

The first rule in politics is be loyal to your base voters because they are the ones that will stick it out when things go bad. The swing voters, the 'principled' types, will run away when things go bad as they often do in politics.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (E4rtv)

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"We're trying not to signal racism by targeting the safest demo possible even if it doesn't make sense."

"That doesn't make sense."

"See? You're racist."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (U/fqy)

183 The first rule in politics is be loyal to your base voters because they are the ones that will stick it out when things go bad. The swing voters, the 'principled' types, will run away when things go bad as they often do in politics.

Right leaning white male voters see that ad and note "that's not me"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

184 Elijah in the Desert
Washington Allston

Based on 1 Kings 17:1–7, where God sends the prophet Elijah into the barren wilderness to be fed by ravens.

But Ace can't get the crows to sit on the porch. Heh.

I'd hang it for the month of October. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (NFX2v)

185 I don't know anyone personally named Lazarus.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026

***
Does "lapis lazuli" mean "stone of Lazarus"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)

186 "We're trying not to signal racism by targeting the safest demo possible even if it doesn't make sense."

"That doesn't make sense."

"See? Your racist."

How many other ads from Huckabee or hell any other right leaning pol are we and the FNM talking about right now?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

187 176 never read any heinlein. been meaning to.
Posted by: cmeat
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Try starting either with compilations of his Future History short stories or perhaps Double Star. If you like politics, His Take Back Your Government shows how politics used to be in this country (Heinlein was deeply involved in the 30's in CA) and how we can fix the current rotten politics of today. Hint, it requires work and organization.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:25 AM (E4rtv)

188 153 I wonder if Hot Air has a Vibrant Non Sequitur Thread...
Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)
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Thursday!
Posted by: Townhall

CBD also had a Buck-like Morning Rant yesterday, proving he has grown in office. Also, there are rumors he's on some podcast here, though I haven't verified that, as yet.

Posted by: Things Are Looking Up! at September 30, 2026 10:25 AM (Fn+3X)

189 Lots of men have their Lazarus moment.

Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at September 30, 2026 10:25 AM (qbqtn)

190 How many other ads from Huckabee or hell any other right leaning pol are we and the FNM talking about right now?
Posted by: 18-1
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Viral does not equate to being good.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:26 AM (E4rtv)

191 176 never read any heinlein. been meaning to.
Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026

***
The Door Into Summer, Have Space Suit Will Travel, Methuselah's Children, Double Star, and Friday are all good, and good places to start.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)

192 Yes, I began my true education into written SF with The Past Through Tomorrow, a 1967 collection of the Future History stories. His very first tale, "Life-Line," is in there, as is Methuselah's Children.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

193 187 i prefer short stories. i'll find that.
i've read his political beliefs wind up being sus.
but one of my karen awfl pals says he's misogynistic so i'll like some of it.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (Bep7s)

194 "hear his boots and see the figure dressed in black"

Posted by: Kittens! at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (LOZbR)

195 Gonna need some proof of life on this.

Nancy Guthrie Investigators Reviewing “New Possible Ransom Note” Almost Eight Months After Her Disappearance

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

196 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (JrHfD)

People like that are just fucking with you. They say it just to watch you argue against it. Well worn lib tactic.

I mean yes they want converts to their corruption of Scripture but above all they just love doing it.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:29 AM (x8rTv)

197 [[i
That one song was definitely about me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (U/fqy)

I bet you think this song is about you....don't you......DON'T you......DON'T YOU!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:29 AM (ccf/V)

198 Dollah General and Aldi hadn't made it to the area yet.
Posted by: EBT Acceped Here at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Fn+3X)

Sure about that?

Posted by: Aldi Owned Trader Joe at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (f0pGg)

199 In the no shit Sherlock world. Frank Luntz is saying that if MAGA turns out the Republicans will pull an "upset".
Don't think it will be a big upset.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jivel)

200 189 that's funny. i worked with a stoner who used to say, "sex has nothing to do with my asshoe." but he also enjoyed the office gal with the "ass of a ten year old boy." so i guess you're right.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

201 That painting….

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jdlda)

202 197 [[i
That one song was definitely about me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (U/fqy)

I bet you think this song is about you....don't you......DON'T you......DON'T YOU!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:29 AM (ccf/V)

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If there was ever a "You asked for it comment," it was that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (U/fqy)

203 I find at times with the Left that they believe getting you to even argue with them legitimizes their "side", no matter what it is.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (x8rTv)

204 200 funny because his last name was daddarrio.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

205 Meanwhile, France is on fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (viF8m)

islhamic fall.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:31 AM (ccf/V)

206 It’s racist to try not to be racist.

Posted by: The Rules at September 30, 2026 10:31 AM (f0pGg)

207 Viral does not equate to being good.

The only question when it comes to politics is does it move votes?

Does it reach and make friendly voters more likely to come out?
Does it reach and make opposed voters less likely to come out?
Does it change the mind of malleable voters to vote for my candidate?

And here she's reached a nation wide audience on the question of, "should government take money from the taxpayers to pay able bodied adults to stay at home and goof off"? which is a discussion the left doesn't want to have because it will hit the 1st and 3rd point.

Now, the one addition I would have made to the ad - give the actor a foreign accent, something European to make the question about paying foreigners even if of course the foreigners on welfare are rarely white males

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (sKqQm)

208 199 In the no shit Sherlock world. Frank Luntz is saying that if MAGA turns out the Republicans will pull an "upset".
Don't think it will be a big upset.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jivel)

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Best pollster of the past decade, Harvard-Harris, released a new poll this morning.

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/
2105075960924053939

D+2.

Their last poll (about a month ago) was R+2. They're within the margin of error of each other.

This ain't 2018.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (U/fqy)

209 Right leaning white male voters see that ad and note "that's not me"
Posted by: 18-1
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I don't think Gen Z or even Millennials who are white gamers take it that way. It was and is a stupidly offensive ad and Huckabee's response showed her incapacity to correct error. Bad trait for a pol.

The gamer community has been beaten about the head by women, been called racist since the whole Gamer gate shit started, and various other insults, now Brad is the epitome of the popular criticisms of white gamer bros over time. That whole community of Gen Z and younger Millennials have had it up to their ass with boomerisms about working harder, and other aphorisms while we have literally given away our tech jobs to foreign lands. Gamers are usually also competing for those same tech jobs. And Huckabee says nothing because her corporate donors want that cheap foreign labor.

That is the subtext of this ad controversy. She is poking at folks that are competing for tech jobs with foreigners in a rigged competition. It is to her discredit that she did it.

Context is important and the smug idiot Comms chief of Huckabee just screwed his boss by commissioning this stupid ad.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

210 191 thanks, y'all. i have recorded those, although i've heard friday is not great.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (Bep7s)

211 199 In the no shit Sherlock world. Frank Luntz is saying that if MAGA turns out the Republicans will pull an "upset".
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jivel)

This is like when sportsball analysts on TV say the team who scores the most points will have an excellent chance to win the game.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 10:33 AM (f0pGg)

212 Jezebel would probably be a Talarico supporter.

Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (qbqtn)

213 7 i prefer short stories. i'll find that.
i've read his political beliefs wind up being sus.
but one of my karen awfl pals says he's misogynistic so i'll like some of it.
Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026

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It's a very good collection. And he was not misogynistic. Much of his early sales were in the days when SF was mostly a boys' club. When he began to include more female characters, they were as smart and multitalented as his male heroes.

An AWFL would think he was a misogynist, as his lead women all like men and are interested in having children.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (wzUl9)

214 the only Heinlein I sorta liked was Stranger in a Strange Land

of all the male-centric genre stuff, Heinlein is the toughest for me. just I dunno. even a girl who likes boy stuff has trouble or at least I do

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (j+aD2)

215 thanks, y'all. i have recorded those, although i've heard friday is not great.
Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026

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It's a fine adventure story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (wzUl9)

216 211 199 In the no shit Sherlock world. Frank Luntz is saying that if MAGA turns out the Republicans will pull an "upset".
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jivel)

This is like when sportsball analysts on TV say the team who scores the most points will have an excellent chance to win the game.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 30, 2026 10:33 AM (f0pGg)

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Nick Cage is in a new movie about John Madden, coming to Prime soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzh7HzLXXpk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (U/fqy)

217 I don't think Gen Z or even Millennials who are white gamers take it that way.

The right leaning young white males I know are logging serious hours at work.

Yes many of them are gamers but they define themselves as "guys who work" not "guys who game"

But the point of the ad isn't the guy is a gamer. Its that he's playing games instead of working. Which is...not the right leaning or reachable vote.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

218 And he was not misogynistic

agree he wasn't

he was just .. hard to like I dunno

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 10:35 AM (j+aD2)

219 @208 TJM, definitely not 2018. Plus the Dems still have 5 weeks to do something even more insane.
People also forget that in 2018 a lot of GOPe types jumped ship and didn't run for reelection. MAGA just wasn't who they were

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:35 AM (jivel)

220 And here she's reached a nation wide audience on the question of, "should government take money from the taxpayers to pay able bodied adults to stay at home and goof off"? which is a discussion the left doesn't want to have because it will hit the 1st and 3rd point.

Now, the one addition I would have made to the ad - give the actor a foreign accent, something European to make the question about paying foreigners even if of course the foreigners on welfare are rarely white males
Posted by: 18-1

You are having a meta description as justification for the politically dumb ad. It doesn't work in this context. Everyone knows already who is on welfare and really don't need a stupid ad to understand it.

This is punching down and typical of a establishment politician for fear of being called racist or anti feminist. Seen the same stupid rhetoric for older white males about younger ones repeatedly and as a older white male, I see it as offensive when these older males never inhabited the vicious world that these kids have.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:35 AM (E4rtv)

221 214 the only Heinlein I sorta liked was Stranger in a Strange Land

of all the male-centric genre stuff, Heinlein is the toughest for me. just I dunno. even a girl who likes boy stuff has trouble or at least I do

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (j+aD2)

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Stranger in a Strange Land is...strange.

Earlier Heinlein's less strange.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is far easier to take, and better all around.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:35 AM (U/fqy)

222 6 It’s racist to try not to be racist.

Posted by: The Rules at September 30, 2026 10:31 AM (f0pGg)

Yes it is not just racist, it is in fact the most racist thing. That's what they've been saying for a decade. The MOST racist thing you can do is to not be racist.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:36 AM (x8rTv)

223 Right on schedule, pollsters will start reporting "narrowing election contests"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:37 AM (qbqtn)

224 211 bold strategy...

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:37 AM (Bep7s)

225 In the no shit Sherlock world. Frank Luntz is saying that if MAGA turns out the Republicans will pull an "upset".

The demographic Trump and the Republicans rely on now was less likely to turn out when Trump isn't on the ballot in the midterms before.

And I get it...much of the GOP is useless. But if Trump's final two years are with a MAGA working majority congress it will be a much better last 2 years...so how do you get those people to consider the stakes?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)

226 Damn it!

Court pauses execution for satanic murderer minutes before she was set to meet her Maker

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

227 Try reading Stranger in a Strange Land the Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers in a short time frame and wonder how the same guy wrote all three

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:38 AM (sKqQm)

228 213 nice. she's a "mean bikey chick," self described.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

229 Execution of Christa Pike has been stayed at the last hour by 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)

230
Nick Cage is in a new movie about John Madden, coming to Prime soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzh7HzLXXpk
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (U/fqy)

That........looks.........terrible.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:39 AM (ccf/V)

231 219 @208 TJM, definitely not 2018. Plus the Dems still have 5 weeks to do something even more insane.
People also forget that in 2018 a lot of GOPe types jumped ship and didn't run for reelection. MAGA just wasn't who they were

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:35 AM (jivel)

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What really shifted 2018 was massively juiced Dem turnout. Shockingly, Rep turnout was decent. It's just that Dem turnout was that much more.

Early vote analysis in NC and OH and VA is showing Dem overperformance in the blue state (VA) but overall down turnout and underperformance in the red state (OH) and swing state (NC).

Numbers are still very early, especially in NC (it's all main in votes at this point, and mail in isn't that big of a thing in the state, in-person early voting is where the real numbers will be (starts 10/15).

Still, the good pollsters are showing it close. Early analysis of actual votes shows lower turnout and Dem turnout low in competitive states.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:39 AM (U/fqy)

232 215 looking forward to.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:39 AM (Bep7s)

233 218 interesting.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:40 AM (Bep7s)

234
The War on Terror seems like a terrible joke that Our Better's played on us.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 10:40 AM (k3Vs9)

235 Although, we all know all the polling will shift now that the Democrat Party has gotten the key endorsement of the season from the IRGC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:40 AM (U/fqy)

236 Has Talefreako mentioned spending 40 days in the west Texas desert yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 10:40 AM (wWIcc)

237 Stranger in a Strange Land is...strange.

Earlier Heinlein's less strange.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is far easier to take, and better all around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026

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SiaSL is odd, yes. He began working on it during the Fifties. He knew it would be unpublishable until the country's mores changed a bit. As it happened, he caught the beginning of the wave just right and was thought of as a prophet of the new, "more permissive/free love" era -- which he always disdained, at least in his writings about the book and the movement.

At first it reminds you of Tarzan -- a human child raised by another species, in this case Martians -- and then veers off into its own path.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:41 AM (wzUl9)

238 The War on Terror seems like a terrible joke that Our Better's played on us.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 10:40 AM (k3Vs9)

It's nothing more than an eternal blank check. Or is it cheque.......What day is it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:41 AM (ccf/V)

239 Try reading Stranger in a Strange Land the Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers in a short time frame and wonder how the same guy wrote all three
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:38 AM (sKqQm)
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*raises hand*

Glory Road.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 30, 2026 10:41 AM (amcLV)

240 Posted by: 18-1

Again, the point is not your explanation but how the people in that particular demographic take it. And they take it as a direct insult contrary to facts. It was and is a stupid ad that will in fact haunt Huckabee for any future on a ticket for higher office.

Vance, for example, is someone that has been sensitive to young white males and he probably does not need the headache of putting someone like Huckabee as VP. It is not the ad so much as Huckabee doubling down on it that makes it bad news for her.

Tech unemployment levels are about twice the level of general unemployment right now and that is because corporate america and even red state governments have insatiable demands for H1Bs, OPT, and other vile jobs programs for foreigners that essentially gut domestic hiring of white college educated males predominately.

They voted for Trump to end this state of affairs and Trump has moved somewhat in that direction by starting to crack down on the egregious fraud in these programs. This ad reminds them of GOPe and Karl Rovian corporate whoredom.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:41 AM (E4rtv)

241 The D ads I'm seeing are interesting in that they aren't mostly focused on gas prices but just a generalized Orangemanbad and then associating Trump with the house/senate/governor candidate.

Of course I'm in a blue area so perhaps they have better ads in purple areas....

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM (sKqQm)

242 Has Talefreako mentioned spending 40 days in the west Texas desert yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 10:40 AM (wWIcc)

I just want to see if he has the stones to get nailed to a cross.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM (ccf/V)

243 The only film that looks half way interesting is Digger, a full 2 hours of Tom Cruise as a Southern Les Grossman seems appealing, and it's obvious Strangelovian vibes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM (Lm2uZ)

244 241 The D ads I'm seeing are interesting in that they aren't mostly focused on gas prices but just a generalized Orangemanbad and then associating Trump with the house/senate/governor candidate.

Of course I'm in a blue area so perhaps they have better ads in purple areas....

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM (sKqQm)

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"Michael Whatley has a sex pest on his campaign staff!"
-like, 75% of Roy Cooper's ads

"I totally didn't release the guy who killed the girl in SC!"
-the other 25%

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM (U/fqy)

245 227 i have a penguin of stranger i found. will do.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM (Bep7s)

246 Again, the point is not your explanation but how the people in that particular demographic take it. And they take it as a direct insult contrary to facts.

The people I see complaining are not working white male gamers - they are middle aged non-gamers.

The working white male gamers I know and read aren't complaining about it

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:43 AM (sKqQm)

247 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 30, 2026 10:34 AM (j+aD2)

Elmore Leonard is amazing. And so easy. So easy even *I* read him.

Although I had to stop one of them because there were too many characters.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:43 AM (x8rTv)

248 243 The only film that looks half way interesting is Digger, a full 2 hours of Tom Cruise as a Southern Les Grossman seems appealing, and it's obvious Strangelovian vibes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM (Lm2uZ)

=

40-50% Rotten Tomatoes right now.

Tracking for $9 million opening weekend.

The movie cost AT LEAST $130 million to make. And marketing has been aggressive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:43 AM (U/fqy)

249 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful art. Would hang.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 30, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)

250 227 Try reading Stranger in a Strange Land the Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers in a short time frame and wonder how the same guy wrote all three
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026

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He was amazing, that was how.

He wrote Troopers to be a juvenile, but his editor, a proto-Karen AWFL, hated it (as she'd hated his earlier work, and him, but he sold well). So he took it across the street, as he put it, to another publisher and promptly won a Hugo.

I'm not sure which appeared first, Mistress or Stranger, but he had been working on the latter for a while in the late Fifties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:44 AM (wzUl9)

251 The biggest thing Ive seen this year is Democrats seem to be running "_______ is not for sale" across the entire country.

Michigan is not for sale
Maryland is not for sale

They just pick something that sounds good and roll with it. It literally means nothing. They just made it up. And in fact it's just projection. Everyone knows that Democrats sell the country's silver. It's what they do.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:45 AM (x8rTv)

252 The biggest thing Ive seen this year is Democrats seem to be running "_______ is not for sale" across the entire country.

Michigan is not for sale
Maryland is not for sale

They just pick something that sounds good and roll with it. It literally means nothing. They just made it up. And in fact it's just projection. Everyone knows that Democrats sell the country's silver. It's what they do.
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:45 AM (x8rTv)

Stop the billionaires from buying political office!

*as they spend a billion dollars to gain political office*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ccf/V)

253 Elmore Leonard is amazing. And so easy. So easy even *I* read him.

Although I had to stop one of them because there were too many characters.
Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026

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He is very good . . . but he reproduces the way low-lifes and criminals actually talk so closely, it's hard for me to follow the dialog sometimes. HIs best crime novels are 52 Pick-Up and Mr. Majestyk, and his Westerns like Hombre are great too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:46 AM (wzUl9)

254
Stop the billionaires from buying political office!

*as they spend a billion dollars to gain political office*

That they got from a billionaire.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:46 AM (sKqQm)

255 Pretty sure Talefreako has been nailed, just not to a cross.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 10:46 AM (wWIcc)

256 @248

>>The movie cost AT LEAST $130 million to make. And marketing has been aggressive.

I don't care if it succeeds commercially, it looks interesting.

The AFI Top 100 Movies is full of pictures that didn't do well commercially.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 10:47 AM (Lm2uZ)

257 Pretty sure Talefreako has been nailed, just not to a cross.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 10:46 AM (wWIcc)

He does the poop chute boogie......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:47 AM (ccf/V)

258 I read Stranger in a Strange Land in 8th grade English and it was truly mind-altering.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:47 AM (RIvkX)

259 Oh, please.

Sure, some young white males are on welfare.

Some are not.

Many in both groups are Trump voters whom the GOP needs for their lying faggot political Party to win elections.

You will never ever see a Democrat politician attack her own base voters.

It's a stupid play by a stupid politician in a stupid Party. As per usual for Republicans. It's not 3D chess. Just another dumbfuck playing checkers against herself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 30, 2026 10:47 AM (BI5O2)

260 Pretty sure Talefreako has been nailed, just not to a cross./i]

It isn't gay if you think about your Canadian girlfriend while that buff, swarthy man takes you.

Posted by: Talefreako at September 30, 2026 10:47 AM (sKqQm)

261 You know you're living in a pretty bleak world when the most colorful thing in it is an ice mountain off in the distance.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Shattered my Femur at September 30, 2026 10:48 AM (NoYYJ)

262 Market stuck in neutral so far today, balancing the good economic news against the Iranian attacks on a couple more ships. The IRGC just needs killing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:48 AM (WKesY)

263 256 @248

>>The movie cost AT LEAST $130 million to make. And marketing has been aggressive.

I don't care if it succeeds commercially, it looks interesting.

The AFI Top 100 Movies is full of pictures that didn't do well commercially.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 10:47 AM (Lm2uZ)

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Just noting that it's bombing, which came after the very split critical reaction.

It sounds at least interesting, but I suspect I'll find it unsuccessful artistically.

And Tom Cruise might have affirmatively ended his movie star era with the film. Days of Thunder 2 better make Top Gun 2 money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:49 AM (U/fqy)

264
It's a stupid play by a stupid politician in a stupid Party. As per usual for Republicans. It's not 3D chess. Just another dumbfuck playing checkers against herself.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 30, 2026 10:47 AM (BI5O2)

Tell us how you really feel... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 10:49 AM (+gK6I)

265
Tell us how you really feel... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 10:49 AM (+gK6I)

He's very shy......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:49 AM (ccf/V)

266 HIs best crime novels are 52 Pick-Up and Mr. Majestyk, and his Westerns like Hombre are great too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:46 AM (wzUl9)
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Mr. Majestyk was a great Charles Bronson movie.

I think I saw it in a double-feature with Freebie & the Bean.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:49 AM (RIvkX)

267 The D ads I'm seeing are interesting in that they aren't mostly focused on gas prices but just a generalized Orangemanbad and then associating Trump with the house/senate/governor candidate.

Of course I'm in a blue area so perhaps they have better ads in purple areas....
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:42 AM

That's pretty much every Maura Healy ad I've seen. Trump bad. Trump policies bad. My opponent likes Trump. Vote blue so we can keep screwing you while not being Trump!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (bFu5X)

268 262 Market stuck in neutral so far today, balancing the good economic news against the Iranian attacks on a couple more ships. The IRGC just needs killing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:48 AM (WKesY)

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Interesting look at the mind of the IRGC supporters right now:

https://x.com/iranidaturan/status/
2105163899465019567

Key section:

"5. They keep telling each other to ignore CNN, Axios, and the rest. They’ve learned those outlets are biased and unreliable. They keep complaining that the regime’s officials lie and hide the truth, and that they only learn what is actually happening when Trump says it. (Even they have figured out why Trump tolerated “fake news.” It was feeding them misleading signals.)"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (U/fqy)

269 Just don't call him Francis.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (wWIcc)

270 263 "what the hell, ricky bobby?"

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (Bep7s)

271
That's pretty much every Maura Healy ad I've seen. Trump bad. Trump policies bad. My opponent likes Trump. Vote blue so we can keep screwing you while not being Trump!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (bFu5X)

It's all they have.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (ccf/V)

272 271
That's pretty much every Maura Healy ad I've seen. Trump bad. Trump policies bad. My opponent likes Trump. Vote blue so we can keep screwing you while not being Trump!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (bFu5X)

It's all they have.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (ccf/V)

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In MA, it's all they need.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (U/fqy)

273 The people I see complaining are not working white male gamers - they are middle aged non-gamers.

The working white male gamers I know and read aren't complaining about it

Posted by: 18-1

They are on X which is where they are and the whole tech debacle is being played out in real time. She is getting ratioed big time over it. Add in Karl Rove claiming GOP is getting taken over by racists and other twaddle.

You don't see this shit on your nightly news or normie news channels. That is because the struggles of young white males in this country (or in Euroland) are largely ignored by I'm All Right Jack types. I saw this shit up close and personal as academic and career advisor to students as a professor and I had one male student that got laid off and was living in his car and yet coming to class. And seeing the vile treatment that they got at the hands of an uncaring higher ed administration. Same dynamic in K-12.

These young men are hurting as their spaces like Boy Scouts have been eviscerated, their hobbies and habits mocked by others including the rather feral and vicious Gen Z females in their groups, and so on.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:51 AM (E4rtv)

274 Party time, excellent!

Canadian judge rules citizens have a constitutional right to traffic drugs
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So long as they don't say anything offensive about women or minorities they can traffic all the drugs they'd like?

Posted by: Crusader at September 30, 2026 10:52 AM (TN0g+)

275 That's pretty much every Maura Healy ad I've seen. Trump bad. Trump policies bad. My opponent likes Trump. Vote blue so we can keep screwing you while not being Trump!

I saw she is talking about borrowing her opponent's proposal for a gas tax freeze without mentioning she got the idea from him.

But this points to the problem Dems have running on lowering gas prices because I suspect if they really push on it the Trump admin will propose a national level gas tax freeze right before the election co-opting any ground they made on gas prices...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:52 AM (sKqQm)

276
In MA, it's all they need.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:50 AM (U/fqy)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:52 AM (ccf/V)

277 259 Oh, please.
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Calls for "Girlfriend, please" or "Sure, Jan" as appropriate.

Posted by: AoS Style Guide at September 30, 2026 10:52 AM (RIvkX)

278 The clue was always "Huckabee"

I always liked the way she carried herself but whatever this hullabaloo is I don't think it sounds good.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:53 AM (x8rTv)

279 MA voters are odd.

They'll tell you how they hate everything their state government is doing in detail.

Then tell you they will re-elect those same people because they can't vote for a Republican.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:53 AM (sKqQm)

280 279 MA voters are odd.

They'll tell you how they hate everything their state government is doing in detail.

Then tell you they will re-elect those same people because they can't vote for a Republican.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:53 AM (sKqQm)

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Republicans hate the gays.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (U/fqy)

281 @263

>>And Tom Cruise might have affirmatively ended his movie star era with the film. Days of Thunder 2

It won't have Tony Scott so ipso facto it won't be as good as the first film.

And them taking a chance on an indie film director for the sequel is, to say the least, unwise.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (Lm2uZ)

282 That's pretty much every Maura Healy ad I've seen. Trump bad. Trump policies bad. My opponent likes Trump. Vote blue so we can keep screwing you while not being Trump!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Mass GOP is moribund anyway as is the case in most of New England. There are two seats, one in NH, and one in ME that the GOP even has a chance at winning and only two Senate seats in those same states that might result in a GOP victory.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

283 Always Elijah and his stupid ravens.

Did he have any bears? Huh? Huh?

Posted by: Elisha at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (qlLNh)

284
Republicans hate the gays.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (U/fqy)

A WNBA coach has gone so far as to say not allowing men in women's sports is akin to wanting to kill all the trans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (ccf/V)

285
Q: Why did Talarico cross the road?
A: He was nailed to a chicken.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 10:55 AM (4NO2D)

286 Q: Why did Talarico cross the road?
A: He was nailed to a chicken.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 10:55 AM (4NO2D)

"You just keep f*cking that chicken, James."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:56 AM (ccf/V)

287 281 @263

>>And Tom Cruise might have affirmatively ended his movie star era with the film. Days of Thunder 2

It won't have Tony Scott so ipso facto it won't be as good as the first film.

And them taking a chance on an indie film director for the sequel is, to say the least, unwise.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (Lm2uZ)

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The first was really directed by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, mostly Don Simpson. Tony Scott was a cog in the Simpson machine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:56 AM (U/fqy)

288 285 mom says the difference between sexy and kinky is a feather vs the whole chicken.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:56 AM (Bep7s)

289 The only question when it comes to politics is does it move votes?

Does it reach and make friendly voters more likely to come out?
Does it reach and make opposed voters less likely to come out?
Does it change the mind of malleable voters to vote for my candidate?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (sKqQm)
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Does my base see this ad and think I'm calling them a bunch of do-nothing welfare leeches and that they should tell me to go fuck myself?

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:56 AM (oqH4h)

290 Pretty sure Talefreako has been nailed, just not to a cross.
Posted by: Anna Puma

***********

We know he has been stoned.

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:56 AM (I0N4X)

291 289 The only question when it comes to politics is does it move votes?

Does it reach and make friendly voters more likely to come out?
Does it reach and make opposed voters less likely to come out?
Does it change the mind of malleable voters to vote for my candidate?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (sKqQm)
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Does my base see this ad and think I'm calling them a bunch of do-nothing welfare leeches and that they should tell me to go fuck myself?

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 10:56 AM (oqH4h)

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Imagine the talk if Sanders had used a fat black woman in the ad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (U/fqy)

292
We know he has been stoned.

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:56 AM (I0N4X)

He inhaled?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (ccf/V)

293 Cornell has a traditional day long party to welcome students back to campus, especially freshman, called "Slope Day" because campus is hilly and the party is on a hill. My year they had a beer truck with about 40 taps ("Must be 18 to drink beer" sign was hilarious) and Commander Cody played.

This year they have "Kehlani", best known for her explicit antisemitism and support of Hamas. Welcome to present day Cornell.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (LY8iJ)

294 Elijah wasn't bad off there. He had water, woods for shleter, and crows to eat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (C6xWR)

295 The only message Democrats have here in virtually every local race, even ballot propositions...is Trump for it or agin' it.

Scott Weiner...Trump hates me
Connie Chan...I'll fight Trump
Prop 3...Reverse Trump's housing cuts!
and so on

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (RIvkX)

296 i never exhaled.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Bep7s)

297 @287

>>The first was really directed by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, mostly Don Simpson. Tony Scott was a cog in the Simpson machine.

Well, they won't have those cats either, so, I wish them well.

I'll definitely see it as I've seen most of Cruises pictures.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (Lm2uZ)

298 I told you all year Democrats can't run PM low gas prices. One they don't believe in them and two their voters don't even want them and three no one would believe them.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:58 AM (x8rTv)

299 Cornell has a traditional day long party to welcome students back to campus, especially freshman, called "Slope Day" because campus is hilly and the party is on a hill. My year they had a beer truck with about 40 taps ("Must be 18 to drink beer" sign was hilarious) and Commander Cody played.

This year they have "Kehlani", best known for her explicit antisemitism and support of Hamas. Welcome to present day Cornell.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (LY8iJ)

Huh....I thought it was a thing about Asians.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:58 AM (ccf/V)

300 Mass GOP is moribund anyway as is the case in most of New England. There are two seats, one in NH, and one in ME that the GOP even has a chance at winning and only two Senate seats in those same states that might result in a GOP victory.
Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

Trying to keep a positive attitude, but I just heard Trump is gonna campaign in Nebraska and Oklahoma ? That does not sound good....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 10:58 AM (+gK6I)

301 I'm sorry to see Sarah do something like this.

It's always disappointing when you see world-class stupidity coming from someone you used to want to bang.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 10:58 AM (qlLNh)

302 293 you can see the ccp influence.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:58 AM (Bep7s)

303 Trying to keep a positive attitude, but I just heard Trump is gonna campaign in Nebraska and Oklahoma ? That does not sound good....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 10:58 AM (+gK6I)

He's coming back to Texas and visiting the Peterbilt plant in Denton on Friday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)

304 There are no Asian Grandparents. Not art.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 30, 2026 10:59 AM (KGj36)

305 Note the raven on the branch, foreshadowing God's provision.

Posted by: RS at September 30, 2026 10:59 AM (GYx3d)

306 294 shleter is the yiddish word for crow. silent k.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:59 AM (Bep7s)

307 Will Sanders win reelection by more or less than twenty points?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (4NO2D)

308 86 I'm surprised there are no buzzards circling.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

Crow's turf. It'd kicked the buzzard's ass.

Posted by: Roy at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (qwype)

309 He's coming back to Texas and visiting the Peterbilt plant in Denton on Friday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)

Should I worry about Texas ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (+gK6I)

310 Imagine the talk if Sanders had used a fat black woman in the ad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (U/fqy)
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That's why the premise of the ad is stone-cold retarded classical GOP stupidity. There's no way to do that ad without some sort of backlash from some group. It shouldn't have been done to begin with.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (oqH4h)

311 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:01 AM (ccf/V)

312 He's coming back to Texas and visiting the Peterbilt plant in Denton on Friday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)

Mobile, AL too, I think

Posted by: one hour sober at September 30, 2026 11:01 AM (J4Dwc)

313 Posted by: ...

Her father was the same way as governor. And it doomed his chance at running for president. His was pardoning a piece of shit that raped a girl who was a distant relative of Bill Clinton and then the locals ended up castrating him. Ole Huck felt sorrry for the piece of shit and pardoned him proclaiming he was a victim of political prosecution and had found Jesus. Wayne Dumond promptly returned the favor by victimizing more women, moved to Missouri and raped and killed a young women there. So much for his religion.

Huckabee could never bring himself to apologize abjectly for screwing up. But it doomed any chance at a Senate or presidential run.

His daughter seems to be cut of the same mold. As a pol, if you make a stupid mistake, admit it and move on. At worst, don't amplify the original mistake by doubling down on stupidity. People will forgive a mistake, they won't forgive doubling down, thrashing around with metaphorical punches at their critics, and refusing to reverse course.

Always have an out if you blunder as a pol.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)

314
Should I worry about Texas ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (+gK6I)

The pollsters certainly WANT you to......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 11:01 AM (ccf/V)

315 310 Imagine the talk if Sanders had used a fat black woman in the ad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:57 AM (U/fqy)
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That's why the premise of the ad is stone-cold retarded classical GOP stupidity. There's no way to do that ad without some sort of backlash from some group. It shouldn't have been done to begin with.

Posted by: ballistic at September 30, 2026 11:00 AM (oqH4h)

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Black women are never going to vote Republican.

Attack them like they're enemies, because they are.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 11:01 AM (U/fqy)

316 315 my neighbor does. surrounded by libs, then i discover her affiliations. she's great, hates b.johnson.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 11:03 AM (Bep7s)

317 307 Will Sanders win reelection by more or less than twenty points?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Probably not enough to sink her for reelection with awful Dems but enough to hurt any chance at running for Senate (Boozman is getting old) or president/vp in 2028.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:05 AM (E4rtv)

318 If she cast a black guy or a woman the media would dismiss it as racism or misogyny, but now you have all these commenters and analysts talking about the actual demographics of welfare that would have been dismissed out of hand otherwise and discussing just how many able bodied people are getting money from Uncle Sugar

So please right leaning pols more ads like this!
Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)

Agreed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 11:07 AM (C6xWR)

319 Trying to keep a positive attitude, but I just heard Trump is gonna campaign in Nebraska and Oklahoma ? That does not sound good....
Posted by: It's me donna

Nebraska has a House seat (Don Bacon's Omaha based district in play--he retired but was a POS Never Trumper pro open borders type anyway). Oklahoma has the short term Senate replacement for Markwayne Mullins. I suspect that Trump made that commitment to Markwayne and OK GOP prior to appointing him as DHS chief.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)

320 Elijah was a Democrat? I did not know that.

Johnny Carson

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at September 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QCcDj)

321 That scene's in Utah, right … ? Right … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at September 30, 2026 12:34 PM (ayRl+)

The Morning Report — 9/ 30 /26

Good morning kids. As CBD and I yammered on about, yet again, on the latest episode of the podcast linked here as well as the top of the sidebar and on the popular outlets listed at the bottom of this post . . .

we can bitch and moan all we want about the quality or lack thereof of our candidates, but we have to get out and vote . . . . early and often. I say that half in jest considering the Democrat/Left's history and penchant for election thievery,

The left-wing League of Women Voters is on notice after allegedly trying to pay high school students to register to vote earlier this year in Kansas. . . On Friday, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sent a cease-and-desist letter to the League of Women Voters of Kansas and the LVW chapter in Leavenworth County, demanding the groups “immediately stop offering cash, gift cards, or any other item of value in connection with voter registration or voting…”

as I and my fellow Wisconsinites witnessed a few weeks back when the Dems feared the leading candidate Francesca Hong an avowed DSA freak would win the race and then come this November get thrashed by Tom TIffany and so Milwaukee and environs somehow came up with the necessary ballots for David Crowley.

David Crowley, the Milwaukee County Executive, defeated socialist State Representative Francesca Hong by approximately 3,000 votes in Wisconsin’s Democrat gubernatorial Primary election, Tuesday, after a late night counting error delayed the results.
Five of nine USB sticks from Milwaukee’s central count facility delivered to the county courthouse shortly before midnight Tuesday night, were missing election results, containing only audit logs instead of vote totals.
Paulina Gutierrez, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, said officials just clicked the wrong button on five of the tabulators, and downloaded audit logs instead of election results. Gutierrez said the human error affected approximately 15,000 absentee ballots. Officials were forced to return to the Bay View central count facility with a police escort to re-download the correct results from the five machines. The mistake delayed the final tally for the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by more than an hour, pushing the announcement of David Crowley’s narrow victory over Francesca Hong into the early morning hours.

Crowley is touted as the so-called "moderate," but in a party of racists, criminals, perverts and tyrants who have spent the past 200 years doing all they can to destroy the nation as founded to secure absolute power for all time, what does that word even mean anymore?

Most Americans are busy working, raising families, paying mortgages and trying to figure out why their grocery bill suddenly looks like a car payment. They aren't spending Tuesday night reading the Democratic Socialists of America's political program. But perhaps they should. Because DSA isn't merely a group of activists holding signs outside city hall anymore. Its candidates are winning elections. New York City's DSA chapter says its endorsed candidates won nine of ten Democratic primary contests this summer. Two of those victories came in congressional races. The organization says its volunteers knocked on more than 800,000 doors during those campaigns. . . Again, those aren't Republican talking points. Those are DSA's own standards. So let's have the argument.
If Americans want public ownership of major industries, make the case. If Americans want to abolish the Senate, make the case. If Americans want to eliminate the Electoral College, fundamentally restructure the presidency and change the relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court, make the case. That's democracy.
But voters should understand what they're voting for. And Republicans shouldn't cheapen that debate by calling every Democrat a communist. Joe Manchin wasn't a communist. Neither is every liberal member of Congress. When every political opponent receives the most extreme label available, eventually voters stop listening. There is a much stronger argument available.

So when we say vote early and often, more and more it's less in jest and a reflection of the reality we face.

And not just in the blue wastelands but the threat is actually in solid bastions, or what we perceive and believe are solid bastions of Americanism like Texas. Please tell me that this maniac doesn't have a shot in hell!!!

Come November, Democrat James Talarico will face off against Republican Ken Paxton for the Lone Star State’s highly coveted Senate seat. Talarico has been flagged as a rising star for a party desperately seeking to regain momentum after a bruising 2024 loss, and some think he might be the man to deliver Texas to Team Blue. Politicos coo at his youthful vigor, his “aw-shucks” personality, and, most importantly, his frequent appeals to Christian theology. The aspiring senator boldly proclaims his alleged Christian bona fides in interviews and on the campaign trail. In an interview with The New York Times’ resident wonk Ezra Klein, Talarico detailed how his Baptist grandfather initially instilled in him Christian values, and how this seed of theology led him to seek ministry after finishing his studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Yes, it's Texas but still. I fear he has more of a chance of taking a Texas Senate Seat than of California or New York ousting the cancerous lesions occupying their senate seats and governor's mansions and replacing them with latter day Rockefellers let alone Reagans.

Early and Often, yo!!!!!

Have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Do the American people have a right to know?
Who Killed DHS Whistleblower Philip Haney and DNC Official Seth Rich?

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

Foreign influence, ideological networks, and institutional capture.
Fifth Columns in America, Part One
Raw Egg Nationalist: Why is a Republican candidate portraying a slovenly welfare scammer as a young white man by default? (if the melanin content reflected reality, cities would burn again! - jjs)
Cheese Balls: The Race of Welfare Fraudsters Actually Matters in 2026
We are well past the time of thinking we can sit out of politics because we might not have gotten everything on our political wish list.
Poll Shows Democrats Want To Deep-Six Not Just Trump But The Entire American Order
An unmistakable consensus is forming across the political spectrum: a selective weaponization of our justice system has grown like a malignant cancer.
Overcoming the machinery of rogue prosecutions
While I don't think that the 2026 midterm elections are a last stand proposition for the United States of America, I do believe that we are getting closer to an election like that. A strong showing by the Democrats in November that allows them to take back even marginal control of Congress will bring the country closer to the brink. Not exactly end times, but end times adjacent. Please bear in mind that, until now, I've never been much of a gloom and doom type when it comes to politics. I've spent the last decade chronicling the Democrats' downward spiral deeper and deeper into madness, however, and know that these people should never be in charge of anything again.
Dems' Haplessness Makes Them an Even Bigger Existential Threat to the Republic
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“A bad day for criminal illegals and open borders activists alike.”
Supreme Court Lets Trump Resume Third-Country Deportations
Capitulate, and then you can win again. This is RINO 101, and it’s everything that’s wrong with the Republican Party.
Legacy Media Falsely Argue That Republicans Are About To Lose Because Americans Hate Deportations
A new congressional proposal could help break the deadlock on reform.
A Path Forward for Skills-Based Immigration
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Why are they not fighting the Houthis?
Saudi Arabia Comes a Cropper
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Jerusalem Post: Muin al-Arabid “gave Israel tremendous intelligence which has helped create a spike in locating and assassinating other top Hamas officials, funds, and weapons.”
Captured Hamas Spy Chief Helps Israel Take Out Three Senior Terror Commanders

* * * * *
Handing Israel an automatic win.
Pakistani Pulls Out of Chess Match With Israeli
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Minnesota fraud scandals may not be over, as a recent audit found that contracts handed to community groups in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death may not have had proper oversight at all.
Minneapolis Audit Points to Possible Fraud in Tim Walz’s State
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
In Trump v. Slaughter, a 6-3 majority ruled that Congress cannot shield members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from being fired by the President at will.
Trump v. Slaughter And The Limits Of Presidential Power
Tuesday as a judge ruled the city must scrap its bungled rollout of the new pied-à-terre tax and start anew.
Pied-a-Fail NYers battling Mamdani’s pied-a-terre tax snag big win — as casino mogul joins fight Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration was dealt a blow
City government is subsidizing independent food stores while big grocers flee crime-plagued neighborhoods.
Seattle’s Grocery Store Debacle
On November 3, 2026, the right and only path is clear. (every election now for 60 years! - jjs)
Blue city blues — the failure of progressive governance
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
‘I have a kinship with Lindsay Clancy’
Media Trying to Make Monster Who Tortured College Student to Death Seem Sympathetic
“And we can actually knock this woman out. There’s a great guy running. His name is Eliott Rodriguez. Give him a look!”
Ana Navarro Accused of Violating Broadcast Rules by Urging Viewers to Vote for FL Democrat
No, Wilber Perez was not here legally. No, he was not confused about who was behind him. No, he was not denied medical care. But the media think you are gullible enough to believe all of that anyway.
The Story The Media Told You vs. The Story That Actually Happened

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Tom’s Hardware reports that NorthPoint Development wants to build a 1,300-acre data center in the Pocono foothills near Hazle Township, Pennsylvania. To smooth the way, the company has offered roughly 4,500 households a $10,000 check each, payable only if the facility is approved. The offer letters started showing up in June. Hazle Township’s median household income is $60,000, so for a lot of families in the community, the payment is significant.
Data Center Developer Offers Rural Pennsylvania Households $10,000 Checks to Drop Opposition
John Stossel: The cost versus the benefits.
Free AI
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The law in question prevents designated nonprofits, known as 501(c)(3) organizations, from "endorsing candidates, soliciting campaign contributions, distributing campaign literature, hosting candidates with no evident equal opportunity for opponents, and publishing editorialized voting records timed to elections," according to MEF.
In Direct Violation of Federal Tax Laws, Mosques Openly Campaign for Abdul El-Sayed
The mosque in ‘Little Yemen’ has multiple ties to Muslim extremists and Hamas supporters
Sen Kirsten Gillibrand Dons a Hijab at Bronx Mosque, Alongside Cleric Who Praises Hamas and Osama Bin Laden’s Mentor, in Under-the–Radar Visit
Miami mosque speaker raises questions about what it considers “Muslim family values.”
Family Night with Alleged ‘Taliban Imam’ Izhar Khan
"We've achieved a historic win for California Muslims." (A Jew In Every Pot, except the self-gassers...for now! - jjs)
Dems Will Officially Celebrate Islamic Holiday That Includes Ritual Animal Slaughter
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Jews were called names like ‘racist,’ ‘genocide supporter,’ and ‘spiritually disfigured’
'Long Live Yahya Al-Sinwar': Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop Slapped With Discrimination Suit for Rampant Antisemitism, Crushing Dissent Over Israel Boycott
'You fan the flames of antisemitism and then shout, "Fire!"'
Mamdani Strategy on Protecting Jews Is Denounced by Jews
SHAMPEACHMENTS (past, present & future), 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
According to a committee press release, Smith and his team “acquired at least 4,782 checks from Americans who made mainly small-dollar donations to President Trump between September 2019 to August 2023.” Obtained via subpoenas, the checks disclose the donor’s bank account and routing numbers, signatures, and home addresses.
Jack Smith Seized Nearly 5,000 Checks Written By Trump Donors
There are more charges than ever, but once again, it’s really for daring to stand against the Left.
Another Attempt to Impeach Trump Has Begun
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The quits rate for manufacturing workers, a signal of confidence, rose to the highest in nearly two years.
Manufacturing Hiring Picks Up, Openings Remain Strong, Quits Rise
Protecting the great generator of wealth should be a priorty for those who have benefited the most from free enterprise.
Why Do The Defenders Of Capitalism Never Have Any Money?
Indigence stands at a record low, inequality at a historic high. Which matters more?
Is Poverty Relative?
This is an exciting story for the American heartland, and also for America in general.
The Mesabi Steel Plant: Trump’s Tariffs in Action
Farmers, ranchers, energy producers, shipbuilders, mariners: these aren't competing versions of American strength.
Save the Cows, Sink the Ships?
America can restore affordable suburban housing by embracing smaller homes, larger lots, deregulation, infrastructure investment, and technological innovation.
Sustainable Suburbs and The American Dream

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
RNC spokesman Hunter Lovell told Breitbart News, “Abdul El-Sayed doesn’t want to punish fentanyl traffickers; he wants to make their job easier. While fentanyl kills Michiganders every single day, El-Sayed is out here defending the people poisoning our communities.”
EXCLUSIVE: Abdul El-Sayed Called Laws Against Fentanyl Dealers ‘Draconian,’ Backed Supervised Drug Use Sites(supervised by Nicky Barnes and Frog One?! - jjs)
The 75-year-old defense attorney spent six weeks telling a Massachusetts jury that his client, Lindsay Clancy, killed her three children because of postpartum psychosis and therefore she was not criminally responsible. On Tuesday, he stood in Plymouth Superior Court and asked the judge to acquit her because, suddenly, nobody can prove she did it.
Lindsay Clancy's Lawyer Has Gone Completely Nuts With This Move
“It’s a Philly Thing.”
The Brothel Next Door
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The current lack of job prospects for college graduates is a painful but long overdue correction.
Reality Slaps College Graduates In The Face
ABORTION
A proposed amendment in Virginia is presented as protecting ‘reproductive freedom’ but goes much further than the ballot language suggests.
Deceptive Amendment Would Effectively Ban Limits On Abortion In Virginia
Virginians are going to the polls to vote on an amendment to their state constitution that enshrines abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy.
Why every parent should vote no on Virginia Amendment 1
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Kansas AG tells League to ‘stop offering cash, gift cards, or any other item of value in connection with voter registration or voting…’
Kansas League Of Women Voters Accused Of Buying High School Voter Registrations
"Problem Is Four or Five Republicans Who Are Going to Stand with the Democrats..."The SAVE America Act ensures only American citizens decide American elections. It includes requiring valid identification before registering to vote in a federal election, proof of citizenship, and limits the use of mail-in ballots with exceptions for illness, disability, military service, or travel.
JD Vance Says He and President Trump Have ‘Wargamed’ Plan to Pass SAVE America Act
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Cognetti promised to ‘make the big guys pay their fair share,’ but Caravia Fresh Foods uses a business arrangement that reduces tax burdens
Dem House Nominee Paige Cognetti Uses Husband's ‘Upscale’ Food Store, Which Doesn't Accept Food Stamps, To Accuse Corporations of Exploiting ‘Little Guys’
Jeffrey Soros, the nephew of billionaire Democrat donor George Soros, told guests at a Monday night fundraiser that he has known Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed since 2012, when he interviewed him for a family fellowship that later helped pay for the candidate’s graduate education.
Soros Nephew Says Family Fellowship Paid for El-Sayed’s Education
Talarico embodies Democrat failures to connect with religious voters.
The Gospel According To James Talarico
The Washington Democrat’s auto shop also didn’t offer its employees health insurance, former mechanic says
Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Says Expanding Health Care Access Is ‘Top Priority’ But Doesn’t Provide Coverage For Campaign Staff
POLITICS
His polling shows a rough cycle for both parties, but the details favor the GOP. Trump and Republicans aren't polling well, yet Democrats are doing even worse, and they've dug themselves deeper into their media bubbles. Even the turnout advantage Democrats are banking on turns out to be pretty thin.
Frank Luntz Just Gave Democrats Devastating News About the Midterms
Instead of exaggerating what the DSA believes, Americans should simply read what the organization says for itself.
Midterms and the socialism of the DSA: Know what's on the ballot
That is a public-relations failure on part of the GOP, yet also a shortcoming of American voters in identifying the clear facts of their reality.
American Voters Are So Ignorant, It’s Almost Funny
So the question remains: Why is Emanuel running? It seems most likely that he will use the nomination debates and the primary system to secure a higher profile and reenter the political machine he has inhabited for decades.
The Man Behind the Machine: Who is Rahm Emanuel, and Could He Go All the Way for the Democrats? (White, male, straight, Jew, Israeli, no shot in Hell - jjs)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
The list of targeted individuals includes current and former government officials, lawmakers, members of the judiciary, police officers, judges, businessmen, and other nationals from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — all members of the U.S.-led Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C), also known as the Shield of the Americas.
U.S. Strips Visas from Latin American Officials and Others for Undermining Democracy
While group membership is not necessary to serve in the Senate, it is highly advantageous. Senate groups receive representation on parliamentary committees, speaking time, increased recognition, parliamentary funding, and other resources. Groups are also guaranteed the right to request parliamentary investigations. As such, the results have given the National Rally a boost ahead of next year’s presidential election, which Le Pen is projected to win against all potential rivals. “This is a historic victory, and a major milestone with the formation for the first time of a group in the Senate… The results have exceeded our expectations,” said the National Rally leader in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.
The French Elections Explained: Populists Score ‘Historic’ Senate Breakthrough as Le Pen Poised for Presidential Power.
A laughable delusion.
Canadian Socialists Are Not Leading the ‘Free World’ (the Freebie world, maybe? - jjs)
China’s challenge to the U.S. is not merely a new great-power rivalry.
China And The Return Of The 'Evil Empire’
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"We must address the structural mechanisms that have allowed civilian academic norms to dilute our focus on lethality."
Hegseth Ends Civilian Tenure For Military Academies In Bid To Boost Warfighters Over Academics
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH
In 2021, as part of Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan, the administration created Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), which saw the resettlement of roughly 75,000 Afghans in mere months — some of whom were not interviewed in-person beforehand.
Federal Watchdog Reveals Vetting Errors in 40% of Biden’s Afghan Migrants Resettled in U.S.
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Meanwhile, scientists are testing a new drug that may be effective against the larvae.
Texas Lifts Screwworm Quarantines as New Mexico Reopens Cattle Crossing
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Perseverance has been busy. The rover has spent 2026 exploring the “Lac de Charmes” area, an area of valleys and ridges west of the Jezero crater rim that represent a “wild west frontier” for the mission.
The Perseverance science team finally publishes an update!
Other organizations have since confirmed the fragmentation event, including the private satellite-tracking company s2a systems, which photographed the largest remaining piece of USA 32 in orbit.
A defunct American reconnaissance satellite from the ’80s breaks up
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The spike in these numbers between 2019 and 2021 is not a mystery. America’s embrace of progressive identity politics had reached a fever pitch and the COVID lockdowns gave students endless time to spend online.
New Survey Shows Dramatic Decline in Share of High School Students Identifying as LGB
“Raising a child according to his or her sex is not abuse,” the bill declares. “Removal from fit parents is contrary to the best interests of children, creates trauma for the child, damages familial bonds, and exposes the child to well-documented risks in state custody.
Republican Senator Introduces Bill To Protect The Parent-Child Relationship From Trans Ideology
“I still think these should be local decisions, sport by sport, athlete by athlete, and I think I have the most inclusive policy of any candidate who’s running,” Talarico said. “So I know things are getting clipped and stuff, but my views, my position hasn’t changed.”
Talarico Pledges in Undercover Video to Use Senate Seat to Fight for Trans Children: ‘I Will Fight for Them’
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“The layoffs, the third round this year under recently appointed CEO Josh D’Amaro, are primarily in Disney’s human resources and IT departments across corporate and within different divisions, according to a source familiar with the cuts,” reports the far-left Variety.
Disney Grooming Syndicate Cuts Hundreds of Jobs In Third Layoff of the Year
Aaron Sorkin, once a free speech giant, turns on Facebook in new film
Jan. 6 Themed ‘Social Reckoning’ Expected to Bomb at Box Office (Goebbels produces Holocaust documentary - jjs)
HITHER & YON
Dickens never made a secret of the pain and emotional trauma heexperienced when as a boy of twelve his parents — bankrupt and about to be placed in debtors prison — sent him off to live and work in a factory, spending twelve hours a day putting labels on containers for the blacking polish used for boots. That experience shaped many of his novels, including most especially Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations.
Dickens: His childhood made him.

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1 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

2 Excellent pod cast today guys, thanks! (wasn't allowed to leave a comment there, as is usual).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:16 AM (bVoR9)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

4 2 Excellent pod cast today guys, thanks! (wasn't allowed to leave a comment there, as is usual).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:16 AM (bVoR9)

Thanks... and hmm?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 30, 2026 07:18 AM (x0n13)

5 From CATO (among the most open-borders group there is): legal immigration from Muslim nations has been cut 96%.

While legal immigration in general is down, Trump has practically halted Muslim migration and completely ended Muslim refugee resettlement.

‘Annual Muslim immigration may be the lowest in over 30 years.’

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I love that they say this like people will be outraged by it.

I VOTED FOR THIS!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 07:18 AM (gLYp7)

6 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 07:19 AM (RORbl)

7 > ‘Annual Muslim immigration may be the lowest in over 30 years.’
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Yeah, but the ones already here are out-breeding everyone else.

But there are solutions. Some easy, some hard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 07:21 AM (RORbl)

8 According to prominent Democrats, that was all part of Trump’s collusion with Russia. With that ploy exposed as a hoax, the people have cause to wonder. With Rich’s personal laptop, the FBI wanted 66 years, a proxy for “never,” to produce data the bureau previously denied it even possessed. This year questions are emerging about the FBI’s handing of records related to Rich, possibly marked for destruction.
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The FBI continues looking suspect, in this as in so many other things. Has anyone fixed the FBI lab, for example? What about the Hopkinson "investigation"?

Patel may be doing a good job, for all I know, but I continue thinking the FBI is beyond redemption.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:23 AM (ALmBW)

9 Saying that Tallerico went to a presbyterian theology school tells me everything I need to know about his progressive/commie standpoint. Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Methodists, Episcopalians and one sect of the Baptist church might as well be listed in the DSA handbook of acceptable religions.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 30, 2026 07:24 AM (2noDb)

10 >ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
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There's talk of re-launching the SR-71 program

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 07:24 AM (ZxPkt)

11 G'mornin' everyone! and, as always, thank you, JJ!

Posted by: Zombie Billy Mays at September 30, 2026 07:24 AM (VyBeY)

12 I enjoyed the article on Dickens. I assume the author knew- but chose not to talk about it- that Dickens had a long term affair with the actress Nelly Ternan, dumped his wife and family and when he died it was covered up so this would not reflect badly on the champion of family life and Victorian morality.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 07:25 AM (JrHfD)

13 Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:27 AM (RIvkX)

14 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

Wouldn't the best way to do that be to send roving gangs around to beat the crap out of them?

Posted by: Either Clodius or Milo at September 30, 2026 07:28 AM (1Ff7Z)

15 Medicare For Everyone!

Posted by: National Debt $40.10 Trillion and counting at September 30, 2026 07:28 AM (w+jhU)

16 COULD BE (not confirmed and may never be known) that the Mossad knew of an Iranian plan to hijack A plane and had plainclothes personnel onboard the Air Dubai craft.

That would explain how anyone got into the cockpit. Of course another explanation would be that the knifed Israeli crewman managed to unlock the door from within.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 07:28 AM (yMCWt)

17 15 Medicare For Everyone!
Posted by: National Debt $40.10 Trillion and counting at September 30, 2026 07:28 AM (w+jhU)

Everyone on Planet EARTH!!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 30, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)

18 Posted by: Jaimo at September 30, 2026 07:24 AM (2noDb

Depends on the church and pastor. The hierarchy is crazy in many churches. The ministers who are more conservative just ignore it and do the best they can through the grace of God. I had a talk with a Congregationalist Pastor in NJ several weeks ago. He has a"Respect Life" and "Choose Life" signs on front of his church. It's clear from his website that his personal theology is quite conservative, and Bible centered with a strong emphasis on evangelism.

That being said, Talarico's church is beyond nutty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 07:30 AM (JrHfD)

19 Unfortunately, this biography did not provide me a greater sense of the reality of Dickens’ later life. He married young, had a decades-long family life producing a lot of children, but then he dumped that wife late in life for reasons that the book does not clearly explain.
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One reason might be that the 45 year old Dickens took up with 18 year old Nelly Ternan, with whom he had a son (died in infancy). That seemed to anger his wife.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:30 AM (1utmP)

20 Good Morning Pixel friends. I am going to the Black Tower{its real name} this AM to get a mass in my left kidney irradiated in around 8:00.

The dawn sky is beautiful.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 30, 2026 07:31 AM (Q/FnY)

21 Yesterday my X feed was full of Jack Smith, mostly 'Republicans' breathily describing all the ways in which Smith broke laws and is generally awful. All sound and fury, signifying nothing. We have fun here, throwing 'nothing will happen' around like pennies in a wishing well, but the hard fact is we KNOW that actually nothing will happen. Yesterday was just another one day dog and pony show for the cameras. A one day story. Jack Smith is perfectly safe.

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 07:31 AM (ZxPkt)

22 Paulina Gutierrez, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, said officials just clicked the wrong button on five of the tabulators, and downloaded audit logs instead of election results.

Officials were forced to return to the Bay View central count facility with a police escort to re-download the correct results from the five machines.

So they don't actually count the votes in the 'central count' facility? What is the purpose of a central count facility if you are counting somewhere else you need a police escort from?

Is this just a journalism's terrible writing or am I missing something else?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 07:32 AM (6ydKt)

23 Jacks Smith & Co. are traitors who mist be hanged by January 20, 2029.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

24 Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 30, 2026 07:31 AM (Q/FnY)

Will keep you in prayer. Thanks for the comment about the sunrise. Nature can certainly help our spirits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 07:34 AM (JrHfD)

25 The Lindsay Clancy trial is one of the many fronts in the civil war between the United States of Reality and Gay Retardistan.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 30, 2026 07:34 AM (WagEk)

26 Jack Smith is perfectly safe.

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 07:31 AM (ZxPkt)

Until I decide he isn't...

Posted by: Hillary! at September 30, 2026 07:35 AM (gLYp7)

27 I will fight for them
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and by fighting for them, Talarico means he will fight for hospitals to experiment with drugs and surgery on unsuspecting mentally deranged young people.

Everything about this "fight" is perverse, from the reality to even the language used. If he were really fighting to protect these kids, he would be getting them the therapy they so obviously need, and he would be trying to fix a civic culture that somehow regards abuse of these young people as a good thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:35 AM (bUohG)

28 20 Good Morning Pixel friends. I am going to the Black Tower{its real name} this AM to get a mass in my left kidney irradiated in around 8:00.

The dawn sky is beautiful.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 30, 2026 07:31 AM (Q/FnY)

Mish a'beirach for a full and speedy recovery.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 30, 2026 07:36 AM (x0n13)

29 Morning, Horde. Today's interview will be around lunchtime, so prayers during that timeframe would be appreciated: If it's the right one, let it go well, if it's not the right one, let it be clear, and either way may the results be known soon.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 07:36 AM (aJQbY)

30 >> ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
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There's talk of re-launching the SR-71 program
Posted by: Don Black
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There's speculation that the SR-71 "borrowed" from a CA museum is going to be picked apart, digitally scanned, and the materials used analyzed for a digital mock up. This, in turn, would be the basis for building a next generation SR-71-ish spy plane or research aircraft.

"Aerospace Paleontology"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 07:37 AM (RORbl)

31 What am I? Chopped liver?

Posted by: GMAC's Right Kidney at September 30, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

32 Smith and his team “acquired at least 4,782 checks from Americans who made mainly small-dollar donations to President Trump between September 2019 to August 2023.”

Ted Cruz asked "Is it illegal to be a Republican," and Smith wouldn't answer.

They're not even being coy about what they intend to do when they're back in power.

I'm ALSO a person with a job and a family and a home and dogs and responsibilities and obligations, but nothing is going to change until we start making things change.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 07:38 AM (gLYp7)

33 ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ makes you wonder, not just about giraffes, but how you would express the gallonage of a normal spring thunderstorm, or a widespread gentle rain.
OK, well, at least it's not metric.

Wife had to do a metric conversion problem over half a dozen times the other day, swapping the terms around. I almost made an internet moron kind of comment, until I realized she literally could not believe a medical doctor would recommend I eat no more than two ounces of protein a day. Do not chortle: "normal" for someone with no health issues of any kind is only twice that. You'd do the math over, too.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 30, 2026 07:38 AM (zdLoL)

34 "And Republicans shouldn't cheapen that debate by calling every Democrat a communist.." Wisdom indeed! The shrill panic and demonization of the opposition is making me think the GOP is panicking. They had 2 years to pass legislation and suddenly we are all going to die if a few seats flip; they require massive majorities but somehow the Dems will overthrow the constitution if they get a 1 seat majority. Yes, some of them are crazy but don't you have faith in the majority of your fellow citizens? You cannot love America while think the majority of its citizens are fools and communists! Vote for the long term and have faith in your fellow citizens!

Posted by: Jalan at September 30, 2026 07:39 AM (uqfb2)

35 Thank you JJ

I was assured by all the smart morons here yesterday that the polls are all crap. I sure hope so… and maybe I need to stop my daily check in at RCP because man does it paint a glum picture!

My common sense brain tells me Tala-freak has zero chance, but the polls still have him ahead

It’s more than a little annoying I must admit

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 07:40 AM (Dkvax)

36 What am I? Chopped liver?
Posted by: GMAC's Right Kidney at September 30, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

No, you're a kidney.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 30, 2026 07:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

37 On X, people translated a recent speech from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “Please don’t come to me with free speech … That is at most a libertarian political understanding from parts of the USA that I personally do not share. A liberal society must still be able to protect its citizens from false information, from personal degradations, from discrimination.” German police conducted a criminal investigation of a man who mocked Merz as “Pinocchio” on a Facebook page. So much for the “Free World.”
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The totalitarian impulse is strong, from Germany to the EU, the UK and, of course, to Canada, where socialists worried about "misinformation" claim the only solution is to control speech and arrest 92 year old widows in bunny slippers who call Burnham names online, as just happened yesterday in the UK.

"Fuck all y'all", as I believe Thomas Paine once said so memorably.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:42 AM (N3b7w)

38 31 What am I? Chopped liver?
Posted by: GMAC's Right Kidney

Not yet, Moose at the door should have explained.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 30, 2026 07:42 AM (Q/FnY)

39 My common sense brain tells me Tala-freak has zero chance, but the polls still have him ahead

It’s more than a little annoying I must admit

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 07:40 AM (Dkvax)

Of course they do. Because they're averaging known garbage polls in with known mediocre polls. There are no good polls. RCP gave the woman who said Harris would win Iowa by double-digits the exact same credence as they gave Rasmussen or USAToday who had Trump winning by 4ish.

Data fidelity is real. Garbage in, garbage out.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 30, 2026 07:42 AM (gLYp7)

40 100 grams Beef protein is about right. A pound of burger is approx. 975 calories and 75 grams protein.

They want to turn everyone into simping mincing soy-boys near as I can figure. It’s working

Posted by: Common Tater at September 30, 2026 07:43 AM (q3N/z)

41 LinusVanPelt

Happiness is only seeing the Left in the rear view mirror. Using their thoughts leads to unhappiness.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

42 the SR-71...is going to be picked apart, digitally scanned, and the materials used analyzed for a digital mock up.

It is as foreign to them as a UFO being reverse-engineered.
Some snotnose super genius says he can 3D print one with AI.
Also, snacks come out of that drawer on the side.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 30, 2026 07:43 AM (zdLoL)

43 What am I? Chopped liver?

Posted by: GMAC's Right Kidney at September 30, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)
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With enough fried onions, no one will be able to tell the difference.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 07:43 AM (yMCWt)

44 but I continue thinking the FBI is beyond redemption."

The Founders were correct in not establishing Federal Policing.
The "progressive" tilt of the early 20th century was what ended the Republic.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 07:43 AM (pfXMo)

45 "and maybe I need to stop my daily check in at RCP because man does it paint a glum picture!"

That sounds like a good idea. I try to avoid all polling. All I can do is vote and encourage everybody I know who is a Republican or a non nutty Democrat to do so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 07:44 AM (JrHfD)

46 You cannot love America while think the majority of its citizens are fools and communists! Vote for the long term and have faith in your fellow citizens!
Posted by: Jalan at September 30, 2026 07:39 AM (uqfb2)

Sorry, I don’t have faith in humanity. It does not have a good track record…. Check out my fellow citizens in NYC and LA…. Go nose around your neighborhood Walmart… Faith in your fellow citizens may dampen a bit. I don’t think all is lost yet on the other hand I can’t help but notice a certain cultural decline in the past few decades

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 07:44 AM (Dkvax)

47 from parts of the USA that I personally do not share."

I don't give a rat's fuzzy arse what a kraut says about us...

"Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade"

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 07:48 AM (pfXMo)

48 Latest summary of Fly Dubai terror attack:

https://tinyurl.com/5y7763tu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 07:48 AM (yMCWt)

49 On Sept. 17, Space-Track — the satellite observation arm of the U.S. Space Force — announced that USA 32 suffered a sudden “fragmentation” event four days earlier, on Sept. 13. This essentially means the spacecraft exploded, potentially breaking apart into dozens, hundreds or even thousands of pieces.
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Sounds like someone experimented with shooting a satellite, doesn't it?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:48 AM (N3b7w)

50 Jeffrey Dahmer has entered the chat...

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 30, 2026 07:48 AM (Q/FnY)

51 Troll, do they hang fags in Bangladesh? Or is it the tall buildings?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

52 Republicans need to flood the media with one simple ad across the country for the next month.

"Thinking about voting democrat?"

Insert montage of hordes of illegals bum-rushing the border, accident scenes of illegal truck drivers killing American citizens, murder statistics, inflation numbers.

That's their vision for America.

Vote to celebrate success and strengthen America.

Close with shots of barren borders, recent economic statistics, military induction numbers, lowered crime statistics, improved health statistics, etc.

Vote Republican.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 30, 2026 07:49 AM (b4LBp)

53 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 07:49 AM (Az7Eg)

54 Delta is ReaDEI:

https://tinyurl.com/yj2cepmt

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 07:50 AM (yMCWt)

55 Mr. Sefton posts The Morning Report both early and often. Please follow his example.

Posted by: The Masked Voter at September 30, 2026 07:50 AM (Fn+3X)

56 LinusVanPelt, there's several bloggers I used to enjoy more than I do now, who seem determined to guzzle black-pills these days, where they'd once point out the problems but also point out the good things. I try to skim over those black-pill paragraphs because reading too much doomerism gets you in/reinforces a doomer mood. And doomerism is the last thing I need in my head right now!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 07:50 AM (aJQbY)

57 Legacy Media Falsely Argue That Republicans Are About To Lose Because Americans Hate Deportations

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Trump won his reelection because Americans wanted deportations.

Now R's will lose because Americans hate deportations?

I'd say make it make sense, but I know it's just another lying "media" tactic.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

58 Talerico’s church is not “ nutty”, it is satanic..

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 07:52 AM (fuM78)

59 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 07:50 AM (aJQbY

Sounds like good advice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 07:52 AM (JrHfD)

60 Socialist's gonna be socialists.

UK Premier Andy Burnham rolled out his vision for the UK yesterday with his new "Social Care" program that will provide NHS type coverage for everything not covered by the NHS such as subsidized or free heat, electricity, water, and sewer. Apparently it doesn't cover housing and food costs as those are already covered by existing programs.

For extra credit he signaled he is going to make a run at rejoining the EU.

He plans to pay for this plan, perversely named Hope Again, by cutting funding for elderly pensions beginning in 2030. While not stated during the rollout speech it does seem the Islamic invaders, now plaguing the UK, will be key beneficiaries of Hope Again.

I take all this as coming attractions for what the Communist left here in the USA will do if they ever get control of the government, especially the part where illegal aliens get preferential Hope Again benefits.

What seems certain is the UK is hell bent on destroying the principles of Western civilization such as freedom and liberty and for good measure surrendering it all to Islamic radicalism.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at September 30, 2026 07:52 AM (VyD10)

61 You cannot love America while think the majority of its citizens are fools and communists! Vote for the long term and have faith in your fellow citizens!
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Well fools, obviously. But not communists, no.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

62 Sounds like someone experimented with shooting a satellite, doesn't it?"

*coupla rednecks high five each other*

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 07:53 AM (pfXMo)

63 “….Yes, it's Texas but still. I fear he has more of a chance of taking a Texas Senate Seat….”

This is merely an anecdote so take it as you will. Next door neighbor was a former prosecutor in Harris County back in the day but works for a small private firm. He still has contacts with judges, etc. He told me this weekend that he was told that the reason we’re seeing so many Abbott ads is because the TX GOP is worried Paxton will bring down the rest of the ticket. (I’ve hardly ever seen an Abbott ad prior to this election). IMO, Paxton is running a terrible campaign and (in my best Rhett Butler voice) frankly my dear, I’m worried. Even when Cruz barely beat Beto, you knew Cruz would win. This time seems different.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 30, 2026 07:53 AM (SjAWL)

64 Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 07:52 AM (fuM7

That too . It's certainly not Christian . People in leadership there should just resign from the ministry, but I suppose they want the salary.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 07:53 AM (JrHfD)

65 • The attacker is reported to be an Omani and the co pilot.
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Oman and Iran are longtime friends, but the country is reportedly largely Sunni. Could Iran be involved? Who knows...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:54 AM (Zjq06)

66 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 30, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Israeli officials have announced a terrorism investigation, with one confirming “one pilot stabbed the other and tried to do a 9/11,”

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 07:55 AM (EKMrJ)

68 “Fly the friendly skies”

Posted by: Common Tater at September 30, 2026 07:56 AM (q3N/z)

69 Good morning Horde, thx JJ. Happy Hump Day.

I'm shocked that the League of Women Voters would be corrupt. The GOPe allows them to run debates after all.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 07:56 AM (jivel)

70 Talerico’s church is not “ nutty”, it is satanic..

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 07:52 AM (fuM7

-

So you're saying that Talerico's church is horny?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 07:57 AM (yMCWt)

71 He plans to pay for this plan, perversely named Hope Again, by cutting funding for elderly pensions beginning in 2030. "

No, he plans on paying it with resurrected USAID cash.

*my thoughts*

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 07:57 AM (pfXMo)

72 "Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade"
Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 07:48 AM (pfXMo)
======================
A Casablanca shout out!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:57 AM (Zjq06)

73 UK Premier Andy Burnham rolled out his vision for the UK yesterday with his new "Social Care" program that will provide NHS type coverage for everything not covered by the NHS such as subsidized or free heat, electricity, water, and sewer. Apparently it doesn't cover housing and food costs as those are already covered by existing programs. For extra credit he signaled he is going to make a run at rejoining the EU.

"Boy, did I call it, or what?" -- George Orwell

The protests and the growth of Reform and Restore parties in the UK are what gives me hope for them. But they'll still have several years of things-getting-worse to get through, alas.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 07:58 AM (aJQbY)

74 TX GOP is worried Paxton will bring down the rest of the ticket. "

Should be. The damage wrought by the Bush family in their hissy fit is severe and ongoing. We'll be paying for them for decades.
The Bush Presidential libraries (current and future) should be moved to Saudi Arabia...

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 07:59 AM (pfXMo)

75 A Casablanca shout out!"

Of course. It's the 2nd greatest movie ever. Behind Prometheus.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:00 AM (pfXMo)

76 Belieeeeeeeeeve the polls!

Posted by: Sen. Beto O'Rourke at September 30, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

77 Republicans need to flood the media with one simple ad across the country for the next month.

That's their vision for America.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 30, 2026 07:49 AM (b4LBp)

The GOPe will never do that, for you see, that's their vision of America too.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 30, 2026 08:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

78 Smell the Glove

Kansas is not full Republican. The 2.8 million people are 80% urbanized. Especially around Kansas City, the left is strong. The two largest Universities (KSU and KU) have a lot of clueless socialist-curious students.

Kris Koback is a gem, but the RINO elites in the State torpedoed his run for Governor, saying vote for the Dem. Which is why we have a Democrat two-term governor, Laura Kelly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

79 Andrew Wilson and two other Trump-supporters recently debated Alex Wilson, Joe Kent and some other doomer on Brandon Straka's platform. Wilson flayed the hyperventilating Jones and exposed the self-defeating idiocy of trying to punish Trump for his "endless war" by sitting out the midterms. Jones has now launched war against Wilson. What a buffoon.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 30, 2026 08:03 AM (b4LBp)

80 The protests and the growth of Reform and Restore parties in the UK "

Are extremely limited. And useless.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:03 AM (pfXMo)

81 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

82 The current lack of job prospects for college graduates is a painful but long overdue correction.

When Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro came into office, one of the first things he did was remove the requirement of a college degree from 98% of Commonwealth jobs, while looking at the other 2%.

This can’t do him any favors with his party zealots.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:04 AM (EKMrJ)

83 RCP’s poll mod is built on a badly flawed assumption. They assume that all polls have errors, but that they are random, it holds that some are too high, some are too low, so the average will be close to the truth. BUT if all polls are skewed to the left, then none are “too high” and the average simply represents the average skew being applied.

Which tells you nothing about the actual state of the race. Betting markets are also no longer reliable, now we know that results can be purchased by campaigns which make large bets just to move the odds.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 08:04 AM (fuM78)

84 Is it really conceivable that this deviant Talarico could win?

God save us.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 30, 2026 08:05 AM (b4LBp)

85 The current lack of job prospects for college graduates"

Ok, that's funny right there. That same trope has been trotted out since I went to kolledge. A long, long time ago.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:05 AM (pfXMo)

86 Is it really conceivable that this deviant Talarico could win?

God save us."

It's highly likely (thanks, Bush), and God will only save those who work at it.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:06 AM (pfXMo)

87 Fast Food

1988 - Taco Bell "Make a Run for the Borfer"

2026 - Door Dash "Make a Run from the Border Patrol"

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 08:07 AM (I0N4X)

88 Talarico is NOT going to win Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:07 AM (QwZKw)

89 Talerico’s church is not “ nutty”, it is satanic..

--

He and his "church" are so unbelievably anti-Christian, and contradictory to the teachings of the Holy Bible, notably the New Testament, that it's surprising lightening doesn't shoot down from heaven and burn the place to ash.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

90 Trump had his message for the midterms:

https://tinyurl.com/4b695762

And I'm out till the art thread. So much doomerism is fatiguing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 08:09 AM (JrHfD)

91 In Trump v. Slaughter, a 6-3 majority ruled that Congress cannot shield members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from being fired by the President at will.

And, yet, the same Congress can, somehow, shield the same President from firing members of the Federal Reserve at will.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

92 Is it really conceivable that this deviant Talarico could win?

God save us.

--

It's hard not to be extremely concerned the likes of this freakish heretic, and just as horrible El Sayed in MI, will win.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 30, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

93 Talarico is NOT going to win Texas."

Predictions are hard...

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:10 AM (pfXMo)

94 sounds like why you hate him, you cock-biting fuckstick

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

95 baseball playoff tournament started last night and Boston's own Cam Shlittler pitched a gem for the hated Spankees in the victory over the Red Sox. Could be a very quick series for the Sox.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:12 AM (jyC3p)

96 When I see a photo of Talerico, I can't help but think 'now there's a guy who has had a penis in his mouth at least once'

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

97 man, getting out and working to make sure it doesn't happen is hard but you don't back down in the face of evil.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:12 AM (QwZKw)

98 “We’ve apparently landed in Saudi Arabia. There’s a pilot that’s seriously injured.

They’re taking him to a hospital. There’s another terrorist who … we don’t know his condition, but he was involved somehow. It was rough. It was rough. We’ll be home in a few hours. I need a change of clothes. Everything is drenched in blood,” the passenger recounted.

“That’s it. I love you. I’ll tell you what happened when we get back,” he added.

“Your dad is a hero. One of the heroes. [I didn’t do it] alone. I’ll see you later. I gotta let my heart rate go down.”

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:12 AM (EKMrJ)

99
Please
baseball is moot
hockey has returned
it's what you watch when there's no football

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 08:13 AM (ZxPkt)

100
Talarico is a Kappa????

I didn't even know he was Japanese!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:14 AM (YSUhf)

101 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:14 AM (ccf/V)

102 man, getting out and working to make sure it doesn't happen is hard but you don't back down in the face of evil."

Of course not. But I don't have the resources of ... the family who shall remain nameless.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:14 AM (pfXMo)

103 Talarico is a 1 to 10 favorite to take a cock in his ass and mouth, brining pleasure to other members of his "church".

Posted by: Vegas Insider at September 30, 2026 08:15 AM (w+jhU)

104 Troll, you finally wrote English that makes sense. Bravo. Now fvck off.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

105 Crash victim speaks out after alleged hate crime

She says immediately after the crash, dozens of men living in the Detroit neighborhood came out, removed the 18-year-old driver from her car and then turned their attention to her, verbally insulting her and threatening to attack her with a baseball bat while she waited for police to arrive.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:15 AM (EKMrJ)

106 Talarico has a shot simply because Republican voters are stupid and Ken Paxton isn't sexy enough for them to get off their ass and go to the polls and cast a vote against the anti-Christ.

We really are the stupid party.

But, I hold out hope that with the trouncing Cornyn got, they'll carry that over into the primary.

Much like Beta cuck, Talarico should be finished in politics after this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:16 AM (ccf/V)

107 There's a podcast?

Posted by: Slow on the Uptake at September 30, 2026 08:16 AM (Fn+3X)

108 Talarico is a 1 to 10 favorite to take a cock in his ass and mouth, brining pleasure to other members of his "church".

Posted by: Vegas Insider at September 30, 2026 08:15 AM (w+jhU)

That's hot.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at September 30, 2026 08:17 AM (ccf/V)

109 ADP has jobs up to 90k for September. Expected 70k.
The government numbers come out Friday.
Excellent news if Republicans use it properly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 08:17 AM (jivel)

110 There's a podcast?+-

Posted by: Slow on the Uptake at September 30, 2026 08:16 AM (Fn+3X)

Pshaw....next thing you'll be telling me there's content.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:17 AM (ccf/V)

111 We’ve apparently landed in Saudi Arabia. There’s a pilot that’s seriously injured"

No offense intended, but you flew "FlyDubai"?
Really?

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:17 AM (pfXMo)

112 Imagine going through life as a Shlittler.

Posted by: Boy Howdy at September 30, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

113 Excellent news if Republicans use it properly
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 08:17 AM (jivel)

BWWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:18 AM (ccf/V)

114 Much like Beta cuck, Talarico should be finished in politics after this."

The Wendy Davis gambit?

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:18 AM (pfXMo)

115 78
Kris Koback is a gem, but the RINO elites in the State torpedoed his run for Governor, saying vote for the Dem. Which is why we have a Democrat two-term governor, Laura Kelly.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

Kobach is one of the best. I wanted Trump to pick his as AG or head of DHS in first term. And I hoped the same thing in his second term, but alas….
KS is one of those states perceived as deeply red, but that’s not the reality.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 30, 2026 08:19 AM (SjAWL)

116
The Wendy Davis gambit?

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:18 AM (pfXMo)

The Abortion Barbie dolls FLEW off the shelves.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:20 AM (ccf/V)

117 I would love to hear the Bush and GOPe thought process on Paxton. He beat them , so they'll show Texans by helping a lunatic leftist get elected. Do they think the lunatic left will thank them for the help ? News flash , they'll kill you first.
If that isn't what they're thinking than I have no idea

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 08:21 AM (jivel)

118 Please
baseball is moot
hockey has returned
it's what you watch when there's no football
Posted by: Don Black

All of pro sports hates and insults you. Why give them a second of your time? Life is too precious and short to waste on it. Even pretty girls stop being cheerleaders at age 22.

Posted by: Drop The Pom-Poms, It's Unseemly at September 30, 2026 08:21 AM (Fn+3X)

119 I would love to hear the Bush and GOPe thought process on Paxton. He beat them , so they'll show Texans by helping a lunatic leftist get elected. Do they think the lunatic left will thank them for the help ? News flash , they'll kill you first.
If that isn't what they're thinking than I have no idea

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 08:21 AM (jivel)

Seems GWB forgets they called him Bushy McChimpHitler all those years........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:22 AM (ccf/V)

120 Imagine going through life as a Shlittler.
Posted by: Boy Howdy at September 30, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
================
As he says, "I am good at keeping receipts"

He relishes kicking the Red Sox in the teeth, as payback.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:22 AM (jyC3p)

121 IMO, Paxton is running a terrible campaign and (in my best Rhett Butler voice) frankly my dear, I’m worried. Even when Cruz barely beat Beto, you knew Cruz would win. This time seems different.

I saw something yesterday which said that the latest poll (strippers!) has Paxton up by 3.

Talarico's entire campaign is lies coupled with Republicans crying, "OMG! Could he actually win?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

122 Please
baseball is moot
hockey has returned
it's what you watch when there's no football
Posted by: Don Black

I got my ass handed to me last night in Fantasy Hockey.

There's a reason I haven't done that shit in 25 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:23 AM (ccf/V)

123 The Abortion Barbie dolls FLEW off the shelves......."

That and pink shoes were at all the discount/flea market sales for a year afterwards... funny, it was.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:23 AM (pfXMo)

124 Hopefully Talarico wins a seat in the senate and he can have sex with his staffers Dirksen, Russell and Hart in the various rooms in the senate office buildings and post the videos on Tik Tok which I can then play on Sundays during church.

Posted by: Babs Miller, Reverend and Lesbian at September 30, 2026 08:24 AM (w+jhU)

125 ...baseball is moot
hockey has returned...
Posted by: Don Black

*********

Yeah. Baseball would be more interesting if they played it on ice. And the opposing team could body check you into the backstop while you were trying to hit the ball.

And if when a fight occurred everybody besides the combatants would go back to the dugout and root for their teammate rather than rushing out onto the field for a group hug...

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 08:24 AM (I0N4X)

126 The media is the propaganda organ for the Democrats. The MSM hardly ever reports "bad news" on their behalf. It's always "spin."

I'm a bit amazed that there are still people who take what these whores spit out as some sort of gospel.

It's no wonder cults thrive in today's world.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 08:25 AM (RORbl)

127 I would love to hear the Bush and GOPe thought process on Paxton. He beat them , so they'll show Texans by helping a lunatic leftist get elected."

Of what I know of them, that's pretty much correct. (remember, I used to live in Fairfax and worked for the VA GOP back in the day)

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:25 AM (pfXMo)

128 Commie Canada and the dis-United Kingdom should be renamed the “Dumb and Dumber” of the British Commonwealth. King Charles III’s North American prime minister, Mark Carney, ran to The New York Times last week to talk about his military combat preparations against the United States in the event that President Trump crosses Lake America and liberates Canada from its delusional leaders. What a showboating dunce. The U.S. singlehandedly sustains Canada’s economy and national security, yet the tiny central banker huffed and puffed in a hilariously Napoleonic display of fake strength.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:25 AM (EKMrJ)

129 Didn't know Israelis go on vacation to Dubai. Seems as smart as a mouse attending a Cat Convention.

Posted by: Ignatz the Mouse at September 30, 2026 08:26 AM (Fn+3X)

130 I would love to hear the Bush and GOPe thought process on Paxton. He beat them , so they'll show Texans by helping a lunatic leftist get elected. Do they think the lunatic left will thank them for the help ? News flash , they'll kill you first.
If that isn't what they're thinking than I have no idea
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 08:21 AM (jivel)

They're thinking that the graft won't flow to them if Paxton is elected. And their machine has held power and graft for years.

It's the old thing, that has the Democrats inviting in the muslims and other third world yahoos. They'll use them to gain power and then, and here's the genius part!,

they'll just toss them away once they regain power.

That's it. Nothing to do with principles, everything to do with rice bowls.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 08:26 AM (YSUhf)

131 REVEALED: Inside the Plan to Build ‘Trans Schools’ and Spread Their Lessons Nationwide Its new grant comes from a fund backed by MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’s billionaire ex-wife.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:27 AM (EKMrJ)

132 And the opposing team could body check you into the backstop while you were trying to hit the ball."

Or the Bob Gibson move...

*90 plus MPH to the batter's head

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:27 AM (pfXMo)

133 That's it. Nothing to do with principles, everything to do with rice bowls."

This. X 10,000.

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others"

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:28 AM (pfXMo)

134 How I feel about "America" has fuck all to do with how I feel about "sheeple". I'm not anti social, I'm anti lazy idiots

Posted by: Kittens! at September 30, 2026 08:29 AM (LOZbR)

135 Vance Says He And Trump War-Gamed A Senate Floor Takeover To Pass SAVE America Act

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:29 AM (EKMrJ)

136 Didn't know Israelis go on vacation to Dubai. Seems as smart as a mouse attending a Cat Convention.
Posted by: Ignatz the Mouse at September 30, 2026 08:26 AM (Fn+3X)
=====

Not a whole lot of places they can go as nearby. Thailand is popular.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

137 Jeffrey Soros, the nephew of billionaire Democrat donor George Soros, told guests at a Monday night fundraiser that he has known Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed since 2012, when he interviewed him for a family fellowship that later helped pay for the candidate’s graduate education.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:30 AM (EKMrJ)

138
Yeah. Baseball would be more interesting if they played it on ice. And the opposing team could body check you into the backstop while you were trying to hit the ball.

And if when a fight occurred everybody besides the combatants would go back to the dugout and root for their teammate rather than rushing out onto the field for a group hug...
Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 08:24 AM (I0N4X)

Reminds one of the old NHL commercials........

https://shorturl.fm/4uVT1

Apologies for the farcebook link.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:31 AM (ccf/V)

139 Share this letter with any Republican or Independent you know that might be considering sitting out the midterms. Even muslim terrorists know who Democrats are.

>>Iran publishes propaganda letter urging US voters to punish Trump in midterm elections

https://tinyurl.com/48cwkzw4

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)

140 Or the Bob Gibson move...

*90 plus MPH to the batter's head
Posted by: man

Bob Gibson was an awesome athlete. Was a Harlem Globetrotter before deciding to commit to baseball.

Posted by: Sweet Georgia Brown Plays In Background at September 30, 2026 08:32 AM (Fn+3X)

141 Several positive economic indicators just released.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

142 JackStraw, thank you for providing the link to that letter.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:33 AM (QwZKw)

143 Estimates were way off this month.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

144 How far has Erick Erickson sunk?
He's defending Talarico.
No, seriously.
Literal quote:
"Talarico is attacking Paxton for corruption in office. Paxton is attacking Talarico for his religion."

Cornyn, Cassidy and the GOPe guy losing in GA has completely broken him.

I've got 7 flyers from the Paxton campaign on my kitchen table. Zero say anything about religion (and Talarico does not have a religion--it's a blasphemous apostasy).
5 are about Talarico and trannies, 2 are Paxton's accomplishments.

EE is as nasty and vile as Talarico, repeating his lies.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 08:33 AM (3cUTc)

145 The media is the propaganda organ for the Democrats.
——-

The Democrats are the legislative wing for the media. That tracks, too. Little bit of both, I reckon.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 30, 2026 08:34 AM (q3N/z)

146 >>Estimates were way off this month.

No way.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

147 Stelco Holdings Inc. said on Monday that it plans to idle part of its Hamilton plant in order to "ensure the survival" of the company, as U.S. tariffs squeeze its sales.
Stelco said the decision will impact up to 500 employees.
In a memo obtained by CBC News on Monday, the company said it will indefinitely idle its cold-rolled and coated operations at its Hamilton Works plant, with operations set to begin winding down on Oct. 9.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 08:34 AM (EKMrJ)

148 One more day until October surprises begin.

Posted by: Person with a calendar at September 30, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

149 I don’t think that demon Talarico will win. But let’s face it, upsets happen. Using a sports analogy, no one thought the Jets could even come close to the mighty Colts in Super Bowl III… but they won. The Patriots (undefeated) were a lock in SB 42 until the Giants beat them. The US hockey team beat the Soviets in 1980’s miracle on ice.

This is why you play the game and why you actually have the election and count the votes. Paxton should win by double digits… but the Bushies are apparently throwing a tantrum and even normies are upset by gas prices. The demon needs to lose

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 08:36 AM (Dkvax)

150 Today Is National Chewing Gum Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

151 ... officials just clicked the wrong button on five of the tabulators, and downloaded audit logs instead of election results.
>>>

As an Election Official, you supposedly receive training and instruction, no? So, what is it you'd say you do around here. Give us the competent highlights.

Yammer on!

Posted by: Count de Monet, channeling the Two Bobs at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (wVcYX)

152 That fat slag Erickson pretty much inherited his radio job in Georgia when Neal Boortz aged-out and retired. He's not worthy. He's everything we hate about the GOPe.

Posted by: The Lights Went Out at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (Fn+3X)

153 Inflation report just issued, much better than the market expected.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (5KN7H)

154 >>Using a sports analogy, no one thought the Jets could even come close to the mighty Colts in Super Bowl III… but they won.

Joe Namath did.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

155 One more day until October surprises begin.
Posted by: Person with a calendar at September 30, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

That's right! Have to pull out the "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" dvd today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (1Ff7Z)

156 Stelco Holdings Inc. said on Monday that it plans to idle part of its Hamilton plant in order to "ensure the survival" of the company, as U.S. tariffs squeeze its sales."

Two questions - why would a US company buy a Canadian firm in 24, and I was told that "tariffs" were "crushing" US based steel/iron/metalwork jobs...

Or are reporters/journalists that stupid?

/I know, I know

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (pfXMo)

157 I guess we can be happy stabbings in cockpits are somewhat rare.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at September 30, 2026 08:39 AM (Fn+3X)

158 Vance Says He And Trump War-Gamed A Senate Floor Takeover To Pass SAVE America Act
Posted by: SMOD
_____________

It wouldn't matter at this point. Need six months or a year lead time before an election in order for the SC to play whack-a-mole with all the Hawaiian judge injunctions.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 30, 2026 08:39 AM (JzUSu)

159 Boortz was the guy that got me listening to talk radio.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 08:40 AM (yOEUM)

160 Using a sports analogy, no one thought the Jets could even come close to the mighty Colts in Super Bowl III… but they won.

Joe Namath did.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

Ive often wondered if Broadway Joe really believed his own prediction or he was just running his mouth for the attention. Either way, it came out golden for him

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 08:40 AM (Dkvax)

161 but the Bushies are apparently throwing a tantrum and even normies are upset by gas prices"

This - and the media keeps up on "gas prices"... which fell by about $.20 over the past weekend here (N of Houston)

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:40 AM (pfXMo)

162 Keep On the Sunny Side

who landed the plane?

Was it Otto Pilot?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

163 Erick Erickson.

Having his first name twice like that is kinda douchey.

He had no chance......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:41 AM (ccf/V)

164 And Boortz was good radio.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 08:41 AM (yOEUM)

165 Can I kiss you?

Posted by: The quotable Joe Namath at September 30, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

166 Elbows up, icebacks.

>>Canada’s economy stalls before latest US tariff wave as manufacturing drops 0.9%

https://tinyurl.com/rnddvhcy

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

167 He had no chance...

Tell me about it.

Posted by: John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith at September 30, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

168 ‘I have a kinship with Lindsay Clancy’

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Well, she's got a point.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 08:42 AM (ndZc7)

169 Two off duty pilots deadheading in economy landed the plane, reportedly (see Biden's Dog X thread at 48, read down at Open Intel)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:43 AM (5KN7H)

170 > The media is the propaganda organ for the Democrats.
——-

The Democrats are the legislative wing for the media. That tracks, too. Little bit of both, I reckon.
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And the judiciary is the legal wing for the Democrats. For some definition of "legal."

It's a circle jerk of epic proportions.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 08:43 AM (RORbl)

171 >>Posted by: The quotable Joe Namath at September 30, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

Whoever thought it was a good idea to interview Namath on the sidelines that evening must have been drunk, too.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 08:43 AM (NcvvS)

172 Before podcasts we had the radio on all day. Howard Stern to Dr. Laura to Michael Savage.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

173 Boortz was the guy that got me listening to talk radio.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 08:40 AM (yOEUM)

Boorts was good. A little rough around the edges but in a good way. He coined the term "urban outdoorsman" for the worthless bums living out in the wilds of urban America.

Posted by: Zombie Royal Marshall at September 30, 2026 08:43 AM (w+jhU)

174 >>Canada’s economy stalls before latest US tariff wave as manufacturing drops 0.9%

Oh, what a shame.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 08:43 AM (Oy/m2)

175
Joe Namath did.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

Best Joe Namath moment ever.......

https://youtu.be/QoEdSpFa3hI?t=80

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:44 AM (ccf/V)

176 Erick Erickson.

Having his first name twice like that is kinda douchey.

He had no chance......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:41 AM (ccf/V)
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*sigh*

Posted by: Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov at September 30, 2026 08:44 AM (amcLV)

177 Fox-

IRGC makes direct appeal to US voters weeks before midterms
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is appealing directly to American voters ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, urging them to oppose President Donald Trump and pressure Washington to end the war.

The message appeared in a 25-page letter addressed to Americans and presented by IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi, according to the New York Post.

The letter blamed Trump and U.S. support for Israel for the conflict while accusing the president of misleading Americans about Iran’s nuclear program and the economic consequences of the war.

“The US economy is on the precipice of collapse, and yet he keeps on telling Americans that the economy is booming and the prices will soon start coming down,” the letter said.

The message comes as Iran faces mounting economic pressure of its own, with the rial falling Tuesday to a record low of more than 2.5 million to the U.S. dollar

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

178 Talarico is NOT going to win Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:07 AM (QwZKw)

There is iron in the words of Ben Had for all Texans to see.

Posted by: Ten Bears at September 30, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)

179 The media have harped on gas and diesel prices. They will remain silent as prices ease.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

180 The GOP had two years to make an ad about their vision for America. It's called a "legislative record."

They didn't make it because their vision for America is "stall and stonewall until Trump is gone and we can get back to Uniparty business as usual."

Their bad outlook in these elections is nobody's fault but their own.

However it turns out, the Trump voters who don't show up for them are not complacent, or lazy, or any of the other nasty names the GOP faithful call them.

They're obviously highly motivated. They elected Trump three times, in the face of stiffer opposition than any President including Abraham Lincoln has ever seen.

They're just not motivated by the GOP. And that is 100% their fault. If you don't like it, talk to your suckass Party about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 30, 2026 08:46 AM (BI5O2)

181 Huck Follywood

Thanks.
This is not the first instance of Instant Jihad among pilots of passenger planes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

182 >>Ive often wondered if Broadway Joe really believed his own prediction or he was just running his mouth for the attention. Either way, it came out golden for him

Being an unrepentant lifelong Jets fan, I've seen Namath give a couple interviews on the topic. Obviously, he thought the Jets had a chance, they were a damn good team that year. But he said he got so tired of having reporters ask him if the Jets had any chance against the mighty Colts he fired back with his legendary reply.

It's often a good idea to ignore people, particularly the media, who tell you that you are going to lose. If you don't think you are going to win go sit on the bench.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

183 The media have harped on gas and diesel prices. They will remain silent as prices ease.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

When is that going to happen again?

Cuz, my F250 just sits there......unable to move......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

184 "How far has Erick Erickson sunk?
He's defending Talarico."

I wish that blanking blanking blank blank blank would go ahead and blank blank and blank.

Posted by: fd, curbing my tongue at September 30, 2026 08:46 AM (MWfyi)

185 Boortz - "Somebody had to say it"

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 08:47 AM (MWfyi)

186 150 Today Is National Chewing Gum Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

I remember doing a small drywall job at the American Chicle Plant in Long Island City, Queens in 74-75 era. The whole neighborhood had a sweet gum smell and the floors and even the sidewalks outside had a fine coating of sugary dust. I was wondering if this was safe. On November 22, 1976, there was a massive dust explosion, fire, and dozens of workers were burned, injured. Lawsuits, etc. Six story plant permanently closed in 1981. That's my chewing gum story.

Posted by: Chewing The Scenery at September 30, 2026 08:48 AM (Fn+3X)

187 The media have harped on gas and diesel prices. They will remain silent as prices ease.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

When is that going to happen again?

Cuz, my F250 just sits there......unable to move......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

*wistfully eyes F950 Earthfucker*

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX)

188 Joe Namath's brother was my mother's insurance guy for decades. Nice guy

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 08:48 AM (yOEUM)

189 And Sarah Huckabee Sanders proves she inherited the tone-deaf pretentious sanctimony of her father.
Released an ad attacking welfare scammers and leaches.

Her example?

White, young, gamer men.

So she joins not just the liberal dog pile on men, she betrays how deep she has internalized the Boomer traits, the pathalogical and destructive refusal to speak the truth about minorities--better to lie and pretend than risk being called a racist.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 08:48 AM (3cUTc)

190 Best thing about Erick Erickson?
I can ignore him.

Posted by: Person who ignores Erick Erickson at September 30, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

191 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ)

192 Person who ignores Erick Erickson

Who?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

193 And Sarah Huckabee Sanders proves she inherited the tone-deaf pretentious sanctimony of her father.
Released an ad attacking welfare scammers and leaches.

Her example?

White, young, gamer men.

So she joins not just the liberal dog pile on men, she betrays how deep she has internalized the Boomer traits, the pathalogical and destructive refusal to speak the truth about minorities--better to lie and pretend than risk being called a racist.+-

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 30, 2026 08:48 AM (3cUTc)

Is she wrong?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:50 AM (ccf/V)

194 Sponge, No she is not wrong.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:51 AM (QwZKw)

195 Dow futures jump 200 points after data shows a big inflation slowdown last month
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How'd those words taste coming out, CNBC?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:51 AM (ALmBW)

196 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Erick Erickson?

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Oy/m2)

197 If she simply went by the name "Sarah Sanders" wouldn't she just be a soccer mom in suburban Fort Smith?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 30, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

198 Ive often wondered if Broadway Joe... Either way, it came out golden for him
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

**********

Yeah. That win launched him onto a career trajectory that led to his current lucrative gig hawking Medicare Advantage plans and hearing aids on the Geritol Network.

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 08:52 AM (I0N4X)

199 dantesed

No.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

200 Sponge, No she is not wrong.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:51 AM (QwZKw)
===================
In fact, she is right. And tough enough to withstand a little criticism from keyboard warriors like us! So far, she looks like someone I could vote for.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 08:52 AM (ALmBW)

201 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Erick Erickson?

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 08:51 AM (Oy/m2)

No.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:53 AM (ccf/V)

202 That's right! Have to pull out the "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" dvd today.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Spoiler: The Great Pumpkin never arrives.

Posted by: Godot at September 30, 2026 08:53 AM (Fn+3X)

203 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Erick Erickson?
Posted by: dantesed

You're not missing anything.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 08:53 AM (yOEUM)

204 I honestly have no idea who Erick Erickson is… sounds like I’m not missing out

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 08:54 AM (Dkvax)

205 Before podcasts we had the radio on all day. Howard Stern to Dr. Laura to Michael Savage.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

There was a period where we had Dr. Laura and Rush to Michael Berry (way back when he was funny).

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)

206 Huck, I would vote for her also and I am overly cautious of women politicians,

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:54 AM (QwZKw)

207 Is George Will still alive?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 08:54 AM (Dkvax)

208 Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:51 AM (QwZKw)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:55 AM (ccf/V)

209 When is that going to happen again?"

Never.

/Gav, planning on more refinery shutdowns

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:55 AM (pfXMo)

210 Spoiler: The Great Pumpkin never arrives.
Posted by: Godot at September 30, 2026 08:53 AM (Fn+3X)

That's just because people aren't sincere enough these days.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 30, 2026 08:55 AM (1Ff7Z)

211 we can bitch and moan all we want about the quality or lack thereof of our candidates

This concern is mostly a smokescreen and always has been.

Let me give you an example, and the worst one I can think of. Christine O'Donnell running as a long shot candidate for a blue senate seat was damned because apparently the left dug up she had "dabbled in witchcraft" in college.

Ok. That's pretty bad...if she was still doing it. People do stupid stuff in college/when young because they are still ignorant of the world. Meanwhile we have one incumbent Dem house member right now that married her brother and committed immigration fraud and this isn't an issue at all.

No one is going to be perfect. Republican candidates, especially when young and before getting into politics are going to do dumb things as all people do. And we need to learn to handle this one of two ways...

The Trump way: Respond by attacking attacking attacking. Don't bother with defense for something stupid

The Vance way: Completely lean into it. Take that stupid ugly modified picture of you and use it. Do this the Yankee Doodle Dandy way and mock, mock, mock the people trying to use it to attach you

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

212 I used to really like Michael Medved. That was in the before-Trump times…. Turns out he was a closet dem all along. I should’ve known. Stupid me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 08:56 AM (Dkvax)

213 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

They broke the mold when Margret Thatcher came along. Wish she is the role model for women politicians.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 08:56 AM (u82oZ)

214 There are three local radio personalities that have copies of The Deplorable Gourmet. WBAP has been good radio,

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 08:56 AM (QwZKw)

215 Am I the only one who has never read anything by Erick Erickson?"

Nope.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:56 AM (pfXMo)

216 Huckabee Sanders isn't wrong that there are white's on welfare. Kind of a good add , giving the race baiters no where to go

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 08:56 AM (jivel)

217 I'll always remember the sage and pithy advice from Dr. Laura about handling a necessary but difficult relationship in four words:
"Be polite. Minimize contact."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 30, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

218 Is George Will still alive?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

He can fog a mirror.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 08:57 AM (yOEUM)

219 I'm sure the media will rush to report the news that Trump has removed the US military from Iraq. Any minute now.

>>@jsolomonReports
·
7m
>>US military says withdrawal of troops from Iraq is complete

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 08:57 AM (viF8m)

220 Joe Namath's brother was my mother's insurance guy for decades. Nice guy
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

**********

Brush with fame.

I once saw Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Diminutive Sex Therapist Extraordinaire eating lunch at a restaurant in San Diego.

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 08:57 AM (I0N4X)

221 He can fog a mirror.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 08:57 AM (yOEUM)

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)

222 "Be polite. Minimize contact"

Sage words.

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 08:58 AM (pfXMo)

223 I just learned that I forgot to put in my vacation requests for October.......Hope the boss is in a giving mood......

I've got the Michael's Memories tournament next week, then, which I just learned, I've got 2 weeks off to move before the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:59 AM (ccf/V)

224 Joe Namath's brother was my mother's insurance guy for decades. Nice guy
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

**********

Brush with fame.

I once saw Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Diminutive Sex Therapist Extraordinaire eating lunch at a restaurant in San Diego.
Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 08:57 AM (I0N4X)

Also, IDF Sniper.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 08:59 AM (wVcYX)

225 If you read nothing else today please read the letter Jackstraw linked at 139.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 09:00 AM (QwZKw)

226 The Standard also displayed in a screen grab of Becerra’s endorsement page, which touted his support from “Mayor David Lurie” of San Francisco. The mayor’s name is Daniel.

“What’s your relationship like with David?” Garrow asked.

“Growing,” Becerra responded. “He’s done a number of important things, amazing things.”

“Do you think David’s been good for San Francisco?” she continued, using the wrong name.

“I think San Franciscans would say, on the whole, he has,” the candidate replied without ever correcting her.

The Post viewed the endorsement page late Tuesday, which appears to have fixed the name.
======

Xavier Becerra may in fact be dumber than Gavin Newsom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

227 Huckabee Sanders isn't wrong that there are white's on welfare. Kind of a good add , giving the race baiters no where to go

The ad is getting way more attention, and higher quality attention, because she had a white guy in the ad instead of say a black woman.

If they had gone with the latter the FNM would dismiss it as muh raycissms. But now they are sort of forced to have a discussion about the large number of able bodied people on welfare and how they aren't actually white guys...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)

228
Brush with fame.

I once saw Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Diminutive Sex Therapist Extraordinaire eating lunch at a restaurant in San Diego.
Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 08:57 AM (I0N4X)

Also, IDF Sniper.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 08:59 AM (wVcYX)

During the attic clean out last weekend, I found my Jimmy's Corner drink coaster with the Mark Gastineau autograph on it.

He was really drunk.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:01 AM (ccf/V)

229 Who Killed DHS Whistleblower Philip Haney and DNC Official Seth Rich?

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Arkancides FTW!

Posted by: ShainS at September 30, 2026 09:01 AM (j04bB)

230 If you read nothing else today please read the letter Jackstraw linked at 139.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 09:00 AM (QwZKw)

What if I didn't read this comment?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:01 AM (ccf/V)

231 The Standard also displayed in a screen grab of Becerra’s endorsement page, which touted his support from “Mayor David Lurie” of San Francisco. The mayor’s name is Daniel.

“What’s your relationship like with David?” Garrow asked.

“Growing,” Becerra responded. “He’s done a number of important things, amazing things.”

“Do you think David’s been good for San Francisco?” she continued, using the wrong name.

“I think San Franciscans would say, on the whole, he has,” the candidate replied without ever correcting her.

The Post viewed the endorsement page late Tuesday, which appears to have fixed the name.
======

Xavier Becerra may in fact be dumber than Gavin Newsom.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

David/Daniel, whatever it takes. - Becerra

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

232 Brush with fame.

I once saw Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Diminutive Sex Therapist Extraordinaire eating lunch at a restaurant in San Diego.
Posted by: muldoon

Oh yeah? I once smoked a joint with Oscar-winning actress Ellen Burstyn. (I had just shampooed her carpets). It was her pot.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (Fn+3X)

233 Looking forwards to Ace's essay later today on the dirt that someone found on Cavernous Nostrils being a Lesbian and is cheating on her husband.

Posted by: Defenestratus at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (WYStd)

234 Well, gotta run. Chin up, and all that.

Mrs has another preop at MD Anderson. They've booked 500 minutes (damn) for the operation Monday.

Not fun.

Did I mention cancer sucks?

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (pfXMo)

235 Early Voting In Texas starts Monday, October 19th.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

236 It is amusing that the most famous sex therapist is a little old lady.

Not that she didn't have life experience because of her age but...not the first thing you'd think of when it came to sex...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)

237 I honestly have no idea who Erick Erickson is… sounds like I’m not missing out
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 30, 2026 08:54 AM (Dkvax)

He's a Chamber of Commerce, import the world, fight the wars (but not that one), Bushite. Image W if he weighed 250 pounds and lost 50 IQ points.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e)

238 Sponge, hahahaha. I talk being ignored in stride !

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 09:03 AM (QwZKw)

239 Looking forwards to Ace's essay later today on the dirt that someone found on Cavernous Nostrils being a Lesbian and is cheating on her husband.
Posted by: Defenestratus at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (WYStd)
=====
Check the archives.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

240 The Standard also displayed in a screen grab of Becerra’s endorsement page, which touted his support from “Mayor David Lurie” of San Francisco. The mayor’s name is Daniel.

This stuff is funny, but it isn't going to move any votes.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

241 man, prayers for both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2026 09:04 AM (QwZKw)

242 So Candace Owens jumped from a pretty standard conservative talking head to jump on the Hate Da Joos bandwagon...next up a polycule proponent?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

243 ...Ellen Burstyn. (I had just shampooed her carpets)...

********

Phrasing?

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 09:05 AM (I0N4X)

244 “She was adored by her sisters and she was deeply loved by her parents. In fact, she was the light of our lives. Her passing is devastating for our entire family and we ask for prayers and privacy at this time.”

The statement concluded, “If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.”

Fiona Lowe, Rob Lowe's niece........committed suicide at 13?

WTF?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:05 AM (ccf/V)

245 Well, gotta run. Chin up, and all that.

Mrs has another preop at MD Anderson. They've booked 500 minutes (damn) for the operation Monday.

Not fun.

Did I mention cancer sucks?
Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (pfXMo)

It surely do. Best wishes and prayers for you both through this.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

246 Didn't know Israelis go on vacation to Dubai. Seems as smart as a mouse attending a Cat Convention.

Posted by: Ignatz

Dubai is the Switzerland of the middle east. They are a free trade zone and make allowances for other faiths.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 30, 2026 09:06 AM (0U5gm)

247 Did I mention cancer sucks?
Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (pfXMo)
******
Sending prayers!!!

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

248 "Early and Often, yo!!!!!"

Are you suggesting I vote multiple times like a fking Dem

Posted by: sidney at September 30, 2026 09:06 AM (Uy/WF)

249 Did I mention cancer sucks?

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (pfXMo)

*fistbump*

Godspeed, sir. All the prayers for your wife.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:06 AM (ccf/V)

250 Daily Mail
@DailyMail
Labour minister claims that visions of Britain based on warm ale, pubs, and black Labradors are a 'far-right' fantasy that 'never really existed'

-
Churchill? Figment of your imagination. Also . . .

Shabana Mahmood MP
@ShabanaMahmood
This Government will reopen the UK Resettlement Route in partnership with the United Nations.
We will take vulnerable refugees from camps across the world and give them the chance of a new and better life here in Britain.
With the first arrivals beginning this year.

-
What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:07 AM (ndZc7)

251 Go from picking off goatrapers to mam in the boat radio talk.

What a woman.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 09:07 AM (yOEUM)

252
Are you suggesting I vote multiple times like a fking Dem

Posted by: sidney at September 30, 2026 09:06 AM (Uy/WF)

It works for them.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:07 AM (ccf/V)

253 As I said yesterday, her (and her advisors) big mistake was taking on the welfare issue. Welfare of all kinds is the most important issue for ALL grifters.

Posted by: clarence at September 30, 2026 09:07 AM (vCaJx)

254 @ShabanaMahmood
This Government will reopen the UK Resettlement Route in partnership with the United Nations.
We will take vulnerable refugees from camps across the world and give them the chance of a new and better life here in Britain.
With the first arrivals beginning this year.

Rapes and murders and bombs, OH MY!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:08 AM (ccf/V)

255 At UPI, NJ police arrest giant tortoise on the lam: "After a brief foot pursuit (we won), the suspect was safely taken into custody."

Posted by: gp at September 30, 2026 09:09 AM (Jr5Lq)

256 Talarico worries me.

Posted by: Billythesquid at September 30, 2026 09:09 AM (Lr1TO)

257 Today Is National Chewing Gum Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

*********

Followed tomorrow by National "Clean The Undersides Of School Desks" Day.

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 09:09 AM (I0N4X)

258 Check the archives.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

Sh*t did I miss it?

I was told there would be no homework!

Posted by: Defenestratus at September 30, 2026 09:09 AM (WYStd)

259 Cuz, my F250 just sits there......unable to move......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

*wistfully eyes F950 Earthfucker*
Posted by: Count de Monet

Look up an F650 with pickup body. Seriously.

If I win a lottery, I won't tell anyone, but there WILL be signs.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:09 AM (Az7Eg)

260 sidney

At my voting site, I ask for a ballot for Manuel En Fuego.

"No, I don't have ID."

It never works.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

261 Is she the one who's known for having rather large nostrils?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 30, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)

262 I saw Mam in the Boat open for Christopher Cross at Yacht Rockfest in '86.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:10 AM (ccf/V)

263 Dr. Ruth. I've never had sex with a midget, though I'm sure someone here has. Is it fun?

Posted by: Prefer Long Tall Sally at September 30, 2026 09:11 AM (Fn+3X)

264 Shabana Mahmood MP
@ShabanaMahmood
This Government will reopen the UK Resettlement Route in partnership with the United Nations.
We will take vulnerable refugees from camps across the world and give them the chance of a new and better life here in Britain.
With the first arrivals beginning this year.

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What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:07 AM (ndZc7)

I see they cleaned up her message from yesterday. There was also a part where she talked about Britain's generosity - just going on welfare.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 09:12 AM (yOEUM)

265 Thank all y'all for the prayers. Heck, she's taking this better than me...

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 09:12 AM (pfXMo)

266 Early Voting In Texas starts Monday, October 19th.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

I expect that I'll vote on the 20th. The first day can get busy but I'd really, really, really like to get everyone to leave me the fuck alone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

267 Inherent generosity

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 09:12 AM (yOEUM)

268 Shabana Mahmood MP

I think I've found the problem...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 09:13 AM (+gK6I)

269 Heck, she's taking this better than me...

Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 09:12 AM (pfXMo)

Bishes be tough as nails.......the good ones, anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:13 AM (ccf/V)

270 Eric Daugherty-
Core US inflation comes in BELOW expectations using the Fed's preferred gauge at 3%

"LESS INFLATION than we thought!" — FOX Business

"MUCH lighter than expected" — CNBC

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

271
When is that going to happen again?
Cuz, my F250 just sits there......unable to move......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

12 gallons day before yesterday. $70.

I want to nuke Iran, and drill through the glass dome to pump all the oil I want.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 30, 2026 09:13 AM (BmUWo)

272 Bible Study Corner.

The Dissenter
@disntr
"Rev" Jeanne M. Hansknecht of St. Paul's says that Jesus demonstrated that Lazarus was gay by calling him to "come out." Then, after arguing that Lazarus had no recorded wife or children, she spews this gem:

"And he was a good friend of Jesus, not a student or disciple, but a friend, which in my mind's eye ranks right up there with being a friend of Dorothy."

For context, "friend of Dorothy" is a longstanding expression historically used to identify gay men.

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Not only raised him from the dead, also made him fabulous!

(That "friend of Dorothy" stuff is a new one on me.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

273 The best pizzerias all had generous chewing gum layers under their tables, back when NYC was great.

Posted by: Peppino's Pizza And Pasta at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (Fn+3X)

274 The FNM has an answer to Trump ending Bidenflation...Trump didn't roll prices back to pre-Biden levels...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

275 Mr Aspirin Factory

The UK has no funds available for this. It's like a games where there are not enough seats, and the music stops.

Who will not be seated?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

276 >>Core US inflation comes in BELOW expectations using the Fed's preferred gauge at 3%

>>"LESS INFLATION than we thought!" — FOX Business

>>"MUCH lighter than expected" — CNBC

Same media that says voters are turning on Trump because the economy sucks.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)

277 Mr Aspirin Factory

The UK has no funds available for this. It's like a games where there are not enough seats, and the music stops.

Who will not be seated?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

I'll take White Pensioners for $200, Alex.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)

278 @disntr
"Rev" Jeanne M. Hansknecht of St. Paul's says that Jesus demonstrated that Lazarus was gay by calling him to "come out." Then, after arguing that Lazarus had no recorded wife or children, she spews this gem:

"And he was a good friend of Jesus, not a student or disciple, but a friend, which in my mind's eye ranks right up there with being a friend of Dorothy."

For context, "friend of Dorothy" is a longstanding expression historically used to identify gay men.

"Man shall not lay with man as he does with woman."

Blasphemy. It's what's for dinner!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (ccf/V)

279 Eric Daugherty-
Core US inflation comes in BELOW expectations using the Fed's preferred gauge at 3%

"LESS INFLATION than we thought!" — FOX Business

"MUCH lighter than expected" — CNBC

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

Fueling expectations by the economically illiterate that prices will now fall.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

280 What about the non-core inflation?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

281 (That "friend of Dorothy" stuff is a new one on me.)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

A cake boy... Oscar Wilde reading, Barbara Streisand ticket holding, Friend of Dorothy. Clueless...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (+gK6I)

282 Private sector jobs rose by 90,000 in September, better than expected, ADP reports
==================
Not the most closely followed of indicators, at least by traders, but still more good news.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (U/wKW)

283 Mr Aspirin Factory

The UK has no funds available for this. It's like a games where there are not enough seats, and the music stops.

Who will not be seated?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Nigel, Ian, Steve......

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (yOEUM)

284 Gay sex in the Roman era was mostly adult men molesting children. The notion of gay male adult peers pairing up was unheard of.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)

285 What about the non-core inflation?
Posted by: I gotta ask

The price of houses is through the roof.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

286 The word you're looking for is homosexual.

Posted by: Make gay happy again at September 30, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)

287 261 Is she the one who's known for having rather large nostrils?
Posted by: I gotta ask

And just what is wrong with that?

Posted by: Henry "Nostrilitis" Waxman at September 30, 2026 09:17 AM (Fn+3X)

288 Same media that says voters are turning on Trump because the economy sucks.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)

If it's on the Internet it has to be true....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 09:17 AM (+gK6I)

289 The word you're looking for is homosexual.

Posted by: Make gay happy again at September 30, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)

This......

Make the rainbow God's Promise again......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:18 AM (ccf/V)

290 Good morning!

This guy had a creative response to the despicable Sarah Sanders 'lazy gamers on welfare' ad, lol! Just keep scrolling:

https://x.com/UnderCoercion

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:18 AM (rOKnE)

291 This is a sexy beast.

Ford F650

https://tinyurl.com/yect6h4z

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:18 AM (Az7Eg)

292 From Midwest Chick:

A small plane crashed in Wisconsin. Oddly enough, there was a plane with three sky divers that saw it and the sky divers offered to dive out and get to the site ASAP to render aid. Even odder, the three sky divers are also EMTs.

No deaths.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

293 Errorickson has the prime afternoon slot on Atlanta's biggest "conservative" AM station. He's always been a loudmouth POS since I'd known him a a local city councilman.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 09:19 AM (MWfyi)

294
This guy had a creative response to the despicable Sarah Sanders 'lazy gamers on welfare' ad, lol! Just keep scrolling:

https://x.com/UnderCoercion
Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:18 AM (rOKnE)

I don't have a problem with that ad... Get's the point across and doesn't "offend" the protected classes just waiting to have a fit

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 09:20 AM (+gK6I)

295 Shabana Mahmood MP

I think I've found the problem...
Posted by: It's me donna
+++
Exactly!! The government there is infested with foreigners. They have given their country away. Gonna be hard to ever take it back.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at September 30, 2026 09:20 AM (Lo97M)

296 Lots of people are pining for the F150s.

Posted by: FoMoCo at September 30, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

297 This......

Make the rainbow God's Promise again......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Dem F@ggots done robbed my Coalition, too.

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Hijackson at September 30, 2026 09:21 AM (Fn+3X)

298 Greek homos living in caves.

Posted by: Reverend Al at September 30, 2026 09:22 AM (yOEUM)

299 Gmac, prayers up for you. May the radiation do the work the doctors hope for, and my the side effects be few and transient.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 30, 2026 09:22 AM (FGA9/)

300 >>Raw Egg Nationalist: Why is a Republican candidate portraying a slovenly welfare scammer as a young white man by default?

Yeah, amidst ALL the fraud that's been uncovered by Nick Shirley, DOGE, and JD Vance's new fraud task force, making an ad that depict the worst offender as a nerdy whit boy gamer is not simply tone deaf, it is incredibly offensive.

The thing is, even if there were a lot of unemployed white, male Americans on welfare who can't get a job (because the DEI/H1-b obsession has shut them out), it would be a rounding error in comparison to the billions upon billions of entitlement fraud that is being committed by foreigners scamming every dang government program.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:23 AM (rOKnE)

301 Gay sex in the Roman era was mostly adult men molesting children. The notion of gay male adult peers pairing up was unheard of.
Posted by: 18-1

Where you separated the men from the boys...

...with a crowbar.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:23 AM (Az7Eg)

302 278 @disntr
"Rev" Jeanne M. Hansknecht of St. Paul's says that Jesus demonstrated that Lazarus was gay by calling him to "come out." Then, after arguing that Lazarus had no recorded wife or children, she spews this gem:

"And he was a good friend of Jesus, not a student or disciple, but a friend, which in my mind's eye ranks right up there with being a friend of Dorothy."

For context, "friend of Dorothy" is a longstanding expression historically used to identify gay men.

"Man shall not lay with man as he does with woman."
Blasphemy. It's what's for dinner!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM (ccf/V)
********
This sounds like the religion of Tallarico. God help us!

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

303 We're in CA.... Husband has a Dodge dually 3500.... Costs over $200.00 to fill up''' Diesel here is $ 8.90 a gallon

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 09:24 AM (+gK6I)

304 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at September 30, 2026 09:24 AM (53oGX)

305 A cake boy... Oscar Wilde reading, Barbara Streisand ticket holding, Friend of Dorothy. Clueless...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 09:16 AM

I prefer the quote:

"Hey...you! Anything happens to my daughter, I have a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anyone would miss you."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:24 AM (bFu5X)

306 The U.S. Mint stopped making pennies in 2025, but legislation passed by the Senate and headed to President Donald Trump’s desk will formally end their production after 234 years.

The bill, passed by voice vote late Monday, directs the government to not make pennies, giving a legal stamp of approval to the Trump administration’s decision to stop producing the currency last year. The penny, among the first coins to be made after the Mint was established in 1792, has become increasingly expensive to produce and is used by fewer and fewer consumers as digital transactions have become more standard.

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

307 "Hey...you! Anything happens to my daughter, I have a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anyone would miss you."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:24 AM (bFu5X)

That's a good one too...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 30, 2026 09:25 AM (+gK6I)

308 >>Shabana Mahmood MP
I think I've found the problem...

Gah, she even looks demonic.
Putting her in charge of anything is asking for destruction of everything you love.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:25 AM (rOKnE)

309 There were 1,600 jobs lost when the American Chicle Plant in LIC closed in 1981, by the way.

Posted by: Chewy, Dewey, and Louie at September 30, 2026 09:26 AM (Fn+3X)

310 I was a friend of Dorothy.

Posted by: The Tin Man at September 30, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

311 Raw Egg Nationalist: Why is a Republican candidate portraying a slovenly welfare scammer as a young white man by default?

Because the media can't scream, "Muh raycisms!"
Because the race grifters can't go out and have a "hey hey ho ho" sing-along.
Because there are white welfare scammers too.

Pick your answer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 30, 2026 09:26 AM (ExV1e)

312 If everything goes according to schedule, Christa Pike will get the needle in a half hour.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:26 AM (ndZc7)

313 "the League of Voters who Dress Like Women"
is more like it.

Posted by: vivi at September 30, 2026 09:26 AM (7esJd)

314 "Hey...you! Anything happens to my daughter, I have a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anyone would miss you."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:24 AM (bFu5X)

Met a guy while on a fishing trip to Toledo Bend. We had a few beers and were talking about having daughters and nieces. He was from the swamps of Louisiana and when he found out about his niece dating the son of the Governor of LA, he told him "You hurt my niece, I can bury you where they'll NEVER find you. I don't care WHO your daddy is."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ccf/V)

315 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

We need to point out that a Rocket Docket on Death Sentences would save taxpayers a lot of money.

And it would uphold the standards of being human. More please. Major Hasan, looking at you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 09:29 AM (u82oZ)

316 So, pointing out that white people are on welfare too is bad?

Ok........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:29 AM (ccf/V)

317 everyone knows the motive behind the attempted plane hijacking but media still reporting it as if there is uncertainty

Posted by: Commodore at September 30, 2026 09:29 AM (V6W16)

318 Posted by: man at September 30, 2026 09:12 AM

Prayers up for both of you.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:30 AM (bFu5X)

319 Christa Gail Pike was sentenced to death in 1996.
That was 30 years ago.

Posted by: Person with a calendar at September 30, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

320 Art up

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:30 AM (Az7Eg)

321 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

322 Commodore

Please see my comment 181.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

323 A viral post breaking down SNAP, Medicaid, and federal income taxes by race has been a hot topic on X for reasons that are pretty obvious once you see the numbers.
According to the post, 24.9 percent of Black households receive SNAP compared with 18.5 percent of Hispanic households, 8.5 percent of Asian households, and just 7.9 percent of White households. The Medicaid numbers follow a similar pattern, while the federal income tax figures suddenly swing dramatically in the opposite direction.

… Equity demands these percentages be equalized

Posted by: SMOD at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (EKMrJ)

324 >>Because the media can't scream, "Muh raycisms!"
Because the race grifters can't go out and have a "hey hey ho ho" sing-along.

We all know that the ad chose the safest target possible: the Genz white male.

The point is she didn't have to depict any person at all, which is another way to avoid offending anyone. But she leaned into it, made it jokey, like 'heh, those darn kids like Brad who just need to turn off the Xbox and pull themselves up by their bootstraps!'

Anyone who has been aware of the current boomer/Gen Z discourse on social media knows that there is a real disconnect on why college graduates today aren't working, and spoiler alert, it isn't because they want to sit home and eat cheetos.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (rOKnE)

325 314 "Hey...you! Anything happens to my daughter, I have a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anyone would miss you."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:24 AM (bFu5X)

Met a guy while on a fishing trip to Toledo Bend. We had a few beers and were talking about having daughters and nieces. He was from the swamps of Louisiana and when he found out about his niece dating the son of the Governor of LA, he told him "You hurt my niece, I can bury you where they'll NEVER find you. I don't care WHO your daddy is."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ccf/V)

Call it what you will, but the above is how a REAL father, a real man, protects his own.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 30, 2026 10:03 AM (N39Ws)

326 300 >>Raw Egg Nationalist: Why is a Republican candidate portraying a slovenly welfare scammer as a young white man by default?

Yeah, amidst ALL the fraud that's been uncovered by Nick Shirley, DOGE, and JD Vance's new fraud task force, making an ad that depict the worst offender as a nerdy whit boy gamer is not simply tone deaf, it is incredibly offensive.

The thing is, even if there were a lot of unemployed white, male Americans on welfare who can't get a job (because the DEI/H1-b obsession has shut them out), it would be a rounding error in comparison to the billions upon billions of entitlement fraud that is being committed by foreigners scamming every dang government program.
Posted by: Lizzy

Why settle for the Lesser Evil? Make a Deal with cTHIEL
https://tinyurl.com/cTHIEL-usefulIdiotYOUare
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-atLongLongLAST
https://tinyurl.com/cTHIEL-batboy2NOSFERATU

LET's GO BRANDON! MAKE IT RAIN.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (oOryp)

327 Are there any internal Republican polls?

Posted by: AnnaS at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (ZiaCc)

328 I think there is a lot of hand wringing for nothing, because what little voting evidence we have suggest this will be close, this is not a blue wave or a red collapse.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 30, 2026 10:35 AM (7/DDO)

329 Dickens still sucks. Great Expectations especially is a piece of shit.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 11:30 AM (6jna9)

330 Jack Smith Seized Nearly 5,000 Checks Written By Trump Donors

According to the article:
that Smith and his team obtained communications from The Federalist, along with more than a dozen other media outlets, as part of his anti-Trump lawfare...that Smith’s team seized Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway’s communications.

All part of the witch hunt. There's no punishment too good for Smith and those behind the scenes that ordered this, but, as already state, "Nothing will Happen" is the likely result.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 11:51 AM (l3cgK)

331 Texas Lifts Screwworm Quarantines as New Mexico Reopens Cattle Crossing

When life gives you Screwworms, make Tequila?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 11:57 AM (l3cgK)

Daily Tech News 30 September 2026

Top Story

Anthropic announced not long ago that it was paying SpaceX $1.25 billion per month to lease capacity in datacenters that actually existed. The number now looks to be closer to twice that. (WCCFTech)

The only way to win is to own the stadium.
Anthropic also listed its own IPO. (Tom's Hardware)

Seeking a valuation of $2 trillion and warning that not only will it not give humanity a home in the stars, it will very likely wipe us all out right here on Earth.

Uh...

Tech News

Bought two new PCs. Finally found what I've been looking for - a barebones 13900HX mini-PC that takes DDR4 SODIMMs.

For most people who don't have 256GB of DDR4-SODIMMs just sitting around that's not particularly useful, even at the discounted price of $400. But for me, when I do have 256GB of DDR4-SODIMMs, including 64GB in a dead laptop and 64GB in a dying one, it's exactly what I needed. It's two to three times faster than the old laptops - when they work at all, and nearly 50% faster on multi-threaded work that the mini-PCs I bought last year.

Do I need them? No. Do I want them? Yes. They let me keep on trucking with parts pulled from laptops I bought in 2021.

Minisforum M1-1390 for anyone interested though the US store is currently out of stock of the barebones model. It's a big little PC - 8" square, the size of the old Mac Mini before it shrank in the wash.
We're going to make our own Microsoft! With blackjack, and hookers, and Linux! In fact, forget the blackjack. (Tom's Hardware)

The Netherlands, irked that the aptly named International Criminal Court was sanctioned by the US and can no longer use American internet-based software and services, has decided to adopt Linux rather than stop being international criminals.
AMD's Zen 6 server CPUs are here, ranging in price up to $15,000. (Tom's Hardware)

Though that gives you a 256-core CPU with a gigabyte of cache running at 4.1GHz, which is not too shabby. Entry level models start at just $700.
You can't have one. (WCCFTech)

Not because they're too expensive, but because they've already sold out all production for the entirety of 2027 and are taking orders for 2028.
French company Mistral AI says that OpenAI and Anthropic are doing a publicity tour on "AI safety" to cover up the fact that they are retarded. (CNBC)

Well, yes.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Goo feesh!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

2 G'day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 30, 2026 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

4 I like these Australian videos, Icehouse is vaguely familiar

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

5 "Icehouse" is the name they use for a convenience store in Southern States, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 30, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

7 Slow night

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:52 AM (rdVOm)

8 JQ maybe if you weren't up every other hour

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)

9 >>>a dead laptop and ... a dying one

Sad!

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 04:55 AM (odBC9)

10 ?

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:56 AM (rdVOm)

11 Slept for 4 hours, leg and foot cramps woke me up. May try to go back to sleep when I get tired again...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

12 Skip-- ???

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:58 AM (rdVOm)

13 G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: Okjohn at September 30, 2026 04:59 AM (Ea86P)

14 Hearing that owl again, its out front this time

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 05:00 AM (Ia/+0)

15 14 Hearing that owl again, its out front this time

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 05:00 AM (Ia/+0)

Watch out if it happens for six nights in a row...

Also, don't follow a woman stubborn enough to chase after a stupid pony in a blizzard.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:04 AM (l3cgK)

16 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 30, 2026 05:04 AM (Hbeqj)

17 Minisforum M1-1390 for anyone interested though the US store is currently out of stock of the barebones model. It's a big little PC - 8" square, the size of the old Mac Mini before it shrank in the wash.

I don't get to use it too often these days but my 14900K laptop is a beast at video encoding. Runs as hot as an oven but it can do some multi-threaded processing with the quickness. Beats my desktop 5900X with ease.

The cooling system in the M1-1390 looks like it can handle it the heat. It will need it for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 05:05 AM (6ydKt)

18 Anyone hear from Irongrandpa lately?

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 05:05 AM (rdVOm)

19 WVY10’s lead is about a 4 y/o who died from flu.

Posted by: Accomack at September 30, 2026 05:06 AM (GbONR)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 30, 2026 05:08 AM (AMvSw)

21 I am sure its a Great Horned Owl, owl species all have different calls

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)

22 Its across the street

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

23 Had my trial spinal cord stimulator attached yesterday. They said my back would be sore for a couple of days. Ha. That was an understatement.

Posted by: Tuna at September 30, 2026 05:18 AM (lJ0H4)

24 23 Had my trial spinal cord stimulator attached yesterday. They said my back would be sore for a couple of days. Ha. That was an understatement.

Posted by: Tuna at September 30, 2026 05:18 AM (lJ0H4)

Hope things get better.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

25 @18/JQ: "Anyone hear from Irongrandpa lately?"

Not that I can recollect, but I might have missed him posting.

@Pixy: Can you search the comments and find his last posting date/time? I used to use Google for that but it's become useless in its search results.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 30, 2026 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

26 French company Mistral AI says that OpenAI and Anthropic are doing a publicity tour on "AI safety" to cover up the fact that they are retarded. (CNBC)

---

“When you give them a lot of tools, those systems [AI agents] are very dynamic, so they can go and do things that you do not expect,” Mensch told CNBC.

“You need to have the right monitoring in place, and the enterprises we work with, we give them those kind of monitoring systems,” he said.

That's nice and all but OpenAI and Anthropic have been having problems with unreleased models in testing, which they then never release or release after re-training to alignment.

Mensch is simultaneously selling people that American AI is unsafe and monitored while also selling Mistral as safe with monitoring.

Which works as long as nobody knows the kind of crazy shit Mistral's models have done in their free time, which Mensch has no plans of revealing to anybody but French and EU regulators who have agreed to also keep their mouths shut.

While our guys are retards, at least they are being somewhat transparent about their retardedness while the EU and China are going the 'stay silent rather than remove all doubt' route.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 05:28 AM (6ydKt)

27 Hope things get better.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They will. Thanks.

Posted by: Tuna at September 30, 2026 05:28 AM (lJ0H4)

28 I wish the IT news wasn't all about how AI continues to gobble everything up and how we all can't have nice things for years to come.

I miss buying computing hardware as something fun to experiment with.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 30, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

29 mistral is like that french guy developing the wheel to compete with write bros airplane. telling everyone they are just about equal.

Posted by: juicer at September 30, 2026 05:33 AM (zFP9G)

30 mornin yall

"An unidentified toddler pulled out a loaded handgun at Children's World Early Learing Center in Canton Township, Michigan on Monday morning."

Unidentified? Billy the Kahlill? Baby Face Nadir?

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 05:48 AM (MWfyi)

31 Way early, forgot
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 05:50 AM (FpUQF)

32 30 mornin yall

"An unidentified toddler pulled out a loaded handgun at Children's World Early Learing Center in Canton Township, Michigan on Monday morning."

Unidentified? Billy the Kahlill? Baby Face Nadir?

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 05:48 AM (MWfyi)

Is he a 17-year-old toddler?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:52 AM (l3cgK)

33 Most real guns have some weight to them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 05:53 AM (l3cgK)

34
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, dogs taken care of - except Diana, who refuses to get off the bed - coffee prepared. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian.

Her Majesty is home and actually will be here until Saturday, when she goes to Omaha to judge at a show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 05:55 AM (eRlcH)

35
Unidentified? Billy the Kahlill? Baby Face Nadir?
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 05:48 AM (MWfyi)

His first words were, "I keeeel you!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 05:55 AM (eRlcH)

36 >>Anyone hear from Irongrandpa lately?

Been asking that for a few months now. Think his last post here was in December.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 05:58 AM (NcvvS)

37 Oh sure, I believe this story. It could happen to anyone:

A Chicago man has been arrested after police say he allegedly pulled a gun trigger instead of a drill and shot a toddler.

"As [Washington] walked toward the couch, [he] attempted to rev the drill in order to determine if it was too loud for the sleeping baby,' the prosecution said.

'Rather than pulling the trigger on the drill in his right hand, [Washington] pulled the trigger of the firearm in his left hand.'"

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 05:58 AM (MWfyi)

38 I have not seen IGP in a while. Maybe he did the smart thing and moved to the far side of the swamp.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:00 AM (MWfyi)

39 Oh, Mornin', Horde. 50 degrees, going up to 86, in Kentuckiana. Looks like today & tomorrow are going to be the last days over 80 for the year.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 06:01 AM (NcvvS)

40 >>Maybe he did the smart thing and moved to the far side of the swamp.

Thought he is somewhere in the Adirondacks?

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 06:03 AM (NcvvS)

41 Just an expression. "The far side of the swamp" being somewhere in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, Internet, or people.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:07 AM (MWfyi)

42 >>Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:07 AM (MWfyi)

Ah. Thank you.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 30, 2026 06:10 AM (NcvvS)

43 Evening and morning, satellites, satraps, and vassals of the vast AoSHQ Empire! 'Tis Woden's Day, the last of September and the end of the month as well. If you don't have quick-set date function watches, be sure to set them ahead to read "31" this evening so they will pop up as "1" tomorrow.

"What's a watch? I got time and date on my phone."

"Okay, be like that."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

44 Here's another reason I will never fly again:

An Israel-bound passenger plane pilot was reportedly stabbed several times by the jet’s co-pilot in the cockpit — and the terrifying scenes caused the aircraft to plunge almost 20,000 feet in minutes, sparking fears of a “terrorist attack in mid-air.”

The jet, which departed Dubai for Tel Aviv just before 7 a.m., was cruising at around 34,000 feet before violence broke out in the cockpit around two-and-a-half hours into the flight, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.

The co-pilot tried to take control of the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, which was carrying 174 passengers including 27 children, and attacked the pilot several times.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:11 AM (MWfyi)

45 The co-pilot tried to take control of the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, which was carrying 174 passengers including 27 children, and attacked the pilot several times.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026

***
Just a guess, but . . . DEI co-pilot? Adherent of The Religion of Pieces?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)

46 A lot of Icehouse on here as of late.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 06:15 AM (XUHiS)

47 Israelis fly to/from Dubai?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:15 AM (l3cgK)

48 We're due for rain for the next seven days, some of it heavy. 77 again today, which yesterday morning at this time felt almost tolerable. Looks like I need to visit the big suburban library tomorrow when I'm out there for my haircut and stock up on some books and DVDs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

49 We need some rain. The lack of hurricanes has the creek as low as I have seen it. It needs a good flood and flush.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:17 AM (MWfyi)

50 5 "Icehouse" is the name they use for a convenience store in Southern States, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

That was my first thought when I first heard of them when I was 12.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 06:19 AM (XUHiS)

51 49 We need some rain. The lack of hurricanes has the creek as low as I have seen it. It needs a good flood and flush.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:17 AM (MWfyi)

Take some from Amarillo. And NM.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 06:20 AM (XUHiS)

52 Dentist brings in his pup to help patients with dental anxiety. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ajv87re

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 06:20 AM (JrHfD)

53 "Israelis fly to/from Dubai?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) "

You've never heard that song?

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
Jews, fly, over the rainbow
Why would they go to Dubai?

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:21 AM (MWfyi)

54 Israelis fly to/from Dubai?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:15 AM (l3cgK)
-

Popular destination.

And... belated BOING from our sukkah!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 06:21 AM (LJCmn)

55
"Icehouse" is the name they use for a convenience store in Southern States, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

Here in South Texas, "icehouse" means a species of tavern with an open front. Sadly disappearing, but one of the more charming aspects of the area, a symbol of a slower and more convivial time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 06:22 AM (eRlcH)

56 >>>the aptly named International Criminal Court

heh

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

57
We need some rain. The lack of hurricanes has the creek as low as I have seen it. It needs a good flood and flush.
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:17 AM (MWfyi)

Droughts are ended by floods and vice versa.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 06:23 AM (eRlcH)

58 "Icehouse" is the name they use for a convenience store in Southern States, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026

***
Our famous TV horror host of the '60s and into the '80s, "Morgus the Magnificent," was said to have his laboratory 'above the old city icehouse." I'm not sure where that was supposed to be, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)

59 Icehouse beer goes for $11 a 12 pack of bottles at Kroger. It's not bad.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:25 AM (MWfyi)

60 Terrorist pilot from Oman.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 06:28 AM (1CdX1)

61 "Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"

I don't know how they came up with that number. Could it be expressed in giraffes?

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:28 AM (MWfyi)

62 Speaking of miniforum, I just picked up an ms-01 i9 unit and maxed it out with memory and nvme and an rtx a2000e 16gb from ebay.

It's now part of my 3 agent setup that includes an apple m4 max with 64GB of ram and an i7 with an rtx a2000 6GB

It's primarily for working with sensitive client files and research.

It's all working pretty nicely.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 30, 2026 06:28 AM (XV/Pl)

63 The furry thugs are doing well. Little Dagny was on the bed when I woke, but as soon as I turned on the light, jumped down and trotted off, as if unwilling to be caught doing something that could be called "affectionate."

Stirling is flying around like crazy. He can't be doing it to work up an appetite for breakfast; I know he already has one like a feline lumberjack. He's been on his diet for a while now. I should bring him round to the vet and ask them to weigh him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

64 Time I changed, stretched, and worked out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

65 Rabbi's daughter from the International Fellowship reflects on Leviticus 23:40 "Rejoice before the Lord." and Sukkot :

https://tinyurl.com/597ptndz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 06:31 AM (JrHfD)

66 54 belated BOING from our sukkah!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 06:21 AM (LJCmn)

succah (also sukkah)

a temporary shelter covered in natural materials, built near a synagogue or house and used especially for meals during the Jewish festival of Succoth.

mid 17th century: from Hebrew sukkāh ‘hut’.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)

67 61 "Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"

I don't know how they came up with that number. Could it be expressed in giraffes?

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:28 AM (MWfyi)

That's around 260 Billion Butts...a real buttload.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:36 AM (l3cgK)

68 a temporary shelter covered in natural materials, built near a synagogue or house and used especially for meals during the Jewish festival of Succoth.

mid 17th century: from Hebrew sukkāh ‘hut’.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)
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1. Can be built in the middle of nowhere.

2. The Hebrew word Sukkah is from the Torah, which dates back a bit more than the 17th century.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 06:36 AM (1CdX1)

69 Yesterday I went for a walk at the local Senior Center. There were all kinds of flowers there and a beautiful monarch butterfly resting on a purple flower, the name of which I didn't know. Then I took a walk through paths in the fields flanked by lots of Golden Rod which look really lovely in masses. I find it's good for me to take a break from news and go out in nature.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 06:37 AM (JrHfD)

70
"Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"

Data centers rejoice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 06:42 AM (eRlcH)

71 "Rabbi's daughter" sounds like the beginning of a promising dirty joke, but no...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (1utmP)

72 61 "Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:28 AM (MWfyi)

According to that Yahoo article, that's Hurricane Polo.

The NOAA is less concerned.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (odBC9)

73 70
"Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"

Data centers rejoice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 06:42 AM (eRlcH)

Until the power goes out and their backup generators can't get the fuel in the PDRK (People's Democrat Republic of Kalifornia)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (l3cgK)

74 "Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"
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WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE DELTA SMELT!!!???

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (FZ29D)

75 68 a temporary shelter covered in natural materials, built near a synagogue or house and used especially for meals during the Jewish festival of Succoth.

mid 17th century: from Hebrew sukkāh ‘hut’.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:32 AM (odBC9)
-

1. Can be built in the middle of nowhere.

2. The Hebrew word Sukkah is from the Torah, which dates back a bit more than the 17th century.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 30, 2026 06:36 AM (1CdX1)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:45 AM (odBC9)

76 74 "Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"
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WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE DELTA SMELT!!!???

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (FZ29D)

Is that like a patty melt with fish?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:45 AM (l3cgK)

77 WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE DELTA SMELT!!!???

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (FZ29D)
============================
This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Joe Biden, Official Depends Endorser at September 30, 2026 06:48 AM (1utmP)

78 NOAA

1005 UTC Wed Sep 30 2026
Remnants of Polo
...POLO DISSIPATES OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:48 AM (odBC9)

79
Until the power goes out and their backup generators can't get the fuel in the PDRK (People's Democrat Republic of Kalifornia)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (l3cgK)

Your oleaginous governor says CA is a paradise. Any difficulties are the result of hoarders, kulaks, wreckers, foreign spies and counterrevolutionary elements.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 06:49 AM (eRlcH)

80 >>>Disclaimer: Goo feesh!

Like, when you walk around in the fish market part of a farmers' market, that's what you get on your shoes.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:51 AM (odBC9)

81 It's relatively safe in California.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

82 79
Until the power goes out and their backup generators can't get the fuel in the PDRK (People's Democrat Republic of Kalifornia)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (l3cgK)

Your oleaginous governor says CA is a paradise. Any difficulties are the result of hoarders, kulaks, wreckers, foreign spies and counterrevolutionary elements.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 06:49 AM (eRlcH)

A commie paradise is Hell on Earth...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:52 AM (l3cgK)

83 Your oleaginous governor says CA is a paradise. Any difficulties are the result of hoarders, kulaks, wreckers, foreign spies and counterrevolutionary elements.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 30, 2026 06:49 AM (eRlcH)
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I don't have an alibi!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 06:53 AM (FZ29D)

84 And here I thought it was about all the water that's coming to Kali from the El Niño...and this one's supposed to be a pretty strong one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:54 AM (l3cgK)

85 I sure was glad to hear that Jack Smith is non partisan.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:54 AM (MWfyi)

86 72 61 "Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:28 AM (MWfyi)

that Yahoo article

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (odBC9)

"Yahoo": talk about "aptly named."

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)

87 85 I sure was glad to hear that Jack Smith is non partisan.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:54 AM (MWfyi)

Just like Judge Boasberg!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 06:55 AM (l3cgK)

88 My wife is an Apple user in her business, and is shopping for a replacement to her current machine. Prices have increased pretty substantially, unsurprisingly. Will the Christmas season will bring some sales?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 06:55 AM (1utmP)

89 WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE DELTA SMELT!!!???
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 06:44 AM (FZ29D)

I've smelt that delta plenty of times in the olden days. We could actually boat from the old place to SF bay. Never did, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 30, 2026 06:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

90 "Just like Judge Boasberg!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"

Dedicated public servants.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:57 AM (MWfyi)

91
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

NOAA = NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

92 @88/Huck Follywood: "Will the Christmas season will bring some sales?"

Actual sales with value for the customer? No, but it will bring some "sales".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at September 30, 2026 06:58 AM (O7YUW)

93

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 30, 2026 07:00 AM (dZdRk)

94 91
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

NOAA = NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

NHC--National Hurricane Center

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 07:01 AM (l3cgK)

95 Wow, the Rod Roddenberry vs Riach and Rivas is not over an early studio model of the starship Enterprise that vanished during the filming of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Riach and Rivas are arguing they are the legal owners of the model since they bought it as part of a storage unit lot and Rod has not clearly established his father's ownership.

Leonard Nimoy voiceover - "And the legal battle continues."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 07:02 AM (2GVsD)

96 59 Icehouse beer goes for $11 a 12 pack of bottles at Kroger. It's not bad.

Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:25 AM (MWfyi)

5.5% alcohol in Icehouse.
Used to buy a six pack of it instead of ~4% beer just to speed up the process.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 07:02 AM (6ydKt)

97 Here

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 07:02 AM (ZxPkt)

98 61 "Monster hurricane barrels toward US with ‘34 trillion gallons of rainfall’ — and what it means for California"
Posted by: fd at September 30, 2026 06:28 AM (MWfyi)

(Yahoo)

https://archive.is/pbUFU

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 07:03 AM (odBC9)

99 Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2026 07:02 AM (2GVsD)

I thought he already had possession of it. I don't see how a model built for the tv show isn't the property of the studio. Defunct, sure, but whoever bought it should have the rights to it. Or the shop that made it unless Gene bought it after the show ended.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 30, 2026 07:04 AM (1Ff7Z)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 07:05 AM (odBC9)

101 94 91
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

NOAA = NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

NHC--National Hurricane Center
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 07:01 AM (l3cgK)

Yep.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 07:08 AM (odBC9)

102 a Florida freshman girl was briefly pictured on ESPN at the Florida Mississippi football game on Saturday, was quickly identified by the internet (using facial recognition?), and is now semi-famous. To me, this seems dangerous, but then I'm a father and the last thing I'd want for my 18 year old daughter is to suddenly be thrust into the public light.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 07:09 AM (+HKyl)

103 My theory is at a certain age people get prices stuck in their mind that things “should” cost a certain amount. When I see a 12 pack of beer costs 12 bucks it makes me a bit hesitant to buy it, just because.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 30, 2026 07:11 AM (q3N/z)

104 I worked in a Camelot Music store in my local mall after high school. Once a day you were allowed to play an album on the store stereo sysrem that wasn't in the Top 10 list. This Icehouse album was one I picked to play. Great band.

Posted by: Biergood at September 30, 2026 07:11 AM (PwgSL)

105 103 My theory is at a certain age people get prices stuck in their mind that things “should” cost a certain amount. When I see a 12 pack of beer costs 12 bucks it makes me a bit hesitant to buy it, just because.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 30, 2026 07:11 AM (q3N/z)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 07:12 AM (odBC9)

106 How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
Especially people who care about strangers
Who care about evil and social injustice
Do you only care about being proud
How about I need a friend, I need a friend
How can people be so heartless...

Posted by: Three Dog DooDoo Hippie Garbage at September 30, 2026 07:15 AM (w+jhU)

107 J.J. Sefton. Runway 04.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

108 88 My wife is an Apple user in her business, and is shopping for a replacement to her current machine. Prices have increased pretty substantially, unsurprisingly. Will the Christmas season will bring some sales?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 06:55 AM (1utmP)

You might be able to find some decent deals on Apple laptops or Mac minis on Amazon, especially around Black Friday after Thanksgiving into the next week.

The processors might be older, M2s, M3s or M4s instead of the current M5s and M6s but she probably wouldn't notice any difference.

Apple rarely does sales on their own site/shops, but their partners like Best Buy and Walmart will put them on sale along with Amazon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 07:18 AM (6ydKt)

109 Today I'm going to a 2 monitor setup because I want to watch 2 football games at the same time and I don't know how to do it so I'm going to have Copilot walk me through it so we'll see what happens.

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 07:18 AM (ZxPkt)

110 A friend recently mentioned the book "After the Applause Stops" and it kind of mirrors some of that video.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 07:19 AM (odBC9)

111 figures
I just posted as the thread dies

Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 07:19 AM (ZxPkt)

112 111 figures
I just posted as the thread dies
Posted by: Don Black at September 30, 2026 07:19 AM (ZxPkt)

Not last, tho.

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 07:20 AM (odBC9)

113 Good Morning Pixel friends,

I am going to the Black Tower{its real name} this AM to get irradiated in my left kidney around 8:00. The dawn sky is beautiful.

I have not seen IGP in months.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 30, 2026 07:27 AM (Q/FnY)

114 Prayers continue for Gmac

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 30, 2026 09:18 AM (FGA9/)

115 test

Posted by: The Tree at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (w9Wax)

116 test

Posted by: The Tree at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (w9Wax)

117 ~~test~~

Posted by: The Tree at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (w9Wax)

118 Howcum nobody calls this Talerico creature "Tallywhacker"?

Posted by: Dale at September 30, 2026 01:23 PM (f45WX)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - September 29, 2026

Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday ONT has arrived. On time, as always. Open thread, as always. Ready to be whelmed?

***

I support this kind of torture!

🚨 #BREAKING: American man "kidnaps" Flock camera, subjecting it against its will to 23,040 license plates per second.pic.twitter.com/kYCJAD7CNv
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) September 29, 2026

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I agree with this in principle - but if Newsom thinks it's a good idea, I'm immediately skeptical

Newsom signs ‘ghost ticket’ ban but says its carve-outs need more work

California is taking action against the sale of “ghost tickets.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed Assembly Bill 1349, bipartisan legislation that targets the live-event ticket resale market. “Ghost tickets,” also known as speculative tickets, are concert and sports tickets that resellers list before they actually have them. The new law bars sellers from advertising, listing or selling tickets they don’t possess or have the legal right to receive, unless the event’s presenter or venue allows it. It’s intended to address persistent complaints from consumers about the practice.
“Buying a ticket shouldn’t come with hidden risks or unfair practices,” Newsom said on X.
The law prohibits using software to get around ticket limits, queue and presale restrictions. It restricts websites and ads designed to make resellers look like authorized ticket sources. Sellers in violation could face misdemeanor charges and penalties.
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“While there may be good reasons for exempting certain sellers from the bill’s provisions, such a carve-out deserves further discussion,” Newsom wrote.
Newsom didn’t say which sellers he meant. His concerns allude to amendments made in the final days of the legislative session. Critics say those changes in effect exempt StubHub, one of the biggest ticket resale platforms, from the new rules.

Ask the question "what the worst way this can be abused?" The logical answer likely means money in the hands of Newsom and other nefarious politicians.

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I read this multiple times and I'm still not fully understanding it!

A 24-foot tunnel borer chewed 2.7 miles under Lake Mead against water pressure of up to 218 psi, with a car tire carrying 33, to plant a drinking straw near the lake bottom, and the lake just hit its lowest level since Hoover Dam first filled it

Lake Mead hit another record low this month, which barely counts as news anymore. The lake has spent most of 2026 sliding past the marks set during the 2022 water crisis, and by September 22 it was down to 1,038.14 feet above sea level, the lowest it’s been since Hoover Dam first filled it in the 1930s.
So here’s the question I keep coming back to: Las Vegas pulls 90 percent of its water from that shrinking lake, so why does a metro area of more than two million people still have water coming out of every tap, fountain and misting system in town? A big part of the answer is a machine that finished its job over a decade ago, working under more water pressure than any tunnel boring machine had handled before, at least according to the company that built it.
Back in 2008, the Southern Nevada Water Authority started building a third drinking water intake for Lake Mead. The two existing straws sit at 1,050 and 1,000 feet above sea level, and the lake kept dropping toward both, so the new one had to pull from near the bottom. Getting a pipe down there meant boring a tunnel underneath the lake itself, through ground soaked with the lake’s own water.
The job went to Vegas Tunnel Constructors, a joint venture of S.A. Healy out of Chicago and Salini Impregilo out of Milan, and to a machine Herrenknecht built specifically for it: the S-502, a tunnel borer the water authority describes as 24 feet in diameter. It went into the ground in late 2011 through a 590-foot launch shaft at the lakeshore, roughly the height of a 50-story building, straight down. From the bottom of that hole it chewed 2.7 miles through rock toward one precise spot on the lake bed, and on December 10, 2014, it broke through.
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At the far end, the bore had to dock with an intake structure resting on the bottom of the lake. Crews blasted a shaft out of the lake bed with shaped charges, lowered a concrete-and-steel intake of more than 1,300 short tons (1,200 metric tons) into it, and anchored the whole thing with more than 1,000 truckloads of concrete, per the water authority.
Then the machine had to hit that target after 2.7 miles underground, which is arguably the harder trick. Breaking through into a lakebed with the water still sitting on top is its own special category of nervous; a much smaller machine pulled a similar stunt under a California reservoir this year, and that one only had 347 feet to cover.
Water started moving through Intake No. 3 to the valley’s treatment plants in September 2015. The whole design goal was elevation: the new straw keeps drawing with the lake below 1,000 feet, a line the older intakes were never built to survive.

Long article, which I find fascinating. Maybe too nerdy for you??

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On the subject of bodies of water -- ever wonder which US river is the oldest?

The Oldest River In The United States

The oldest river in the United States has, hands down, the most ironic name in all of American geography: the New River. Far from new, it is thought to be one of the oldest rivers on the entire planet, older than the dinosaurs, and older even than the ancient mountains it slices straight through. It is a river that was already flowing before almost everything around it existed. Here is the strange and wonderful story of America's most misleadingly named waterway.
The New River is widely considered the oldest river in North America, and it is frequently called the second-oldest river in the entire world, trailing only the Nile. It rises high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina, near Blowing Rock, then runs north through Virginia and into West Virginia, covering roughly 320 miles before merging with other waters to become the Kanawha. For a river saddled with such a forgettable, generic name, it has a genuinely staggering pedigree.

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Speaking of old

Rod Stewart retiring from touring after more than 6 decades

Rod Stewart has announced he will be retiring from touring after more than six decades.
The legendary singer-songwriter, 81, announced The Final Encore Tour Monday morning, just weeks after canceling portions of his U.S. "One Last Time" farewell tour following a coronary stent procedure.
“Ladies and gentlemen, after much deliberation and sadness, I have to announce next year will be my last tour ever, ever, ever. I’m not retiring, but this will be the last rock and roll tour,” Stewart said in a social media post.
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Stewart rose to prominence in the late 1960s with the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces.
His solo breakthrough came with the 1971 album “Every Picture Tells a Story,” featuring “Maggie May.”
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He has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice: as a solo artist in 1994 and as a member of the Faces in 2012.

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Apologies to Ace if he already covered this on a Cafe thread

Bear goes into Aspen farmers market, eats pastries and bread

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DJ Doof - This Date In Music History Edition

Born on this date in 1963 - American musician, singer, songwriter, Les Claypool best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of Primus.

You wanted this one, didn't you?

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On this date in 1976 - Rush released their first live album All The World's A Stage

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On this date in 1979 - The Police had their first UK No.1 single with 'Message In A Bottle' the group's third Top 20 hit. The song was released as the first single from Reggatta de Blanc

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by non-cryptic car codes

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1 This ONT is wa-a-a-y too early.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at September 29, 2026 09:50 PM (DK5Sh)

2 I nooded.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at September 29, 2026 09:52 PM (DK5Sh)

3 Hello? Anyone?

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at September 29, 2026 09:53 PM (DK5Sh)

4 Newsom signs ‘ghost ticket’ ban but says its carve-outs need more work

And here I hoped it was about banning Cameras from issuing tickets to drivers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:53 PM (l3cgK)

5
Hello

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 09:54 PM (/QHx4)

6 Cue Radar Love

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 09:54 PM (wpRMV)

7 Girls drool

Posted by: clem Kadiddlehopper at September 29, 2026 09:54 PM (7o6zd)

8 Not first, apparently.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 29, 2026 09:54 PM (giy4v)

9 hEADphones: someone recommended headphones a few years ago and I lost it. What bluetooth headphones do you guys reccomend?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 09:54 PM (nEUC6)

10 FUN FACT: Other than Hot Women who think he's sexy, Rod Stewart's current passion is model railroading.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 09:55 PM (wpRMV)

11 My brother loved The Police. With the exception of a few songs from Synchronicity, I found them boring and repetitive.

Sending out an SOS
Sending out an SOS
Sending out an SOS...
Repeat 30 more times.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)

12 Top pic:

Fresh asphalt, newly striped. The road beckons.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 09:57 PM (0aYVJ)

13 FUN FACT: Other than Hot Women who think he's sexy, Rod Stewart's current passion is model railroading.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 09:55 PM (wpRMV)
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It's a longstanding hobby of his. I ran into a video about it, and he's been featured many times over the years.

It's a dying hobby, because so few people today interact with railroads.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:58 PM (ZOv7s)

14 Every Picture and Maggie May are so well written.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 09:58 PM (4HoLg)

15 Caught you!

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 09:58 PM (kU0PQ)

16 The oldest river in the United States has, hands down, the most ironic name in all of American geography: the New River.

There are several rivers with that name...one that starts in Me-Hi-Co and ends up in the Salton Sea is around 1907 after the Colorado River was finally diverted back to it's banks. It's one of the dirtiest (if not THE dirtiest) rivers in the United States...radiological, chemical, biological waste...it's got it all. And fish STILL live in the river.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:58 PM (l3cgK)

17 Early indeed, but the prior thread was getting bogged down in college sportsball discussions.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 09:58 PM (C6xWR)

18 IN around 1907...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:58 PM (l3cgK)

19 Top pic is part of a series, starting with this morning's artwork, no? yes? road trip?

halloo and salud alla y'all. Monday is almost over. Phew.

Posted by: mindful webworker - press 1 for English; press 0 for robonix at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (xRCm7)

20 Sad, because Stuart Copeland is a helluva great drummer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (0aYVJ)

21 That road in the top pic looks like it might be on the Snake River Plain in Idaho.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (C6xWR)

22 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (sAmhv)

23 Doof, I thought the Lake Meade article was interesting.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (y171U)

24 That road in the top pic looks like it might be on the Snake River Plain in Idaho.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (C6xWR)

I thought so too.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (0aYVJ)

25
The women who are hot for Rod Stewart are hot for his money and fame.

He creeps me out.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (/QHx4)

26 Good evening morons y gracias Disco

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)

27 Love the Radar Love shout out. My favorite driving song, when played at appropriately high volume.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 10:01 PM (e0auD)

28 Good evening!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 29, 2026 10:01 PM (jCKWs)

29 Listening to Poco tonight, remembering these great songs from the ancient past

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 10:02 PM (e0auD)

30 Sad, because Stuart Copeland is a helluva great drummer.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (0aYVJ)

Among my favorites.

There's a recent Neil Peart documentary that aired on Canadian TV. Several drummers performed various Rush songs with Geddy and Alex. Copeland joined them for New World Man. He looked like he might pass out!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:02 PM (QMAsf)

31 the water authority describes as 24 feet in diameter

I think that microwave in the background says otherwise.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:02 PM (kU0PQ)

32 Monday is almost over. Phew.

So is Tuesday.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 10:02 PM (F3Dlr)

33 25
The women who are hot for Rod Stewart are hot for his money and fame.

He creeps me out.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (/QHx4)

Rod is 81, his ex Rachel Hunter is 57...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:03 PM (l3cgK)

34 Love the Radar Love shout out. My favorite driving song, when played at appropriately high volume.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 10:01 PM (e0auD)

I am more of a Sepultura; Chaos A.D. guy. Love to play that while driving the open road.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 10:03 PM (0aYVJ)

35 Doof, I thought the Lake Meade article was interesting.
Posted by: Joemarine at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (y171U)

NERD!!!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

36 The New River is widely considered the oldest river in North America, and it is frequently called the second-oldest river in the entire world, trailing only the Nile.

So it follows the New Bridge rule!

If your town has one bridge over the river, it doesn't need a name. It's just the bridge.

When you build another, they're "The Old Bridge" and "The New Bridge."

When you build a third, and a fourth, etc., you probably name them. "The Dental Bridge," "The Wheatstone Bridge." And maybe eventually you give a name to the first two bridges.

But the locals still call the second-oldest bridge in town "The New Bridge."

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

37 and Rachel Hunter doesn't look bad for her age either.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:03 PM (l3cgK)

38 Doof, I thought the Lake Meade article was interesting.
Posted by: Joemarine at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (y171U)

Now some poor bastard is going to go swimming in Lake Mead, and drown when his toe gets sucked into the water intake.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 10:04 PM (C6xWR)

39 Good evening morons y gracias Disco
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)

Howdy SF!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf)

40 36 The New River is widely considered the oldest river in North America, and it is frequently called the second-oldest river in the entire world, trailing only the Nile.

So it follows the New Bridge rule!

If your town has one bridge over the river, it doesn't need a name. It's just the bridge.

When you build another, they're "The Old Bridge" and "The New Bridge."

When you build a third, and a fourth, etc., you probably name them. "The Dental Bridge," "The Wheatstone Bridge." And maybe eventually you give a name to the first two bridges.

But the locals still call the second-oldest bridge in town "The New Bridge."

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

Keep repairing and rebuilding them and you have the Bridge of Theseus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:04 PM (l3cgK)

41
Doofing, with the Doof!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:04 PM (eRlcH)

42 It's one of the dirtiest (if not THE dirtiest) rivers in the United States...radiological, chemical, biological waste...it's got it all. And fish STILL live in the river.

We're fish. Where else should we live?

Posted by: The Fish at September 29, 2026 10:05 PM (Riz8t)

43 Bear goes into Aspen farmers market, eats pastries and bread

At least he didn't eat pastries and leaves.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:05 PM (kU0PQ)

44 Good evening!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 29, 2026 10:01 PM (jCKWs)

Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)

45 My brother loved The Police. With the exception of a few songs from Synchronicity, I found them boring and repetitive.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

They're far from my favorite, but I can at least deal with everything except dododada and RAAAAAAWKKKSanne.

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

46 42 It's one of the dirtiest (if not THE dirtiest) rivers in the United States...radiological, chemical, biological waste...it's got it all. And fish STILL live in the river.

We're fish. Where else should we live?

Posted by: The Fish at September 29, 2026 10:05 PM (Riz8t)

NOT in that river...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (l3cgK)

47
9 hEADphones: someone recommended headphones a few years ago and I lost it. What bluetooth headphones do you guys reccomend?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Wired. Wired only. This goes up and ranks with vinyl versus cassette, cd versus mp3.

Clarity of sound in a good headset, high quality connection cable and socket, plugged into a reel-to-reel setup with a vacuumed tube amplifier....

Get off my lawn.

But first listen to some 1968 era Credence. On a reel to reel tape system described as above.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

48 Doofing, with the Doof!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:04 PM (eRlcH)

Greetings, H7. Will this be the year you make it to the ranch for the MoMe??

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

49 45 My brother loved The Police. With the exception of a few songs from Synchronicity, I found them boring and repetitive.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

They're far from my favorite, but I can at least deal with everything except dododada and RAAAAAAWKKKSanne.

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

I hear it as "Rocks, Sand!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (l3cgK)

50 “Every Picture Tells a Story"
I have that album. It's good. I think I'll drag it out and play it tomorrow. I've kept my turntable and stereo component setup and I really need to use them. That album is signed by Stewart. I found it at a used record store.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (0Htd1)

51 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - water authority dino at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (XfIK1)

52 Wut?

Doof came too early?

Toooooo much infoooooooo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

53
Will this be the year you make it to the ranch for the MoMe??
Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

__________

Sir, it will!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (eRlcH)

54
They're far from my favorite, but I can at least deal with everything except dododada and RAAAAAAWKKKSanne.
Posted by: mikeski

Brah. Ear worm warning? Not. Cool.

Need to go watch Eddie in 48 hours now.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (QVmho)

55 52 Wut?

Doof came too early?

Toooooo much infoooooooo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

There are meds for that...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (l3cgK)

56 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex - water authority dino at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (XfIK1)

No way you can swim with those tiny arms!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

57 All the money in the world won't buy you more water when it all runs out. Someone should tell Vegas, except like the degenerate gambler, they figure their luck will change with the next roll of the dice.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (QaH55)

58 54
They're far from my favorite, but I can at least deal with everything except dododada and RAAAAAAWKKKSanne.
Posted by: mikeski

Brah. Ear worm warning? Not. Cool.

Need to go watch Eddie in 48 hours now.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (QVmho)

Might I suggest "Baby Shark"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (l3cgK)

59 Good evening, Horde!

Today's screening call didn't go so good - because the client is looking for a unicorn, apparently.

However, I have an initial interview tomorrow, an initial interview thursday, and a 'post-screening' interview friday, three different companies. And the job I currently really want of my previous interviews is 'on hold' - I'm not out of the running yet!

Now, time to 1) put away dry clothes, 2) read the content, then 3) catch up on comments and do my nightly rituals.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (aJQbY)

60 Repetition is a big part of ska and reggae

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

61 56 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex - water authority dino at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (XfIK1)

No way you can swim with those tiny arms!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

He has a powerful tail...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (l3cgK)

62
Here in SW Wyoming our reservoir sends water to adjoining states. We have had a severe drought here but the water must flow to other states. I need to research the agreements.

At the end of this week our floodgates will close. About damn time.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (/QHx4)

63 Lake Mead story was… boring.
😜

Rod Stewie may quit touring, but Ringo⭐ rolls on.

youtu.be/NPLqvbNZ5z0

Posted by: mindful webworker - well she was just seventy-three, you know what I meme at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (xRCm7)

64 Will this be the year you make it to the ranch for the MoMe??
Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

__________

Sir, it will!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (eRlcH)

That's some damn good news. I look forward to meeting you!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

65 RUSH!!

Doof, did see that video of Stewart Copeland and RUSH?

youtu.be/wbVrlY-YwgY

There is a documentary online about Neil Peart. Haven't watched it yet. It's new to me. Probably been out a bit.

youtu.be/WPAJytx3juY

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

66 Rush-Anthem. Definitely a fav of mine.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (vzuC7)

67 Clarity of sound in a good headset, high quality connection cable and socket, plugged into a reel-to-reel setup with a vacuumed tube amplifier....

Get off my lawn.

But first listen to some 1968 era Credence. On a reel to reel tape system described as above.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

Yes. It's good practice to vacuum out your tube amplifiers. And radios. Otherwise dust bunnies can accumulate, which might catch fire when the audions get hot.

Posted by: zombie Lee Deforest at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (C6xWR)

68 63 Lake Mead story was… boring.
😜

Rod Stewie may quit touring, but Ringo⭐ rolls on.

youtu.be/NPLqvbNZ5z0

Posted by: mindful webworker - well she was just seventy-three, you know what I meme at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (xRCm7)

It would've been more riveting if it had more steel to it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:10 PM (l3cgK)

69 Wut?

Doof came too early?

Toooooo much infoooooooo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

ONT COBs are never early nor are we ever late. This applies to everything we do.

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

70 Yes. It's good practice to vacuum out your tube amplifiers. And radios. Otherwise dust bunnies can accumulate, which might catch fire when the audions get hot.

Posted by: zombie Lee Deforest at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (C6xWR)

I think I saw that episode of "Dr. Who"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:11 PM (l3cgK)

71 Rod is not aging so well. He's got a Medusa thing going on.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

72

Might I suggest "Baby Shark"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Sergio Leone's good, bad, and ugly as done by the vikings. (Nedderlanders)
https://youtu.be/tpcYck-ZrVw

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QVmho)

73 71 Rod is not aging so well. He's got a Medusa thing going on.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

Well, he spent a good part of his career stoned...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (l3cgK)

74 My cat Allie has discovered the joys of eggnog.

Tonight I served it in a martini glass, because that's the classy sort of guy I am.

Allie is loving it, as she can easily reach the last dregs in the glass.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (FZ29D)

75 He creeps me out.
Posted by: four seasons

In 1977 i lived in Calgary, 4 of us flew to Edmonton to see Rod Stewart, we left 1/3 of the way thru the concert because he was so drunk/high he was literally falling on stage. We had to rent a car to drive home because the flight back was a wait of 4+ hours.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (F3Dlr)

76 RUSH!!

Doof, did see that video of Stewart Copeland and RUSH?

youtu.be/wbVrlY-YwgY

There is a documentary online about Neil Peart. Haven't watched it yet. It's new to me. Probably been out a bit.

youtu.be/WPAJytx3juY
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

See me at #30

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

77 All the money in the world won't buy you more water when it all runs out. Someone should tell Vegas, except like the degenerate gambler, they figure their luck will change with the next roll of the dice.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (QaH55)

Mebbe tell Cali and Ari first. They're the number one and two recipients of water from Lake Mead.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

78 Repetition is a big part of ska and reggae
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

If you have never heard the music of old-time R&B piano player Rosco Gordon, give him a listen. The originators of ska and reggae certainly did. And said as much.

Posted by: zombie Lee Deforest at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (C6xWR)

79 77 All the money in the world won't buy you more water when it all runs out. Someone should tell Vegas, except like the degenerate gambler, they figure their luck will change with the next roll of the dice.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (QaH55)

Mebbe tell Cali and Ari first. They're the number one and two recipients of water from Lake Mead.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

And CO doesn't get to keep any...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:13 PM (l3cgK)

80 Fresh asphalt, newly striped. The road beckons.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 09:57 PM (0aYVJ)

It wasn't striped yet, but I once had a fun encounter with fresh asphalt.

Family reunion (my mom's side) in Copper Mountain, Colorado. My one uncle was a runner and bicyclist. So, my mom and I and he rented some bicycles and rode down the mountain to a supermarket. Getting kinda close, there was a stretch of the road with cones out and we scooted over into it to stay out of the way of cars. I was in the rear, and started seeing this stuff fly up onto my mom's back. And my uncle's. It was not-quite-ready-to-drive-upon fresh asphalt. That stuff will NOT come out of most clothes. And it doesn't like to come out of hair very easily, either. (Fortunately we were wearing helmets.)

And then we had to ride home - uphill.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:13 PM (kU0PQ)

81 Good early evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ktgTW)

82 I’m not retiring, but this will be the last rock and roll tour,” Stewart said in a social media post.

I take this to mean Rod Stewart may still perform American popular standards.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 29, 2026 10:14 PM (y171U)

83 They've found Amelia Earhart's plane. Again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)

84 81 Good early evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ktgTW)

And hopefully the rest of us too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:15 PM (l3cgK)

85 Rush-Anthem. Definitely a fav of mine.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (vzuC7)

One of their best flat out rock songs

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

86 Monday is almost over.
Posted by: mindful webworker - press 1 for English; press 0 for robonix at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (xRCm7)

Ummm.... /looks at calendar/

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:15 PM (kU0PQ)

87 Sad, because Stuart Copeland is a helluva great drummer.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Pat Mastelotto is like that.

What's he known for? Pop schlock like Mr. Mister, and playing drums for The Rembrandts on the "Friends" theme song.

When Robert Fripp wanted a second drummer for his "double trio" lineup of King Crimson, who did he ask to play alongside Bill Freakin' Bruford? Pat Mastelotto.

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

88 To get more use from their water Las Vegas recycles its water in a process known as Toilet to Tap.

The used water is filtered and purified.

Just don't think about it too long.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 10:16 PM (47/pr)

89 I've been on the Gauley and the New River, whitewater rafting ... it's a gas.

The most life threatening part of the experience is the trip down to and up from the river gorge. Switchbacks galore that require hanging the ass end of a school bus over the edges.

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 29, 2026 10:16 PM (oCio0)

90 They've found Amelia Earhart's plane. Again.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)

It's the Flying Dutchman of planes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2026 10:16 PM (wVcYX)

91 on topic of roads to Albuquerque, "Coyote vs. Acme" is hilarious

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 10:17 PM (88C+u)

92
Rod is not aging so well. He's got a Medusa thing going on.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

_________

Alana Stewart looks awfully good, though.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:18 PM (eRlcH)

93 And CO doesn't get to keep any...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:13 PM (l3cgK)

Mexico gets first dibs by treaty. Hey, Colorado river water comes from snow in the USA. Shouldn't get any if we don't want them to.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

94 76:See me at #30
Posted by: Doof

Wait, you want ME to actually take the time and read the thread?? No, I will not!

FIGHT THE POWER!! (raises fist, walks, trips over shoes left in the middle of the floor)

Ow.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 10:18 PM (sAmhv)

95 There are meds for that...
Posted by: jim

Back when I was a wee lad, I heard tales of men that used popsicles sticks and duct tape for that problem. While they were not hard men, they were tough men.

Their women were tougher.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 29, 2026 10:19 PM (ktgTW)

96 They've found Amelia Earhart's plane. Again.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)

After examining it, they declared it was still airworthy. Guess it had good bones....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

97 One of the most widespread Urban Legends is about Rod Stewart.

Raise your hand if you've heard it.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 10:20 PM (47/pr)

98 >>>It rises high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina, near Blowing Rock

Nitpick Warning: Unless the river flows uphill, it's not rising. It starts in the mountains and then it descends to wherever the hell it goes.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 29, 2026 10:20 PM (syz1S)

99
Some women are happy with anything hard penetrating them.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)

100 The story goes that Sting was going to keep Message In a Bottle for himself and that Miles Copeland, Stewarts brother, overheard a demo of it and said nah, we're making that song.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2026 10:21 PM (XV/Pl)

101 When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
The night life ain't no good life
But it's my life

Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
And the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 10:21 PM (wljQY)

102 95 There are meds for that...
Posted by: jim

Back when I was a wee lad, I heard tales of men that used popsicles sticks and duct tape for that problem. While they were not hard men, they were tough men.

Their women were tougher.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 29, 2026 10:19 PM (ktgTW)

Spray starch...
Joke Punchline: "The $10 is from me; the other $90 is from Grandma."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:21 PM (l3cgK)

103 Orange Ent

If they did find it, someone would try. Take the dataplates and build new around them. See, Amelia's Lockheed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)

104 Yes. It's good practice to vacuum out your tube amplifiers. And radios. Otherwise dust bunnies can accumulate, which might catch fire when the audions get hot.

Posted by: zombie Lee Deforest at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (C6xWR)

Absolutely. About once a year I have guitar amp vacuuming day. I pull the chassis out of all the amps and blow them out with compressed air. Every couple months I'll pull the back grills of the amps I use and hit them with a small swiffer to get the dust off the tubes and chassis tops. Dust cooking on tubes is nasty.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2026 10:22 PM (vzuC7)

105 Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

I wonder if my dad still has the headset he had when I was a kid, listening to his "Hootenanny" reel. That reel-to-reel machine is where I learned to splice tape. And why I knew who poor old Charlie was and that there was once a strike with Boston mass transit.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:22 PM (kU0PQ)

106 Back when I was a wee lad, I heard tales of men that used popsicles sticks and duct tape for that problem. While they were not hard men, they were tough men.

Their women were tougher.
Posted by: Tonypete

If we weren't satisfied, the popsicle stick went on the inside next time.

Posted by: their women at September 29, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

107 the anti predator spray on Pepe :^x

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 10:22 PM (88C+u)

108 Happy Doofday, everyone!

Everyone getting ready for Dinoday tomorrow?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 29, 2026 10:23 PM (qx7Zg)

109 Evening, all,

Just finished watching The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer from 1947, with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple, age 18. Hilarious farce, with one of the finest last scenes I've run across in movies. I laughed out loud and applauded.

It was written by Sidney Sheldon, of I Dream of Jeannie fame and those bestselling potboilers of the 1970s. He certainly knew how to tell a joke, and to make it work more than once in the right places.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9)

110 "It puts lead in your pencil."

But I've no one to write to!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2026 10:23 PM (wVcYX)

111

Berserker,

You blew them???

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

112 old chick ,
An old boyfriend of mine had spent a buttload of money going to a Rolling Stones concert. They were so drunk or stoned that they gave a shitty performance. That was back in the seventies, and he didn't have a lot of money to throw away.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 29, 2026 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

113 Decades ago my father was invested in Lloyds of London. Rod Stewart was playing a concert in Houston and Lloyds had insured him. Dad wanted to investigate just what he was invested in and met him at the IAH. Rode with him to the Summit and chatted with him. Decided that he was a very interesting young man. This was in the early 80's. DanMan & I were flabbergasted to listen to his story!

Posted by: DanMa'am at September 29, 2026 10:24 PM (8uzBS)

114 74 My cat Allie has discovered the joys of eggnog.

Tonight I served it in a martini glass, because that's the classy sort of guy I am.

Allie is loving it, as she can easily reach the last dregs in the glass.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 10:12 PM (FZ29D)

Is this non-alcoholic, or is Allie getting krunk?

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 29, 2026 10:25 PM (jBygX)

115 However, I have an initial interview tomorrow, an initial interview thursday, and a 'post-screening' interview friday, three different companies. And the job I currently really want of my previous interviews is 'on hold' - I'm not out of the running yet!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (aJQbY)

Prayers up, man! (You almost have "a JOBY" in your hash!)

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:25 PM (kU0PQ)

116 If we weren't satisfied, the popsicle stick went on the inside next time.
Posted by: their women

Oh, the first UrOWWogists.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 29, 2026 10:25 PM (ktgTW)

117 No way you can swim with those tiny arms!

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

Sharks don't have any arms, at all!

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:26 PM (kU0PQ)

118 Rush-Anthem. Definitely a fav of mine.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2026 10:09 PM (vzuC7)

One of their best flat out rock songs

Posted by: Doof at September 29, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

Don't I know it. I spend a fucking kings ransom on a guitar just for that sound.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2026 10:27 PM (vzuC7)

119 Is this non-alcoholic, or is Allie getting krunk?
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 29, 2026 10:25 PM (jBygX)
----
It's non-alcoholic, but it is made by Southern Comfort.

Good stuff.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 10:28 PM (FZ29D)

120 >>>Bear goes into Aspen farmers market, eats pastries and bread

Whenever I see a clip with from some local news show, what I want to see more then anything is for someone to pie those smarmy retards reading the news with their fake smiles and good cheer. Just pie their faces.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 29, 2026 10:28 PM (syz1S)

121 Monday is almost over.
Posted by: mindful webworker - press 1 for English; press 0 for robonix at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (xRCm7)

Ummm.... /looks at calendar/
Posted by: GWB

When you're retired like I am, you don't pay as much attention to which day it is. It's not like you are counting the days to the weekend.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 29, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

122 and he didn't have a lot of money to throw away.
Posted by: nerdygirl

That was us, we worked in a record store so it was a big deal for us to buy concert and plane tickets.
I've often wondered if celebrities that rob their fans ever feel guilty in their moments of sobriety.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 10:30 PM (F3Dlr)

123 @118

>>Don't I know it. I spend a fucking kings ransom on a guitar just for that sound.

If the sound ain't in your fingers, it's not going to be in the guitar or the amp.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

124
I don''t know much about music. If it has a good beat and I can dance to it I am good.

Years ago we went to an Alan Jackson concert. It was awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)

125 Couple rather old books on the subject of water in the west- Cadillac Desert and A River No More. And yes, everyone has a bias or an axe to grind.

Personally, I blame the Mormons. They were ingenious manipulators of water.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 29, 2026 10:31 PM (QaH55)

126 Its only 10:30?

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 10:32 PM (Ia/+0)

127 The used water is filtered and purified.

Just don't think about it too long.
Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 10:16 PM (47/pr)

Dude. Every drop of water you have ever consumed has been ultimately recycled from a toilet somewhere, sometime. (That's not even counting all the fish peeing and crapping in it.) And likely every adult hand you've ever shaken has had a dick in it.

Don't think about that too long, man.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)

128 The used water is filtered and purified.
Just don't think about it too long.
Posted by: Minuteman

I think all water is filtered and purified. A lot of our water comes from Lake Michigan, and I don't like to think about what goes on in there. Fish have to defecate somewhere.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 29, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

129
And the job I currently really want of my previous interviews is 'on hold' - I'm not out of the running yet!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 29, 2026 10:08 PM (aJQbY)

__________

I am having an opposite and bizarre problem. Someone contacted me asking if I wanted to be a Director of Patent Intelligence for a start-up. No idea what the job is or why they're contacting me.

I said that I was retired and unwilling to extend my professional commitments beyond what they are. But it's been like trying break up with a crazy girlfriend. They don't take "no" for an answer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:34 PM (eRlcH)

130 It's already 9:34???

Posted by: lin-duh at September 29, 2026 10:34 PM (VCgbV)

131 If they did find it, someone would try. Take the dataplates and build new around them. See, Amelia's Lockheed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)

Hee hee. I meant her bones.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

132 127 The used water is filtered and purified.

Just don't think about it too long.
Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 10:16 PM (47/pr)

Dude. Every drop of water you have ever consumed has been ultimately recycled from a toilet somewhere, sometime. (That's not even counting all the fish peeing and crapping in it.) And likely every adult hand you've ever shaken has had a dick in it.

Don't think about that too long, man.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)

If it's from an aquifer, it's at least been filtered and held below the surface for a very, very long time...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:34 PM (l3cgK)

133 There's a recent Neil Peart documentary that aired on Canadian TV. Several drummers performed various Rush songs with Geddy and Alex. Copeland joined them for New World Man. He looked like he might pass out!
Posted by: Doof

There's lots of great commentary in the video, not just playing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbVrlY-YwgY

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 29, 2026 10:35 PM (Fv808)

134 97 One of the most widespread Urban Legends is about Rod Stewart.

Raise your hand if you've heard it.
Posted by: Minuteman
Does it involve gerbils? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Richard Gere at September 29, 2026 10:35 PM (0Htd1)

135
I said that I was retired and unwilling to extend my professional commitments beyond what they are. But it's been like trying break up with a crazy girlfriend. They don't take "no" for an answer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:34 PM (eRlcH)

Reminds me of the joke:
"I was out of sick and vacation days, so I called in dead."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)

136
Dust cooking on tubes is nasty.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
-----
Posted by: BifBewalski
-----
I wonder if my dad still has the headset he had when I was a kid, listening to his "Hootenanny" reel. That reel-to-reel machine is where I learned to splice tape. And why I knew who poor old Charlie was and that there was once a strike with Boston mass transit.
Posted by: GWB

My first missile battery was 100% analog, vacume tubes everywhere. And yes compressed air to clean everything out was a weekly maintenance chore.

I got introduced to the reel-to-reel tube based system by the senior warrant officer that eventually recommended me to that rank. Damned good tech for audio. Good for nuking Commie Soviets too.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2026 10:36 PM (QVmho)

137 130 It's already 9:34???

Posted by: lin-duh at September 29, 2026 10:34 PM (VCgbV)

Not in Kalifornia...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:36 PM (l3cgK)

138 Just finished watching The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer from 1947, with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple, age 18. Hilarious farce, with one of the finest last scenes I've run across in movies. I laughed out loud and applauded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9)

Rewatched McQ yesterday. Guess this was the Wayne version of Dirty Harry. First introduction of the Ingram MAC 10.

When you see Eddie Albert's name in the credits, you always figure he's the bad guy. Like how they fooled the viewer with Kosterman.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

139 I know the legend about Rod Stewart.

Apparently everyone should get off my lawn or something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

140
8:36 here in the great state of Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:37 PM (/QHx4)

141 ****Lake Mead hit another record low this month,
----

That's what the deal between the Fed and the Ranchers in Utah was about - water. The Feds were doing Search Light, NV's homeboy Harry Reid's dirty work. It was another land deal to obtain the underground water and sell it to CA.
Hilarity ensued when a blogger organized more guns than the Fed.
'Look up on those hills boys, they're pointing at you.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 10:37 PM (wljQY)

142 Apparently everyone should get off my lawn or something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
---

Thought it was capsules of coke up the kazoo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 10:39 PM (wljQY)

143 Four seasons

4 pitches. 2 bombs. This series is over

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 29, 2026 10:39 PM (YZ0Fo)

144
Thought it was capsules of coke up the kazoo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 10:39 PM (wljQY)

_________

I thought it had something to do with a stomach pump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:40 PM (eRlcH)

145 Richard Gere was the gerbil. Rod was the stomach pump...

Posted by: lin-duh at September 29, 2026 10:42 PM (VCgbV)

146 I thought it had something to do with a stomach pump.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 10:40 PM (eRlcH)
======

Warmer...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

147 I've often wondered if celebrities that rob their fans ever feel guilty in their moments of sobriety.
Posted by: old chick

A long time ago Joan Jett was being interviewed by Bill O'Reilly. She said that she didn't make political statements at her concerts because that isn't what her fans are buying tickets for.

Posted by: Richard Gere at September 29, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

148
BruceWayne,

I hope you all are doing well.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:42 PM (/QHx4)

149 This happened when everyone in entertainment decided they were ambisexual.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 10:43 PM (RIvkX)

150 BruceWayne,

I hope you all are doing well.

Posted by: four seasons

I was good til this game started. Yeesh!

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 29, 2026 10:43 PM (YZ0Fo)

151 If the sound ain't in your fingers, it's not going to be in the guitar or the amp.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

Bullshit. You're not going to get an ES335 sound from a fucking les paul. You need that semi hollow thing. Its the cornerstone of lifeson's early sound. 335 on the early stuff, 355 from farewell to kings up to moving pictures. Its very distinct.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2026 10:44 PM (vzuC7)

152 Just saw Rush preform for the first time back on the 19th in Cleveland. If I can move like those two dudes (Alex & Geddy) when I'm as old as they are, that's a win! Amazing show, glad I finally saw them in person.

Posted by: McDirty at September 29, 2026 10:44 PM (RWXeq)

153 BruceWayne,

I hope you all are doing well.

Posted by: four seasons

I was good til this game started. Yeesh!
Posted by: BruceWayne

Hope all is well out there.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 29, 2026 10:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

154
BruceWayne,

Hubby went to bed. He said he could not stay awake for the game.

We love the Cubs no matter what happens. Diehard fans here.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 10:46 PM (/QHx4)

155 The job went to Vegas Tunnel Constructors, a joint venture of S.A. Healy out of Chicago and Salini Impregilo out of Milan, and to a machine Herrenknecht built ..
---

The Nevadans got the bid, hired the Italians run the job who had the Germans custom build the tool. Sounds kosher to me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 10:47 PM (wljQY)

156 @151

>>Its very distinct.

You can have his exact setup, you're not going to sound like him.

Steve Vai could play through Lifeson's setup, he's not going to sound like him either.

A guitarists sound is like a fingerprint, because, it kind of is.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2026 10:47 PM (XV/Pl)

157 We love the Cubs no matter what happens. Diehard fans here.

Posted by: four seasons

My tombstone will say "cubs fan". But good lord I thought wed put it up a bit more of a fight.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 29, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

158 Rod was the stomach pump...
Posted by: lin-duh

Ew. I don't wanna know about that.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 29, 2026 10:48 PM (0Htd1)

159 The Nevadans got the bid, hired the Italians run the job who had the Germans custom build the tool. Sounds kosher to me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 10:47 PM (wljQY)

I wonder if the bidding was rigged to freeze out Elon's Boring Company?

Posted by: zombie Lee Deforest at September 29, 2026 10:50 PM (C6xWR)

160 Rod Stewart is the voice behind the song Ooh La LA, isn't he? That's his best as far as I'm concerned

Posted by: 496 at September 29, 2026 10:51 PM (GBo+u)

161
What time is it? Well, right here:

Date: 09/29/2026 Local Time Zone: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -01:28:41
DUT1: -21.70440 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.20570 s

Universal Coordinated Time: 02:51:13 UTC
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 10:51:13 PM EDT
Local Mean Time : 09:22:32 PM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 09:32:26 PM LAST (UT1 base)

Julian Dates (UTC base) : 9768.61891 JD2000
: 2461313.61891 JD
: 61313.11891 MJD

Grnwch Mean Sidereal Time: 03:26:43
Local Mean Sidereal Time: 21:58:02

Current Equation of Time: 9:54.16

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

162 Gasoline Alley is my fave Stewart song.

Posted by: From The Album Of The Same Name 1970 at September 29, 2026 10:53 PM (Fn+3X)

163 4 Newsom signs ‘ghost ticket’ ban but says its carve-outs need more work

And here I hoped it was about banning Cameras from issuing tickets to drivers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

The only reason he would ban camera's is that he found a better way to screw you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 10:53 PM (wljQY)

164 Damn. Off, tube inventor sock!

Lee Deforest invented the triode vacuum tube, which he called the "audion", and demonstrated that it could amplify. Edison, IIRC, sued him for infringement, claiming that he had patented a diode vacuum tube years earlier. Edison's "invention" was mostly an attempt to prevent the inside of light bulb glass from being blackened by vapor-deposited carbon or metal, and really had no use in the then-infant field of electronics.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 10:56 PM (C6xWR)

165
As you can see there, DUT1 has gone negative. That little speed-up in earth's rotation that started around 2020 is over.

2026 average has been about 0.35 ms longer than 24 hours of atomic time. That ends a run of about 5 years, where the average was a smidge under 24 hours (of atomic time).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)

166 I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM (l3cgK)

167
Reuters reports on a nurse who deliberately let an illegal alien escape the hospital. He's gone, she's charged. Unfortunately, I can only find out that she'll probably just get probation, but I hope it screws up her life and she never gets another hospital job. Is that evil of me?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM (mmrXZ)

168 167
Reuters reports on a nurse who deliberately let an illegal alien escape the hospital. He's gone, she's charged. Unfortunately, I can only find out that she'll probably just get probation, but I hope it screws up her life and she never gets another hospital job. Is that evil of me?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM (mmrXZ)

If that illegal alien ends up killing someone, she has that murder on her hands for the rest of her life, doesn't she?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:59 PM (l3cgK)

169 BTW, I seriously doubt that the Flock camera "saw" any license plates at all during that stunt. I doubt the scan rate for the image sensor runs anywhere near fast enough.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 10:59 PM (C6xWR)

170 Reuters reports on a nurse who deliberately let an illegal alien escape the hospital. He's gone, she's charged. Unfortunately, I can only find out that she'll probably just get probation, but I hope it screws up her life and she never gets another hospital job. Is that evil of me?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM (mmrXZ)

I hear North Sentinel Island needs nurses. She can do probation there.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 29, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)

171 🚀 For 13 flights, Starship was intentionally kept on a suborbital path. Flight 14 changed that.

On September 28, Ship 41 reached orbit for the first time, despite an early Raptor engine shutdown. SpaceX then used another engine burn to complete orbital insertion.

At roughly 275 km above Earth, Starship deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites—its first operational payload in orbit.

The flight ended early, but the milestone was enormous.

Starship didn’t just reach space. It finally entered the orbital era.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:02 PM (wljQY)

172
I was just reading about NASA returning the SR-71 to flight. They've put out calls for some of the old guys to come back and help.

A retired USAF engineer in his late 70s got a call from NASA about coming back to help get the thing flying again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:02 PM (w6EFb)

173 Evening.

I'm home. And drinking.

Fuck yes.

Posted by: Robert at September 29, 2026 11:03 PM (dpXJq)

174 They're far from my favorite, but I can at least deal with everything except dododada and RAAAAAAWKKKSanne.
Posted by: mikeski
.......

I was in love with a girl named Roxanne and I hated that song.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 11:04 PM (oq9dX)

175
Good you are home and there is no problem with drinking.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)

176 retired USAF engineer in his late 70s got a call from NASA about coming back to help get the thing flying again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:02 PM (w6EFb)
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"To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield."

I've been thinking about that poem a lot the last couple of years

Posted by: 496 at September 29, 2026 11:06 PM (GBo+u)

177 The best thing about The Police is that they are less tiresome than U2.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 11:06 PM (C6xWR)

178 175
Good you are home and there is no problem with drinking.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)

Just don't do any math; don't drink and derive...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 11:06 PM (l3cgK)

179 I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......

I paid $6.99 at Chevron in Watsonville.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 11:07 PM (oq9dX)

180 Ordered a copy of Excalibur (1981). The restored version from Arrow Video.

Goddamn, there's so many nice tits. Christ, I'd slob all over them.

Anyway, I've seen this movie ONCE and it didn't leave an impression on me but everyone started talking about this restoration, TJM included, and I was like, "Fuck it, I guess I'll get me a copy!" So I got the Blu-ray.

Fuck me! So good! Looked great, but it's a problem I've noticed with high def restorations. It's like you can see the seams of a movie. The goofy looking sets and all that. It takes you out of the film a bit. Regardless, excellent movie. And some nice tits. Oooohhhh yeeeeaaaaahhhhh.....

Posted by: Robert at September 29, 2026 11:07 PM (dpXJq)

181
Starship could've easily made orbit from the get-go. They're just taking an abundance of caution approach (unlike the Chicoms, who don't give a shit).

Starship is so big and massive that if something went south and they lost control of it, they'd have a big hunk of dead metal in LEO, one huge chunk of space junk. And it's big enough that large pieces would survive reentry and if it came down over a populated area, it would be a mess.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:08 PM (w6EFb)

182 Great driving song: "Diamonds on My Windshield," by Tom Waits.

Posted by: Beverly at September 29, 2026 11:08 PM (reMys)

183
I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

__________

$3.64 at the Costco in Pearland, TX

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 11:08 PM (eRlcH)

184 Hi folks

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 29, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)

185 183
I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

__________

$3.64 at the Costco in Pearland, TX

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 11:08 PM (eRlcH)

Kalifornia not only sucks, it swallows.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 11:10 PM (l3cgK)

186 And it's big enough that large pieces would survive reentry and if it came down over a populated area, it would be a mess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:08 PM (w6EFb)

It's fine if it lands in China.

Posted by: Robert at September 29, 2026 11:10 PM (dpXJq)

187 166 I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM

Get out!!!

Escape Kalifornia as soon as you are able.

Love's near me (in flyover country) was $3.54 today.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 29, 2026 11:10 PM (HlyYF)

188
The Saturn V (pbuh) remains the greatest rocket ever flown. It still holds the record for hoisting the most payload into orbit.

Starship will take that crown at some point. Soon, I hope.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:10 PM (w6EFb)

189

Hi Beckoning and Robert.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 11:11 PM (/QHx4)

190 At the table, seating arrangements no one looked at, Jensen Huang sat on Trump's right and Elon Musk on his left.
@nicksortor - Elon Musk and Jensen Huang give an inside look at the big meeting between top AI firms and President Trump today, saying they'll now be "grading each other's homework"

Elon Musk: "We signed a JOINT DECLARATION regarding SI safety, and I think that'll be published by the White House soon."

"We agreed to a number of things that include a joint monitoring board, special committees, and just generally grading each other's homework, which is a LOT better than if people just grade their OWN homework, for obvious reasons."

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: "I thought the declaration has a LOT of teeth. I thought it was REALLY well written."

"It includes everything from rigorous internal controls, well established methods, well established processes, very clearly documented intentions of the products that you're building, internal controls to make sure that you're delivering on those intentions, internal audit that escalates, external audits from a third party,
"POTUS pulled it all together. He watched over the meeting, and was able to bring everybody out

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:11 PM (wljQY)

191 Note that Sam Altman was not there and Amodei sat third from the end.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:12 PM (wljQY)

192 Elon Musk: "We signed a JOINT DECLARATION regarding SI safety

Sports Illustrated has been unsafe for many years now...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 11:12 PM (l3cgK)

193 For me, The Police peaked with Roxanne. I don't "hate" their stuff but everything after that has a U2\Talking Heads "we are not just pop we are ART" air that annoys me. B-52s never put that out, they always seemed like they were out for fun..

Posted by: Azjaeger at September 29, 2026 11:13 PM (3/XaG)

194 some disappointment on that earlier tweet about Comey

"@Frankd06830 4h
Grok says not true….several bots have posted this in the last hour

“As of September 29, 2026, the latest court action is a September 25 order delaying Comey’s arraignment until January 2027 to allow time for dismissal motions, with no new warrant issued.”

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 11:14 PM (vbXSk)

195 >>>Get out!!!

Escape Kalifornia as soon as you are able.

Love's near me (in flyover country) was $3.54 today.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot
----

He's right. The commies are going to kill California and the government will take over because of strategic necessity.
Sell your stuff for CA money and pick a spot, there are many to choose from.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:14 PM (wljQY)

196 187 166 I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM

Get out!!!

Escape Kalifornia as soon as you are able.

Love's near me (in flyover country) was $3.54 today.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 29, 2026 11:10 PM (HlyYF)

My kids are here, my wife is buried here, I still have a living aunt and living uncle (siblings) that live here, the last ones I have. I don't expect to be around more than another decade or so at the most, so I'll probably die here and be buried with my wife.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 11:15 PM (l3cgK)

197 But the weather!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 11:17 PM (Cqx++)

198
If that illegal alien ends up killing someone, she has that murder on her hands for the rest of her life, doesn't she?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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

Well, it says he was an illegal alien, not necessarily a criminal on top of that. But what an absolute brat, he was brought in there by ICE and they left him in the CT room with her, and she sneaked him out.

Meanwhile, reactions include: "Not all heroes wear capes....some wear scrubs"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 11:17 PM (mmrXZ)

199 No hitter through 5

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 29, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

200 Some Mondays last longer than others.

Here's something I stumbled over on the TouYubes. An unusual Beatles cover. Imagine Liberace on the Lawrence Welk show. On acid. The brown acid.🤪

https://youtu.be/CsS1znWXbnQ

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - and I'd've never been aware but as it is I'll dream of hare tonight at September 29, 2026 11:21 PM (xRCm7)

201 187 166 I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM

---------

Thank Gavin for driving the last refineries out of CA.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 11:22 PM (wpRMV)

202 Not a huge fan of The Police, but Sting's version of Roxanne he did for The Secret Policeman's Other Ball is fantastic

https://tinyurl.com/2mx6b8c4

Posted by: 496 at September 29, 2026 11:23 PM (aadd2)

203 Greetings Fellow Hordlings, from your "old Asia hand" Publius Redux, here in Singapore, where it remains sticky and hot, and hazy. I won't make the Texas MoMe (which I believe is in October?) as I will be back in TX in November (whole month). I am flying in the day before the elections, want to make sure I and my family all get to the polls in TX and that we all cast votes for Paxton. Can't be too sure. If anyone is around the north Houston area (Spring) at that time - let me know.

Btw - in the side bar on the landing page someone mentioned a drinking story involving Peter O'Toole and mused that someone should write a book about him and his hard drinking acting buddies. Well, someone did, the book is titled "Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed" it is WELL worth the read - highly recommend.

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 29, 2026 11:24 PM (Gu66x)

204 Well, it says he was an illegal alien, not necessarily a criminal on top of that. But what an absolute brat, he was brought in there by ICE and they left him in the CT room with her, and she sneaked him out.

Meanwhile, reactions include: "Not all heroes wear capes....some wear scrubs"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Take the price of his CT scan, and everything else he needed, out of her paycheck.

Paying for his healthcare is the least she can do for a poor downtrodden uncitizened human, right?

Posted by: their women at September 29, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)

205 off multiple socks.

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)

206 172
I was just reading about NASA returning the SR-71 to flight. They've put out calls for some of the old guys to come back and help.

A retired USAF engineer in his late 70s got a call from NASA about coming back to help get the thing flying again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
---

That's what they do best. Some of those voyagers from last century are still phoning info home. Landing that rover on Mars was pretty cool. And telescopes spying on China and Iran.
They should stick with what they do best.
A Super SR-71 will be tough to beat.

We used to fly it straight over Red Square, straight over their May Day parade. They knew it but they couldn't touch it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:25 PM (wljQY)

207 Apologies - the story was about Richard Harris - but the post still remains the same, except for that correction.

Pax Ex

Posted by: Publius Redux at September 29, 2026 11:27 PM (Gu66x)

208 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 29, 2026 11:27 PM (Y/06r)

209 My kids are here, my wife is buried here, I still have a living aunt and living uncle (siblings) that live here, the last ones I have. I don't expect to be around more than another decade or so at the most, so I'll probably die here and be buried with my wife.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 11:15 PM

I thought that was the case.

OTOH, if you ever need a vacation break to a free country, we got your back!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 29, 2026 11:29 PM (HlyYF)

210 198
If that illegal alien ends up killing someone, she has that murder on her hands for the rest of her life, doesn't she?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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

Well, it says he was an illegal alien, not necessarily a criminal on top of that. But what an absolute brat, he was brought in there by ICE and they left him in the CT room with her, and she sneaked him out.

Meanwhile, reactions include: "Not all heroes wear capes....some wear scrubs"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 11:17 PM (mmrXZ)

Jawolle.

Posted by: Zombie Dr. Josef Mengele at September 29, 2026 11:29 PM (l3cgK)

211 Good tidings to Singapore.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:29 PM (wljQY)

212
Voyager 1 will reach the one light-day mark on Nov. 18, 10:16:07 Zulu.

That's ~16 billion miles, or ~173 AU.

Both will run out power sometime in the early 2030s. They've been steadily shutting down instruments according to a priority list to conserve power and keep them going as long as possible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

213 121 Monday is almost over.
Posted by: mindful webworker - press 1 for English; press 0 for robonix at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (xRCm7)
******
Thank goodness! I felt it's been a very long day and am tired.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 11:31 PM (hzuYO)

214 Howdy, horde!

Thanks for whelming all of us, Doof!

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

215 Voyager 1 will reach the one light-day mark on Nov. 18, 10:16:07 Zulu.

That's ~16 billion miles, or ~173 AU.

Both will run out power sometime in the early 2030s. They've been steadily shutting down instruments according to a priority list to conserve power and keep them going as long as possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

I wonder if NASA knows which one will send its last message we can receive farthest from the sun.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 29, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)

216 But what an absolute brat, he was brought in there by ICE and they left him in the CT room with her, and she sneaked him out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

"We found something concerning in your scan; you should come back in for a follow-up."

Posted by: totally not an ICE agent posing as a radiologist at September 29, 2026 11:34 PM (VHUov)

217
I don''t who Chad Lowe is. Apparently his 13 year old killed herself.

Heartbreaking.

Daily Mail has some of the story.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 11:34 PM (/QHx4)

218 They've been steadily shutting down instruments according to a priority list to conserve power and keep them going as long as possible.
Posted by: publius

I'm... half cra...zy... all for... the... love... of...

Posted by: V-ger at September 29, 2026 11:34 PM (88C+u)

219 I wonder if NASA knows which one will send its last message we can receive farthest from the sun.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 29, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)

Probably Voyager1...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)

220 214 Howdy, horde!

Thanks for whelming all of us, Doof!

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

You sound medium-whelmed, JQ.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 11:36 PM (l3cgK)

221 Hi four seasons, thank you. Robert the Cat (TM) thanks you as well, at least that is how I am interpreting it. (In actual space he's a brat.)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 29, 2026 11:37 PM (CHHv1)

222 Both will run out power sometime in the early 2030s. They've been steadily shutting down instruments according to a priority list to conserve power and keep them going as long as possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

Isn't power provided by a radioactive decay thermal battery? One that makes power at a decaying rate? Or does that unit charge normal chemical batteries, and it's the recharge rate that is falling off, making conservation necessary?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 11:38 PM (C6xWR)

223 You sound medium-whelmed, JQ.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I am absolutely medium-whelmed, jim! Tuesdays are just not very exciting, after all.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2026 11:40 PM (rdVOm)

224
Beckoning,

I love your stories about Robert. Give him a belly rub for me. Oh, probably not a good idea, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 11:40 PM (/QHx4)

225
Yep, Voyager 1 will probably go dead first, based on the power reserve data.

They've gone to heroic efforts to keep them going as long as they had. They did some risky trick a few months ago with Voyager 2, which worked. They're doing something similar with Voyager 1, but that's not yet complete.

It's just mind-boggling when you think about, considering the round trip signal time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)

226 >> Isn't power provided by a radioactive decay thermal battery?

RTG. Radioisotope Thermal Generator. It's basically a thermocouple in reverse, the Seebeck effect, heat from decay of Pu-238 --> electrical energy.

These are ideal for deep space missions where solar power is too weak.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

227 @BigJoeBastardi · 20m

Anyone else think tornadoes are on the table tomorrow in Texas given past performances by Norma in 1981 and Tico in 1983
---

Panhandle?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:46 PM (wljQY)

228 The AI folks are going to police themselves. Riiiight.
Sam Altman wasn't there.
OK, I'll believe that when they put out a hit on him.
If they don't do that, thi0 "policing" organization is just a "legal", out in the open way to violate the antitrust laws.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 29, 2026 11:47 PM (iYF/u)

229
Those units lose power output at about 4W per year.

There was a supply problem with Pu-238 for a while, but they've successfully restarted production. The current Mars rovers use RTGs. You don't have to worry about dust on the solar panels, and then night and winter problems.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 29, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)

230 About 7 more hours and it will be 4am

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 11:53 PM (Ia/+0)

231
"We found something concerning in your scan; you should come back in for a follow-up."
Posted by: totally not an ICE agent posing as a radiologist

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

Heh, they ought to tell that bitch nurse that they found something concerning and let her stew about him.

Oh, and the reason he was brought in is that he injured himself trying to escape ICE -- so they TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. Gee, and here I'm assured they'd drag him off to a detention center where he'd be forced to drink out of the toilet.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 11:55 PM (mmrXZ)

232
Take the price of his CT scan, and everything else he needed, out of her paycheck.

Paying for his healthcare is the least she can do for a poor downtrodden uncitizened human, right?
Posted by: their women

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

Ehm, being personally affected by all this is not what I had in mind.

Posted by: Nurse No-ICE at September 29, 2026 11:59 PM (mmrXZ)

233 201 187 166 I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM

---------

Thank Gavin for driving the last refineries out of CA.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 11:22 PM (wpRMV)

I do not understand how gas can cost more in CA than it does in AK. Except for progressive bullshit, that is. I do understand that, I suppose.

Why on earth do you put up with it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:00 AM (aeKVE)

234 I ordered and received a Purgatorian Manual from Tan Books. I know my Protestant friends here will take umbrage, but the Manual is a reprint of a 1984 book and has pages in the front to list all the dead folks I should pray for, so, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends who have passed, etc. And it has many different devotional prayers to help them move from Purgatory to Heaven.

I don't really understand the argument about not praying for deceased people, or not asking Saints in heaven to pray for us, since we are all part of the Communion of Saints, the Church Triumphant in Heaven, the Church Suffering in Purgatory, and the Church Militant on Earth. But I suppose for Protestants you either end up in heaven or hell, no mercy, no help.

At any rate, I find it a lovely item considering October is the month to pray for those who can become saints if they escape Purgatory. If my prayers can help any of them, I need to get busy. I would hope others would likewise pray for me in that situation. I can't imagine making it to heaven on the first try, after all.

YMMV.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:05 AM (aeKVE)

235 NOT 1984, 1894. Oops.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:06 AM (aeKVE)

236
I think a lot of people put up with stuff because they have family and jobs.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)

237 BruceWayne,

I hope you all are doing well.

Posted by: four seasons

I was good til this game started. Yeesh!
Posted by: BruceWayne at September

Bruins beat the Rangers.
It's something.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 30, 2026 12:10 AM (sl73Y)

238 I think a lot of people put up with stuff because they have family and jobs.
Posted by: four seasons
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"Just move!" Is so very much easier said, than done.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

239 233 201 187 166 I tanked up my car today...$6.259 a gallon at the local Costco...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:58 PM

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Thank Gavin for driving the last refineries out of CA.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 11:22 PM (wpRMV)

I do not understand how gas can cost more in CA than it does in AK. Except for progressive bullshit, that is. I do understand that, I suppose.

Why on earth do you put up with it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:00 AM (aeKVE)

Kalifornia has about the highest (if not the actual highest) tax on gasoline in the entire country.

AS to the second question, see #196

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:12 AM (l3cgK)

240 @BigJoeBastardi · 20m

Anyone else think tornadoes are on the table tomorrow in Texas given past performances by Norma in 1981 and Tico in 1983
---

Panhandle?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 11:46 PM (wljQY)

I was thinking of the Lubbock tornado of 1970. My family had moved away from Lubbock by then, but I had grandparents who lived through that. One grandmother was weathering it in her storm cellar. She came out fine, and her house took no damage. The other took shelter in the then First National Bank Building basement. That building took severe damage from the twister which was judged an F5 after the fact (this was before the Fujita scale was developed, that tornado was used in developing that scale). Despite the damage to the building my grandmother was safe in the building’s basement, but it was so frightening she had a heart attack during the storm. She survived the heart attack and the storm and lived many more years to tell the tale to us grandchildren (many, many times).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 30, 2026 12:14 AM (jMluN)

241 I've paddled a bit of the New River.

Bear? Yeah,one got into my garbage can last night.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 12:16 AM (XeU6L)

242 AS to the second question, see #196
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 12:12 AM (l3cgK)

You are correct, Sir. Family comes first, last, and always. My apologies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:18 AM (aeKVE)

243 This acoustic version of Big Brown Beaver is the tits.

https://youtu.be/L0fyYBXVaCU

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 30, 2026 12:18 AM (dK+Kv)

244 This acoustic version of Big Brown Beaver is the tits.
https://youtu.be/L0fyYBXVaCU
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Yes, it is.

Ironic, no?

Posted by: mikeski at September 30, 2026 12:21 AM (VHUov)

245 Herodotus talks about how the Greeks on Samos dug a tunnel under a mountain over half a mile long.[0] They started from both ends and managed to meet up in the middle. I'm not sure why they did it that way.

[0] Perseus has a footnote that the tunnel is actually only 1100 feet: https://tinyurl.com/4cwbcz45 My Landmark edition has some more notes about it, but I don't have that handy right now.

Posted by: frammish at September 30, 2026 12:21 AM (rcENI)

246 Bear? Yeah,one got into my garbage can last night.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2026 12:16 AM (XeU6L)

A couple more weeks and at least the brown bears will go hibernate. Then we can put out the bird feeders without inviting our bear buddies. I'd rather not deal with bears since the dogs use the yard, but it should be safe once we have had a hard freeze about three nights in a row.

At least, we hope so. Hmmm...

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:23 AM (aeKVE)

247 Maybe the 'ettes have an answer for this, but I sure don't.

What the FUCK is up with the trend of young women getting ugly plain black prison-style tattoos?

The comedian Natalie Cuomo (no relation, I think) is a good example. Cute as hell, but utterly ruined the "artwork" that looks like it was done by a lifer using a tattoo gun made from a CD player motor and a safety pin, and ink made from shoe polish.

I don't really like ANY tattoos on women, but well-done colorful ones don't make me want to barf.

This shite is even worse than the other two big red flags for me: septum rings and that lipstick style I've been calling the "inflamed baboon hemorrhoid look".

Posted by: Virginia-Class Skipper at September 30, 2026 12:24 AM (qlLNh)

248
247,

Blame social media. They think stuff is cool because they see it online.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:27 AM (/QHx4)

249
I haven't seen anyone in the press needling Newsom over the closed oil refineries, but it will happen at some point. I'm sure he'll proudly say that California stood up to corporate greed and the result is what we see. We must cap gasoline prices now!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 12:29 AM (mmrXZ)

250 This shite is even worse than the other two big red flags for me: septum rings and that lipstick style I've been calling the "inflamed baboon hemorrhoid look".
Posted by: Virginia-Class Skipper at September 30, 2026 12:24 AM (qlLNh)

I don't understand ANY tattoos. As a Catholic, I don't get to fuck with what God created. But, I suppose if you aren't raised that way, you could consider "body art." But nasty, plain black, ugly-ass crap on your body? No thanks.

Might as well just print "I'm a whore!" on your skin and get after it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:31 AM (aeKVE)

251
tcn, yep

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)

252 > I don't understand ANY tattoos.

Nor do I, really. I might consider it if there were some way to change them or make them go away easily, but I don't understand wanting to have the same art on your body for the rest of your life, even if it's good art.

And sock off.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:34 AM (qlLNh)

253 Herodotus talks about how the Greeks on Samos dug a tunnel under a mountain over half a mile long.[0] They started from both ends and managed to meet up in the middle. I'm not sure why they did it that way.

[0] Perseus has a footnote that the tunnel is actually only 1100 feet: https://tinyurl.com/4cwbcz45 My Landmark edition has some more notes about it, but I don't have that handy right now.
Posted by: frammish at September 30, 2026 12:21 AM (rcENI)

Why they did it that way? Finish in half the time. If you are tunneling, you only make progress at the face, the point where new rock is being dug, and the tunnel advanced. Tunnels are cramped; you cannot speed it up by putting more men on the job. They won't all fit. But start from the other side, and you open up a second face, so you double your rate of advance. The greeks were canny surveyors and engineers, planning the two tunnels to meet in the middle was not beyond their skills.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 12:34 AM (C6xWR)

254 So, you tattoo yourself, and in 20 years, your sag and flab lead to the tattoos looking like something just awful, all over your own flesh.

WTF?

Just skip that.

Sure, pierce your ears a few times.

Sure, add a nipple ring if you hate yourself.

But a butterfly that looks like an old raisin? NO thanks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:38 AM (aeKVE)

255 As far as septum rings, a lot of these girls don't really need any help to make themselves look more like farm animals, if you know what I mean.

See one and you imagine a PA system with a state fair livestock judge in the background.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:38 AM (qlLNh)

256 This acoustic version of Big Brown Beaver is the tits.

https://youtu.be/L0fyYBXVaCU
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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For some definition of " acoustic ", but yeah, great sound from a Dobro and (I think) a metal National Resonator.

(I'm a woodwind guy, but I had a neighbor when we lived in the Bay Area, and he had three different resonators, and taught me that "they ain't guitars!"

Posted by: buddhaha at September 30, 2026 12:39 AM (iYF/u)

257
In better news, SCOTUS says deportations of illegal aliens can continue until hearings scheduled for December.

Man, I wonder how long those deportees are supposed to last in fucking Liberia. Just live in some shitty mud hut guarded by no-apologies, no-rules, machine-gun-wielding African guards forever, or will they ultimately be released to make their way in fucking Monrovia?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 12:39 AM (mmrXZ)

258 Happy Tuesday Horde!

It was rumored that we would at long last see the sun tomorrow, but it is raining pretty heavily right now. Oh well, not much of a complaint in the grand scheme of things.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 30, 2026 12:41 AM (ibDUx)

259 Yeah, I've been asked by female coworkers: "Gee, JQ, why didn't *you* get any tats?" (and they all had recently acquired theirs)

I told them: I'd seen what tats look like after 20 or 30 years. No thank you!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)

260 Modern hard rock tunneling has the miners drill a pattern of holes in the face of the tunnel, maybe about a yard deep, and load all but one with dynamite. The unloaded hole provides a weak point for the explosion-induced fractures to propagate to, and if all goes well, the entire tunnel advances 3 feet with each shot. Since the Greeks did not have explosives, AFAIK, I am not sure how they fractured the rock. More drilling, and maybe build a fire, get the rock really hot, and then dash cold water on it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 12:42 AM (C6xWR)

261 If I were a woman, I'd be worried that nipple rings would make it difficult or impossible to nurse children.

I have no idea if that's a real issue, but it's one that I'd investigate thoroughly.

I myself have a pierced ear. I still put an earring in there for a few days every couple of years to keep it from closing up.

I have a sterling skull earring around here somewhere that I used to wear when I'd put on a tux, back when I would occasionally go to an event that required a tux.

Sterling skull shirt studs and cufflinks too.

Nowadays I don't like to go to any event where I can't wear sweat pants.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:42 AM (qlLNh)

262 I have a sterling skull earring around here somewhere that I used to wear when I'd put on a tux, back when I would occasionally go to an event that required a tux.

Sterling skull shirt studs and cufflinks too.

Nowadays I don't like to go to any event where I can't wear sweat pants.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:42 AM (qlLNh)

I don't believe you ever needed a tux in AK.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:43 AM (aeKVE)

263 > More drilling, and maybe build a fire, get the rock really hot, and then dash cold water on it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 12:42 AM (C6xWR)

I know that was a common ancient mining technique but don't know about tunnel digging. Makes sense, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:43 AM (qlLNh)

264
Being old I remember having your ears pierced was a sign you were easy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:43 AM (/QHx4)

265 > I don't believe you ever needed a tux in AK.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:43 AM (aeKVE)

You'd be surprised. I have a bowler hat, too.

Never did get around to getting the cane with the silver wolf's head handle.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:44 AM (qlLNh)

266 Well, it is getting late, and I am tired. Off to the rack, I go. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 12:45 AM (C6xWR)

267 Being old I remember having your ears pierced was a sign you were easy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons
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Mom believed that. She refused to sign for me to get my ears pierced! Had to wait...

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

268
Sleep well AOP

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:46 AM (/QHx4)

269 Man, I wonder how long those deportees are supposed to last in fucking Liberia. Just live in some shitty mud hut guarded by no-apologies, no-rules, machine-gun-wielding African guards forever, or will they ultimately be released to make their way in fucking Monrovia?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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It's not like they haven't been told.
And told we will fly you out and we will
give you money. Just voluntarily turn
yourself in. That's all, it's easy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 12:46 AM (wljQY)

270 264
Being old I remember having your ears pierced was a sign you were easy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:43 AM (/QHx4)

Mom didn't let me get my ears pierced until I was 16. I guess she figured if I were a whore I would have made that clear by then? Or maybe she figured she couldn't stop me by then, since I had my own income at that point.

She never owned pierced earrings. Ever. Ack.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:47 AM (aeKVE)

271
JQ,

Me too, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:47 AM (/QHx4)

272 In better news, SCOTUS says deportations of illegal aliens can continue until hearings scheduled for December.

Man, I wonder how long those deportees are supposed to last in fucking Liberia. Just live in some shitty mud hut guarded by no-apologies, no-rules, machine-gun-wielding African guards forever, or will they ultimately be released to make their way in fucking Monrovia?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 12:39 AM (mmrXZ)

They can always swim the Atlantic if they're desperate to return to the US. It isn't *that* far.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 30, 2026 12:47 AM (qx7Zg)

273 Maybe "needed" is a bit strong.

The most recent time I wore one was for some friends who had a big to-do for their 25th anniversary.

Given that I was in the Original Broadway Cast of that wedding, I figured it was worth dressing up a bit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:48 AM (qlLNh)

274 Never did get around to getting the cane with the silver wolf's head handle.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:44 AM (qlLNh)

We'll have to work on that. You will need it so you can sit on the porch and shake it at everybody who walks by.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:48 AM (aeKVE)

275 Good night, AOP.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:48 AM (qlLNh)

276 The most recent time I wore one was for some friends who had a big to-do for their 25th anniversary.

Given that I was in the Original Broadway Cast of that wedding, I figured it was worth dressing up a bit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Aww... Very classy of you!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

277 Night, AOP!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

278 On the prayer thread I mentioned our friend's ordination to the diaconate last weekend, and how his wife was due any day now. Well she made it through the trip to the monastery---and the six-hour vespers service and the six-hour divine liturgy. Thank you all for your prayers! My wife just left to go spend the night with their kids.

Posted by: frammish at September 30, 2026 12:50 AM (rcENI)

279 > We'll have to work on that. You will need it so you can sit on the porch and shake it at everybody who walks by.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:48 AM (aeKVE)

The older I get, the more I begin to see the advantages of having a sturdy stick with a heavy metal lump on the end.

You never know when the need to do some freelance social work might arise.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:50 AM (qlLNh)

280 Being old I remember having your ears pierced was a sign you were easy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons
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If you were even older, you would realize that that applied, if it ever did, to a very narrow social group and cohort.

My grandmother had her ears pierced (by her mother) around one year old.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 30, 2026 12:50 AM (iYF/u)

281 260 Modern hard rock tunneling has the miners drill a pattern of holes in the face of the tunnel, maybe about a yard deep, and load all but one with dynamite. The unloaded hole provides a weak point for the explosion-induced fractures to propagate to, and if all goes well, the entire tunnel advances 3 feet with each shot. Since the Greeks did not have explosives, AFAIK, I am not sure how they fractured the rock. More drilling, and maybe build a fire, get the rock really hot, and then dash cold water on it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2026 12:42 AM (C6xWR)

It is amazing the knowledge of Morons!

Posted by: frammish at September 30, 2026 12:51 AM (rcENI)

282 Might as well just print "I'm a whore!" on your skin and get after it.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Any lower-back tattoo is queer,
It might as well say "insert cock here"

https://youtu.be/hFSbYE5IWzw

.....NSFW, in case the quote didn't make that obvious.

Posted by: probably not Stephen Lynch at September 30, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)

283 A friend signed for me to get ears pierced, when I was 17. (Mom had always said to wait until I was 16.)

Mom was pissed! "I didn't approve!"

"But, Mom-- you always said '16' and I'm already 17-- I thought it would be ok by now!"

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

284 Then: "No piercings until you're sixteen, young lady!"

Now: "No more than sixteen piercings, young lady!"

Posted by: mikeski at September 30, 2026 12:56 AM (VHUov)

285 One of the guys at the memory care facility smashed out a window with his cane the other day. He hasn't been there very long and he usually just sits in the lobby area with his suitcase waiting for someone to come and pick him up. I guess he had a brief moment of clarity and realized that nobody was going to rescue him. Sad.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 30, 2026 12:57 AM (ibDUx)

286
Today I can imagine girls telling their moms they are going to have their nipples pierced.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:57 AM (/QHx4)

287 Speaking of getting old, I have to get out early tomorrow morning and pick up a new prescription, so I'm going to hang it up.

Two more weekly cancer treatments to go, then I get to hold off until after I get scoped again in November. I'm glad 'cuz these treatments are kicking my ass just a bit.

Good night, all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:57 AM (qlLNh)

288
Debby,

How heartbreaking.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:58 AM (/QHx4)

289

Sleep well Rodrigo

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 12:59 AM (/QHx4)

290 My grandmother had her ears pierced (by her mother) around one year old.

Posted by: buddhaha
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Grams, from another century; all the girls pierced their ears at the same time. Ice the lobe, soap bar behind the lobe, drive a needle through the spot. She said it hurt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 01:00 AM (wljQY)

291 Today I can imagine girls telling their moms they are going to have their nipples pierced.

Posted by: four seasons

***CRINGE***

Yikes! That thought makes me shudder, probably like when a dude thinks about possibly getting smashed in the balls!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

292 I'm glad 'cuz these treatments are kicking my ass just a bit.
---

Hang in there, they do good work. Just rest, rest and keep the calories up. You have prayer lift back here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 01:02 AM (wljQY)

293
JQ,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 01:03 AM (/QHx4)

294 Telling them Tik Tok is a CCP op does not mean a thing.
Cheryl got hers' pierced, I want it too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 01:04 AM (wljQY)

295 "Ice the lobe, soap bar behind the lobe, drive a needle through the spot."

Ice is *wrong*-- it freezes the tissue and makes it more difficult to pierce! (experience here)

Better to just have a couple shots of favorite likker & sit still. Rubbing alcohol on the lobe; sharp, sterile needle; half a potato behind the ear-- BAM! More alcohol, sterile ear-stud. Have another couple shots.

Tomorrow's gonna feel like a very tight clamp on the lobe(s)!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)

296 JQ and four seasons, I think that we had this conversation about pierced ears before, my Mom was exactly the same way, she wore those clip on earrings her whole life. I got mine pierced without her permission when I was in college.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 30, 2026 01:07 AM (ibDUx)

297 Night, Rodrigo. Prayers up for you!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

298 LOL, Debby. We did talk ear-piercing a while back.

I pierced active-duty guys ears (overseas) because they couldn't get it done on base. Mom mailed me a bunch of studs and a piercing 'gun' from The States.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

299
I remember being allowed to drive but not allowed to have my ears pierced, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 01:12 AM (/QHx4)

300 I guess he had a brief moment of clarity ...

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
----

All recent family were teetotalers, Gramps was in a home didn't recognize anyone, just sit and stare were his best moments.
Occasionally, a portion would come to, he would shower, shave, put on his suit, tie, hat, (he was a snappy dresser - also a story teller), walk by the nurses station, ask if everything was OK and bid them good night as he walked out the door.

Two o'clock or so the next morning two drunks would ring dad's door bell. 'Is this you father Charlie Redneck would ask, he sure has some interesting tales'. Thanks and in comes drunk as a skunk Gramps.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 01:14 AM (wljQY)

301 >>One of the guys at the memory care facility smashed out a window with his cane the other day. He hasn't been there very long and he usually just sits in the lobby area with his suitcase waiting for someone to come and pick him up. I guess he had a brief moment of clarity and realized that nobody was going to rescue him. Sad.

That is just heartbreaking!

Couple of times, hubby has thrown *all* his stuff on his bed & demanded to leave...

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

302 My daughter was 12 when her and 6 of her friends made a group trek to the mall to get matching swimsuits (synchronized swim team). While they were there, three of them got their ears pierced. Of course, my daughter's one of the three.
I was pissed. Three parents went to the mall the next day, and I channeled some old sergeants. The woman was literally crying when I finished. I pointed out that medical personnel had to get parent permission for anything, and that what she did could legally be classed as assault with jail terms attached.
If my kid had asked us, we would have tried to talk her out of it, but if she convinced us, had it done in our doctor's office.
Today, at over 50, she has 4 in one ear and 3 in the other,

Posted by: buddhaha at September 30, 2026 01:15 AM (iYF/u)

303
Wow, that is some sick shit 302.

It needs to be deleted.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)

304 Clean up on aisle 302, please...

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

305 Sending out an SOS
Sending out an SOS
Sending out an SOS...
Repeat 30 more times.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)

Hold my beer.

Posted by: Grand Funk Railroad at September 30, 2026 01:22 AM (XUHiS)

306 Prayers, Rodrigo
(adds Rodrigo to the list)

Up because we had a mouse incident- she woke me to see the one she'd dropped on the bedroom rug. I popped a trashcan over it and he returned it to the backyard.

Lovely moon, though.

Posted by: sal at September 30, 2026 01:22 AM (f+FmA)

307 (z1WO3) - uggh. That ain't no lace wigs or machines for sale.

Who.has banhammering duty?

PS HI, alll.

Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at September 30, 2026 01:22 AM (zCZZo)

308 Both side of my family except for gramps and his dad were teetotalers. I come from a long line of teetotalers, both sides.
Great, great grandpa's girls better not have liquor on their breath.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 01:22 AM (wljQY)

309 Tomorrow's gonna feel like a very tight clamp on the lobe(s)!

Posted by: JQ
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I knew you were old fashioned.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 01:24 AM (wljQY)

310 oh my gosh, it is like raimondo stuck a fork in an electrical outlet.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 30, 2026 01:24 AM (ibDUx)

311 Hubby has tried to "escape" a few times. Not lately, though.

Mostly, he just wants to have a cig but requires supervision, because he could get lost or burn himself. (There are set times for supervised smoking)

He doesn't have access to either cigs or lighter. Also, there's a transponder on his wheelchair that triggers alarm if he gets too close to exit.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm)

312 262 I have a sterling skull earring around here somewhere that I used to wear when I'd put on a tux, back when I would occasionally go to an event that required a tux.

Sterling skull shirt studs and cufflinks too.

Nowadays I don't like to go to any event where I can't wear sweat pants.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 30, 2026 12:42 AM (qlLNh)

I don't believe you ever needed a tux in AK.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 12:43 AM (aeKVE)

Never needed a tux in AK but needed my mess dress uniform which is pretty much the same thing.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 01:25 AM (XUHiS)

313 I am more of a Sepultura; Chaos A.D. guy. Love to play that while driving the open road.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at September 29, 2026 10:03 PM (0aYVJ)

502 by Megadeth
Red Barchetta by Rush
Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 01:28 AM (XUHiS)

314
Sleep well ya'll.

Posted by: four seasons at September 30, 2026 01:30 AM (/QHx4)

315 Night, four seasons!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

316
That is just heartbreaking!

Couple of times, hubby has thrown *all* his stuff on his bed & demanded to leave...
Posted by: JQ

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

So sad. I've seen the exact same thing in a couple of other brain-damaged or demented souls. The things you keep (wanting freedom) and the things you lose (enough of a mind to have it).

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 01:33 AM (mmrXZ)

317 The things you keep (wanting freedom) and the things you lose (enough of a mind to have it).
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Hubby is such a rebel-- when they had the transponder on his ankle, he cut it off with a butter knife after his meal. No more butter knife, until this summer. Guess they realized he no longer knows how to defeat the system.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

318 272. They can always swim the Atlantic if they're desperate to return to the US. It isn't *that* far.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Or take the plane to Philadelphia. 😉

Philadelphia and its surrounding metropolitan area are home to an estimated 14,060 Liberian residents, representing the largest concentration of Liberians in the United States.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 30, 2026 01:44 AM (NFX2v)

319 It's getting cold overnight lately, but I still haven't prepped the pellet heater or checked the chimney. Ugh. I'd better get on it soon!

Should have a couple more weeks of nice days, though. No rain in the forecast (for now).

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

320 Yay, ozone!

Thank you, whichever COB did it!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)

321
Hubby is such a rebel-- when they had the transponder on his ankle, he cut it off with a butter knife after his meal. No more butter knife, until this summer. Guess they realized he no longer knows how to defeat the system.
Posted by: JQ

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

Well, that was effective! Why didn't they fasten it with a piece of gum? If we didn't laugh at life, I guess we'd all go crazy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:00 AM (mmrXZ)

322
They can always swim the Atlantic if they're desperate to return to the US. It isn't *that* far.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Or take the plane to Philadelphia. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic.

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

First prize: one week in Philadelphia.
Second prize: two weeks in Philadelphia!

--old WC Fields joke

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:01 AM (mmrXZ)

323 Has the judge who signed off on the Smith subpoenas been identified?

Posted by: Goatweed at September 30, 2026 02:02 AM (jK3NL)

324 >>Well, that was effective! Why didn't they fasten it with a piece of gum?

Blondie, their butter knives are so dull, hubby must've worked for quite a while sawing through that *reinforced* strap!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

325 (Aktj5)

Please, sir, may it have another?

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

326 Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley · 6h
It turns out woke rage is not an actual investment strategy. Scott Galloway, who teaches at NYU Stern School of Business, now admits that it might have been a mistake to sell all of his stock when Trump was elected. It wiped out 40% of his asset value..
---

What some don't realize is that we are headlong into the 4th industrial revolution. For instance; Right now we are in an energy transition analogous to 19th century going from candle light after dark to kerosene lamps on the walls.
Medically we are closer to being in a ward an let's see what happens to robots and lasers doing microscopic work that, skilled as he is, has to do it by hand.

It's going to be a different world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:14 AM (wljQY)

327 I found the name? No surprise!

Posted by: Goatweed at September 30, 2026 02:19 AM (jK3NL)

328 The turning point was Ukraine's drone campaign on election day. Putin said more than 1,600 drones entered the Moscow area that night, with strikes on polling stations, including one in a school he said was virtually destroyed.

The chair of a territorial election commission was killed when her home was hit. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called the raid unprecedented.

According to RT, two civilians were killed in the suburbs and an oil refinery was damaged. Whatever one makes of Russian accounts of the damage, the political effect in Moscow was plain.
--

I'm tired of this war and more than annoyed with that clown zelensky. If we would simply see to it that our stuff did not get into Ukraine hands the war would be over. Someone or thing is working on Trump. He's changed on this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:22 AM (wljQY)

329 Still more than hour to go

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 02:33 AM (Ia/+0)

330 That's it

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:33 AM (wljQY)

331 I hear a owl outside

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 02:35 AM (Ia/+0)

332 I bought some pumpkin donuts the other day. Too much clove, imo. But still good with coffee.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

333 Eric Schmitt type republicans is why voters are fed up with these trump stooges scoring own goals. Btw 16 trucking companies have gone bankrupt from high diesel prices in the last several months and farmers in Iowa and other midwest states can't afford diesel either. Safe red state republican senators in midwest states see their poll numbers drop.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at September 30, 2026 02:44 AM (J7Vfr)

334 JQ, it is time for warm apple cider donuts here, they are very tasty indeed.

Sweet dreams Horde, I've got clean sheets and an extra blanket calling my name.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 30, 2026 02:48 AM (ibDUx)

335 Night, Debby. May you be warm!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

336
Good night, Debby.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 02:49 AM (mmrXZ)

337 Hot apple cider with a shot of cinnamon schnapps... warm ya inside-out!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

338 When we were in Japan, XH & I had a rag-top Jeep.

After a day of four-wheeling in the cold and snow, we stopped by a little bar and were offered hot sake...

WOOOH! Take ya breath away!!! And no more *chilly* feeling, after just one. Heh.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)

339 Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry
Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 01:28 AM (XUHiS)

That is one weird track, dude.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 30, 2026 03:04 AM (aeKVE)

340 Someone or thing is working on Trump. He's changed on this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 30, 2026 02:22 AM (wljQY)

Trump changed when he realized after the Putin in Alaska trip that the Russians, Ukrainians, and the EU did not want the war to end. He had a clue before then, but his final offer to Putin in Alaska sealed the deal and he determined that all three belligerents were going to continue the war no matter what the U.S. did to end it.

So Trump went another way, and decided he'd start squeezing the Russians, and EU & Chinese, from all sides.
Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba are being worked on as we speak.

I don't think anybody worked Trump.
I believe he hit a wall and then devised a way to get around it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 03:13 AM (6ydKt)

341 “ Has the judge who signed off on the Smith subpoenas been identified?”

Nobody will be indicted, especially if that individual is a democrat. If they are the trial will likely be in D.C. , which is an automatic acquittal. The democrats have literally brought back the days of the klan trials who got off regardless of their crimes.
I used to be amused about the corrupt judiciaries of other countries. I can’t believe how naive I was about our own system. Can’t wait for the next useless congressional hearing. It is entertaining and I’m sure generates clicks for all the YouTube, instagram, etc. channels that make content from the spectacle.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 30, 2026 03:19 AM (fMu/S)

342 Interesting YouTube Russian woman writer on everything Russian. Elvira Bary, society, Ukraine, history

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 03:19 AM (Ia/+0)

343 I don't know if he signed all of the Smith warrants, but Judge Boasberg has been identified as the judge who signed the 'Arctic Frost' pen register warrants that allowed Jack Smith to look at cellphone records of members of Congress and Trump's team.

Boasberg probably signed more warrants, but anybody on the D.C. circuit could've done the job(s).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 03:25 AM (6ydKt)

344
I used to be amused about the corrupt judiciaries of other countries. I can’t believe how naive I was about our own system. Can’t wait for the next useless congressional hearing. It is entertaining and I’m sure generates clicks for all the YouTube, instagram, etc. channels that make content from the spectacle.
Posted by: Unkaren

I read -- shit, I can't remember who it was, some giant who is part of the western canon -- as a college sophomore, and it had the distinct tone of someone who basically realized there was no fixing anything, just say "Fuckit" and laugh. It was on our reading list in distinction to Martin Luther, who was PISSED AS FUCK and determined to change things.

Interesting that Luther prevailed, but Mr. Fuckit had a point.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 03:32 AM (mmrXZ)

345 Might as well get up, and working a lot closer to home today

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 03:34 AM (Ia/+0)

346
But for those of you who want a sliver of green today, Border Patrol has been busting would-be invaders in San Diego! Yes, they're still being deposited on the sand by traffickers on jetskis. But in the Trump era, they're instantly being picked up by federal officials, and the $10,000 they spent to get to Freebie-land is all for naught.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 03:35 AM (mmrXZ)

347
Might as well get up, and working a lot closer to home today
Posted by: Skip

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

Good life. There are many who would gladly switch places with you!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 30, 2026 03:36 AM (mmrXZ)

348 Just realized its last of September

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 03:48 AM (Ia/+0)

349 But for those of you who want a sliver of green today, Border Patrol has been busting would-be invaders in San Diego! Yes, they're still being deposited on the sand by traffickers on jetskis. But in the Trump era, they're instantly being picked up by federal officials, and the $10,000 they spent to get to Freebie-land is all for naught.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Excellent!
I voted for this!

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 03:54 AM (rdVOm)

350 My modem is acting up tonight-- cuts out sometimes.

Computer has been behaving. 🤷‍♀️

Loving the *digital age*... not...

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

351 So Trump went another way, and decided he'd start squeezing the Russians, and EU & Chinese, from all sides.
Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba are being worked on as we speak.

I don't think anybody worked Trump.
I believe he hit a wall and then devised a way to get around it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 03:13 AM (6ydKt)

I think those are very good observations. Can’t be peace when no one involved actually wants it. The trick with Iran is to make them really, really want it - the way that Sherman made Georgia really, really want peace.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 04:11 AM (fuM78)

352 350 My modem is acting up tonight-- cuts out sometimes.

Computer has been behaving. 🤷‍♀️

Loving the *digital age*... not...

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

Resetting it might help.
There's a reboot button in your router settings in your broswer.

But you could always skip that and turn the power button off for a few minutes then turn it back on, or just unplug the router from wall and plug it in after a minute.

It'll reset and might work better after it gets it's bearings straight.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 04:26 AM (6ydKt)

353 It'll reset and might work better after it gets it's bearings straight.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I have done that twice tonight: unplug for a few minutes, then plug back in.

It was new in Feb of this year! Shouldn't be failing already, imo.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)

354 I think those are very good observations. Can’t be peace when no one involved actually wants it. The trick with Iran is to make them really, really want it - the way that Sherman made Georgia really, really want peace.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 30, 2026 04:11 AM (fuM7

It's a waiting game at this point for the Iranians to reach some harsh realizations.

Hopefully we don't have to send in a few hundred thousand troops to burn a path from Tehran to Hormuz to get it done, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 04:30 AM (6ydKt)

355 353 It'll reset and might work better after it gets it's bearings straight.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I have done that twice tonight: unplug for a few minutes, then plug back in.

It was new in Feb of this year! Shouldn't be failing already, imo.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)

Sometimes my cable company works on the lines and my cable goes out. Fortunately they send an email beforehand...unfortunately I don't check my email that often, and only have it set up on my computer...
So I end up looking for outages using my cell phone...
Reminds me of the VHS tape on how to setup up your VCR...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:30 AM (l3cgK)

356 It was new in Feb of this year! Shouldn't be failing already, imo.

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)

It shouldn't.

Could be a temporary thing due to damage from the storm over the weekend.

Give it a few days and see if it clears up on its own.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 04:31 AM (6ydKt)

357 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at September 30, 2026 04:32 AM (odBC9)

358 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

359
Hopefully we don't have to send in a few hundred thousand troops to burn a path from Tehran to Hormuz to get it done, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 30, 2026 04:30 AM (6ydKt)

What General Patton said still applies; the object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 30, 2026 04:33 AM (l3cgK)

360 That might be it, jim in Kali-- it started happening right after midnight.

Cable co. doesn't have my email, since they quit hosting email a few years ago.

Whatever. Still considering Starlink and maybe get a sm@rtphone after all...

Posted by: JQ at September 30, 2026 04:34 AM (rdVOm)

An Otter Cafe

"My parents went to France without me!!!"

Head tilts galore.

Bowling trick shot-- hitting the 3-7 spare and then knocking over the 10 in the neighboring lane.

Criminals are amateurs at violence. Marines are professionals.

Fighter pilot unimpressed by amusement park rides.

Rapid pothole repair.

Poor dog spends his days in a hospital staffed by babies.

Bad babies.

Sneaky fake-sleeping baby.

Feed me.

What in the Noah's Ark?

Swimming with a juvenile jaguar.

Basically a cloned cat.

Confirmed: The ship that Moby Dick was based on, the Essex, was sunk by a sperm whale's head butt.

A "Moby Dick" Shipwreck Survivor Had a Theory About How a Whale Sank His Ship. 200 Years Later, He's Been Proven Right

"This wasn't originally our hypothesis, it was Owen Chase's," one evolutionary biologist said of the whaler who first called the animal's forehead a weapon

* Researchers confirmed sperm whales can use their massive foreheads as weapons, validating a theory from the 1800s
* Drone footage captured sperm whales headbutting, systematically documenting the behavior for the first time
* A sperm whale's head can deliver a blow with the force of a bus traveling 40 mph
More than two centuries ago, a teenage boy watched a sperm whale sink his ship. Now, the theory that grew out of that disaster has been confirmed as accurate.
On Nov. 20, 1820, 15-year-old Thomas Nickerson was aboard the whaleship Essex, a specialized vessel designed for hunting and processing whales, when a massive sperm whale sped toward the vessel and struck it head-on. According to BBC Future, the whale swam roughly 900 feet away, turned and charged again, striking the bow. The Essex sank, stranding 20 men some 1,300 miles from land in what became one of the most infamous survival ordeals in maritime history and the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
Now, 175 years after the novel's publication, researchers have confirmed how a sperm whale can take down a ship several times its size. The answer, it turns out, was predicted by Owen Chase, the Essex's first mate, who argued that the whale's enormous forehead was a weapon.
"This wasn't originally our hypothesis; it was Owen Chase's," retired evolutionary biologist Dave Carrier told the outlet. "An 18th-Century whaler argued that the forehead was a weapon, and we set out to test that." For two centuries, Carrier said, biologists had largely dismissed the whaler's account, but "the whaler's intuition and experience were probably correct."
...
"Whales are mammals, closely related to animals like deer and rams, where males compete by ramming," he said.

Well, and dolphins and orcas ram things too, and they're first cousins of whales.

At Toba Aquarium in Japan, after closing time, some clever little otter pups helped their grandpa tidy up their toys.

As a reward, he gave them ice cubes. pic.twitter.com/iyfe7i6G8E
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 29, 2026

A Canadian man who had two rats as pets learned that letting them drive a miniature car reduced their levels of stress, so he gave them an electric miniature car and taught them to drive.

[📹 emperorsofmischief] pic.twitter.com/N9rSBpMKbq
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 29, 2026

This tree fell onto a live power line during a storm in Germany, causing the electrical surges to visibly pulse through the flames. pic.twitter.com/A5yDr6XnkP
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 29, 2026

A tree after being struck by lightning.

Harrowing: A truck's brakes fail on a mountain road.

The brakes failed on a mountain road: watch what the driver does. pic.twitter.com/9ZL8isj0Xz
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 29, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 Aw, a baby otter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 07:12 PM (hzuYO)

2 "There are anal otters! I'm shocked!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

3 You could also try double clutching and downshifting, Indian Trucker Bro.

But, a controlled crash is also an option.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (vNne8)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Re. otter cafe:

Hide You Wife, Hide Yo Kids...

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (vNne8)

6 They hold hands when they sleep.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 07:16 PM (4NO2D)

7 Pilot vid is pretty good

Posted by: Kratwurst at September 29, 2026 07:16 PM (9gKa/)

8 Those rats are in little driving prisons as far as I can tell.

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at September 29, 2026 07:16 PM (U/7CP)

9 Thank you, Señor Jefe!

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at September 29, 2026 07:17 PM (1AUJ0)

10 "They hold hands when they sleep.
Posted by: toby928(c) "

The rats?

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)

11 I don't think the guy meant to stop the truck that way.

He was lucky, based on what was going on in that truck. Plus the fact he doesn't look MENSA.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 07:18 PM (hzuYO)

12 I am pretty sure that Waymos are guided by rats.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 07:18 PM (4NO2D)

13 Pfft. I've taught rats to do much more than that.

Posted by: Willard at September 29, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

14 Those assholes drive like Norwegians.

Posted by: Ben at September 29, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

15 I wish I was forced to drive a car.

Posted by: Bathroom Monkey at September 29, 2026 07:19 PM (4NO2D)

16 Any crow updates?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

17 The WNBA Playoffs are in progress.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at September 29, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

18 OK, so a Canuckian somehow knows the stress levels of his rats?

Oh, I guess he learned it by watching their politicians... for... stress..

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2026 07:20 PM (mP0Kj)

19 I thought the mountain truck driver was going to do something amazing.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 07:21 PM (KC5Lt)

20
I think my stress would be reduced if I had a keeper who built me a hotrod to drive around the house.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 07:21 PM (mmrXZ)

21 10 "They hold hands when they sleep.
Posted by: toby928(c) "

The rats?
Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)
________________________

No, the polycules.

(oh Ho...I've used the word twice...one more time and I own it)

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 07:23 PM (dIske)

22 Corgi drag queen

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 07:23 PM (Cqx++)

23 I’ll willow myself just for fun.

Speaking of the WNBA, there is some fake-ass looking WNBA player on Wheaties boxes as of late.

Has Wheaties, at any point this year, put out a box featuring the 2026 gold medal winning men’s and women’s Olympic hockey teams?

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:23 PM (ITNzO)

24 Ben and Willard were some creepy ass movies.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

25 See otters are not all bad

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

26
Everyday it is interesting what new words the evil left come up with.

We need a dictionary for *ucked left language.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:25 PM (/QHx4)

27 Use the transmission, you retard. Put it in first and take your foot off the fucking pedal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 07:27 PM (zZu0s)

28 Ben and Willard were some creepy ass movies.
Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)
=====

I have a very good story about the movie. I saw it with someone who is now a very famous actor at a drive in. There was an incident. Saving it for a Momee

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:28 PM (RIvkX)

29 I was pretty young when Ben and Willard came out, definitely freaky. Read Ben sometime later in my teen years

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

30 >>Use the transmission, you retard.

Either for the Gears...or, as an Anchor!

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 07:30 PM (vNne8)

31 Recommended read:
'In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex' -- Nathaniel Philbrick

Moral of the story; Don't become a whaler.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

32 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:28 PM (RIvkX)

They have drive in actors?

😀

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 07:30 PM (KC5Lt)

33
Saving it for a Momee
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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

NOOooooo! Tell it now!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 07:31 PM (mmrXZ)

34
For many years, before the illegals were driving semis I had to "suggest" to hubby not to get in between two semis on the interstate. He said they move fast. Yeah and they move fast when we are squished between them.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:31 PM (/QHx4)

35 There was a whole genre of "[blank] take over the world" movies in the 70s. Apes. Computers. The Devil.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:31 PM (RIvkX)

36 Awwwww....otters!
Love 'em!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2026 07:33 PM (2WIwB)

37 Had a big-@$$ coyote scoping out our chickens today.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

38 Those rats are in little driving prisons as far as I can tell.
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at September 29, 2026 07:16 PM (U/7CP)

I wonder if they drove to the A&W in Bowden, Alberta. Alberta's Rat Patrol was called out to a rat sighting in Bowden the other day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:33 PM (C6xWR)

39 That jarhead was unwarranted, unrecommended, unmacerated and unjustified in his actions. They was egregious, preposterous and outrageous!

It is clear that the Gyrine is a racist and just wants to prevent the young brother of color from earning a living to feed his mammy and her 16 children.

Posted by: Ben Crump, Race Warlord & Pimp at September 29, 2026 07:34 PM (cCXR+)

40 Yeah and they move fast when we are squished between them.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:31 PM (/QHx4)

After getting hit by one while in a Miata, I have a ... natural reticence not to drive beside one. Ill go 20-30 over to get ahead if one pulls up beside me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

41 Use the transmission, you retard. Put it in first and take your foot off the fucking pedal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 07:27 PM (zZu0s)

He would probably have to downshift through all the gears, rapidly. Downshifting a speeding vehicle into a much lower gear could be nigh-on impossible.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:36 PM (C6xWR)

42 After getting hit by one while in a Miata, I have a ... natural reticence not to drive beside one. Ill go 20-30 over to get ahead if one pulls up beside me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 07:35 PM

A Miata can go that fast?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

43 NOOooooo! Tell it now!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 07:31 PM (mmrXZ)
=====
You've probably heard parts of it over the last 15 years. But I cannot put the really good parts in writing.

When we were kids, we knew this guy was going to be a great actor. He has one of those Jim Carrey faces, he can become anyone. A natural mimic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)

44 Moral of the story; Don't become a whaler.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

Thank you for this!

Posted by: stacy abrams at September 29, 2026 07:37 PM (C6xWR)

45
It is an adventure driving through mountainous areas with semis.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:38 PM (/QHx4)

46 As long as it isn't Jim Carey

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

47 Otters, all of ‘em, are overrated.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

48 Heh not Jim Carrey. But lead in the school play etc. our high school pumped out a few famous actors and comedians and murderers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 07:40 PM (RIvkX)

49 >>Moral of the story; Don't become a whaler.

Really good book. Whaling for a living was a brutal way to make a buck.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 07:41 PM (viF8m)

50 Head-butting sperm sounds awful.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 07:41 PM (nEUC6)

51 Otters, all of ‘em, are overrated.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 07:39 PM

I'm going to prognosticate that nurse will not find that statement pleasing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

52 Had a big-@$$ coyote scoping out our chickens today.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Crossbow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 07:42 PM (GquHV)

53
Those rats are in little driving prisons as far as I can tell.
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir?

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

Come to think of it, we don't see how they get in. This is some rat dystopia that will have no good end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 07:43 PM (mmrXZ)

54 Moral of the story; Don't become a whaler.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

I am reading Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. He is as good a writer as Mark Twain, if not nearly as funny. No real purple prose like I expected from a writer from the middle of the 19th century

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 07:44 PM (rbvCR)

55 I am sure some of my class mates have donecwell, just none become famous enough that I ever heard about.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)

56 A Miata can go that fast?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

Youd be surprised.

But the Mustang has no such issues.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 07:44 PM (zZu0s)

57 Rat Rods have been a thing for years. There's a whole show about them on the TURBO Channel.

Posted by: Cheese It, The Cops! at September 29, 2026 07:45 PM (Fn+3X)

58 Otters, all of ‘em, are overrated.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

Why . . . I otter . . .

Posted by: Do the Curley Shuffle at September 29, 2026 07:47 PM (rbvCR)

59 Come to think of it, we don't see how they get in. This is some rat dystopia that will have no good end.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 07:43 PM (mmrXZ)

it is probably just the Calhoun rat experiment in miniature.
Utopia never arrives, no matter the size.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 07:49 PM (rbvCR)

60 47 Otters, all of ‘em, are overrated.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

Sea otters are awesome critters. They are good moms, they take care of the kelp forest, and the eat a shit ton of sea urchins, which otherwise would destroy the kelp and trash the environment.

Plus they are cute as heck, and very trainable.

When the boy was young, I took him to the Sealife Center in Seward where they were rehabbing a sea otter pup for release in the wild. He got to feed it and help teach it some hand signals. Both the otter and the boy were stinkin' cute.

Now I wonder if the otter wasn't the smarter of the two.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 07:50 PM (2bnFA)

61 57 Rat Rods have been a thing for years. There's a whole show about them on the TURBO Channel.
Posted by: Cheese It, The Cops! at September 29, 2026 07:45 PM (Fn+3X)

But, can they run the rat rods through the rat mazes?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 07:51 PM (2bnFA)

62 Whaling for a living was a brutal way to make a buck.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 07:41 PM

Codfishing was hardly better.

Posted by: Manuel Fidello at September 29, 2026 07:51 PM (4NO2D)

63 He got to feed it and help teach it some hand signals. Both the otter and the boy were stinkin' cute.

Now I wonder if the otter wasn't the smarter of the two.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 07:50 PM

He fed it, you fed him. I'm sensing some data here ... ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

64 Squeeeeeee!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 07:52 PM (fV7JW)

65 Codfishing was hardly better.
Posted by: Manuel Fidello at September 29, 2026 07:51 PM

Try codpiecing.

Posted by: Fifi LeFleur at September 29, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

66 Driver's clothes not quite so white after that ride.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 29, 2026 07:55 PM (sl73Y)

67 Posted by: VA is for Haters at September 29, 2026 07:54 PM

I hope Big Penguin is compensating you well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)

68 Pretty bleak for the GOP thus far .. an absolute wipeout in VA is incoming and Dems are surging in FL, IA, MI, NC, GA, AZ, basically everywhere
Posted by: VA is for Haters at September 29, 2026 07:54 PM

Heh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 07:56 PM (4NO2D)

69 The Indians in Alberta used to hunt whales by herding them into small groups, and driving them off cliffs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:57 PM (C6xWR)

70 A truck's brakes fail
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Ya Hoo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 07:57 PM (wljQY)

71
Here we go again. Woman in Spartanburg charged with attempted murder after stabbing her children 50 times. One child might have to have his arm amputated.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:57 PM (/QHx4)

72 Here we go again. Woman in Spartanburg charged with attempted murder after stabbing her children 50 times. One child might have to have his arm amputated.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:57 PM

She wants in on the AWFL fan club thrill.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 07:58 PM (4NO2D)

73 four seasons I read that, wonder if the Feminists will back her

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

74

toby,

I think you are right.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:59 PM (/QHx4)

75 Posted by: VA is for Haters at September 29, 2026 07:54 PM (nTw67)

Sounds like yesterday's troll has transitioned.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:59 PM (C6xWR)

76 four seasons I read that, wonder if the Feminists will back her
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:59 PM

She is white so better chance than some.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:00 PM (4NO2D)

77 Captains Courageous is my all time favorite book.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 08:00 PM (KC5Lt)

78 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

79
Skip,

Sleep well!

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:01 PM (/QHx4)

80 A Waffle House four

https://tinyurl.com/4tu4adn7

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:01 PM (4NO2D)

81 Use the transmission, you retard. Put it in first and take your foot off the fucking pedal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 07:27 PM (zZu0s)

He would probably have to downshift through all the gears, rapidly. Downshifting a speeding vehicle into a much lower gear could be nigh-on impossible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Jake brake...if you got it.

Posted by: Jacobs VehicleSystems at September 29, 2026 08:02 PM (XeU6L)

82 Shoes on babies, toddlers. Tie the laces from both together. (Taught that by my mother, grandmothers.)

Saves time, reduces aggravation. (Probably prohibited in public nowadays.)

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 08:02 PM (NFX2v)

83 But, can they run the rat rods through the rat mazes?

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 07:51 PM (2bnFA)

too bad the old Speed network is gone......sniffle

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 29, 2026 08:02 PM (jrgJz)

84 Fighter pilot unimpressed by amusement park rides.
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What air force does he fly for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 08:03 PM (wljQY)

85
Heh.
Posted by: toby928(c)
======
We are getting mail vote requests and about to begin early voting. Little sign of that bullshit from polling. Douchebags doing their same demoralization campaign with pollster aid that they have done for decades now.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 08:03 PM (E4rtv)

86 I've never read Moby Dick. I probably should.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 29, 2026 08:04 PM (CHHv1)

87 Yeah, if the Republicans don't go +2 in the Senate and +7 in the House I'll buy Average Joe a Coke.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:04 PM (4NO2D)

88 Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:01 PM (4NO2D)

I may be crazy but she's much higher than a Waffle House 4. She's an 11 on the crazy matrix though.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 08:05 PM (KC5Lt)

89 I may be crazy but she's much higher than a Waffle House 4. She's an 11 on the crazy matrix though.
Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 08:05 PM

I'd have to see dat azz to go higher than a 4.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:06 PM (4NO2D)

90 But, can they run the rat rods through the rat mazes?

Posted by: tcn
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Slaloms. Better yet, demolition derbies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 08:06 PM (XeU6L)

91 What air force does he fly for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 08:03 PM (wljQY)

Freddy Mercury AF

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 08:06 PM (KC5Lt)

92 Rat Rods have been a thing for years. There's a whole show about them on the TURBO Channel.
Posted by: Cheese It,

Rad Rod theft rings are a big thing. They ship them off to Norway, and from there down to West africa.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 29, 2026 08:07 PM (sl73Y)

93 Watching Hassan Piker acting out in a feminine pussycat outfit.

I have Qs. El-Sayed's side piece?

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 08:07 PM (NFX2v)

94 Watching Hassan Piker acting out in a feminine pussycat outfit.

I have Qs. El-Sayed's side piece?
Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 08:07 PM

They are in the same polycule.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:07 PM (4NO2D)

95

L,

Seriously?

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:08 PM (/QHx4)

96 Moral of the story; Don't become a whaler.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)
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Whaling was a very lucrative industry, and its success was its undoing as the Atlantic whales were destroyed and so the whalers had to range ever farther afield. An ecological lesson if there ever was one.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)

97 >>>He would probably have to downshift through all the gears, rapidly. Downshifting a speeding vehicle into a much lower gear could be nigh-on impossible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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If he did shift, the trailer coming round would have caused him to lose control.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 08:09 PM (wljQY)

98 Rad Rod theft rings are a big thing. They ship them off to Norway, and from there down to West africa.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 29, 2026 08:07 PM (sl73Y)
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California is famous for licensing them to drive the big rigs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:10 PM (ZOv7s)

99 Rat movies?

Never saw Ben. Willard was kinda fun, and I seem to recall the source novel, Ratman's Notebooks, as being okay.

But for a nifty not-as-well-known rat movie, check out Of Unknown Origin with Peter Weller and Jennifer Dale. It's delightful.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 29, 2026 08:10 PM (q3u5l)

100 >>>the Atlantic whales were destroyed and so the whalers had to range ever farther afield. An ecological lesson if there ever was one.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Get the Chinese out of the East Pacific.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 08:10 PM (wljQY)

101 They are in the same polycule.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Orsen owns that word.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 29, 2026 08:11 PM (sl73Y)

102 She wants in on the AWFL fan club thrill.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Local radio talked about this yesterday.

Here come the copycats.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 08:11 PM (GquHV)

103 I've never read Moby Dick. I probably should.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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The above mentioned 'In the Heart of the Sea' is a much more enthralling book, and not fiction. Melville wrote 'Moby' based on what he could learn about the Essex.

Posted by: Ishmael at September 29, 2026 08:11 PM (XeU6L)

104 96. Seriously?

Yes.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 08:11 PM (NFX2v)

105 We are getting mail vote requests and about to begin early voting. Little sign of that bullshit from polling. Douchebags doing their same demoralization campaign with pollster aid that they have done for decades now.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 08:03 PM (E4rtv)
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I've been banging this drum for a while. Show me which swing voters who are swayed by gay twink vegan pagan Talarico or Abudulrachman Death To America Jihadi Al-Sayed?

Where is this purported surge of support coming from?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

106 Ratatouille !

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2026 08:13 PM (QwZKw)

107
L,

I want you to know I did not doubt you. I am amazed about the stuff going on.

Crazy times.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:13 PM (/QHx4)

108 Get the Chinese out of the East Pacific.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 08:10 PM (wljQY)
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Don't trust China. China is asshoe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:13 PM (ZOv7s)

109
*tucks into large Café steak*
*laughs at urchin watching through window*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 08:14 PM (eRlcH)

110 I've never read Moby Dick. I probably should.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 29, 2026 08:04 PM

Start with Billy Budd, a fast-paced thriller.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:14 PM (4NO2D)

111 She wants in on the AWFL fan club thrill.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Stop giving them attention when they do this and they'll stop.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 08:14 PM (vJrRc)

112 Yes.
Posted by: L - No ni

Big family?

Posted by: From about That Time at September 29, 2026 08:14 PM (sl73Y)

113 I can't believe the troll left out Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2026 08:15 PM (QwZKw)

114 The only "surge" the democrats are having is down the shitter.

Only an idiot would come up with this crapola.

Posted by: Crap In, Crap Out at September 29, 2026 08:15 PM (cCXR+)

115 Stop giving them attention when they do this and they'll stop.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 08:14 PM

Alternately, hunt them through the streets with dogs.

That might put off a few copycats.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 08:15 PM (4NO2D)

116 Whaling was a very lucrative industry, and its success was its undoing as the Atlantic whales were destroyed and so the whalers had to range ever farther afield. An ecological lesson if there ever was one.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yup, "
"The Essex sank in the southern Pacific Ocean after being rammed by a sperm whale on November 20, 1820, approximately 2,000 nautical miles from the coast of South America. The crew then attempted to reach land in whaleboats, eventually landing on Henderson Island."

All the way from Nantucket.
.

Posted by: Ishmael at September 29, 2026 08:16 PM (XeU6L)

117 Rat movies? Try the Amazing Maurice and his Educated rodents, a pretty decent animated adaptation of the Terry Pratchett book.

Posted by: SimoHayha at September 29, 2026 08:16 PM (IeYnM)

118 I was busy with other stuff, but monitored the threads and was kind of disappointed that Ace didn't jump on the Candace Owens lesbian allegations. Or the defamation suit being filed. Maybe he wants to see things develop more and run with it tomorrow.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)

119
Many many decades ago one of my aunts worked for the State Department. She always said don't trust the slant-eyed bastards.

This was many decades ago when things were not PC.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:18 PM (/QHx4)

120
Yeah, if the Republicans don't go +2 in the Senate and +7 in the House I'll buy Average Joe a Coke.
Posted by: toby928(c)

And sing in perfect harmony.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 08:18 PM (Cqx++)

121 Mein Fuhrer ... das thread ..

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=421557

Posted by: toby928(c) tugs collar at September 29, 2026 08:18 PM (4NO2D)

122 I was busy with other stuff, but monitored the threads and was kind of disappointed that Ace didn't jump on the
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

He did yesterday. Catch up.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 08:18 PM (nEUC6)

123 No love?

Posted by: Mrs. Frisby at September 29, 2026 08:18 PM (RIvkX)

124 Stop giving them attention when they do this and they'll stop.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 08:14 PM (vJrRc)

The only "attention" they need is a percussive reboot of the meat computer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 08:19 PM (C6xWR)

125 I can't believe the troll left out Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2026 08:15 PM (QwZKw)
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The one yesterday was very lame. Phoning it in. "Oh Trump led all the polls, Harris never led."

Like the RCP polling archive is hard to find or anything.

I feel bad though, because it's just degrading to tell stupid transparent lies.

That's David French territory, not work for any decent human being.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

126 Here we go again. Woman in Spartanburg charged with attempted murder after stabbing her children 50 times. One child might have to have his arm amputated.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 07:57 PM (/QHx4)

A man did it. The system failed her. She asked for help over and over and each time they said no.

Posted by: Working the playbook at September 29, 2026 08:20 PM (TbWk/)

127 He did yesterday. Catch up.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 08:18 PM (nEUC6)
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There was some newer stuff on X today, like Milo deleting all his posts calling her a dyke. Pretty funny.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:21 PM (ZOv7s)

128 Ace jumped on those allegations like Candace jumping on a freshly opened set of legs.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 08:21 PM (88C+u)

129 Mrs. Frisbee made rat pies too?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 08:21 PM (rbvCR)

130
The crew then attempted to reach land in whaleboats, eventually landing on Henderson Island."

All the way from Nantucket.
.
Posted by: Ishmael

On a sleigh ride.

https://youtu.be/ME9EcizjMQc

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 08:22 PM (Cqx++)

131 *tucks into large Café steak*
*laughs at urchin watching through window*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 08:14 PM (eRlcH)
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*takes teacup of hot water*
*adds ketchup to make tomato "soup"*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 08:22 PM (RIvkX)

132 Ace jumped on those allegations like Candace jumping on a freshly opened set of legs.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 08:21 PM (88C+u)
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Huh. Figures it happened when I was out and about. Dammit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

133 95. They are in the same polycule.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I had to go briefly to read about Polycule(s).

I agree with Four Seasons. WTH!?

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 08:23 PM (NFX2v)

134 There were 20 commenters who said "Who cares?"

Ace said, "Someone's got to take out the trash."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 08:24 PM (RIvkX)

135 108. Crazy times.

Posted by: four seasons

No, I completely agree. 👍🏼

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 08:25 PM (NFX2v)

136 They are in the same polycule.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I had to go briefly to read about Polycule(s).
I agree with Four Seasons. WTH!?
Posted by: L - No nic.

Poly- : many
-cule : small

It's a group of small-dicked guys, and the women who ~~love~~ live off them.

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 08:26 PM (VHUov)

137 A word of explanation (and an update).

Mrs. Lloyd gets her chemo on Saturday, meaning Sunday is rough. I am taking Mondays off so that I can somewhat recover, but also catch up on things, so I must have missed it. Mrs. Lloyd is experiencing some abdominal swelling so more appointments and scanning later this week.

They also gave her steroids. She uses the "medible" marijuana (which works great!) so now she's literally doing pot on steroids.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)

138 I'm so sorry your wife is having to go through this, AHLloyd.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 29, 2026 08:30 PM (FGA9/)

139 All the way from Nantucket.
.Posted by: Ishmael at September 29, 2026 08:16 PM

And thus, kids, were the tales about "There once was a man from Nantucket" born.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)

140 They also gave her steroids. She uses the "medible" marijuana (which works great!) so now she's literally doing pot on steroids.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)

Uh-oh! You know you are going to have to give up your guns, now. Illegal drugs in the household.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 08:32 PM (C6xWR)

141 Uh-oh! You know you are going to have to give up your guns, now. Illegal drugs in the household.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 08:32 PM (C6xWR)
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Bless your heart.

This is Michigan. Fully legal. Anyone over 21 can buy as much as he wants.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

142 Everybody wanted to get rid of Jake Brakes.
"They're noisy."

Posted by: Reforger at September 29, 2026 08:34 PM (bXghQ)

143 Is it true that the Café's steaks are dry-aged in The Barrel for at least 21 days?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)

144 I'm so sorry your wife is having to go through this, AHLloyd.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 29, 2026 08:30 PM (FGA9/)
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Thank you. Overall, she's been handling it pretty well, and it may be the steroids will do the trick. The chemo is a precaution to prevent recurrence, so if she can't take it, they will stop.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)

145 This is why my husband is extremely reluctant to do chemo. Actually, there are many reasons. However, he is still considering it as we look into other options. He knows he may have to do several rounds to get the metastases under control, while we give other protocols time to work.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 29, 2026 08:36 PM (FGA9/)

146 This is Michigan. Fully legal. Anyone over 21 can buy as much as he wants.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

BATF just might have a contrary opinion, you know.

If pot edibles help the Missus, good for her. That seems to be one of the few claimed benefits of legal pot that actually does occur. But there is a conflict between State law and Fed law on the matter of pot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 08:38 PM (C6xWR)

147 This is why my husband is extremely reluctant to do chemo. Actually, there are many reasons. However, he is still considering it as we look into other options. He knows he may have to do several rounds to get the metastases under control, while we give other protocols time to work.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 29, 2026 08:36 PM (FGA9/)
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It can be daunting. Getting the port put in, and then having to do the infusions is a bit of work. The first week wasn't bad, and right now they're trying to see if she's reacting to it or something else is going on.

I have to say that she's been binging on supplements and that could be the culprit. We'll just have to run it to ground.

The big thing is that once that chemo is in them, they will sweat it out, which I why I have a separate "infusion day" bed because I got sick just from being in the same bed on the first week. This week, I avoided it.

It was awful. Stuck in the den watching football on Saturday night. The horror.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:40 PM (ZOv7s)

148 Coming home today there was a Semi that had so much smoke coming out of both stacks you couldn't see the road behind him. I kept expecting to see flames but didn't.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2026 08:40 PM (QwZKw)

149 Everybody wanted to get rid of Jake Brakes.
"They're noisy."
Posted by: Reforger at September 29, 2026 08:34 PM (bXghQ)

There are some truckers who use the Jake brake just to get attention, but when it is not really needed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 08:42 PM (C6xWR)

150 There is a two handed technique for getting babies legs into strollers. Not sure why it's not employed more. Like these parents think the babies will automatically go into the proper position when being lifted into a stroller or seat.

Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 08:42 PM (SwyyQ)

151 Now that rats have invaded Alberta, they will commandeer AOP's fleet the minute he leaves for the USA. Best to at least remove the coil wires, Sir.

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at September 29, 2026 08:42 PM (Fn+3X)

152 133 Ace jumped on those allegations like Candace jumping on a freshly opened set of legs.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 08:21 PM (88C+u)
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Huh. Figures it happened when I was out and about. Dammit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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She's more of an opportunist than a sexually aroused lesbian.
If muff diving provides her with opportunity she's 100% otherwise the probability of asexual is high.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 08:42 PM (wljQY)

153 OT: looks like the pride of the AL-West ran up against a real team today

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 08:43 PM (88C+u)

154 If pot edibles help the Missus, good for her. That seems to be one of the few claimed benefits of legal pot that actually does occur. But there is a conflict between State law and Fed law on the matter of pot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 08:38 PM (C6xWR)
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You're telling a guy who was in the military with a clearance while his wife was using the stuff. I consulted with the JAGs and there was no problem, so long as I did not use.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)

155 There are some truckers who use the Jake brake just to get attention, but when it is not really needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 08:42 PM (C6xWR)

Yeah. Ruined it for everybody.

Posted by: Reforger at September 29, 2026 08:46 PM (bXghQ)

156 >>>Poor dog spends his days in a hospital staffed by babies

I liked where she gave the dog a c-section and delivered a cat.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 29, 2026 08:47 PM (syz1S)

157 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd --Thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 08:48 PM (XeU6L)

158 >>>Bad babies.

What you have to do is make them go out to the tree in back to pick a switch for you to whip them with.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 29, 2026 08:49 PM (syz1S)

159 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd --Thoughts and prayers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 08:48 PM (XeU6L)
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Thank you! It's very much helping.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

160 102 They are in the same polycule.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Orsen owns that word.
Posted by: From about That Time at September 29, 2026 08:11 PM (sl73Y)
_________________

Only used it twice. So, it's still on the market. The rule(s) is 3 times you own it...and 5 seconds or less on the floor, you eat it.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 08:51 PM (dIske)

161 This is Michigan. Fully legal. Anyone over 21 can buy as much as he wants.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Every paved road crossing the border from Indiana to michigan features at least 2 or 3 pot shops.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 08:51 PM (4HoLg)

162 My Dad was diagnosed with cancer on his ear a couple of years before he died. They said they'd have to do radiation, but Dad didn't want his brain irradiated. It was his decision. He died from a stroke, not the cancer at the age of 95.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 08:52 PM (l3cgK)

163 162 This is Michigan. Fully legal. Anyone over 21 can buy as much as he wants.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Every paved road crossing the border from Indiana to michigan features at least 2 or 3 pot shops.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 08:51 PM (4HoLg)

Kalifornia has plenty of pot places to purchase from.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 08:52 PM (l3cgK)

164 113 Big family?
Posted by: From about That Time

If about tying baby shoe laces together, yes, my parents had 16 grandkids, 11of which were very close in age.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 08:53 PM (NFX2v)

165
It would be interesting to know the number of breast cancer cases before women started using birth control pills.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:56 PM (/QHx4)

166 Kalifornia has plenty of pot places to purchase from.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

======

Could we entice you to take several thousand dumbass Hoosiers and obnoxious FIP's off our hands?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 08:56 PM (4HoLg)

167 159 >>>Bad babies.

What you have to do is make them go out to the tree in back to pick a switch for you to whip them with.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 29, 2026 08:49 PM (syz1S)

When they disobey, when they cry when you don't want them to, when they don't go to sleep when you want, get to beating the little bastards with a switch. For Jesus!

Posted by: Michael and Debi Perl at September 29, 2026 08:57 PM (TbWk/)

168 166
It would be interesting to know the number of breast cancer cases before women started using birth control pills.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:56 PM (/QHx4)

Or abortions on demand.

But nobody will tell you that because there is way too much money in both.

You see, giving birth causes women to be crazy and murder their kids, but messing with a woman's hormones artificially is just... well....

It must be hard to be that obtuse.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 08:58 PM (aeKVE)

169 167 Kalifornia has plenty of pot places to purchase from.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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Could we entice you to take several thousand dumbass Hoosiers and obnoxious FIP's off our hands?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 08:56 PM (4HoLg)

And add that to the homeless and the tweakers? You have to be kidding...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 08:59 PM (l3cgK)

170 >Coming home today there was a Semi that had so much smoke coming out of both stacks you couldn't see the road behind him.
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My rig's a little old, but that don't mean she's slow.

Posted by: A kiss stealin' wheelin' dealin' truck-drivin' sonofagun at September 29, 2026 08:59 PM (ZxPkt)

171 Only used it twice. So, it's still on the market. The rule(s) is 3 times you own it...and 5 seconds or less on the floor, you eat it.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 08:51 PM (dIske)

But not if you have a two second dog.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:00 PM (aeKVE)

172 166
It would be interesting to know the number of breast cancer cases before women started using birth control pills.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:56 PM (/QHx4)

It would be interesting to know if there's any correlation between taking fertility drugs and cancer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:01 PM (l3cgK)

173 When they disobey, when they cry when you don't want them to, when they don't go to sleep when you want, get to beating the little bastards with a switch. For Jesus!
Posted by: Michael and Debi Perl at September 29, 2026 08:57 PM (TbWk/)

My father was in favor of "giving you something to cry about." We didn't cry. Big girls don't cry, and I believe the age of "big" was about 2 years old.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:02 PM (aeKVE)

174 The top pic looks like the otter version of “The Scream.”

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

175 174 When they disobey, when they cry when you don't want them to, when they don't go to sleep when you want, get to beating the little bastards with a switch. For Jesus!
Posted by: Michael and Debi Perl at September 29, 2026 08:57 PM (TbWk/)

My father was in favor of "giving you something to cry about." We didn't cry. Big girls don't cry, and I believe the age of "big" was about 2 years old.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:02 PM (aeKVE)

When my kids said they were bored, I made them do math problems. Soon, they were NEVER bored...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:03 PM (l3cgK)

176 151 There is a two handed technique for getting babies legs into strollers. Not sure why it's not employed more. Like these parents think the babies will automatically go into the proper position when being lifted into a stroller or seat.
Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 08:42 PM (SwyyQ)

Nobody likes to be stuffed into a restraint system. These babies get props from me. Do not go quietly into that good night....

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:04 PM (aeKVE)

177 And add that to the homeless and the tweakers? You have to be kidding...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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Sigh

Understood. We'll keep 'em.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 09:04 PM (4HoLg)

178 It would be interesting to know the number of breast cancer cases before women started using birth control pills.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 08:56 PM (/QHx4)
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It's tough because people died of lots of other causes before cancer would appear. Childbirth was quite dangerous, and without antibiotics, a scratch could kill you.

There's an argument that tiny caliber weapons (which were common) were popular because *any* gunshot could be fatal - not right then, but a slow, lingering, painful death.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

179 The top pic looks like the otter version of “The Scream.”
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
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Spartan fans are reminded of the Michigan fan when they "had trouble with the snap!" in 2015.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)

180 Our girls wouldn't pick up after themselves. So... I saved a big cardboard box from something we got and would toss all their toys, clothes, dirty dishes in it if they didn't pick up after themselves. On the night before trash day I'd haul it down to the curb.

Only took twice before they got their shit together.

Losing clothes, toys, whatever.... yeah, that made an impression because we didn't replace any of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2026 09:07 PM (RORbl)

181
Introducing lab created drugs into one's system has to have a negative affect. I get it that a lot of drugs are helping people. No problem with that.

I would like to see more research results.

Of course we probably can't trust some research.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 09:07 PM (/QHx4)

182 Fight the power, babies.

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 09:09 PM (ZxPkt)

183 180 “Spartan fans?” Who are they?

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)

184 When my kids said they were bored, I made them do math problems. Soon, they were NEVER bored...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:03 PM (l3cgK)

We did math and poetry at the dinner table, frequently. We recited a lot of stuff, and did "pie radians" when dessert was on the table. That sort of incidental show-off smarts that leads to real learning.

My dad said that there was a good education to be had from our high school, but that we had it better than most because so many households didn't reinforce any of it. We had shelves of books, old and new, and a huge slide rule on the wall in the basement, and I knew how to hand draft long before I took it in high school. We got all the good magazines before they went to crap, like Scientific American and National Geographic. I'm utterly amazed at how little other families did to learn stuff.

We also had Chilton Manuals and fixed our own cars, had a full wood shop in the basement, and knew exactly how repair everything that broke. Nobody got paid to fix anything around our place.

I don't know how anyone survives without basic training and knowledge. I'm just not that smart, but I was trained.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:09 PM (aeKVE)

185 The talk of ATF reminded me that we are in a time of wonders and miracles regarding self defense and firearms law. Republicans have finally learned to use sue-and-settle, and it is glorious. DoJ is now writing regulations that declare various laws and regulations unconstitutional and therefore unenforceable.

The blue states keep passing retarded gun laws, defying SCOTUS, and SCOTUS has responded by *expanding* the scope of earlier rulings. Some of these cases are still being resolved and "nationalized" but the restrictions on suppressors and short-barreled rifles are legally a dead letter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)

186
There's an argument that tiny caliber weapons (which were common) were popular because *any* gunshot could be fatal - not right then, but a slow, lingering, painful death.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

__________

Tell me about it.

Posted by: James Garfield at September 29, 2026 09:10 PM (eRlcH)

187 184 180 “Spartan fans?” Who are they?
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)

I believe they are a lot like Minnesota ViQueen fans. Kinda pathetic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:11 PM (aeKVE)

188 183 Don Black, the power is overrated.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

189 Spartan fans are reminded of the Michigan fan when they "had trouble with the snap!" in 2015.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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I'm a proud UM alum, but that ranks up there as about the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 09:12 PM (4HoLg)

190 “Spartan fans?” Who are they?
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)
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Michigan State University Spartans. Arch-enemies of the University of Michigan Wolverines.

In 2015, Michigan was forced to punt with almost no time on the clock, but the snap was bad, and MSU picked up the ball and ran it into the endzone with zero time on the clock. Lots of videos but as the network camera got the crowd reaction a nerdy Wolverine had something close to that expression. They had the game and lost it.

They do that a lot. As Iowa about last weekend.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

191 189 183 Don Black, the power is overrated.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

Then again, when the power whips out a tit to feed you, you might want to get along a bit better. Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:13 PM (aeKVE)

192 I'm a proud UM alum, but that ranks up there as about the funniest thing I've ever seen.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 09:12 PM (4HoLg)
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Watched it live with a buddy and fellow grad. We were quietly resigned to our fate and then jumped up and all hell broke loose. Kids came downstairs worried that there was a fire.

By happy circumstance we had some champagne on hand. It was a good night.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

193 Michigan State University Spartans. Arch-enemies of the University of Michigan Wolverines.

In 2015, Michigan was forced to punt with almost no time on the clock, but the snap was bad, and MSU picked up the ball and ran it into the endzone with zero time on the clock. Lots of videos but as the network camera got the crowd reaction a nerdy Wolverine had something close to that expression. They had the game and lost it.

They do that a lot. As Iowa about last weekend.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

Wisconsin Badgers will inform you that Ann Arbor is a whore.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:14 PM (aeKVE)

194 The blue states keep passing retarded gun laws, defying SCOTUS, and SCOTUS has responded by *expanding* the scope of earlier rulings. Some of these cases are still being resolved and "nationalized" but the restrictions on suppressors and short-barreled rifles are legally a dead letter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)

Stupid is as Stupid does.

Posted by: Forrest, Forrest Gump at September 29, 2026 09:14 PM (l3cgK)

195 Only to wonder how many have already entered the country, and, why aren't we droning the asshole who are creating these fake passports?

@nypost
Chinese nationals busted in bizarre passport scheme at California airport

"Their account described a passport-for-passport exchange in Mexico. Wei and Lei allegedly said they bought the US passports from an unidentified person and surrendered their genuine Chinese passports to that same individual."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 09:16 PM (nEUC6)

196 “Spartan fans?” Who are they?
Posted by: Bulg

Oh, I know the answer to this one!

Posted by: Al Sharpton at September 29, 2026 09:17 PM (88C+u)

197 Wisconsin Badgers will inform you that Ann Arbor is a whore.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:14 PM (aeKVE)
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I want Minnesota to take care of business next weekend and get the Brown Jug back. Row the Boat!

You guys looked pretty good and we just lost our running back. Not great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:17 PM (ZOv7s)

198 Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:09 PM (aeKVE)

I was at Disneyland with the family. My elder child was around...4th grade. I was giving him problems involving adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators and he was doing it in his head. A guy saw it, said it was great, and asked what the answer was to one of the problems...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:18 PM (l3cgK)

199 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I did not see Part VII posted on your site. The series is of great interest to me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 09:18 PM (u82oZ)

200
Iowa beating Michigan as time expired is proof that God is just.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 09:19 PM (eRlcH)

201 Bulg, you mentioned emailing me. My addy is on ahlloyd.com. Click "About" and it's there.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)

202 I did not see Part VII posted on your site. The series is of great interest to me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 09:18 PM (u82oZ)
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Yeah, I'm behind. It's in draft, I plan on posting it tomorrow.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

203 You guys looked pretty good and we just lost our running back. Not great.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:17 PM (ZOv7s)

I don't quite qualify as a Badger, but DH was one for a couple of years, majoring in beer and pool, ergo no diploma. Plus, Badgers are a disease in Madison, and everything revolves around drinking before, during, and after a home game. The only time Camp Randall was overwhelmed by anything else, it was the Pink Floyd concert, which I heard but did not attend, since tickets started at something like $500. But I saw the pig, so there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:20 PM (aeKVE)

204 "Their account described a passport-for-passport exchange in Mexico. Wei and Lei allegedly said they bought the US passports from an unidentified person and surrendered their genuine Chinese passports to that same individual."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 09:16 PM (nEUC6)

And that, folks, is how modern slavery works in the United States...
It is a very common method. It's used to force foreign women and girls into prostitution.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:20 PM (l3cgK)

205 Iowa beating Michigan as time expired is proof that God is just.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 09:19 PM (eRlcH)
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Yep, and now they're 2-2 for the season.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:21 PM (ZOv7s)

206 Just for the record, I’m a VT guy now.

Go Hokies!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

207 A guy saw it, said it was great, and asked what the answer was to one of the problems...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:18 PM (l3cgK)

Why wouldn't you do that for your kid? I used to teach the boy to recite Ogden Nash when I drove him to school. "I eat my peas with honey...." etc. I'm not sure he was ready for Robert Service, but maybe if we spent more time on it.

And he learned fractions by cooking with me. Nothing like a glass measuring cup to teach adding odd fractions.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:23 PM (aeKVE)

208 Watched it live with a buddy and fellow grad. We were quietly resigned to our fate and then jumped up and all hell broke loose. Kids came downstairs worried that there was a fire.

By happy circumstance we had some champagne on hand. It was a good night.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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I watched with a Sparty friend. Before the snap I said - buffs nails - the only way they can lose is if the punter puts the ball into the air.

He still credits me for it happening.

There's a school of thought that UM kept their gunners split out because Jim Harbaugh, asshole that he is, had called for a fake punt. The punter, tasked with getting off a pass, panicked when he mishandled the snap, and forgot that he could just fall on the ball.

True? Maybe . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 09:23 PM (4HoLg)

209 201 A. H., I have absolutely no recollection of that.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:24 PM (77rzZ)

210 I don't quite qualify as a Badger, but DH was one for a couple of years, majoring in beer and pool, ergo no diploma. Plus, Badgers are a disease in Madison, and everything revolves around drinking before, during, and after a home game. The only time Camp Randall was overwhelmed by anything else, it was the Pink Floyd concert, which I heard but did not attend, since tickets started at something like $500. But I saw the pig, so there's that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:20 PM (aeKVE,
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I've been to Madison on business, and it's a neat college town. Of course, that was before St. George Floyd martyred himself, so things may not be as cool.

Michigan State is a couple of miles from the Capitol, in a different city (Lansing vs East Lansing) so it's a bit more sheltered.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)

211
Those damn evil Chinese are coming at us in every way possible and it will take serious prevention to stop them. Did anyone read Christopher Rufo's latest? They've bought a pot farm in California and they're using illegal pesticides and shyte on the plants. The plan is to make Americans sick. Maybe kill us. We need to start excluding them from every damn thing. Yes, I said Exclusion.

Beware the medibles, folks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 09:25 PM (mmrXZ)

212 A. H., I have absolutely no recollection of that.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 09:24 PM (77rzZ)
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Maybe it was someone else! I am easily confused.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

213 Beware the medibles, folks.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 09:25 PM (mmrXZ)
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Always buy local. Michigan is the Texas of the North. We label our produce because reasons. And yes, in-state pot is the stuff people want.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:27 PM (ZOv7s)

214 Punt Bama punt or go ahead and try the long field goal, Nik.
Don’t take Moby Dick seriously.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2026 09:28 PM (T8bqm)

215 /adjusts tinfoil hat to jaunty angle

The early 70s TV program Kung Fu was a CCP OP.

Posted by: davidt at September 29, 2026 09:28 PM (Q+gd/)

216 There's a school of thought that UM kept their gunners split out because Jim Harbaugh, asshole that he is, had called for a fake punt. The punter, tasked with getting off a pass, panicked when he mishandled the snap, and forgot that he could just fall on the ball.

True? Maybe . . .
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 09:23 PM (4HoLg)
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The greatest cheater in college football history is currently 0-3 with a brutal schedule ahead of him.

Guy would have been fired in 2020 if Ohio State boat-raced him yet again, but the team got sick. So sad.

And then the cheat began...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)

217 Madison is... a mess. I refer to it as the Soviet Socialist Republic of Madison. It is full of militant lesbians, some of whom have a lot of money and influence (Tammy Baldwin, anyone?). Mix that with alcoholic undergrads, "intersectional" assholes, and a bunch of aged hippies, and you get the rabid "protestors" that ravaged the Capitol Building under Scott Walker, where they took Sharpies to the ancient marbles and banged on drums 24/7. It is also in the most beautiful setting, between two gorgeous lakes, and has the oddest funding sources, so it avoids things like downturns in the economy, and you get a great deal of silliness and oddity.

I don't particularly miss it, but it was entertaining.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:29 PM (aeKVE)

218 >>> are legally a dead letter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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What about shotguns?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 09:29 PM (wljQY)

219 Always buy local. Michigan is the Texas of the North. We label our produce because reasons. And yes, in-state pot is the stuff people want.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Now we know why the Green Giant was so jolly!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 09:30 PM (C6xWR)

220 The early 70s TV program Kung Fu was a CCP OP.
Posted by: davidt at September 29, 2026 09:28 PM (Q+gd/)
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Counterpoint: it was a Taiwanese OP, because the CCP at that point had declared war on its past.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:30 PM (ZOv7s)

221 How much of post partum is due to birth control? It does seems strange that is often liberal women who complain the most about post partum. Like maybe they want to get back focused on their career, no more kids, so on the pill they go again.

I dunno, this is wild speculation. But I know from just taking shit like ashwanganda (or now NAC) has radically altered my responses to things when there are other factors.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 09:31 PM (zZu0s)

222 What about shotguns?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 09:29 PM (wljQY)
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I think those are in a different class. That being said, the .410/.45 Long Colt loophole has been out there for 30 years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:32 PM (ZOv7s)

223 Ryan Day lost those games. The only cheating was Day getting paid to coach those last few games.
Underwood is the worst Michigan QB in 20 years.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2026 09:32 PM (T8bqm)

224 Harbaugh has two problems: his OC is a fruitcake pothead and Justin Herbert is not Josh Allen.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2026 09:35 PM (T8bqm)

225 Bee
Hegseth orders any military personnel with Low T be Transferred to the Navy

Sent my son (ex Navy) that and he said,

Think about it. It's the manliest sex you can have!

Posted by: MkY at September 29, 2026 09:37 PM (q6tQZ)

226 I dunno, this is wild speculation. But I know from just taking shit like ashwanganda (or now NAC) has radically altered my responses to things when there are other factors.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 09:31 PM (zZu0s)

The latest murderous bitch did not have enough pharmaceuticals in her system to affect much of anything, regardless of what her "lawyer" maintained. She had the sads, I assume because she had changed her mind about having kids. She was going through who knows what, but she also had daycare for her kids, relatives who spelled her, and a husband who was getting her help. She just wanted to not have kids, so she killed them. She is evil.

No way to interpret that any other way.

I think many women have weird experiences after giving birth. Hell, I had a bit of meltdown after adopting my son, not related to hormones at all. It's a lot of work, you can't really be prepared for it, and it can be overwhelming. At no time did I consider harming my son. At no time did I consider NOT asking for help. Being sad is not the same as losing your mind.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:38 PM (aeKVE)

227 Ryan Day lost those games. The only cheating was Day getting paid to coach those last few games.
Underwood is the worst Michigan QB in 20 years.
Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2026 09:32 PM (T8bqm)
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No, the NCAA was pretty clear that they cheated, and while many people (including me) expected them to vacate the games, there was no precedent for doing so.

I think the assumption was that U-M would do the right thing and not claim wins tainted by cheating. You know, Leaders And Best, but Michigan is awash in scandal, always another one emerging, and apparently incapable of self-correction.

They're up to half a billion dollars in settlements with no end in sight. The Matt Weiss thing could push them to a full billion, maybe more. Sad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)

228 At no time did I consider NOT asking for help. Being sad is not the same as losing your mind.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 29, 2026 09:38 PM (aeKVE)

To be fair, you are 'probably' not a psychopath addicted to social media.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

229 Sent my son (ex Navy) that and he said,

Think about it. It's the manliest sex you can have!
Posted by: MkY at September 29, 2026 09:37 PM (q6tQZ)
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It is said that sailors invented sex, but it was Marines who introduced it to women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

230 Think about it. It's the manliest sex you can have!
Posted by: MkY at September 29, 2026 09:37 PM (q6tQZ)

Right!

Posted by: ace and garrett at September 29, 2026 09:42 PM (zZu0s)

231 To be fair, you are 'probably' not a psychopath addicted to social media.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)
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This is nothing new. Magna Mater. Cybele. The mother who consumes her children. It goes waaay back.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

232 220 The early 70s TV program Kung Fu was a CCP OP.
Posted by: davidt at September 29, 2026 09:28 PM (Q+gd/)
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Counterpoint: it was a Taiwanese OP, because the CCP at that point had declared war on its past.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:30 PM (ZOv7s)

"Who controls the Past controls the Future."
The CCP did a bang-up job of erasing large swaths of inconvenient history, but they weren't the first to do this in China...emperor Qin Shi Huang did it to Confucian texts he didn't want around way back in the 200s BC/BCE...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:44 PM (l3cgK)

233 229 Sent my son (ex Navy) that and he said,

Think about it. It's the manliest sex you can have!
Posted by: MkY at September 29, 2026 09:37 PM (q6tQZ)
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It is said that sailors invented sex, but it was Marines who introduced it to women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

Muslims invented condoms; Europeans removed it from the goats and sheep first.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:46 PM (l3cgK)

234 "Who controls the Past controls the Future."
The CCP did a bang-up job of erasing large swaths of inconvenient history, but they weren't the first to do this in China...emperor Qin Shi Huang did it to Confucian texts he didn't want around way back in the 200s BC/BCE...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:44 PM (l3cgK)
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Yep, I cover that in Walls of Men.

The thing is, the CCP then reversed course, and is now hyping Chinese Imperial history because class solidarity only gets you so far. Just like the Soviets embraced the Great Patriotic War.

The funny part is dissidents putting Xi Jinping in Mandarin Imperial regalia.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

235 This is nothing new. Magna Mater. Cybele. The mother who consumes her children. It goes waaay back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

I maintain that a parent who kills their own innocent child is a worse monster than a predator that rapes and kills a stranger's child. Predators predate, it's what they do. And for that we should kill them out of hand. But a parent who kills their own child is also betraying a sacred trust.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 09:47 PM (C6xWR)

236
I think the assumption was that U-M would do the right thing and not claim wins tainted by cheating. You know, Leaders And Best, but Michigan is awash in scandal, always another one emerging, and apparently incapable of self-correction.

They're up to half a billion dollars in settlements with no end in sight. The Matt Weiss thing could push them to a full billion, maybe more. Sad.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

====

It was a long time ago, and people conveniently forget - but when that asshole was hired, there were internal voices pointing out that he was only coming to Ann Arbor to stay on the NFL's radar, that this was anything but a local boy coming home to save the day, and that he'd do anything it took toget back to the NFL.

Self-disciplining would have vindicated that crowd, and there's no way the arrogant asses in the athletic department could allow that.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2026 09:48 PM (4HoLg)

237 Muslims invented condoms; Europeans removed it from the goats and sheep first.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:46 PM (l3cgK)
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Hmm, I'd tighten that down a bit.

"Muslims invented condoms made from animal guts. Europeans came up with the idea of removing it from the animals."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

238 234 "Who controls the Past controls the Future."
The CCP did a bang-up job of erasing large swaths of inconvenient history, but they weren't the first to do this in China...emperor Qin Shi Huang did it to Confucian texts he didn't want around way back in the 200s BC/BCE...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:44 PM (l3cgK)
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Yep, I cover that in Walls of Men.

The thing is, the CCP then reversed course, and is now hyping Chinese Imperial history because class solidarity only gets you so far. Just like the Soviets embraced the Great Patriotic War.

The funny part is dissidents putting Xi Jinping in Mandarin Imperial regalia.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

Or the book about the worst Chinese Emperor in history, and that book being banned because it ran with so many parallels to Winnie the Xi...
FYI, the book is "Chongzhen: the Diligent Emperor of a Failed Dynasty": "The book describes the reign of last emperor of the Ming dynasty. It described how the king purged senior officials and mismanaged his kingdom and as the rebels closed in on Beijing, hung himself on a tree outside the Forbidden City."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:49 PM (l3cgK)

239 Yes, should be hanged, not hung. Reporters don't know grammar.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 09:50 PM (l3cgK)

240
Lol AHL!!

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 09:50 PM (/QHx4)

241 I maintain that a parent who kills their own innocent child is a worse monster than a predator that rapes and kills a stranger's child. Predators predate, it's what they do. And for that we should kill them out of hand. But a parent who kills their own child is also betraying a sacred trust.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 09:47 PM (C6xWR)
---
My point is that infanticide is nothing new, and these derangements have a spiritual element, though we have been trained not to pay attention to it.

The flood of support and validation tells us that the ancient demons are still out there and working diligently to degrade and defile humanity.

The whole tranny thing is very much of Cybele - men castrating themselves in orgiastic rites. Wild to see it make such a strong comeback.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)

242 Nood!!!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at September 29, 2026 09:52 PM (DK5Sh)

243 179 It's tough because people died of lots of other causes before cancer would appear. Childbirth was quite dangerous, and without antibiotics, a scratch could kill you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 29, 2026 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

Antibiotics were probably the greatest invention of the 20th century, based on the millions of lives saved around the world.

Posted by: Joemarine at September 29, 2026 09:52 PM (y171U)

244 I maintain that a parent who kills their own innocent child is a worse monster than a predator that rapes and kills a stranger's child. Predators predate, it's what they do. And for that we should kill them out of hand. But a parent who kills their own child is also betraying a sacred trust.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

So tell me more about the love that you rejected
Tell me more about the trust you disrespected
I still don't know
Why did you hurt the very one
Why did you hurt the very one
That you should have protected?

https://youtu.be/AlIs2_DIG2w

Posted by: Marillion at September 29, 2026 09:53 PM (VHUov)

245 Where are those whales again?

Just thought I should consider that before signing up for the church's spring trip to Alaska.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (NFX2v)

246 245 Where are those whales again?

Just thought I should consider that before signing up for the church's spring trip to Alaska.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 09:59 PM (NFX2v)

Las Vegas has lots of whales...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 10:00 PM (l3cgK)

247 246. Las Vegas has lots of whales...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

😳. Say what?!

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 10:02 PM (NFX2v)

Quick Hits

Seattle passes bill to make polyamorous fruitcakes and whores a protected class.

Of course.

So the law will stop landowners from refusing to rent to sleazy smelly polycules with rotating homeless bang-bums.

Seattle passed a measure on Tuesday to extend civil rights protections to non-monogamous people and multigenerational households, and recognize additional sexual orientations and gender identities as protected classes under local law. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the bill.
As the largest city yet to pass such a law, Seattle joins a growing group of local governments acknowledging non-monogamous and polyamorous people as frequent subjects of housing and workplace discrimination, and in need of commensurate protection. Boston suburbs Cambridge and Somerville, and Berkeley and Oakland in California's Bay Area, have previously passed similar policies; Seattle is the 10th city to do so. Advocates say the efforts help local governments serve the many family structures that actually exist, not just the ones that are easy to define.
Research cited by the city council suggests that 10-20% of North Americans have engaged in consensual non-monogamy during their lives, while 5% are currently non-monogamous. More than 50% of respondents to a 2018 academic survey reported experiencing discrimination due to their consensual non-monogamous practices, including in medical settings, workplaces and family court.
Local advocate Jessa Davis helped spearhead the grassroots movement to enact a bill in Seattle after her partner experienced job discrimination in August 2024 due to her non-monogamy. Davis said the experience exposed which forms of discrimination were still "not illegal" in Seattle, even as targeting her partner "based on her sexual orientation or her gender identity or political ideology" would have been "covered in Seattle".
Following engagement with advocates, Seattle's Human Rights Commission penned an open letter in December 2025 in favor of a bill to address discrimination "on the basis of family and relationship structure" and to close "loopholes that currently allow exclusion, harassment, and denial of opportunity to persist unchecked".

"Decarceration" comes to Main Street USA.

EDGEWOOD, Pennsylvania -- The Evans family threw a Halloween party every year in their backyard on Linden Avenue. Neighbor Jeannine Fisher, who lives a few doors down, told WPXI, the local NBC affiliate, that she remembers "tons of people and kids" there. She also remembers the first time she met Idris Evans: He helped carry her groceries from down the street to her house.
It's the kind of street where that still happens. It's also the kind of street where people don't think much about whether the kitchen window is open on a warm September night.
Just after midnight on Thursday, police say someone came through that window.
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Evans, 46, and his wife, Gina, woke up in their third-floor bedroom to find a man in his underwear attacking them with a kitchen knife. Gina Evans later told police, according to the criminal complaint, that the man was "psychotic" and kept talking about God and being God. She yelled for their boys, 8 and 12, to run to a neighbor's house, and they did. Then, badly wounded, she ran to another neighbor's house herself.
Her husband died in the hospital. He was a pediatric critical care physician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; co-medical director of its pediatric transport team, the doctors who go get the sickest children by helicopter and ambulance; and an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Police found the suspect hiding in the overgrown part of neighbor Sandra Trappen's garden, bleeding from deep cuts on his hands.
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"This is not a place, you know, where you would generally feel fearful," Trappen said.
His name is Elijah Hemingway. He is 32 and from Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood. He is charged with criminal homicide, attempted homicide, burglary, and aggravated assault. He is presumed innocent.
What has unsettled people well beyond this block is what came out over the next 72 hours. Hemingway had been arrested in Allegheny County in July on a felony burglary charge and released without posting a dime. He had spent most of 2025 in a Florida jail and a court-ordered mental-health commitment after allegedly beating a girlfriend and fighting sheriff's deputies. And on Saturday, county police charged him with raping a woman on a footpath in Wilkinsburg, a working-class borough bordering Pittsburgh, about 14 hours before the Evans family was attacked.

Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her cross-dressing "bimbofication" husband. If you forgot that scandal, he would dress like a girl while wearing ludicrously oversized prosthetic breasts.

Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband Bryon, citing irreconcilable differences months after a bombshell report detailed his affinity for "bimbofication" fetish models.
The former South Dakota governor and Homeland Security secretary filed Monday in Hamlin County Court in her home state.
The couple have been married since 1992 and have three children: daughters Kassidy, 31, Kennedy, 29, and son Booker, 23. Kassidy and Kennedy both have children of their own.
In late March, days after Noem was fired as DHS chief by President Trump, the Daily Mail reported that Bryon Noem regularly chatted up women from the so-called "bimbofication" scene, in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a "Barbie doll"-like appearance.
Citing "hundreds" of messages sent to three models, the Mail reported that Byron Noem said he coveted "huge, huge ridiculous boobs" -- and even shared a photo of himself wearing pink hot pants and a flesh-colored, well-endowed bodysuit.
A rep for Noem told The Post at the time that she was "devastated" by the revelation, adding: "The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time."

Nancy French reportedly sighed and said, "What I would do to have a manly husband like that."

These people are not our friends.

Martha Raddatz telling JD Vance that only �a handful� of Venezuelan gangs took over apartments in CO., was not the own she thought it was. pic.twitter.com/8OoAznHe4t
— Bob Loblaw 🇺🇸 (@1BobLoblaw) September 29, 2026

Helen Joyce
@HJoyceGender
The last "woman" to be executed in the US is actually a man. I cannot express how tired I am of this. Nothing makes media outlets write this sort of nonsense, even if governments promote it. What happened to speaking truth to power? https://thetimes.com/article/0d5029

Wesley Yang
@wesyang
Scott McLaughlin stalked, raped and stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death. He was executed by the state of Missouri in 2023. He was not a woman. He was a man. He was a man when he stalked, raped, and murdered his ex-girlfried. He was a man while waiting on death row for his execution.
The Times of London calls him a woman because he began calling himself a woman named Amber while he was in prison. But calling yourself a woman when you are a man does not make you woman. A man who calls himself a woman remains a man who calls himself a woman.
The state of Missouri kept him housed in a men's maximum security prison while awaiting his execution. They allowed him to start taking estrogen in prison because of a successful lawsuit by another male prisoner demanding the right to take estrogen in prison. Taking estrogen did not make Scott McLaughlin a woman. A man who injects himself with estrogen remains a man.
If Scott McLaughlin had never stalked, raped, and murdered his ex-girlfriend, if he had declared himself to be a woman while being a duly employed citizen in good standing and not while a death row inmate, he would still have been a man. Scott McLaughlin was not a woman because he was an adult human male. Because he was an adult human male, he was a man. A man is an adult human male. All adult human males are men. No adult human males are women.

Scott McLaughlin stalked, raped and stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death. He was executed by the state of Missouri in 2023. He was not a woman. He was a man. He was a man when he stalked, raped, and murdered his ex-girlfried. He was a man while waiting on death row for his� https://t.co/QR5czTTHKU pic.twitter.com/pPcxs9RhFs
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) September 29, 2026

Meanwhile, many upper-income women have adopted a new fad in nail treatment. They're skipping the polish.

The BBC decided this must be racist, because it must be that white women are attempting to distinguish themselves from lower class women, particularly black women.

Has to be racist -- because literally every choice a white person makes throughout his or her day is racist, definitionally.

In recent months, artsy shots of glossy naked nails have been flooding social media and taking over fashion runways and red carpets, which some are viewing as the latest symbol of "quiet luxury".
But critics argue the bare nails trend actually says something about class, the hamster wheel of beauty standards, and who gets to define what is considered tasteful.
Nail art's historical and creative roots are linked back to black, Latino, and Asian communities and the suggestion that bare nails are now a sign of high status could stigmatise bold manicures, they say.
"That trend really promotes blankness and this kind of sameness and erasure of culture and identity that is so important to black and brown communities," beauty journalist Kristina Rodulfo tells the BBC.

They deleted the article due to the backlash, but left up the tweet promoting the New Racism Detected article:

Can�t even talk about nails without bringing up race and white supremacy, you absolute fucking melts. And you wonder why your funding is going down the drain. Pratts.
— Murdocke (@murdocke) September 26, 2026

This is partly due to racism -- and partly due to leftwing women's demand that they be validated and praised by everyone else for literally every single trivial thing they do. If some women aren't doing the exact same thing they are doing, then that's not validation -- in fact, that's a covert attack, which must be answered with blistering attempts at cancellation.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:00 PM

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1 Smack!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 06:02 PM (W2Pud)

2 And YEET!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 06:02 PM (W2Pud)

3 I have short, clean, unpolished nails because I touch patients EVERY DAY and no one wants those nasty germ ridden claws touching them. Do
You know how much filth and grime live under this things?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 06:03 PM (W2Pud)

4 Hey-o!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2026 06:05 PM (4KUe5)

5 Proud of my white superior nails with no polish.

I wish someone would say, "Well, Martha, bless your heart." While thinking she doesn't have one.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 06:05 PM (hzuYO)

6 I have grease and grime for fingers

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 29, 2026 06:05 PM (jrgJz)

7 "Seattle passes bill to make polyamorous fruitcakes and whores a protected class."

protected class is a completely made up term that now unfortunately has legal meaning. It's just like the liberals completely made up the right to an abortion as a constitutional right.

Hopefully scotus will smack down and eliminate the term protected class from law just like they did with the right to an abortion.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 06:07 PM (I43vL)

8 Meh. Seattle is just trying to be edgy.

Honestly, it’s all virtue signaling and very few people care.

It’s all a distraction from the Epstein files.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 06:08 PM (W2Pud)

9 " literally every choice a white person makes throughout his or her day is racist, definitionally"

I've known this for years now.
next time I care will also be the first.

"hate us and want us dead"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2026 06:10 PM (VyBeY)

10 Bob Dole endorses Elric The Blade. Bob Dole approved this message.

Posted by: Bob Dole at September 29, 2026 06:10 PM (xg/DD)

11 I have short, clean, unpolished nails because ...

The day that I have to defend my nails has not come and will not any time soon.

Oy vay, what has become of us that we need to respond to such nonsense?

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (F3Dlr)

12 I've finished testing my multi-agent setup. Works pretty damn well.

It consists of an 64GB M4 Max as "The Architect" doing the high level reasoning, a minisforum ms-01 with an rtx a2000e with 16gb pf vram as the main coding platform and an i7 with an rtx a2000 6gb vram card running scripts and text vectorization.

Basically a local version of chatGPT for augmenting my ERP devlopment and other projects.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (XV/Pl)

13 Melts and Pratts?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)

14 The point of the bare nails story to make sure whites can do NOTHING without as it being declared white supremacy. Can’t be on time, do math, hike, read to your kids you guys - that makes you ultra-extreme-righting nazi raaacist!

We get no “safe space.”

It’s like climate change - there’s nothing that can’t be attributed to it, just like our inherent, permanent all-encompassing white supremacy. Gah!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (4KUe5)

15 13 Melts and Pratts?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)
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Wankers, Limey Ginks?

Posted by: Beats me at September 29, 2026 06:13 PM (xg/DD)

16 Polyamorous? Is that someone who can't keep his fly zipped?

Posted by: Randy Senior Citizen.. at September 29, 2026 06:13 PM (Fn+3X)

17 England hit rock bottom, finally.

They arrested a 92 year old widow in her bunny slippers for calling Burnham a bastard or something.

https://tinyurl.com/2wdyj6ub

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 06:13 PM (CnE10)

18 I have short polished nails. I like nail polish. I always choose tasteful colors. No nail art for me.

Posted by: Tuna at September 29, 2026 06:13 PM (lJ0H4)

19
I thought the nail thing was a joke at first.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 06:13 PM (/QHx4)

20 beauty journalist Kristina Rodulfo

Beauty Journalist? Who do you have to blow to get that silly gig?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 06:14 PM (wzoIG)

21
C'mon Y'all! Time to put on your Talarico pants and Dance!!!

https://tinyurl.com/482s3vms

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 06:14 PM (YSUhf)

22 What makes us have to respond is fatigue.

Enough with this crap, we see the op.
It’s like Radio Rwanda, continuously dehumanizing us so that it’s easier to kill us, should that moment arrive.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2026 06:14 PM (4KUe5)

23
Polyamorous? Is that someone who can't keep his fly zipped?
Posted by: Randy Senior Citizen

Parrot love

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:15 PM (Cqx++)

24 England hit rock bottom, finally.

They arrested a 92 year old widow in her bunny slippers for calling Burnham a bastard or something.

It's the Gunpowder Plot all over again.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 06:15 PM (wzoIG)

25 >>>ludicrously oversized prosthetic breasts.

Boobs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)

26 Living or work in a city that hates normals is short sighted.

Looking at Seattle.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2026 06:16 PM (NnhvP)

27 If you're a Leftist and can't find something legitimate to complain about, make something up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

28 Local advocate Jessa Davis helped spearhead the grassroots movement to enact a bill in Seattle after her partner experienced job discrimination in August 2024 due to her non-monogamy.

I'm going to guess "partner" tried to put too many un-related non-minor "dependents" on its health insurance.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:16 PM (vJrRc)

29 >>The BBC decided this must be racist, because it must be that white women are attempting to distinguish themselves from lower class women,....

Other ways many white women are "racist"..
- Not wearing wigs
- Not weighing 300 lbs.
- Tipping.
- Only having one baby daddy, and he is husband
- Using English to name their kids
- "inside voice"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:16 PM (+UEwf)

30 25 >>>ludicrously oversized prosthetic breasts.

Boobs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)

Falsies

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

31 Nail art's historical and creative roots are linked back to black, Latino, and Asian communities and the suggestion that bare nails are now a sign of high status could stigmatise bold manicures, they say.

Okay, given that, I don't see the problem with white women not wearing fancy nails.

Can't be culturally appropriative now, can we?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:17 PM (vJrRc)

32 ***More than 50% of respondents to a 2018 academic survey reported experiencing discrimination due to their consensual non-monogamous practices, including in medical settings, workplaces and family court.***
---

They were being discriminated against while having group sex
in medical facilities and in the court house. What? Go to the end
of the line or Wait your turn.
Wow

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (wljQY)

33 When my wife's hair fell out the first time due to chemo, she was able to get wigs to cover her head, listed as "cranial prosthetics"...wouldn't a cranial prosthetic be a fake cranium? We both laughed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

34 14 The point of the bare nails story to make sure whites can do NOTHING without as it being declared white supremacy. Can’t be on time, do math, hike, read to your kids you guys - that makes you ultra-extreme-righting nazi raaacist!

We get no “safe space.”

It’s like climate change - there’s nothing that can’t be attributed to it, just like our inherent, permanent all-encompassing white supremacy. Gah!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (4KUe5)

Next we'll be told white women using clear nail polish is culturally appropriating a custom of prehistoric aborigine women in Tasmania.

Posted by: Gref at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (5rh/l)

35 >>>Scott McLaughlin was not a woman because he was an adult human male. Because he was an adult human male, he was a man. A man is an adult human male. All adult human males are men. No adult human males are women.

Everyone look at the biologist!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (dK+Kv)

36 Other ways many white women are "racist"..
- Not wearing wigs
- Not weighing 300 lbs.
- Tipping.
- Only having one baby daddy, and he is husband
- Using English to name their kids
- "inside voice"

- Showing up on time
- Paying for your cosmetics
- knowing who your kids' daddy is

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (wzoIG)

37 Guy Fawkes, the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions

Posted by: an old joke, but still applies at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (88C+u)

38 gender identities
_________________________

Hi there. Just a simple question....to which gender identities does this law apply?

(the point being that laws that don't define and outline exclusively to determine to whom the law applies and addresses...really can't be enforced).

You could make shit up on the spot to gain advantage.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

39 Seattle passes bill to make polyamorous fruitcakes and whores a protected class.

Of course.

So the law will stop landowners from refusing to rent to sleazy smelly polycules with rotating homeless bang-bums.

With apologies to our Washington State morons, we need to dust off and nuke the Seattle area from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Next stop Portland at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (TbWk/)

40 Seattle passes bill to make polyamorous fruitcakes a protected class.

I had no idea that fruitcakes had active sex lives or needed to be protected. I never liked fruitcake😉 Please take care of yourself , Ace . Thanks for finding and writing about all this crazy stuff. I hope you find things to do to decompress. The cafe threads helps us with that. Thanks.

Off to read "The best of James Herriot" it makes me laugh .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (JrHfD)

41 I let my granddaughter paint my toenails 3 weeks ago after her 6th birthday party. I thought the stuff would wash off quickly...but no.
I do, however, get lots of compliments from women when I wear flip flops. I think they want a gay man to shop with or something.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

42 The guy deserved to be able executed for that look alone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (jivel)

43 The Dems using Soviet/Russian prosecutorial methodologies:

The quote “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime” is most commonly attributed to Andrey Vyshinsky, the Stalin‑era Soviet prosecutor who orchestrated the Moscow show trials.

Posted by: SMOD at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (aOPL9)

44 32 ***More than 50% of respondents to a 2018 academic survey reported experiencing discrimination due to their consensual non-monogamous practices, including in medical settings, workplaces and family court.***
---

They were being discriminated against while having group sex
in medical facilities and in the court house. What? Go to the end
of the line or Wait your turn.
Wow

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (wljQY)

No, they weren't allowed in as family because they weren't legally married...since, you know, polygamous and polyandrous marriages are illegal, for now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (l3cgK)

45 Eh. I could see women not wanting to get their nails done. But at the same time, that is a thing women 'do for themselves'. No guy is going to look at your nails and decide youre not the one.

I mean, unless they are really hideous.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 06:20 PM (zZu0s)

46 Nail art's historical and creative roots are linked back to black, Latino, and Asian communities and the suggestion that bare nails are now a sign of high status could stigmatise bold manicures, they say.

Okay, given that, I don't see the problem with white women not wearing fancy nails.

Can't be culturally appropriative now, can we?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:17 PM
(vJrRc)
----
The ultimate no-win scenario.

Go with plain nails and you are racist.

Go with fancy nails and you are culturally appropriative, which just so happens to also be racist.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 06:20 PM (FZ29D)

47 Posted by: SMOD at September 29, 2026 06:19 PM (aOPL9)

"Death of Stalin" has Laurence "Pedobear" Beria say this, or quote it

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 06:20 PM (88C+u)

48 More than 50% of respondents to a 2018 academic survey reported experiencing discrimination due to their consensual non-monogamous practices, including in medical settings, workplaces and family court.***
---

Every dude gets fucked in family court. It is known.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 06:20 PM (nESHF)

49 - knowing who your kids' daddy is

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (wzoIG)

There was a TV show called "Paternity Court", which I called "Who's Yo Daddy". Wife laughed at that one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:20 PM (l3cgK)

50 What's the saying? When everything is racist, that's your only hammer for nails.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 06:21 PM (47/pr)

51 When my wife's hair fell out the first time due to chemo, she was able to get wigs to cover her head, listed as "cranial prosthetics"...wouldn't a cranial prosthetic be a fake cranium? We both laughed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

Don't lose your fake head over it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:21 PM (dK+Kv)

52 37 Guy Fawkes, the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions

Posted by: an old joke, but still applies at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (88C+u)

And they still celebrate it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:21 PM (l3cgK)

53 He had spent most of 2025 in a Florida jail and a court-ordered mental-health commitment after allegedly beating a girlfriend and fighting sheriff's deputies.

Wow. It didn't take his therapist long at all to dose him up to murder.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 06:21 PM (OX0hA)

54 Byron might be a shoe-in with the Dems.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 06:22 PM (wWIcc)

55 The ick factor is, and should be, a valid political factor for voters to consider.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (4NO2D)

56 ***woke up in their third-floor bedroom to find a man in his underwear attacking them***
---

How did they find him? Like, with a flashlight?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (wljQY)

57 I thought the nail thing was a joke at first.
Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 06:13 PM (/QHx4)

Technically it is, however it is also the tyranny we live under if we accept their framing

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (rbvCR)

58 So, just out of curiosity, where did nail painting originate? I am guessing France. No Africa. Not Latinoland. Maybe China or Japan though.

Anyone know?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (+UEwf)

59 Just remove all your fingernails and toenails.

You'll be much happier then.

Posted by: AWFLs at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (YcOeP)

60 They've been interjecting critical theory into "beauty standards" and cosmetics and shit for ages now. Hair extensions, colors of foundations, eye makeup, false eyelashes, braids, and now nails. Cultural appropriation, racism, sexism, blah blah blah. Worthless intersectional scum grasping for relevancy. Shut the fuck up and drink a fatal dose of acetone already.

Posted by: So...fucking...tired of it at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (TbWk/)

61 They hold hands while they sleep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (Cqx++)

62 55 The ick factor is, and should be, a valid political factor for voters to consider.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (4NO2D)

They'd do better with more tentacles...

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (l3cgK)

63 There was a TV show called "Paternity Court", which I called "Who's Yo Daddy". Wife laughed at that one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:20 PM (l3cgK)

Meal-ticket bingo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (dK+Kv)

64 They hold hands while they sleep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (Cqx++)

The polyamorous fruitcakes and whores?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:25 PM (dK+Kv)

65 Maybe China or Japan though.

Anyone know?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Coloring the nails was allegedly a thing in ancient China.

Probably spread to Japan from there, if they didn't have a home-grown version of it.

No clue when people started in with colored laquer

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:25 PM (vJrRc)

66 58 So, just out of curiosity, where did nail painting originate? I am guessing France. No Africa. Not Latinoland. Maybe China or Japan though.

Anyone know?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (+UEwf)

AI sez: "Painted nails originated in ancient China around 3000 BCE, where people used a mixture of egg whites, gelatin, beeswax, and vegetable dyes to color their nails. Other early instances of nail coloring were found in ancient Egypt and Babylon, where different colors indicated social status."

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at September 29, 2026 06:25 PM (l3cgK)

67 So we all knew the left was going to legalize muslim polygamy but the question was how since in theory feminists HATE polygamy.

And now we have our answer. Legalize polycules with one land whale married to a few male losers. And when Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed then marries Aysha, Fatima, Laquisha and Karen he'll have an established legal precedent.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 06:25 PM (sKqQm)

68 58 So, just out of curiosity, where did nail painting originate? I am guessing France. No Africa. Not Latinoland. Maybe China or Japan though.

Anyone know?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Vietnam judging by the salons near here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 06:26 PM (nESHF)

69

Harry Callahan: When a naked man is chasing a woman through a dark alley with a butcher knife and a hard on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross.

The Mayor: I think he's got a point.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:26 PM (Cqx++)

70 Just remove all your fingernails and toenails.

You'll be much happier then.
Posted by: AWFLs at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (YcOeP)

I would gladly remove your fingernails and toenails. Slowly. With a pair of pliers.

Posted by: Be awful to AWFLs at September 29, 2026 06:26 PM (TbWk/)

71 off cephalopod appendage freak

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:26 PM (l3cgK)

72 Is there a limit to a polycule? Seattle government may find itself wanting to define a reasonable number of wives and husbands a city employee has in having beneficiaries.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 06:26 PM (47/pr)

73 ***His name is Elijah Hemingway
---

Missing from this story is the part where her husband called out, 'Elijah', the assailants name. They knew each other.
There are missing parts to this story.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:27 PM (wljQY)

74 So, just out of curiosity, where did nail painting originate? I am guessing France. No Africa. Not Latinoland. Maybe China or Japan though.

Anyone know?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Vietnam judging by the salons near here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

China around 3000BC

Posted by: Tuna at September 29, 2026 06:27 PM (lJ0H4)

75 AI says it was a french woman that mostly introduced modern nail painting in the 1920s

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 06:27 PM (sKqQm)

76 Well if they insist Whites are superior just go with it. That should make them happy.

Posted by: Case at September 29, 2026 06:27 PM (9+0gc)

77 64 They hold hands while they sleep.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:24 PM (Cqx++)

The polyamorous fruitcakes and whores?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:25 PM (dK+Kv)

At Christmastime, I only buy the regular fruitcakes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:27 PM (l3cgK)

78 Is there a limit to a polycule? Seattle government may find itself wanting to define a reasonable number of wives and husbands a city employee has in having beneficiaries./i]

Get a gubmint job

Charge $20 to add someone to your health insurance family plan by polyculing them

Profit

And this time the underwear gnomes are onto something

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 06:28 PM (sKqQm)

79 72 Is there a limit to a polycule? Seattle government may find itself wanting to define a reasonable number of wives and husbands a city employee has in having beneficiaries.
Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 06:26 PM (47/pr)
------------
I think we can be of service.

Posted by: Your friendly local Imam at September 29, 2026 06:28 PM (xg/DD)

80 58 So, just out of curiosity, where did nail painting originate? I am guessing France. No Africa. Not Latinoland. Maybe China or Japan though.

Anyone know?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (+UEwf)

_____________________

I'm going to guess the the Kidney Disease Ward somewhere. Kidney disease makes your fingernails two-tone pink and white. Some alcoholic there for dyalysis thought..."Hey, there's money in this!"

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 06:28 PM (dIske)

81 What didn't originate in China?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:28 PM (Cqx++)

82 72 Is there a limit to a polycule? Seattle government may find itself wanting to define a reasonable number of wives and husbands a city employee has in having beneficiaries.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 06:26 PM (47/pr)

I would tell you, but it involves M-A-T-H...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:28 PM (l3cgK)

83 At Christmastime, I only buy the regular fruitcakes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:27 PM (l3cgK)

If you're the only one that eats it, does that make it monogamous fruitcake?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (dK+Kv)

84 So, just out of curiosity, where did nail painting originate? I am guessing France. No Africa. Not Latinoland. Maybe China or Japan though.

Anyone know?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:23 PM (+UEwf)

Don't know about coloring, but I think the super long nails thing started in Imperial China, as an indication of royalty. It made it impossible to work with your hands and showed you weren't one of those filthy peasants who had to work with his hands. It might have just been the emperor who did the nail thing but it's been ages since I read that little factoid.

Posted by: Nailed it at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (TbWk/)

85 Keep my nails trimmed super close. Always have. Guy thing I guess. Cannot imagine putting polish on them. Again, guy thing. How do women manage long nails, have no idea. Seems pretty limiting.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar8)

86 Most violent crime comes from a dedicated 1% or so.

Remove them from society via prison or the death penalty and crime will go down

Let them roam free and crime will go up

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (sKqQm)

87 81 What didn't originate in China?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:28 PM (Cqx++)

Blacks. Whites.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

88 Martha Raddatz must work to present herself as ugly as she appears.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (wljQY)

89 85 Keep my nails trimmed super close. Always have. Guy thing I guess. Cannot imagine putting polish on them. Again, guy thing. How do women manage long nails, have no idea. Seems pretty limiting.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar

Ever watch a woman with 2" fingernails type?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

90 Activists trying to destroy the nail salon business?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (wWIcc)

91 Jessa Davis helped spearhead the grassroots movement to enact a bill in Seattle after her partner experienced job discrimination in August 2024 due to her non-monogamy"

The bovine excrement stinks all the way to here...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (WYc5K)

92 Nutcase and fruitcakes overtook Minorities as #1 protected class
Ha ha

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (Ia/+0)

93 Okay, what’s a polycule? Is this something I should know about?

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (Gqar8)

94 "It’s like Radio Rwanda, continuously dehumanizing us so that it’s easier to kill us, should that moment arrive."

which is why Happy Fun J-Frame goes everywhere with me

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2026 06:31 PM (VyBeY)

95 If you're the only one that eats it, does that make it monogamous fruitcake?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (dK+Kv)

How many gammas are in it normally

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 06:31 PM (rbvCR)

96 83 At Christmastime, I only buy the regular fruitcakes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:27 PM (l3cgK)

If you're the only one that eats it, does that make it monogamous fruitcake?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (dK+Kv)

Hmm...I'm generally the only one that does eat it...might also explain my weight gain...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:31 PM (l3cgK)

97 89 85 Keep my nails trimmed super close. Always have. Guy thing I guess. Cannot imagine putting polish on them. Again, guy thing. How do women manage long nails, have no idea. Seems pretty limiting.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar

Ever watch a woman with 2" fingernails type?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

Nope. I imagine it’s entertaining.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (Gqar8)

98 Having fancy nails is another thing women do to impress each other.

I don't even notice when the GF gets hers done.

And I gotta imagine having long nails is annoying when you are trying to do anything with precision

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (sKqQm)

99 Spouse of 40 years has never painted her nails. Who knew she was on the cutting edge of a trend?

Posted by: RS at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (GYx3d)

100 Coloring the nails was allegedly a thing in ancient China.

Probably spread to Japan from there, if they didn't have a home-grown version of it.

No clue when people started in with colored laquer
Posted by: FeatherBlade
-------------------
I should keep quiet but I can't help myself.

10 years ago, I would just check wikipedia.

However, China has an active program to saturate wikipedia and now all historical writing with made up bullshit about how China invented everything. I used to get annoyed because their evidence was always very very thin, and mostly lies.

I don't know if it came from China as people are saying, or if that is just another example. Anyway, thanks.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (+UEwf)

101 respondents to a 2018 academic survey reported"

Hmm. So more BS...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (WYc5K)

102 I also, had my nails done.

Posted by: Barrabus at September 29, 2026 06:33 PM (YcOeP)

103 I dozed off at work. Not even deskcycling is keeping me awake.

I'm going to blame the soothing voice of the podcaster I'm listening to and take no responsibility for my own failure to go to bed before midnight.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:33 PM (vJrRc)

104 97 89 85 Keep my nails trimmed super close. Always have. Guy thing I guess. Cannot imagine putting polish on them. Again, guy thing. How do women manage long nails, have no idea. Seems pretty limiting.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar

Ever watch a woman with 2" fingernails type?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

Nope. I imagine it’s entertaining.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (Gqar

https://youtu.be/gVhf6JBFawU

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

105 Ever watch a woman with 2" fingernails type?..."

The DMV lady?

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:33 PM (WYc5K)

106 THERE. ARE. FOUR. GAMMAS.

Posted by: Jean Luc Piggggard at September 29, 2026 06:34 PM (rbvCR)

107 Okay, what’s a polycule? "

It's polly with a cracker and a speech impediment...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:34 PM (WYc5K)

108 Jessa Davis helped spearhead the grassroots movement to enact a bill in Seattle after her partner experienced job discrimination in August 2024 due to her non-monogamy"

And how do you know someone is into polycules?
Same way you know someone's a vegan...

Posted by: MkY at September 29, 2026 06:34 PM (q6tQZ)

109 Someday, footbinding will make a resurgence. Just get an influencer or two, with the proper amount of influence to promote it. People are stupid, per the internet.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:35 PM (Gqar8)

110 However, China has an active program to saturate wikipedia and now all historical writing with made up bullshit about how China invented everything. I used to get annoyed because their evidence was always very very thin, and mostly lies.

I don't know if it came from China as people are saying, or if that is just another example. Anyway, thanks.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (+UEwf)

Bubonic plague, Spanish Flu, COVID...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:35 PM (l3cgK)

111 What didn't originate in China?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,

Can't be coo-coo clocks, that is Russia's gig.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2026 06:35 PM (NnhvP)

112 THERE. ARE. FOUR. GAMMAS."

Gamma, gamma, gamma, gamma, gamachamelion...

/

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (WYc5K)

113 I don't know if it came from China as people are saying, or if that is just another example. Anyway, thanks.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

I'm sure it's one of those things that was independently invented everywhere, so that AI summary that it "originated" in China ... uses the wrong word.

It's just something that appears in historical-setting novels, and I've never considered the question about anywhere else.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (vJrRc)

114 104 97 89 85 Keep my nails trimmed super close. Always have. Guy thing I guess. Cannot imagine putting polish on them. Again, guy thing. How do women manage long nails, have no idea. Seems pretty limiting.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar

Ever watch a woman with 2" fingernails type?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

Nope. I imagine it’s entertaining.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:32 PM (Gqar

https://youtu.be/gVhf6JBFawU
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

My immediate thought was spiders.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (Gqar8)

115
>>on Saturday, county police charged him with raping a woman on a footpath in Wilkinsburg, a working-class borough bordering Pittsburgh, about 14 hours before the Evans family was attacked.

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

I feel evil every time I ask this, but it's a legit question. How do the people of Edgewood vote? Guess what? 85% Democrat. They got what they voted for.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (mmrXZ)

116 What didn't originate in China?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

All our personal data.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (OX0hA)

117
My immediate thought was spiders.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (Gqar

Yes, me too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (l3cgK)

118 51 When my wife's hair fell out the first time due to chemo, she was able to get wigs to cover her head, listed as "cranial prosthetics"...wouldn't a cranial prosthetic be a fake cranium? We both laughed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

Don't lose your fake head over it.

everybody wants prosthetic foreheads for their real foreheads

Posted by: they might be giants at September 29, 2026 06:37 PM (v3pYe)

119 Same way you know someone's a vegan..."

So, a bike rider...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:37 PM (WYc5K)

120 Activists trying to destroy the nail salon business?
Posted by: Anna Puma

The opposite, I think.

Trying to shame white women into continuing to go to the salons because they see a downturn in the fancy nail business.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:37 PM (vJrRc)

121 I’m guessing the push to recognize polyamorous relationships is about benefits, not being able to visit a loved one in the hospital.
Yeah, we remember that exact emotional argument with the push for SSM. Aaaaand then look what happened. A lot more than new visitors to sick people.

Hard to imagine all of the fallout should the left succeed in legalizing polygamy. Probably would make current benefits fraud today look quaint, same with chain migration (Ilhan Omar marries not just her brother, but all of her cousins).

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2026 06:37 PM (4KUe5)

122 Fangernayls

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2026 06:38 PM (UYYJi)

123 117
My immediate thought was spiders.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (Gqar

Yes, me too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (l3cgK)

Boy, did we dodge a bullet.

Posted by: The hiring manager at the balloon factory at September 29, 2026 06:38 PM (xg/DD)

124 People are stupid, per the internet."

Yep.

Say, anyone wanna buy some tulip bulbs?

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:38 PM (WYc5K)

125 123 117
My immediate thought was spiders.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (Gqar

Yes, me too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:36 PM (l3cgK)

Boy, did we dodge a bullet.
Posted by: The hiring manager at the balloon factory at September 29, 2026 06:38 PM (xg/DD)

Lol

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:38 PM (Gqar8)

126 Hard to imagine all of the fallout should the left succeed in legalizing polygamy. Probably would make current benefits fraud today look quaint, same with chain migration (Ilhan Omar marries not just her brother, but all of her cousins).

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2026 06:37 PM (4KUe5)

Imagine divorce court...how much does the wife who's leaving get? Half? I doubt it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:39 PM (l3cgK)

127 Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her cross-dressing "bimbofication" husband.

She should have put him down like the dog.
Or should I not say that sort of thing?

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 06:39 PM (kU0PQ)

128 To paraphrase a popular YouTube video:
“It’s not about the nails!” Lol

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2026 06:39 PM (4KUe5)

129 100 However, China has an active program to saturate wikipedia and now all historical writing with made up bullshit about how China invented everything.

you know who else invented everything?

Posted by: wakanda at September 29, 2026 06:39 PM (v3pYe)

130 127 Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her cross-dressing "bimbofication" husband.

She should have put him down like the dog.
Or should I not say that sort of thing?

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 06:39 PM (kU0PQ)

Joke punchline: "You Americans, always getting it wrong; you threw off the wrong bitch."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:40 PM (l3cgK)

131 I heard Martha Raddatz actually Is George Ssnagglepus doing the trans thing.

Posted by: Fuller brush salesMan at September 29, 2026 06:40 PM (Mx+TJ)

132 Boy, did we dodge a bullet.
Posted by: The hiring manager at the balloon factory

*fistbump*

Posted by: Posted by: The hiring manager at the condom factory at September 29, 2026 06:40 PM (YcOeP)

133 Did China invent dog eating??

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:40 PM (Gqar8)

134 Polycule - fancy name for a throple.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 06:41 PM (wWIcc)

135 I’m guessing the push to recognize polyamorous relationships is about benefits, not being able to visit a loved one in the hospital
Posted by: Lizzy

But think of the bright side, if they succeed in making benefits too expensive for employers, maybe employers will decide to just add the benefit amount they're paying to people's paychecks and stop offering benefits.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:41 PM (vJrRc)

136 95 How many gammas are in it normally

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at September 29, 2026 06:41 PM (v3pYe)

137 "you know who else invented everything?
Posted by: wakanda"

The Russians!

Posted by: Chekoff at September 29, 2026 06:42 PM (MWfyi)

138 134 Polycule - fancy name for a throple.

"But wait, there's more!"

Posted by: Zombie Billy Mays at September 29, 2026 06:42 PM (VyBeY)

139 I just brought it up to make people more aware.

Another point is that "originating" meaning there is 3000 year old reference to someone where "color" and "finger" are mentioned in the same document (which is the usual quality of their evidence) or even some very few people doing it at some isolated period is not the same.

At some point, someone said -- hey, this is a not crazy thing for all women of a certain class to do, so let's make it a regular practice. Then someone started selling the little bottles with a brush. I wonder when that was.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 06:42 PM (+UEwf)

140 138 134 Polycule - fancy name for a throple.

"But wait, there's more!"

Posted by: Zombie Billy Mays at September 29, 2026 06:42 PM (VyBeY)

Imagine a Venn Diagram...

Posted by: Kumala Whorris at September 29, 2026 06:43 PM (l3cgK)

141 ->> Scott McLaughlin stalked, raped and stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death.

I am really gonna miss that guy. There just aren’t enough murdering cross-dressing psychopaths anymore, but then I’m nostalgic and a sucker for a guy with a five o’clock shadow wearing pigtails.

Posted by: Democrats Everywhere at September 29, 2026 06:43 PM (3arSl)

142 I saw a woman at a KFC that had 4 inch nails. I thought that was disgusting. How does she manage the hygeine process that follows excremental activity?

Posted by: Minuteman at September 29, 2026 06:43 PM (47/pr)

143 Ever watch a woman with 2" fingernails type?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM

I had a woman who worked for me that had long painted fancy nails she could type faster and better than me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 06:43 PM (I43vL)

144 Boy, did we dodge a bullet.
Posted by: The hiring manager at the balloon factory"

Wanna bet?

/judge hearing employment case...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:43 PM (gIXd2)

145 Do WNBA players have long nails?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:44 PM (Cqx++)

146 143 Ever watch a woman with 2" fingernails type?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM

I had a woman who worked for me that had long painted fancy nails she could type faster and better than me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 06:43 PM (I43vL

One armed people type faster than me.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:45 PM (Gqar8)

147 How does she manage the hygeine process that follows excremental activity?"

Duh - The three seashells...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:45 PM (gIXd2)

148 More wine!!!
It’s all just so depressing and avoidable.
Old dog I am.

Posted by: Billythesquid at September 29, 2026 06:45 PM (x4l2h)

149 "But think of the bright side, if they succeed in making benefits too expensive for employers, maybe employers will decide to just add the benefit amount they're paying to people's paychecks and stop offering benefits.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:41 PM (vJrRc)"

Nah, don't forget WA is hellhole for state payroll taxes for various mandated programs and benefits. This move means almost nobody will hire these freaks if it means signing on for benefits for several others.

The dumb part here is that I don't have any issue with people shacking up together. But obviously commies aren't people, and they're just doing it to be edgy anyways

Posted by: heya at September 29, 2026 06:45 PM (Km6p/)

150 145 Do WNBA players have long nails?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:44 PM (Cqx++)

Imagine all the flattened balls and broken nails...and the injuries!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:45 PM (l3cgK)

151
Speaking of polycules, my treasured Great British Baking Show is jumping the shark. The madly popular Prue, who is well into her 80s and fun af with incredible chemistry with the co-host Paul Hollywood, stepped back from her judging to pursue other interests. She's been replaced by Nigella Lawson, whose name I recognize but about whom I know nothing except that she is turning it into the Nigella Lawson Show. NO chemistry, no charm, no personality, doesn't even chat with the bakers or the co-stars.

As for the contestants, for about 5 seasons the show has been recycling the same gang of box-checkers: the gay Indian dude, the gay Arab dude, the incredibly messy-looking Caribbean woman, the veiled Muslim girl, the neurodivergent white girl with a tweety voice...

This year, they have a drag queen who is living in a polycule. In the first show, he baked a cake representing himself: it had a little candy mirror, which you crack and then see behind it a little figure of himself as a dressed-up woman. Ms. Lawson called it "profound." "A lot of us feel we have a person beyond the surface," she intoned over the three-layered confection.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 06:46 PM (mmrXZ)

152 One armed people type faster than me"

Michelle Fields whimpers

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:46 PM (gIXd2)

153 If you vote for it, suck it up when it gets there

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

154 Where did.nail polish come.from? Are you listening to yourself?

I. Don't. Care. Martha

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 29, 2026 06:46 PM (bX16E)

155 How does she manage the hygeine process that follows excremental activity?"

Duh - The three seashells...
Posted by: man

Don't shake hands with them!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2026 06:46 PM (NnhvP)

156

everybody wants prosthetic foreheads for their real foreheads
Posted by: they might be giants

So you're saying that five-heads could make a comeback? And people will fake each other out by wearing prosthetic foreheads to pretend to have a sexier five-head?

Posted by: BifBewalski at September 29, 2026 06:46 PM (QVmho)

157 Gulf of America's water is so calm all the ships traveling from Venezuela to TX and LA will use so little fuel they will be able to make two trips on one tank.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:47 PM (wljQY)

158 155 How does she manage the hygeine process that follows excremental activity?"

Duh - The three seashells...
Posted by: man

Don't shake hands with them!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2026 06:46 PM (NnhvP)

Maybe like the Scotsman in a kilt that sat on his bride's white dress...and left it less than white?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)

159 If you vote for it, suck it up when it gets there"

Feelings, whoa whoa feeeelings

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:48 PM (gIXd2)

160 People are stupid, per the internet.
Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 06:35 PM (Gqar

People are stupid per experience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 06:48 PM (zZu0s)

161 Hey, wth—you probably need nail polish remover. Unless you let the grands use regular paint or something like that, remover should get it off. Any pharmacy should have it, in the cosmetics aisle.

Posted by: Suze at September 29, 2026 06:48 PM (o9Qjx)

162 The revolving door/no or low bail shit needs to stop

I have a big legal circus to deal with over some shitstain that should have been in jail the last decade plus, who was (and now mind bogglingly still is) out on bail, and last year a close family friend had a family member murdered by someone also out on bail.

Enough is enough.

Posted by: heya at September 29, 2026 06:49 PM (Km6p/)

163 Or if you have a bottle of acetone around.

I wonder if MEK would take it off? Bet it would.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 06:50 PM (zZu0s)

164 In hygienic environments keeping nails trimmed is a job requirement.

Under your nails is a lot of nasty stuff collecting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

165 No, they weren't allowed in as family because they weren't legally married...since, you know, polygamous and polyandrous marriages are illegal, for now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

Oh, I thought they were practicing sex at the clinic and wouldn't let somebody play. Are you sure that's not what it was?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:51 PM (wljQY)

166 I wonder if MEK would take it off?"

Martin Edward King?

/ that's a joke, son

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:51 PM (gIXd2)

167 "I had a woman who worked for me that had long painted fancy nails she could type faster and better than me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 06:43 PM (I43vL)"

big difference between chicks that just have long nails, and ghettopattamus claws

Posted by: heya at September 29, 2026 06:52 PM (Km6p/)

168 164 In hygienic environments keeping nails trimmed is a job requirement.

Under your nails is a lot of nasty stuff collecting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

When I did at-home peritoneal dialysis, I had to keep my nails trimmed short, and during the handwashing phase, I had to wash under each nail and rinse from the tips down...
Did that pretty much every night for five years...only had peritonitis ONCE, at it wasn't because of my hookup hygiene...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:52 PM (l3cgK)

169 Pro Tip: it's legal to discriminate against people who smoke.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 06:52 PM (RIvkX)

170
Enough is enough.
Posted by: heya

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

Maddening. I'm so sorry for the friend.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 06:52 PM (mmrXZ)

171 it's legal to discriminate against people who smoke"

"Smoke" or "smoki'n"?

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:54 PM (gIXd2)

172 Can't imagine basketball girls or volleyball players can have long nails, at least for long.

Posted by: Hurts Like Heck To Bend Them Back at September 29, 2026 06:54 PM (Fn+3X)

173 >>>AI sez: "Painted nails originated in ancient China around 3000 BCE

Hahah, yeah right. China claims to have invented everything, it's a long running cultural gag.

Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 06:55 PM (SwyyQ)

174 and ghettopattamus claws"

Not as bad as dependapotamus...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:55 PM (gIXd2)

175 165 No, they weren't allowed in as family because they weren't legally married...since, you know, polygamous and polyandrous marriages are illegal, for now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

Oh, I thought they were practicing sex at the clinic and wouldn't let somebody play. Are you sure that's not what it was?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:51 PM (wljQY)

Couple is interviewing to join a church, and the pastor asks if they every did anything that would preclude them from joining.
"Well, once I saw my wife bent over the freezer, was overcome with desire, and took her right there."
Pastor says, "Well, you're a married couple, so I don't see the problem with that."
The Husband says, "Are you sure? They kicked us out of the grocery store."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:55 PM (l3cgK)

176 91 Jessa Davis helped spearhead the grassroots movement to enact a bill in Seattle after her partner experienced job discrimination in August 2024 due to her non-monogamy"
=---

She couldn't just go to work and, you know, STFU?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:56 PM (wljQY)

177
they weren't allowed in as family because they weren't legally married...since, you know, polygamous and polyandrous marriages are illegal, for now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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

This is going to become like the comfort animal thing. It started off that you could enter the bank with your seeing eye dog -- now you can board an airplane with your comfort ostrich.

Next, you'll be able to marry an entourage and get them all on your health plan or else.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

178 Or if you have a bottle of acetone around.

I wonder if MEK would take it off? Bet it would.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

MEK is ungood. Acetone is cheap and works.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2026 06:57 PM (NnhvP)

179 177
they weren't allowed in as family because they weren't legally married...since, you know, polygamous and polyandrous marriages are illegal, for now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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

This is going to become like the comfort animal thing. It started off that you could enter the bank with your seeing eye dog -- now you can board an airplane with your comfort ostrich.

Next, you'll be able to marry an entourage and get them all on your health plan or else.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

Hugh Hefner had quite a few pets he took on plane flights. They were certainly his comfort pets...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:58 PM (l3cgK)

180 She couldn't just go to work and, you know, STFU?"

Probably vegan, so...

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:58 PM (gIXd2)

181 It’s trendy for many women to look as masculine as possible.

One at one location I work at - won’t mention what she does - does everything in her power to look like an 11 year old boy. It is gruesome to see.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 06:59 PM (ITNzO)

182 3 I have short, clean, unpolished nails because I touch patients EVERY DAY and no one wants those nasty germ ridden claws touching them. Do
You know how much filth and grime live under this things?
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 06:03 PM (W2Pud)

Have we met?

Posted by: Mouth at September 29, 2026 06:59 PM (ITNzO)

183 181 It’s trendy for many women to look as masculine as possible.

One at one location I work at - won’t mention what she does - does everything in her power to look like an 11 year old boy. It is gruesome to see.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 06:59 PM (ITNzO)

It certainly is, big boy.

Posted by: Tadj al-Saltaneh, Princess of Persia at September 29, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)

184 But housing and employment discrimination against furries is still okay?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2026 07:00 PM (wVcYX)

185 Next, you'll be able to marry an entourage and get them all on your health plan or else.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
---

Wonder what the Mormons think about this crap?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 07:00 PM (wljQY)

186 They just want to be able to visit each other in the hospital.

Posted by: It's a classic! at September 29, 2026 07:00 PM (2Ez/1)

187 "It’s trendy for many women to look as masculine as possible."

That dyke behind the counter at the parts store is falling short.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2026 07:01 PM (MWfyi)

188 But housing and employment discrimination against furries is still okay?
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2026 07:00 PM

The question is moot. Furries get the bullet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 07:01 PM (4NO2D)

189 184 But housing and employment discrimination against furries is still okay?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2026 07:00 PM (wVcYX)

Especially if inflation is involved...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)

190 Okay, what’s a polycule? Is this something I should know about?
Posted by: tubal
.......

I think it comes shortly after molycule.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 07:01 PM (UjdFS)

191

In every one of those stories there is bizarre prog gay race communism.

Go figure.

I feel bad for that Dr, but Doctors need to live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh not dahn tahn. He thought he could live with the savage beasts.

Wilkinsburg is not a place for white people.

Moon Township, Peters Township and Upper St Clair are.

I have a brother whose family lived in downtown Chicago, his wife is from there, they made good money and it was the thing good liberals do.

Wasn't that long where she was calling it Chiraq and telling me someone dumped a baby and mother out of a moving car at their corner.

They moved to Winnetka.

The jungle is no place to raise a family.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 29, 2026 07:02 PM (VuTBl)

192 190 Okay, what’s a polycule? Is this something I should know about?
Posted by: tubal
.......

I think it comes shortly after molycule.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 07:01 PM (UjdFS)

Esther--just one
PolyEsther--many Esthers

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:02 PM (l3cgK)

193 Man. You wear ONE pair of gargantuan fake boobs...

Posted by: Byron at September 29, 2026 07:02 PM (2Ez/1)

194 I have grease and grime for fingers
Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 29, 2026 06:05 PM (jrgJz)

I just honed some engine cylinders, so now I have impalpably fine iron dust embedded in my fingers. I will live.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:02 PM (C6xWR)

195 173 >>>AI sez: "Painted nails originated in ancient China around 3000 BCE

Hahah, yeah right. China claims to have invented everything, it's a long running cultural gag.
Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 06:55 PM (SwyyQ)

Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?

And let us stop this “BCE” bullshit. BC and AD.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:02 PM (ITNzO)

196
One at one location I work at - won’t mention what she does

What does she do?
What does she do?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 07:03 PM (Cqx++)

197 195 173 >>>AI sez: "Painted nails originated in ancient China around 3000 BCE

Hahah, yeah right. China claims to have invented everything, it's a long running cultural gag.
Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 06:55 PM (SwyyQ)

Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?

And let us stop this “BCE” bullshit. BC and AD.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:02 PM (ITNzO)

Gunpowder?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:03 PM (l3cgK)

198 They just want to be able to visit each other in the hospital.
Posted by: It's a classic!
......

Sorry, visiting hours are over. Come back tomorrow.

Posted by: AIDS ward at September 29, 2026 07:03 PM (UjdFS)

199 I'm not ashamed to say that I had to look up the word "polycule."

The word makes no sense. "Poly" is a prefix meaning "multiple." "Cule" is a suffix meaning "small or diminutive".

So, essentially you have a word with absolutely no substance. I would have been better off remaining ignorant.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (dIske)

200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwRDom8n5Rc

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (jrgJz)

201 Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?

IP theft?

Posted by: Halfhand at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (bWXIP)

202 Visiting Starbucks and looking at the employees is like visiting a freak show...
Good thing I don't drink coffee...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)

203 Falsies
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

Hothouse titties: cultured, not grown.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (C6xWR)

204 I remember seeing that bitch Martha Raddatz in Iraq with VP Cheney in 2008. Was she reporting on his pinning on three Bronze Stars on three soldiers? Or on his surprise visit there?

Nah. She was reporting on members of the military who simply could not wait to vote for His Majesty The Shahinshah for President.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (ITNzO)

205
I feel bad for that Dr, but Doctors need to live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh not dahn tahn. He thought he could live with the savage beasts.

The jungle is no place to raise a family.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

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

That's the point. He was living in a safe suburb where people could leave their windows open on a warm summer night -- until their voting habits changed all that. (the second half of the sentence isn't included in the story, but it's part of the story.)

So forget about moving to a "safe" suburb, because that's where the citizens are working to make it unsafe as you speak.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 07:06 PM (mmrXZ)

206 Warning:

Clear Legos should be considered an IED.

I just stepped on one barefoot as it blended in with the rug in the family room. Pretty sure I will have a heel bruise, which I have never had before. ouch

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 07:06 PM (hzuYO)

207 The Chinese came up with How to kill a Hundred Million of your fellow citizens

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 07:06 PM (Ia/+0)

208 203 Falsies
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

Hothouse titties: cultured, not grown.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (C6xWR)

Are they massaged like Kobe beef?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:06 PM (l3cgK)

209 Especially if inflation is involved...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)

Once seen, the image of inflated scrotum guy never leaves the dark recesses of the mind. Thanks, zombie!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2026 07:07 PM (wVcYX)

210 206 Warning:

Clear Legos should be considered an IED.

I just stepped on one barefoot as it blended in with the rug in the family room. Pretty sure I will have a heel bruise, which I have never had before. ouch

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 07:06 PM (hzuYO)

Assassins' tools.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:07 PM (l3cgK)

211 Seattle passed a measure on Tuesday to extend civil rights protections to non-monogamous people and multigenerational households, and recognize additional sexual orientations

Hmmm. "For the Children", to coin a phrase.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 07:07 PM (0cp4g)

212 211 Seattle passed a measure on Tuesday to extend civil rights protections to non-monogamous people and multigenerational households, and recognize additional sexual orientations

Hmmm. "For the Children", to coin a phrase.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 07:07 PM (0cp4g)

Yes, but the meaning is different between us and them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:08 PM (l3cgK)

213 Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?
.......

Bat soup?

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (UjdFS)

214 213 Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?
.......

Bat soup?

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (UjdFS)

COVID. The Spanish Flu.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (l3cgK)

215
Locals are saying a skull and fingers in the street....
-----------------------------

Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧

@TRobinsonNewEra
·
5h
One dead and reports of body parts blown into the road following an explosion in Rotherham.

Locals report hearing explosions and gunfire?

Wtf is going on?

Posted by: beckster at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (kX27y)

216
Wonder what the Mormons think about this crap?

Posted by: Braenyard

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

Heh, I think the ones who are still marrying tons of "wives" keep as far away from any government as possible.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (mmrXZ)

217 191 The jungle is no place to raise a family.

you know where else is no place to raise a family?

Posted by: mars at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (v3pYe)

218 Re. Seattle

Save Us Juan de Fuca

You are our ONLY hope!

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (vNne8)

219 /Looks at article about Woman being executed...

SEE!!!! Takes a MAN to do a Woman's job!!!

/runs out giggling...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2026 07:10 PM (mP0Kj)

220 >>One dead and reports of body parts blown into the road following an explosion in Rotherham.

Oi...you can't park there, mate!

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 07:10 PM (vNne8)

221 213 Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?
.......

Bat soup?

pangolin pie

Posted by: anachronda at September 29, 2026 07:10 PM (v3pYe)

222 NY Post story says people are eating less vegetables after the "explosive diarrhea" outbreak. Can't imagine why

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 07:10 PM (jivel)

223 135 I’m guessing the push to recognize polyamorous relationships is about benefits, not being able to visit a loved one in the hospital
Posted by: Lizzy

But think of the bright side, if they succeed in making benefits too expensive for employers, maybe employers will decide to just add the benefit amount they're paying to people's paychecks and stop offering benefits.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 06:41 PM (vJrRc)

Why can’t we just buy medical insurance the same way we buy auto insurance?

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:11 PM (ITNzO)

224 Until they/them are voted off the island. Ask the indigenous.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 29, 2026 07:11 PM (wxsGM)

225 221 213 Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?
.......

Bat soup?

pangolin pie

Posted by: anachronda at September 29, 2026 07:10 PM (v3pYe)

Krait Quiche

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)

226 And let us stop this “BCE” bullshit. BC and AD.

Before the Christian Era.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 07:11 PM (0cp4g)

227 NOOD.

Posted by: The hiring manager at the balloon factory at September 29, 2026 07:11 PM (xg/DD)

228 222 NY Post story says people are eating less vegetables after the "explosive diarrhea" outbreak. Can't imagine why

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 07:10 PM (jivel)

COOK...YER...VEGGIES...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

229 People who want to marry goats should demand this be added to the Seattle bill. Perhaps mention all animals as this is next. Then trees, reptiles, etc.

I read about a woman who married herself (somehow, I did not read the content). She demands a voice as well.

They did this for the blasted islamics, didn't they? As well as the weridos...but islam will benefit. Multiple wives collecting free stuff. Many families living under one roof and to heck with housing rules of the place formerly known as Seattle.

Glad the fruitcake above is very dead for what he did to that poor lady and baby.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 07:12 PM (hzuYO)

230 I should register the domain name: Polycule Divorce Court dot com.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 07:12 PM (UjdFS)

231 215
Locals are saying a skull and fingers in the street....
-----------------------------

Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧

@TRobinsonNewEra
·
5h
One dead and reports of body parts blown into the road following an explosion in Rotherham.

Locals report hearing explosions and gunfire?

Wtf is going on?

We have no interest in knowing. If you know what is good for you, you will stop asking questions or asking us to look into it.

Posted by: UK Police at September 29, 2026 07:13 PM (ITNzO)

232 A lot of people don't bother about their friends in the vegetable kingdom
They think, uh, "What can I say?
What can a person like myself say to a vegetable?"
But the answer is simple my friends
Just call and tell them how you feel
About muffins, pumpkins
Raspberry, calagonia, mahogony, elbows and
Green things in general
And soon and you'll report
Ooh, your new lil' green and yellow bodies
Living together
And no, maintaining a coolness together
Worshipping together in a church of your choice
Only in America

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at September 29, 2026 07:13 PM (MWfyi)

233 201 Can anyone name something g invented in China in the past millennium?

IP theft?
Posted by: Halfhand at September 29, 2026 07:05 PM (bWXIP)
___________________

That's one of the primary detriments to having an authoritarian, government run political system. Innovation and ingenuity becomes stagnant. The motivation of workers never drifts into creativity because it wouldn't be rewarded. The State would reap the rewards, not the innovator. It's one of the reasons they resort to corporate theft as primary process of advancement.

And, it's the primary reason while anchor babies in the US is a national security issue. They get their citizenship by birth, return to mainland china and are trained from a young age how to integrate into US corporate hierarchy....Upon coming of age, they return to the US, secure a job in the industry the Chinese govertment groomed them for, and act as an operative stealing on China's behalf.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (dIske)

234 Nood, y'all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (hzuYO)

235 She should have put him down like the dog.
Or should I not say that sort of thing?
Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2026 06:39 PM (kU0PQ)

Go ahead. We were all thinking it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (C6xWR)

236 226 And let us stop this “BCE” bullshit. BC and AD.

Before the Christian Era.
Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 07:11 PM (0cp4g)

If only. I could say that to piss off the commies.

Even when teaching history I insisted on using BC and AD. To piss off the commies and politically correct crowd, BIRM.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:15 PM (ITNzO)

237

"He was living in a safe suburb"

I had an aunt that lived in a safe suburb in Pittsburgh out near Oakland, it soon wasnt.

Same thing happened to East Liberty.

Stupid libs.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 29, 2026 07:15 PM (VuTBl)

238 And, it's the primary reason while anchor babies in the US is a national security issue. They get their citizenship by birth, return to mainland china and are trained from a young age how to integrate into US corporate hierarchy....Upon coming of age, they return to the US, secure a job in the industry the Chinese govertment groomed them for, and act as an operative stealing on China's behalf.
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (dIske)

You are full of shit. Those anchor babies are SWEETHEARTS. They will do no such thing.

Posted by: SCOTUS at September 29, 2026 07:17 PM (ITNzO)

239 The point of the bare nails story to make sure whites can do NOTHING without as it being declared white supremacy. Can’t be on time, do math, hike, read to your kids you guys - that makes you ultra-extreme-righting nazi raaacist!

So?

This isn't a matter of crying "Wolf" in a crowded theater, if merely breathing is racist, so what? What is the downside to being "racist" in today's society?

The great fear is to be a retard—one who takes the lunatic rantings of a Cluster B sociopath as something to be honored with any respect whatsoever.

My interpretation of hearing someone scream "racist" is that they want me to consider them outside of society, a leper, one that if getting any attention, is one of pity and disgust.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 29, 2026 07:17 PM (NzX/y)

240 145 Do WNBA players have long nails?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:44 PM

Do WNBA players have balls?

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 29, 2026 07:18 PM (OkYzo)

241 And, it's the primary reason while anchor babies in the US is a national security issue. They get their citizenship by birth, return to mainland china and are trained from a young age how to integrate into US corporate hierarchy....Upon coming of age, they return to the US, secure a job in the industry the Chinese govertment groomed them for, and act as an operative stealing on China's behalf.
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 07:14 PM (dIske)

That’s a lot easier than what we did!

Posted by: Connecticut Academy at September 29, 2026 07:18 PM (ITNzO)

242 Speaking of the WNBA, there is some fake-ass looking WNBA player on Wheaties boxes as of late.

Has Wheaties, at any point this year, put out a box featuring the 2026 gold medal winning men’s and women’s Olympic hockey teams?

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:20 PM (ITNzO)

243 I’m not racist. I fucking hate everyone equally.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 29, 2026 07:22 PM (ITNzO)

244 One dead and reports of body parts blown into the road following an explosion in Rotherham.

Locals report hearing explosions and gunfire?

Wtf is going on?
Posted by: beckster at September 29, 2026 07:09 PM (kX27y)

Achmed didn't read the instructions packed with his suicide bomb vest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 07:24 PM (C6xWR)

245 A number of our societal problems stem from the creation of the concept of a “protected class.” Any class. The concept should be ruled unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Constitution.

Posted by: Advo at September 29, 2026 07:50 PM (jO4mz)

246 Jessa Davis helped spearhead the grassroots movement to enact a bill in Seattle after her partner experienced job discrimination in August 2024 due to her non-monogamy"

The bovine excrement stinks all the way to here...
Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 06:30 PM (WYc5K)

Or she was a nuisance trying to pick up women or men at work.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 08:57 PM (uhVAy)

247 I had always liked Kristi Noem as the DHS Chief. She spent effort publicizing DHS's focus on Homeland Security. That said, her admitting that she shot one of her dogs for not performing diluted my belief in her. Then her behavior in a theater audience with a gigolo (probably a Trojan horse by the left) left me doubting her fortitude to perform as the DHS head. Congratulations leftists. I would have liked her to be successful in the job, but thanks to the left, they exposed her inadequacies in professional behavior that saved the right a lot of misfortune.

Posted by: John at September 29, 2026 09:05 PM (9NUKl)

248 It’s a good thing Byron didn’t like to dress up as a dog

Posted by: And they call it puppy love at September 30, 2026 12:19 AM (hD90I)

249 247 I had always liked Kristi Noem as the DHS Chief. She spent effort publicizing DHS's focus on Homeland Security. That said, her admitting that she shot one of her dogs for not performing diluted my belief in her. Then her behavior in a theater audience with a gigolo (probably a Trojan horse by the left) left me doubting her fortitude to perform as the DHS head. Congratulations leftists. I would have liked her to be successful in the job, but thanks to the left, they exposed her inadequacies in professional behavior that saved the right a lot of misfortune.
Posted by: John at September 29, 2026 09:05 PM (9NUKl)

So in other words you are just disingenuous.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 30, 2026 03:47 AM (XUHiS)

The Venezuelan Shot by ICE Has Been Charged With Assaulting an Officer

The violent illegal alien attacked ICE agents as they were serving him a final deportation order.

The media are demonic liars, and keep repeating "he had a valid work permit" as if this is the same as permission to be in the country. It's not. I think this is screwed up, but because we're allowing illegals to come to the country and stay here for years while their fake asylum claims work through the system, we give out work permits in the meantime.

This is not the same as permission to stay. For proof of that, observe this case, where an ICE agent was delivering a final deportation order.

But the media keep repeating "work permit, work permit, work permit."

The complaint accuses Garces-Perez of sideswiping an officer with his driver's-side car mirror and later attempting to hit an officer with his car, according to the Associated Press.
He was pulled over after a judge issued a final removal order, according to US Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas.
Garces-Perez provided his driver's license but ignored agents' requests to get out of his car, the complaint alleges. He discussed with an agent in Spanish moving the car and parking it, according to court documents, which say the conversation wasn't aggressive.
About a minute later, Garces-Perez allegedly "abruptly" closed the window and drove off. One of the officers was struck in his torso with the driver's side-view mirror.
Garces-Perez, who was reportedly shot in the back, then released from a hospital hours later, was an asylum seeker with a valid work permit, according to immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch.

Meanwhile, the media keeps appeasing the Black Lives Matter revolutionaries by suggesting that a black woman was lynched by whites.

They always report the race of the hanged woman -- but refuse to mention the three men charged with killing her are black, too.

That's because the "Pro-Blacks," as Black Conservative Perspective calls racist black agitators, are pushing the conspiracy theory that whites must have done it because "blacks don't hang other blacks."

I wonder why ABC mentions the race of the victim but not the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd suspect

Hint: https://t.co/qt1OPuLtVH pic.twitter.com/0ayEq8Jt3U
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 28, 2026

Using the truth to push a lie. Everything in that headline is factually accurate. The intent is to make the reader think this was racially motivated, not about drugs. Also note the omission that all three men charged are black. https://t.co/fHUD5ntQtt
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) September 28, 2026

They're ginning up violence.

Maybe someday someone might gin some right back.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:50 PM

Comments

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1 What a shock!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 04:50 PM (N1DT3)

2 I was sure he was just minding his own business when ICE showed up and tried to whack him!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (N1DT3)

3 Well, it is MAGA country, after all.

Posted by: huerfano at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (2Xqig)

4 Guess I should nood.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (N1DT3)

5 hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: grass monkey at September 29, 2026 04:52 PM (eP4XR)

6 top 10

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 29, 2026 04:53 PM (giy4v)

7 He should not be alive to be charged with anything. Once he tried to kill a cop that should have been it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:53 PM (I43vL)

8 If I had done the same as this Perez fellow, I too would have been shot? So would you have been.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:54 PM (Gqar8)

9
But what if the 3 black murderers "Identify" as white?

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 29, 2026 04:55 PM (OkYzo)

10 "Using the truth to push a lie. Everything in that headline is factually accurate. The intent is to make the reader think this was racially motivated, not about drugs. Also note the omission that all three men charged are black."

This is how the press convinces itself that it is good. (Also all politicians)

"I never TECHNICALLY lied. It's your fault for being to stupid to understand what those words meant when I purposely mislead you!"

This is why the "Trump is a liar" never works. He's a promoter. He's a boast. He "lies" like a salesman. And while salesmen are hated, they aren't hated like lawyers. Because everyone understands the salesman is exaggerating his claims.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 04:56 PM (N1DT3)

11 New: Kristi Noem filed for divorce from crossdressing husband in April

-
Works for me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 04:56 PM (ndZc7)

12 Black guy just shot and killed a white Kentucky state trooper and another black guy released on bail broke into a house and stabbed a white couple to death. These types of crimes are a weekly occurrence .

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:56 PM (KC5Lt)

13 >>>"blacks don't hang other blacks."

Shhhh. Be very very quiet......

Posted by: Africa at September 29, 2026 04:57 PM (+UEwf)

14 Notice also how the media/left shamelessly switch between "no judicial warrant!" when it's a violent criminal arrested and "valid work permit/etc!" when there's not just a warrant but a court order.

You should also add the disgusting lies Talarico has been spreading on this:
- shot in the back
- ICE denied medical treatment
- forced him to sleep on the floor of the detention facility
and more.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM (3cUTc)

15 Adult on adult killin's a lot better than adults killin' kids.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM (wljQY)

16 Speaking of murderous scumbags, I saw that Brian Kohberger (the guy that murdered 4 students at the University of Idaho) is attempted to overturn his original guilty plea (that got him four life sentences)...and get the Judge thrown off the case.

It won't be heard until the middle of next year. Survey says: no chance in hell...and if he succeeds, the death penalty comes back on the table...so I'm kind of torn on future results.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM (dIske)

17 I voted for deportations. taxing of all NGOs, and unleashing Asian Grandparents on Trannies.

Esp. the later.

GrandPa: "Why you no Doctor?" Bam.
GrandMa 'Why you no CEO?" Bam.

*gurgling holes start*

GrandPa: "Why you no leave daughter alone?" Bam. Bam.
GrandMa: "Why you make grandson wear dress?" Bam. Bam.

*bleeds out*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM (u82oZ)

18 Meanwhile, the media keeps appeasing the Black Lives Matter revolutionaries by suggesting that a black woman was lynched by whites.

They always report the race of the hanged woman -- but refuse to mention the three men charged with killing her are black, too.

-
I assume the KKK has adopted a minority outreach program.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM (ndZc7)

19 So Lloyd here (if you shaved his head) is 5'7"? On tiptoes maybe. Bet he felt taller on that stepstool when tying that rope around that woman's neck.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM (88C+u)

20 Someone want to trot out the stats on black-on-black crime? We should automatically know it by now.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:59 PM (Gqar8)

21 I'm so sick of race hustlers. Thanks Obama.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 04:59 PM (viF8m)

22 Stringing someone up seems insanely cruel.

Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 05:00 PM (Hucnr)

23 I don't disagree with the snark but Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were around long before Obama.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 05:01 PM (KC5Lt)

24 20 Someone want to trot out the stats on black-on-black crime? We should automatically know it by now.
Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:59 PM (Gqar

I can't think the black community is happy with this....It's their sons and daughters they are losing...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 05:01 PM (+gK6I)

25 I'm so sick of race hustlers. Thanks Obama.
Posted by: JackStraw
==
Um, ah, um, ah Jack, um, ah, ah I think this calls for, um, ah, um, a beer summit.

Posted by: SCOAMF at September 29, 2026 05:01 PM (anL5R)

26 They're ginning up violence.
Maybe someday someone might gin some right back.

Doubtful, not even becoming celebrity adjacent (lone jury hero) will spur most regular law abiding people to leave the security of their home and frankly, why should it? Senior inlaws killing a threat to protect their grandchildren is rare, just ask Lindsay Clancy.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 05:01 PM (F3Dlr)

27 These types of crimes are a weekly occurrence .
Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:56 PM (KC5Lt)

Used to be daily but fake news downplayed it.
Trump says crime numbers are down overall:
tinyurl.com/29czseh7

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 05:02 PM (88C+u)

28 Well I'll be danged....

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 29, 2026 05:02 PM (Q/FnY)

29 JackStraw

A study of the history of the Eastern Roman Empire suggests that after bad rulers, it takes 30 years of good rulers to recover to status quo.

Obama and Biden. [OPSEC].

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 05:02 PM (u82oZ)

30 Black guy just shot and killed a white Kentucky state trooper

-
This has been a fairly big story but I was suspicious because they never show the suspect's picture.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 05:02 PM (ndZc7)

31
Maybe someday someone might gin some right back.

Promises. Promises.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 05:02 PM (Cqx++)

32 24 20 Someone want to trot out the stats on black-on-black crime? We should automatically know it by now.
Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:59 PM (Gqar

I can't think the black community is happy with this....It's their sons and daughters they are losing...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 05:01 PM (+gK6I)

The crime stats for DCmand Memphis should be enough to tell a tale. Which - won’t be told.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:02 PM (Gqar8)

33 The fake lynching was a dispute over drugs that went bad. That ‘mom of four’ was surely salt of the earth, I tell ya.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 29, 2026 05:03 PM (v00bN)

34 >> Stringing someone up seems insanely cruel.

She was already dead.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 05:03 PM (viF8m)

35 I plan to be long gone in 30 years, Salty.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 05:04 PM (viF8m)

36 34 >> Stringing someone up seems insanely cruel.

She was already dead.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 05:03 PM (viF8m)

Yes they wanted to make it look like a lynching.. Which worked of course

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 05:04 PM (+gK6I)

37 Stringing someone up seems insanely cruel.

She was already dead.
==
Okay then, wildly unnecessary expenditure of effort.

Posted by: Its not like am an expert or anything at September 29, 2026 05:04 PM (anL5R)

38 Someone want to trot out the stats on black-on-black crime? We should automatically know it by now.
Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:59 PM (Gqar

Before I saw it I didn't realize it.

There is a photo collage of all the mass shooters (4 or more people shot) in the US over the past decade or so.

It looked like a Grambling yearbook.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 05:04 PM (KC5Lt)

39 Definition: A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a nonprofit entity that operates independently from government ...
--

That's an oxymoron isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:04 PM (wljQY)

40 "blacks don't hang other blacks."
Shhhh. Be very very quiet......" Posted by: Africa

I prefer putting a tire around their neck and burning it.

Posted by: Winnie Mandela at September 29, 2026 05:05 PM (vbXSk)

41 You ain't black unless you defecate in your pants, Jack.

Posted by: Tell 'em Cornpop sent me at September 29, 2026 05:06 PM (jBygX)

42 Two of those guys who hung the body up look like death warmed over themselves.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 05:06 PM (jivel)

43 Well, society is stupid too so there's that. Not a tough hill to climb for ABC.

Posted by: Warren Peas at September 29, 2026 05:07 PM (hyQrc)

44 He was trying to turn his life around

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 05:07 PM (Ia/+0)

45 JackStraw

Move to the Villages to feel younger?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 05:07 PM (u82oZ)

46 "blacks don't hang other blacks."

Shhhh. Be very very quiet......
Posted by: Africa
--
One of the richest queens in Africa was an unrepentant and relentless slave trader.
Even continuing to illegally slave trade after England banned the export of slaves.

You'll never find that in any US high school history book.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 29, 2026 05:08 PM (3cUTc)

47 These kinds of racial hoaxes are always convenient in election years.

I suppose research shows the Dems that it gets out the vote with black women.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)

48 JackStraw

Just Kidding. Even Insomniac at his horniest and lowest moral behavior drew the line at visiting the nearby Villages.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 05:08 PM (u82oZ)

49 If I had a pimp and 2 drug dealers....they would look like those 3 pipe hitting negroes.

Posted by: Barry Obama at September 29, 2026 05:09 PM (t+3cP)

50 You'll never find that in any US high school history book.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 29, 2026 05:08 PM (3cUTc)

Not much on Winnie Mandela and her tire necklaces, either.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:09 PM (6ydKt)

51 I only wipe my ass with the NYT

Posted by: Homeless NY Liberal Bum at September 29, 2026 05:09 PM (hyQrc)

52 The media honed this get-out-the-vote effort under Obama. They twisted & hyped every story to make it seem like anti-black racism was rampant.

Posted by: Dave at September 29, 2026 05:10 PM (sbsMc)

53 Maybe someday someone might gin some right back.
=====

But I've got plans on Thursday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 05:10 PM (RIvkX)

54 I assume the KKK has adopted a minority outreach program.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM

The kkk is defunct ever since elon musk turned off the usaid money through dodge. splc has no more money to pay the 15 guys they were paying to keep them alive as a hate group.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 05:10 PM (I43vL)

55 The pictures of those three dudes killing the young mother is something else. Those guys look rough.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 05:11 PM (Oy/m2)

56 OT: I see Soviet Virginia added a 'Highway Use Fee' to my registration renewal, adding to the cost, by a lot. I heard about this. It wasn't there 2 years ago, but here it is now. Seems like a punishment for having fuel efficient cars. Thanks Soviet Virginia.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 05:11 PM (sAmhv)

57 Lynchings of course are a proud time honored tradition of the Democrat party. Conveniently ignored by the Left and - Democrats.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:11 PM (Gqar8)

58 Christa Pike, tortured, slashed and fatally beat Colleen Slemmer, 19, in 1995.

Maybe someday someone might gin some right back.

30 years later.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 05:11 PM (F3Dlr)

59 The crime statistics being intentionally falsified with applying the incorrect race is infuriating.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 05:12 PM (KC5Lt)

60 Local story.

At Least 16 Shot in Democrat-Run Chicago This Weekend

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 05:13 PM (ndZc7)

61 That's an oxymoron isn't it?
Posted by: Braenyard

Oh, you and your definitions~~!

Posted by: weft cut-NGO at September 29, 2026 05:14 PM (nEUC6)

62 60 Local story.

At Least 16 Shot in Democrat-Run Chicago This Weekend
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 05:13 PM (ndZc7)

Democrats. Imagine that.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:14 PM (Gqar8)

63 GrandPa: "Why you no Doctor?" Bam.
GrandMa 'Why you no CEO?" Bam.

*gurgling holes start*

GrandPa: "Why you no leave daughter alone?" Bam. Bam.
GrandMa: "Why you make grandson wear dress?" Bam. Bam.

*bleeds out*
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2026 04:58 PM (u82oZ)
=====

This checks out. Every old Chinese lady I know would take me down in 10 seconds.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 05:14 PM (RIvkX)

64 57 Lynchings of course are a proud time honored tradition of the Democrat party. Conveniently ignored by the Left and - Democrats.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:11 PM (Gqar

Ignoring the horrible things the left previously did is about 90% of the left's philosophy as far as I can tell.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

65
Sonofabitching NBC has the White Sox-Astros game on one of the subscription channels. Assholes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 05:15 PM (eRlcH)

66 That's because the "Pro-Blacks," as Black Conservative Perspective calls racist black agitators, are pushing the conspiracy theory that whites must have done it because "blacks don't hang other blacks."

Same level of retarded bullshit as "Leos don't kill their cubs" so a Gemini had to do it.

Posted by: Oh my stars and garters at September 29, 2026 05:16 PM (TbWk/)

67 64 57 Lynchings of course are a proud time honored tradition of the Democrat party. Conveniently ignored by the Left and - Democrats.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:11 PM (Gqar

Ignoring the horrible things the left previously did is about 90% of the left's philosophy as far as I can tell.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

Violence, as far as any credible recent history confirms, always comes from the port side of society. The problem for normies is that periodically a proportion of people embrace that blood lust.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:18 PM (Gqar8)

68 I've had several encounters with police over the years.

Because I didn't run, pull a gun, or try to run them over the worst result I had was a speeding ticket which was bullshit, but that kind of police bullshit the "end the police" types are ok with...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

69 And just like that, it’s hockey season.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 05:18 PM (u73oe)

70 13 >>>"blacks don't hang other blacks."

Shhhh. Be very very quiet......
Posted by: Africa at September 29, 2026 04:57 PM (+UEwf)

Shoot, stab, impale, sexually mutilate, rape, and burn gas-soaked tires around their necks, but hanging? That's a bridge too far!

Posted by: They loved peace before the white man came at September 29, 2026 05:19 PM (TbWk/)

71 Ignoring the horrible things the left previously did is about 90% of the left's philosophy
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I'd say the right is quite adapted at forgetting all the horrors too.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 05:20 PM (F3Dlr)

72 One of the richest queens in Africa was an unrepentant and relentless slave trader.
Even continuing to illegally slave trade after England banned the export of slaves.

Didnt netflix make a movie about her and just ignored the slavery part?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 05:20 PM (sKqQm)

73 Hopefully the embrace of Democrat Leftist ideology by Gen Z and Alpha is either overblown, or a feckless temporary anomaly.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:20 PM (Gqar8)

74 >>>"blacks don't hang other blacks."

Shhhh. Be very very quiet......
Posted by: Africa at September 29, 2026 04:57 PM (+UEwf)

Shoot, stab, impale, sexually mutilate, rape, and burn gas-soaked tires around their necks, but hanging? That's a bridge too far!

Posted by: They loved peace before the white man came at September 29, 2026 05:19 PM (TbWk/)

It must be some kind of culinary faux pas to hang your long pig before cooking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:21 PM (dK+Kv)

75 69 And just like that, it’s hockey season.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Good Luck, all contenders!! My Penguins will not be among them. I expect mediocrity from the Pens, at best, and missed playoffs. (shrugs). They had their run.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 29, 2026 05:21 PM (sAmhv)

76 blacks don't hang other blacks."

Shhhh. Be very very quiet......
Posted by: Africa at September 29, 2026 04:57 PM (+UEwf)

Of course they don't...too much work involved.

Posted by: Zombie Don Rickles at September 29, 2026 05:21 PM (t+3cP)

77 @DeepLeaksHQ 4h
BREAKING: An ARREST WARRANT has been issued for James Comey — NOT just a court summons like last time

The US Marshals have been ORDERED by a federal judge in North Carolina to take James Comey into CUSTODY"

Mike Flynn posted this.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 05:22 PM (vbXSk)

78 77 @DeepLeaksHQ 4h
BREAKING: An ARREST WARRANT has been issued for James Comey — NOT just a court summons like last time

The US Marshals have been ORDERED by a federal judge in North Carolina to take James Comey into CUSTODY"

Mike Flynn posted this.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 05:22 PM (vbXSk)

Well, the cop care they haul him in with will smell pine woods fresh. There’s that.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:23 PM (Gqar8)

79 The US Marshals have been ORDERED by a federal judge in North Carolina to take James Comey into CUSTODY"

For what?

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 05:24 PM (Oy/m2)

80 @DeepLeaksHQ 4h
BREAKING: An ARREST WARRANT has been issued for James Comey — NOT just a court summons like last time

The US Marshals have been ORDERED by a federal judge in North Carolina to take James Comey into CUSTODY"

Mike Flynn posted this.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 05:22 PM (vbXSk)

lol

Suck it, traitor.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:24 PM (dK+Kv)

81 OT- Firefighters who saved the life of a little girl in Florida continue to show up for her. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/4twa2kf2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:24 PM (JrHfD)

82 For what?

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 05:24 PM (Oy/m2)

Outstanding book fines.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:24 PM (dK+Kv)

83 The US Marshals have been ORDERED by a federal judge in North Carolina to take James Comey into CUSTODY"

Mike Flynn posted this.

Posted by: illiniwek

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:26 PM (wljQY)

84 I see spirituality in children is being advocated.

Elderly Portland woman says we should send 12 year olds on "vision quests" to learn to do drugs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 05:26 PM (ndZc7)

85 68 I've had several encounters with police over the years.

Because I didn't run, pull a gun, or try to run them over the worst result I had was a speeding ticket which was bullshit, but that kind of police bullshit the "end the police" types are ok with...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

I got one speeding ticket that I legitimately had coming, one that was a bullshit speed trap set up where parents who had just dropped their kids at school were trying to get back out on a major road, an almost speeding ticket on until the female cop who was about to split her uniform from her obesity got a call to something else, and another time I got pulled over for something that was literally bullshit made up out of whole cloth in the dickhead cop's imagination. But at no point did I ever get pulled out of the car or get my windows broken or anything like that. And trust me, I'm no fan of law enforcement. There are WAY too many power-tripping violent assholes on the police force. But on a routine traffic stop there are ways you can improve your chances of not getting beaten.

Posted by: I view them as strange dogs or feral animals at September 29, 2026 05:27 PM (TbWk/)

86 81 OT- Firefighters who saved the life of a little girl in Florida continue to show up for her. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/4twa2kf2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:24 PM (JrHfD)

Good story Fen. Thanks.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar8)

87 I asked AI to find stories of suspicious hangings from Africa. It found 4 in the last year.

Unless Whitey is going on undercover murder sprees in Africa the locals aren't noticing I suspect the culprits in each case were black...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 05:27 PM (sKqQm)

88 Seems black women have severe potty mouths.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 05:28 PM (UjdFS)

89
according to immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch

Raid that bitch's Immigracion Abogado law office. $10 says that she's got lists of stolen SSNs and fake IDs in her files and on her hard drive, waiting to be sold to illegal aliens.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 05:28 PM (y9nCu)

90 I saw the video, he wasn't trying to run no one over. Unless they get one of these hack Trump political judges I can't believe those charges will stick.

Some of the worst rulings lately have been in Texas. I'm somewhat confident if he can hold out it'll be throw out. I'm far less confident about his humane treatment in the meantime.

‘Stop using your face to hit my fist’ and other bangers can be yours for the low low price of being brown!

it was really catchall racism and sexism politicking that saturated their base, this is just the worst of it. Reagan and the reporters in the room used to casually drop the F slur in the early 80s, there are recordings of them casually joking about AIDS before it was a full-blown epidemic because they thought it was a “queer” disease; they thought the trash was taking itself out

it will be a monumental effort to pry these people from power

The Spokane 3 got charged for not falling down when ICE assaulted them. This is where we are.

It's the same BS- they murder someone and then claim the fleeing victim tried to hit officers with a vehicle. they got away with mercing two US citizens in broad daylight

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 05:29 PM (LMfGu)

91 87 I asked AI to find stories of suspicious hangings from Africa. It found 4 in the last year.

Unless Whitey is going on undercover murder sprees in Africa the locals aren't noticing I suspect the culprits in each case were black...

Posted by: 18-1
--

There's a reason it didn't make the news.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:29 PM (wljQY)

92 >>Shhhh. Be very very quiet......
Posted by: Africa

Saw an article yesterday that 30 black Christians in Mozambique were beheaded by a bunch of black muslims.

Race hustlers just say stuff. It's worked for them for a long time because nobody wanted to be called a racist.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 05:29 PM (viF8m)

93 Seems black women have severe potty mouths.

Saw a video of a black woman saying that if anyone called her an angry black woman she was going to cuss them out and then slap them.

And...

I guess some people really have NO self-reflection.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 05:29 PM (sKqQm)

94 Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar8

You are most welcome!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:29 PM (JrHfD)

95 BREAKING: An ARREST WARRANT has been issued for James Comey — NOT just a court summons like last time

The US Marshals have been ORDERED by a federal judge in North Carolina to take James Comey into CUSTODY"
.......

Check the beach.
Check the forest.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 05:30 PM (UjdFS)

96
The US Marshals have been ORDERED by a federal judge in North Carolina to take James Comey into CUSTODY"

For what?
Posted by: dantesed

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

I hope it's not over that stupid 8647 shell arrangement. (Although Trump would be impeached three times for it.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 05:30 PM (mmrXZ)

97 Then: If you push a cop on J6 they can shoot you or beat you to death with a truncheon

Now: If a cop stands in front of your car and you just happen to run them over that's on them for being in your way

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 05:31 PM (sKqQm)

98 The NY Post movie reviewer gives Tom Cruise's new movie Digger , zero stars. Says it's a mess that people will want to walk out of

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 05:31 PM (jivel)

99 I guess some people really have NO self-reflection.

Posted by: 18-1
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Vampires.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:31 PM (wljQY)

100 Race hustlers ignore killings in Africa because no one in Africa gives a damn about being called a racist.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 05:32 PM (u73oe)

101 Race hustlers ignore killings in Africa because no one in Africa gives a damn about being called a racist.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 05:32 PM (u73oe)

And, at base, the Race hucksters don't give a damn about black people. It's just a grift.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:33 PM (dK+Kv)

102 Check behind the drapes.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 05:33 PM (UjdFS)

103
864....oh shit.

Posted by: James Comey at September 29, 2026 05:33 PM (OkYzo)

104 Sixty five year old action heroes don't cut it
unless they have a blade or a gun in their walking stick.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:33 PM (wljQY)

105 86 Douchebags.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:34 PM (dK+Kv)

106
James Comey's daughter was prosecutor at the SDNY office. I'm sure she was leaking all sorts of stuff to daddy & vice versa.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 29, 2026 05:35 PM (OkYzo)

107 He's a really tall fellow. Hope they don't bump his head while putting him in the police car.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 05:35 PM (UjdFS)

108 The seating arrangement for today's
Presidential Luncheon. Very interesting.

https://tinyurl.com/4dpb7zja

Still no info on the 10PM meeting with crooked Amodei.

Also, no Sam Altman at the very big table.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:36 PM (wljQY)

109 4.3 temblor on the peninsula. I felt it here though.

Whoot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 05:36 PM (W2Pud)

110 Seems black women have severe potty mouths.

lol, some of the ettes have such, especially after a few years. Fuck and cunt and cock and such are a regular screed especially when addressed to trolls.
ps... if this doesn't apply to you ignore.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 05:36 PM (F3Dlr)

111 Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 05:31 PM (jivel)

I'm looking forward to seeing "I play Rocky" about Slyvester Stallone advocating to play the role in the original idea of the movie he came up with. Reviewer in the "NY Post" gave that 3 and 1/2 stars.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 05:37 PM (JrHfD)

112 I feel very discombobulated this morning.

I hope special ops is not doing anything in the area.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 05:38 PM (+UEwf)

113 107 He's a really tall fellow. Hope they don't bump his head while putting him in the police car.

Posted by: wth
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Fella with a good shoulder could put a dent in the roof.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:38 PM (wljQY)

114 Sixty five year old action heroes don't cut it
unless they have a blade or a gun in their walking stick.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:33 PM (wljQY)
----
David Bradley in "The Strain" did have a pretty badass silver-plated sword cane.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 05:38 PM (js5jo)

115 Seems black women have severe potty mouths.
Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 05:28 PM (UjdFS)

And seem to think that aggression, violence, creating disturbances, and temper tantrums that would put a two-year-old to shame are a birthright. At least in airports, convenience stores, and restaurants. Frequently wearing hair bonnets. This one black YouTuber I watch has developed the theory that bonnets are for black women what septum piercings are for white women.

These are of course the ghetto/ratchet subset, not all of them...

Posted by: Required NABWALT disclaimer at September 29, 2026 05:40 PM (TbWk/)

116 If I get a legitimate speeding ticket, I'll pay it...end of story. But, when I run into some of these creative police officers who fabricate the stop and embellish the reason, I'm their worst nightmare. Virtually every jurisdiction is marked (road signs, stripes, etc.) via the Manual of Traffic Control Devices and Street Signs. It is the DOT bible. I can tell you right now about 99% of the jurisdictions are not in compliance (sign height, sign location, road markings, speed limit reduction requirements etc.)...So on technicalities I can and have gotten out of those no problem. Usually, the officer gets a bit of stern talking to by the magistrate when I'm done.

That doesn't even take into accout the officers that don't show up with the maintenance logs on the radar devices...which is another obligation they have. I've even gotten out of tickets years ago on that VASCAR system (glorified stop watch) by asking for the officer's fitness results to document his reaction times on hitting Vehicle Average Speed Computer and Recorder (VASCAR).

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 05:41 PM (dIske)

117 George Macready in Gilda had a switch blade concealed in the tip of his cane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:42 PM (wljQY)

118
Finally!

Babylon Bee Uses AI to recreate the lesbian bar mask foofaraw:

https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/2104670080252760219

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 05:42 PM (YSUhf)

119 Was looking up Lee Van Cleef. He was mostly in his 40s to 50s in those Spaghetti Westerns

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)

120 86 Douchebags.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:34 PM (dK+Kv)

99 Luftballons

Posted by: Nena at September 29, 2026 05:43 PM (TbWk/)

121 Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)

He was in a lot of Westerns. TV and movies.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 05:45 PM (Oy/m2)

122 86 Douchebags.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:34 PM (dK+Kv)

99 Luftballons

Posted by: Nena at September 29, 2026 05:43 PM (TbWk/)

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 05:45 PM (dK+Kv)

123 this is the first part of that post about Comey

General Mike Flynn @GenFlynn 26m
The feds need to swoop in like they did when the went after @RogerJStoneJr and all the J6ers. Do not give Comey any breaks at all. "

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 05:46 PM (vbXSk)

124 Private equity firms are increasingly buying up hospitals with the goal of doubling their money in as little as seven years.

How's that going to affect healthcare?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:46 PM (wljQY)

125 General Mike Flynn @GenFlynn 26m
The feds need to swoop in like they did when the went after @RogerJStoneJr and all the J6ers. Do not give Comey any breaks at all. "

Posted by: illiniwek
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Flynn should have posted the video.
They published plenty pics of Roger and his wife.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:48 PM (wljQY)

126 Black gang member (crips) shot and killed a KY State trooper yesterday. 3 hr manhunt ensued. Local. Not seeing a whole lot of love for this shitbag.

But there will be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2026 05:49 PM (RORbl)

127 117 George Macready in Gilda had a switch blade concealed in the tip of his cane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:42 PM (wljQY)

I, uh, have no idea such things existed...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 29, 2026 05:49 PM (s1VwS)

128 124 Private equity firms are increasingly buying up hospitals with the goal of doubling their money in as little as seven years.

How's that going to affect healthcare?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:46 PM (wljQY)

Further enshittification. You think nurse to patient ratios are bad now? You ain't seen nothing yet.

Posted by: I support free enterprise but this ain't it at September 29, 2026 05:50 PM (TbWk/)

129 86 Douchebags.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

99 Luftballons

Posted by: Nena

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
.......

99 bottles of beer on the wall

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 05:51 PM (UjdFS)

130 It'd be simpler to hollow one out and implant a skinny barrel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:51 PM (wljQY)

131 Flynn should have posted the video.
They published plenty pics of Roger and his wife.
Posted by: Braenyard

I don't think shaming people is effective anymore.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 05:51 PM (F3Dlr)

132 86 Douchebags.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

99 Luftballons

Posted by: Nena

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
.......

99 bottles of beer on the wall

76 Trombones

Posted by: Prof. Harold Hill at September 29, 2026 05:52 PM (TbWk/)

133
The NY Post movie reviewer gives Tom Cruise's new movie Digger , zero stars. Says it's a mess that people will want to walk out of
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 05:31 PM (jivel)

Poor Ole Tom Cruise.

Every couple of decades he gets aa progtard bug up his ass and lets his freak flag fly for guaranteed box office disaster.

Last time it was "Lambs for Lions" can anti-war dud, then time passed and forgot
woke = broke

So, now he delivers, the Greentard fiasco "Digger".

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 05:55 PM (YSUhf)

134 I don't think shaming people is effective anymore.

Posted by: old chick
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They should have done it for Trump's voters.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 05:56 PM (wljQY)

135 2000 Light Years from Home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 05:56 PM (jivel)

136 But there will be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

15 minutes at the most.

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 05:56 PM (F3Dlr)

137 A Thousand Miles From Nowhere

Posted by: Dwight Yoakam at September 29, 2026 05:58 PM (UjdFS)

138
I should really reread before I post.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 05:59 PM (YSUhf)

139
One of the richest queens in Africa was an unrepentant and relentless slave trader.
Even continuing to illegally slave trade after England banned the export of slaves.

Didnt netflix make a movie about her and just ignored the slavery part?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 05:20 PM (sKqQm)

I don't thing she was subject of the Netflix film, but Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar probably belongs in the same class as Pol Pot and Francisco Solano Lopez of Paraguay.

Plus, Harry Flashman tapped her ass in the book Flashman's Lady.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 06:00 PM (y9nCu)

140 I have never found Tom Cruise compelling or believable on screen.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 06:00 PM (KGj36)

141 I'm just waiting for the day the anti-Americans in the press start getting treated like their spiritual leader, Julius Streicher.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2026 06:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

142

19th nervous breakdown

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 06:01 PM (Cqx++)

143 Walk into an emergency room, and there’s a 40 percent chance the doctor who stitches you up works for a staffing company owned by private investors, not the hospital.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:01 PM (wljQY)

144 I should really reread before I post.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 05:59 PM (YSUhf)

What heresy is this?

Posted by: AOSHQ Inquisition at September 29, 2026 06:01 PM (TbWk/)

145 Pennsylvania 6-5000.

Posted by: G. Miller at September 29, 2026 06:02 PM (2Ez/1)

146
Posted by: AOSHQ Inquisition at September 29, 2026 06:01 PM (TbWk/)

That was unexpected.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 06:03 PM (y9nCu)

147 One is the loneliest number. Eight days a week.

Posted by: Three Beetle Night at September 29, 2026 06:04 PM (2Ez/1)

148 I read Flashman's Lady, and Fraser's account has it more that the queen tapped HIS ass.

Posted by: snu snu at September 29, 2026 06:05 PM (88C+u)

149 Ah the netflix movie was about Dahomey.

Which was mostly a slave trading empire.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 06:05 PM (sKqQm)

150
New Talarico may put him over the top!

https://x.com/SoveyX/status/2104729905431028104?s=20

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 06:07 PM (YSUhf)

151 The Seven Nation Army doing Mambo No. 5.

Posted by: Lou White Stripes Bega at September 29, 2026 06:07 PM (2Ez/1)

152 >>>>>>He's a really tall fellow. Hope they don't bump his head while putting him in the police car.

Posted by: wth
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Fella with a good shoulder could put a dent in the roof.

Posted by: Braenyard
******
Send Marshal Raylan Givens.

Posted by: Cosda at September 29, 2026 06:08 PM (qQcHX)

153 Was it good for you?

Posted by: The Margins at September 29, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)

154 I like some acion movies Tom has done, but can't say a fan directly

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 06:09 PM (Ia/+0)

155 Nood quickies

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (W2Pud)

156 naturalfake, you can strip out the https prefix and everything past the ?. You can also say "on X, [everything past .com]". or just tinyurl it.

Posted by: 88C+u has had to spit out the margins too at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (88C+u)

157 Amazon has announced plans to invest more than $100 million to open a manufacturing facility in Greenwood, Indiana.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (wljQY)

158 I like some acion movies Tom has done, but can't say a fan directly
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 06:09 PM (Ia/+0)

Mission Impossible Fallout was quite good as we're the ones before and after I think. The last two were mega meh- even with Haylee atwell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)

159 143 Walk into an emergency room, and there’s a 40 percent chance the doctor who stitches you up works for a staffing company owned by private investors, not the hospital.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 06:01 PM (wljQY)

Non-government-run hospitals have had exclusive contracts with emergency medicine groups for a long time so as to ensure ER coverage, maintain quality and standards, etc. Back in the stone ages these were local groups of specialists. Now it's gotten increasingly corporatized and private equitized. And until relatively recently hospitals generally didn't employ physicians, they were all independent practitioners who had membership on the medical staff and certain clinical privileges. Hospitals used to acquire then ditch physician practices on about a 10-15 year cycle because they just stopped working as hard. But this became more common over the last 20-ish years as it's become harder and harder for physicians to maintain their own practices - especially if they're internal medicine, GPs, family practice, etc. that don't get the big bucks from ancillary services.

Posted by: A clusterfuck 100 years in the making at September 29, 2026 06:14 PM (TbWk/)

160 Never at fault
Never de.escalte
Always entitled

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 29, 2026 06:31 PM (bX16E)

161 I have never found Tom Cruise compelling or believable on screen.
Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 06:00 PM

He was terrifying in Collateral.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 07:55 PM (4NO2D)

Lindsay Clancy's Scumbag Lawyer Kevin Reddington Contradicts His Earlier Defense, Now Insists That There's No Evidence Lindsay Clancy Murdered Her Children at All

He's in court to ask that the judge just declare Lindsay Clancy innocent.

During the trial, he accepted that Lindsay Clancy killed her children-- she admitted it three times, and there was overwhelming physical evidence besides -- but now, during this motion hearing, joins the Lindsay Clancy Conspiracy Cultists in wondering if someone else killed the kids.

He doesn't say it, but the Conspiracy Cultists claim that Patrick Clancy killed his children, then "hypnotized" Lindsay into believing she did it and confessing to it.

And this is where Kevin Reddington is now. Repeating the Cultist's conspiracies, ignoring his own client's admissions of guilt.

"Where's the evidence she did this?!" he now lie-asks.

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued that prosecutors simply haven't produced enough evidence to prove his client killed her children. Prosecutors quickly fired back, publicly dismissing Reddington's assertion as a "laughable theory".
Despite the exchanges inside the courtroom, major rulings remain on hold.
Judge William Sullivan indicated that no substantial decisions are expected until at least November 2, leaving several key motions unresolved for the coming weeks.
Planning for a potential retrial also appears to be stalled. Both the prosecution and Reddington acknowledged that they are not yet ready to engage in formal discussions regarding a new trial date.
Reddington noted that he is unavailable to take the case to trial again until next June, though Judge Sullivan made it clear he has no intention of needlessly kicking the case down the road.
Outside of the core trial logistics, new legal representations have emerged. The holdout juror from the previous proceedings has officially retained new local counsel, bringing attorney Heather O'Connor on board, she announced in a press conference after the hearing.

Good. Sue him. Get him disbarred.

Lindsay Clancy's lawyer is back in court with a new defense tactic straight from TikTok:

"Where's the evidence she did this?!?"

(She confessed multiple times) pic.twitter.com/WQYP9RqgPm
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 29, 2026

Derek Hunter
@derekahunter
Your entire defense strategy was she did it but wasn't responsible because she had the sads. So, are you admitting you lied to the court repeatedly or risked your client's freedom by employing a defense they did not support? You should be disbarred.

This scumbag isn't just demanding his murderess client be declared innocent -- he wants the holdout juror "investigated."

Defiant L's
@DefiantLs
Lindsey Clancy's defense attorney has filed motions asking the judge to dismiss the criminal case entirely, aquit Clancy and investigate the lone holdout juror, Michael Desronvil
He wants to review Michael's phone records and metadata from the jury deliberations and examine information from his jury questionnaire
Their argument is that he allegedly wasn't properly applying the legal standard of reasonable doubt
Desronvil's attorney is accusing Clancy's lawyer of unfairly targeting him after and plans to file a bar complaint against him

Lindsey Clancy�s defense attorney has filed motions asking the judge to dismiss the criminal case entirely, aquit Clancy and investigate the lone holdout juror, Michael Desronvil pic.twitter.com/Ezj92Oya5q

He wants to review Michael's phone records and metadata from the jury�
— Defiant L�s (@DefiantLs) September 28, 2026

Meanwhile, the doxxed juror is now speaking out.

His name is Michael Desronvil and he says the focus should be on the three murdered children, not himself, and not the batty leftwing Murderess Cultists who wanted Lindsay Clancy acquitted to "make history" and to guarantee a woman's right to kill her children when she feels like it.

EXCLUSIVE: The juror at the center of the Lindsay Clancy mistrial controversy is breaking his silence for the first time in video exclusively obtained by 'Hannity,' but says the attention should be on the three children whose deaths were at the heart of the case.

�I know the� pic.twitter.com/Agng8axStt
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 29, 2026

Reddington has been hit with a gag order over his deliberate doxxing of the holdout juror -- the DA says he used language calculated to allow his media henchmen/coconspirators to dox and menace the holdout juror.

The District Attorney�s office just filed a gag order against Lindsay Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington for using language that helped doxx the Lone Holdout Juror, Michael Desronvil.

Good. This clown should be disbarred. pic.twitter.com/g3fAnQhQA0
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 29, 2026

🚨 HOLY CRAP HE'S LOST IT. Lindsay Clancy defense attorney Kevin Reddington just went berserk on the prosecution calling him out for ATTACKING lone holdout juror Michael Desronvil

REDDINGTON: "I am TIRED of hearing 'persecution,' 'attacking.' I am doing all these 'terrible� pic.twitter.com/55OEZXYNE6
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 29, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:45 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 03:45 PM (k2hhB)

2 And this is where Kevin Reddington is now. Repeating the Cultist's conspiracies, ignoring his own client's admissions of guilt.

========

It'll be an interesting defense in the retrial, side-stepping the whole mentally incompetent thing and saying she didn't do it, of which there is apparently plenty of evidence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:46 PM (I7axw)

3 This is all sorts of fucked up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 03:47 PM (zZu0s)

4 WUT

Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 03:47 PM (SwyyQ)

5 Reddington has been hit with a gag order over his deliberate doxxing of the holdout juror -- the DA says he used language calculated to allow his media henchmen/coconspirators to dox and menace the holdout juror.

An exercise band order would be more appropriate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:48 PM (4NO2D)

6 And the lone juror fucked it all up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 03:48 PM (k2hhB)

7 This SOB needs prison.

Stat.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 29, 2026 03:48 PM (wtvvX)

8 Fuck disbarrment, that filthy POS needs to be on a gallows with his evil cvnt client.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2026 03:48 PM (+fdRY)

9 6 And the lone juror fucked it all up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 03:48 PM (k2hhB)

======

He just couldn't get past the fact that Lindsay Clancy brutally murdered her three children.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:48 PM (I7axw)

10 The retrial where he goes full TikTok will be hilarious. Astrologers on the witness stand, the whole 9 yards.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (2ocoG)

11 I blame the three bull dykes.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (UjdFS)

12 Why shouldn’t he do this if he already had eleven jurors to believe it?

All he has to do is get 12 more just like them.

It’s scummy and evil but this is the plate they served him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)

13 "This Kevin Reddington guy, he be nuts!

-- Mike Nifong

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

14 Disbar this motherfucker and sue him into bankruptcy already.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (ECToT)

15
What's worse than a lawyer?

Two lawyers.

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (ZxPkt)

16 10 The retrial where he goes full TikTok will be hilarious. Astrologers on the witness stand, the whole 9 yards.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (2ocoG)

"The defense calls Candace Owens to the stand...."

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (wtvvX)

17 15
What's worse than a lawyer?

Two lawyers.

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (ZxPkt)

=======

Elric's dating profile?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (I7axw)

18 Geez, dude, have some dignity and legal ethics.

Posted by: Michael Avenetti at September 29, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)

19 16 10 The retrial where he goes full TikTok will be hilarious. Astrologers on the witness stand, the whole 9 yards.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (2ocoG)

"The defense calls Candace Owens to the stand...."

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (wtvvX)

=======

"I am going to make the retrial a complete circus. Just give up and give us a dismissal instead."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:51 PM (I7axw)

20 Maybe we don't have to hang ALL the lawyers, but the 99% of lawyers are giving that last 1% a bad name.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 03:51 PM (N1DT3)

21 Can't wait for the Clancy conspiracy theorists to come out in support of a rogue juror demanding innocence for Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen.

--
sarc implied, as always

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 29, 2026 03:52 PM (qAuhB)

22 >>> 20 Maybe we don't have to hang ALL the lawyers, but the 99% of lawyers are giving that last 1% a bad name.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 03:51 PM (N1DT3)

1) Moron Lawyers Only MoMee
2) Get the rest of 'em
3) Profit!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2026 03:52 PM (+fdRY)

23 Fuck disbarrment, that filthy POS needs to be on a gallows with his evil cvnt client.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2026 03:48 PM (+fdRY)

Agreed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 03:53 PM (peOdB)

24 "The defense calls Candace Owens to the stand...."

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (wtvvX)

"Mossad killed those kids."
-- Candy Oweens

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 03:53 PM (77rzZ)

25 Maybe we don't have to hang ALL the lawyers, but the 99% of lawyers are giving that last 1% a bad name.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Ham and eggers.

Posted by: Hannity at September 29, 2026 03:53 PM (UjdFS)

26 Some NGO dollars must have been promised to his family.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 29, 2026 03:54 PM (eag3e)

27 I blame the three bull dykes.
Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (UjdFS)
_____

That seems clearly an coordinated op. I'm 90% convinced the whole trial was a sham that the prosecutor never wanted to win. She threw the case, starting with picking the worst jury imaginable for the prosecution.

The case languished for three years before it limped into the trial. I suspect the prosecutors' office would have rather just dropped the prosecution entirely if they thought he could get away with it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

28 Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (UjdFS)

Are you talking about the women on Clancy's jury. Did they disclose their sexual orientation?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 03:55 PM (JrHfD)

29 26 Some NGO dollars must have been promised to his family.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 29, 2026 03:54 PM (eag3e)

=======

He's a scummy defense attorney who suddenly has a national profile.

He's getting hundreds of millions in free national advertisements through the news coverage that features him for his firm.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:55 PM (I7axw)

30 willowed:

the seating arrangement for today's
Presidential Luncheon. Very interesting.

https://tinyurl.com/4dpb7zja

Still no info on the 10PM meeting with crooked Amodei.

https://www.businessinsider.com /trump-seating -chart -white-house- meeting- ai-executives- lunch-2026 -9?op=1

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

I wonder if they'll all go along with calling it Super Intelligence.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
===

Don’t know but the seating arrangement is a tell. Someone spent time and consideration on who went where. Potus on one side splits down the middle of Johnson and Vpotus on the other.
And that’s just the beginning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:55 PM (wljQY)

31 During the trial, he accepted that Lindsay Clancy killed her children-- she admitted it three times, and there was overwhelming physical evidence besides -- but now, during this motion hearing, joins the Lindsay Clancy Conspiracy Cultists in wondering if someone else killed the kids.

He doesn't say it, but the Conspiracy Cultists claim that Patrick Clancy killed his children, then "hypnotized" Lindsay into believing she did it and confessing to it.

And this is where Kevin Reddington is now. Repeating the Cultist's conspiracies, ignoring his own client's admissions of guilt.

When you look in the dictionary under sleazy lawyer, there's his picture. Front & center.

What a f'd up day. Jeez.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 03:55 PM (VUYAh)

32 >>> 27 I blame the three bull dykes.
Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:49 PM (UjdFS)
_____

That seems clearly an coordinated op. I'm 90% convinced the whole trial was a sham that the prosecutor never wanted to win. She threw the case, starting with picking the worst jury imaginable for the prosecution.

The case languished for three years before it limped into the trial. I suspect the prosecutors' office would have rather just dropped the prosecution entirely if they thought he could get away with it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

I would laugh if someone in the Bad Orange Man's DoJ charged her with a feral-level civil rights violation.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2026 03:56 PM (+fdRY)

33 What do you call a lawyer at the bottom of the pool?

A good start.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM (Oy/m2)

34 Are you talking about the women on Clancy's jury. Did they disclose their sexual orientation?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
........

I think one of them might have been Gary Busey.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

35 What's the old saying, it's 99% of lawyers that give the other 1% a bad name?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM (0sNs1)

36 Some NGO dollars must have been promised to his family.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 29, 2026 03:54 PM (eag3e)

=======

He's a scummy defense attorney who suddenly has a national profile.

He's getting hundreds of millions in free national advertisements through the news coverage that features him for his firm.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:55 PM (I7axw)
________

He got a clearly guilty woman off. There will be floods of guilty clients lined up to hire him. He's gonna make bank on this. And write a book. Hell, there will almost certainly be a movie about this one day.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

37 Our judicial system is a farce permitting this clown show to continue. Permitting remedial lawyers and intellectually deficient judges. There should be better oversight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:58 PM (wljQY)

38 I don't blame him, he will likely get her off because these retards will vote not guilty and if you don't they will ruin you.

These same people kept voting for a known Killer Ted Kennedy, so nothing will surprise me.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at September 29, 2026 03:58 PM (7db69)

39 Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

I may have seen a picture of one of them briefly but I wasn't following their comments online.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 03:58 PM (JrHfD)

40 36 He got a clearly guilty woman off. There will be floods of guilty clients lined up to hire him. He's gonna make bank on this. And write a book. Hell, there will almost certainly be a movie about this one day.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Not everything bad in the world is a conspiracy of the Powers That Be pulling strings.

A lot can be explained by assholes just doing asshole things on their own.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:58 PM (I7axw)

41 Where are the Asian Grandparents when you need them?

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 03:58 PM (KGj36)

42
Who is paying the evil lawyer?

That could be a tell.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 03:58 PM (/QHx4)

43 What's the difference between a dead snake in the road and a dead lawyer in the road?

The dead snake has skid marks from the driver's attempt to brake.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)

44 AI re-enactment of the Last Ditch bar drama:

https://instapundit.com/826061/

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 29, 2026 03:59 PM (xg/DD)

45
Reminds me of the attorney defending a client over a borrowed pot that broke. The client never borrowed the pot. Also that the pot was returned in good condition. Also that the pot was already broken when he borrowed it. And so on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 03:59 PM (eRlcH)

46 Never attribute to incompetency what can be adequately explained by malice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:59 PM (4NO2D)

47 Does the judge realize that by allowing the defenses antics he’s putting the 6th amendment in jeopardy? Does he care? Are all judges retarded?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (u73oe)

48 What's worse than a lawyer?

Two lawyers.

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (ZxPkt)

=======

Elric's dating profile?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (I7axw)
_______

The Blade, he is liked by the young ladies. Much liked. Maybe not as much as The Paolo, but close.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

49 11 I blame the three bull dykes.

Posted by: wth
---

Thought there were only two prosecutors?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (wljQY)

50 Breaking news: More than two decades after beginning their working relationship, Blake Lively has reportedly parted ways with her publicist Leslie Sloane.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (0sNs1)

51 I have to hand this to her shitweasel lawyer.... he's doing a good job keeping her out of prison and/or the electric chair (if such a thing exists in commie land.)

How much of all that is a function of the location, the population and the general mental state of said population is debatable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (RORbl)

52 What do you call a lawyer with no arms and no legs?

I don't know but he won't shut up.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)

53
What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?

One of them is a scum-sucking bottom-dweller.

The other one's a fish.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 04:01 PM (y9nCu)

54 You're trapped in a 12 foot hole with a man eating tiger, a mass murderer, and a lawyer. You have a gun and three bullets. What do you do?

Shoot the lawyer three times.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 04:02 PM (Oy/m2)

55
I pretty this asshole's next defense gambit will be that-

The three children committed suicide and framed their mother.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 04:02 PM (YSUhf)

56 >>> 47 Does the judge realize that by allowing the defenses antics he’s putting the 6th amendment in jeopardy? Does he care? Are all judges retarded?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (u73oe)

1) Yes
2) It's not a bug...
3) Only 99.999% of them

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2026 04:02 PM (+fdRY)

57 He's the Tim Walz of the courtroom.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 29, 2026 04:03 PM (TezPK)

58 Her defense lawyer is 75. He's obviously trying to shore up extra money whenever it is he finally retires.

I understand people working past normal retirement age . We had a wonderful organist who continued to her 90's and she wasn't paid, but she loved to do it and it gave her so much pleasure, and kept her mind active . This fellow obviously wants to be in a limelight and appears to be a narcissist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 04:03 PM (JrHfD)

59 Hell, there will almost certainly be a movie about this one day.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM

Indeed. But don't expect me to direct it, Mr. TheJamesMadison.

Posted by: Ridley Scott at September 29, 2026 04:03 PM (0sNs1)

60 What did the police evidence say?

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

61 =======

Not everything bad in the world is a conspiracy of the Powers That Be pulling strings.

A lot can be explained by assholes just doing asshole things on their own.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:58 PM (I7axw)
-----

If the conspiracy did not exist these dolts would not have attained such the power and authority.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 04:04 PM (wljQY)

62 Surprise, surprise, surprise

@NextUpHalperin
Breaking: judge orders New York to halt pied-à-terre tax over botched rollout

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 04:04 PM (nEUC6)

63 >>> 59 Hell, there will almost certainly be a movie about this one day.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:57 PM

Indeed. But don't expect me to direct it, Mr. TheJamesMadison.
Posted by: Ridley Scott at September 29, 2026 04:03 PM (0sNs1)

I expect you to *die*, Mister Scott.

Posted by: Goldfinger at September 29, 2026 04:04 PM (+fdRY)

64 Should help the case against the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors.

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 04:05 PM (KB48j)

65 Meanwhile, Caleb Flynn, the American Idol guy accused of murdering his wife, was just found guilty on all charges after 2 hours of deliberations.

Apparently you are able to murder your children just not their mother.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 04:05 PM (viF8m)

66 I don't know but he won't shut up.
Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 04:01 PM

1. That's sexist.

2. Why do you say that like it's a bad thing?

Posted by: Atheist Vegan Crossfitters at September 29, 2026 04:05 PM (0sNs1)

67 Why did the lawyer cross the road?

He saw an old client walking towards him.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 04:05 PM (UjdFS)

68 this guy is nutballs

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 29, 2026 04:06 PM (j+aD2)

69 Shoot the lawyer three times.

Posted by: dantesed
---

Where are Chinese Boomers when you need them?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 04:06 PM (wljQY)

70 The undermine of the court and justice system is deliberate. It’s straight out of the playbook.

Remember that when you see outrageous, and purposefully devious cases such as this.

Stack it side by side with the various unlawful rulings by judges and district attorneys.

Her defense attorney has represented that Clancy’s defense is being fully paid for by her parents, along with over $17,000 of taxpayer money. Do you really believe that?

Posted by: Vengeance at September 29, 2026 04:06 PM (DGgho)

71 Maybe it was the Boogyman who did it and tossed her out the window after sending her husband to the store.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)

72
Does the judge realize that by allowing the defenses antics he’s putting the 6th amendment in jeopardy? Does he care? Are all judges retarded?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (u73oe)

What do you call a lawyer with a 65 IQ?

Your Honor.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 04:07 PM (y9nCu)

73 Meanwhile, Caleb Flynn, the American Idol guy accused of murdering his wife, was just found guilty on all charges after 2 hours of deliberations.

Apparently you are able to murder your children just not their mother.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 04:05 PM (viF8m)
_________

They would have convicted Chris Benoit of murder in about 45 minutes, had he lived to stand trial

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

74 This whole thing is a coordinate op between the judge, defense and prosecutor, nothing else makes any kind of sense. The only wrench in the works was the lone hold out black juror. And I got $50 that they all thought because he was black and had a criminal record he would vote to acquit her to get back at the man.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:07 PM (I43vL)

75 "Judge? Things got a little out of hand. It's just this war and that lying
son of a bitch Johnson..."

Posted by: drocity at September 29, 2026 04:07 PM (DjFWJ)

76 Raymond Remington more law abiding than Kevin Redington.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2026 04:08 PM (mP0Kj)

77 How much of all that is a function of the location, the population and the general mental state of said population is debatable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
----

Be not forgetting the dyke prosecutors that picked the jury.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 04:08 PM (wljQY)

78 >> Breaking: judge orders New York to halt pied-à-terre tax over botched rollout

It will be back after the election. Along with Hochul’s burka.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 29, 2026 04:08 PM (DGgho)

79 68 this guy is nutballs
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 29, 2026 04:06 PM (j+aD2)
================
They're all nutballs. Prosecution, judge, most of the jury, defendant, and certainly Reddington. Nuts. This circus makes the "judicial process" a mockery of justice.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 04:08 PM (mPnrf)

80 Bob Dole approves of The Blade's use of the Third Person when referrring to The Blade.

Posted by: Bob Dole at September 29, 2026 04:08 PM (xg/DD)

81 This abysmal defense attorney is just as lunatic as his client! I'm not even believing his behavior. This is off the charts and he needs to be disbarred for what he's done to that lone juror. Un-flipping-believable!

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 29, 2026 04:09 PM (qBdHI)

82 74 This whole thing is a coordinate op between the judge, defense and prosecutor, nothing else makes any kind of sense. The only wrench in the works was the lone hold out black juror. And I got $50 that they all thought because he was black and had a criminal record he would vote to acquit her to get back at the man.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:07 PM (I43vL)

=========

DEI assistant DA being rankly incompetent also makes sense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 04:09 PM (I7axw)

83 He thinks he is in the Soviet Union and a prosecutor

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:10 PM (Ia/+0)

84 One of the attorneys I worked for as a corporate paralegal used to tell a funny story about a client. She straight-up told the judge, "Your honor, my client is an idiot." It worked. Either the judge found him not guilty, or mitigated his sentence. (It's been a long time, so I don't remember the setup, just the punchline.)

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

85 Scumbag Lawyer is redundant.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:11 PM (KC5Lt)

86 See, kids, the idea is to be rich enough to hire an attorney, an accountant, and a financial advisor. The accountant watches the advisor, the atty watches the advisor, and the advisor watches the atty. Like an ouroboros of advice.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM (nEUC6)

87 What do you call a lawyer with a 65 IQ?
Your Honor.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

No, not "Your Honor", "Judge".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM (Fv808)

88 The fix was in. Or so they thought.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM (oHCVF)

89 The Judge had to be in on it as well

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

90 Somehow Kevin Bacon needs to show in the news today.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM (KGj36)

91 Bob Dole approves of The Blade's use of the Third Person when referrring to The Blade.
Posted by: Bob Dole

Jimmy really likes Elaine.

Posted by: Jimmy at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS)

92 And I got $50 that they all thought because he was black and had a criminal record he would vote to acquit her to get back at the man.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:07 PM (I43vL)

They missed the part that he was a Republican /politically conservative.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:13 PM (KC5Lt)

93 Scumbag Lawyer is redundant.
Posted by: polynikes

Just a reminder that we have a few JD's on this site. They are excepted from your statement.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

94 Shiner, Texas father* > Chinese grandparents > Rooftop Koreans >>>> Plymouth Mass Court system

*I cannot recall the man's name but he found a guy trying to abuse his five year old daughter and he beat the scum to a pulp. Grand jury said "thank you sir, you may go home"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 04:13 PM (nB2bU)

95 See, kids, the idea is to be rich enough to hire an attorney, an accountant, and a financial advisor. The accountant watches the advisor, the atty watches the advisor, and the advisor watches the atty. Like an ouroboros of advice.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM

Scheming Eunuchs

https://x.com/dyingscribe/status/2102816846407766263
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:42 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at September 29, 2026 04:13 PM (4NO2D)

96 I pretty this asshole's next defense gambit will be that-

The three children committed suicide and framed their mother.

Posted by: naturalfake

One whackadoodle tried to claim Lindsay was innocent and Patrick trained the kids to attack Lindsay so she killed them in self defense.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 04:13 PM (VUYAh)

97 Yet another SC win.

>>@DHSGenCounsel
·
43m
>>In our second Supreme Court victory in less than a week, DHS’s third country removal policy is back in effect. A bad day for criminal illegals and open borders activists alike. It’s not too late to get $3,000 and a flight home. https://DHS.GOV/CBPHOME

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

98 Somehow Kevin Bacon needs to show in the news today.
------

I heard someone do the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" thingy linking him to...Nikki Sixx.

Posted by: Crusader at September 29, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)

99 It’s all about the clicks
Bout the clicks
Bout the clicks

No one is mourning those poor kids whe were murdered by their mother.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 04:14 PM (W2Pud)

100 *I cannot recall the man's name but he found a guy trying to abuse his five year old daughter and he beat the scum to a pulp. Grand jury said "thank you sir, you may go home"
Posted by: Huck Follywood

As it should be.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 04:15 PM (oHCVF)

101 This fellow obviously wants to be in a limelight and appears to be a narcissist.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
=========
Trial attorneys are a special type of cat. And the most successful criminal defense attorneys can very easily fall into actions compatible with the bad company that they keep.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:15 PM (E4rtv)

102 Scheming Eunuchs

https://x.com/dyingscribe/status/2102816846407766263
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:42 PM

"If the company nurse comes by, tell her I said 'Never mind.'"
-- Dilbert's PHB

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:15 PM (77rzZ)

103 There was an empty residential unit tax here in S.F. last year and it got struck down by the state trial court and affirmed by the Court of Appeal recently. S.F. doesn't actually have a lot of success in extreme rent control measures these days. Cool thing about the appellate opinion is that it cited a lot of cases I worked on years ago.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 29, 2026 04:15 PM (Fv808)

104 Our judicial system is a farce permitting this clown show to continue. Permitting remedial lawyers and intellectually deficient judges. There should be better oversight.
---
But we're still out here protecting democracy and the rule of law!
/s/ federal judges just making shit up "because Trump."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 29, 2026 04:16 PM (3cUTc)

105 97 Yet another SC win.

>>@DHSGenCounsel
·
43m
>>In our second Supreme Court victory in less than a week, DHS’s third country removal policy is back in effect. A bad day for criminal illegals and open borders activists alike. It’s not too late to get $3,000 and a flight home. https://DHS.GOV/CBPHOME

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

=======

False.

Only Alito and Thomas vote for us. So, this did not happen because a majority for policies we support are impossible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 04:16 PM (I7axw)

106
They died of natural causes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 04:16 PM (eRlcH)

107 I heard someone do the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" thingy linking him to...Nikki Sixx.
Posted by: Crusader

The have the same coke dealer?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 04:16 PM (oHCVF)

108 "Scumbag Lawyer" is repetitiously redundant.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 04:16 PM (ndZc7)

109 >>In our second Supreme Court victory in less than a week, DHS’s third country removal policy is back in effect. A bad day for criminal illegals and open borders activists alike. It’s not too late to get $3,000 and a flight home. https://DHS.GOV/CBPHOME
Posted by: JackStraw
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They need to start with the judges on the First Circuit and those district court judges under them. Rotten district now that is being overturned early and often for misruling from the bench. The other rotten circuit and district is DC. Both would be improved by subtraction of the current judges in them.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)

110 Raymond Remington more law abiding than Kevin Redington.
Posted by: Romeo13

LOL, Raymond Reddington

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 29, 2026 04:17 PM (Fv808)

111 This is completely off topic made me laugh . Someone at the "NY Post" wrote in to talk about the Book of Genesis written for Talarico's church. It's not real, but it's funny:

If Progressives wrote the Bible:
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Then He was criticized for using the word ‘created’ without consulting the earth.
So God formed a committee.
The committee spent 40 years debating whether ‘Let there be light’ was culturally appropriate, whether darkness had been marginalized, and whether calling Adam ‘man’ was exclusionary.
Eventually they reached consensus:
‘Let there be light, pending further review.’
And on the eighth day, God created a diversity consultant.”

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 04:17 PM (JrHfD)

112 I heard someone do the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" thingy linking him to...Nikki Sixx.
Posted by: Crusader

Sixx degrees of Kevin Bacon?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 29, 2026 04:18 PM (Fv808)

113 Maybe we don't have to hang ALL the lawyers, but the 99% of lawyers are giving that last 1% a bad name.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

I told y'all.....

Posted by: Shakespeare at September 29, 2026 04:18 PM (VHUov)

114 One whackadoodle tried to claim Lindsay was innocent and Patrick trained the kids to attack Lindsay so she killed them in self defense.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 04:13 PM (VUYAh)

Ill admit my experience is lacking, but you'd think an 8 month old would lack the upper body strength to be a real threat.

8 months old. Strangled by his mother. You stupid fucking evil bitches.*

*and phone, I MEAN bitches- not witches.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 04:18 PM (zZu0s)

115

She confessed but Dershowitz says eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 04:19 PM (Cqx++)

116 I heard someone do the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" thingy linking him to...Nikki Sixx.

A distant cousin.

Posted by: Gary Seven at September 29, 2026 04:19 PM (4NO2D)

117
The defense Attorney almost took his shoe off and started banging it on the table as he shouted.

Back in the USSR

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 29, 2026 04:19 PM (OkYzo)

118 heard someone do the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" thingy linking him to...Nikki Sixx.
Posted by: Crusader

I'm even connected to Kevin Bacon less than six degrees. Pretty much just need to be connected to one actor. . I'm sure Nikki Sixx was because of former wife Donna D'Errico.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:20 PM (KC5Lt)

119 See, kids, the idea is to be rich enough to hire an attorney, an accountant, and a financial advisor. The accountant watches the advisor, the atty watches the advisor, and the advisor watches the atty. Like an ouroboros of advice.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 04:12 PM
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And, before you know it, your savings have magickly turned into someone else's fees and you go back to work!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 04:20 PM (svKyi)

120 Seems Law Schools have all gone teaching Marxism, laws don't count, feelings do

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:20 PM (Ia/+0)

121 I don't think that "innocent by reason my attorney's insanity" is a valid defense.

Posted by: SciVo at September 29, 2026 04:20 PM (ke3zm)

122 118 I'm even connected to Kevin Bacon less than six degrees. Pretty much just need to be connected to one actor. . I'm sure Nikki Sixx was because of former wife Donna D'Errico.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:20 PM (KC5Lt)

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I shake the hand of my priest, he shakes the hand of my bishop, he shakes the hand of a cardinal, he shakes the hand of a pope, who shakes the hand of another cardinal, who shakes the hand of Kevin Bacon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 04:20 PM (I7axw)

123 I told y'all.....
Posted by: Shakespeare

IRRC, It was Dick the Butcher who was not one of the nice guys in the play.

As Brave AI summarizes,
"Dick the Butcher is a villainous henchman in William Shakespeare's history play Henry VI, Part 2 (written c. 1591), serving as the second-in-command to the rebel leader Jack Cade. He is characterized as a large, physically powerful, and murderous thug who joins the rebellion for the joy of anarchy and violence. "

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:21 PM (E4rtv)

124 I used to be five degrees from the Queen of England.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 04:21 PM (4NO2D)

125 Wow I'm dense today. Just got the Nikki Sixx snark.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:21 PM (KC5Lt)

126 It'll be an interesting defense in the retrial, side-stepping the whole mentally incompetent thing and saying she didn't do it, of which there is apparently plenty of evidence.
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She didn't do it? If she didn't feel guilt, why'd did she slash her wrists and jump out a window. If she thought she didn't do it, or didn't actually do it, why do that?

if she was heep mo tized why didn't the heep mo tizer fix it so she would admit she did it and wait for the police to come...

This is a sad clown show of a lawyer. Clarence Darrow was accused of fixing a jury. His Private investigator was caught handing a bag of cash to a juror. Two hung juries later he surrendered his calif law license.

Posted by: Dr. Fauci at September 29, 2026 04:22 PM (anL5R)

127 off beagle torturing sock

Posted by: yuck at September 29, 2026 04:22 PM (anL5R)

128 >>I'm even connected to Kevin Bacon less than six degrees. Pretty much just need to be connected to one actor. . I'm sure Nikki Sixx was because of former wife Donna D'Errico.

When I was a kid my parents took us to visit some friends of theirs at their lake house in the Adirondacks. There was a clubhouse at the end of the lake for kids to hang and play games. Kevin Bacon was one of those kids.

1 degree.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 04:23 PM (viF8m)

129 I'm even connected to Kevin Bacon less than six degrees. Pretty much just need to be connected to one actor. . I'm sure Nikki Sixx was because of former wife Donna D'Errico.
Posted by: polynikes

One of my nephews is an actor, and pretty well-known, I think. (I will not state his name for opsec reasons.) I think I'm only 1-2 degrees away from a lot of celebrities.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

130 120 Seems Law Schools have all gone teaching Marxism, laws don't count, feelings do
Posted by: Skip
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This asshole defense lawyer at seventy five attended when law school was relatively sane. He has no excuse other than being a malignant cancer on the profession. And his wife as a Realtor probably just violated the ethics requirement to be one as well.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)

131 He got a clearly guilty woman off.

I see phrasing has left the building.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 04:23 PM (2ocoG)

132 131 He got a clearly guilty woman off.

I see phrasing has left the building.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 04:23 PM (2ocoG)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 04:24 PM (I7axw)

133 Okay, serious hat time.
I'm proposing that the attorneys for a client might end up identifying too much with the client.
I'm not blaming Reddington for presenting his client's case as best he could. It's a dirty job. Someone gotta do it. The "insanity" defense is a good one, although Clancy got herself into this state of insanity in part by taking a cocktail of drugs from several doctors. Whatever. As noted, Reddington could take all that into consideration.
It is over the course of the case, that Reddington slipped into evil. I don't recall anyone here much complaining about Reddington (or even knowing his name) until he started fucking with the jury's deliberations.

How do we stop defense attorneys from, basically, falling in love with their clients? Seems like there is some conflict of interest here.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 04:24 PM (88C+u)

134 One of the attorneys I worked for as a corporate paralegal used to tell a funny story about a client. She straight-up told the judge, "Your honor, my client is an idiot." It worked. Either the judge found him not guilty, or mitigated his sentence. (It's been a long time, so I don't remember the setup, just the punchline.)
Posted by: Bulg

Was she representing herself?

Posted by: zombie Abe Lincoln at September 29, 2026 04:24 PM (VHUov)

135 1 degree.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 04:23 PM (viF8m)

Unbeatable if time the tie breaker. You even beat his wife.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:24 PM (KC5Lt)

136 I shake the hand of my priest, he shakes the hand of my bishop, he shakes the hand of a cardinal, he shakes the hand of a pope, who shakes the hand of another cardinal, who shakes the hand of Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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For anyone dealing with Hollyweird, it is not the hand that they shake.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)

137 I met Colonel Sanders twice.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 04:25 PM (KGj36)

138 Crista Pike, the vicious young woman who tortured another young woman 30 years ago is set to be executed tomorrow in TN. She had this to say about Lindsay Clancy. I can feel the sisterhood...

Pike also claimed Monday she feels a “kinship” with Lindsay Clancy — whose triple murder case ended in a hung jury, the Times of London reported.

“We are both females who got into trouble because of uniquely female issues,” she told the outlet.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 29, 2026 04:25 PM (qBdHI)

139 Wow, he doesn't take defeat well...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:26 PM (+gK6I)

140 I met Colonel Sanders twice.
Posted by: Pudinhead

I briefly crossed paths with John Madden.

And I met Jerry Falwell.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:27 PM (77rzZ)

141 I don't understand his strategy at this point, unless he is just out of his mind. In any event, he desperately needs to be smacked down with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Road Warrior at September 29, 2026 04:27 PM (wHUXH)

142 I'm curious why the prosecution would be stalling on setting a new trial. I don't see the logic.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)

143 Evil is written all over his face. Similar to Clancy's.

Did he keep scratching something with his right hand? Maybe he has crabs. I know I get crabby looking at him.

He may sprout horns any day now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

144 Trial attorneys are a special type of cat. And the most successful criminal defense attorneys can very easily fall into actions compatible with the bad company that they keep.
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:15 PM

They're usually very likable, this cat not so much. I'm biased though.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 04:29 PM (W4Zv0)

145 The old rule applies to this defense attorney: If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.

Posted by: AlecK at September 29, 2026 04:29 PM (cMlC1)

146 It is over the course of the case, that Reddington slipped into evil. I don't recall anyone here much complaining about Reddington (or even knowing his name) until he started fucking with the jury's deliberations.

How do we stop defense attorneys from, basically, falling in love with their clients? Seems like there is some conflict of interest here.
Posted by: 88C+u
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Eh, at seventy five, I think it more likely this guy thought she would be his ticket to celebrityhood and fame. Trial lawyers in general are pretty cynical about people and that increases the length of time they practice. Some criminal defense lawyers may go for years without representing a client that was actually innocent.

Some do stellar work for awhile and get burned out and segue out of the field, some become judges of one sort or another, others become plea bargainer types where they use their contacts with the DA office to get the least sentence possible. The remainder of long time criminal defense lawyers are like riverboat gamblers.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:29 PM (E4rtv)

147 "He's in court to ask that the judge just declare Lindsay Clancy innocent."
- - - - - - - - - -
Ah yes, the Dominion-Judge-Nichols Maneuver. Just ask the judge via a letter to declare innocence or guilt directly.

(Reference: https://instapundit.com/826067/ )

Posted by: Another Anon at September 29, 2026 04:30 PM (4h45B)

148 142 I'm curious why the prosecution would be stalling on setting a new trial. I don't see the logic.
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)

Maybe they're trying to get the hysteria to die down and move onto the next big one...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:30 PM (+gK6I)

149 told the judge, "Your honor, my client is an idiot." It worked. Either the judge found him not guilty, or mitigated his sentence. (It's been a long time, so I don't remember the setup, just the punchline.)
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

That was a Bloom County bit.
Oliver Wendell Jones, whiz kid son of a black conservative (when those existed), was a hacker. But not as good a hacker as he thought he was, because he was always getting caught. Jones framed... Steve Dallas. Alcoholic lawyer ex-frat-boy.
So Dallas goes to jail and then before a judge, and the judge says "I have come to the conclusion you lack the brains to successfully pick your nose, much less hack a computer. Case dismissed [gavel]".
Dallas then threw a tantrum and blurted WELL MAYBE I DID DO IT!

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 04:30 PM (88C+u)

150 Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Peterbilt Motors manufacturing facility in Denton on Thursday to promote his administration’s economic and manufacturing policies

The Trump Admin says Paccar, Peterbilt’s parent company, has expanded U.S. production and added over 1,000 jobs at the Denton facility.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 04:30 PM (VUYAh)

151 "Mossad killed those kids."
-- Candy Oweens
Posted by: Bulg

The anti-Semites always obsess about Mossad, but don't even seem to know that Shin Bet and Aman exist. Aman (military intelligence) in particular is way cooler and has tons more sneaky gadgets and double-reverse psyop tricks than fuddy-duddy ol' Mossad.

If anybody killed those kids, it was Aman.

Posted by: zombie at September 29, 2026 04:31 PM (Av6i5)

152
The Trump Admin says Paccar, Peterbilt’s parent company, has expanded U.S. production and added over 1,000 jobs at the Denton facility.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 04:30 PM (VUYAh)

Who cares ? Gas prices !!!

Posted by: Irrationsl public at September 29, 2026 04:31 PM (+gK6I)

153 Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation’

… Not convicted for the crimes Jack says he made. Nice.

Posted by: SMOD at September 29, 2026 04:32 PM (aOPL9)

154 131 He got a clearly guilty woman off.

I see phrasing has left the building.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 04:23 PM (2ocoG)

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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 04:24 PM (I7axw)

I can see why.

Posted by: LASue at September 29, 2026 04:32 PM (lCppi)

155 They're usually very likable, this cat not so much. I'm biased though.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Sociopaths can present both sides--with a jury they are kind, funny, etc. and apparently this old snake charmer was a hit with most of the jury. Then they become full psychopath outside the courtroom going far beyond zealous defense into criminal and disreputable behavior.

His prior bar complaints to this case speak of him mishandling client funds ( a huge no no that gets a LOT of lawyers disbarred, and some other client based offenses).

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:32 PM (E4rtv)

156 Massachusetts seems to have lost it's collective mind. The trial of the lady who allegedly killed her cop boyfriend. Turtleboy. The Clancy trial. Insane lesbians. The mayor of Boston simping for illegals. The governor cheering abortion until birth. I live about 50 miles from the Mass border , but I think I'll avoid it for awhile

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 04:32 PM (jivel)

157 141 I don't understand his strategy at this point, unless he is just out of his mind. In any event, he desperately needs to be smacked down with extreme prejudice.
Posted by: Road Warrior at September 29, 2026 04:27 PM (wHUXH)

It actually makes some sense in a twisted way, after he's seen the Clancy cultist hordes. In the retrial, would you want to say "guilty" or even be selected in the first place? He could be betting that the mass jury tampering that's happened even before any retrial will have the desired effect.

Also, he probably is out of his mind.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at September 29, 2026 04:32 PM (9ZFZd)

158 I shared space with Garrison Keillor at an airport. That guy creeped me out.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 04:32 PM (KGj36)

159 153 Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation

Hey Jack... Look in the mirror

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:33 PM (+gK6I)

160 My late brother was an attorney. He had some great stories, most of which I have forgotten. I only remember that they were well-told. Dude was a great raconteur. Probably also why he was a good trial attorney.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:33 PM (77rzZ)

161 Is it self-worth that some derive from a brush with a celebrity's arm in an elevator?

Posted by: old chick at September 29, 2026 04:33 PM (F3Dlr)

162 I play golf with a buddy whose son is married to the daughter of Super Dave Osborne. Their son is in college majoring in entertainment science and in one class had to pick a celebrity to write about. He picked comedy actor Andy Samberg of Brooklyn 99 . The assignment then turned out they had to do a six degrees with the person they selected. He went home and told his mother he probably will fail because he didn't know how he'd get to six degrees. Mother looked at him and according to the father said ' are you stupid or something? I'm Andy's attorney'

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM (KC5Lt)

163 My Bacon Number is 4, which isn't at all impressive.

But the path runs through Lynda Carter, which is maybe worth a couple Moron points.

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM (VHUov)

164 This guy's a shitbag and in violation of multiple rules of professional conduct for attorneys (yes they do exist) like candor before the tribunal. His state bar association should open up an investigation, seriously.

Posted by: This guy's a fucking disgrace! at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM (TbWk/)

165 148 142 I'm curious why the prosecution would be stalling on setting a new trial. I don't see the logic.
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)

Maybe they're trying to get the hysteria to die down and move onto the next big one...
Posted by: It's me donna
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I think you have it Donna. DAs are elected and the current shitshow of a trial is probably going to hurt his future election possibilities. The Clancy fans are enraged and those that hate child killers are also enraged about the DA and their poor performance in the courtroom. Add both together and that equals a new DA or at least a primary challenge.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM (E4rtv)

166 Who is paying off the lawyer? My only explanation for his actions.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:35 PM (Gqar8)

167 Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation

Mother fucker is tripling down on his lies and sedition.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:35 PM (KC5Lt)

168 But the path runs through Lynda Carter, which is maybe worth a couple Moron points.
Posted by: mikeski

This is for Don Black: Lynda Carter was way overrated. Stupid face.
I hate stupid face.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

169 Well

When I was a Beaver gymnast we had a warm up routine to “Footloose” and copied some of Kevin Bacon’s dance moves.

That’s all I got.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 04:36 PM (W2Pud)

170 163 My Bacon Number is 4, which isn't at all impressive.

But the path runs through Lynda Carter, which is maybe worth a couple Moron points.
Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM

Mine is two and I'm not saying who it is.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 04:36 PM (W4Zv0)

171 Imagine what it takes to murder your three children, one at a time, as you methodically carry each one into the basement while they are crying and begging for you to stop. Not only that, but in between strangling them so cruelly and heinously, you stop to take a phone call, then continue strangling them so brutally, as the coroner reported, their eyes bulged out of their sockets.

This was pure evil. There is nothing that excuses murder- except like minded evil people who have also lost their humanity and love for God.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 04:36 PM (6VEkT)

172 160 My late brother was an attorney. He had some great stories, most of which I have forgotten. I only remember that they were well-told. Dude was a great raconteur. Probably also why he was a good trial attorney.
Posted by: Bulg

Criminal defense attorneys have one advantage that divorce or probate lawyers don't. Criminal defense lawyers often have their clients locked up and they cannot pester them as much.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

173 When I was a Beaver gymnast

I'm not goin' anywhere near that.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (77rzZ)

174 166 Who is paying off the lawyer? My only explanation for his actions.
Posted by: tubal

Which side?

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

175 Massachusetts seems to have lost it's collective mind. The trial of the lady who allegedly killed her cop boyfriend. Turtleboy. The Clancy trial. Insane lesbians. The mayor of Boston simping for illegals. The governor cheering abortion until birth. I live about 50 miles from the Mass border , but I think I'll avoid it for awhile
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Massachusetts has lost their minds.

Catholic Parents Wouldn't Call Their Daughter a Boy, So Now Massachusetts Has Kidnapped Her for Hormone Therapy

Joseph and Arlene Kutzko would not tell their daughter she was a boy.
Massachusetts took her anyway.
The Roman Catholic couple said that staff at Algonquin Regional High School in Southborough began socially transitioning Sophie without telling them, Fox News Radio’s Lighthouse Faith reported.

In December 2024, when she was 15, the Department of Children and Families removed her from the house. The stated reason was that her parents would not recognize her as male.
Physical abuse claims against Joseph were later called unfounded. That did not return the girl.

https://tinyurl.com/yt3n4c5p

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (VUYAh)

176
Their son is in college majoring in entertainment science

__________

*blinks stupidly*

Entertainment science?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 04:38 PM (eRlcH)

177 >> Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement:

We should totally put Democrats in charge again because the price of gas is temporarily too high. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 04:38 PM (6VEkT)

178 His state bar association should open up an investigation, seriously.
Posted by: This guy's a fucking disgrace!

He already has pending complaints not related to the Clancy trial but other misconduct.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:38 PM (E4rtv)

179 166 Who is paying off the lawyer? My only explanation for his actions.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:35 PM (Gqar

Her parents are getting all the money from the GiveSendGo or whatever it is that she's getting for her "care". Maybe they are.

I can't imagine he's working pro bono or public defender.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 04:39 PM (6ydKt)

180 Breaking: judge orders New York to halt pied-à-terre tax over botched rollout
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Also orders the return of whatever tax money has already been collected?

No? okay...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 04:39 PM (vJrRc)

181 167 Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation

Mother fucker is tripling down on his lies and sedition.
Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:35 PM (KC5Lt)
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The networks needed a soundbite for the evening news. He gave it to them. Don't bother with the facts.

Posted by: WisRich at September 29, 2026 04:39 PM (G0vdT)

182 Criminal defense lawyers often have their clients locked up and they cannot pester them as much.
Posted by: whig

Who does the pestering, the lawyer or the client?

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:39 PM (77rzZ)

183 This was pure evil. There is nothing that excuses murder- except like minded evil people who have also lost their humanity and love for God.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 04:36
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Amen.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 29, 2026 04:39 PM (Hbeqj)

184
https://tinyurl.com/yt3n4c5p
Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (VUYAh)

I find these stories terribly demoralizing.

I especially tried to avoid the Clancy trial and the crazy shitlibs on TikTok kind of forced me to pay attention. I didn't want to know what she did to her kids.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 04:39 PM (W4Zv0)

185 When I was a Beaver gymnast

Go on ...

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (4NO2D)

186 173 When I was a Beaver gymnast

I'm not goin' anywhere near that.
Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (77rzZ)

_____________________________

*mumble* *mumble* dismount *mumble* *mumble* *mumble*

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (dIske)

187 174 166 Who is paying off the lawyer? My only explanation for his actions.
Posted by: tubal

Which side?
Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

Ah. Perceptive.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (Gqar8)

188 Might have been Bigfoot what done it. Pretty "'Squatchy" up there in Massachusetts.

Posted by: Bobo and Ranae at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (Fn+3X)

189 BTW WTI has now dropped to $88 and change. The commodity traders can’t keep it inflated anymore. Saudi’s just reopened their pipeline and more oil is going through the strait every day.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (6VEkT)

190 Posted by: This guy's a fucking disgrace! at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM (TbWk/)

Well, Ace was a lawyer, and my mom was a lawyer, and I suspect you were a lawyer too... a lot of people on political sites have some connection with the law, if nothing else because we try to elect legislators who don't suck.
So I'm not going to say all lawyers are scum. Even if (or especially if) they have to represent scumbagettes. Someone gotta do it.
Which is why I want to kick scumbag lawyers off of that business. Makes my mom look bad

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (88C+u)

191 Who is paying off the lawyer? My only explanation for his actions.
Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:35 PM (Gqar

I'm sure he's getting his fees paid for but don't think he's being "paid off" necessarily. Rather, I think he's getting off on his 15 minutes of fame and is going to milk it for as long as he can.

Posted by: Notoriety can do strange things at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (TbWk/)

192 I'm 2 away from Kevin Bacon via Aidan Quinn.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (KC5Lt)

193 161 Is it self-worth that some derive from a brush with a celebrity's arm in an elevator?
Posted by: old chick
======
Same reason the Brits have the royal family and lords. We have Celebutards as the democratic version of the Royal Family.

The level of dysfunction appears similar.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (E4rtv)

194
Also orders the return of whatever tax money has already been collected?

_______

Please apply for a refund at the City Tax Office. Open from 1:00-2:00 on alternate Thurdsays. Bring four notarized copies of your application.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 04:41 PM (eRlcH)

195 I prefer Seven Degrees to Kevin Bacon.
It's like six, but one more.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

196 *I cannot recall the man's name but he found a guy trying to abuse his five year old daughter and he beat the scum to a pulp. Grand jury said "thank you sir, you may go home"

Posted by: Huck Follywood
---

He beat him to death. 👍

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 04:41 PM (wljQY)

197 So, Lindsay Clancy obtained a top notch defense lawyer experienced in exactly the kind of case she - is. The state countered with a mashup of the Stooges.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:41 PM (Gqar8)

198 Well SCOTUS ruled we can send illegals to third party countries so there is that ....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:43 PM (+gK6I)

199 Entertainment science?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 04:38 PM (eRlcH)

It's UCLA. Maybe I got it wrong though. Its core is the entertainment industry.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (KC5Lt)

200 So, Lindsay Clancy obtained a top notch defense lawyer experienced in exactly the kind of case she - is. The state countered with a mashup of the Stooges.
Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2026 04:41 PM (Gqar

This too is the story of the OJ Simpson trial.

Posted by: Plus the assclown judge at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (TbWk/)

201 philadelphia is about to die lol

DAMN

Phils just lost

Eagles were embarrassed

they're closing our Dino museum

SUCKS

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (j+aD2)

202 There was a Beaver College in se Pa, came from Beaver County originally

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (Ia/+0)

203 198 Well SCOTUS ruled we can send illegals to third party countries so there is that ....
Posted by: It's me donna
====
But we were hoping that Scotus would rule we could send all Democrats to third party countries. With no return. Starting with the First Circuit judges.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (E4rtv)

204 181 167 Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation

Did he say what those crimes were ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (+gK6I)

205 198 Well SCOTUS ruled we can send illegals to third party countries so there is that ....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:43 PM (+gK6I)
------

Does that affect "Maryland man"?

Posted by: WisRich at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (G0vdT)

206
198 Well SCOTUS ruled we can send illegals to third party countries so there is that ....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:43 PM (+gK6I)

That's good news.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (Oy/m2)

207 I met Colonel Sanders twice.
Posted by: Pudinhead

I briefly crossed paths with John Madden.

And I met Jerry Falwell.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:27 PM

I played wargames with jeffrey dahmer. We were in the same war games club at the university of wisconsin. And no we never did any pot lucks.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (I43vL)

208 202 There was a Beaver College in se Pa, came from Beaver County originally

is that Alvernia now? or Albright?

I can't keep them straight

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (j+aD2)

209 His pay is the publicity he's receiving.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (KC5Lt)

210
Does that affect "Maryland man"?
Posted by: WisRich at September 29, 2026 04:44 PM (G0vdT)

Here's hoping

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (+gK6I)

211 Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2026 04:37 PM (VUYAh)

That is an absolute disgrace that the school socially transitioned her and and girl was removed because they would not recognize her supposed new gender.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM (JrHfD)

212 Phils just lost
===
payroll 300mil

*heh*

Posted by: so not a 300 mil payroll at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM (anL5R)

213 Might have been Bigfoot what done it. Pretty "'Squatchy" up there in Massachusetts.
Posted by: Bobo and Ranae at September 29, 2026 04:40 PM (Fn+3X)

That Ranae is one handsome woman.

Posted by: Marianne Edgar Budde at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM (t+3cP)

214 Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (I43vL)

Was he any good?

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM (KC5Lt)

215 198 Well SCOTUS ruled we can send illegals to third party countries so there is that ....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:43 PM (+gK6I)
__________________________

This is why I can't work for ICE. I'd be pranking the detainees non-stop.....stopping by the cells and piling up severe winter gear outside their door. Telling them I'd be back later with the bear spray.

Going to the next holding cell and asking if anyone has ever lived in close proximity to crocs.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM (dIske)

216 209 His pay is the publicity he's receiving.
Posted by: polynikes
========
With crowdfunding, there is no telling who without donor lists, of who is paying the guy.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:47 PM (E4rtv)

217 >>>Lindsay Clancy's Scumbag Lawyer Kevin Reddington

He makes attorneys look bad. And that is quite the feat.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 04:48 PM (dK+Kv)

218 215 198 Well SCOTUS ruled we can send illegals to third party countries so there is that ....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:43 PM (+gK6I)

Upon reading it it is temporary till the Court hears the case in December...6-3... with the usual subjects voting nay

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 04:48 PM (+gK6I)

219 This is why I can't work for ICE. I'd be pranking the detainees non-stop.....stopping by the cells and piling up severe winter gear outside their door. Telling them I'd be back later with the bear spray.

Going to the next holding cell and asking if anyone has ever lived in close proximity to crocs.
Posted by: Orson
======
Why prank them. We should make a deal with Putin or Zelinsky to send them to the Russian Front. They can use a guy like Maryland Man.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:48 PM (E4rtv)

220 208 202 There was a Beaver College in se Pa, came from Beaver County originally

is that Alvernia now? or Albright?

I can't keep them straight
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (j+aD2)
_____________________

You were on the right track. It's now called Arcadia.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 04:49 PM (dIske)

221 If they let him get away with it Reddington basically destroyed the jury system.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:49 PM (KC5Lt)

222 I played wargames with jeffrey dahmer. We were in the same war games club at the university of wisconsin. And no we never did any pot lucks.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

A guy I knew from Jr. High and HS, and whom I had been in plays with, brutally murdered a girl (whom I also knew and had been in plays with0). He went to prison for a long time.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 04:49 PM (77rzZ)

223 with the usual subjects voting nay
Posted by: It's me donna
=======
That is because those three are horses' asses. Neigh is what they say.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:49 PM (E4rtv)

224 Yeah. Braves win!

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (Oy/m2)

225 Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (I43vL)

Was he any good?

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM

I don't remember, he was just one of the guys who showed up to play games, mostly avalon hill games IIRC.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (I43vL)

226 221 If they let him get away with it Reddington basically destroyed the jury system.
Posted by: polynikes
=======
Eh, it will survive in some form but the increasing tribal nature like Team Woman, Team Black, Team Muzloid, will inevitably lead to its downfall as Lee Kuan Yew noted.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (E4rtv)

227 Nood

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (N1DT3)

228 New: Kristi Noem filed for divorce from crossdressing husband in April

-
Works for me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)

229 Their son is in college majoring in entertainment science
__________
*blinks stupidly*
Entertainment science?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That's how you make a degree legit.

"I'm majoring in Entertainment." So your saying you've got an OnlyFans?

"I'm majoring in Entertainment Studies." So you spend all your time watching other peoples' OnlyFans?

"I'm majoring in Entertainment Science." Wow, that sounds like a real field of study!

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2026 04:52 PM (VHUov)

230 Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued that prosecutors simply haven't produced enough evidence to prove his client killed her children. Prosecutors quickly fired back, publicly dismissing Reddington's assertion as a "laughable theory".

Hold up, she admitted she did it and her attorney confirmed that she did it but claimed she was crazy and that the triple murders shouldn't count because of "hormones" or something.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:52 PM (I43vL)

231
I don't remember, he was just one of the guys who showed up to play games, mostly avalon hill games IIRC.
===
He kept wanting to play as the Japanese in New Guinea and Chichijima....

Posted by: History at September 29, 2026 04:54 PM (anL5R)

232 Know who was not at President Trump's luncheon?

Sam Altman wasn't there at all.

Dario Amodei was sitting on the President's side of the table
to his right, third to last.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 04:56 PM (wljQY)

233 Told'ja Reddington has bigger problems trying to get the psychopath RN to walk free, thanks to MA law.

Wonder if Lindsay just learned her ex is going to be a daddy again & got to appear in 60 Minutes? And that he could clean up through independent lawsuits and the children's Estates? He's erred, too.

No peace.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 05:25 PM (NFX2v)

234 201 philadelphia is about to die lol

DAMN

Phils just lost

Eagles were embarrassed

they're closing our Dino museum

SUCKS
Posted by: Black Orchid

And let's flag flying communists to march through the streets.

You get the government you deserve. It's almost to the point the entire region deserves it, not just those social justice scum bags.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at September 29, 2026 05:29 PM (NFX2v)

235 Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:45 PM (I43vL)

Was he any good?

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM

I don't remember, he was just one of the guys who showed up to play games, mostly avalon hill games IIRC.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 04:51 PM (I43vL)

He kept eating the chits representing soldiers and armies.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

236 That is an absolute disgrace that the school socially transitioned her and and girl was removed because they would not recognize her supposed new gender.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 04:46 PM

I hate to say it but, there is little wrong with this country that a few thousand murders couldn't fix. Our forefathers would have been stacking bodies a long time ago.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 06:21 PM (4NO2D)

NYT Tech Editor Gunned Down by In-Laws -- Because His Trans Lifestyle Wound Up Influencing His Son to Wear His Sister's Dresses

Modern problems.

Accused killer grandma attacked trans NYT exec when his son started wearing sister's dresses: explosive court docs

A grandmother who allegedly gunned down her transgender New York Times executive son-in-law accused him of inspiring her grandson to wear his sister's dresses, court documents show.
Jonathan McKinsey, the newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience, was allegedly killed by his elderly in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, on Saturday. They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.
Chen visited McKinsey and his wife, Candice Jang, to watch their children in 2023, a restraining order filed by McKinsey against Jang said.
Chen noticed McKinsey's son Wyatt had begun asking to wear his sister Alexis' dresses, a "phase" he was going through, McKinsey said, according to the records.
She then began allegedly berating him for the behavior, calling the young child a "disgusting queer" and a "pervert." Chen also allegedly hit McKinsey's young son in the back of the head when he asked.
When McKinsey begged her to stop, Chen turned her ire to the New York Times employee, who was transgender and transitioned from female to male in 2010, according to the documents.
She then called McKinsey the same names, the restraining order alleged.

The "trans" NYT "game journalist" reportedly physically abused his wife and child. And he says she told him to kill himself.

McKinsey also accused his wife of abuse in their relationship, including an episode where she pushed him to try to commit suicide, the documents say.
McKinsey claimed Jang told him he should kill himself because "no one would want to be with someone as f--ked up and transgender like me."
Jang first filed a restraining order against McKinsey last year, alleging he "threatened to kill me and my parents."
Alameda County prosecutors also charged him with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse after an incident where he allegedly hit their six-year-old son in the face with an open hand.
Jang also told investigators about a 2018 domestic violence incident, where McKinsey bruised her left arm, the charging documents say.

Who knows. Who knows.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:43 PM

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1 wege5heu5je 5

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (ccf/V)

3
>>the newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience

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

The what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

4 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (CWTWj)

5 wege5heu5je 5
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

HEY now.....The Fauci thread was LAST thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (ccf/V)

6 This headline is so jam-packed with peak 2026.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (6ydKt)

7 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (s1VwS)

8 And what a shame

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 29, 2026 02:45 PM (s1VwS)

9 "My daddy, he disowned me 'cause I wear my sisters clothes"

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:45 PM (Fi81e)

10 A good start . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 02:45 PM (3eLdR)

11 Zhang and Chen are heroes.

I love them.

Posted by: Thank you both! at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (PMpfL)

12
wege5heu5je 5
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

________

That's it. It's Midway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (eRlcH)

13
Honestly, I have to re-read this. This is like a Dr. Seuss story.

"Who was the she
and the she was the he
until no one knew who was the who..."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (mmrXZ)

14 But this is normal and it should be celebrated, you guys.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (ccf/V)

15 It's a Tranny Genocide™!
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

16 So the wife was a lesbian?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (4NO2D)

17
One less pervert. More please.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (/QHx4)

18 Okay... I thought the "husband" was a woman transitioning... So 2 lesbians ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (+gK6I)

19 SPONGE!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (s1VwS)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (ccf/V)

20 I am so confused. The based in-laws are the good guys, but I don't understand anything else.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (2ap+5)

21 Chen noticed McKinsey's son Wyatt had begun asking to wear his sister Alexis' dresses, a "phase" he was going through, McKinsey said, according to the records.

It's not learned (or indoctrinated) behavior. It's 100% genetic, and the young child was just feeling safe enough to explore its feelings!!!

Posted by: Gaystapo, Social Media and Teachers at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (LMfGu)

22 So the wife was a lesbian?
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (4NO2D)

It seems, not anymore. Are you still a lesbian when your significant other assumes a new gender?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (ccf/V)

23 Best I can imagine is that the dude was a she playing a dude when she married the Chinese chick. And chaos ensued.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (nEUC6)

24 > They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.

That's ... wow.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (mkw2N)

25 Sounds like an all-around functional family./sarc

Pity Jerry Springer isn't still on the air, people like this could get it out of their systems without resorting to murder.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (vJrRc)

26 So actually there was no 'he' in the group except the grand parents and the male kid.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (NnhvP)

27 It seems, not anymore. Are you still a lesbian when your significant other assumes a new gender?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM

I think so.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (4NO2D)

28 This is "erasing trannies".

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

29 Why is it we never hear about a transgender conversion that works out and that person goes on to lead a wonderful life? If they were out there the liberal media would be all over those kinds of stories but we never see any.

I suspect happy transgender people do not exist.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (I43vL)

30 It's not learned (or indoctrinated) behavior. It's 100% genetic, and the young child was just feeling safe enough to explore its feelings!!!
Posted by: Gaystapo, Social Media and Teachers at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (LMfGu)

I've known people that actually think like this.

"No. They raised their son as a boy....he just desired to play with Barbie dolls and wear dresses. I swear."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (ccf/V)

31 They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.

What a strange mental image...
"Okay, now it's your turn!"
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

32 My FiL just got back from America N. Says that the America's Hat-ians are so ate up by TDS that they cannot think straight, and the pols appeal to the people by out TDSing each other.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (3eLdR)

33 Gentlemen: you know you've married the right girl when you take turns shooting a tranny.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (2ocoG)

34 28 This is "erasing trannies".
Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

Seems the she/he erased him/her self by "transitioning " ? I'm confused

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (+gK6I)

35 Jeez, this story is like a clown car of insanity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

36 I'm, obviously, a reprobate. I think this whole story hilarious. Especially, this part:

(((They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.)))

I wonder if they were shouting. "Why you no lawyer? Why you no doctor?"

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (dIske)

37 The chick did an amazing job faking a dude. That beard is better than mine.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (4NO2D)

38 Jonathan McKinsey, the newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience, was allegedly killed by his elderly in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, on Saturday. They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.

That last sentence. lol
I don't know why it reads funny, but it does.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (jBygX)

39 33 Gentlemen: you know you've married the right girl when you take turns shooting a tranny.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (2ocoG)

Love wins

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (s1VwS)

40 The CBS News article didn't mention any of this!!

Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (Hucnr)

41 Jeez, this story is like a clown car of insanity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

And no flying cars in 2026. What a rip!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (nEUC6)

42 Shame he is dead yet not Grandmom should have went this far.
But as Leftists go I might not covict her in a jury

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

43 “My granny killed my daddy 'cause I wear my sisters clothes”.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (Fi81e)

44 The what?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

He’s the head guy for making sure old lefties don’t get confused playing Wordle.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

45 > the newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience

That's a real position at a software game development company. At a newspaper, that's live action roleplaying. You're not an engineer. You write opinions about video games.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (mkw2N)

46 killed by his elderly in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen

Ethnic Chinese generally don't want to see their grandchildren turned tranny...means no continuation of the family line. Doing it to a boy is so much worse.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

47 damn.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

48 I suspect happy transgender people do not exist.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (I43vL)

Instead we have the sad sack Elliot/Ellen Page insisting he's the perfect kind of man and how happy he is through the tears...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

49 Old lady only killed one tranny? Well, it's a start, I guess.

And why does a "newspaper" have a "head of engineering for games player experience" anyway.

And how did Jang and McKinsey acquire two children, given that there no sperm cells in the equation?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (peOdB)

50 I suspect happy transgender people do not exist.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Maybe the late Jan Morris.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (77rzZ)

51 I wonder if they were shouting. "Why you no lawyer? Why you no doctor?"
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (dIske)

Why you no have penis?

Posted by: Zheng & Chen at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (PMpfL)

52 Love wins

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (s1VwS)

Hate has no home here. It's been replaced by murderous rage.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (3eLdR)

53 "Jonathan McKinsey, the newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience, was allegedly killed by his elderly in-laws."

I have no idea what really happened here, but I very strongly suspect the world is a bit better off without his creep.

He was a trans pervert,

probably grooming his own son,

and was employed by the NY Slime as "head of engineering for games player experience" which is as nonsensical and made-up a job as "Assistant Automated Mototical Sprocket Catcher."

Yea: I feel a little more goodness in the world now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)

54 >>>The "trans" NYT "game journalist" reportedly physically abused his wife and child. And he says she told him to kill himself.

It is a F to M tranny. So, she says that [the other] she told her to kill herself.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (8mulE)

55 I guess both his names are now dead names...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (l3cgK)

56 That's a real position at a software game development company. At a newspaper, that's live action roleplaying. You're not an engineer. You write opinions about video games.

NYT actually does sell games: Wordle, digital versions of their crosswords, etc.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (2ocoG)

57 Shooting a feral dog is necessary. Especially since the dog worked for the NY Times.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (KGj36)

58 the trans men with male pattern baldness are truly committed to the role. I wonder if they look at their receding hairlines, pump their little fists and yell "hell yeah!"

Posted by: Oglebay at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (2ap+5)

59
Someone wants to be trans etc. I don't like that perverted shit.

You mess with children you should be shot.

Is there innocence left in the world?

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (/QHx4)

60 And how did Jang and McKinsey acquire two children, given that there no sperm cells in the equation?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Had to have been from someone's previous marriage to a man. Or maybe they were adopted.

It's too bad we don't have reporters anymore, some one might have been able to explain and report on the circumstances without confusing things.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (vJrRc)

61 “My granny killed my daddy 'cause I wear my sisters clothes”.
Posted by: Axeman

"My sister has a mustache,
My brother wears a dress,
Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess!"

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (77rzZ)

62 And how did Jang and McKinsey acquire two children, given that there no sperm cells in the equation?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

My guess from last night was that the actual girl had a kid out of wedlock, the parents pressured her to get married, tranny enters the equation, and they think "Ok, good enough." Boom, problems.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 02:53 PM (nEUC6)

63 61 “My granny killed my daddy 'cause I wear my sisters clothes”.
Posted by: Axeman

"My sister has a mustache,
My brother wears a dress,
Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess!"

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (77rzZ)

"Mommy and Daddy kept fighting over clothes to wear"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:53 PM (l3cgK)

64 Alternate Headline: THE ARISTOCRATS!

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:53 PM (4NO2D)

65 I hope this shit doesn't mess up my Wordle streak!

Posted by: Ronzoni at September 29, 2026 02:53 PM (Glk2Q)

66 Jonathan McKinsey, the newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience, was allegedly killed by his elderly in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, on Saturday. They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.
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Oh, diverse in-laws from another culture.

That's got to change things up a bit since it's racist to demand that other people adapt to Western standards.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)

67 I read this last night.

What I understood is that the girl who got killed (or "guy") was a girl because one of their arguments she accused the "wife" of punching her in the chest after her mastectomy. So that bearded lump was a woman once.

So apparently this was a lesbian couple and the guy transed but was abusive. Not sure about how abusive she was though as only evidence was police complaints during divorce and custody fights, and only damage were minor bruising from grabbing arm or something.

Sounds like the poor old couple had a very disappointing life in America.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (+UEwf)

68 So, she says that [the other] she told her to kill herself.
Posted by: No Name Today

This is one of those situations when you do not use pronouns when explaining to a third party because if you do it only confuses ... everything.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (vJrRc)

69 Yikes....Clancy case is in the news again. I've never heard of this happening before, but apparently Reddington (defense attorney) floated the idea in court that the prosecution doesn't have the ability to prove that Clancy actually performed the murders. This is despite Reddington stating on record that his client absolutely did commit the murders during the previous mistrial.

He's flipping his defense to try and intimidate the prosecution NOT to seek another trial. While simultaneously playing to the lunatics on the internet accusing the husband. This is turning into a really poorly written episode of Law & Order.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

70 And why does a "newspaper" have a "head of engineering for games player experience" anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (peOdB)

'Gentlepersons: why aren't we profitable?! We are literally THE name in news!'
-NYT CFO

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (zZu0s)

71 So many trannies. Did Fauci spray something into the air?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (ebJJx)

72 Why don't you bigoted fucks want more trans warriors in the military?!?!?!
- the left

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (30995)

73 60 And how did Jang and McKinsey acquire two children, given that there no sperm cells in the equation?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Had to have been from someone's previous marriage to a man. Or maybe they were adopted.

It's too bad we don't have reporters anymore, some one might have been able to explain and report on the circumstances without confusing things.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (vJrRc)

Newspapers are great at confusing things...
"Hurricane hits cemetery; hundreds dead."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (l3cgK)

74 'Well my mommy had twin babies
On one sweet summer day
She beat one in the head
And I'm the one that got away'

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 02:55 PM (vNne8)

75 31 They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.

What a strange mental image...
"Okay, now it's your turn!"
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

It was probably more "my pistol's out - your turn"...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2026 02:55 PM (tOcjL)

76 Instead we have the sad sack Elliot/Ellen Page insisting he's the perfect kind of man and how happy he is through the tears...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

Elliot eats carburetors and Kleenex for breakfast.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

77 "head of engineering for games player experience"... lol

Posted by: front toward enemy at September 29, 2026 02:55 PM (TIizU)

78 Wonder if she used a 1911 or one of the 9mm things?

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 02:55 PM (Ia/+0)

79 First there was Rooftop Koreans. Now we have vengeful anti-trannie Chinese grandparents. Could use a few more of both

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 02:56 PM (bE5fk)

80 So apparently this was a lesbian couple and the guy transed but was abusive. Not sure about how abusive she was though as only evidence was police complaints during divorce and custody fights, and only damage were minor bruising from grabbing arm or something.

Sounds like the poor old couple had a very disappointing life in America.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (+UEwf)

I hear that spousal abuse is higher with lesbian couples that straight ones...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

81 THIRD BASE!

Posted by: Just the Punchline at September 29, 2026 02:56 PM (4NO2D)

82 Typical New York Times employee.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 29, 2026 02:56 PM (aD4fx)

83 46 killed by his elderly in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen

Ethnic Chinese generally don't want to see their grandchildren turned tranny...means no continuation of the family line. Doing it to a boy is so much worse.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

True - boys matter WAY more to ethnic Chinese than girls...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM (tOcjL)

84 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (mmrXZ)

Morticia, it got willowed, but if you have a Caliber Collision near you, go to them to fix up your Outback. They do outstanding work.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

85 He's flipping his defense to try and intimidate the prosecution NOT to seek another trial. While simultaneously playing to the lunatics on the internet accusing the husband. This is turning into a really poorly written episode of Law & Order.
Posted by: Orson

The lone juror really fucked up their plans.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM (9tX4s)

86 I mean, it was one thing for them to accept their daughter was lezbo.......then she marries a woman......THEN the woman transitions to a "man."

There's only so much a parent can take.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM (ccf/V)

87 Well if the guh was pushing kids to be Trannies he had to be a Cultural Marxist

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)

88 Enya and the whole Brennan musical family hail from Dublin. They would never do something like this.

Posted by: Confuzzled at September 29, 2026 02:58 PM (Fn+3X)

89
Wait, what?

>> the New York Times employee, who was transgender and transitioned from female to male in 2010

...and they have a 6-year-old kid.

Did this young mother, Candice Jong, marry the female-to-male (FTM) McKinsey?? That doesn't make sense because:

McKinsey claimed Jang told him he should kill himself because "no one would want to be with someone as f--ked up and transgender like me."

This looks like the f--ked-up-ness goes wayyyyy back.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:58 PM (mmrXZ)

90 "Come to America. When your slut daughter goes lesbo and marries a bearded woman, you can buy a gun and shoot "his" ass."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:58 PM (+UEwf)

91 > What a strange mental image...
"Okay, now it's your turn!"

Probably more like, "Give me the damn gun, I want to shoot her too!"

Posted by: bonhomme at September 29, 2026 02:58 PM (mkw2N)

92 This is more bizarre than any telenovela or reality show. Yet it is the reality we now live in.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2026 02:58 PM (GUOwU)

93 "Health" care isn't what it used to be.

*shrugs*

Take care of yourselves because the industry we trusted to do it, doesn't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (RORbl)

94 I mean, it was one thing for them to accept their daughter was lezbo.......then she marries a woman......THEN the woman transitions to a "man."

There's only so much a parent can take.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM (ccf/V)
---
Snowballing stupidity.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)

95 Sigh. Revealing he was transgender just makes me think this article has ulterior motives to fuel culture war issues

The GOP are going to make big deal of this and anything they can use to distract from the economy, gas prices and war.

Look on Facebook people are all over it saying the grandparents are hero’s and to free them. I am not talking about a few outliers. There is a high percentage of people applauding this persons death.

With the exception (generally) of Reddit, the discussions on the internet are very sick. It’s strange that here, people address things much more sanely and normally, even though it is anonymous.

Sadly they just accomplished their mission. These sickos sacrificed themselves so their daughter could keep the kids.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (LMfGu)

96
Morticia, it got willowed, but if you have a Caliber Collision near you, go to them to fix up your Outback. They do outstanding work.
Posted by: Bulg

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

THANKS!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (mmrXZ)

97 And why does a "newspaper" have a "head of engineering for games player experience" anyway.

And how did Jang and McKinsey acquire two children, given that there no sperm cells in the equation?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 02:51 PM (peOdB)

NY Times has several different games on their app.
Crossword, Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Wordle, etc.

Simple word games that make their subscribers feel smart.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

98 69 Yikes....Clancy case is in the news again. I've never heard of this happening before, but apparently Reddington (defense attorney) floated the idea in court that the prosecution doesn't have the ability to prove that Clancy actually performed the murders. This is despite Reddington stating on record that his client absolutely did commit the murders during the previous mistrial.

He's flipping his defense to try and intimidate the prosecution NOT to seek another trial. While simultaneously playing to the lunatics on the internet accusing the husband. This is turning into a really poorly written episode of Law & Order.
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

Lawyers argue everything to judges, no matter how dumb...see many pretrial hearings...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (tOcjL)

99 Crimes committed by the elderly are entertaining. The major punishment is, in most states, a life sentence for the nasty stuff. And then Gramps or Memaw spend their days in the geriatric unit of the pen, playing pinochle and going down memory lane.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (gm9Sb)

100 And how did Jang and McKinsey acquire two children, given that there no sperm cells in the equation?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Had to have been from someone's previous marriage to a man. Or maybe they were adopted.

It's too bad we don't have reporters anymore, some one might have been able to explain and report on the circumstances without confusing things.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (vJrRc)

I'm guessing adopted, because agencies and their government sponsors roll out the carpet for gay couples. Straights, not so much...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (08OqX)

101 "My sister has a mustache,
My brother wears a dress,
Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess!"

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 02:52 PM (77rzZ)
-

Gee, Officer Krupke
We're down on our knees
'Cause no one wants a fella with a social disease

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 29, 2026 03:00 PM (ebJJx)

102 And why does a "newspaper" have a "head of engineering for games player experience" anyway.

Those crosswords have become a THING, man.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:00 PM (ccf/V)

103 "No, you shoot so many times already."

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 29, 2026 03:00 PM (jBygX)

104 Lesbian-Tranny-Granny violence, two Morons destroying their Subarus in one 24 hour period! Exactly what is going on?

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!!!! at September 29, 2026 03:00 PM (Fn+3X)

105 Sigh. Revealing he was transgender just makes me think this article has ulterior motives to fuel culture war issues

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (LMfGu)
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LOL. They want the transgender erased from the story.

Actually, I don't think traditionals should make any hay with this as the tranny is the victim.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

106 Look on Facebook people are all over it saying the grandparents are hero’s and to free them. I am not talking about a few outliers. There is a high percentage of people applauding this persons death.

Now do Luigi Mangione and Lindsay Clancy...

and your grammar is atrocious...you want the plural, not the possessive of hero...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)

107 Lesbian-Tranny-Granny violence, two Morons destroying their Subarus in one 24 hour period! Exactly what is going on?
Posted by: The Huge Manatee!!!! at September 29, 2026 03:00 PM (Fn+3X)

MASS HYSTERIA!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (ccf/V)

108 This creep is apparently female to male, but ...

... did you see pics of the thing? It's hairy as fuck. I've never seen a F2M get that hairy. Usually the male hormones grow some scraggly nasty peach fuzz and a few pubic-looking hairs.

But this thing has a full thick beard, hairy chest, and looks for all the world like a weak beta man.

I think this story might be updated to correct the F2M transition.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

109 You been shooting four hour. You go home now!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (77rzZ)

110
I am confused about the trans shit. She was a lesbian who decided to trans to a man. No dick. Did it have a dick addition?
The add-a-dick would not work??? WTF

I am old and don't understand wtf is going on anymore.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (/QHx4)

111 Asian sounding woman and a trans man with three kids? There's a turkey baster joke in here somewhere.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (QVS9R)

112 Ahhh, fuck it. One less homo to deal with … how many left to go?

Posted by: Dr_No at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (ayRl+)

113 I am pretty sure california requires an all asian jury, judge, prosecutor and public defender for these china men charged with self defense.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (PMpfL)

114 ****Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, on Saturday. ...took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.****
---

Fucking Boomers...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:02 PM (wljQY)

115 Look on Facebook people are all over it saying the grandparents are hero’s and to free them. I am not talking about a few outliers. There is a high percentage of people applauding this persons death

I know, right?
- Lindsay Clancy fans

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at September 29, 2026 03:02 PM (30995)

116 With the exception (generally) of Reddit, the discussions on the internet are very sick. It’s strange that here, people address things much more sanely and normally, even though it is anonymous.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (LMfGu)

Obviously very new to Reddit, the internet, and life in general.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:02 PM (6ydKt)

117 Honestly, I have to re-read this. This is like a Dr. Seuss story.

"Who was the she
and the she was the he
until no one knew who was the who..."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (mmrXZ)
---
Yeah, it took me a couple of tries to figure out exactly who was doing what to whom.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 03:02 PM (FZ29D)

118
Actually, I don't think traditionals should make any hay with this as the tranny is the victim.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

I agree; this gal/guy/wtf-ever was sick in the head, lopped off breasts, admitted to having psych issues and didn't kill anyone.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:02 PM (l3cgK)

119
NYT actually does sell games: Wordle, digital versions of their crosswords, etc.
Posted by: Ian S.

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

Okay, that explains the job title, thanks. The one thing that makes sense in the story.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

120 I am a bit curious about what guns they used.

What would an 80yo Chinese couple buy? I am thinking a revolver, probably 38. Maybe a 22.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 03:02 PM (+UEwf)

121 He's flipping his defense to try and intimidate the prosecution NOT to seek another trial. While simultaneously playing to the lunatics on the internet accusing the husband. This is turning into a really poorly written episode of Law & Order.
Posted by: Orson

The lone juror really fucked up their plans.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM

This entire mess of a trial seems to be more and more of a coordinated op between the prosecutor and defense team as more time goes by.

They thought that a black juror with a prior criminal record would stick it to the man and get on board with a not guilty verdict and then he fvcked up their entire plan.

I suspect she would have done a year or two in a state hospital and then been "cured" and set free.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2026 03:03 PM (I43vL)

122 MASS HYSTERIA!!!!
Posted by: Sponge

Oh you got trouble, my friends. Right here in River City!

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 03:03 PM (77rzZ)

123 heh...check out the mug shots...Chili Chen has the whole "Albert Einstein chic" look going on.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2cbkkv

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 03:03 PM (dIske)

124 In the words of a great American, this is some fucked-up shit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 29, 2026 03:03 PM (amcLV)

125 105 Sigh. Revealing he was transgender just makes me think this article has ulterior motives to fuel culture war issues

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (LMfGu)
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LOL. They want the transgender erased from the story.

Actually, I don't think traditionals should make any hay with this as the tranny is the victim.
Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

True, although as the victim story comes out, he/she does seem more and more complicit to the ultimate outcome. Abuse was happening, and no one usually bats an eye when a known DV accuser or pedophile (like was that the next step here?) goes out in similar ways.

They wish things could have been different, and they pray for the victim and the perp...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2026 03:04 PM (tOcjL)

126 Well if the guh was pushing kids to be Trannies he had to be a Cultural Marxist
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)

No shit. NYT employee, goes with the territory. Good riddance. The kids should be adopted out to a good Mormon family in rural Utah.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 03:04 PM (peOdB)

127 110
I am confused about the trans shit. She was a lesbian who decided to trans to a man. No dick. Did it have a dick addition?
The add-a-dick would not work??? WTF

I am old and don't understand wtf is going on anymore.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (/QHx4)

It is a little exhausting trying to keep up, especially when accounts indulge their pronoun preferences.

Just tell us what kind of weirdo you are already.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 29, 2026 03:04 PM (jBygX)

128 heh...check out the mug shots...Chili Chen has the whole "Albert Einstein chic" look going on.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2cbkkv
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 03:03 PM

Truly, that is a woman with zero fucks to give.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:04 PM (4NO2D)

129 accuser=abuser (dang typo)

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2026 03:04 PM (tOcjL)

130 But this thing has a full thick beard, hairy chest, and looks for all the world like a weak beta man.

I think this story might be updated to correct the F2M transition.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

Question marks formed over my head as well...... I think it was the male pattern baldness that threw me for the biggest loop.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:04 PM (ccf/V)

131
... did you see pics of the thing? It's hairy as fuck. I've never seen a F2M get that hairy. Usually the male hormones grow some scraggly nasty peach fuzz and a few pubic-looking hairs.

But this thing has a full thick beard, hairy chest, and looks for all the world like a weak beta man.

I think this story might be updated to correct the F2M transition.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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

Some of them manage it amazingly well! For some, the beard doesn't come in and they're envious of the ones who do. I went down this rabbit hole when I was boycotting the news during the first 2 years of Biden. I was following an honest-to-God Berkeley lesbian who got redpilled by the whole thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:04 PM (mmrXZ)

132 So many of life's little problems could be solved if all concerned parties were given 45s, rounded up into a circle and had a big ole Tarantino-esque shootout until the victors emerged.

BONUS! Would make great Tik- Tok videos!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 03:05 PM (YSUhf)

133 @ 99 Crimes committed by the elderly are entertaining. The major punishment is, in most states, a life sentence for the nasty stuff. And then Gramps or Memaw spend their days in the geriatric unit of the pen, playing pinochle and going down memory lane. Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 29, 2026 02:59 PM (gm9Sb)
______________________________

That's a bit diff'rent from going down ON memory lane, eh … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at September 29, 2026 03:05 PM (ayRl+)

134
Starlings and Grackles kick Crow ass.

Posted by: Auspex at September 29, 2026 03:05 PM (Y8DZL)

135 This is less comprehensible than trying to explain trigonometry with whatever characters you get in a bowl of alphabet soup.

Posted by: Clay at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (dDrkF)

136 Taking turns shooting at freako. "You dance now sweetie, you dance. Bang. Hit in leg. Now your turn." "Dance dance dance little butterfly. Bang. Oopsie,now in liver. Now your turn".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (gm9Sb)

137 108 This creep is apparently female to male, but ...

... did you see pics of the thing? It's hairy as fuck. I've never seen a F2M get that hairy. Usually the male hormones grow some scraggly nasty peach fuzz and a few pubic-looking hairs.

But this thing has a full thick beard, hairy chest, and looks for all the world like a weak beta man.

I think this story might be updated to correct the F2M transition.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)
- - - - - - - - -
Astroturf (TM)

It's not just for football anymore! Ask your sex-change specialist or pediatrician for more details. Not void where prohibited.

Posted by: Another Anon at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (4h45B)

138 “ We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (hLZfT)

139 They keep mentioning each other’s kids in other articles. “She hit my kids.”, “He hit her kids”, etc.

It’s confusing but maybe they both got inseminated and had their own kids at some point before the one girl became a guy?

It’s all so confoozling.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

140 I was not expecting this in my fortune cookie.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (4NO2D)

141 NYT Tech Editor Gunned Down by In-Laws -- Because His Trans Lifestyle Wound Up Influencing His Son to Wear His Sister's Dresses

===========

Pretty sure those words have never been assembled in that order before.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (u73oe)

142 I've never seen a F2M get that hairy. Usually the male hormones grow some scraggly nasty peach fuzz and a few pubic-looking hairs.

Most of them are how you describe, but I've seen one or two that have Sean Connery levels of hair.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (2ocoG)

143
Dressing in womens clothing is not a big deal.

Posted by: Hasan Piker at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (OkYzo)

144 “ We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”

2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (hLZfT)

When I cure the sick, I won't take your deductible.

Posted by: James Talarico at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (ccf/V)

145
I think this whole story hilarious. Especially, this part:

(((They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.)))

I wonder if they were shouting. "Why you no lawyer? Why you no doctor?"
Posted by: Orson

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

LOLOL, I couldn't help laughing at the image of a 77-year-old Chinese couple "taking turns" on a guy in a parking lot. I literally think the writer intended this.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)

146 134
Starlings and Grackles kick Crow ass.

Posted by: Auspex at September 29, 2026 03:05 PM (Y8DZL)

I've seen crows harassing eagles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

147 I suspect she would have done a year or two in a state hospital and then been "cured" and set free.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Yep.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (9tX4s)

148 ... did you see pics of the thing? It's hairy as fuck.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

-----------
I don't watch porn, but I understand "fuck" is a lot less hairy nowadays. For both women and men.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (+UEwf)

149 Plenty of mental illness meatballs in this story.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (WIUCR)

150
AOP,

Lol. I have stories and I won't relate them.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (/QHx4)

151 Actually, I don't think traditionals should make any hay with this as the tranny is the victim.
Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

Moar dead trannies needed, not fewer. Thy are batshit insane, and evil, every one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (peOdB)

152
Pretty sure those words have never been assembled in that order before.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 03:06 PM (u73oe)

Welcome to a liberal world.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:08 PM (ccf/V)

153
Enya and the whole Brennan musical family hail from Dublin. They would never do something like this.
Posted by: Confuzzled

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

Dublin, California.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)

154 "people are all over it saying the grandparents are hero’s and to free them. I am not talking about a few outliers. There is a high percentage of people applauding this persons death."

From the party of Lindsay Clancy, Luigi Mangione, Thomas Crooks, Ryan Routh and Tyler Robinson.

Posted by: 13times at September 29, 2026 03:08 PM (fnZRl)

155 Bettrr dead than Red

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (Ia/+0)

156
I've seen crows harassing eagles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

I see mockingbirds harassing hawks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)

157 So which one was the Nazi in this story?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (4NO2D)

158 *Sees last thread.*

Dear Lord

Fauci being consumed by millions of hungry sand fleas is too good for that evil pestilence.

Unit 731 part II.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (2GVsD)

159 151 Actually, I don't think traditionals should make any hay with this as the tranny is the victim.
Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

Moar dead trannies needed, not fewer. Thy are batshit insane, and evil, every one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (peOdB)

No, conversion should always be an option = some can be saved...and some have been. If you think you can't reconvert the person, you are giving in to despair.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (tOcjL)

160 We need some common sense grandparent reform

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

161 LOLOL, I couldn't help laughing at the image of a 77-year-old Chinese couple "taking turns" on a guy in a parking lot. I literally think the writer intended this.

Same. I was legit laughing my ass off when I read that.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

162 Jury trial. Pay per view.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (WIUCR)

163 @ 67 I read this last night. What I understood is that the girl who got killed (or "guy") was a girl because one of their arguments she accused the "wife" of punching her in the chest after her mastectomy. So that bearded lump was a woman once. So apparently this was a lesbian couple and the guy transed but was abusive. Not sure about how abusive she was though as only evidence was police complaints during divorce and custody fights, and only damage were minor bruising from grabbing arm or something. Sounds like the poor old couple had a very disappointing life in America. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (+UEwf)
____________________________________________

Sounds like a very very sad 'WGAF?' tale of Sorrow & Saddity. Again … WGAF?

Posted by: Dr_No at September 29, 2026 03:10 PM (ayRl+)

164 If you think you can't reconvert the person, you are giving in to despair.
Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM

It could just be indifference.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:10 PM (4NO2D)

165 So, if this was 2 biological females, where did they get the child? Previous relationship? Adoption? Turkey baster?

Posted by: PabloD at September 29, 2026 03:10 PM (gwaQt)

166 Some bird are just asshoe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:12 PM (ccf/V)

167 There has to be surveillance video.

They did it in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon at the Dublin Sports Grounds.

There might even be a few camera angles in the parking lot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:12 PM (6ydKt)

168 I've seen crows harassing eagles...
Posted by: jim

yes, because the crows eat eggs when the mother eagle leaves the nest. I ain't crowning crows but Mother Nature is a bitch.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (nEUC6)

169 37 The chick did an amazing job faking a dude. That beard is better than mine.

Posted by: toby928(c)
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Isn't it amazing these literary genius journalists can so screw up a statement that no one here can sort out the sex of the participants in the story?
Could the writers be confused?
Could the writers be making up shit?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (wljQY)

170 I missed the student loan thread. For those that are saying "Not my problem, let them go broke" look up PSLF groups.

People have been forgiven $500K+ for staying in school (while taking out more loans) while working for 10 years.

You already are paying these loans. And it isn't just for military or for people agreeing to work on an Indian Reservation.

https://pslfcoalition.org/

https://studentaid.gov/pslf/employer-search

Posted by: Ann at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (SHHm+)

171 IIRC the children were adopted.

Yeah progressive family courts and all that. Jang and Deadname deader being 'perfect' parents.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (2GVsD)

172 “ Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;
such is the place of one who does not know God.”

Job 18:21

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (hLZfT)

173 > Some bird are just asshoe.

WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?!?

Posted by: Canadian Goose at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (mkw2N)

174 I read this last night and still don't know who was what. Dude has a full beard. But he was a she and then he? Eh, whatever. Good shooting. What a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: Turambar's phone at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (Q0yOR)

175 The grandparents took turns John Wicking the persyn.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:14 PM (2GVsD)

176
Okay, I've wiped the tears of laughter, but lemme just say this: some siblings try on each other's clothes. It's harmless. I'll never forget the time my niece (then 3) decided she wanted the same haircut as her brother (then 6). She found scissors in the bathroom drawer. Guess what happened...

HOWEVER, something tells me in this family it wasn't all that spontaneous.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:14 PM (mmrXZ)

177 I need a score card.

No doubt everyone gets a F but at least I'll know the players.

Posted by: LASue at September 29, 2026 03:14 PM (lCppi)

178 ---
Yeah, it took me a couple of tries to figure out exactly who was doing what to whom.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Apparently the grandparents did.
Boom, boom, boom, boom
hey, hey, hey, hey
Shoot him again, baby.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:15 PM (wljQY)

179 McKinsey was a she, then a he, and now is dead.
Jang was no change.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:16 PM (2GVsD)

180 This on the same day that Ellen Page appears topless and titless on the cover of New York Magazine. And so close to Pride Month

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 03:16 PM (jivel)

181 156
I've seen crows harassing eagles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

I see mockingbirds harassing hawks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:09 PM (ccf/V)
- - - - - - - - - -
I see a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.

Posted by: Another Anon at September 29, 2026 03:17 PM (4h45B)

182 Enya and the whole Brennan musical family hail from Dublin. They would never do something like this.
Posted by: Confuzzled

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

Dublin, California.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)

Not Dublin NY near Rochester?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

183 I've fire and I've seen rain.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)

184 My comment from last night:

Ok, here's the best I can imagine with the 'tech tranny assassination' story. Total guess at this point.

Tranny woman starts the chem trans, dresses as a man, meets a Chinese gal with a kid, they marry because the parents think she's a dude and is embarrassed by her daughter's lack of a husband. The daughter keeps it a secret until they start full-blown fisticuffs and the tranny goes for the full-montessa. Parent find out, lose their shit, and go Old Country on her ass.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 03:18 PM (nEUC6)

185 I can see this happening if you drive two very traditional people from a very traditional culture nuts all the time for decades watching their lesbian daughter and her successful girlfriend decide to try every letter in the LGBTQ alphabet out with their grandchildren around.

It eventually got to the straw that broke the camel’s back and then they’re taking turns ventilating the problem in a parking lot.

The TV series might be very watchable.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:18 PM (6ydKt)

186 Are we Dublin down?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:18 PM (2GVsD)

187 Who fathered the children?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 03:19 PM (W2Pud)

188 I've fire and I've seen rain.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Yes, Mr. Ed Sheeran, you've made a mess of things.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 03:19 PM (nEUC6)

189 I wonder if they started locking up trannies in the nuthouse cuz they're insane, just how many trannies there would actually turn out to be.

In a nation of almost 400M people even if there are say one-half percent that's still a fuck ton of people but I bet it's not even close to that.

This would seem to be an easily solved issue with committing them and giving them treatment.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 03:19 PM (YSUhf)

190 159 151 Actually, I don't think traditionals should make any hay with this as the tranny is the victim.
Posted by: Axeman
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Fuck that. The children are the victims.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:19 PM (wljQY)

191 I've fire and I've seen rain.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Do you have a pony named Wildfire?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:20 PM (2GVsD)

192 WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?!?
Posted by: Canadian Goose

I shit bigger than you.

Posted by: Mr Emu at September 29, 2026 03:20 PM (9tX4s)

193 175 The grandparents took turns John Wicking the persyn.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:14 PM (2GVsD)

The persyn should have left the grandparents' dog alone.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 29, 2026 03:20 PM (N39Ws)

194 186 Are we Dublin down?

Posted by: Anna Puma
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On the pavement.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:20 PM (wljQY)

195 Did the deceased's co-workers know she was trans?

Posted by: mr tmz at September 29, 2026 03:20 PM (rJ48h)

196 ---

Fuck that. The children are the victims.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:19 PM (wljQY)

AS they always are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:20 PM (ccf/V)

197 I wonder if they started locking up trannies in the nuthouse cuz they're insane, just how many trannies there would actually turn out to be.

In a nation of almost 400M people even if there are say one-half percent that's still a fuck ton of people but I bet it's not even close to that.

This would seem to be an easily solved issue with committing them and giving them treatment.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2026 03:19 PM (YSUhf)

My guess is more than half of all trannies are performative M->F ones built like linebackers taking feminist jobs and acting as enforcers in protest mobs. They probably have no surgery or even drugs because that would cut into the desire to head bash the enemy.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (uhVAy)

198 Was the trans NYT editor a DEI hire?
Did the family shoot him because he was trans, or because they hate the NYT?
Is it illegal to shoot a relative in Ireland?

So many unanswered silly questions.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (vbXSk)

199 “ I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
but he soon passed away and was no more;
though I looked for him, he could not be found.”

Psalm 37:35-36

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (hLZfT)

200 Dinks takin' care a' bidness

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (ZxPkt)

201 Did the deceased's co-workers know she was trans?
Posted by: mr tmz

In SF everyone is trans.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (nEUC6)

202 It eventually got to the straw that broke the camel’s back and then they’re taking turns ventilating the problem in a parking lot.

The TV series might be very watchable.

A TV series about elderly Chinese that shoot trannies? That would be must-see TV.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (2ocoG)

203
On the pavement.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:20 PM (wljQY)

Close enough...........

https://youtu.be/mTzpQBZ8oAU

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (ccf/V)

204 A TV series about elderly Chinese that shoot trannies? That would be must-see TV.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (2ocoG)

MxC II: Tranny Boogaloo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:22 PM (ccf/V)

205
The grandparents were suffering from post-pardom depression.

Posted by: The Clacy Defense at September 29, 2026 03:22 PM (OkYzo)

206 Wonder if the grandparents are Chinese nationals and can get deported and go home laughing.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 03:22 PM (uhVAy)

207 Zhang, "He's still moving. Shoot again."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:23 PM (2GVsD)

208 It's a Tranny Genocide™!
/sarc
Posted by: jim

It was gyno-cide first. Self-inflicted.

Posted by: Grazed Anatomy at September 29, 2026 03:23 PM (TezPK)

209 I've seen crows harassing eagles...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

____________________

I volunteer at a local wild life refuge that counts migrating birds right around this time every year. And, the coolest thing I've seen is how hawks and eagles deal with crows who harrass them.

They will purposely fiy straight up to their maximum altitude...crows have to pull off about half way up because they can't handle the conditions. Over and over again you'd see hawks and eagles getting annoyed, the whoosh...up they go and the crows peel off. Very cool to witness in real time.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 03:23 PM (dIske)

210 Are we Dublin down?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:18 PM (2GVsD)

Very fine song by the late Guy Clark, Dublin Blues:

https://youtu.be/7SXlSjco8J4

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 03:23 PM (peOdB)

211
With #5 you get eggroll.
With #6 you get shot.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 29, 2026 03:24 PM (OkYzo)

212
These sickos sacrificed themselves so their daughter could keep the kids.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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

Oh great, there was also a custody battle? Couldn't get more tangled. Oh wait! Who was the sperm donor? Maybe he'll enter the picture next. And maybe he will now be a she.

"Transitioned Sperm Donor Seeks Her Maternal Rights After Transitioned Lesbian 'Husband' Dies At Hands Of In-Laws Whose Lesbian Daughter Punched 'Husband' After His Mastectomy..."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:24 PM (mmrXZ)

213 You go now! You been trans fo howah!!!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 03:24 PM (u73oe)

214 Dear Penthouse Forums...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:24 PM (2GVsD)

215 They allegedly took turns shooting McKinsey in the parking lot of a park in Dublin.

That's ... wow.
Posted by: bonhomme

Fag-tag team.

Posted by: Grazed Anatomy at September 29, 2026 03:25 PM (TezPK)

216 A TV series about elderly Chinese that shoot trannies? That would be must-see TV.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (2ocoG)

I’m telling you this could be one of the best dark comedy series in at least twenty years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:25 PM (6ydKt)

217
I wonder if the grandparents were driven to erase this pervert because he caused them to lose face. Or the entire warped situation did, and shooting her/him/it was a way of pulling the plug on it, or something.

Has this killing been incorporated into the tranny victimization narrative yet?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 29, 2026 03:25 PM (VWtfl)

218 198 Was the trans NYT editor a DEI hire?
Did the family shoot him because he was trans, or because they hate the NYT?
Is it illegal to shoot a relative in Ireland?

So many unanswered silly questions.

Posted by: illiniwek a
----

This happened in Ireland? There are more important questions.
Was it Northern Ireland or Ireland proper?
Were the Protestant or Catholic?
These are the important things in Ireland.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:25 PM (wljQY)

219 You already are paying these loans. And it isn't just for military or for people agreeing to work on an Indian Reservation.

https://pslfcoalition.org/

https://studentaid.gov/pslf/employer-search
Posted by: Ann

Public service loan forgiveness has always been part of the student loan laws, at least for fed-issued loans.

And Congress, every couple of years, changes the eligibility criteria so that people's previously-eligible public service doesn't count. Because Congress is asshoe.

The important thing is that the people who have gotten the remainders of their balances forgiven made at least 120 (aka 10 years) of full payments. Which would have been enough to pay off their balances, if they hadn't made them over the course of 20 or 30 years.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 03:25 PM (vJrRc)

220 Got to concede that her transition looks real except likely the franks and beans.

Posted by: polynikes at September 29, 2026 03:25 PM (KC5Lt)

221 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
but he soon passed away and was no more;
though I looked for him, he could not be found.”

Psalm 37:35-36
Posted by: Marcus T
___

Amen.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 29, 2026 03:26 PM (X7pZH)

222 Just takin' out the trash.

Posted by: The In-Laws at September 29, 2026 03:26 PM (UjdFS)

223 Was the trans NYT editor a DEI hire?
Did the family shoot him because he was trans, or because they hate the NYT?
Is it illegal to shoot a relative in Ireland?

So many unanswered silly questions.

Posted by: illiniwek a
----

This happened in Ireland? There are more important questions.
Was it Northern Ireland or Ireland proper?
Were the Protestant or Catholic?
These are the important things in Ireland.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:25 PM (wljQY)
_________

Dublin, California

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

224
Have has the world reached the limit of sexual sickness?

I cannot the next level of perverted sickness.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 03:26 PM (/QHx4)

225 Has this killing been incorporated into the tranny victimization narrative yet?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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That would be racist.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:26 PM (wljQY)

226 Chen, jang, ping, pang, pong....I can't frigging figure out who the fuck is who in the story.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2026 03:27 PM (vzuC7)

227 男同性恋者

Posted by: That Guy at September 29, 2026 03:27 PM (hLZfT)

228 Dance, you no good varmint!!

https://tinyurl.com/3cxtkyx6

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 29, 2026 03:27 PM (hmYU4)

229 The way things are trending I half expect her defence to be late late abortion.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at September 29, 2026 03:27 PM (2Xrky)

230 But...but...but...other cultures accept trans people with open arms. It's only Western Culture, corrupted by Christianity that doesn't get all excited when their kids change gender. Isn't that right? It is what I have been told.

Posted by: 29Victor at September 29, 2026 03:27 PM (0MjtC)

231 No worries, no Yang-Poon involved.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:27 PM (2GVsD)

232 I SHOOT YOU MANY TIME! YOU DIE NOW!

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:28 PM (ZxPkt)

233
This is turning into a really poorly written episode of Law & Order.
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

So, all of them...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 03:28 PM (y9nCu)

234
Dublin, California

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

So, Avocado Famine?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 03:28 PM (ccf/V)

235 How long has this "trannie" thing been with us? Back around 1970 there were few gays, at least that were "loud and proud" gays. Probably fewer than 1% overall. Then I guess it became more popular, or the Commie PsyOp of destroying our cultural began to take deeper root.

I don't recall even hearing about trannies, just "cross dressers", which afaik is different than men claiming to actually be women. But now (or recently) just "dead naming" a trannie, or using its wrong pronouns, is a firing offense in many cases.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (vbXSk)

236 Zhang and Chen finally drew a line for their daughter and the monster crossed it.

They done FAFO'd.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (2GVsD)

237 In SF everyone is trans.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
......

Folsom Street Parade magic eight ball says: YES

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (UjdFS)

238 OT, but oil is trading now below $90 and oil exports through Hormuz are back to normal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (bVoR9)

239
Is it illegal to shoot a relative in Ireland?

Posted by: illiniwek

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

This is Dublin, California. Alameda County to be exact, which recalled a DEI District Attorney AND an Oakland mayor, which gives you an idea of how bad they were.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (mmrXZ)

240 So, all of them...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 03:28 PM (y9nCu)

_______________________

Early ones were great. Michael Moriarity was solid, but he didn't subscribe to the "Woke" turn the show took, and they fired him for complaining.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (dIske)

241 237 In SF everyone is trans.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
......

Folsom Street Parade magic eight ball says: YES

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (UjdFS)

Folsom Street Fair is NOT on my bucket list...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (l3cgK)

242 Mr Wu wants to know if the tranny was from San Francisco.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (u73oe)

243 I don't recall even hearing about trannies, just "cross dressers", which afaik is different than men claiming to actually be women. But now (or recently) just "dead naming" a trannie, or using its wrong pronouns, is a firing offense in many cases.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (vbXSk)

Renee Richards in the 70s was a dude who converted to a woman and played professional tennis.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (uhVAy)

244 What happened to Inflatable Scrotum Guy at Folsom Street?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (2GVsD)

245 233
This is turning into a really poorly written episode of Law & Order.
Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

So, all of them...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 03:28 PM (y9nCu)

And a lot of thrm.
Nit counting all the spin-offs I think Law & Order ran for something like twenty years.

I stopped watching it in 1997 or something.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

246 > How long has this "trannie" thing been with us? Back around 1970 there were few gays, at least that were "loud and proud" gays.
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Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly. It was a simpler time. With better game shows.

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (ZxPkt)

247 235 I don't recall even hearing about trannies, just "cross dressers", which afaik is different than men claiming to actually be women. But now (or recently) just "dead naming" a trannie, or using its wrong pronouns, is a firing offense in many cases.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (vbXSk)

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There's a pre-op tranny in John Waters' Pink Flamingos. The dude did go through the surgery shortly afterwards.

Weimar was doing transgender surgeries in the 1920s.

The popular push started about 2015.

Dolley and I are going through old Survivor seasons, and one episode's tribal council ends up being a long struggle session because one contestant "outs" the tranny on the island which...I don't think trannies can be all that secret about it to their families.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:31 PM (I7axw)

248 "Dublin, California" Posted by: Elric The Blade

I thought of checking, but it was just a silly question anyway. heh

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 03:31 PM (vbXSk)

249 Christine Jorgensen, might want to look that name up.

"GI Returns as Blonde Bombshell"

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:31 PM (2GVsD)

250 I stopped watching it in 1997 or something.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

So did E. Jean Carroll

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

251 In the '70s down on the club strip there was always one, 'Queens Club' where tourists would go for amusement.

One time Dolly said, I was dressed like a drag queen for Christmas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:32 PM (wljQY)

252 238 OT, but oil is trading now below $90 and oil exports through Hormuz are back to normal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (bVoR9)

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The funny thing is that including workarounds, it's been back to normal for months. We're just at the point where the workarounds aren't necessary and any effort by Iran to influence things is so laughable that no one except the country's propagandists, which includes every American leftist, believes their lies about closing it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:32 PM (I7axw)

253 OT, but oil is trading now below $90 and oil exports through Hormuz are back to normal.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (bVoR9)

Gas price at my little town is down about ten cents per liter as of yesterday, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 03:32 PM (peOdB)

254 A TV series about elderly Chinese that shoot trannies? That would be must-see TV.
Posted by: Ian S.

Angelina and Brad are available!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 29, 2026 03:33 PM (w9Wax)

255 This situation is so screwed up I can't figure out what's going on. McKinsey is a female who claims to be male. So how the hell did two females end up with two children? Were they adopted?

There is too much shit left out of this story. Don't journalists know how to do stories any more?

Posted by: Ralph at September 29, 2026 03:33 PM (8WZD4)

256 I don't recall even hearing about trannies, just "cross dressers", which afaik is different than men claiming to actually be women. But now (or recently) just "dead naming" a trannie, or using its wrong pronouns, is a firing offense in many cases.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 29, 2026 03:29 PM (vbXSk)

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There's a pre-op tranny in John Waters' Pink Flamingos. The dude did go through the surgery shortly afterwards.

Weimar was doing transgender surgeries in the 1920s.

The popular push started about 2015.

Dolley and I are going through old Survivor seasons, and one episode's tribal council ends up being a long struggle session because one contestant "outs" the tranny on the island which...I don't think trannies can be all that secret about it to their families.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:31 PM (I7axw)
________

Eunuchs have been a thing for, oh, only about 4,000 years ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)

257 So when do we get machete version of this story? I can’t wait.

Posted by: Pudinhead at September 29, 2026 03:34 PM (KGj36)

258 > What happened to Inflatable Scrotum Guy at Folsom Street?

He tried to give me monkey pox so I popped his sack.

Posted by: Canadian Goose at September 29, 2026 03:35 PM (mkw2N)

259 256 Eunuchs have been a thing for, oh, only about 4,000 years ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)

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Eunuchs, as far as I know, never thought they were women.

They just ruled China.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:35 PM (I7axw)

260 “We tol’ you! We tol’ you this happen,”

“You no listen, you selfish pervert.”

BAM!

“Here Shouyong, your turn, shoot pervert.”

BAM!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)

261 @icons_women
·
5h
Breaking: Federal judge rules the NCAA can force men onto women’s teams and into women’s locker rooms—not beholden to Title IX.

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:35 PM (ZxPkt)

262 261 @icons_women
·
5h
Breaking: Federal judge rules the NCAA can force men onto women’s teams and into women’s locker rooms—not beholden to Title IX.

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2026 03:35 PM (ZxPkt)

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Sounds to me like the NCAA is not actually tied to colleges, since it is not tied to laws governing colleges, and it should now be illegal for colleges to fund the NCAA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:36 PM (I7axw)

263 @ 187 Who fathered the children? Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 03:19 PM (W2Pud)
____________________________________

It was … Mr. Turkey Baster!

Posted by: Dr_No at September 29, 2026 03:36 PM (ayRl+)

264 > OT, but oil is trading now below $90 and oil exports through Hormuz are back to normal.

I live in hope of paying less than $6 per gallon someday.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 29, 2026 03:36 PM (mkw2N)

265
Also, "McKinsey" appears to be half Asian. There's probably another set of Asian relatives who are prenty pissed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:36 PM (mmrXZ)

266 17
One less pervert. More please.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 02:46 PM (/QHx4)
========
You want more perverts or less, make up you mind.

>>>>>>>>>> SCRAMS >>>>>>>>>

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 29, 2026 03:36 PM (JNTt1)

267 In SF everyone is trans.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2026 03:21 PM (nEUC6)
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and Fabulous!
/flourishes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2026 03:36 PM (RIvkX)

268 264 > OT, but oil is trading now below $90 and oil exports through Hormuz are back to normal.

I live in hope of paying less than $6 per gallon someday.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 29, 2026 03:36 PM (mkw2N)

======

Ukraine attacking Russian diesel refineries, California closing refineries, and peak refining season not ending because of the long summer are to blame for all that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:37 PM (I7axw)

269
Breaking: Federal judge rules the NCAA can force men onto women’s teams and into women’s locker rooms—not beholden to Title IX.

Posted by: Don Black

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We need to get some Asian grandparents on this.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:37 PM (mmrXZ)

270
Gender politics: too complicated for the stupid, too stupid for the intelligent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 03:37 PM (eRlcH)

271
Old and busted: Rooftop Koreans
New hotness: Asian grandparents

(not that Rooftop Koreans are old and busted, just having fun)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (mmrXZ)

272 You need more shooters to get away with this plan.

Posted by: connected and litigious at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (cS1cw)

273 A TV series about elderly Chinese that shoot trannies? That would be must-see TV.
Posted by: Ian S.
---
By day they clean your clothes...by night they clean up your neighborhood...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

274 What happened to Inflatable Scrotum Guy at Folsom Street?
Posted by: Anna Puma
......

NORAD has detected another unidentified weather balloon floating towards the miidwest.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (UjdFS)

275 Eunuchs have been a thing for, oh, only about 4,000 years ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)

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Eunuchs, as far as I know, never thought they were women.

They just ruled China.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:35 PM (I7axw)

____________

"Nuh-uh, they didn't!"

-- Puyi

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

276 By day they clean your clothes...by night they clean up your neighborhood...

Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (2GVsD)

277
Wait, they shot everyone at McKinsey? About time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (eRlcH)

278 > You need more shooters to get away with this plan.

More than two? How many are we talkin' here?

Posted by: bonhomme at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (mkw2N)

279 > the newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience

--

Makes sure the new Wordle loads every day.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (qAuhB)

280 275 "Nuh-uh, they didn't!"

-- Puyi

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

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Oppressing one's own people in Manchukwo at the behest of the Japanese is one type of ruling, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (I7axw)

281 Eunuchs, as far as I know, never thought they were women.

They just ruled China.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:35 PM (I7axw)
_________________________

Someone had to sing the high notes. Women were banned from choirs. Pope Sixtus V extended that to Opera and performance. So, once again, we can blame the Catholic Church for today's trannies...

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (dIske)

282 Hmm NYT Tranny Pedo. OOOO We have a BINGO!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (bX16E)

283
Eunuchs have been a thing for, oh, only about 4,000 years ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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

Yeah, generally not by choice though.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (mmrXZ)

284 282 Hmm NYT Tranny Pedo. OOOO We have a BINGO!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (bX16E)

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Ya just say "bingo".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:40 PM (I7axw)

285 > You need more shooters to get away with this plan.

More than two? How many are we talkin' here?
Posted by: bonhomme at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM

Picture the slap scene in Airplane.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:41 PM (4NO2D)

286 275 "Nuh-uh, they didn't!"

-- Puyi

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

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Oppressing one's own people in Manchukwo at the behest of the Japanese is one type of ruling, for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (I7axw)
______

I was referring to the episode where Puyi's eunuchs fucked him over and stole his shit, and then covered it up by burning down his warehouses

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

287 Jonathan McKinsey will always be a biological woman, even in death.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2026 03:41 PM (NpAcC)

288 286 I was referring to the episode where Puyi's eunuchs fucked him over and stole his shit, and then covered it up by burning down his warehouses

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

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Wasn't he just like 5 at the time?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 03:41 PM (I7axw)

289 What happened to Inflatable Scrotum Guy at Folsom Street?

He died several years back. I think Ace posted the obit, it was a sad day on the HQ.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:41 PM (2ocoG)

290 I live in hope of paying less than $6 per gallon someday.

Posted by: bonhomme
......

Paid $7 per gal today here in CA

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)

291 It's nice to see an older couple still sharing their hobbies.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 29, 2026 03:42 PM (wtvvX)

292 Scheming Eunuchs

https://x.com/dyingscribe/status/2102816846407766263

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 03:42 PM (4NO2D)

293
Jonathan McKinsey will always be a biological woman, even in death.
Posted by: redridinghood

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

Especially in death. There are no pronouns or deadnames or monthly hormone supplements in death -- just chromosomes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:43 PM (mmrXZ)

294 More importantly, the seating arrangement for today's
Presidential Luncheon. Very interesting.

https://tinyurl.com/4dpb7zja

Still no info on the 10PM meeting with crooked Amodei.

https://www.businessinsider.com /trump-seating -chart -white-house- meeting- ai-executives- lunch-2026 -9?op=1

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 03:43 PM (wljQY)

295 What happens when he deflates his scrotum, besides a severe case of old man balls?

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:43 PM (UjdFS)

296 289 What happened to Inflatable Scrotum Guy at Folsom Street?

He died several years back. I think Ace posted the obit, it was a sad day on the HQ.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2026 03:41 PM (2ocoG)
______________________

Did he use a wheelbarrow?

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 03:43 PM (dIske)

297 Well , Jonathan is certainly smiling in all those pictures, but the entire thing is a very strange story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2026 03:44 PM (JrHfD)

298 head of engineering for games player experience

Okay, UX [user experience] specialists are important for software companies. That's a real thing, making sure the user interface is usable. Doubly so for games because they have to be fun too.
But the New York Times? Really? That's like hiring a taste tester for the paint store.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 03:44 PM (88C+u)

299 Needs more lead.

Posted by: ttaste tester for the paint store at September 29, 2026 03:45 PM (4NO2D)

300 244 What happened to Inflatable Scrotum Guy at Folsom Street?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2026 03:30 PM (2GVsD)

I heard he he ran off with Detachable Penis Guy...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 29, 2026 03:45 PM (wtvvX)

301 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 03:46 PM (k2hhB)

302 Paid $7 per gal today here in CA
Posted by: wth at September 29, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)

Article today suggests Trump is considering a temporary diesel export ban to adjust some prices downward.

This would help here at home but raise prices around the world considerably. Europe might see prices double.

The attacks on Russia’s refineries are hurting more than Putin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2026 03:46 PM (6ydKt)

303
https://www.businessinsider.com /trump-seating -chart -white-house- meeting- ai-executives- lunch-2026 -9?op=1
Posted by: Braenyard

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

I wonder if they'll all go along with calling it Super Intelligence.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:46 PM (mmrXZ)

304 >>> 298 head of engineering for games player experience
==
Okay, UX [user experience] specialists are important for software companies. That's a real thing, making sure the user interface is usable. Doubly so for games because they have to be fun too.
But the New York Times? Really? That's like hiring a taste tester for the paint store.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 29, 2026 03:44 PM (88C+u)

>>> 299 Needs more lead.
Posted by: ttaste tester for the paint store at September 29, 2026 03:45 PM (4NO2D)

Why I Love the Horde, Reason # 80 bazillion...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2026 03:46 PM (+fdRY)

305 Eunuchs have been a thing for, oh, only about 4,000 years ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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

Yeah, generally not by choice though.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 03:39 PM (mmrXZ)
______

That's the popular conception, but the reality is that many poor and destitute boys voluntarily became eunuchs as a path to potential affluence and political power.

The elder eunuchs would mentor boys (as kinda like sons) who hadn't undergone the procedure. Many of the boys would later voluntarily do it.

It's very hard for anyone of modern times to imagine doing that voluntarily. But for dirt-poor peasants with no life ahead of them, or for very ambitious mids, becoming a eunuch was a path to affluence and influence.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

306 Um..... Chinese grandma kills Tranny SnL for trying to make grandson weird.? And, a NYT employee?

I think Jim Morrison said it best - "People are strange"...

Posted by: Pinochet Door Gunner at September 29, 2026 03:47 PM (zL/eJ)

307 It's nice to see an older couple still sharing their hobbies.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 29, 2026 03:42 PM (wtvvX)

Clearly they didn't miss Range Day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2026 03:47 PM (peOdB)

308 Let's strangle their kids now. It'd be a mercy killing

Posted by: Duxbury Duchess of Death at September 29, 2026 03:50 PM (bX16E)

309 Thank God for the comments because I had no Idea WTF was going on, was he a she or he a she, was the Mother a he she.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at September 29, 2026 03:53 PM (7db69)

310
A TV series about elderly Chinese that shoot trannies? That would be must-see TV.
Posted by: Ian S.
---
By day they clean your clothes...by night they clean up your neighborhood...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 03:38 PM (FZ29D)

"My husband, some hot-shot. Here's his Ancient Chinese Secret, Calgon!"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 03:53 PM (y9nCu)

311 NOOD

Lindsey Clancy

... her lawyer, akshually

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2026 03:54 PM (+fdRY)

312 110
I am confused about the trans shit. She was a lesbian who decided to trans to a man. No dick. Did it have a dick addition?
The add-a-dick would not work??? WTF

I am old and don't understand wtf is going on anymore.

Maybe she had an addadicktomy, as Rush Limbaugh used to say.

Posted by: Ralph at September 29, 2026 04:00 PM (8WZD4)

313 Dude, how and why the fuck does the NY Times have a "head of engineering for games player experience"

Are you shitting me ?

Posted by: deadrody at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM (vgB0v)

314 hih. this is shaping up to be a feel-good story...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 29, 2026 04:34 PM (AFJ6Y)

315 Oil drops to 88 per barrel
The obsession with trannies continues

Posted by: Paul at September 29, 2026 05:41 PM (/JEfq)

316 About 1% of Americans over the age of 23vifentify as trans
In Israel about 2%

Posted by: Paul at September 29, 2026 05:51 PM (/JEfq)

317 i found a dead tranny in the shower once. no really, I did. I rented some auto shop space from a guy and the previous renter had left several junk engines and transmissions laying about...including 3 good mercedes engines worth 20 grand each

I cashed in all 3 for 30k and lived happily ever after

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 29, 2026 06:03 PM (jrgJz)

318 Shut up, dunce.

Posted by: Bathroom Monkey at September 29, 2026 07:23 PM (4NO2D)

319 OK, I'll bite: WTF is a "newspaper's head of engineering for games player experience?"

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at September 29, 2026 07:47 PM (i0jxB)

Fauci Infected African Monkeys with Aerosolized Ebola.
His Primary Fear? Not an Ebola Outbreak. Just That the Public Would Find Out About His Faucistein Experimentations.

Deb Heine at American Greatness:

Newly Released Fauci Files Reveal Dangerous NIAID-Funded Aerosolized Ebola Research

Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released documents from Dr. Fauci's diary and emails Monday detailing his dangerous NIAID-funded research during the Obama Administration, including a 2015 experiment that exposed vaccinated monkeys to aerosolized Ebola.
The risky research was conducted at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick under a NIAID task order. The NIAID study compared four vaccines in groups of four monkeys exposed to aerosolized Ebola. The exposure was engineered to drive the virus deep into the lungs in a way natural infection would not, the records show.
The vaccinated primates reportedly developed necrosis, inflammation, and fibrin in the lungs, while the unvaccinated controls did not, indicating that the vaccine itself was making the disease worse. The experiments left 80 percent of vaccinated monkeys dead.

Fauci was mostly concerned with keeping the experiment secret so that the public wouldn't know about his failures:

"What idiots those guys at USAMRIID are," Fauci wrote on March 7, 2016. The work "should have been a classified experiment that never should have been done in the first place," he added. Two days later, however, then-NIAID director wrote that the experiments were "important for bio defense."
Fauci was outraged that the failed vaccine research was shared with U.S. embassy officials in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
"This should have been a classified experiment," he wrote in his diary. "The foolish DOD people send the data to the FDA and then circulated as FYI to various embassies including those in West Africa where we are about to engage on a much larger DSD vaccine trial for Ebola."
According to Fauci, the embassy officials "went bonkers" because it looked like the U.S. wanted to vaccinate people with a dangerous vaccine.
He also said such experiments should have been classified because they "could indicate a vulnerability."
...
Following this disclosure, NIAID officials discussed "damage control" in an email chain. "We may need to a bit of damage control here," NIAID's biodefense director wrote.
The problem for Fauci wasn't the dangerous experiments, but the possibility the public could find out about the dangerous experiments. So he took immediate steps to have the research classified.
"The DoD folks said that they wanted to publish the data. I said that I thought that it should be classified and the NSC people blew them out of the water and said that they agreed with me," he said.

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1 foist again?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 01:25 PM (CWTWj)

2 this is god's way of telling me that i don't have enough to do

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 01:26 PM (CWTWj)

3 Hang this MFer. I have an unused piano if you want to go to go old school.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 01:27 PM (wgnaQ)

4 Fauci was a busy little bee, wasn't he.

Posted by: Case at September 29, 2026 01:28 PM (9+0gc)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:28 PM (ccf/V)

6 Why is he still breathing air?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:28 PM (ccf/V)

7 The experiments left 80 percent of vaccinated monkeys dead.

There is a clue in that statement somewhere.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2026 01:28 PM (Oy/m2)

8 Get the shot!

Posted by: Joe D. Mensha at September 29, 2026 01:29 PM (TezPK)

9 Entire bloodlines..

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 29, 2026 01:29 PM (Sco7b)

10 Since when is gaining function- i.e., lethality- a bad thing?

Posted by: Doktor Fauci at September 29, 2026 01:30 PM (bOBuL)

11 This one goes out to Anthony Fauci.........

https://youtu.be/Ol87N0nxfVs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:30 PM (ccf/V)

12 i never got the clot shot because i undoubtedly was exposed to the virus many times and never really got sick. ok, once in fall '22 but it was like a bronchial virus i had years earlier

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 01:30 PM (CWTWj)

13 Take the shot!

Posted by: Scottie Pippin at September 29, 2026 01:30 PM (TezPK)

14 Why were they experimenting on monkeys under Obama? Wait, don't answer that.

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:30 PM (3R4hO)

15 Fauci Infected African Monkeys with Aerosolized Ebola

Doesn't sound like weapons testing at all!
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 01:30 PM (l3cgK)

16 I saw Ebola Monkeys open for Tiffany at Tweenfest '98.

Posted by: zombie at September 29, 2026 01:31 PM (Av6i5)

17 I'll take two shots!

Posted by: Kamala at September 29, 2026 01:32 PM (TezPK)

18 The experiments left 80 percent of vaccinated monkeys dead.
There is a clue in that statement somewhere.
Posted by: dantesed

None of them died from covid. Success!

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 01:32 PM (m4bfL)

19 >>>The problem for Fauci wasn't the dangerous experiments, but the possibility the public could find out about the dangerous experiments. So he took immediate steps to have the research classified.

Some people undertake repugnant acts without realizing how monstrous they are. Not Fauci. He knew he was a monster and wanted to conceal it.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (8mulE)

20 17 I'll take two shots!

Posted by: Kamala at September 29, 2026 01:32 PM (TezPK)

You've taken a hell of a lot more that that in your mouth...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)

21 Remember, we must aerosolize ebola to figure out a way to stop supervillains who might aerosolize ebola!

It's science, and don't you argue with us -- or you get the spritz.

Posted by: zombie at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (Av6i5)

22 The ONLY reason to do this is to KILL HUMANS. Period.

This mutherf*cker needs to be hung by his nutsack until DEAD.

And ALL his research burned by nuke.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (ccf/V)

23 For a guy who wasn't part of the military, Fauci sure did a lot of work with the military.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (viF8m)

24 I used to bemoan the fact that the government's Covid response had been so poor, because the next pandemic might be something much deadlier, e.g, Ebola, and people would no longer trust the government to be doing the right thing.

I NEVER, in my wildest imagination, thought they' be doing something THIS stupid. I guess I need to recalibrate.

USAMRIID was closed for a time about 2019, for reasons that were never disclosed. I wonder if this was the reason.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (Riz8t)

25
Outbreak
Because of
African
Monkey
Aerosol

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (3R4hO)

26 The evil little gnome should be hung publicly.

He'll instead remain worshipped by the NPCs.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 29, 2026 01:34 PM (N1DT3)

27 the concerns that Covid vaccine is oncogenic is clearly overblown, and the recent study showing that the lipid nanoparticles can promote metastases of cancers is probably just a preliminary finding that needs further research.
It does seem to be a decent abortifacient if administered during the first trimester.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

28 The Faustian Deal has been upgraded to the Faucian Deal.

Fauci didn't just sell his soul, he sold the souls of all those he's killed in his quest for power.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 29, 2026 01:34 PM (gLYp7)

29 I'll never understand why Trump kept him on until the very end of his term.

I get that we didn't know everything then, but super obvious to me anyway Fauci was evil.

Posted by: Leupold at September 29, 2026 01:34 PM (dVLbm)

30 so the Ebola Vax worked as well as the COVID Vax?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

31 Soon, we'll see Fauci walking around with a spray-bottle hooked to his belt, as protection from his haters and stalkers. Oh, and the bottle has "Ebola" scrawled on it with a Sharpie.

"I'm packing, motherfuckers -- back off!"

Posted by: zombie at September 29, 2026 01:35 PM (Av6i5)

32 Just for reference, Dr Mengele was sentenced to death in absentia.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 29, 2026 01:35 PM (Y5diU)

33 He knew he was a monster and wanted to conceal it.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 29, 2026 01:33 PM (8mulE)

No he was proud of what a monster he is. He just didn't want anyone knowing what he did.

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:35 PM (3R4hO)

34 In the case of covid vaccines, they are now recommended only for the frail or sick.

...to finish them off, is all that I can think of.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2026 01:36 PM (m4bfL)

35 Demons walk among us.

Posted by: Bosk at September 29, 2026 01:36 PM (VMFAF)

36 rat faced homunculus Anthony Fauci

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (4NO2D)

37 'Heidi Overton, nominee for FDA commissioner, pointedly affirmed at her confirmation hearing last week that the agency has deemed "all" approved vaccines on the market "safe and effective," giving the CDC cover for its off-label push.

Neither the CDC nor Department of Health and Human Services answered Just the News queries to explain the recommendations in light of the FDA's targeted approvals.'

Why in hell would Trump nominate such a deranged lunatic to run FDA? Who the hell is feeding him these names? The bitch ought to be in prison, not groveling to be the head of FDA!

Posted by: Brewingfrog at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (gDrjQ)

38 I read Deb Heine's full article and still have no idea what the purpose of any of this "research" was.

Why were they injecting monkeys with unnaturally high and concentrated doses of ebola?

I assume the purpose is the same as 99% of these kinds of "experiments": payoffs and money laundering to friendly political and government players. Fund some bullshit research and every one of your buddies down the line takes a nice fat cut.

From what I can surmise, Fauci's plan was to try to develop an ebola vaccine?

This was in 2015 when -- IIRC -- there were a number of ebola scares and doomsaying.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

39 I look at this from the perspective that the dumb ones are going to follow this directive. People like me are going to sit back and watch (very much like I did with COVID).

It is a curiosity. Most prescribed medications, IMO, are a curiosity. I've not had the occasion or the need to take anything stronger that Extra Strenth Tylenol in over 50 years.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (dIske)

40 Nooded, ya no-nooding bastiges!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (NcvvS)

41 Remember when this very smart military blog noted a seeming abundance of ebola, and discussed concerns?

And now the conspiracy types seem prescient.

Again.

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 01:39 PM (8yyxb)

42 I'm beginning to think that this Fauci fellow might be a diabolical little sucker of cock.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at September 29, 2026 01:39 PM (k1E2D)

43 40 Nooded, ya no-nooding bastiges!

Posted by: Nazdar at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (NcvvS)

Eh, I was away and just refreshed the mainpage..

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

44 'Staggering surrender': CDC pushes COVID vaccines for healthy people 'off-label,' infuriating MAHA
-
Why wouldn't the CDC just continue with its evil schemes.

No one involved with the covid scam has been punished in any meaningful way, so no deterrence has been established.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 29, 2026 01:39 PM (vSvIl)

45 Re. off-Label Covid Vacc:

When do you want to induce a stroke to patients?

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:40 PM (vNne8)

46 Soon, the left will be saying that people who don't inject themselves with ebola are trying to kill grandma.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 29, 2026 01:40 PM (eag3e)

47 >> I read Deb Heine's full article and still have no idea what the purpose of any of this "research" was.

As I've been saying for years, post 9/11 and the anthrax attacks Dick Cheney reorganized the government's bio weapons and bio defense organizations and put both under the control of one person, Anthony Fauci.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 01:40 PM (viF8m)

48 I guess, if a hemophiliac is bleeding out...???

Maybe give them the clot shot?

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:40 PM (vNne8)

49 Fauci's evilness progression is apparent. He followed the standard sociopath progression: from torturing and murdering animals to ultimately torturing and murdering humans.

He was tormenting and murdering moneys, dogs, and homosexuals (at a time when homos were considered pests at best) long before he graduated to this true Mengele masterpiece of human death and misery known as covid.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

50 OT: Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul

https://tinyurl.com/429xzjjp

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

51 Why hasn't this nefarious gnome-like fuckstain been trebucheted into a volcano by now?

Posted by: ballistic at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM (oqH4h)

52 48 I guess, if a hemophiliac is bleeding out...???

Maybe give them the clot shot?

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:40 PM (vNne

Makes the wrong clots in the wrong places...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK)

53 51 Why hasn't this nefarious gnome-like fuckstain been trebucheted into a volcano by now?

Posted by: ballistic at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM (oqH4h)

Biden's autopen pardon?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK)

54 I'm beginning to think this Dr Fauci isn't a nice guy. Just a hunch

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM (WyJlA)

55 off label for WHAT??!

don't you need a use case?!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (j+aD2)

56 Gain of Function research should be a crime against humanity. And punished accordingly.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (5UQUM)

57 OT: Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul

https://tinyurl.com/429xzjjp
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2026 01:41 PM

George C. Marshall nods.

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (4NO2D)

58 >>I've been saying for years, post 9/11 and the anthrax attacks Dick Cheney reorganized the government's bio weapons and bio defense organizations and put both under the control of one person, Anthony Fauci.

Say what you want about Dick Cheney...

at least he trusted The Science.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (vNne8)

59 From what I can surmise, Fauci's plan was to try to develop an ebola vaccine?

This was in 2015 when -- IIRC -- there were a number of ebola scares and doomsaying.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

To study a disease, first you have to be able to infect a living model and monkeys are often used. If the disease is made more virulent, then it is easier to infect the animals, and easier to study, This is a very old technique, the Rockefeller institute pioneered this in their work with Polio before WWI in New York City. Unfortunately they did not find a vaccine to Polio, which is a shame since while they were doing this, the largest outbreak of Polio to that date broke out in New York City.

Coincidentally.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

60 From the Epoch Times: "I believe all of this is important for bio defense, but has little to do with naturally emerging Ebola outbreaks,” Fauci said. “Nonetheless, the idea that the vaccine can do harm is now causing people a great deal of concern.”

THAT was Fauci's real concern.

Posted by: NeighSayer at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (bufu1)

61 58 >>I've been saying for years, post 9/11 and the anthrax attacks Dick Cheney reorganized the government's bio weapons and bio defense organizations and put both under the control of one person, Anthony Fauci.

Say what you want about Dick Cheney...

at least he trusted The Science.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (vNne

And he shot a lawyer!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

62 'Staggering surrender': CDC pushes COVID vaccines for healthy people 'off-label,'

What are your shipping rates?

Posted by: Canada's Kill Rooms at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (m4bfL)

63 Let's not forget what he did to the beagles.
Fauci is a monster.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2026 01:43 PM (NpAcC)

64 Say what you want about Dick Cheney...

at least he trusted The Science.
Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM

and shooting lawyers in the face, but mostly ...

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 01:43 PM (4NO2D)

65 After Fauci "testified" on the Hill, that picture of him and his wife in their car with his wife flipping off the photographer says it all. They made millions and don't care. They are set for life as well as their children and have zero f's to give about anyone else. They will kill human beings and animals alike and it is all the same to them.

Posted by: Cheri at September 29, 2026 01:43 PM (oiNtH)

66 58
Say what you want about Dick Cheney...

at least he trusted The Science.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (vNne

========

And his daughter is gay.

Which not even this lady can brag about:

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
2104951001669423610

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 01:44 PM (I7axw)

67 Re. off-Label Covid Vacc:

When do you want to induce a stroke to patients?
==
Preferably when they are on good health insurance.

Posted by: Dr. Fauci at September 29, 2026 01:44 PM (anL5R)

68 >>>I read Deb Heine's full article and still have no idea what the purpose of any of this "research" was.
>>>Why were they injecting monkeys with unnaturally high and concentrated doses of ebola?

They're doing bio-weapon research. But we are prohibited from doing so, both by treaty and US law. So, they dress it up as medical research to treat these enhanced diseases "just in case".

Posted by: No Name Today at September 29, 2026 01:44 PM (8mulE)

69 Covid vaccine is oncogenic is clearly overblown"

Not really.

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 01:44 PM (8yyxb)

70 We could always stay aerosolized Ebola in Dr Fauci 's face. You know, for the Science ™

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 01:45 PM (WyJlA)

71 The dude is just Josef Mengele with better PR. He's evil, and beloved. Its so baffling to me

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2026 01:45 PM (nIKjK)

72 Infecting African Monkeys is Raciss. Why not good, old domestic US Monkeys?

Posted by: Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp at September 29, 2026 01:45 PM (Fn+3X)

73 71 The dude is just Josef Mengele with better PR. He's evil, and beloved. Its so baffling to me
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2026 01:45 PM (nIKjK)
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Because he's evil for YOUR own good, H8R.

Posted by: ballistic at September 29, 2026 01:46 PM (oqH4h)

74 We still love the great Dr Fauci and anyone who doesn’t hates science.
- AWFLs all over America

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 29, 2026 01:46 PM (GV1vq)

75 Minkey bite you.

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2026 01:46 PM (LHPAg)

76 If there is one thing that atheists, theists, and agnostics can all agree upon it is this...

Fauci is going to burn in hell.

Posted by: Thatch at September 29, 2026 01:46 PM (S6YCM)

77 From what I can surmise, Fauci's plan was to try to develop an ebola vaccine?

This was in 2015 when -- IIRC -- there were a number of ebola scares and doomsaying.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

To study a disease, first you have to be able to infect a living model and monkeys are often used. If the disease is made more virulent, then it is easier to infect the animals, and easier to study, This is a very old technique, the Rockefeller institute pioneered this in their work with Polio before WWI in New York City.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)
_______

Yes, I understand the technique. My question was about the purpose of the research.

Why were they using this technique? What were they trying to research or study? The article doesn't make clear, and the quotes from Fauci's notes don't say either.

Note also that the research mentions "vaccinated" monkeys being deliberately infected with ebola. Vaccinated against what?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)

78 mRNA should be BANNED for everything it WASN'T originally designed for. PERIOD.

I will NEVER let that shit in my body.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (ccf/V)

79 He's evil, and beloved. Its so baffling to me
-
People are evil by nature and know their own. It doesn't surprise me at all.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (vSvIl)

80 and beloved. Its so baffling to me"

Want some Fauci votives?

Posted by: man at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (8yyxb)

81 Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases as health worker shortages worsen
(NBC News)

https://tinyurl.com/mbpuxp4n

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (X7pZH)

82 The new The Angel of Death...........

Commie Doctor Josef Mengele Fauci should be injected with his own experiments.

This thing is disgusting and should be sent to prison in an African Shithole Country where he belongs...

Posted by: Jackson K. at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (jGtoG)

83 Isn't off-label use usually not covered?

That makes a big difference.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (+UEwf)

84 Covid vaccine is oncogenic is clearly overblown

Oh, sure, we're not as flashy, but we get the job done!

Posted by: Myocarditis at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (tkK47)

85 He's evil, and beloved. Its so baffling to me

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2026 01:45 PM (nIKjK) .

The Left loved beloving their evil. See the Tsarnaev's, Fidel, Che, Mao, their various assassinating retards, Lindsay.......

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (3R4hO)

86 >>After Fauci "testified" on the Hill, that picture of him and his wife in their car with his wife flipping off the photographer says it all. They made millions and don't care. They are set for life as well as their children and have zero f's to give about anyone else. They will kill human beings and animals alike and it is all the same to them.

The bigger story to me is that many people in the government knew what Fauci was doing and they not only covered for him they helped him.

Fauci is the public focal point but he's not the only one.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (viF8m)

87 How is it possible for further revelations about Fauci's experiments to keep getting worse?! He's got Mengele beat by a mile at this point.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 29, 2026 01:48 PM (lFFaq)

88 Yeah Fauci is the face of a whole bloc of evil in government doing horrific things experimentally and being protected.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2026 01:48 PM (nIKjK)

89 You always want to hide the shit that you're doing for good and proper reasons, right?

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:48 PM (3R4hO)

90 Fuck the monkeys.

How else do you test these vaccines? At first blush it looks like Fauci might not be wrong on this one. Not interested enough to read the article though so maybe I'm wrong.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (+UEwf)

91 Does your minkey bite?

Fauci: No.

OUCHHHHHHHHHH! HE BITE ME!!!

Fauci: That's not my minkey.

Posted by: Dr. Fauci at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (anL5R)

92
i never got the clot shot because i undoubtedly was exposed to the virus many times and never really got sick. ok, once in fall '22 but it was like a bronchial virus i had years earlier
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 01:30 PM (CWTWj)

Over the last 6 years, I caught the China Lung Rot at least twice, and probably 4 times. Never got the shot, and I'm no anti-vaxxer like that McCarthy slag, who pre-China Virus was screaming about how every vaccine caused autism (forgot about that, didn't ya?), and wasn't because of her drug/alcohol consumption during pregnancy. I simply didn't trust a new shot that was rushed into production with virtually no testing or studies.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (y9nCu)

93 Fauci was no lone wolf.

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (3R4hO)

94 But using HCQ off label is a punishable offense.

Posted by: InZona at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (y/yj5)

95 Covid vaccine is oncogenic is clearly overblown

Well... I know that I got cancer and I only read about the vaccine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

96
Fauci: Not my monkeys, not my circus.

Actually those ARE your monkeys.

Fauci: .......

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:50 PM (3R4hO)

97 I wonder how this was related to the 2014 outbreak of Ebola in Africa.

It was one of the few things I actually gave President Obama credit for - a dangerous disease that was taken seriously early on and tamped down. It helped, somewhat, that it tended to kill its host quickly, which limited the spread.

But a year later, they were already doing crazy, dangerous experimentation with it. At least, when they were somewhat caught doing it.

How long beforehand did they have the disease in the lab?

And which actually came first? The outbreak in Africa? Or the lab experimentation?

Posted by: Another Anon at September 29, 2026 01:50 PM (4h45B)

98 How is it possible for further revelations about Fauci's experiments to keep getting worse?! He's got Mengele beat by a mile at this point.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 29, 2026 01:48 PM (lFFaq)

His actions for AIDS has not really been talked in the news yet. His people were using foster children as test subjects for the treatments.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 01:50 PM (rbvCR)

99 >>but he's not the only one.

That's almost a direct John Lenon quote.

Watch yourself, hippie.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:50 PM (vNne8)

100 95 Covid vaccine is oncogenic is clearly overblown

Well... I know that I got cancer and I only read about the vaccine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

=======

Coincidence?

There are no coincidences!

Wake up, sheeple!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 01:50 PM (I7axw)

101 Jack Smith is another weird totalitarian nebbish. Catherine Herridge says she has documents showing Smith secretly subpoenaed nearly 5,000 small dollar donor records from the Trump campaign for investigation. These weren't big donors, they were average people who sent even $1 checks to the campaign who were investigated by this pestilence.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2026 01:50 PM (LY8iJ)

102 lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 29, 2026 01:50 PM (X7pZH)

103 In another universe, James Bond would have been dispatched to stop this guy.

Posted by: Shenanigans at September 29, 2026 01:51 PM (qmxL/)

104 How is it possible for further revelations about Fauci's experiments to keep getting worse?! He's got Mengele beat by a mile at this point.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 29, 2026 01:48 PM (lFFaq)

Fauci's a pussy. I used 'humans'. -- Josef Mengele

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2026 01:51 PM (ExV1e)

105 Drop Fauci out of the Ebola Gay

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2026 01:51 PM (Cqx++)

106 Fuck the monkeys.

How else do you test these vaccines? At first blush it looks like Fauci might not be wrong on this one.
-
Unless the point of the experiments was to beat the vaccines.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 29, 2026 01:51 PM (vSvIl)

107 ‘Jane was the Goodest all.’
- A Monkey

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2026 01:52 PM (LHPAg)

108 Jack Smith is another weird totalitarian nebbish. Catherine Herridge says she has documents showing Smith secretly subpoenaed nearly 5,000 small dollar donor records from the Trump campaign for investigation. These weren't big donors, they were average people who sent even $1 checks to the campaign who were investigated by this pestilence.

And his interest in the ActBlue scam responsible for literally BILLIONS in fraudulent campaign contributions?

Zero.Point.Zero.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:52 PM (Riz8t)

109 I live in a blue area so sometimes people talk about getting hte clot shot. Now some are certainly lying but I do see people getting it when I drop by CVS

What the hell is wrong with these people?

We've gone from "you can't get COVID if you get the shot" to "uh sure it will uh minimize your symptoms or something"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)

110 Never got the shot, and I'm no anti-vaxxer like that McCarthy slag, who pre-China Virus was screaming about how every vaccine caused autism (forgot about that, didn't ya?), and wasn't because of her drug/alcohol consumption during pregnancy. I simply didn't trust a new shot that was rushed into production with virtually no testing or studies.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2026 01:49 PM (y9nCu)

Seeing the way that they rushed the vax out there and lied about everything and tried to make everyone take it, made me anti-vax. I don't trust any of them at all. Unless I see a clear, immediate need for a shot, it's no thanks.

Posted by: No Name Today at September 29, 2026 01:52 PM (8mulE)

111 Yes, I understand the technique. My question was about the purpose of the research.

Why were they using this technique? What were they trying to research or study? The article doesn't make clear, and the quotes from Fauci's notes don't say either.

Note also that the research mentions "vaccinated" monkeys being deliberately infected with ebola. Vaccinated against what?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
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Ebola vaccines. Four different ones.

Posted by: ballistic at September 29, 2026 01:52 PM (oqH4h)

112 Last Train to Darksville

Posted by: "Eff the Monkeys," Fauci Said at September 29, 2026 01:52 PM (Ovx+P)

113 After Fauci "testified" on the Hill, that picture of him and his wife in their car with his wife flipping off the photographer says it all. They made millions and don't care. They are set for life as well as their children and have zero f's to give about anyone else. They will kill human beings and animals alike and it is all the same to them.

The bigger story to me is that many people in the government knew what Fauci was doing and they not only covered for him they helped him.

Fauci is the public focal point but he's not the only one.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 01:47 PM (viF8m)
___________

He controlled probably billions in grant and other money, and could make or break careers. He was very well protected. If the big fish goes down, he usually takes all the remoras with him.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (iFTx/)

114 Holy shit.......

Rumor has it, our house just sold........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (ccf/V)

115 In another universe, James Bond would have been dispatched to stop this guy.

TBF, Fauci is evil incarnate, but he doesn't have a volcano lair.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)

116 What's happened with the contempt referral for improperly pleading the 5th?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (JzUSu)

117 Reading the above comments after I made mine --

I think we have to research these diseases like ebola simply because we know bad people are researching them to use as weapons. And we need to develop vaccines if they are potential weapons. We also need to test the vaccines.

So yeah, some monkeys are gonna die. Maybe they should be such little assholes all the time.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (+UEwf)

118 62 'Staggering surrender': CDC pushes COVID vaccines for healthy people 'off-label,'

What are your shipping rates?

Posted by: Canada's Kill Rooms at September 29, 2026 01:42 PM (m4bfL)

Yeah.

I stay off these threads.

I was taking care of Mom 24-7. She had heart issues. We were never giving her the shot. And I spent years worrying about her and if she'd get care. I did my best. And Mom lived a long happy life after all that crap.

Kipling's poem means more and more to me.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (Sco7b)

119 Fauci Infected African Monkeys with Aerosolized Ebola.

Why would you do this? Ebola is a real, serious disease. IIRC it kills most people that get it. It is millions of times more fatal then COVID.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

120 >> I understand the technique.

...the finish?

A Counter-Clockwise Swirl.

Posted by: Jerry at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (vNne8)

121 115 In another universe, James Bond would have been dispatched to stop this guy.

TBF, Fauci is evil incarnate, but he doesn't have a volcano lair.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)

=======

That we know of.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (I7axw)

122 Meanwhile, MAHA is exploding over the CDC's recommendation to use covid vaccines "off-label."

Now do Ivermectin........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:54 PM (ccf/V)

123 TBF, Fauci is evil incarnate, but he doesn't have a volcano lair.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)

That you know of......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:54 PM (ccf/V)

124 >>Rumor has it, our house just sold........

Nice.

Assuming, of course. that you were aware it was on the market.

Posted by: Jerry at September 29, 2026 01:54 PM (vNne8)

125 121 115 In another universe, James Bond would have been dispatched to stop this guy.

TBF, Fauci is evil incarnate, but he doesn't have a volcano lair.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)

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That we know of.

Fair. That is kind of the point of volcano lairs.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:54 PM (Riz8t)

126 I think we have to research these diseases like ebola simply because we know bad people are researching them to use as weapons.

See here is one for the "international community". We should have an agreement collectively to kill anyone that does GoF on any existing virus.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

127 123 TBF, Fauci is evil incarnate, but he doesn't have a volcano lair.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)

That you know of......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:54 PM (ccf/V)

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In all fairness...Sponge is always first.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (I7axw)

128 After six years of being NOVID, I got it last week. I took my mask off at an event by my students, and one of them got me sick. I understand why so many people don't take precautions seriously. It was so mild, maybe 48 hours of symptoms, but they don't understand all the potential, permanent damage occurring inside.

My dad has caught Covid 4-5 times and he still won't wear a mask because he always thinks everything is related to allergies. I ask him, "Are you sure about that?" Because he's caught Covid so many times, I can never be sure with him now.

I can't go unmasked around him (even outdoors) for this reason.

this is why the pandemic played out how it did, particularly after wild type and delta had passed and the population was vaccinated. Outcomes are so variable and the long term impacts are not clearly linked in people's minds.

I saw my dad recently, and was shocked he a) didn't know that you shouldn't test soon after eating and b) seemed confused why I would go to a movie in a mask but not eat in a restaurant. I feel I failed in educating him.

This is why universal masking in public spaces never should have gone away.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (LMfGu)

129 seinfeldsockOFF

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (vNne8)

130 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (2Ez/1)

131
Why would you do this? Ebola is a real, serious disease. IIRC it kills most people that get it. It is millions of times more fatal then COVID.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

I believe Ebola wasn't a human thing until they MADE it jump from animal to human......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (ccf/V)

132 ***Fauci Infected African Monkeys with Aerosolized Ebola.
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Such a nice guy. Why is he alive?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (wljQY)

133 So yeah, some monkeys are gonna die. Maybe they should be such little assholes all the time.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (+UEwf)

Eventually there will be a mine-shaft gap

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

134
In all fairness...Sponge is always first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (I7axw)

Your brain is younger and much more nimble. However, I appreciate the stepping aside.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (ccf/V)

135 128 this is why the pandemic played out how it did, particularly after wild type and delta had passed and the population was vaccinated. Outcomes are so variable and the long term impacts are not clearly linked in people's minds.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (LMfGu)

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All of the American conservative population died in 2021, it was a winter of death.

The only reason Republicans have won elections since is election cheating on the part of Trump. Unfortunately, Biden was too restrained by tradition and good nature to really fight the obvious cheat, so now we're in a tyrannical oligarchy brought to us by dead voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (I7axw)

136 You mean like his HIV AIDS failures?

Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (2noDb)

137 Fauci's a pimp. He never could've outfought Mengele.

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (3R4hO)

138 How did Congolese get to be the monicker for people from the Congo? It's not Chinlese, or Vietnamlese? Who decides these things?

Posted by: Native New Yorkerlese at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (Fn+3X)

139 In THEORY what they are doing in these labs -- the claim they make -- is that they are testing diseases on animals to see how they work and so they can work on cures. That's the claim.

All I can see them doing is figuring out ways to make them worse and more controllable.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2026 01:57 PM (nIKjK)

140 I believe Ebola wasn't a human thing until they MADE it jump from animal to human......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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And Lyme disease wasn't at all.

Why aren't these people in jail.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 01:57 PM (wljQY)

141 There are many, many parallels here with the development of the Covid virus. These are outlined in the book "Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 ". It's from 2022, but even then, they were putting the blame on China's obsessive secrecy and on Fauci and the guy he funded who worked with Wuhan Inst. of Virology (I forget his name).

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 01:57 PM (Riz8t)

142 >>Fuck the monkeys.

A horrible progression: first, you shock the monkey (https://tinyurl.com/yckx83ec);

then you spank the monkey;

then you fuck the monkey.

If you punish the monkey, you must let the organ-grinder go!

(https://tinyurl.com/y3whp46r)

Posted by: Nazdar at September 29, 2026 01:57 PM (NcvvS)

143 There is no vaccine for Ebola and the experiment is not scientifically justified.

We should have a good idea what would happen if you drive a deadly virus deeper into the lungs.

You don't need imperiscism and observation of every f**** thing.

These people will do anything for grant money.

Here is what people have to understand about "vaccines," vaccines are not super-soldier serums, the can only "trick" the immune system to do what the immune system is capable of doing.

Human and Primate immune systems cannot develop immunity naturally to Ebola and if it cannot acquire immunity naturally it cannot be tricked into doing that which it cannot do naturally.

These experiments are scientifically unjustified and these people need to be shoved feet first into wood chippers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (XV/Pl)

144 I'm willing to bet they've never stopped testing aerosolized bioweapons. I bet it's still happening and we're paying for it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (W4Zv0)

145 A Faucian bargain.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (Fi81e)

146
I want to bear his child!!

Posted by: AWFL Cat Lady at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (eRlcH)

147 All I can see them doing is figuring out ways to make them worse and more controllable.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2026 01:57 PM (nIKjK)

Ding ding ding. And they're all Malthusians.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (ExV1e)

148 >>(I forget his name).

Peter Dascek (sp?)

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (vNne8)

149 In THEORY what they are doing in these labs -- the claim they make -- is that they are testing diseases on animals to see how they work and so they can work on cures. That's the claim.

All I can see them doing is figuring out ways to make them worse and more controllable.

*cough*

Posted by: Furin cleavage site at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (Riz8t)

150 wonder where this disappeared to: off topic (1): reuters:

At one point, apparent confusion over a reference to Smith attending a basketball game in February 2024 prompted Eric Schmitt, a Republican senator from Missouri, to accuse the former special counsel of perjury.

Based on text messages Schmitt said his office had viewed, he accused Smith of attending an Atlanta Hawks basketball game, suggesting that would have placed him in the city where local prosecutor Fani Willis was also trying to prosecute Trump.

Smith denied attending the Hawks game, saying he instead recalled going to a women's college basketball game between the Iowa "Hawkeyes" and the University of Maryland. The teams played in Maryland on February 3, 2024.

Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, a Democrat, called on Schmitt to apologize for accusing Smith of perjury and implying wrongdoing "based on confusion about the name of a team."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (CWTWj)

151 Fauci's a pimp. He never could've outfought Mengele.
Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (3R4hO)

Zyklon-B is for pussies.

Posted by: Tony 'Gain of Function' Fauci at September 29, 2026 01:59 PM (ccf/V)

152 139 In THEORY what they are doing in these labs -- the claim they make -- is that they are testing diseases on animals to see how they work and so they can work on cures. That's the claim.
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People who buy that are the same people who think we should destroy the Party in order to make it better or destroy the country to make it better. Same logic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 01:59 PM (wljQY)

153 All of the American conservative population died in 2021, it was a winter of death.

Saw a lefty arguing that COVID was killing right leaning voters in mass based on state level data.

Someone else checked the data and it was black people in those red states because they also tend to be significantly more overweight.

Suddenly the discussion went from "COVID is gonna kill all the Republicans" to "COVID is gonna kill all the black people because of raycissms". It always amazes me how quickly online lefties can pivot like this

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

154 The experiments left 80 percent of vaccinated monkeys dead.

That's a better survival rate than Ebola has, so... progress?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2026 01:59 PM (vJrRc)

155 142 >>Fuck the monkeys.

A horrible progression: first, you shock the monkey (https://tinyurl.com/yckx83ec);

then you spank the monkey;

then you fuck the monkey.

If you punish the monkey, you must let the organ-grinder go!

(https://tinyurl.com/y3whp46r)
Posted by: Nazdar

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Monkeys are pure id.

They run a racket at tourist sites where they steal you phone or glasses and then you have to bribe them to get the back. They are almost as bad as people.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 01:59 PM (+UEwf)

156
Look, there's too many of you. We need some culling to get us to sustainable numbers.

Posted by: Tony F. at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM (eRlcH)

157 Get a video of Fauci experimenting on dogs or apes or whatever released to the public and you'll get enough young women calling for his execution to actually arrest the asshole

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM (sKqQm)

158 So the WCHA (West Coast Health Alliance) is bucking the FDA and is still promoting the vaccine to everyone including pregnant women. Bill 144 referenced below allows shots w/out prescription and also forces insurers to pay for them......FAQ below:
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Can I get the COVID-19 vaccine this fall?

Yes. In the State of California, anyone age six months or older is able to receive the annual seasonal COVID-19 vaccination. For the vast majority of patients, it will be fully covered by health insurance. They are available at many pharmacies and Public Health Clinics. You may be asked to attest to having a qualifying medical condition or consent to receiving the vaccine “off-label”.

Can I receive an off-label vaccine?

Healthcare providers commonly prescribe medications and vaccines off-label. It is a legal and standard part of medical practice. Under Assembly Bill 144, pharmacists in California are now able to administer COVID-19 vaccines to patients ages 3+ without a prescription.

Posted by: beckster at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM (kX27y)

159 You mean like his HIV AIDS failures?

Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2026 01:56 PM (2noDb)

Back when he was experimenting on foster kids?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM (ccf/V)

160 144 I'm willing to bet they've never stopped testing aerosolized bioweapons. I bet it's still happening and we're paying for it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (W4Zv0)

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Aerosolized toxins from the blue flowers found on the path up to Ra's Al Ghul's mountain fortress, input into the water supply of the major American metropolis Gotham City and then forced into the air by a microwave emitter stolen from the defunct weapons research division of a major corporation just about to go private from the public ownership of the Wayne family?

Who could stop such a thing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM (I7axw)

161 I for sure thought we were getting a post on Candace Owens, next.

It's right in Ace's wheelhouse.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM (vNne8)

162 Speaking of public heath . . .

Canadian authorities will give prison inmates paper straws to promote "safe snorting"

https://tinyurl.com/2fbttf7u

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:01 PM (ndZc7)

163 Peter Dascek (sp?)
Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (vNne

Daszak

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)

164 153 Suddenly the discussion went from "COVID is gonna kill all the Republicans" to "COVID is gonna kill all the black people because of raycissms". It always amazes me how quickly online lefties can pivot like this

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

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It's because they don't wear their masks right.

Always letting their noses pop up over the top.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:01 PM (I7axw)

165
Canadian authorities will give prison inmates paper straws to promote "safe snorting"

https://tinyurl.com/2fbttf7u
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:01 PM (ndZc7)

Tell me you're not screening for drugs entering the prisons without telling me you're not screening for drugs entering the prisons.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (ccf/V)

166 re me at 150: twitchy: sen schmitt:

SCHMITT: "Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks on February 3rd, 2024?"

SMITH: "What city would that be in?"

SCHMITT: "Atlanta"

SMITH: "No." But this was all just preamble for what Senator Schmitt was about to reveal.

SCHMITT: "What would you say if I had a series of text messages from your team that said you were in Atlanta at a Warrior-Hawks game on February 3rd, 2024, the day after Willis and Wade announced their affair?"

Senators then held up the text message receipts.

Smith looked absolutely stunned.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (CWTWj)

167 Why would you do this? Ebola is a real, serious disease. IIRC it kills most people that get it. It is millions of times more fatal then COVID.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

I believe Ebola wasn't a human thing until they MADE it jump from animal to human......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 01:55 PM (ccf/V)
________

Tough to tell. The virus is often prevalent in animals killed for bushmeat in places like the Congo. The virus could make the jump to humans that way. I suspect ebola was killing people in Africa long before the first reported cases reached the news.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

168 Hunter Biden's investment company, Rosemont Seneca, invested $500,000 in a company that did virus tracking. The company is Metabiota. Unexpectedly, the US federal government also gave Metabiota 10s of millions in contracts.

Metabiota had government contracts to do virus tracking in a bunch of places including Wuhan, China and Ukraine. Putin was very vocal prior to the war that Biden's son was working on bio weapons in Ukraine. We were also helping fund a bio lab in Kazakhstan and running a color revolution there. Until Putin sent in troops and ended it.

The Bidens are nothing more than an organized crime family that used the federal government to enrich themselves while selling out this country and leaving death and destruction in their wake.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (viF8m)

169
You mean like his HIV AIDS failures?

__________

Flies cause disease. Keep yours zipped.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (eRlcH)

170 ========

Aerosolized toxins from the blue flowers found on the path up to Ra's Al Ghul's mountain fortress, input into the water supply of the major American metropolis Gotham City and then forced into the air by a microwave emitter stolen from the defunct weapons research division of a major corporation just about to go public from the private ownership of the Wayne family?

Who could stop such a thing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Have they stopped seeding clouds for rain?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (wljQY)

171 Peter Dascek (sp?)
Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (vNne

Daszak

That's the one. EcoHealth Alliance (how ironic)

Posted by: Archimedes at September 29, 2026 02:03 PM (Riz8t)

172 >>Peter Dascek (sp?)

Peter Daszak.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 02:03 PM (viF8m)

173 Interesting. So Fauci had fresh experimental data shortly before the Wuhan flu that a vaccine could make a respiratory virus worse. Interesting.

Posted by: JSchuler at September 29, 2026 02:03 PM (l6eKM)

174 Bible Study Corner.

Kansas pastor running for Senate told congregation to "repent" for eating beef because of climate change

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:03 PM (ndZc7)

175 I for sure thought we were getting a post on Candace Owens, next.

It's right in Ace's wheelhouse.
Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM

Her being a lesbian? I think that was covered yesterday.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

176 Tough to tell. The virus is often prevalent in animals killed for bushmeat in places like the Congo. The virus could make the jump to humans that way. I suspect ebola was killing people in Africa long before the first reported cases reached the news.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

That's possible, sure, but it didn't JUMP like it is now unless you ate the tainted meat or drank the blood of someone infected.

Now this shit spreads like a f*cking grassfire.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:04 PM (ccf/V)

177 You're not the boss of me!

Posted by: ace's wheelhouse at September 29, 2026 02:04 PM (2Ez/1)

178 >>Her being a lesbian? I think that was covered yesterday.

Well, then I missed the fun.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 02:04 PM (vNne8)

179 A CDC study found COVID-vaccinated children suffered a 257% HIGHER RISK of symptomatic COVID infection...
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But it was a dry COVID.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:04 PM (Fi81e)

180 https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=421557

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:04 PM (4NO2D)

181 178 >>Her being a lesbian? I think that was covered yesterday.

Well, then I missed the fun.

Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 02:04 PM (vNne

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"And you always will, dirty Zionist."
-Candace, slapping a girl's butt

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM (I7axw)

182 Fauci was a busy little bee, wasn't he.
Posted by: Case
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Don't overlook Mrs. Fauci:

Head of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

Research Focus: Ethical issues in healthcare, particularly in the development and testing of preventive vaccines.

The latter is so ironic as to seem a fiction.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

183 Peter Dascek (sp?)

Peter Daszak.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2026 02:03 PM (viF8m)

THOSE guys are FAGS!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM (ccf/V)

184
Oh great. Bob Costas is doing the Phils-Braves game. Mute.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM (eRlcH)

185 No matter RFKjr's attempts to clean house, CDC and FDA seems to regard themselves as superior knowers of what policy *should* be.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (aJQbY)

186 Tell me you're not screening for drugs entering the prisons without telling me you're not screening for drugs entering the prisons.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (ccf/V)

Drugs in prison:

A) tend to keep the prisoners occupied
B) are a tidy profit center for the guards and those they pay kickbacks and rake-offs to
C) are a handy excuse for the entire prison staff when one of the staff is popped for drug offences, or drug-fueled domestic abuse

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (rbvCR)

187 Aerosolized toxins from the blue flowers found on the path up to Ra's Al Ghul's mountain fortress, input into the water supply of the major American metropolis Gotham City and then forced into the air by a microwave emitter stolen from the defunct weapons research division of a major corporation just about to go private from the public ownership of the Wayne family?

Who could stop such a thing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:00 PM (I7axw)
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I'll bet Fauci was behind that...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (FZ29D)

188 Oh great. Bob Costas is doing the Phils-Braves game. Mute.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM

Ole Spunkeye.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)

189 Kansas pastor running for Senate told congregation to "repent" for eating beef because of climate change
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:03 PM (ndZc7)

How about no.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (9tX4s)

190 Ebola is a real, serious disease.

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So is Obola.

John K. Amanchukwu Sr.
@REVWUTRUTH
BARACK OBAMA: “I don’t understand how we got so toxic and so divided and so bitter!”

Really???

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It's a head scratcher all right.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (ndZc7)

191 Remember

"Bioethicist" = Wannabe Mass Murderer

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (3R4hO)

192 185 No matter RFKjr's attempts to clean house, CDC and FDA seems to regard themselves as superior knowers of what policy *should* be.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (aJQbY)

=======

When we get the next Democrat president and the administration starts trying to write massive regulations again, only then will the left realize what they lost when SCOTUS overturned Chevron with Loper.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:07 PM (I7axw)

193 >>(I forget his name).

Peter Dascek (sp?)
Posted by: garrett at September 29, 2026 01:58 PM (vNne

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Dalek.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)

194 Oh great. Bob Costas is doing the Phils-Braves game. Mute.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM

I can't STAND that seamy dougheyed poofter......F*ck that guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:07 PM (ccf/V)

195 BARACK OBAMA: “I don’t understand how we got so toxic and so divided and so bitter!”

LOL. The Left love doing this. They are laughing at us with that one.

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 02:07 PM (3R4hO)

196 Dalek.
Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)

EXTERMINATE!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:07 PM (ccf/V)

197
A bioethicist is a learned person with a high-minded reason why you should die.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (eRlcH)

198 168 Hunter Biden's investment company, Rosemont Seneca, invested $500,000 in a company that did virus tracking. The company is Metabiota. Unexpectedly, the US federal government also gave Metabiota 10s of millions in contracts.

Metabiota had government contracts to do virus tracking in a bunch of places including Wuhan, China and Ukraine. Putin was very vocal prior to the war that Biden's son was working on bio weapons in Ukraine.
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Putin has no reason to be pissed at America
Putin has every reason to trust us.

Why hasn't Trump discontinued all physical and monetary assistance to Ukraine?
Do that and the war stops.
Is the black hand heavier than we know?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (wljQY)

199 Mengele killed his thousands and Fauci his millions!

Posted by: More Efficient Than the Krauts Is Impressive at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (Fn+3X)

200 @REVWUTRUTH
BARACK OBAMA: “I don’t understand how we got so toxic and so divided and so bitter!”

"Hey John. Elections have consequences. Get over it!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (ccf/V)

201 I think there is a lot of hysteria about all these diseases that people are now claiming were made in a lab.

One problem -- we really did not have the technology to do shit like gene insertion or what they did with Covid until very recently.

So ebola, lyme, and all the other diseases that we have solid evidence that they existed at least back to the 50s, well, no lab made them.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (+UEwf)

202 "Hey John. Elections have consequences. Get over it!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (ccf/V)

The line was "I won."

Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 02:09 PM (3R4hO)

203
*tinkle of splintering glass*

Oops!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:09 PM (eRlcH)

204 So ebola, lyme, and all the other diseases that we have solid evidence that they existed at least back to the 50s, well, no lab made them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (+UEwf)

Sure, they existed. They've been heavily modified since then......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:09 PM (ccf/V)

205 Fauci 's evil manifested during AIDS. He experimented of black twins who both had the disease. He also only focused on treatment using AZT which had toxic side effects. It was until Larry Kramer of ACT-UP protesters like crazy that other treatments were allowed. Kramer turned Fauci into his poodle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2026 02:09 PM (WyJlA)

206
The line was "I won."
Posted by: ... at September 29, 2026 02:09 PM (3R4hO)

Artistic license......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:09 PM (ccf/V)

207 "Hey John. Elections have consequences. Get over it!"

Don't call his bluff

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2026 02:10 PM (nIKjK)

208 Tough to tell. The virus is often prevalent in animals killed for bushmeat in places like the Congo. The virus could make the jump to humans that way. I suspect ebola was killing people in Africa long before the first reported cases reached the news.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

That's possible, sure, but it didn't JUMP like it is now unless you ate the tainted meat or drank the blood of someone infected.

Now this shit spreads like a f*cking grassfire.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:04 PM (ccf/V)
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True, it spreads rapidly in unimaginable shitholes like the rural Congo where people are literally living like they did thousands of years ago. Sweating, bleeding, shitting, pissing, and probably vomiting over each other.

Luckily, in civilized societies ebola is much harder to spread because we don't live in each other's shit and piss. The virus isn't airborne (unless you make it airborne like Fauci did in this "experiment").

I did research into all this before I went on an african safari.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

209 I think there is a lot of hysteria about all these diseases that people are now claiming were made in a lab.

One problem -- we really did not have the technology to do shit like gene insertion or what they did with Covid until very recently.

So ebola, lyme, and all the other diseases that we have solid evidence that they existed at least back to the 50s, well, no lab made them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (+UEwf)

You don't need to use gene insertion to make a disease worse. You can wait for normal mutations to produce a more infectious version then preserve and amplify it.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)

210
Luckily, in civilized societies ebola is much harder to spread because we don't live in each other's shit and piss.

___________

Ahem

Posted by: San Francisco at September 29, 2026 02:10 PM (eRlcH)

211 SCOTUS overturned Chevron with Loper.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Don't badmouth me, or I will sicc Piper on you.

Posted by: Don Loper Originals at September 29, 2026 02:11 PM (Fn+3X)

212 So ebola, lyme, and all the other diseases that we have solid evidence that they existed at least back to the 50s, well, no lab made them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (+UEwf)

Magdeburg hemorrhagic fever only goes back to the 60's

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

213 No matter RFKjr's attempts to clean house, CDC and FDA seems to regard themselves as superior knowers of what policy *should* be.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (aJQbY)
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They impeached a President for going against the State Department status quo and their expertise.

Civil service might have been a good idea before the government was flooded with ideologues.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

214
So, sweating sickness makes a comeback?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:12 PM (eRlcH)

215 So ebola, lyme, and all the other diseases that we have solid evidence that they existed at least back to the 50s, well, no lab made them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:08 PM (+UEwf)

Gene insertion and CRSPR just make it faster, prior to that the technique was serial passage, which was being done by the Rockefeller Institute in NYC prior to WWI while studying Polio. It might have worked, I think most of the records were destroyed.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:12 PM (rbvCR)

216 It's right in Ace's wheelhouse.
Posted by: garrett

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Is this a pool?

Put me down for the latest gang rape story.

The one where the girl agreed to a threesome with a revolving cast, but not a foursome. And two of the guys were passed out puking before they got the threesome started and she was sad because she really liked them.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:12 PM (+UEwf)

217
Oh, thank God. Costas was just doing the pregame.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:13 PM (eRlcH)

218 Put the mad scientist in a room and use all of his experiments on him.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at September 29, 2026 02:13 PM (Q/FnY)

219
Don't overlook Mrs. Fauci:

Head of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

Research Focus: Ethical issues in healthcare, particularly in the development and testing of preventive vaccines.

The latter is so ironic as to seem a fiction.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

I may be wrong but I think Fauci's daughter worked for Twitter censoring people.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 02:13 PM (W4Zv0)

220 I did research into all this before I went on an african safari.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Are you Bwana Dik?

Posted by: Frank Zappa, 1971 at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (Fn+3X)

221 We've had the ability to genetically engineer viruses for roughly 50 years, So early to mid-seventies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (XV/Pl)

222 It's right in Ace's wheelhouse.
Posted by: garrett

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Is this a pool?

Put me down for the latest gang rape story.

The one where the girl agreed to a threesome with a revolving cast, but not a foursome. And two of the guys were passed out puking before they got the threesome started and she was sad because she really liked them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:12 PM (+UEwf)
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Cornell? It's a money grab, plain and simple.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)

223 213 They impeached a President for going against the State Department status quo and their expertise.

Civil service might have been a good idea before the government was flooded with ideologues.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

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It was a bad idea from the start.

Rutherford B. Hayes and Chester A. Arthur belong to be near the bottom of all presidential rankings for the EOs the former made to end the spoils system and the law the latter signed to make it permanent.

There is no such thing as a non-partisan civil service at scale. It limits the people's investment in the actual running of the government, shielding the bureaucracy from the will of the body politic through elections, and it created a giant incentive structure to keep government growing forever.

It was a bad idea from the start.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (I7axw)

224 Having Fauci the head of any medical organization is a Faucian bargain.

Posted by: Guy Who Sits Next to Jerry Nadler at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (Fi81e)

225 Oh great. Bob Costas is doing the Phils-Braves game. Mute.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:05 PM

Ole Spunkeye.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 29, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)
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Actually Costas is an excellent baseball announcer. One of the best TV guys on that sport. I'd watch him anytime calling a baseball game.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (7/DDO)

226 I may be wrong but I think Fauci's daughter worked for Twitter censoring people.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 02:13 PM (W4Zv0)

Seems there's a bloodline that needs some eradicating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:15 PM (ccf/V)

227 The Pendleton Civil Service Act established a Mandarin Class in America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:15 PM (I7axw)

228 Gene insertion and CRSPR just make it faster, prior to that the technique was serial passage, which was being done by the Rockefeller Institute in NYC prior to WWI while studying Polio. It might have worked, I think most of the records were destroyed.
Posted by: Kindltot

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can't do trans species insertion without gene insertion.
Can't really even do serial passage without trans species hosts. They put human receptors into the hosts using CRISPR in the first place.

So sure, you could find a disease that affects mice (or fruit flys or whatever) and do serial passage. Kinda slow. Faster with fruit fly, but not many things infect humans and fruit fly.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:15 PM (+UEwf)

229 French maid.

https://tinyurl.com/46vtk7nu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)

230
Actually Costas is an excellent baseball announcer. One of the best TV guys on that sport. I'd watch him anytime calling a baseball game.
Posted by: Black JEM at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (7/DDO)

He's a tiny man, like so tiny in person it's shocking.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (W4Zv0)

231 ==
Actually Costas is an excellent baseball announcer. One of the best TV guys on that sport. I'd watch him anytime calling a baseball game.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (7/DDO)

There's several guys I would listen to LONG before I got to that shitsack.

Hell. Joe Buck is up on the list before Costas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (ccf/V)

232 Messenger RNA vaccines don’t work because they prime the immune system to respond to the one strain of the virus the vaccine was developed for while suppressing the immune response to novel challenges. That’s why your body loses the ability to suppress cancer: it’s a novel challenge. I dislike calling the mRNA shots a “vaccine” as they are not in any sense a classical vaccine. In any case, although it’s a little early in the season, I wish Fauci and his wife a Merry Romanian Christmas.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (Jc4hv)

233 It was a bad idea from the start.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:14 PM (I7axw)
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I'm hoping you can see how that's captured in both statements.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e)

234 Put the mad scientist in a room and use all of his experiments on him.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at September 29, 2026 02:13 PM (Q/FnY)

We have some ideas.

Posted by: Vermeer R and D at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (9tX4s)

235 You don't need to use gene insertion to make a disease worse. You can wait for normal mutations to produce a more infectious version then preserve and amplify it.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 29, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)

Indeed. Retroviruses are pretty much optimized to gain and use mutations to their advantage. Downside is that this yields a lot of dead-ends, but once those advantageous mutations are acquired...

Posted by: Thrawn at September 29, 2026 02:17 PM (oPFtC)

236 They impeached a President for going against the State Department status quo and their expertise.

Civil service might have been a good idea before the government was flooded with ideologues.
Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

The people trying to blackpill everyone because Trump doesn't want to get slowed down by another impeachment bother me.
I also think that the people pissed at Kennedy only see the loon the MFM have been portraying him as, and not the lifelong politician from a multi-generation political family which played terminally dangerous political games

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:17 PM (rbvCR)

237 French maid.

https://tinyurl.com/46vtk7nu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)
____________

THIS will be -- or should be -- ace's next post. Could be AI? Sure. But too good to check!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

238 can't do trans species insertion without gene insertion.

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Somebody needs to talk to Gene.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (Fi81e)

239 French maid.

https://tinyurl.com/46vtk7nu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)

Yeah, I've got a better idea........

https://shorturl.fm/VCB0y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (ccf/V)

240 (LawDork) Breaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. “The Trump administration wants to erase transgender people from the law — with an explicit aim of ending the provision of gender-affirming medical care for trans people of all ages — and Solicitor General John Sauer asked the U.S. Supreme Court to usher in that world on Monday morning.”

This is evil. The "science" the administration is using is totally flawed. this is what them trying to take over peer review is all about. If they get to decide what is and isn't science, we won't have any allies left

But I have been educated on reddit.com that it's absurd to suggest there is an effort to erase transgender people

Kind of like how covid didn't exist lol. If you don't like something, just stick your head in the sand and play silly-buggers.

The doj requests that the court deny lifesaving medical care to prisoners. Disbarr them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (LMfGu)

241 237 French maid.

https://tinyurl.com/46vtk7nu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)
____________

THIS will be -- or should be -- ace's next post. Could be AI? Sure. But too good to check!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

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Dear lord he's so gay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (I7axw)

242 Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

Posted by: Groucho at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (Fn+3X)

243 Negative efficacy with the shots and yet they are still promoting them?!? Eff these people in the heart with a steak knife.
/That Tree of Liberty is looking really weak. . . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 29, 2026 02:19 PM (JNTt1)

244 You don't need to use gene insertion to make a disease worse. You can wait for normal mutations to produce a more infectious version then preserve and amplify it.
Posted by: Oldcat

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Yes!!
This was actually done quite a lot. with anthrax for example. That was the main purpose of all those cold-war bio labs taking and collecting samples.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:19 PM (+UEwf)

245 240 The doj requests that the court deny lifesaving medical care to prisoners. Disbarr them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (LMfGu)

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"Pay to cut off my dick or I die."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:19 PM (I7axw)

246
Dear lord he's so gay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (I7axw)

"You f*ck one goat......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:19 PM (ccf/V)

247 Aerosol Ebola experiments? Oh,.how can we.stay.mad.at you, you little scamp!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 29, 2026 02:19 PM (bX16E)

248 Oh, come on!
This analytical dive into Fauci's past behavior is just providing psychological context to his continual malfeasance.
You cannot prosecute him on past behavior because of his Biden (machine) signed pardon.
The only way to prosecute Fauci for past misconduct is to first legally discredit the Biden autopen pardon signature by proving that Biden has no clue (which he did not) about what his staff was using the autopen to sign for his name.

Posted by: John at September 29, 2026 02:20 PM (9NUKl)

249 French maid.

https://tinyurl.com/46vtk7nu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 29, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)
____________

THIS will be -- or should be -- ace's next post. Could be AI? Sure. But too good to check!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Dear lord he's so gay.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (I7axw)
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100% ... even if this is AI. There are older clips of Piker when he was first starting out as a wannabe social media star. Gayer than a dozen guys cleveland steamering each other.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:20 PM (iFTx/)

250 can't do trans species insertion without gene insertion.
Can't really even do serial passage without trans species hosts. They put human receptors into the hosts using CRISPR in the first place.

So sure, you could find a disease that affects mice (or fruit flys or whatever) and do serial passage. Kinda slow. Faster with fruit fly, but not many things infect humans and fruit fly.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:15 PM (+UEwf)

That is not true, can't do cross species transmission without the receptor sites. The various flu types move back and forth from aves to pigs to humans easily, it is mostly how they infect that is the hard part. Avian flu receptors in humans are deep in the lungs, so they don't often get transferred.
The Polio serial passage was done human to monkey, via injections to the spinal fluid, not via any receptor, and that is done often.
The trick is to pass it through a number of times to try to winnow out the contagious strain, to force an evolution as it were

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

251 Masking has now become a solidarity signal for lesbians.

I just can’t even with these idiots.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 02:21 PM (W2Pud)

252 The doj requests that the court deny lifesaving medical care to prisoners. Disbarr them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2026 02:18 PM (LMfGu)

Lifesaving care would be to stop all such "treatments" at once and hope that too much damage hasn't been done...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:22 PM (+gK6I)

253 Hasan Piker was playing kitty maid. Adorable.

https://tinyurl.com/m69e2bc2

Posted by: beckster at September 29, 2026 02:23 PM (kX27y)

254 WNBA Playoffs started two days ago and you people are talking baseball and hockey?

Posted by: Flying Green Dildo at September 29, 2026 02:23 PM (Fn+3X)

255 Masking has now become a solidarity signal for lesbians.

I just can’t even with these idiots.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 02:21 PM (W2Pud)

But, they've invented the tongue flap so they can eat without worry of getting sick!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:23 PM (ccf/V)

256 (LawDork) Breaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. “The Trump administration wants to erase transgender people from the law — with an explicit aim of ending the provision of gender-affirming medical care for trans people of all ages — and Solicitor General John Sauer asked the U.S. Supreme Court to usher in that world on Monday morning.”
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Somebody has become fluent in newspeak.

Erase...by not providing something special.

So, are people "erasing" women by not giving them special spaces as a provision?

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:23 PM (Fi81e)

257 Hasan Piker Who ? Never heard of him

Posted by: Dems running for midterms at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (+gK6I)

258 That is not true, can't do cross species transmission without the receptor sites. The various flu types move back and forth from aves to pigs to humans easily, it is mostly how they infect that is the hard part. Avian flu receptors in humans are deep in the lungs, so they don't often get transferred.
The Polio serial passage was done human to monkey, via injections to the spinal fluid, not via any receptor, and that is done often.
The trick is to pass it through a number of times to try to winnow out the contagious strain, to force an evolution as it were
Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

Influenza virus is more tricky than normal due to independent assortment, where if two flu strains infect the same cell, you can end up with weird hybrids.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (oPFtC)

259 Masking has now become a solidarity signal for lesbians.

I just can’t even with these idiots.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 02:21 PM (W2Pud)
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Quite a few in Europe still masking, even though covid wasn't as much a political divide as in USA. Asians have been masking at disproportionate rates for decades.

I think it's a bit of "if it works even a little," but that discounts the risks of breathing through a wet, snotty mask for hours at a time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

260 WNBA Playoffs started two days ago and you people are talking baseball and hockey?
Posted by: Flying Green Dildo at September 29, 2026 02:23 PM (Fn+3X)

Indiana lost game one badly.

Caitlyn Clark is overrated.....interest level zero.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (ccf/V)

261 The trick is to pass it through a number of times to try to winnow out the contagious strain, to force an evolution as it were
Posted by: Kindltot

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My point was that it is much harder without engineered hosts. It is very slow and expensive if you have to use monkeys or pigs.

Flu is a special case though because it infect so many species. We don't need labs to do that -- China had hundreds of cities that do massive serial trans species experiments every season. They are quite good at it.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (+UEwf)

262 There are studies dropping now detailing Pfizer and Moderna plasmid sequences found in tumors. This is a 110%, no excuses, no weaseling out of blame, proof showing that the jab payload gets permanently integrated sometimes. The coding they used differs from the virus sequences so they can't blame this on the virus.

And thats just scratching the surface - the BILLIONS of fragments of junk RNA, DNA, RNA/DNA hybrids, and synthetic nucleotises not even found in nature (that's right, they have introduced letters other than c-a-t-g-u INTO THE WILD) are all carcinogenic and the very inventors of the assays to test for their presence are accusing Pfizer of deliberately designing QC procedures that retain them and then hide their presence.

And then you have the carcinogenic SV40 genes in the payload, and the use of COTS gene therapy lipids (used for promoting integration) that neither Moderna nor Pfizer have offered any excuses for.

Rope. Hang them all. I have been shouting this for years; even most of those people paying attention are years behind on the news here regarding these crimes.

Posted by: heya at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (Km6p/)

263 Harder does not mean impossible, just slower. That is what serial passage is for, to make it happen.
It is the same evolutionary process, just forced.

Look, if it were impossible TB would have never jumped from cattle to humans, and Plague would still be a thing only for hamsters on the Eurasian grasslands.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:26 PM (rbvCR)

264
I agree with Spencer's take on the kitty maid:

Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
·
4h
Hamas Piker doing...God knows what. All I know is this would get him thrown off a high-rise in whatever country he's always cheerleading while he craps all over America.

Why are none of these people normal? The entire socialist tent is a circus.

Posted by: beckster at September 29, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)

265 I just can’t even with these idiots.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2026 02:21 PM (W2Pud)

But, they've invented the tongue flap so they can eat without worry of getting sick!
Posted by: Sponge
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You're close:

https://tinyurl.com/5cveey32

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 29, 2026 02:26 PM (JzUSu)

266
But, they've invented the tongue flap so they can eat without worry of getting sick!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:23 PM (ccf/V)

___________

I didn't think they did that. Like, in lesbian marriages, both partners always have headaches.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2026 02:27 PM (eRlcH)

267 WNBA Playoffs started two days ago and you people are talking baseball and hockey?
Posted by: Flying Green Dildo at September 29, 2026 02:23 PM (Fn+3X)

Indiana lost game one badly.

Caitlyn Clark is overrated.....interest level zero.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (ccf/V)
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Hence why the league spends 95% of its time ranting and raving and creating controversy and dysfunction and screaming "look at me!"

Because the game itself is boring as watching paint dry on a homosexual's ass.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

268 There is a segment of the uber wealthy (coff, coff, Bill Gates) who think that 90% of the human population needs to die in order to save the Earth. Gates and Fauci are/were tight and are probably on the same page. Gates is on record advocating the above.
Don't ever forget the mission of the evil one: steal, kill, destroy.
Its followers are becoming much easier to identify.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 29, 2026 02:27 PM (JNTt1)

269 Because the game itself is boring as watching paint dry on a homosexual's ass.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

That's not paint...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 29, 2026 02:28 PM (LMfGu)

270 re 266: you can get a mask that lets you insert and drink through a straw

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 02:28 PM (CWTWj)

271 So you're saying it's highly likely that there is a mask dispenser at the Portland Subaru dealer.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:29 PM (Fi81e)

272 re 266: you can get a mask that lets you insert and drink through a straw

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 02:28 PM (CWTWj)

That's the one they'll SHOW you......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:29 PM (ccf/V)

273 you can get a mask that lets you insert and drink through a straw
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 02:28 PM (CWTWj)
_________

"Is the hole big enough to suck a dick?"

-- James Talacreepo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 29, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

274 I was concerned about voting, depending on when the closing date would be.

We're actually good to early vote from the current address, then change our residential address after.

#Winning.

F*ck you, Talarico.......We will vote you down......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:31 PM (ccf/V)

275 Influenza virus is more tricky than normal due to independent assortment, where if two flu strains infect the same cell, you can end up with weird hybrids.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 29, 2026 02:24 PM (oPFtC)

After I found out about the serial passage polio experiments by the Rockefeller Institute in NYC in the 1910's and the oddly virulent Polio outbreak in NYC at the same time, I started wondering if the outbreak of Spanish Flu at Fort Riley might have been some sort of serial passage experimentation at the Army medical corps there.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

276 See 265 for straw mask, with Taylor Lorenz commenting.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 29, 2026 02:32 PM (JzUSu)

277 268 There is a segment of the uber wealthy (coff, coff, Bill Gates) who think that 90% of the human population needs to die in order to save the Earth. Gates and Fauci are/were tight and are probably on the same page. Gates is on record advocating the above.
Don't ever forget the mission of the evil one: steal, kill, destroy.
Its followers are becoming much easier to identify.
Posted by: Bonecrusher

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I am forever amazed at the cognitive dissonance of the ruling class. We need fewer people, except in the West which needs as many people as we can cram into our migrant centers and small towns.
We need to eliminate 80% of the population -- let's start with the productive ones in the West.
We need to cure diseases like hunger and malaria and aids. Then cull the survivors.

They are not only evil, and nuts, but they are so fucking stupid.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:32 PM (+UEwf)

278 271 So you're saying it's highly likely that there is a mask dispenser at the Portland Subaru dealer.
Posted by: Axeman

Drunk drivers have an ignition interlock device to blow into to start their car. Subarus come with a similar device to verify you mask in your car prior to starting it.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 29, 2026 02:33 PM (LMfGu)

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Drunk drivers have an ignition interlock device to blow into to start their car. Subarus come with a similar device to verify you mask in your car prior to starting it.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 29, 2026 02:33 PM (LMfGu)

Breath must smell of musky vagina......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:33 PM (ccf/V)

280 278 271 So you're saying it's highly likely that there is a mask dispenser at the Portland Subaru dealer.
Posted by: Axeman

My So, Grandson and Daughter all have Subarus and so far none of them are gay

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:35 PM (+gK6I)

281
Fauci must have great security, which I am sure we pay for. I'm surprised some family member of a person killed by the killershot has not taken him out.

Posted by: four seasons at September 29, 2026 02:35 PM (/QHx4)

282 My So, Grandson and Daughter all have Subarus and so far none of them are gay
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:35 PM (+gK6I)

Son

Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:35 PM (+gK6I)

283 You heard it here first, so when it becomes commonplace and effective in the future...remember THIS moron:

Eventually, the medical community is going to discard the mentality of "that's the way we've always done it" and "so-and-so showed this and it is unimpeachable." They are going to take a totally different approach to Cancer, viruses, bacteria. It is going to do away with the barbaric and indiscriminate approach to medicine (drugs, shots, chemo, radiation)....and be replaced with focused resonant tone calibrated to erradicate precisely.

In short, the post disease era will arrive eventually using SOUND.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:36 PM (dIske)

284
My So, Grandson and Daughter all have Subarus and so far none of them are gay
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:35 PM (+gK6I)

It's the simplest form of defense from the homo mafia.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:36 PM (ccf/V)

285 So I did some things. I am a retired civil servant.

Nothing will happen to me.

Posted by: Dr. Tony, Your Daddy at September 29, 2026 02:36 PM (PMpfL)

286 if the outbreak of Spanish Flu at Fort Riley might have been some sort of serial passage experimentation at the Army medical corps there.
Posted by: Kindltot

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I don't want to start a fight, and i have been pretty contrarian on this thread already, but I think the "Spanish flu came from Fort Riley" is pure CCP propaganda. There is strong evidence it hit China the year before, and the outbreaks in the West were only obvious because of circumstances.

That was mostly accepted until covid when the revisionism got started.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:36 PM (+UEwf)

287 282 My So, Grandson and Daughter all have Subarus and so far none of them are gay
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:35 PM (+gK6I)

Son
Posted by: It's me donna

You mean soon.

Posted by: Gaystapo, Social Media and Teachers at September 29, 2026 02:36 PM (LMfGu)

288 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Fauci is a evil bastard, can't wait for him to go to Hell

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 02:38 PM (Ia/+0)

289 So you're saying it's highly likely that there is a mask dispenser at the Portland Subaru dealer.
Posted by: Axeman

My So, Grandson and Daughter all have Subarus and so far none of them are gay
Posted by: It's me donna at September 29, 2026 02:35 PM (+gK6I)
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I'm still very fond of the black Subaru Legacy I used to have. It was a slick car with a cable-driven transmission. So I take some of the brunt of the Subaru jokes, as well.

I don't own a messenger bag or a vespa, but I do own two pairs of crocs. And the jokes have never bothered me.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi81e)

290 Speaking of Subarus, I put the first damage on my new Forrester today.

Was trying to pull into a parking spot in the parking garage of my dentist's office today, and scraped the driver's side on a pillar.

The thing is huge. I'm still getting used to how freaking huge it is. I was trying to avoid another parked car pulling in, and got the pillar instead.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 02:40 PM (77rzZ)

291 Talking about snow a few hours ago with a co-worker, he said they have a Subaru and its fantastic in snow. I said wasn't sure how this Mazda would be even it awd

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)

292 Trying to look for an upside here...

At least it wasnt puppies?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)

293 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 02:42 PM (3eLdR)

294
Speaking of Subarus, I put the first damage on my new Forrester today.

Was trying to pull into a parking spot in the parking garage of my dentist's office today, and scraped the driver's side on a pillar.

The thing is huge. I'm still getting used to how freaking huge it is. I was trying to avoid another parked car pulling in, and got the pillar instead.
Posted by: Bulg

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DAMMIT, I damaged by Outback the same way yesterday! Damned PILLAR. I'm going to see about the body work. I want it done. I'm mad.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

295 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2026 02:42 PM (3eLdR)

It really can't be said enough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (ccf/V)

296 Talking about snow a few hours ago with a co-worker, he said they have a Subaru and its fantastic in snow. I said wasn't sure how this Mazda would be even it awd

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)
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The Subaru is one of the best cars in snow.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)

297 292 Trying to look for an upside here...

At least it wasnt puppies?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)
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Yeah, monkeys stole my iced coffee last time I was in Costa Rica. I'm not shedding any tears.

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (dIske)

298 noo thread: NYT Tech Editor Gunned Down by In-Laws

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2026 02:43 PM (CWTWj)

299 DAMMIT, I damaged by Outback the same way yesterday! Damned PILLAR. I'm going to see about the body work. I want it done. I'm mad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

If you've got a Caliber Collision near you, go to them. They do excellent work.

Posted by: Bulg at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)

300 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (ccf/V)

301 I don't want to start a fight, and i have been pretty contrarian on this thread already, but I think the "Spanish flu came from Fort Riley" is pure CCP propaganda. There is strong evidence it hit China the year before, and the outbreaks in the West were only obvious because of circumstances.

That was mostly accepted until covid when the revisionism got started.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:36 PM (+UEwf)

Yeah, but you also believe it is impossible for viruses to jump between species, so I will wait for other proof as well before changing my mind.

I do need to add that the Germans were supposedly working on bioweapons during WWI, and the Brits were terrified of the idea. It would have been natural for the US to try to leverage on its experiences to try to either counter or match that, the way we were churning out chemical weapons.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2026 02:44 PM (rbvCR)

302 I was a driving a Forester on I-287 in NJ this weekend and was getting bullied by other drivers! Never happens when driving another car.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 29, 2026 02:45 PM (0bjKf)

303 Hey, I read Japan kills 20,000 monkeys a year. They are a real pest here. I imagine all countries with monkeys do the same.

So a few more for "science" is not a big deal. Honestly. Sure, maybe they suffer but we have to weigh that against the human benefit. Sorry to be so blunt.

Gosh, I really sound like an ass in these grey boxes, don't i?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:47 PM (+UEwf)

304 Yeah, but you also believe it is impossible for viruses to jump between species,

Posted by: Kindltot
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I NEVER said that. I said it was difficult to do serial passage when the easy species (mice,...) don't get the disease you want to make more virulent.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 02:49 PM (+UEwf)

305 >>>I also think that the people pissed at Kennedy only see the loon the MFM have been portraying him as, and not the lifelong politician from a multi-generation political family which played terminally dangerous political games

Posted by: Kindltot
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Funny you should mentions that. I came across an interesting '23 article by Bob Tyrrell.

https://tinyurl.com/ycyb2h9m

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 29, 2026 02:54 PM (wljQY)

306 "Spanish flu came from Fort Riley"

The author walked back the assertion the flu originated in Kansas and was reasonably convinced it all started in China.

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry

Posted by: 13times at September 29, 2026 02:56 PM (fnZRl)

307 I wish I knew what to do about this. In a way, I think Fauci isn't as bad as the 2/3 of the country that just looks away from this stuff, or falls for the modified limited hangout.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at September 29, 2026 03:13 PM (gHSfI)

308 Posted by: 13times at September 29, 2026 02:56 PM (fnZRl)

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Thanks.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at September 29, 2026 03:14 PM (+UEwf)

309 Did Fauci write 28 Days Later as a fantasy he was trying to create?
What a Mengele.

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at September 29, 2026 03:17 PM (qvwZI)

310 I'm not going to put into writing what I would do to Fauci if given the opportunity.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at September 29, 2026 07:04 PM (OGFx7)

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