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The Morning Report — 7/ 14 /26

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Good morning kids. And so Senator Lindsey Graham has passed at for our time what is the not very old age of 71, I say that with all sincerity as a 66-year-old. In any case whatever one thought of Graham from a political standpoint (and the fact that his sister has been tapped to replace him gets my blood simmering vis a vis our venal and corrupted system, even more infuriating in that we're only 10 days past the 250th anniversary of the American revolution that was intended to start a government that was diametrically opposed to just this kind of corruption.

But, be that as it may, the usual suspects are out in force reveling over Graham's demise and dancing on his grave with his body barely cold in the ground.

Cho shared a video where she said, “Bye, gurl” to the late senator, adding “good riddance.” She also mocked the notion that he might have been a closeted gay man in the process.
“From the closet to the coffin. Real seamless.”
The former is vile. The latter is precisely what one shouldn’t do to someone who wishes to keep his or her sexuality to themselves. Unless that person is a Republican, then all bets are off. Apparently.
Not to be outdone, CNN contributor Michael Ian Black did his own dancing on Graham’s grave.

Before the usual trolls and other drooling sub literate cretins point out our reactions when individuals like Jimmy Carter or Ted Kennedy died, while my reactions were for sure passionate and colorful, the meat of my look at their lives was strictly about their words and deeds and negative impact on our nation and society.

Back to Graham and reactions to his death, there's this:

The sudden and unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has sent Iran’s Islamic regime into a fever spasm of bloodlust.
Ynet News reported Sunday that “Iranian state media and supporters of the regime celebrated Sunday the sudden death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, one of Israel’s strongest supporters in Congress and a sworn enemy of the Islamic Republic.”
One of those celebrations took place on “Iranian state television,” where “a presenter reported Graham’s death with a broad smile and a visibly satisfied expression. Another host said on air: ‘This news is so sweet that I’m reading it twice.’”

And the difference between the Mulllahs and Margaret Cho and Cenk Uygur is, what exactly?!

While we're on the subject of "Death to America" I give you this repulsive yet completely unsurprising story:

. . . The DSA states “our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution that establishes civil, political, and democratic rights for all, is based on proportional representation in a single federal legislature. With a government by, for, and of the working class and with powerful labor unions and social movements organizing in every city and town, we hope to build a socialist society.” That means abolishing the existing United States constitution and replacing it with something else, also eliminating the Senate and establishing unenumerated “civil, political, and democratic rights for all” in unstated ways.

And so, how are we to preserve our nation, society and our lives in the face of this, short of resorting to the kind of tactics, that is violence, that they are oh so eager to visit upon us?!

Well, back in 1968 Bill Ayers didn't even flinch when he declared that 25 million of us who could not or refused to be "re-educated" would have to be liquidated once he and his ilk took power. Should America somehow return to sanity and the move to embrace Socialim/communism fade away and die Please God, perhaps we can avoid having to visit on the Left what they so eagerly seek to do to us. If not, look out.

Early medical appointments for me, so posting a bit early today. Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

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Driver Shot Dead While ‘Trying to Hit ICE Officer’ with Car.
Victor Davis Hanson: America's allies are stronger, its rivals weaker, and the global balance has shifted.
The World Made Anew

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

'If we can shut down even one terminal for two hours, that’s millions of dollars out in logistics,' says one anti-Israel organizer about the Port of Charleston
‘It’ll Be Violent’: Chicago Teachers Union Hosts Israel-Hating Communist Convention Where Radicals Call for Sabotaging US Ports, Backing Iran
A tragic moment that should have marked the apex of political violence in the U.S. two years ago has today proven to be only the tip of the iceberg in the left’s assassination campaign.
2 Years After Butler, Left-Wing Violence Is Still An Existential Threat
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Too many were let in and now they have to leave. There’s no time to feel sorry for the ones with sob stories.
Are You An Immigrant With A Deportation Sob Story? Thank Democrats
“This is yet another example of an activist judge trying to thwart President Trump’s mandate from the American people to remove criminal illegal aliens from our country.”
Cuban plane hijacker awaiting deportation freed by Dem-appointed ‘activist’ judge
THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
The maritime blockade was due to begin at 2000 GMT on Tuesday, the US military said, as oil prices shot up around nine percent after both sides traded attacks, raising fears of renewed conflict.
Trump reimposes Iran naval blockade, threatens Hormuz fees
If approved by Parliament, the legislation will make it easier to prosecute those linked to the IRGC and other foreign-linked operatives, removing the need to establish direct foreign power connections in every case.
Britain Finally Bans Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Exposing regime lies.
The Real Story of Khamenei’s Funeral

* * * * *
Islamic Republic top dogs demonstrate how much they love death.
Graham’s Death Inspires Iran to Engage in an Orgy of Bloodlust
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The measure has the support of many coastal lawmakers and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly urged Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and end the twice-a-year ritual of changing clocks — a practice currently observed by every state except Hawaii and most of Arizona. Proponents argue that resetting clocks has negative health impacts, while permanent Daylight Saving Time would boost outdoor recreation, tourism and economic activity, among other benefits.
Trump-backed Daylight Saving Time bill clears key House hurdle
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
As many as 1 million may support Al Qaeda and ISIS.
2 Million Muslims in America Support Hamas
The Shi’ites’ unbroken record of loss and defeat.
The Twelve Imams
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Paul Kessler received a death sentence for attending a rally.
Why Such a Lenient Sentence in Muslim Killing of Jewish Protester in California?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Who’s number one in the woke CNBC’s ideological penalty box? The Volunteer State. Tennessee dares to offer counterprogramming to Pride Month (GASP)!
CNBC’s Woke ‘Worst States’ List Accidentally Makes Red America Look Great
The MRC’s data exposes an astonishing pattern of censorship by omission.
How Big Tech Kept Graham Platner Looking Like The Good Guy
Are journalists really 'facts first' people? (99 44/100% Fact-Free - jjs)
The Media Eagerly Takes the Wrong Side of the Facts on Girls’ Sports

* * * * *
The lawsuit represents a significant escalation in tensions between Apple and OpenAI, as Apple seeks to block OpenAI from using any allegedly misappropriated information. OpenAI’s upcoming hardware launch and plans to go public could be affected if the court grants Apple’s request for immediate restrictions and damages.
Apple Sues ‘Rotten’ OpenAI for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets.
“There are also good reasons to oppose generative AI as we already know it...Sanders and others are right to frame AI as endangering democracy...Conservatives view sudden change as something to be lamented... America’s loudest anti-communists might wind up proving Marx right....AI is a flattener and a homogenizer...New technologies of great power have a profoundly forcing effect...Those who choose to use AI to write are leaving less of themselves in the world.”
The AI Apocalypse Is Already Here
The future of artificial intelligence depends not just on invention, but on whether its capabilities reach ordinary people.
How to Build a Pro-AI Majority
In less than two years, the era of free, open over-the-air TV will come to an end and be replaced by a PPV-like experience.
The End of Free Broadcast TV?
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Anyone who believes more than tripling the wage floor is good policy has no business making law.
Minimum-Wage Bill Shows Yet Again That Congress Is A Refuge For Know-Nothings
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The panel Stanley Meador is co-chairing includes seats reserved for faith-based organizations
'Moderate' Gov Abigail Spanberger Taps Former FBI Official Behind Retracted Biden-Era Memo Targeting Catholics as Terror Threat To Lead Prison Reform Council
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
This isn’t the first misstep by Green Bay’s clerk. (Fromunda Cheese-head - jjs)
Notorious Wisconsin Clerk Faces State Investigation Again For Election Integrity Mess
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
This was the purpose of the whole stunt, prominently connecting the name Ro Khanna with the phrase “presidential candidates” in the establishment newsletter.
Ro Khanna Is Very Important, Explains Ro Khanna
Rep. Ro Khanna’s latest showboating stunt is too much even for other Democrat electeds — not only a transparent ploy to get past his all-in bet on the Graham Platner campaign, but a transparently pathetic bid to play victim of those darn Israelis. Just days after his scorched-earth defense of the Maine Senate candidate failed to stop the implosion, Khanna (D-Calif.) rushed off to the Middle East to change his storyline.
Ro Khanna’s West Bank ‘hostage’ stunt is a new low for a total phony
POLITICS
Multiple Republicans in the Palmetto State are vying for a chance to fill the vacancy. The special Republican primary election is scheduled for August 11 to select a nominee.
Lindsey Graham’s Passing Sets Off Scramble For His South Carolina Senate Seat
"I know Lindsey would be beaming with pride and appreciation."
Lindsey Graham’s Sister Named Interim Senator — She Accepted ‘Through Tears’
li>How about Graham Platner? they have the same name and as a bonus Platner rhymes with Shatner! - jjs
Trump Backs Lindsey Graham’s Sister Serving as ‘Interim Senator’: ‘Would Be a Fabulous Tribute’
"Our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution"
DSA Calls for Abolishing the Constitution
Communism and socialism have terrible records.
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Ignoring the similarities at our collective peril.
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Socialism is no longer a smear - it's a platform.
The Return of Socialism and the GOP’s Golden Opportunity
From coast to coast, the radical base is in open revolt — and a frightened establishment is doing whatever it takes to hold the line, even if that means silencing the very voters it claims to represent. The irony is that Democrats’ infighting only boosts Republicans’ chances of winning critical battleground races this year.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
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The EU says it isn't targeting the AfD. Its own officials keep saying otherwise.
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"They believe that they should be in charge of your laws, of your country, your life — and they don’t care whether or not you agree."
Marco Rubio Draws A Line Against An International Power Grab
But police say it’s “not political.” Huh?
A British Political Legend is Murdered
Ann never adjusted her beliefs to suit the prevailing mood of an institution.
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Governments have refused to respect the wishes of their citizens.
Open Borders Are a Death Sentence to Western Nations
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
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Dr. Sarah Jukaku appears to have scrubbed an 'FAQ' from her practice's website reading, 'Do you accept my insurance? No.'
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Mental-health policy depends on distinguishing overmedicalization from the urgent need for treatment among the seriously mentally ill.
MAHA or Institutionalization?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
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FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
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Same-Sex Couple Sues Surrogate After She Refuses To Abort Baby With Cleft Lip
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“You don’t want to lecture them.”
Jagger to Springsteen – Shut Up and Sing
Christian Toto: Far-Left political comics show their ugliest side following Senator's sudden death
These Celebrity Ghouls Danced on Lindsay Graham’s Grave
The library of a Republican president refers without an apparent second thought to the need to reconstruct society through government intervention in order to defeat “class interests.”
The Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library Shows How Deeply The Left Captured Our Cultural Imagination
They didn’t just lose the narrative. They lost the country.
How Government Created a Nation of Conspiracy Theorists

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1 Good luck with the docs JJ.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (2NHgQ)

2 Good morning, one and all.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:19 AM (OPGS/)

3 The sudden and unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has sent Iran’s Islamic regime into a fever spasm of bloodlust.

"GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! WE HAVE SOMETHING TO STOKE OUR BLOODLUST!"

"Oh wow. I was worried that we were running out!"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:21 AM (OPGS/)

4 Commies. You can't live with them and you can't live with them.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:22 AM (MWfyi)

5 Actual headline in my news feed: "Seattle Activists Demand Millions in Emergency Funds for Transgender Migration Crisis"

The jokes are going to write themselves on this one.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:22 AM (OPGS/)

6
But, be that as it may, the usual suspects are out in force reveling over Graham's demise and dancing on his grave with his body barely cold in the ground.

They always say stuff like this. And it gives lie to their posturing about how empathic and caring and "Hate Has No Home Here" they are.

I myself struggle mightily and not always successfully with my feelings when one of theirs passes from this mortal coil. I try to say, "May God have mercy on his soul." But they don't struggle because they don't doubt their own sense of righteousness.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:23 AM (O0L8i)

7 People actually think they are losing or gaining daylight by changing the time. Of course most people are really stupid.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:24 AM (MWfyi)

8
Actual headline in my news feed: "Seattle Activists Demand Millions in Emergency Funds for Transgender Migration Crisis"

What, they can't get out of America fast enough?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:26 AM (fdSfO)

9 I don't struggle with it. Did people struggle when Hitler offed himself?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:26 AM (MWfyi)

10 Hello sunshine, my old friend...

No, that doesn't sound right.

Posted by: Paul Simon at July 14, 2026 06:29 AM (2Ez/1)

11 What, they can't get out of America fast enough?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

It's more that they are escaping those cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial Red States that refuse to accept transgenders and want them to die so the Blue States are having to take in the refugees and this is putting a strain on finances.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:30 AM (OPGS/)

12 "Jagger to Springsteen – Shut Up and Sing"

I'll go one better. Just shut up.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:31 AM (MWfyi)

13 They say they want proportional representation.

Posted by: davidt at July 14, 2026 06:32 AM (Q+gd/)

14 cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial = CHNPC for short.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:32 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonialexpialidocious? Germans ain't got nothing on us.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:35 AM (MWfyi)

16 Bruce Springsteen goes into a bar, sits down and orders a drink.
The bartender says sure, but first I'm going to give you a few of my political views. Shouldn't take more than about twelve minutes or so.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:35 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Trump-backed Daylight Saving Time bill clears key House hurdle
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No, no, no and no. This was already tried and it was widely hated and repealed. If we're going to eliminate changing the clocks twice a year, it needs to be Standard time.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 06:36 AM (amcLV)

18
No, no, no and no. This was already tried and it was widely hated and repealed. If we're going to eliminate changing the clocks twice a year, it needs to be Standard time.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 06:36 AM (amcLV)

Daylight Savings Time: the chronological version of the metric system.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:38 AM (O0L8i)

19 They say they want proportional representation

Among the DSA bipoc coalition. Whitey need not apply.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 14, 2026 06:39 AM (bDp6B)

20 Point of order: Daylight Saving Time.
Singular.
Please make a note of it.

Posted by: Pedantic language nerd at July 14, 2026 06:42 AM (2Ez/1)

21 I prefer DST. Fine with me.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:43 AM (qFwJc)

22 Nothing will stop me from reading an article quicker than a popup ad. Well, maybe a cow ant in my pants. Or a meteor falling on my head. But nothing else.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:45 AM (MWfyi)

23 I prefer the extra sunlight in the evening. Call me selfish. I don't have to drive to work in the dark.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:46 AM (qFwJc)

24 I would like to have more sunlight at night, so I propose we swap AM and PM.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:48 AM (MWfyi)

25 Reading an article about the DST debate and no longer changing the clocks twice a year, I came across a quote from someone in the American Medical Association discussing the health issues of it. It begins with “Sleep experts are alarmed..."

That's gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

26 I hate Daylight Saving Time. It simply means, in an already hot climate with more sunlight than we need, that we will get more afternoon sunlight falling on our homes . . . thus requiring our cooling systems to run longer in the evening relative to when we are awake and active.

It doesn't save energy, it requires more of it, and makes the long hot summer days seem even longer.

Arizona (except for the Big Rez) has the right idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

27 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

28
The morning is for work and the evening is for relaxation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:53 AM (O0L8i)

29

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 14, 2026 06:54 AM (sUMTS)

30 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at July 14, 2026 06:54 AM (kmSxS)

31 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Did you meet some skilled, comely nurses yesterday?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

32 Hillary Clinton

Still ugly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

33 Commies. You can't live with them and you ~~can't live with them~~ don't want to hear anything they have to say.
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026

***
Amended.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

34 I guess once upon a time electricity was expensive enough to warrant changing the clocks so as to use less lighting. Nowadays electrical power has become so inexpensive as to warrant the use of the quirky economic term "unmeterable."

'member when we were kids and dad would go through the house turning off lights and fussing about the cost? Good times. Good times.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:58 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Morning everyone,

We have a launch in about 2 hours. I'm posting it now because I may not be available to post later.

Roscosmos - Soyuz 2.1a - Soyuz MS-29
Cosmodrome Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 14, 2026 (planned)
Launch Time: 10:43 AM EDT (1443UTC, 16:43 CEST)

https://youtu.be/_G_x6lTv3hc

Posted by: Joyenz at July 14, 2026 06:58 AM (2F0/Y)

36 {{{Joyenz}}}

Thank you for carrying on your father's work. It is much appreciated.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

37 And I'm still Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 14, 2026 06:59 AM (2Ez/1)

38 I say we split the difference and go with Half Time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:02 AM (/eAef)

39 Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

My pleasure. Hugs back.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (2F0/Y)

40 A very young Richard Jaeckel is in A Wing and a Prayer, a 1944 U.S. Navy-in-the-Pacific-war yarn on Movies! Every time I turn around I see Jaeckel in something earlier and earlier. I had no idea his career began so long ago. When he played Capt. Quirk in the Spenser: For Hire TV series in the '80s, he'd already been in the biz for forty years!

The flick also has Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan (another one who had tremendous staying power), and Charles Bickford.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

41 While we're changing the DST thing, let's go ahead and rip the band-aid off of the Red/Blue political designation. Maybe an executive EO would help.

The left should have always been Red. The normies should have always been Blue. I read the reason for the original mistake goes back to the 2000 election and some graphics guy with some network and a military background assigned Blue to the Good Guys (the left) and Red to the Enemy (normies). That's how it's done in wargaming.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (l26NL)

42 And I'm still Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 14, 2026

***
And you always will be!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

43 Alteria Pilgram

Super Bowl gay Half Time? Nay, bro.

Pick a lane. We will adjust accordingly. Once.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

44 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:04 AM (/+uur)

45 "Georgia offers few protections for LGBTQ+ people, making it one of America’s least inclusive states. "

Sounds like a plus to me. Anyway, go to Atlanta and there are fags running around everywhere. They paint rainbow crosswalks in the road and rainbow graffiti all over the place. If Atlanta was any more inclusive they would have to include normal people.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:08 AM (MWfyi)

46 Why Such a Lenient Sentence in Muslim Killing of Jewish Protester in California?

Because he was doing something that is normal for his beautiful non-Western culture.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 07:09 AM (OPGS/)

47 Alteria Pilgram

Super Bowl gay Half Time? Nay, bro.

Pick a lane. We will adjust accordingly. Once.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I had SEC Half Time's in mind.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:09 AM (/eAef)

48 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

49 Everyone should move north above the Arctic Circle in summer and south below the Antarctic Circle in winter.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Loss-of-Function Research at July 14, 2026 07:11 AM (DsA2n)

50 Don't care what they change it to, just stopped screwing with the clocks twice/year.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 07:12 AM (2NHgQ)

51 The ICC claims it possesses authority to prosecute American officials and servicemen who work for America’s interests.

You creatures really don't want us to go hostis humani generis on you. Especially if the bounties make it worth our while to do a road trip.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 07:12 AM (OPGS/)

52 And the difference between the Mulllahs and Margaret Cho and Cenk Uygur is, what exactly?!
====

Cenk is more glamorous?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

53 stop not stopped, need more coffee or for the puppy to sleep past 3:30am.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 07:13 AM (2NHgQ)

54 Everyone should move north above the Arctic Circle in summer and south below the Antarctic Circle in winter.

Problem solved.
Posted by: Loss-of-Function Research

No can do. The earth would tip over.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:13 AM (/eAef)

55 A new inspector general report says the Secret Service missed more than 100 radio transmissions from local law enforcement about the suspicious man who would later be identified as Thomas Crooks.
One hundred. Pure insanity.
The report says that local authorities were warning about a man with a range finder, then a long gun, then a position on a rooftop with a direct line of sight to Trump. How on earth does the esteemed Secret Service miss all that?

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 07:15 AM (jPf86)

56 "Our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution"
DSA Calls for Abolishing the Constitution
=====
In a Franpsycho Administration this would be considered a Conspiracy Against the United States and the whole kit and caboodle would be in Leavenworth.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

Daily Tech News 14 July 2026

Top Story

Big Three memory maker SK Hynix may achieve just one sixth of its planned increases in capacity by 2028. (WCCFTech)

How surprising that a company massively benefiting from a shortage is slow to resolve that shortage.
SK Hynix is also planning to invest its new round of US share sales into, uh, South Korean government bonds. (WCCFTech)

I don't think they're convinced the shortage is here to stay.
Meta is expanding its planned Hyperion AI supercluster in Louisiana to 5GW of capacity at a cost of $50 billion. (Tom's Hardware)

Meta has had many major wins with customers signing up for its AI services, such as, uh, nobody.

Tech News

Astronomers have found sugar among the stars. (AP News)

I was wondering where I left that.
Hundreds of economists say we must act now to avert disruption from AI. (AP News)

They provided thousands of different theories of what must be done, with only one factor in common: Providing more funding to economists.
Linux 7.2 may be dropping support for the Intel 80486, but it's getting fresh driver updates for the Sega Dreamcast. (Tom's Hardware)

Good to hear for everyone who wants to keep their dreams alive.
If you don't have a Dreamcast, don't worry, you can run Linux on a Sega 32X. (GitHub)

No surprise; the 32X runs a Hitachi SH2 CPU, very similar to but much slower than the SH4 chip used in the Dreamcast.
Social media bans are coming for children right across Europe. (The Verge)

Because they're communists.
China, Russia, and Iran are working to inflame tensions over AI datacenters in the US. (New York Times) (archive site)

Because they're communists.
55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Lares to the left of me, lares to the right of me...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

2 G'Day everyone
And its Bastille day

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Had my usual celebrated French Toast

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

4 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

YAY

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

5 Had my usual celebrated French Toast
Posted by: Skip

Mini bagel with cream cheese here.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 04:36 AM (lJ0H4)

6 Half an apple caramel muffin and decaffeinated tea. FenSpouse should down shortly for coffee and prayer time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:39 AM (D+BhG)

7 Policeman responds to a heartbreaking child abuse call . Two years later he and his wife adopt the little girl:

https://tinyurl.com/58yp7tvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:41 AM (D+BhG)

8 Motels - Total Control

Nice. New to me.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

9 Belated BOING!

Vacation home maintenance. Off to the hardware store!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (Fxk/k)

10
Less Than Total Control - Depends

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (1Y1YF)

11 Man writes a devotional on an interesting insight about a Gideons Bible. It is followed some additional insights and a prayer . Scripture is Judges 6:36-40:

https://tinyurl.com/y6pynmrf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (Bw1/o)

12 Happy Bastille Day Techsters. We will celebrate by singing show tunes from a Broadway play adapted from a French novel about something entirely different. But similar.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (U7ln1)

13 Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (U7ln1)

What? No French pastries?!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (D+BhG)

14 9 Belated BOING!

Vacation home maintenance. Off to the hardware store!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (Fxk/k)

Could you pick up a roach hotel for me? I saw a silverfish. Ewww.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

15 Lares to the left of me, lares to the right of me...

Here I am, stuck in the Quality Laring Center with you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 14, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

16 Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Just don't lose your head over it

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:07 AM (Ia/+0)

17 Old clip from 1988 with a delightful old farmer on the "Johnny Carson" show:

https://tinyurl.com/3x459xtc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:08 AM (D+BhG)

18
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

19 I saw a silver fish running across my bedroom floor. Are they that dangerous? Will they get in my bed and eat me? I always considered them the marvel of nature and think of all the shoes they have to buy.

Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (CiQE7)

20 why it's called google

Wikipedia

Page and Brin published their research, along with Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd, as the PageRank algorithm ..

Eventually, they changed the name to Google; the name of the search engine was a misspelling of the word googol, a very large number written 10100 (1 followed by 100 zeros), picked to signify that the search engine was intended to search a large number of websites.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:12 AM (6wpGE)

21 coliin - The ones in Minecraft are evil little buggers.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 14, 2026 05:12 AM (BLOW1)

22 20 Page and Brin published their research, along with Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd, as the PageRank algorithm

Winograd was Page's thesis adviser at Stanford, and is best known for his pioneering work in AI back in 1970. His program SHRDLU maintained a world model, something most modern AIs can't do.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 14, 2026 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

23 Greetings and good morning, everyone. I'm happy to say that the rest of my team was brought back today. Sure, the silence was nice but it's good to have folks working again.

My mom's celebration yesterday of the anniversary of her heart attack went very well. Given everything else going on with the family, I'm glad she got a bit of a break.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:18 AM (OPGS/)

24 19 I saw a silver fish running across my bedroom floor. Are they that dangerous? Will they get in my bed and eat me? I always considered them the marvel of nature and think of all the shoes they have to buy.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (CiQE7)

They'll eat your books and leave silverfish scat all over the place.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:20 AM (6wpGE)

25 Posted by: coliin

colin what happened to your name

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

26 Evening and morning for a Tiu's Day in mid-July!

It's also a day for baby ducks in the tub.

Bath-Teal Day.

(Will I be here all week? Somehow I doubt it.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

27 Wikipedia has an example of a SHRDLU session.

Person: Stack up two pyramids.
Computer: I CAN'T.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

28 Temps a stunningly low (for here in July) 76-78 F., and no rain when I stuck my hand outside just now -- though the local CBS outlet's website says "Showers in the vicinity." We'll see in a while if I can go work out.

A visit to my primary doctor is on the schedule today -- just the six-month check-in, I hope. I might get back home in time to nap a bit, but I doubt it.

The furry thugs are fine. Whatchoo up to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

29 Hyperion is a terrible name for a project, assuming you want it to go well.

Posted by: pawn at July 14, 2026 05:32 AM (R8m8a)

30 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2026 05:33 AM (Hbeqj)

31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.

Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)

32 31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)

Keeps us on our toes!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

33
Person: Can a pyramid support a pyramid?
Computer: I DON'T KNOW.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:36 AM (6wpGE)

34 31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)
- - - - - - - - - - -
Make sure to remove it completely. Wouldn't want to be a semicoliin.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (4h45B)

35 Mornin'

I think I'll golf later. Just 9 holes. It's going to be over 90 so I'll do a late round. After 6. It will still be hot but I'll be in the shade mostly. Lots and lots of tree's on my local course.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (sAmhv)

36
Person: Does the shortest thing the tallest pyramid's support supports support anything green?
Computer: YES, THE GREEN PYRAMID.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:38 AM (6wpGE)

37 We have two library DVDs to watch this week, the 1978 Death on the Nile w/ Peter Ustinov as Poirot, and Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent w/ Joel McCrea. I've seen parts of the latter, but have never seen the former, or read the source novel.

Maybe I'll stop at the big library in the suburbs Thursday after I have the Buick's rear brakes done and see if there is anything else I want to pick up. I'm down to two books on the TBR pile.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

38 Nice version of old time hymn, "For the beauty of the earth":

https://tinyurl.com/5934yd9d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:41 AM (Bw1/o)

39
Person: Why did you drop it?
Computer: BY "IT", I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE SUPERBLOCK.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN A NON-EXISTENT EVENT.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:41 AM (6wpGE)

40 (Will I be here all week? Somehow I doubt it.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

This is your home; you are always here! Why would you NOT be here? Or are you referring to meat world?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (igCg8)

41 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (sAmhv

That sounds like a good plan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (Bw1/o)

42 Person: Why did you drop it?
Computer: BY "IT", I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE SUPERBLOCK.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN A NON-EXISTENT EVENT.
Posted by: m at July 14, 2026

***
EXECUTE YOUR PRIME FUNCTION!

. . . Sterilize . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

43 Meta has had many major wins with customers signing up for its AI services, such as, uh, nobody.

So it's a bubble about to burst, but totally the future, and we're all doomed.

Or something.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:43 AM (sAmhv)

44
This is your home; you are always here! Why would you NOT be here? Or are you referring to meat world?
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 14, 2026

***
I meant the old gag where a standup comic tosses out a joke that bombs, and adds, "Thank you! I'll be here all week! Try the veal!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

45 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

I never started. By the time social media came around, I had dealt with enough people in meatspace and on messageboards to know better. The last thing I wanted was to be *more* accessible to all the idiots, narcissists, parrots, dickheads, manipulators, deviants, schizos, shit spewers, and rageaholics of the world. Blog comment sections are pushing it.

But yes, even it was already a cesspool, communists can make anything worse.

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 05:45 AM (Sy6m/)

46 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

We can hope.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE)

47 There was yet another local flood this past Saturday during a rain storm. The pump people are blaming "human error" for the flooding, saying the pumps were fine and worked fine, but that they didn't get turned on as early as they should have.

Excuses, excuses.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

48 Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:18 AM (OPGS

That's nice to hear. Glad too you have more people cleared to work.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:51 AM (Bw1/o)

49 Is the AoS message boards considered 'social media'? Or any other message board? I used to have a Facebook account but I nuked that a while ago. I do have an 'X' account for 'read only' purposes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

50 Over at Epoch Times, there is an article about Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore and how she has been since her husband's murder in Butler. Two parts stood out:

The Secret Service met with her last year and most of her questions were answered with “We just don’t know.”

The files on the shooting are 75,000 pages. The FBI is only releasing about 300 per month.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:53 AM (OPGS/)

51 Except for certain special interest forums and this board, I have never been one for "social" media. No Farcebook, Twatter, none of those things. If I start using one, then I'll try another, and before you know it all my waking hours will involve checking and scrolling and posting. Miss Linda seems to have her phone grafted onto her hand for a large part of the day . . . a cautionary tale for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

52 France has taken three nuclear reactors offline and may cut output at seven more as a heatwave warms rivers, under rules protecting aquatic ecosystems. EDF says there's no safety risk. Outages expected until mid-to-late July. - Euronews
-

On Bastille Day?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 05:56 AM (a49QL)

53 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9

________

Have a good day, everyone You are all a blessing to others. Take a break from politics sometime today if you can. It makes things better, I think. I am looking forward to Bible study with the seniors later today and right now taking a walk on the canal with dear FenSpouse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:56 AM (D+BhG)

54
What really crushed Ro "Mo' Money" Khanna during his staged encounter with the IDF was when they answered, "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 05:58 AM (ixS3i)

55 54 What really crushed Ro "Mo' Money" Khanna during his staged encounter with the IDF was when they answered, "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 05:58 AM (ixS3i)

ha!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

56 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 14, 2026 06:01 AM (2Ez/1)

57
Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

Oh, like the people who say oligarchs should be guillotined on a platform created and maintained by an oligarch? Or the 50-Cent Army?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:02 AM (O0L8i)

58 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 14, 2026 06:03 AM (V0/Sp)

59
Make sure to remove it completely. Wouldn't want to be a semicoliin.
Posted by: Another Anon

Or a descending coliin.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:05 AM (fdSfO)

60 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Volleyed and thundered.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 06:06 AM (amcLV)

61
Back north until tomorrow evening for dental and medical reasons, all routine check ups. It's X-ray time at the dentist though -- we hates it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:07 AM (fdSfO)

62 What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 06:08 AM (2GVsD)

63 I'm betting that Zuckerberg's AI Ray-Ban future, the one where we all run around looking like Buddy Holly, will become known as the Cricketsverse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 06:13 AM (/eAef)

64 I quit Farcebook and Twatter after watching "The Social Dilemma" in 2021. They feed you the shit that you like to eat.

I resumed my X account after Elon bought it and liberated the comments.

AOSHQ is unique. No identity, unless you want it. Moderated comments. Great folks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:15 AM (qFwJc)

65 a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

I'd suggest using it as a scarecrow against demons but they don't know what she looks like because she doesn't leave survivors.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (OPGS/)

66 Morning Report is up.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (2NHgQ)

67 Do demons fight other demons?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:18 AM (qFwJc)

68
What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.
Posted by: Anna Puma

It's no major award. Pass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:19 AM (fdSfO)

69 "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
+++
That's storybook, man!

Posted by: Creepy Joe at July 14, 2026 06:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Overnight Open Thread [07/13/2026]

The bison is far more in tune with the American spirit than the eagle or the turkey (Benjamin Franklin's laughable choice for a symbol). It's the size and weight of a compact sedan, and can run 35 miles/hour. It's cranky as f*ck; and will ignore you until it decides to toss you in the air because you are mildly irritating. And then forget about you, because you are unimportant. It has the quiet confidence that that everything else should probably get out of the way. And if you don't? It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.

******

It's a cleverly written skit, but the performance is utterly and completely brilliant.

******
The American obsession with celebrity is becoming unhinged from reality. I think it is tremendously damaging to our culture, because the celebrities most worshiped are often vile human beings whose claim to fame is stuff like gangster rap, or even worse, insipid pop music! Artist sells out of trash collected from Taylor Swift's wedding. Yeah...she is an impressive businesswoman, but five years after she stops performing her music will be as popular as the hundreds of other bands that simply faded away.

The obsession comes at the expense of paying attention to more worthy things. Yes, get off my lawn! Seriously, I understand that entertainment is an integral part of our world, but the caustic influence of amoral post-modern entertainers is not good for us as a society.

******

Just look what you dodged! Don't ever say I don't do anything for you maniacs!

******
Don't ask me why these three are on my personal play list. I have no rhyme or reason for what goes on it. If I like the way a song sounds...even a little bit of it...I go for it. And why not? The worst thing that can happen is that I skip it.

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******
I find heavy equipment operators to be amazingly impressive. They run multi-ton vehicles as if they were surgeons. And yes, I bitterly regret not becoming one.

There are few concepts that have done more for Man than hydraulics. Imagine a world without it!

******
Somebody sent this to me and claimed it was how they manufacture American Cheese.

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The Farside
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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (VmkSV)

2 THIRD BASE!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (4NO2D)

3 Monday, Monday, so good to me!
Because I love my ONT

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at July 13, 2026 09:54 PM (OXvkT)

4 "Fine. But what's his first name?'
"Guess."
"Uh, I don't want to. What's his first name?"
"Guess."
"... Tell me his whole name."
"Guess Who."
*AAAAAAARRRGH*

Posted by: Another Anon at July 13, 2026 09:54 PM (4h45B)

5 Bingo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (VPNgR)

6 Congrats on 1st TonyPete...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 Thank you. I couldn't have done it without a modicum of blind, dumb luck.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 09:56 PM (VmkSV)

8 Good evening Horde. Thanks CDB!

Excavator recovery is absolutely the type of content I'm here for.

Posted by: TRex - digger dino at July 13, 2026 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Really?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 13, 2026 09:59 PM (ZAfEX)

10 CBDMONONTYAY

Posted by: mindful webworker - We don' need no steenkin' space bars at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)

11 We once saw a small herd of bison at Yellowstone. Cars stopped on the road. We sat quietly and hoped they did not notice us in our cars.

You could easily see that buffalo was agitated by his dust bath. At least the guy was not trying to pet him.

I have no empathy for the people who try to pet them, get a selfie with them, or dip what used to be their toes off the boardwalks into the pretty blue hot springs of Yellowstone.

Sometimes hiking in the mountains here you come upon a moose eating grass and flowers. We tend to move away quietly vs tourons who take photos.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO)

12 Excavator recovery is absolutely the type of content I'm here for.
Posted by: TRex - digger dino

Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

13 Rage Against My Dad, You Guys! G'all!

Dickweeds.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:02 PM (0aYVJ)

14 WHO DAT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI-EoLWgp5w
Iron Biden: Has he lost his Mind; Can he see or is he Blind

of COURSE ctHARRIS wouldn't change a thing.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ifLIBsWantAmerica2Fail
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-ShadowOfTheIceKING
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-PrezLibraryCameo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yModCU1OVHY
How iceKingJOE really saw himself.
Tally Hall: Banana Man [content warning: Danger/PsychoHazard ]

LET's GO BRANDON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9hX43pTpE
Metal Trump: Sad but TRUE!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 13, 2026 10:02 PM (RBJL0)

15 I know that Senator Graham was not killed by RUSSA or Putin because he was not poisoned with "Polemonium....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (xEwO4)

16 There is a piece of tatanka the Indians do not use.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

17 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

There is a union training facility along I-95 in central NJ that has about 50 pieces of monstrous heavy machinery. I am awfully tempted to join the union just to train there!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (l4RKn)

18 visidiots < tourons

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (hXJIb)

19 Ohhh!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 13, 2026 10:04 PM (uTEOj)

20 15 I know that Senator Graham was not killed by RUSSA or Putin because he was not poisoned with "Polemonium....
Posted by: Jackson K

Havana Syndrome setting level: 10
Now they know it works -- failure of imagination, until it isn't.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 13, 2026 10:05 PM (RBJL0)

21 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)
___

After the flooding this weekend, there's actually 29+ year olds using such equipment to rebuild roads that were washed out.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 10:05 PM (+sK4n)

22 Also, this is my hill:

Buffalo. Not bison. Buff. A. Lo.

I was born and raised in Montana and Wyoming. We who are natives say "the fuck is a bison?"

I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

23 A theme in ICE shootings is putting their bodies in front of operational vehicles. This practice is dangerous for the officers and manufactures a reason for them to shoot drivers if they make one wrong move.

One witness says the victim said, "I tried to stop" before dying.

I was trying to stop just before I tried to kill you.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)

24 I gotta say, that cheese making seems way more manual than I picture. I suspect they made something else - the cheese must be a big vat of orange goo. But I could be dead wrong

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:07 PM (Rn6Z4)

25 I had bison on a bun last week.

*shrugs*

It tasted good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (jehhT)

26 Again. This is my hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
------

I feel like you're trying to buffalo us

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (Rn6Z4)

27 Shaboozey?

Wasn't that the song in Music Man featuring Buddy Hackett?
https://youtu.be/pV_uw5nV79Q

Or what the chorus is singing at the start of The Poor Side Of Town by Johnny Rivers?
https://youtu.be/vAI24i825_E

Posted by: mindful webworker - my musical knowledge is limited at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (ci8WY)

28 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?
-- I like it (John Lennon)

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (VmkSV)

29 It’s called tourist season for a reason.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

30 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

31 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

Are you trying to buffalo me
Hello, hello, hello
Shake hands
Brother, hi ho
ou're always bound to know
A water buffalo
Hello
hello, hello, hello
Greetings, fellow buddy
A buffalo as you must know
Is never a fuddy-duddy

Hello, hello, hello
I'm glad to see
We're proud to be
A water buffalo!

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (/+uur)

32 @22
" This is my hill."

Guess everybody needs a hill.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (IY9No)

33
If it's aortic dissection, that's going to be clear on the autopsy, of course. Now, is there any artificial way to induce such a thing? I don't think so, but there might be.

But if Putin or any others wanted to kill him and make it look natural/accidental there are much easier ways to do it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (w6EFb)

34 There is a piece of tatanka the Indians do not use.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

But the Italian-Indians do not pollute the sacred hunting grounds with unused leftover bits. *tear rolls down cheek*

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)

35 Evening all,

We have a launch early in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-45
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 14, 2026
Launch Time: 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 UTC, 1110 CEST)

https://youtu.be/Cs8MhzKv3gA

Posted by: Joyenz at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (2F0/Y)

36 AoSHQ may trigger convulsions and projectile vomiting in some new readers.

HQ shit my pants.

Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (oIVsY)

37 Evening, all,

A quiet day here with rain during a lot of it. We may have more early tomorrow morning, preventing me from working out. I could go to the mall to walk -- but I have a doctor's appointment (usual check-in, nothing Sirius) at 12:45, so the timing would be tight.

Wednesday does not look busy -- though I have to call the Fidelity people about that eternally-delayed check, and the IRS about my refund. Thursday I'll have the Buick's rear brakes done. Friday, a mall walk would be good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (wzUl9)

38 Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case

Bill didn't. What the hell was he thinking anyway? What did he get out of the arrangement? Seriously.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)

39 And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Lindsey Graham’s sister was chosen to serve out his term. She has no designs on the seat.

This way, the several politicians vying for the spot can have a debate amd voters can choose in a primary who will be the nominee.

Someone should tell the democrats this is how “democracy” works.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

40 It’s called tourist season for a reason.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Don't tell nobody. I worked a summer there. The drop-off of tourons was dramatic.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

42 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

43 Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes, Lodge #26.

Posted by: Fred Flintstone at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)

44 While sitting in traffic at Yellowstone, driving my convertible, a bison came strolling down the other lane. He was the cause of the traffic. Three feet away. Eye to eye. Scared the shit outta me.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)

45 Yellowstone Bison Charge
----------------

Wasn't me! I'm in Yosemite with 17 in-laws, outlaws and scofflaws. We already got a written warning from management over the Citronella candles we've used here for over 35 years without incident!

More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (1PYs9)

46 Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Don't tell nobody. I worked a summer there. The drop-off of tourons was dramatic.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Yosemite was similar. If you go during prime season you'll be either suicidal or homicidal.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (VmkSV)

47 @22
" This is my hill."

Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (IY9No)

Sigh. I say things like this, you know, tongue in cheek.

We good?

that said: buffalo. Forever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

48 how they manufacture American Cheese - looks legit

Instagram embeds never show up for me on here. Which is fine. Worst video platform - no progress bar, no volume control, no full-screen.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 'Merican! at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (ci8WY)

49 It’s called tourist season for a reason.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

. . . all of those tourists covered with oil.

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett, Wasted Away Again at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (wVcYX)

50 @38. Bill didn't.

I'll let Bill answer that.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (IY9No)

51 We'll be in Yellowstone in about a week. And yes, we've been warned about the bison.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing some last-minute packing at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Wt5PA)

52 HQ shit my pants.

HQ didn’t do that, you did it! You’re a fucking communist agent! I knew it!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (kYmoU)

53 I read the headline about the Yellowstone tourist and eagerly clicked hoping to see some fatass jerk from NJ (or thereabouts) getting what he deserved. No luck. This guy wasn't poking the bear. He FO'd without the FA part. Poor fellow

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Mjjx+)

54 And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Lindsey Graham’s sister was chosen to serve out his term. She has no designs on the seat.
-
And she seems like the person in the world who's most likely to just do what her brother would have done which, for better or worse, is what his state voted for.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (vSvIl)

55 Some of the best buffalo photos we have gathered over the years is via buffalo jams from our car, where bulls, cows and calves wander by, knowing they own this place.

Buffalo are kinda stinky.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)

56 Please use vomit bag in seat pocket.

Um, mine's been used. Can I have a fresh one?

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was the music selections at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (ci8WY)

57 And yes, we've been warned about the bison.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing some last-minute packing at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Wt5PA)
-------
If they get in the way of your car just smack them in the ass to move them along. Trust me.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Mjjx+)

58 Thanks for the ONT, CBD. And for the comment inclusions about Bison Bison.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)

59 @22
" This is my hill."

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Wnv9h)

60 If Velveeta was made in a cave in France, the cheese snobs would be agog over its creamy texture, low melting point, and overall salty goodness.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (+EWjf)

61 “It's cranky as f*ck; and will ignore you until it decides to toss you in the air because you are mildly irritating. And then forget about you, because you are unimportant. It has the quiet confidence that that everything else should probably get out of the way. And if you don't? It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.”

Couldn’t the same be said about a cat?
Except for that toss you in the air thing. But they can fuck you up in other ways you won’t forget soon…

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Mxkwh)

62 I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

63 If they get in the way of your car just smack them in the ass to move them along. Trust me.
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Mjjx+)

Same for the grocery store parking lot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (wVcYX)

64 visitards>tourons

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (X5FXP)

65 Yup. I get CBD certainly doesn't like me. But, I sure dig the cut of his jib😜!
Thanks CBD!!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (uTEOj)

66 After high school a friend decided to drive his Mazda 323 cross country from SC to Washington State.

He was somewhere in the big square states and off in the distance he saw a buffalo running down the highway directly at him. He slowed down but did not stop, figuring the buffalo would stop or swerve or something.

He did not. The buffalo hit the car head on, rolled over the top and hit the ground running.

The car was still running and seemed okay so my friend continued his trip. When he took it for the insurance claim they totalled it - because it looked fine, but had buckled the roof.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:20 PM (NlEaG)

67 62 I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

----------

The black bears tend to congregate around the pick-a-nick baskets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 10:20 PM (u/oMr)

68 Whiskey Myers is alright. I've been listening to his stuff on YTube this summer, along with Ella Langley. I seem to listen to more C&W music over the summer than I do the rest of the year.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

69 Artist sells out of trash collected from Taylor Swift's wedding.

Heh.
I remember when The Beatles came to Seattle. Afterwards they were selling 1 inch square pieces of carpet, supposedly from their rooms, for a buck each. Big money in the 60's.
And idiots bought them.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

70 More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (1PYs9)[/p]

You didn't doubt it well enough the first time?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:22 PM (NlEaG)

71 45 Yellowstone Bison Charge
----------------

Wasn't me! I'm in Yosemite with 17 in-laws, outlaws and scofflaws. We already got a written warning from management over the Citronella candles we've used here for over 35 years without incident!

More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

The mosquito lobby is a vicious bunch. There lawyers are unmatched!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

72 Oh wait it wasn't a 323 - it was a GLC!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (NlEaG)

73 >>I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

Only been to Yellowstone once a long time ago but it left a lasting impression. One of the places I hope to visit again someday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

74 And idiots bought them.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

Did anyone buy the shark that Ozzy caught outside the window of that hotel room?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

75 I’ve had European bison meat.

It wisent very good.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

76 Heck, they let Morons rent heavy equipment just to run on their own property!

Last time I had an excavator out, I had Bride of PI working the controls just in case we needed to operate two pieces of equipment in the future.

Within 5" she was able to put the bucket teeth in the toothmarks of the previous scoop!

Just like learning to shoot, she said, "That was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 13, 2026 10:25 PM (HlyYF)

77 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

There is a union training facility along I-95 in central NJ that has about 50 pieces of monstrous heavy machinery. I am awfully tempted to join the union just to train there!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (l4RKn)

This could work for a MoMe. No, I don't live in Vegas.

https://digthisvegas.com/

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

78 Only been to Yellowstone once a long time ago but it left a lasting impression. One of the places I hope to visit again someday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

I grew up in Cody. 50 miles from the east gate. 5 bucks a carload. And the Northeast entrance was almost always un-manned. We used to gather elk and deer antlers in the Lamar Valley.

Wait. no, we didn't. that would be illegal.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

79 Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

Last time I was in Yellowstone was late September. Not crowded at all, although the tranny-curious employee in one of the visitor centers was unpleasant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (l4RKn)

80 The black bears tend to congregate around the pick-a-nick baskets.
Posted by: Cicero

Around here we've had more school closing days due to black bears roaming around than we have had snow days. It's odd - the bears are pretty calm. Even if Momma bear has young cubs with her. They (usually) don't bother the dogs and will just stand there looking at you if happen on them on one of the trails or in your yards.

They are hell on bird feeders though.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:28 PM (VmkSV)

81 Watched "How It's Made" many a night, from my recliner, while recuperating from one thing or another.

Posted by: javems at July 13, 2026 10:29 PM (zFsEm)

82 I remember when The Beatles came to Seattle. Afterwards they were selling 1 inch square pieces of carpet, supposedly from their rooms, for a buck each. Big money in the 60's.
And idiots bought them.
Posted by: Diogenes

As I recall, it was their bedsheet.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Yeah? Yeah? Yeah. at July 13, 2026 10:29 PM (ci8WY)

83 41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

I hope grandpa is okay, that was a tough fall.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U)

84 I got some sad news today, brought the Lindsey situation home. Had A friend here, a woman in her early 60’s, a lot of fun, energetic, we’d volunteered on some local non profits together and she was the current head of one of them. Just found out that over the weekend she had a pulmonary embolism and died in the ambulance. Very sad for all of her friends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (wLnmp)

85 I remember when Charlie Bronson starred in a western moby dick movie called the white buffalo. It would have better if Robert E Howard had written it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (sYM3s)

86 There used to be a small herd of bison that lived in an arranged field on both sides of I-70 west of Denver, as the highway began to climb. There was a tunnel underneath the highway so the beasts could cross from one side to the other to graze. You could exit the I-70 there and park nearby to watch them -- but there was a sign on the fence: "DO NOT APPROACH"!

In '98 I drove down to Great Sand Dunes Park. On the way back I found myself on a string-straight length of state or country highway. "Aha," said I, and ran my car, an '84 Mercedes 280CE coupe, up to 100 just for laughs. It was going well. Then a sign loomed up:

"WATCH FOR BISON ON ROAD"

I slowed down quick.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:31 PM (wzUl9)

87 Thanks CBD, for the well-rounded ONT.
Random comments…The Shaboozey video…
Not particularly into Country music, but this was respectable. Got into my head for a second, and realized my take on this would have been completely different if I was a deaf man.

Tom Morello plays his guitar with a brick, rather than a pick. Not unlike Neal Young on his Rust Never Sleeps album.

And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

88 85 I remember when Charlie Bronson starred in a western moby dick movie called the white buffalo. It would have better if Robert E Howard had written it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Oh yea, I 'memba that one. I think Bronson was playing Buffalo Bill Cody. Can't remember that Indian sidekick with that was with him. I'll have to look it up. Been a while since I've seen it. Almost positive that it has NOT aged well.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:33 PM (sAmhv)

89 Last time I was in Yellowstone was late September. Not crowded at all, although the tranny-curious employee in one of the visitor centers was unpleasant.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (l4RKn)

I think what I disliked about my last September visit to Yellowstone was that the Chinese tour buses were still there, but in far smaller numbers.

I wondered if they had skeeter sized drones scouting the area.

I ain't paranoid or nothin'

Your face is paranoid

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)

90 >>I hope grandpa is okay, that was a tough fall.

He made a comment earlier today on X that he was ok. I'm sure he's banged up, tough hit.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

91 @73.
JackStraw if you do get back to Yellowstone remember "Don't feed the bears" because when it comes to food, they don't play.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (IY9No)

92 Don’t make camp close to a herd of buffalo. Inevitably, one of the bulls will see the flame, and charge it, leading to much loss of human life.

And that’s how you get buffylo, campfire slayer.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

93 My gut tells me the cheese video is fake or something else besides cheese.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 13, 2026 10:35 PM (XV/Pl)

94 And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

I doubt very much that the video has anything to do with making Kraft American singles. But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (l4RKn)

95 When the Beatles played here at a stadium in City Park in May of '64, it was the height of Beatlemania. The four lads stayed secretly at a hotel on U.S. Hwy. 90 in the east of the city, the Congress Inn. From what I heard, the place traded on that notoriety for decades before it closed.

Though I was only ten, I was aware of the Beatles. My Christmas present in '63 had been a compact transistor radio, on which I first heard the Fab Four (thinking their name was spelled "Beetles") on the local AM Top 40 station. I liked their stuff -- but I thought the Dave Clark Five and Chad & Jeremy would have the real staying power.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (wzUl9)

96 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

97 OK, I have never been a fan of forced sterilization, even for violent criminals. It's a very slippery slope.

BUT... the fact that someone out there has a list of women who *bought garbage from a fuckin' celebrity wedding* makes for an almost irresistible temptation.

Maybe... just this *one* time...

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (BI5O2)

98 That cheese-making machine is also used for grinding up random anything, as shown in Doof's ONT Thursday.

xcancel.com/i/status
/2075237170126729439

Posted by: mindful webworker - the jaws of death at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (ci8WY)

99 96 Sing to me, Karen Carpenter.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

100 Coolest places outside of Yellowstone and Custer SD I ever saw buffalo:

North Dakota Badlands

Antelope Island, Utah. (I think Johnny Dep filmed one of his faggy fragrance ads there)

Buffalo look different in different places.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)

101 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026

***
I read it in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books version a year or so before the film. Good stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

102 Thanks for the ONT, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at July 13, 2026 10:39 PM (41CYW)

103 That UPS signature-required delivery I missed on Friday, because the driver showed up two hours before his delivery window? Well, I got it today, when the driver finally showed up 45 minutes after the delivery window ended.

Bastards.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (+EWjf)

104 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

105 Wolfus, how goes the house search?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

HA! In junior high we both read the book and watched the movie. We called it "Bless the Beasts and the Little Fuckers."

True fact: Bill Mumy was Teft.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

107
Ace posted that "artist's conception" of a view inside Saturn's rings. Here's one of the most eerie images taken by Cassini:

https://t.ly/CMKbT

Cassini was in Saturn's shadow and the whole system is backlit. That's a very real image that looks almost unreal. Erf, Mars, and Venus are also in that image.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)

108 A European bison, oh, rocks!

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)

109 >>>Oh yea, I 'memba that one. I think Bronson was playing Buffalo Bill Cody. Can't remember that Indian sidekick with that was with him. I'll have to look it up. Been a while since I've seen it. Almost positive that it has NOT aged well.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

>It was Wild Bill Hickok and Crazy Horse, but close enough. Special effects weren't much then, but as a kid, I liked the concept.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (sYM3s)

110 And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

I doubt very much that the video has anything to do with making Kraft American singles. But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (l4RKn)

I didn't really like the Kraft singles. I tried real American cheese thanks to America's Test Kitchen. Boar's Head/Sargento. I liked it so much that I convinced my eldest to try some and now she'll have the real thing with me whenever I grill some burgers.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (NZPfR)

111 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

My sister kept that Roger Miller record, from my Mom's estate. Gosh darn it anyway.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)

112 If someone you care about bought Taylor Swift's friends' garbage off the street so they could live vicariously through that random person's cigarette butt, abduct her and take her to cult deprogammer. Swifties are clinically insane.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:42 PM (BI5O2)

113 102 Or maybe we should thank the ONT for CBD?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

114 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.

But you can be happy if you've a mind to . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 13, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

115 Wolfus, how goes the house search?

Demand to see the warrant!!

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 10:44 PM (vTZFs)

116 “But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!”

Preach it Brother!

Every breakfast sandwich I make has a couple. Just wouldn’t be edible without them.
I’m no cheese snob, but love me some Swiss, and especially smoked Gouda.
It’s on my list to try on the smoker. Just fearful of making fondue…
Yesterday’s Short rib pics incoming soon…

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:44 PM (Mxkwh)

117 106 Billy Mumy put that bathtub in the White House?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

118 A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Free ~~Willy~~ Buffy

Posted by: mindful webworker - dang vegans at July 13, 2026 10:46 PM (ci8WY)

119 I have not heard anything about California's wild fires. They ever get them under control? Is the Governor still "concerned" ?

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (IY9No)

120 If the cause of the Ethiopian famine had been a right-wing regime, it would probably be in every school curriculum alongside Live Aid.

The famine that produced the most-watched concert in history was caused by forced collectivization, forced grain seizures, and a deliberate policy of using hunger as a weapon against civilians. Four decades later, that half of the story still does not appear in most accounts of Live Aid.

Boom town rats suck

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (/+uur)

121 I do not pretend to be a naturalist of any kind - and the other day I saw my first black bear EVER in the wild. It was about 17 feet away. And I was thankfully in my car.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (vE0+H)

122 >>JackStraw if you do get back to Yellowstone remember "Don't feed the bears" because when it comes to food, they don't play.

I'm pretty respectfully of animals. Lived in a few places in northern New England where bears and moose were common and taught and did commercial diving in the Caribbean where even dumber and toothier animals were ever present, particularly at night.

I'm too old to do stupid things now but I still like to see them. Crazy powerful animals.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (viF8m)

123 The Eagle, the bison, the turkey:

What about... the beaver?

It likely saved Plymouth Plantation from a going-out-of-business sale.

You can't cultivate tobacco in Massachusetts, as Jamestown was doing in VA. The Pilgrims needed SOMETHING to trade for things they needed (plow blades & similar stuff), but couldn't make for themselves at the time.

Happily for William Bradford's progeny, they found something to export that the mother country really wanted: Beaver pelts.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (RCjYY)

124 117 106 Billy Mumy put that bathtub in the White House?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

Now do the shitter

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (/+uur)

125 @100 - the first time I went to devil's tower there were buffalo in a field a mile or so from it so I've got a few pics of buffaloes with the tower in the background

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (dZIAr)

126 I'm watching my stories. About them tornados.

Learned there's a place called Gaylord, Michigan.

Gaylords!

Posted by: It doesn't take much to amuse me at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (oIVsY)

127 I have not heard anything about California's wild fires. They ever get them under control? Is the Governor still "concerned" ?
****
The only way Newsom is "concerned" is if he has a financial interest in the property...Just ask anyone in the Palisades or Altadena...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 10:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

128 Famous people get married in LA all the time.

Maybe I should start hanging around at these weddings, and boxing up the hobo crap and used needles from out front.

It's so romantic. This one has a peanut in it that symbolizes Sydney Sweeney's love! Who's going to be the lucky owner of this junkie's massive opiate turd, ladies? It could be YOU.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:49 PM (BI5O2)

129 Land O Lakes American is good among the "common" brands. I don't really dig Kraft. The higher tier Americans can be good but honestly Land O Lakes suffices for my croissant sandwiches and homemade McMuffins.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 10:49 PM (vE0+H)

130
Bison: It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.

For sure. Near where I live, the Indians used to stampede them over cliffs and then skin/butcher the large numbers of them killed at the bottom.
The place is named Smashed in Head Buffalo jump.
Paleontologists have examined the site and say that 80% of the buffalo was wasted.

Posted by: Speller at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (pSotA)

131 Wolfus, how goes the house search?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026

***
Thanks for asking. I video-toured one property on Sunday; living room was way too small. Today I spotted one in the town across the Wabash River, a beauty of a place and in my price range . . . but from what I hear, that area floods. This house is fairly close to the river. I do not want to go from one flood-prone area to another.

I looked at the FEMA flood maps and couldn't make out what they were showing, but there have been news stories, one as recent as 2013, about floods after heavy rains.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

132 83 41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e
Posted by: JackStraw
---

Never look a Buffalo in the eye.
Never stare at a Buffalo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (VPNgR)

133 Bison is good eating. Not Elk, but for wild game, it's pretty damn good.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (QaH55)

134 Boom town rats suck

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (/+uur)

Nah...

They are just stupid and ignorant...just like every other musician and celebrity in America

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (l4RKn)

135 Side A: Our children need tablets and computers in K-12
Side B: We need 20 million illegals to shore up Social Security
Side C: We need higher school taxes and unions

Side D: Ok We will take our children and go home

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

136 Never look a Buffalo in the eye.
Never stare at a Buffalo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (VPNgR)

Never give a Buffalo rye whiskey.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

137 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

138 Nah...

They are just stupid and ignorant...just like every other musician and celebrity in America
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (l4RKn)

I hate people that sing I hate mondays should be the largest club in the world

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:54 PM (/+uur)

139 137 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

Land of Lakes Princess will return
will return
will return
*keyboard riff*

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

140 I remember one time, after we left the east entrance, heading toward Pahaska. We saw a huge boar grizzly rear up on the side of the road . I stop. Bride jumps out of the car with her camera.

I had to yell "GET THE FUCK BACK IN THE CAR NOW!"

Good thing, the bear was not feeling sporty. He had already left.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)

141 Late. Guess everything's been said.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

142 >>You can't cultivate tobacco in Massachusetts

As it turns out, you can. Check out the tobacco barns of Connecticut.

My best friend is a descendant of a tobacco family that eventually sold out to what is now RJ Reynolds. The family farm was in New Jersey.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (viF8m)

143 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

My mom used to cut the knees off on side of the box to make a flip-the-princess'-top gag. She gave them to friends for Christmas one year.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (NZPfR)

144 There should be a tourist buffalo toss every eyar.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (/+uur)

145 Thanks for another entertaining ONT, CBD!

Bison are not only large and moody, but they are also quite delicious!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 13, 2026 10:57 PM (D/6p1)

146 The Craighead family tagging a grizzly that came around too soon.
Grizzly tears up '58 Ford station wagon like it's made of paper mache'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (VPNgR)

147 Good thing, the bear was not feeling sporty. He had already left.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)

My friend got 2 new wiifes doing that

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

148 >>>>>>Bison is good eating. Not Elk, but for wild game, it's pretty damn good.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
*******
A buffalo rib-eye steak is as good as meat gets.

Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (Fg1gh)

149 Marco sounding tough! Both barrels to the effete ICC:

https://tinyurl.com/y2cxz6b6

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (1Ff7Z)

150 You hear gossip about cattle through the bo-vine.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

151 Another father gun downed in Maine by ice in front of his young daughter. They used to wave the bloody shirt. Susan Collins runs in fear from angry protesters. Its times like these I have to explain to my fellow progressive democrats why we have a second amendment that you want to ban. Flashing a peace sign or writing a strongly worded letter as young girl crys over her dying father is not the answer.

Posted by: raimondo at July 13, 2026 11:00 PM (FeMn7)

152 So, about them zebus…

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)

153 You hear gossip about cattle through the bo-vine.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

That's good Dad-joke material there. *fist-bump*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)

154 136 Never look a Buffalo in the eye.
Never stare at a Buffalo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (VPNgR)

Never give a Buffalo rye whiskey.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

Never engage in orgasm control and denial play with a buffalo.

Posted by: really using every part of the buffalo at July 13, 2026 11:02 PM (oIVsY)

155 153 *fist bump*

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)

156 I posted this this afternoon, 5 seconds before it got NOODed.

Iran:

1) There are no moderates. That's a pipe dream, probably created by the IRGC .

2) Bombing radar sites and bass boats (albeit with machine guns) for the third night in a row hasn't made an impression.

3) Reinstating the oil embargo is good, but the IRGC is waiting A) for the election and B) for the new Congress to cut off funding for an unpopular war-- and it definitely IS unpopular. So..

4) Seize Kharg Island AND

5) Most importantly: publicly list 10 dams and power stations, & explain that we'll be destroying ONE of them every day. We did something quite similar with imperial Japan.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (RCjYY)

157 Never dance with the devil in the pale moonlight.

Unless you are ready to party.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)

158 149 Marco sounding tough! Both barrels to the effete ICC:

https://tinyurl.com/y2cxz6b6

Posted by: OrangeEnt
---

Same day Trump sent a note to Congress advising them that we
are, again, at war with Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (VPNgR)

159 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

What about us?!

https://tinyurl.com/4pmd99s3

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

160 A good Bruce Springsteen act - better than the original!

https://youtu.be/1vT-VaMXsAw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 11:05 PM (qx7Zg)

161 Never give a buffalo an even break.

Posted by: W. C. Fields at July 13, 2026 11:05 PM (wVcYX)

162 It's 6:40 AM in Tehran, we should be getting some good bomb damage video and assessment soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:06 PM (VPNgR)

163 >It was Wild Bill Hickok and Crazy Horse, but close enough. Special effects weren't much then, but as a kid, I liked the concept.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That makes sense since I was a kid when I last saw it. Little kid me liked it. Not sure the adult would. Maybe if John Carpenter remade it!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 11:06 PM (sAmhv)

164 American bison v. Cape buffalo. Who wins?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

165 It's 6:40 AM in Tehran, we should be getting some good bomb damage video and assessment soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:06 PM (VPNgR)

We should play "It's 7 AM. IRCG, do you know where your leaders are? (Explosions)" to Iran.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)

166 Blowing up stuff last night.

https://tinyurl.com/3rdbzatz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:10 PM (VPNgR)

167 142

Exporting tobacco cultivated in MA to England?

I guess the Pilgrims were idiots for never trying that at Plymouth!

Silly fools kind of decided beaver pelts might work better.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:11 PM (RCjYY)

168 120 If the cause of the Ethiopian famine had been a right-wing regime, it would probably be in every school curriculum alongside Live Aid.

The famine that produced the most-watched concert in history was caused by forced collectivization, forced grain seizures, and a deliberate policy of using hunger as a weapon against civilians. Four decades later, that half of the story still does not appear in most accounts of Live Aid.

Boom town rats suck
Posted by: r hennigantx

Bob Geldof was told, repeatedly, by both European and US officials, to NOT DO THIS! It will just exacerbate the problem. Bob did it anyway. That oozing sense of righteous smug won't scratch itself.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (sAmhv)

169 I try not to get too deep into international affairs.

But this whole thing with the US vs Iran feels a lot like that one belligerent drunk who refuses to pass out. I knew a guy like that. He would get blind drunk, refuse to pass out. His cousin was pounding on his head. Never got the fucking clue.

And that, my friends, is my erudite political discourse for the evening.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (0aYVJ)

170 I remember the tobacco fields and barns in CT....

Posted by: The Grateful at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

171 @ImGinnyRobinson 8h
Trump should be impeached immediately.
We cannot merge our military with Israel’s.
THIS IS LITERAL TREASON.
---
A murder of crows
A flock of idiots

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:13 PM (VPNgR)

172 Wolfus, hang in there. The right house will come along and you'll know it when you see it!

Posted by: The Grateful at July 13, 2026 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

173 Indians grew tobacco in southern Ontario.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:14 PM (77rzZ)

174 CND

Lucien Freud's triptychs are pretty attention getting.

Maybe try one sometime in the morning art thread?

The horde might be surprised and amused.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:15 PM (RCjYY)

175 If you would have asked me how long would it take to get the stuck excavator out, one and a half hours wouldn't have been one of my guesses if you gave me a hundred guesses.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:15 PM (/WQyy)

176 >>>Near where I live, the Indians used to stampede them over cliffs and then skin/butcher the large numbers of them killed at the bottom.
The place is named Smashed in Head Buffalo jump.
Paleontologists have examined the site and say that 80% of the buffalo was wasted.

Posted by: Speller

>Would you want to take every buffalo on one-on-one? They will fuck you up.

You exploit and utilize the herd mentality to serve your purpose. Stampede them off of a jump. Less pain more gain. Also that 80% fed wolves, coyotes, ravens, cougars, magpies, nothing was wasted.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 11:15 PM (sYM3s)

177 Our tomahawks are nowadays made in Japan.

Posted by: Cherokee People at July 13, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)

178 174 sb "CBD," not CND

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:17 PM (RCjYY)

179 Do upper midwestern teenagers go to the buffalo races rather than the submarine races?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)

180 Donald duck has got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in Iranland!

Posted by: raimondo at July 13, 2026 11:18 PM (FeMn7)

181 >>Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (RCjYY)

I don't think most have realized what is actually happening in Iran right now. For 50 years the Middle East has been torn between hating the Great Satan and of course Little Satan and pretended to care about Iran while allowing them to wreck havoc on the west and even their own interests while coddling the terrorist of the Muslim Brotherhood, most notably in "Palestine".

Whether you believe Trump's policies have done it or not, the entire Middle East is now united against Iran including duplicitous assholes in places like Qatar and making deals with Israel. The Arab street we are always told about might be angry but they are now angry at Iran. An aside from the tragic loss of a relatively small number of Americans we are pounding the shit out of Iran at will until they relent or we get tired of killing them and turning the country over to normal Iranians again.

New type of fighting instead of the failed type we've live through for 50 years. Have faith.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

182 Is AR, Argentina? browser translated:

@laderechadiario 12 o'clock
THE FUCK IS OVER: Donald Trump announced the return of the naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and its subsequent administration under the control of the United States, which will impose a 20% tariff on shipments that cross the route to guarantee the maintenance of the protection.

"The Strait of Hormuz is OPEN and will continue to be, with or without Iran. We reestablish the IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so called because it only prevents the entry and exit of Iranian ships or customers. All other countries will have fair and open use of the strait.
The United States will be known as «THE GUARDIAN OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ», but as such, and as a matter of JUSTICE, it will receive a 20% refund on all cargo transported, for all costs necessary to guarantee the security of this area so volatile of the world.

https://youtu.be/_LVS0UdkFMQ&t=24

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (VPNgR)

183 American bison v. Cape buffalo. Who wins?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

I'd say Cape Buffalo. Just because of its hard head and larger horns. Both can kill you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

184 We have black bears around here. I have seen a few at a distance. Most people leave them alone unless they get too near a home. And even then folks will just make a loud noise and let them run back to the woods. They are a protected animal anyway.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (IY9No)

185 Schrödinger’s Strait of Hormuz

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (77rzZ)

186 181

I DON'T "have faith" that the same old same old is going to achieve a different result than it already has. No faith at all, I'm afraid.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (RCjYY)

187 I remember the tobacco fields and barns in CT....
Posted by: The Grateful at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

What about dem cotton fields back home?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

188
143 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

Same here. I switched to Falfurrias, a South Texas brand. I don’t think it’s sold outside of Texas, but it’s pretty good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:23 PM (wLnmp)

189 Speaking of tobacco:

Christopher Columbus sent a box of "cigarros" to the Pope.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)

190 Shaboozey? A “musician”. Why?

RATM? They’re communists? Double Why.?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (pKv0r)

191 Good evening morons und danke CBD.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)

192 Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

I think we were pretty united against Iraq in the first Gulf War but I agree its being repeated. Admittedly though the coalition was possible because Israel stayed out of it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:26 PM (/WQyy)

193 Dear Lord,

Preserve and protect Donald Trump and his loyal companions. He is truly doing your work. It may cost him his life. But he is not quitting the battle.

He is the right man at the right time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 13, 2026 11:26 PM (0aYVJ)

194 Terrell County’s @SheriffThad, a Republican and outspoken supporter of President Trump and the administration’s border security measures, stands with @jamestalarico in Sanderson today.

He joined the campaign to speak against the plans for a border wall in Big Bend
--

It is funny.
Ever been to Big Bend?
A wall down the middle of the canyon? Really?
https://tinyurl.com/yr2wv6n6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:28 PM (VPNgR)

195 They could simply station shooters on this side and touch them off when they cross the middle of the river.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (VPNgR)

196 New type of fighting instead of the failed type we've live through for 50 years. Have faith.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)
====

I have found it very difficult to get reliable information.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (RIvkX)

197 If I substitute ground bison for the ground beef in my meatloaf recipe, will that make it a buffaloaf?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (+EWjf)

198 Best time to be in Yellowstone is
......

before the super volcano blows.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (oq9dX)

199 Same here. I switched to Falfurrias, a South Texas brand. I don’t think it’s sold outside of Texas, but it’s pretty good.

Posted by: Tom Servo
--

Real butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:30 PM (VPNgR)

200 >>I DON'T "have faith" that the same old same old is going to achieve a different result than it already has. No faith at all, I'm afraid.

No problem. Many of you never thought Trump was going to win in 24. That turned out ok.

Iran is done. They literally have no power to fight back. It's only a matter of how much damage we do until it's over.

I'm more interested in what happens on Thursday evening. We are getting so spoiled we don't even recognize how many enormous changes are happening right now that will never happen.

Cheer up. It's ok to win.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:30 PM (viF8m)

201

I DON'T "have faith" that the same old same old is going to achieve a different result than it already has. No faith at all, I'm afraid.
Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (RCjYY)

It might be that the best path is just to keep heavy pressure on them and see if they crack. I suspect that when they finally break, they’ll shatter.
(One possibility is everyone in leadership deciding to kill everyone else)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:31 PM (wLnmp)

202 sorry lads, according to the Church of England, Israel is a racist state
jpost.com/international/article-902369

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 11:31 PM (gKWVE)

203 Iran's got some debts to pay that Geo Bush & Co. were too chickenshit to collect. Lot of guys aren't here or are in trouble because of Iran in the Gulf War.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:33 PM (VPNgR)

204 Ev'rybody's got a water buffalo, yours is fast but mine is slow....

https://youtu.be/ltG37Bbx1qk

Posted by: pookysgirl can do this one by heart at July 13, 2026 11:33 PM (Wt5PA)

205 My family was walking on a wide trail near the falls on the Yellowstone River, with other people, when a small herd of bison started moving parallel to the group on the other side of a stand of lodgepole pines. We were grateful that the trees were between us and them.

And now, I regularly pass a small ranch which was set up to keep a few bison, with heavy fencing made of sturdy metal pipes. Much stronger than fencing for cattle. The bison haven't been there for a few years, but they were always a bit of a contrast on a trip home from Walmart or the dentist.

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2026 11:33 PM (rdeQO)

206 202 sorry lads, according to the Church of England, Israel is a racist state
jpost.com/international/article-902369

Posted by: gKWVE
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Think the US Episcopal diocese signed one of those too.

-- it appears that these people did not read the first half of the Bible and possibly not the second half.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:35 PM (VPNgR)

207 The Horde, & I include myself, is not a representative sample of the electorate. Let alone Congress.

How long do you think Congress and the public will support this war?

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)

208 sorry lads, according to the Church of England, Israel is a racist state
jpost.com/international/article-902369

Posted by: gKWVE
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Think the US Episcopal diocese signed one of those too.

-- it appears that these people did not read the first half of the Bible and possibly not the second half.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:35 PM (VPNgR)

***

A lot of people in those churches. I wonder if God goes there?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:39 PM (2WIwB)

209 I thought Tay Tay was an unperson for wanting to have babies with an Aryan. Lol

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:41 PM (Xe8e7)

210 So I believe ShowerCam™ is disabled in my shower... by popular demand of the Ewoks. They took one long and ran away screaming to go gut a hobo.

Is that a problem?

Posted by: SimoHayha at July 13, 2026 11:41 PM (/ZkOF)

211 Tay Tay better hurry up. Her baby clock is at 5 minutes 'till midnight.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:43 PM (RCjYY)

212 Out there looking for coverage of Iran's third night of joy I find much nutjobbery. It is easy for the undisciplined mind to find much opinion contrary to reality.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:43 PM (VPNgR)

213 There is a certain poetic justice knowing that the Church of England will be burned to the ground by the very Muslims it’s allying with.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:44 PM (Xe8e7)

214 New type of fighting instead of the failed type we've live through for 50 years. Have faith.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

Or rediscovering the old.ways.
I wonder if we have been spinning up Arab ground forces to be the boots on the ground?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:44 PM (2WIwB)

215 I don't know how the WNBA made me hate something I've never watched. Racist lesbians be crazy.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:44 PM (/WQyy)

216 >>How long do you think Congress and the public will support this war?

Well Trump just sent a new war declaration to Congress so that starts the 60 day clock again.

https://tinyurl.com/adserahc

Some of you really need to get over the idea that Trump is an idiot. Turns out he's pretty smart.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:45 PM (viF8m)

217
Sorry to be obtuse, but how do we charge a 20% fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait? I like the idea -- the US shouldn't keep doing this stuff for free -- but how do we collect these fees?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrXZ)

218
The operator of the sunk excavator watched the recovery from a distance, from a place of concealment -- for a while. Unemployed, shunned, having lost the respect of other men, after he'd watched the masterful recovery operation long enough to get the gist of it, to see that he could never measure up, he quietly left. He crawled into a bottle that day, and didn't come back. He did not survive a year.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 11:47 PM (VWtfl)

219 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrX

Like a cover charge before you can enter the club.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:47 PM (/WQyy)

220 189 Speaking of tobacco:

Christopher Columbus sent a box of "cigarros" to the Pope.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)

"Cigarros" LOL, I can't stop thinking about tomorr.... I mean that name, Cigarros!

Posted by: William Jefferson Blythe III at July 13, 2026 11:47 PM (R0XxO)

221 but how do we collect these fees?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Do you want your tanker to pass the blockade?
Here is the routing number for your tanker.
We do not accept PayPal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:48 PM (VPNgR)

222
Do you want your tanker to pass the blockade?
Here is the routing number for your tanker.
We do not accept PayPal.

Posted by: Braenyard

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Okay. So, both sides of the Strait? Omani and Iranian?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:50 PM (mmrXZ)

223 >>>Tay Tay better hurry up. Her baby clock is at 5 minutes 'till midnight.

Posted by: mnw

>So is Tay Tay going to have a batch of ugly babies like the Kardashians? How many plastic surgeons can you fit into a uterus?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 11:50 PM (sYM3s)

224 It is funny.
Ever been to Big Bend?
A wall down the middle of the canyon? Really?
https://tinyurl.com/yr2wv6n6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:28 PM (VPNgR)

LOL. There will never be more than a handful even trying to come through Big Bend, it’s too rugged. If you wanted to do something, then set up outposts on the park roads going in and out (which I’m sure has been done)

A fun discovery recently in Big Bend showcased how remote and rarely visited much of it is. A researcher was exploring a rock cave and found an ancient hunting kit - a leather pouch with spear points, an atlatl, some stone tipped darts, a throwing stick, and a folded animal pelt next to it. They estimate that all of it had been sitting there untouched for at least 6,000 years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:50 PM (wLnmp)

225 A lot of people in those churches. I wonder if God goes there?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:39 PM (2WIwB)

They better hope not.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 11:51 PM (gKWVE)

226 >>but how do we collect these fees?

Paypal.

How did Trump get NATO countries to finally start paying their dues?

Do you know who buys most if Iran's oil? China. Venezuela was also where China got their oil.

Strategery.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:51 PM (viF8m)

227 he's pretty smart.

Posted by: JackStraw
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He owns the casino.
He's the house.
He's at the table collecting Iranian chips.
It appears he's upped the game to
three raise no limit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

228 Trump owns a lot of casinos. They are not easy to run profitably and still keep customers coming back.
Probably why he likes golf clubs better

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:54 PM (rbvCR)

229
217
Sorry to be obtuse, but how do we charge a 20% fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait? I like the idea -- the US shouldn't keep doing this stuff for free -- but how do we collect these fees?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrXZ)

Like this!
** stands straight, holds arms up, waves Hands wildly **

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:54 PM (wLnmp)

230 Sorry to be obtuse, but how do we charge a 20% fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait? I like the idea -- the US shouldn't keep doing this stuff for free -- but how do we collect these fees?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrXZ)

We just seize every fifth tanker!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

231
226

Do you know who buys most if Iran's oil? China. Venezuela was also where China got their oil.

Strategery.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:51 PM (viF8m)

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The CCP did not pay for the oil in dollars, but in a unique scrip redeemable only at the CCP company store, where it could be spent on hot items like state-of-the-art air defense radars that can detect any US stealth aircraft 300 miles away.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 11:57 PM (VWtfl)

232
Do you know who buys most if Iran's oil? China. Venezuela was also where China got their oil.

Strategery.
Posted by: JackStraw

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But Trump said "all cargo." Like I said, I don't mind, but I'm just wondering how it all works.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:57 PM (mmrXZ)

233
Damn Microsoft to hell. Long story, but damn them to hell.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)

234 There have been 7 elections in Latin/South America in the last year. Trump endorsed rightwing candidates have won all 7, often over proclaimed communists.

>>Mr Trump's king-making has proved to be the kiss of death to decades of Left-wing rule across much of the continent, with all seven presidential elections won by his allies since he took office.

https://tinyurl.com/5467ku52

Just lucky I guess.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)

235 I believe the demise of USAID had a huge effect on the South American political climate.

For decades we’ve been paying to support our worst enemies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 12:03 AM (wLnmp)

236 Ha!
Mrs D just found old reruns of Kolchak. Jeez. His narrations are hilarious!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 12:04 AM (2WIwB)

237 No shipping moves without insurance, Blonde Morticia. The value of the hulls, the crew and the cargo is too high to act like a tramp and go bare. The shipping companies were used to buying insurance from the London insurance market, mostly, and Lloyds shut that down for the duration of the war, unlike every other time there was a blow up in the Persian Gulf, so Trump stood in.
Anyone can offer insurance, but it takes deep pockets and reputation of actually paying out to get the policies.
As it has been in the past, the USN has been policing the ocean to keep problems down, and London has been writing the policies and profiting.
This is just a change that the USA is now getting paid for what the USN always has been doing.

TLDR: the companies come to the US for the policies, not the other way around. No one stiffs Uncle Sam for long. We have battleships and can enforce liens on the high seas

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 12:05 AM (rbvCR)

238 38 Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case

Bill didn't. What the hell was he thinking anyway? What did he get out of the arrangement? Seriously.

Rich and the presidency. The question is whether putting up with her for your adult life is worth it for those things.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 14, 2026 12:06 AM (3/XaG)

239
235 I believe the demise of USAID had a huge effect on the South American political climate.

For decades we’ve been paying to support our worst enemies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 12:03 AM

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The world I thought I knew is far more scripted and fake than I ever imagined. A stage play.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 14, 2026 12:07 AM (VWtfl)

240 Damn Microsoft to hell. Long story, but damn them to hell.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)

(Ring... ring... phone picks up) Microsoft Technical Support. How may I be breaking your computer today?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 12:08 AM (qx7Zg)

241
Hey, publius, great news about your mom! Make sure she knows she had a horde of morons pulling for her.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 12:08 AM (mmrXZ)

242 It's nutz out there
anyway

"TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed the latest wave of strikes against Iran at 10:15 p.m. ET on July 13.

During the five-hour mission, U.S. forces successfully struck military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas to further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping. CENTCOM forces employed precision munitions against Iranian coastal defense systems, missile and drone sites, and maritime capabilities.

More than 50,000 U.S. service members are currently deployed across the Middle East. American forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:09 AM (VPNgR)

243 >>But Trump said "all cargo." Like I said, I don't mind, but I'm just wondering how it all works.

For decades, our international power has been projected by, for lack of a better term, the deep state. The intel community in the guise of things like USAID and NGOs but was in reality the CIA/State Department and related bureaucratic institutions and power brokers on the outside while elected officials worked under their orbit. Those days are over.

That was the biggest part of the DOGE and other efforts to start kneecapping those forces. It wasn't just about domestic power. We are returning to the time of a powerful chief executive with the full force of American military and equally important financial power is in his control and the entire decision structure of the world is changing.

The United States of America has been the most powerful and consequential power on the face of earth for generations. The only that has changed is we are finally asserting it. And the world is responding.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:11 AM (viF8m)

244 we bombed Joy Behar?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 12:12 AM (gKWVE)

245 >> Hey, publius, great news about your mom!

There is no question this was a miracle. Absolutely no question. My mind is still reeling over this.

The docs and nurses at the hospital thought she was gone, and advised me to well, "let nature take its course" I'll phrase it. But I said keep treating her for one more day, which was Sunday.

I had made peace, talked to friends and family, and even had the financial people to be prepared for all the would have to be done.

This morning I was going to go up there and do it, letting her go, but I was dragging my feet about it. And when I got there, there she was, sitting up in a chair in the room, having finished eating lunch. She saw me, smiled, and said she was starting to get lonely and was glad to see us.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

246 236 Ha!
Mrs D just found old reruns of Kolchak. Jeez. His narrations are hilarious!

Posted by: Diogenes
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See him in the Mike Hammer series?
He beat up the pharmacist every episode.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:14 AM (VPNgR)

247
There is always hope. Always. And let this be an example. No matter how bad things are, there is hope.

She looks like she went for a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson, absolute mess. But she's back.

The change is just amazing. Saturday night, she was lying there, completely out of her mind, flailing her arms and hands around, writhing in bed, trying to move her legs and squirm all over the beds. They had to sedate her. And it took a good bit. They were giving her stuff I would've normally objected to, but at that point, given her state of agitation, it had to be done.

Sunday, she was just laying there, completely out of it. I touched her, and she started trying to writhe and flail around. So, I didn't do that again. The nurses would have to touch her of course, but other that, I didn't want to trigger it.

And that was the state I left her in last night. And this this morning, a miracle.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)

248 in odd news, James "Fergie" Cox Chambers Jr., a prominent US billionaire and activist, was detained in Ibiza under an international warrant. The charges and requesting country remain undisclosed. It is rumored to be money laundering and the charges are said to be from the US DoJ, and the Spanish radical left is really upset about it.
Also, he used to own some gyms in Georgia and had supposedly employed Marjorie Taylor Green, which is odd

https://tinyurl.com/pbbe49tz

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

249 > all seven presidential elections won by his allies since he took office.

https://tinyurl.com/5467ku52

Just lucky I guess.

Posted by: JackStraw
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Hemispheric independence, hemispheric dominance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2lSwosw9xY

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:19 AM (VPNgR)

250
In the hospital, I called some of her dearest friends. Some of these are her young girlfriends, frying chickens in their 80s. I just said a miracle has happened, and someone is going to talk to you, and I put my mother on the phone.

The joy that caused, well, it was a beautiful thing.

She has no idea what happened, no memory of the past week or two at all. Which is a good thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

251 And that was the state I left her in last night. And this this morning, a miracle.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)

Wow what a horrible thing to have to see, and for her to suffer. What a blessing it ended.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 12:22 AM (wLnmp)

252 Trump's breathe still stinjs and th a ts bothers us..

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 14, 2026 12:23 AM (kBcTc)

253 >>She has no idea what happened, no memory of the past week or two at all. Which is a good thing.

Happy for your mom and you.

Before I lost my dad he suffered from a couple UTIs that produced similar issues. Took some additional testing to discover. Just a thought you might want to consider. Doctors don't always get everything right the first time.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:28 AM (viF8m)

254 >> Doctors don't always get everything right the first time.

Giving her blood thinners for the clots was a disaster, and that's what put her down this road. An emergency fasciotomy was needed on her left calf to save her for compartment syndrome due to the bleeding and hematoma. And I think, *think* mind you, the anesthesia for that is what threw her brain for a loop. This is *bad* for the elderly. Once you get close to 80, avoid if it all possible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

255 It is rumored to be money laundering and the charges are said to be from the US DoJ
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Clip I saw said it is DoJ and money laundering is just the beginning.
Close associate to [I found it]

arrested in Ibiza at the request of the US Justice Department ... extradition on federal charges linked to "international money laundering… with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist organizations,"

associated with ... Roy Singham's NGO's, ANSWER Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Newsclick, ... student and campus mobilization networks
( Students for Justice in Palestine) and political prisoner advocacy groups.

Chambers' own Berkshire Communists project in Massachusetts has served as a local hub for organizing and arms training within this network.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:33 AM (VPNgR)

256
the USN has been policing the ocean to keep problems down, and London has been writing the policies and profiting.
This is just a change that the USA is now getting paid for what the USN always has been doing.

Posted by: Kindltot

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See that's why I like it. All this free security service is coming to an end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 12:33 AM (mmrXZ)

257 own some gyms in Georgia and had supposedly employed Marjorie Taylor Green, which is odd

https://tinyurl.com/pbbe49tz

Posted by: Kindltot
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But may explain her odd behavior.
thought it was roids

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:35 AM (VPNgR)

258 Posted by: Kindltot

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See that's why I like it. All this free security service is coming to an end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Wonder what Chairman Xi is thinking right now?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:36 AM (VPNgR)

259 >>Once you get close to 80, avoid if it all possible.

Genetics will likely help me avoid 80 altogether. No complaints.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:41 AM (viF8m)

260 The only that has changed is we are finally asserting it.

Shades of Teddy Roosevelt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:42 AM (VPNgR)

261 There is no question this was a miracle…
Posted by: publius

This is just the kind of report for which we've been hoping and praying. May she continue to recover and be restored!
👼🏻

Posted by: mindful webworker - thank the Lord at July 14, 2026 12:43 AM (ci8WY)

262 Genetics will likely help me avoid 80 altogether. No complaints.

Posted by: JackStraw
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You'll be amazed what good docs and hospitals can do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:44 AM (VPNgR)

263

Just took time to watch a video about left- right-brain differences, the studies, and the origins of the split. Didn't learn a whole lot I didn't already understand, but there were some great details and experiments.
Why Evolution Split Your Brain In Half – Brain Asymmetry with Jim Al-Khalili (34:56)
https://youtu.be/ybuhqtDVO_A

"Having a split, asymmetric brain isn't a flaw. It's an evolutionary masterstroke."

Imagine if there were world where there were other brain configurations and the differences that would cause.

The one physical uniformity of mortals is the brain and nervous system; nevertheless, there are three basic organizations of the brain mechanism: the one-, the two-, and the three-brained types.
https://bit.ly/ub-brain-types
😁

A parting music two-fer
https://youtu.be/Qw8E9WnZTQk
https://youtu.be/kvmkp1n0dZY

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - have a blessed tomorrow at July 14, 2026 12:44 AM (ci8WY)

264
Peter Falk died with dementia. There at the last, they said he didn't even know who Columbo was.

His dementia was likely triggered by general anesthesia for some major oral surgery her needed.

As it stands, they don't think general can cause dementia, but that it will accelerate any that has started. It might never progress fast enough otherwise to get bad before you die of other things.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:44 AM (w6EFb)

265
He wanted to make one last Columbo movie/episode, and that was in the works, but the dementia stopped that.

There is only one Columbo, and I'm glad Hollywood realized that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:46 AM (w6EFb)

266 Did you see the Michael Savage clip Trump linked?

Used to listen to him. His dad died at 55 of a heart attack. Genetic in the family. According to GPT 5. Savage is 84. He references his first health book written in 1972 iirc.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:51 AM (VPNgR)

267
Wonder what Chairman Xi is thinking right now?

Posted by: Braenyard

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It's enough to make me miss the Russkies. I know the commies were evil and maybe the society is coarse, but there was something to appeal to. There was even self-restraint. The Chinese on the other hand...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 12:52 AM (mmrXZ)

268 .>> "Having a split, asymmetric brain isn't a flaw. It's an evolutionary masterstroke."

Imagine if there were world where there were other brain configurations and the differences that would cause.

The one physical uniformity of mortals is the brain and nervous system; nevertheless, there are three basic organizations of the brain mechanism: the one-, the two-, and the three-brained types.
https://bit.ly/ub-brain-types
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Now do two brained women.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:54 AM (VPNgR)

269 Now we know why JackStraw (whom I once dubbed "JackWeed") smokes pot.

[Question:]
In which city is it illegal to smoke a pipe after sunset?

[Answer:]
Newport, Rhode Island

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 12:55 AM (MEOPz)

270 @259.
JackStraw. "Genetics will likely help me avoid 80 altogether."

Well, JackStraw some things we just don't know.
Hope you stick around for a long while. I enjoy your take on things. When you post I take notice.🙂

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 01:02 AM (IY9No)

271 >>Newport, Rhode Island

I don't live in Newport. Wrong island.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:03 AM (viF8m)

272
In one-step-back news, the UC system has shelved plans to discuss reinstating the SAT. Last- minute decision, no expansion given.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 01:05 AM (mmrXZ)

273 Yahoo article: Catherine Bouris, Mon, July 13, 2026 at 3:37 AM CDT, says he is 80.

This presentation is good if you're not familiar with him. He's bombastic but scores points. And it's a good one for those uninitiated on communism.
Thing on this one is that Trump brought it forward and linked to it, therefore Trump doesn't disagree. He's chumming the water.
On the 8th Trump suggested that all illegals should be deported. This is an escalation.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

Jul 12, 2026, 5:12 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mGpfhO-lg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 01:07 AM (VPNgR)

274 Sorry CBD, but Orange Velveeta American Cheese Food is the Devil's smegma.

Posted by: Butch at July 14, 2026 01:09 AM (98xTj)

275 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

I am getting temporary custody of a little Kubota trackhoe next month. Hope to be able to use it to dig a pit next to my septic tank so I can get down in there and patch a leak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:10 AM (1z8ji)

276 Orange Velveeta American Cheese Food is the Devil's smegma.

Posted by: Butch
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Noooo. Double boiler, Velveeta, Rotel tomatoes, more tomatoes and jalapenos, some cilantro with onion and garlic. mmmmm
If you want to get kinky throw in a can of okra gumbo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 01:13 AM (VPNgR)

277 Double boiler, Velveeta, Rotel tomatoes, more tomatoes and jalapenos, some cilantro with onion and garlic. mmmmm
If you want to get kinky throw in a can of okra gumbo.
Posted by: Braenyard

The cilantro was kinky. Adding gumbo is perverted.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 01:16 AM (VHUov)

278 >>Well, JackStraw some things we just don't know.
Hope you stick around for a long while. I enjoy your take on things. When you post I take notice

Well thanks. I don't plan on going anywhere just yet.

This is a special place filled with smart and interesting people. Hard to believe a Vespa riding, man purse wearing guy did this but here we are and here I am after many years.

Goodnight all and thanks for the chat.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:16 AM (viF8m)

279 Coolest places outside of Yellowstone and Custer SD I ever saw buffalo:

North Dakota Badlands

Antelope Island, Utah. (I think Johnny Dep filmed one of his faggy fragrance ads there)

Buffalo look different in different places.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)

Several buffalo ranches within a few miles of Peon Manor here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:20 AM (1z8ji)

280 I am getting temporary custody of a little Kubota trackhoe next month. Hope to be able to use it to dig a pit next to my septic tank so I can get down in there and patch a leak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:10 AM (1z8ji)

Sounds like a shitty job. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:21 AM (S41Gd)

281 AOP, whats the verdict on that nightmare engine? Studebaker was it?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:22 AM (S41Gd)

282 @193 Are you on dope? Or are you just a dope. I don't like trump nor hate him as he is doing more for my side then his and the election is coming. If I am really lucky dump will try and sabotage the election.

Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:25 AM (FeMn7)

283 For sure. Near where I live, the Indians used to stampede them over cliffs and then skin/butcher the large numbers of them killed at the bottom.
The place is named Smashed in Head Buffalo jump.
Paleontologists have examined the site and say that 80% of the buffalo was wasted.
Posted by: Speller at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (pSotA)

Heh. I am about 20 miles from Dry Island Buffalo Jump.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:25 AM (1z8ji)

284 Howdy, horde!

Many topics tonight, I see.

I got nuthin' so will just lurk a while.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

285 This morning I was going to go up there and do it, letting her go, but I was dragging my feet about it. And when I got there, there she was, sitting up in a chair in the room, having finished eating lunch. She saw me, smiled, and said she was starting to get lonely and was glad to see us.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

Great news, publius!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:38 AM (1z8ji)

286 I wonder if the Buffalo ever stampeded the Indians?

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 01:39 AM (IY9No)

287 Hmm. *looks around* Oh, well.

*steps over to bar & helps self*

There.. that's better!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

288
Heh. I am about 20 miles from Dry Island Buffalo Jump.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:25 AM (1z8ji)

The first time I drove through AB I spent the night in Lethbridge. Heading north to Calgary, I passed signs pointing the way to “Head-Smashed-In”. I figured I’d pass. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 01:41 AM (pKv0r)

289 This morning I was going to go up there and do it, letting her go, but I was dragging my feet about it. And when I got there, there she was, sitting up in a chair in the room, having finished eating lunch. She saw me, smiled, and said she was starting to get lonely and was glad to see us.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

Great news, publius!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Wow! Great news indeed!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

290 Hi JQ, that is me too, I just got here, very happy to see that the Mama of publius has been revitalized, that is such good news.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 01:42 AM (ibDUx)

291 Hi, Debby! Care for a drink? My treat...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

292 The United States of America has been the most powerful and consequential power on the face of earth for generations. The only that has changed is we are finally asserting it. And the world is responding.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:11 AM (viF8m)

Much to your chagrin. Or are YOU suddenly running around singing “Yankee Doodle Dandy”?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 01:44 AM (pKv0r)

293 AOP, whats the verdict on that nightmare engine? Studebaker was it?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:22 AM (S41Gd)

Yes. A "Skybolt" six. Took it to the machine shop today to get a crank ground, and the bearing saddles line-honed. Showed the oil pickup pipe to the manager, and he agreed that use of an improper gasket likely led to an air leak that starved the pump of oil, leading to destruction of the bearings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

294 Small miracle here in podunk, too-- hubby is back to calling me by his XW's name-- which is better than *not being recognized at all*!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

295 Ooh, il n'y a pas de pain, laissez-les manger du gâteau
Il n'y a pas de fin à ce qu'ils prendront
Afficher les fruits de la noble naissance
Laver le sel dans la terre
Mais ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Libérez les donjons des innocents
Eh bien, le roi doit s'agenouiller pour laisser son royaume s'élever

Posted by: Prof. Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 01:47 AM (pKv0r)

296
Velours taché de sang, dentelle sale
Peur nue sur chaque visage
Voyez-les incliner la tête pour mourir
Comme nous nous inclinions quand ils sont passés
Et ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Chantez, ou chœurs de cacophonie
Eh bien, le roi s'est agenouillé pour laisser son royaume s'élever

Posted by: Prof. Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 01:48 AM (pKv0r)

297 Leçons enseignées mais jamais apprises
Tout autour de nous, la colère brûle
Guider l'avenir par le passé
Il y a longtemps, le moule a été coulé
Car ils ont marché vers le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine a remporté son prix sanglant
Entendre les échos des siècles
Eh bien, le pouvoir n'est pas tout ce que l'argent achète

Posted by: Prof. Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 01:50 AM (pKv0r)

298 Happy Bastille Day!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 01:50 AM (pKv0r)

299 Yessss please. Cheers!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (ibDUx)

300 @292 As tonto said to the lone ranger. "What you mean WE white man! Dump is helping get rid of corporate democrats protecting rethugliKKKans like netanyahu's bit*h chuck strongly worded letters schumer. This time we get in we open up the re-education camps for dumpsters.

Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (FeMn7)

301 Cheers, Debby!

It was hot again today-- 100*

I'm too old for this sh!t. Stayed mostly indoors, except for moving sprinklers. Need to shop for some more no- and quick-cook meal stuff!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)

302 Yes. A "Skybolt" six. Took it to the machine shop today to get a crank ground, and the bearing saddles line-honed. Showed the oil pickup pipe to the manager, and he agreed that use of an improper gasket likely led to an air leak that starved the pump of oil, leading to destruction of the bearings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

Jeez, wrong oil pump gasket? Its always the little fuck ups that cause the big damage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:55 AM (S41Gd)

303 This time we get in we open up the re-education camps for dumpsters.
Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (FeMn7)

Who is going to run them when all the Democrats have been rendered out for their grease to make biodiesel?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:56 AM (1z8ji)

304 This time we get in we open up the re-education camps for dumpsters.
Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (FeMn7)

Who is going to run them when all the Democrats have been rendered out for their grease to make biodiesel?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:56 AM (1z8ji)

Right? They'll fucking die in numbers that will make WW1 trench warfare look like a canoe accident.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:58 AM (S41Gd)

305 Bastille Day was my great uncle's birthday, he was quite a character.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:00 AM (ibDUx)

306 Don't mind rainman.. he's just yanking it to his Bolshevik daydreams.

How's that soviet sh!t goin' for ya now, tovarish?

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

307 Exactly what is your dumb fucking ass going to reeducate me on?
Stupid fucker.

That threat goes to levels you fuckers haven't admitted to.
That's real war talk. The kind of war where...

Nevermind.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (ftycQ)

308 Jeez, wrong oil pump gasket? Its always the little fuck ups that cause the big damage.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:55 AM (S41Gd)

Pickup screen gasket. The pickup screen is attached to a crooked steel tube which is bolted to the bottom of the block just inside the pan rail, and right below the oil pump. There is a thick metal flange brazed to the tube, with a single 1/4-20 screw to retain the assembly to the block. About 1/4" of the tube goes into the large passage on the block that feeds the oil pump, and a thin paper gasket makes the seal. Used on the Champion series engines since 1939. Never been a problem area. Somebody used a round fiber washer, like an oil pan drain plug washer, instead of the paper gasket. Washer in excess of 1/16" thick. And really reefed down on that poor little 1/4-20 screw. Well, that had the effect of cocking the pickup tube in the bore, and putting fierce pressure on one side of the washer, and practically none on the other. So the oil pump began sucking air.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (1z8ji)

309 >> Wow! Great news indeed!

I was blown away.

As they've always told me, my mother is one tough lady. I'm a believer.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 02:07 AM (w6EFb)

310 @306 I am more dangerous then a commie. I own my own small business and practice what I preach non-exploitive capitalism. Remember its not just communists who are your enemy many capitalism supporters are you enemy too and your socialist diatribes don't work on us.

Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 02:08 AM (FeMn7)

311 Was so hot, even Cat snoozed indoors for a while. I love how he *flops* himself down and stretches out fully on the cool tile floor... I'm so glad to provide relief for him!

Also funny when he turns flat on his back, with all fours up, and sleeps. Occasional leg twitches.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

312 @310

*shake weight motion*

Whatever.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

313
And in another miracle, I was able to fix the Microsoft mess up, too. I avoid "Microsoft accounts" like the plague. They made extended security updates for Windows 10 free until Oct. 2027, and I "enrolled" in that.

Only problem is, you have to have a MS account to do that, it's in the fine print, and so it just happily switched my main local account to that. I was afraid it was hosed, and no way to convert back to the local account. But, and don't ask me how, I got it back with no hiccups (yet). My main account on this machine is back to local status.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)

314 I own my own small business and practice what I preach non-exploitive capitalism. Remember its not just communists who are your enemy many capitalism supporters are you enemy too and your socialist diatribes don't work on us.
Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 02:08 AM (FeMn7)

Cleaning out porta-potties is a necessary task, and you should feel no shame in plying that trade. But what do you do when your cheek pouches get full?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:12 AM (1z8ji)

315 Correctly guessed it was 2am

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 02:12 AM (Ia/+0)

316 Pickup screen gasket. The pickup screen is attached to a crooked steel tube which is bolted to the bottom of the block just inside the pan rail, and right below the oil pump. There is a thick metal flange brazed to the tube, with a single 1/4-20 screw to retain the assembly to the block. About 1/4" of the tube goes into the large passage on the block that feeds the oil pump, and a thin paper gasket makes the seal. Used on the Champion series engines since 1939. Never been a problem area. Somebody used a round fiber washer, like an oil pan drain plug washer, instead of the paper gasket. Washer in excess of 1/16" thick. And really reefed down on that poor little 1/4-20 screw. Well, that had the effect of cocking the pickup tube in the bore, and putting fierce pressure on one side of the washer, and practically none on the other. So the oil pump began sucking air.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (1z8ji)

yeah I know the setup you're talking about. I saw similar things in other engines. I'm surprised there's only one bolt holding it in. I guess the tube protruding into the passage keeps it from swinging around.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (S41Gd)

317 Probaly selling pot.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (ftycQ)

318
he turns flat on his back, with all fours up, and sleeps. Occasional leg twitches.
Posted by: JQ

==========

That's especially funny for your cat, innit? Critter that's standoffish if I recall correctly.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 02:17 AM (mmrXZ)

319 I guess the tube protruding into the passage keeps it from swinging around.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (S41Gd)

Exactly. If it were up to me , it would have a diamond-shaped flange, with two studs, and hex nuts to retain it, and the hole in the block would be counterbored to hold an O-ring. But I guess O-rings were not commonplace in 1939. And the paper gasket worked for 25 years, so why change it? One comes in every gasket set.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:18 AM (1z8ji)

320 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (1z8ji)

yeah I know the setup you're talking about. I saw similar things in other engines. I'm surprised there's only one bolt holding it in. I guess the tube protruding into the passage keeps it from swinging around.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (S41Gd)

I was shocked the first time I came across that too. I all WTF? One bolt? Where is the safety factor? What idiot came up with this? When you see them in new engines it's got 3 or 4 matchmarks on it. Couldn't just add another bolt!
You know it's an easy failure point.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:19 AM (ftycQ)

321 That's especially funny for your cat, innit? Critter that's standoffish if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

He's not standoffish as much as he's simply an *outdoor-loving* cat. Dude loves the rubbys! Just doesn't like to stay indoors unless it's cold or stormy or... extremely hot.

Once it's above freezing, he rarely comes in except for treats.

It's so funny how he wiggles to get *just right* while flat on his back, and then conks out. And then those little twitches, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

322 294 Small miracle here in podunk, too-- hubby is back to calling me by his XW's name-- which is better than *not being recognized at all*!

Posted by: JQ
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It was those stickers that did it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 02:25 AM (VPNgR)

323 I was shocked the first time I came across that too. I all WTF? One bolt? Where is the safety factor? What idiot came up with this? When you see them in new engines it's got 3 or 4 matchmarks on it. Couldn't just add another bolt!
You know it's an easy failure point.
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:19 AM (ftycQ)

Well, it looks weak, but it has not been historically a failure-prone part. The pickup assembly weighs maybe 4 ounces, and being immersed in oil at the bottom probably damps out any vibrations. And if the screw did break, you would get instant zero oil pressure, and a smart operator, or an ECM would shut down the engine right away, before any damage could result.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:26 AM (1z8ji)

324 Coming back from Calgary, I got waylaid at a fish fry, so home late. But the fish was yummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:28 AM (1z8ji)

325 It was those stickers that did it.
Posted by: Braenyard

Could be... he loves my pork potstickers!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

326
Oh , that was it , he prefers the outdoors.

Funny thing i've been listening to some youtube videos about cats. It turns out that they are not domesticated animals. They're wild animals that live with us. During the ten thousand years that wolves evolved from the dogs we know today , cats barely changed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 02:35 AM (mmrXZ)

327 Well, getting sleepy here. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:37 AM (1z8ji)

328 AOP, I so hope that he chokes on that for a while, well done, he is probably the official spokesman of the extra small business association.

The biggest health scare of the summer here is explosive diarrhea, I have second hand knowledge of this and I will spare you the details. The next big thing will be West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

I know nothing mechanical at all, but when AOP and Bers get to talking here I can almost see it in my mind JQ, you too speak this language. I just sit back and enjoy it and hope that I retain just a bit of it for storage in my tiny brain.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:38 AM (ibDUx)

329 I should make up a batch of egg rolls..

When hubby was very ill a few years ago (and expected to pass "soon") his son and XW came to visit and she brought all the stuff to make her *secret recipe eggrolls* for him!

I'm tellin' ya, she's a wonderful person!

She showed me how to do it, start to finish. Naturally, I wrote down plenty of notes, in hopes of making them again.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

330 Well, it looks weak, but it has not been historically a failure-prone part. The pickup assembly weighs maybe 4 ounces, and being immersed in oil at the bottom probably damps out any vibrations. And if the screw did break, you would get instant zero oil pressure, and a smart operator, or an ECM would shut down the engine right away, before any damage could result.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:26 AM (1z8ji)

As long as it isn't my customers. I worked on a bike last week. I start it, the oil light is staying on. I call the dude. I asked if the light has been on since he put the bike together. He says yeah. I said and you didn't think this was an issue? Did you check to see if it actually has oil pressure? He says well the oil tank felt warm. Uh, its behind the rear cylinder it might eventually get warm. I pulled the oil pressure sending unit and started it. It had pressure, so I changed the switch and the light went out. Frigging dude is driving the bike around not actually knowing if it actually had oil pressure. I had another dude who had his light come on, he hears a noise, noise goes away, but the light stayed on. He drives it 80 miles. Motor was toast.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:40 AM (S41Gd)

331 During the ten thousand years that wolves evolved from the dogs we know today , cats barely changed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's

Because they started out awesome.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 02:40 AM (DZ9Lv)

332 294 Small miracle here in podunk, too-- hubby is back to calling me by his XW's name-- which is better than *not being recognized at all*!
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

Awww.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 02:41 AM (6wpGE)

333 I know nothing mechanical at all, but when AOP and Bers get to talking here I can almost see it in my mind JQ, you too speak this language. I just sit back and enjoy it and hope that I retain just a bit of it for storage in my tiny brain.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:38 AM (ibDUx)

I would love to get JQ in the harley shop just to see how fast she picks it up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:43 AM (S41Gd)

334 Debby, I couldn't hold a flashlight for AOP & Bers... their experience is WAY beyond mine! But I kind-of follow along. I know what they're discussing tonight, and can visualize the parts. (Been "there" only a handful of times in my life.)

As far as the latest media-freakout..."explosive diarrhea"? Meh. Wash your produce well, under running water. Lettuce? Remove a couple of layers of outer leaves too.

Stay away from bagged salad and greens!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

335 Its Bastille Day
Should get up and make French toast

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 02:52 AM (Ia/+0)

336 I would love to get JQ in the harley shop just to see how fast she picks it up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Wish I lived closer. It would be nice to work with a pro! So much to learn...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

337 273 Yahoo article: Catherine Bouris, Mon, July 13, 2026 at 3:37 AM CDT, says he is 80.

This presentation is good if you're not familiar with him. He's bombastic but scores points. And it's a good one for those uninitiated on communism.
Thing on this one is that Trump brought it forward and linked to it, therefore Trump doesn't disagree. He's chumming the water.
On the 8th Trump suggested that all illegals should be deported. This is an escalation.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

Jul 12, 2026, 5:12 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mGpfhO-lg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 01:07 AM (VPNgR)

I got about two and a half minutes in, and it's too bombastic for me.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 02:52 AM (6wpGE)

338 >>> I just sit back and enjoy it and hope that I retain just a bit of it for storage in my tiny brain.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
--

It really works doesn't it. They think we're joking about them doing a Ewetoob.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 02:53 AM (VPNgR)

339 JQ, I went to a local pub last week, ordered the chicken supreme and mashed potatoes, it also came with a side salad which I declined. I told the bartender that nobody was getting explosive diarrhea from meat and potatoes. I'm on the small side, but I can eat a ton of meat and potatoes, makes me happy.

I think that JQ would be a blast to hang out with in a Harley shop, and JQ, you gotta meet Bers.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:54 AM (ibDUx)

340 The bison is far more in tune with the American spirit than the eagle or the turkey (Benjamin Franklin's laughable choice for a symbol). It's the size and weight of a compact sedan, and can run 35 miles/hour.
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COMMUNITY NOTE:

Cars were not yet invented in Benjamin Franklin's lifetime. Also, the American Bald Eagle can cruise up to 40MPH without even touching the ground. It can also reach diving speeds of 100MPH.

In comparison with the bald eagle, the American buffalo is a Lada.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 02:56 AM (RkR9o)

341 I helped pioneer the bagged salad. Three layer plastic used in the 90's mostly made in Reno and we built the 5 layer tower while running off millions of miles of the 3 layer. 3 layer got like 3 weeks but 5 layer got you months. Then the factory was pulled up and sent to china during Clintons send everything to china bullshit.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:56 AM (ftycQ)

342 Debby, I couldn't hold a flashlight for AOP & Bers... their experience is WAY beyond mine! But I kind-of follow along. I know what they're discussing tonight, and can visualize the parts. (Been "there" only a handful of times in my life.)

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

I don't know. I heard some of the shit you worked on. I don't think anything inside a harley engine would be unfamiliar. Its like 2 cylinders of a radial airplane engine, but its also like the front 2 cylinders of a v8 car engine. It has pushrods, a cam, lifters, rocker arms, oil pump, etc.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:01 AM (S41Gd)

343 Hi, Reforger!

*slides ice-cold Fosters down the bar*

It's not the bagged salads' packaging at fault.

I can imagine the "field workers" needing to use restroom-- but there's no porta-potty in the field, so... ICK!

Just one more reason to have one's own garden, if possible!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

344 Yang Poon salads are the worst!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (ibDUx)

345 My wife is pretty good at mechanical issues

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:03 AM (Ia/+0)

346 Washing lettuce leaves in a bowl of salted water is what I learned, growing up.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:07 AM (6wpGE)

347 Yang Poon salads are the worst!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (ibDUx)

You can tell if it's yang poon. It won't fit in the bowl right. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:07 AM (S41Gd)

348 LMAO-- Yang poon salads, heh.

Yeah, they cheap out on the wash-cycle, evidently...

Or hire turd-world workers what don't wash they hands after taking a dump. Eww.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

349 My wife is pretty good at mechanical issues

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:03 AM (Ia/+0)

Mrs B is good at many things. Mechanical shit isn't one of them. I try to explain things and I get lifeless stare. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:08 AM (S41Gd)

350 Washing lettuce leaves in a bowl of salted water is what I learned, growing up.
Posted by: m

Salt help, for sure. But *running water* to remove the ick, is necessary IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

351 I can imagine the "field workers" needing to use restroom-- but there's no porta-potty in the field, so... ICK!

Just one more reason to have one's own garden, if possible!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

I can see the frigging primitives wiping their ass with a head of lettuce.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:11 AM (S41Gd)

352 >>>Clintons send everything to china bullshit.
---
Smooth talking charismatic, folks don't realize how destructive he was. Only reason he didn't tear it up; there were too many people who had not forgotten what being American was. But he laid the groundwork for the Lightbringer. And Bush terms did nothing...nothing to nullify it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 03:12 AM (VPNgR)

353 I don't think anything inside a harley engine would be unfamiliar. Its like 2 cylinders of a radial airplane engine, but its also like the front 2 cylinders of a v8 car engine. It has pushrods, a cam, lifters, rocker arms, oil pump, etc.
Posted by: Berserker

Hmm. Well, I'd give it a try if I could. Maybe I'll put hubby's bike back together someday? Too bad he can't remember why he took it apart. I just don't believe I know enough to deal with a problem like that.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)

354 USAID finally does something good:

https://tinyurl.com/2bap76yp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (RkR9o)

355 350 Washing lettuce leaves in a bowl of salted water is what I learned, growing up.
Posted by: m

Salt help, for sure. But *running water* to remove the ick, is necessary IMO.
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

I do the running water thing first, when I'm trimming off the bad parts. Amazing what comes out sometimes!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:15 AM (6wpGE)

356 Skip, you are going to be soooo tired tomorrow. I miss Auntie Miklos telling you to go to sleep. Did you get a new vehicle?

Mrs. B is such a very good person, please tell her that I said hello.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:17 AM (ibDUx)

357 354 USAID finally does something good:

https://tinyurl.com/2bap76yp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (RkR9o)

It's a start!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:18 AM (6wpGE)

358 354 USAID finally does something good:

https://tinyurl.com/2bap76yp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (RkR9o)

MASSIVE PROBE:

The USAID Office of the Inspector General has referred over 100 current and former UNRWA staff members to the State Department for suspension over their alleged involvement in the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, as a massive investigation continues.

Additionally, a U.S. diplomatic official briefed by USAID OIG investigators confirmed to Fox News Digital that at least 1,500 current or former UNRWA employees are under investigation for ties to foreign terrorist organizations in Gaza.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:19 AM (6wpGE)

359 Would be up in 20 minutes anyway.
Excited getting my next vehicle after work

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:22 AM (Ia/+0)

360 Well sweet dreams Horde, I shall strive for sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:23 AM (ibDUx)

361 Yesterday work went to Hell so left early, had time to come home and change before doctor's appointment, actually took a 15 minute nap.

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:23 AM (Ia/+0)

362 Line them up against the wall, there will be an abundance of volunteers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 03:25 AM (VPNgR)

363 'Night, Debby

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)

364 Hmm. Well, I'd give it a try if I could. Maybe I'll put hubby's bike back together someday? Too bad he can't remember why he took it apart. I just don't believe I know enough to deal with a problem like that.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)

What did he take apart?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:27 AM (S41Gd)

365 For those who have been following my soap opera, it appears that son's baby mama is trying to coerce son into giving up his parental rights, but still wants child support. So, I hired a shark. We are now filing for full custody, based on the fact that grandboy never spends the night with baby mama, so she isn't actually, legally, raising him. Turns out having her step mom raise him is not, entirely, legal. That outta smack her upside the head.

Would have been happy if son had never stuck his dick in trailer trash, but here we are.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:30 AM (bl07w)

366 What did he take apart?
Posted by: Berserker

It's been a while since I've been in that outbuilding, and only then to stuff more junk into it... it's hard to get to that area anyway... and I was in a hurry to move stuff before deadline.

He had the tops off the rocker boxes at least. Not sure how deep he went into them. I was so upset, didn't stay to figure it out.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)

367 ...upset because he hadn't mentioned tearing into the bike at all!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)

368 Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:30 AM

Wow. Baby momma thinks she's special. No parental rights? No parental $$$ responsibility. (I believe that's how it goes)

Good luck, tcn. What a hard road to travel!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:36 AM (rdVOm)

369 He had the tops off the rocker boxes at least. Not sure how deep he went into them. I was so upset, didn't stay to figure it out.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)

Thats easy. There was probably a leak in the lower gasket. Its a 3 piece rocker box. the lower section holds the rockers, then there is a middle ring, then the top cover. The top cover holds the middle ring in place. There was probably a leak in the lower section where it bolts to the head. Thats where they always leak. The gasket gets brittle and poof, you got a leak. The newer gaskets are much better. I just had to do one of mine on the bike I got last month. Whoever did the upgrades did an excellent job, but used a shitty brand gasket and it crumbled like a potato chip and started leaking. Same deal with the tour bike I got 2 years ago. An even shittier gasket on that bike. When you're ready I can walk you through it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:38 AM (S41Gd)

370 Thats easy. There was probably a leak in the lower gasket. Its a 3 piece rocker box. the lower section holds the rockers, then there is a middle ring, then the top cover. The top cover holds the middle ring in place. There was probably a leak in the lower section where it bolts to the head. Thats where they always leak. The gasket gets brittle and poof, you got a leak. The newer gaskets are much better. I just had to do one of mine on the bike I got last month. Whoever did the upgrades did an excellent job, but used a shitty brand gasket and it crumbled like a potato chip and started leaking. Same deal with the tour bike I got 2 years ago. An even shittier gasket on that bike. When you're ready I can walk you through it.
Posted by: Berserker

Thinking back. Thinking... Seems hubby & I did change r/b gaskets right after he got the bike. (2003? A lifetime ago!) Like you said-- leak at the head. He rode it daily for several years, and then... I don't know why he stopped. Winter, probably LOL.

But he never mentioned recurrence of the leak. Maybe he got yang poon gasket set, way back when?

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)

371 Time to get up
(Sips coffee)

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)

372 Hope you get that baby in your arms permanent.

And JQ gets that bike back together.

Good night all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 03:46 AM (VPNgR)

373 'Night, Braenyard

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:50 AM (rdVOm)

374 Well, when I get the time (maybe next year?) to look at the bike again, will pay more attention.

It's way too much of a machine for me, so probably will end up selling it. Would get a better price if it runs! Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

375 Would have been happy if son had never stuck his dick in trailer trash, but here we are.
Posted by: tcn in AK

My lil bro has similar problem, except he's stayed with the babymomma & married her. It's ugly.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:04 AM (rdVOm)

376 But he never mentioned recurrence of the leak. Maybe he got yang poon gasket set, way back when?

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)

Oh yeah, there were a lot of shit gaskets back then. there were a few companies making them and they were shit. James were good, harley were good, well as good as it was for the time. Then they started making the beaded gaskets, they were very good, but still over a long period of time they could get brittle. Finally they started making a thin rubber coated metal with the bead. Those are great, they don't get brittle. If he got yang poon gaskets they would last a couple years. Some american gaskets were yang poon. The white one and the greyish ones were crap. Even the beaded ones they made were shit. Harley and james were always better than anything else that was out there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:11 AM (S41Gd)

377 Well, when I get the time (maybe next year?) to look at the bike again, will pay more attention.

It's way too much of a machine for me, so probably will end up selling it. Would get a better price if it runs! Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

Too much machine? No way. Its a sportster. Perfect for women. Mrs B rides a softail, and she's only 5'-3".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:15 AM (S41Gd)

378 Greyish, iirc. No idea what brand.

Don't recall where he purchased, but likely from a harley shop.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:15 AM (rdVOm)

379 Bers, I'm not the woman I used to be... and I couldn't even lift that machine off its kickstand *back then*

Doubt I could handle it *now*

Sad.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)

380 yang poon

This is an expression that is unknown to me, and I keep thinking, "Everybody Wang Chung tonight."

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:20 AM (6wpGE)

381 yang poon = chy-nah / crap product

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

382 381 yang poon = chy-nah / crap product
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

Thanks, JQ! I was skeered to google it.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:23 AM (6wpGE)

383 Bers, I'm not the woman I used to be... and I couldn't even lift that machine off its kickstand *back then*

Doubt I could handle it *now*

Sad.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah that would be rough. There may have been a greyish greenish beaded gasket that might have been harley's first attempt at the beaded gasket, but I'm not sure. it could have been aftermarket. Thats what was in the bike I got a couple months ago. They blow ass. They lasted 3000 miles on that bike. It was done around 8000 miles on the bike, I got it with 11,000 and they were toast.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:24 AM (S41Gd)

384 Scroooogle don't know sh!t anyway, m.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:25 AM (rdVOm)

385 It was done around 8000 miles on the bike, I got it with 11,000 and they were toast.
Posted by: Berserker

Hubs probly rode a couple k miles before parking it. Sounds about right.

Will need to sell *all but one* vehicle anyway, if he outlives our retirement funds and needs to go on medicaid.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:27 AM (rdVOm)

386 Horde knowledge is the best.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:27 AM (6wpGE)

387 This is up at Pixy's Other Site:

You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, and you think they're probably lying to make you feel better?
Yes.
Everything's going to be fine.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:29 AM (6wpGE)

388 yang poon

This is an expression that is unknown to me, and I keep thinking, "Everybody Wang Chung tonight."

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:20 AM (6wpGE)

It started in one of the harley shops I work out of. One of the dudes there was working on an engine and a shit part in the engine that obviously wasn't working. He was yelling "fucking yang poon". I looked over and said whats up, he holds the part out and says yang poon. I knew immediately, some taiwan piece of crap. There is a distributor called V-twin that sells a lot of that crap. We started calling it V-Chin. Now its yang poon. All chinese parts are Yang Poon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:30 AM (S41Gd)

389 The kitten is galloping in and out of the room like a tiny racehorse and then he's chasing his tail like it's alive . He is very amusing .Rather exhausting, but amusing . It's good to have a pet to make one laugh. I am grateful to God we saw the sign outside the house a few miles away, "Free kittens" and were able to get one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:31 AM (D+BhG)

390 You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, and you think they're probably lying to make you feel better?
Yes.
Everything's going to be fine.
Posted by: m

No fkin doubt!

"This is fine" LOL fml

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:31 AM (rdVOm)

391 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

392 388 yang poon

This is an expression that is unknown to me, and I keep thinking, "Everybody Wang Chung tonight."

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:20 AM (6wpGE)

It started in one of the harley shops I work out of. One of the dudes there was working on an engine and a shit part in the engine that obviously wasn't working. He was yelling "fucking yang poon". I looked over and said whats up, he holds the part out and says yang poon. I knew immediately, some taiwan piece of crap. There is a distributor called V-twin that sells a lot of that crap. We started calling it V-Chin. Now its yang poon. All chinese parts are Yang Poon.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:30 AM (S41Gd)

hahahaha

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)

393 Will need to sell *all but one* vehicle anyway, if he outlives our retirement funds and needs to go on medicaid.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:27 AM (rdVOm)

1200 sportsters from that era in nice shape are 3-4K average. Apart you would be lucky to see 2K, because there are clean 883 sportsters out there for 2K. There are 2 on market place right now. For less than $100 in gaskets it would be worth putting it together. Like I said, I can walk you through it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:34 AM (S41Gd)

394 1200 sportsters from that era in nice shape are 3-4K average. Apart you would be lucky to see 2K, because there are clean 883 sportsters out there for 2K. There are 2 on market place right now. For less than $100 in gaskets it would be worth putting it together. Like I said, I can walk you through it.
Posted by: Berserker

Thank you, Bers! If we're both still here next year, I will take you up on that offer!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

395 needless to say, you never, ever use yang poon in a harley engine. You need to buy the good American stuff, it's pricey, but your motor won't grenade. Use yang poon and you built a time bomb.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:37 AM (S41Gd)

396 You need to buy the good American stuff, it's pricey, but your motor won't grenade. Use yang poon and you built a time bomb.
Posted by: Berserker

I will trust you to point me toward *reliable brand(s)* when the time comes!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

397 Thank you, Bers! If we're both still here next year, I will take you up on that offer!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

I think we'll both be here next year. I already cheated death. I won. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:40 AM (S41Gd)

398 {{{Bers}}}

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:41 AM (rdVOm)

399 I will trust you to point me toward *reliable brand(s)* when the time comes!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

Absolutely. It probably don't need shit other than gaskets anyway. I hope it don't have gas in it, that would be bad. How many miles on it?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:41 AM (S41Gd)

400 400

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

401 How many miles on it?
Posted by: Berserker

Don't know.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:43 AM (rdVOm)

402 Gas tank is off. Seat is off. It's a mess.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

403 Gas tank is off. Seat is off. It's a mess.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

thats nothing. Tank is 2 bolts, seat pops right on and has one screw holding it to the fender.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:45 AM (S41Gd)

404 I'll have another look out there some day when it's not so damned hot.

Got some clean up to do there anyway & maybe clear a path to the poor neglected bike...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:46 AM (rdVOm)

405 All I can do now, is hope that none of the 'little parts' have gone missing. LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:48 AM (rdVOm)

406 All I can do now, is hope that none of the 'little parts' have gone missing. LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:48 AM (rdVOm)

Not a problem. When the time comes you're going to text me pictures and I can tell exactly what it needs. I can list the small parts off the top of my head anyway. Sounds like he didn't go too far into anyway. You have four 1/4-20 allen head screws holding the top cover of the rocker boxes on, and if the lowers are still on nothing else should be missing from the rocker boxes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:51 AM (S41Gd)

407 It's kinda funny-- I've always thought of men (in general) as being more mechanically inclined. Hubs... not so much... he was more 'woodworker'.

Rarely did those two combine, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:53 AM (rdVOm)

408 It's kinda funny-- I've always thought of men (in general) as being more mechanically inclined. Hubs... not so much... he was more 'woodworker'.

Rarely did those two combine, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:53 AM (rdVOm)

I have friends who could close an umbrella. I have one who can't even change his frigging headlight bulb. If I gave him a screwdriver the dumb bastard would probably poke his eye out with it, or stab himself.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:55 AM (S41Gd)

409 Ooooooooooops! Just remembered: Bers, you're one of those RARE ones!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:55 AM (rdVOm)

410 Oh, you'd be proud of me-- I changed my own Rav4 headlight bulbs just last month! One burned out, so I knew the other might also go *any time* and changed both. The other is kept in vehicle as a spare.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (rdVOm)

411 Ooooooooooops! Just remembered: Bers, you're one of those RARE ones!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:55 AM (rdVOm)

yeah I exist in the multiverse. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (S41Gd)

412 Oh, you'd be proud of me-- I changed my own Rav4 headlight bulbs just last month! One burned out, so I knew the other might also go *any time* and changed both. The other is kept in vehicle as a spare.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (rdVOm)

yeah, the smart way to go.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:58 AM (S41Gd)

413 I'm not a woodworker, but can do basic cuts and rough carpentry. Not building furniture, LOL.

Jane of all trades, master of none.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

414 Alrighty... will look at tech thread before hitting the sack...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 05:04 AM (rdVOm)

415 'Night, Bers. Thank you so very much for your input!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 05:05 AM (rdVOm)

416 That isn't American cheese, it's silicone (or similar substance) being color-mixed.

Posted by: Packetman at July 14, 2026 06:52 AM (54BAK)

Monday Night Cafe

View of Saturn's rings from inside the rings,
from the Cassini probe.
This is actually an artist's conception, not a
genuine photograph. But it's pretty cool.

Walruses are out of control. This is why some call them, "The Bears of the Sea."

Foxes having fun on a slide.

Water spout coming ashore in Myrtle, SC.

Cat vs. Cobra. (Don't worry, the cobra slinks away.)

These princesses save themselves!

Hidden door to a lost dwarven kingdom discovered in Khazakistan? (Which sounds suspiciously like Khazad-Dum.)

Neat architectural illusion.

A raccoon got its head suck in a storm drain.

Firefighters saved it with the jaws of life.

Firefighters in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania, deployed a 'jaws of life' powerful hydraulic tool after other methods failed to help the critter.
Before responders arrived, a local resident tried to free the raccoon using water and dish soap.
"They tried a few of those things, but nothing ultimately worked," Rostraver Township Police Chief Scott Sokol told The Mon Valley Independent.
After removing the storm grate with the raccoon still trapped inside, the fire crew was able to cut away just enough metal to free the animal.
The raccoon was pictured scurrying back to nearby trees after its ordeal.
Rostraver Township Fire Department said they were able to "free the animal back to its natural habitat."

This reunion.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Hio8LMi8sr
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 12, 2026

Can�t stop watching.. 😊

🎥 IG: kittenpleegmama pic.twitter.com/ZyYfWoW2cz
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 10, 2026

Derik M. was on the McMurdo Station in Antarctica as a US Coast Guard in 2017, when he spotted a family of penguins.

Suddenly, a piece of the ice broke and the clip turned out to be one of the most thrilling ever filmed.pic.twitter.com/5tCfWM7bQO
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 13, 2026

LOL. Times have sure changed. This is why Boomers and Gen X aren�t shocked about anything.

H/T Jennifer Fallaw pic.twitter.com/AgTnIVuJeu
— Paul White Gold Eagle (@PaulGoldEagle) July 10, 2026

Via Rocket.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

3 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uJkxe)

4 That coon would have been gone by morning if they had just left it there.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

5 Raccoon is good eats.

Posted by: Rep. Jack Kimble at July 13, 2026 07:36 PM (4NO2D)

6
Lots of rain today. Took Diana and The Big Dummy to the doggie chiropractor. Washed a very dirty old dog crate we're donating to a raffle. I'm tired.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:36 PM (O0L8i)

7 Dua Lipa opens banned book library after global right-wing book censorship.

She got banned booked printed and then opened a banned book store before the Fire Brigade burned the banned books.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:36 PM (/+uur)

8 Khazak doorway is weak. Just walk around it!
Unless it's one of those transdimensional gateways to the Patchwork City

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)

9 Looney Tunes were the greatest cartoons ever made.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (FZ29D)

10 There are rules to that kitten game, I just can't figure out what they are

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Khazak doorway is weak. Just walk around it!
Unless it's one of those transdimensional gateways to the Patchwork City
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)
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What's the word for "friend" in Khazak?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (FZ29D)

12
Dua Lipa opens banned book library after global right-wing book censorship.

___________

Meanwhile, woke librarians are busy "decolonizing" their shelves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i)

13 Political correctness killed us.

I say I say boy.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (/WQyy)

14 The dragon at the princess party was cute.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (lJ0H4)

15 The HallWay of Kittens. That's a winner.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 07:40 PM (LHPAg)

16 Khazak doorway is weak. Just walk around it!
Unless it's one of those transdimensional gateways to the Patchwork City
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)
----
What's the word for "friend" in Khazak?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (FZ29D)

Kemosabe! It's universal.

Posted by: Please Mr. Custer at July 13, 2026 07:41 PM (wVcYX)

17 What is the drama in the penguin video? Penguins can swim, can't they?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 07:41 PM (U/s6V)

18 Bluey wasn’t horrible but her little sister was horrid.

Posted by: Accomack at July 13, 2026 07:41 PM (/Chlc)

19
And tomorrow we get to set up the gypsy encampment at NRG Center for the Houston World Series of Dog Shows starting Wednesday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (O0L8i)

20 The HallWay of Kittens. That's a winner.
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“Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.”

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (FZ29D)

21 I still watch the vids of my brother and sister kittehs having Kung Fu fights when they were kittens.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (/WQyy)

22 3 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uJkxe)

That was my thinking! He's right there, get 'im!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)

23 What is the drama in the penguin video? Penguins can swim, can't they?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Quite well. I didn't get it, either.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:43 PM (u9Xr5)

24 I liked the animation of say the late 1940s thru the 1950s Cartoons. Even as an unsophisticated little kid, I could easily tell later shows were clearly inferior in execution. I liked Road Runner the best, probably.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (5LzLw)

25 Really. They ruined a perfectly good raccoon catcher.
Let the rabid fucker hang

Posted by: Accomack at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (/Chlc)

26 3 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uJkxe)

That was my thinking! He's right there, get 'im!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)
----
People do still trap them for their pelts.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (FZ29D)

27 12
Dua Lipa opens banned book library after global right-wing book censorship.

___________

Meanwhile, woke librarians are busy "decolonizing" their shelves.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i)

Kinda weird how anybody can order those banned books from Amazon and have them delivered right to themselves.

Funny how that works.

Stupid bitch.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (bl07w)

28
Talarico looks like the youth minister who later gets arrested for molesting someone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (O0L8i)

29 * sniff *

* sniff sniff *

The smell, thanks to the Herculean efforts of the AoSHQ Café Janitorial Services Staff, was almost ameliorated over these past three and a half weeks, but Big Penguin has struck again. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

30 The Looney Tunes bit is 👌🏼.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:45 PM (NFX2v)

31 Anything by Chuck Jones is a true classic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:46 PM (bl07w)

32 “Political correctness killed us”
——-

I was mildly reprimanded by a teacher, who spotted my Frito Bandito pencil eraser. LOL.

Might I just say “Fuck You, Bitch” after all these years.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:46 PM (5LzLw)

33 Thought so too with that raccoon

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

34 I loved Fractured Flickers. It was the Canadian Looney Tunes.

Posted by: fly gal at July 13, 2026 07:47 PM (X0iLW)

35 People do still trap them for their pelts.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Raccoon Baculii at July 13, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

36 Talarico looks like the youth minister who later gets arrested for molesting someone.
——-

I’m telling you, they need to check his crawlspace out. Foul odors, cadaver dogs, that kinda thing

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:48 PM (5LzLw)

37
Chuck Jones should be awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Raquel Welch.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:48 PM (O0L8i)

38 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

9 iron.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:49 PM (u9Xr5)

39 37
Chuck Jones should be awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Raquel Welch.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:48 PM (O0L8i)

What on earth would he do with Raquel Welch?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (bl07w)

40 When I was a very young kid I almost flooded my kitchen to turn it into a ice skating rink by opening the freezer after watching a Tom and Jerry episode.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (/WQyy)

41 What's the word for "friend" in Khazak?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM

Дос

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

42 Talarico looks like Buttigieg's younger gayer brother.

Posted by: fly gal at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (X0iLW)

43 What on earth would he do with Raquel Welch?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM

Have her stuffed?

Posted by: Rep. Jack Kimble at July 13, 2026 07:51 PM (4NO2D)

44 MSM is in full weather porn mode.

It’s hot!!!!!

It rained!!!!!!

Climate Change is killing us all!!!!

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 07:51 PM (Xe8e7)

45 40 When I was a very young kid I almost flooded my kitchen to turn it into a ice skating rink by opening the freezer after watching a Tom and Jerry episode.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (/WQyy)

lol

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 07:52 PM (zYpTz)

46
Have her stuffed?

Posted by: Rep. Jack Kimble at July 13, 2026 07:51 PM (4NO2D)

_________

She was well-stuffed in this life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:53 PM (O0L8i)

47 My dad loved cartoons, still might. I could watch old cartoons for a bit now.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:53 PM (Ia/+0)

48 Oh, I had liked Dua Lipa & her music.

The Manifesto Library in Portugal. I can just see at least one 'kid' (& whatever attachment there has been for sometime, legal status unknown) being enamored.

Have I said 50 times, Send to Catholic school under parental hardship & this is the thanks? Probably. 🤷🏼‍♀️🙄

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:54 PM (NFX2v)

49 One Million Years BC . I wonder if it's streaming free somewhere. All I remember is the Raquel poster.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:54 PM (/WQyy)

50 Kinda weird how anybody can order those banned books from Amazon and have them delivered right to themselves.

Unless there's a moral panic going on. Ryan Anderson's "When Harry Became Sally" was unavailable during the Crazy Years.
There's a lot of Jared Taylor you STILL can't buy on it.

Posted by: hate speech isn't free speech at July 13, 2026 07:55 PM (gKWVE)

51 Animated shows are my two favorite shows on TV .

King of the Hill and Bob's Burgers are the best.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:56 PM (/WQyy)

52 I'd put classic Tom and Jerry up against anything. Even Bugs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (XvL8K)

53 Nanook of the North was a badass. He would have had that walrus harpooned, gutted, and skinned in a couple of hours, all by himself.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (MWfyi)

54 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

9 iron.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:49 PM (u9Xr5)

NOOOO!

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (lCppi)

55 I think every 29> say they were introduced to classical music from Looney Tunes.

( as an aside, Looney Tunes is one of the Mandela Effect examples. People swear they've seen it as Looney Toones)

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 08:00 PM (/WQyy)

56
"Our grassroots campaign raised $30 million since April.

Over 780,000 individuals have donated to this movement.

We're uniting Texans onto one team to take on this broken, corrupt political system."

-- James Talarico

That's a little over $38 on average, James. How many of those 'grassroots' are Texan?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

57 One Million Years BC . I wonder if it's streaming free somewhere. All I remember is the Raquel poster.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:54 PM

Was there anything else worth remembering?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

58
Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

That was quite an expenditure of time, money and personnel.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 08:01 PM (Cqx++)

59 Was there anything else worth remembering?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs

That's what I want to find out😃

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 08:02 PM (/WQyy)

60 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Or leave him and let the buzzards peck away at him.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 13, 2026 08:02 PM (7OmJ3)

61 Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Training. It is all written off as training.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:02 PM (u82oZ)

62 Was upna couple hours in middle of last night.
Better get to bed.
Havd a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

63 44 MSM is in full weather porn mode.

It’s hot!!!!!

It rained!!!!!!

Climate Change is killing us all!!!!

Posted by: Facts

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO FEAR INCLUDING FEAR ITSELF!!!!

Posted by: Newz and WeaTher at July 13, 2026 08:05 PM (sAmhv)

64 40 When I was a very young kid I almost flooded my kitchen to turn it into a ice skating rink by opening the freezer after watching a Tom and Jerry episode.
Posted by: polynikes

Captured crickets and refrigerated them in the tiny kitchen so they were still.

Big Irish father with 500 superstitious beliefs plus very strict religion, who also cooked dinner Monday through Friday, was not amused.

Kids were chased down streets, threatened with bodily harm.

The man was a county legend.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 08:06 PM (NFX2v)

65 My wife hit the E-bay lottery some years ago. We have the entire Looney Tunes Collection on DVD. It's yuge. Every single damn one of them.

One of my fondest memories is watching Looney Tunes with my Grandpa on his wonderful color TV console. He loved it.

At home we had a little black and white, because Dad was not a TV guy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:07 PM (0aYVJ)

66 Raquel's One Million BC not on any of the free streaming but there is one made in 1940.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 08:07 PM (/WQyy)

67
The HallWay of Kittens. That's a winner.
-----

Their feet sure made a lot of noise.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 08:07 PM (Cqx++)

68 Skip

Bragging or complaining?

Have some sound sleep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:08 PM (u82oZ)

69
A raccoon once climbed my high pitch 3 story house, went down the chimney to the basement, climbed the stairs, opened the cabinet under my sink in the kitchen, and rummaged through the waste bin. Took the same way out.

This went on for a number of days till I caught him in the act and fired 7 .22 bullets into him, without obvious effect, while chasing him down to the fireplace downstairs where he was trying to get out. He turned and screeched at me.

I went out, reloaded and went back into the room; he had somehow climbed the wall and was between the floorboards, bleeding, where I unloaded on him again, closing the door behind until he dropped. Then waited some more.

Tough little bastard.

Then there's the carp I shot bowfishing and couldn't unscrew
the arrow head so I pulled it out, along with a trail of guts.

It flopped around, made it back to the water and swam away.

True stories.

Now you kids go to sleep and have sweet dreams.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:12 PM (Y8DZL)

70 Just because they can swim doesn't mean they want to do it in icy water if they don't have to. Penguins seem like cool people, like they'd be fun to hang out with.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (DZ9Lv)

71 Fantastic funny Looney Tunes bit! And agree that Chuck Jones should be given a posthumous Medal Of Freedom. I got to meet him in person when he was showing and selling prints in an SF art gallery. His autobiography, "Chuck Amok" had just come out so I fetched my copy along for an autograph while also wearing my ACME (featuring Wile E. Coyote) t-shirt and he was charmed, because everybody wanted to talk to him about Bug Bunny, but he didn't create Bug. He did create the Coyote and Roadrunner, they were his characters so he just lit up at the sight. He was a lovely man with a great sense of humor. He and Michael Maltese, teamed up with Carl Stalling, were an unbeatable combination!

Posted by: tankascribe at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (NtoJk)

72 Mrs B visited the Li'l Blutarskis in Chicago last weekend. Sunday she complained about pain in her leg. This afternoon when she got home she said she heard her knee "pop". She can barely move even with crutches. Now we're back from the emergency room, but no answers until an MRI.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (l26NL)

73 53 Nanook of the North was a badass. He would have had that walrus harpooned, gutted, and skinned in a couple of hours, all by himself.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (MWfyi)

Watch out where those huskies go,
Don't you eat that yellow snow.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (bl07w)

74 Chuck Jones should be awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Raquel Welch.
-------
What on earth would he do with Raquel Welch?

It's the thought that counts.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 08:14 PM (vTZFs)

75 There are rules to that kitten game, I just can't figure out what they are
Posted by: Skip

The inspiration for Calvinball.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:14 PM (DZ9Lv)

76 I read somewhere recently that people think racoons are becoming domesticated. Their snouts are evidently shortening.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:15 PM (l26NL)

77 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch): The Hammer Film classic on DVD varies by seller. New sealed copies start around $11.99 on eBay, while retail options on Walmart hover around $17.49.

Remember, there is an earlier version minus Raquel...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 08:16 PM (NFX2v)

78 Looks like Trump has had enough of Iran.....

He is now going full Genghis Khan on Iran......

Time for the Ragheads to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye and get ready to meet Allah and the 72 Virgin Goats... ..

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:16 PM (qD4Ju)

79 I have never seen DH move quite so fast as when a racoon walked under the camper and then under his outdoor lounge chair and poked his head up between his legs.

DH flung himself to the picnic table, grabbed the supersoaker and turned in one fluid motion to nail the little SOB between the eyes.

While shrieking like a girl.

But he made the hit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 08:17 PM (bl07w)

80 Paul White Gold Eagle
@PaulGoldEagle
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LOL. Times have sure changed. This is why Boomers and Gen X aren’t shocked about anything.
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Because of cartoons? Yeah, no.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:17 PM (RIvkX)

81 @jamestalarico
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)

82 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch).

I watched the movie when I was 15 and have no idea what the plot was other than to drool over Raquel Welch...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:18 PM (qD4Ju)

83 82 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch).

I watched the movie when I was 15 and have no idea what the plot was other than to drool over Raquel Welch...
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:18 PM (qD4Ju)

Pretty sure any plot was strictly incidental.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (bl07w)

84 >>>A raccoon got its head suck in a storm drain.

*points at raccoon*
HA HA
--Nelson

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (syz1S)

85 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (l26NL)

Sorry to hear that. May the MRI provide some information and may she receive healing and strength from the Lord and through caring, knowledgeable medical professionals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (8Xy/A)

86 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (l26NL)
=====

Prayer for speedy and complete recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (RIvkX)

87 "family of penguins...Suddenly, a piece of the ice broke and the clip turned out to be one of the most thrilling ever filmed."

Tis nothing. In AosHQ terms, this is what it is like when a NOOD occurs and you keep commenting on the old thread for another 15 minutes.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (/eAef)

88 >>Just because they can swim doesn't mean they want to do it in icy water if they don't have to.

It's not so much the cold water, it's the things that live in the cold water that like to eat them.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (viF8m)

89 Speaking of the body, Star Trek is on.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

90 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch): The Hammer Film classic on DVD varies by seller. New sealed copies start around $11.99 on eBay, while retail options on Walmart hover around $17.49.

Remember, there is an earlier version minus Raquel...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 08:16 PM (NFX2v)

The earlier version without Raquel is just a movie about primitives.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 08:21 PM (S41Gd)

91 Probably already mentioned here, but ...
"World News Migrant who fled Ireland after murder of NY mom Jamey Carney arrested in Jordan"

NY Post

no extradition agreement with Ireland, but they did arrest him anyway.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 08:21 PM (vbXSk)

92 >>>Foxes having fun on a slide.

The first one sure did. Kinda looked like the second one was unclear on the concept.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:21 PM (syz1S)

93 Looks like Trump's Strategy is to cut off Southern Iran from the Landlocked North and strangle them..

Cut off the serpent's head (Southern Ports for food, oil, etc) and the rest of the body will wilt and rot (Tehran and North Iran)...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:22 PM (qD4Ju)

94 "Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE."

Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

95 Speaking of the body, Star Trek is on.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)
======

What is on?

Posted by: Landru at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (RIvkX)

96 Appreciate the kind thoughts.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (l26NL)

97 Poor little trash panda.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 13, 2026 08:24 PM (QVmho)

98 I'd put classic Tom and Jerry up against anything. Even Bugs.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (XvL8K)

Feed the Kitty is a classic

https://www.toontales.net/short/feed-the-kitty/

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:25 PM (uhVAy)

99 Actually, the Red Hour looks like a pretty good time.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (RIvkX)

100 RELEASE THE KRAKEN..............

Posted by: Donny T (The Man) at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (xEwO4)

101 Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

102 Penguins seem like cool people, like they'd be fun to hang out with.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM

Tell us you've never smelled their mephitic effluence, or considered their well-studied polymorphic perversions without telling us that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (0sNs1)

103 >>>Walruses are out of control. This is why some call them, "The Bears of the Sea."

Sure, some call them that. But their names all rhyme with zace.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (syz1S)

104
Raquel's bikini scenes in "Fathom" put the fur covered ones in OMBC to shame.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (Y8DZL)

105 Actually, it's funny how they dgaf about the Prime Directive this episode.

Well they rationalize it, just like they do in Patterns of Force.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (RIvkX)

106 Goo goo g'joob

Posted by: The Walrus at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (4NO2D)

107 Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

At this point I think Talarico is just chasing the stupid money donations.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (rbvCR)

108 Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

Talarico is reaching out to that long untapped pool of voters at Drag Poetry Readings.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (uhVAy)

109 I remember the Disney movie when I was a kid.....

"Rascal" about a pet racoon....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:29 PM (xEwO4)

110 Actually, it's funny how they dgaf about the Prime Directive this episode.

Well they rationalize it, just like they do in Patterns of Force.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (RIvkX)

It is well know that for Kirk at least, the Prime Directive does not apply if it involves having machines ruling over people.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:29 PM (uhVAy)

111 I watched the movie when I was 15 and have no idea what the plot was other than to drool over Raquel Welch...
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:18 PM (qD4Ju)

I never saw that movie. But I recall seeing a poster featuring her:

I think I blacked out for a moment. Instant puberty.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (0aYVJ)

112 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

113 >>Tell us you've never smelled their mephitic effluence, or considered their well-studied polymorphic perversions without telling us that.

Bat shit stinks so bad it has its own name, guano.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m)

114 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM

Isn't she the one that hasn't spoken in eight years?

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 08:31 PM (4NO2D)

115 Raquel's bikini scenes in "Fathom" put the fur covered ones in OMBC to shame.
Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (Y8DZL)

I sent a link to the opening sequence to a friend who used to pack chutes, and asked if the procedure was correct.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)

116 Talifreako sez “Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE”
——-

So, Lorenzo was just minding his own business, reading his Bible on the Courthouse Steps, and they came along and shot him for No Reason? Is that what happened?

Or, I bet if I were to look up what happened… It wasn’t murder. How much you wanna bet, numbnuts?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (5LzLw)

117 I remember Raquel Welch on the Johnny Carson show, and she had a pet cat on her lap.

She turned to Johnny and said, "Would you like to pet my Pussy" ???

And Johnny came back and said.......... "Yea, but you have to move the Damn cat first"

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (xEwO4)

118 While shrieking like a girl?

TCN, I shan’t believe it.

Posted by: RI Red at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (30Gj0)

119 Bat shit stinks so bad it has its own name, guano.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM

Guano doesn't smell anywhere near as bad as penguin fecal matter, and has usefulness, unlike the mephitic penguin projectile poop.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:33 PM (0sNs1)

120 Fun Movie Fact: During the filming of One Million BC Welch tore off little pieces of her fur bikini, making it smaller and smaller as the film went on.

Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2026 08:34 PM (Q+gd/)

121 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

I wonder why Greta got into activism.

https://tinyurl.com/ymducakk - fully clothed but might not be safe for all workplaces

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:34 PM (ExV1e)

122 Dang, San Rafael - on the north side of SF Bay - hit 92 today. SF hit 75.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:34 PM (DZ9Lv)

123 Isn't she the one that hasn't spoken in eight years?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 08:31 PM

I don't know. I only learned she existed today. From the picture in the article, it looked like she got *all* of the mammiform protuberance tissue allocated to the pair, so it's quite possible that Greta harbors sibling jealousy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

124 Tom and Jerry was good. It didn’t seem to get the airplay Warner Bros did, the Looney Tunes gang. I wasn’t super impressed with the Johnny Quest animation, but it was a cool show nonetheless.

Jetsons, Scooby Doo, and Flintstones were terrible in terms of animation, mostly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 08:37 PM (5LzLw)

125 And Johnny came back and said.......... "Yea, but you have to move the Damn cat first"
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (xEwO4)

That sadly false story was about Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:38 PM (syz1S)

126 🤣🤣🤣

"Megyn Kelly Now Claims She's Never Heard Of A 'Candace Owens'... Podcast host Megyn Kelly surprised listeners on Monday when, during an expletive-filled monologue, she claimed to have never heard of whatever a "Candace Owens" is.

Since the beginning of the preliminary hearing of Charlie Kirk's accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, Kelly has argued repeatedly that she had no idea what a Candace Owens was, nor did she care to find out..."

@The Bee: https://tinyurl.com/55kdpv97

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 08:38 PM (GD0B3)

127 112 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

You're responsible for Doof retiring to his bunk.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:39 PM (Y8DZL)

128 Jetsons, Scooby Doo, and Flintstones were terrible in terms of animation, mostly.
Posted by: Common Tater
____________

Anything made after 1960, at the very latest.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 08:40 PM (XvL8K)

129 Tom and Jerry definitely had its moments.

Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?

Is that rayciss?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:41 PM (0aYVJ)

130 Jane Fonda Asks Johnny About Zsa Zsa Gabor
Carson Tonight Show
https://youtu.be/wRR1aKBOCOQ

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:42 PM (syz1S)

131 Hanoi Jane?

*waves hands*
Aw, razzberries!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:44 PM (0aYVJ)

132 I've been watching new-to-me episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (I was an Outer Limits kid) and it's fun to find all the Star Trek actors before they were Star Trek actors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:45 PM (kpS4V)

133 I do not like trash pandas but I prefer them over the illegal invaders Democrats so love.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:46 PM (2GVsD)

134 Tom and Jerry definitely had its moments.

Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?

Is that rayciss?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
____________

Mouse in Manhattan, Yankee Doodle Mouse, the zoot suit, Johann Mouse, Uncle Pecos.

Great stuff.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 08:47 PM (XvL8K)

135 I've been watching new-to-me episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (I was an Outer Limits kid) and it's fun to find all the Star Trek actors before they were Star Trek actors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:45 PM (kpS4V)

I always thought that was cool. You also see a shit load of other actors before they were anything too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 08:47 PM (S41Gd)

136 Eris

Could always binge watch Boris Karloff's TV show Thriller, William Shatner, Mary Tyler Moore, Leslie Nielsen, Elizabeth Montgomery, Bruce Dern and a lot of other actors starred in it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:50 PM (2GVsD)

137 Kazakhstan Doorway is like Chesterton’s Fence accept it's the philosophical principal that when someone is arguing to change or alter something you shoot them and do what you want instead.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 08:51 PM (3uBP9)

138 Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

Talarico is reaching out to that long untapped pool of voters at Drag Poetry Readings.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (uhVAy)

*snaps fingers in agreement*

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 08:51 PM (lCppi)

139 Would that be PPV gold if the Macrons memory holed Candy Ovens in an old French castle's oubliette?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:52 PM (2GVsD)

140 Cool, Anna. Never heard of that show. I'll check it out.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:52 PM (kpS4V)

141 Uncle Pecos was great.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 08:54 PM (u9Xr5)

142 Until a few years ago, never heard of it either.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:54 PM (2GVsD)

143 Looney Tunes comedian is funny.

Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 08:57 PM (2Drhq)

144 Has there been any word on grammie w?

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:00 PM (vE0+H)

145 Is you or is you ain't--
makes me think of Amos 'n Andy
and hearing my dad say "Holy mackerel, Sapphire"

Posted by: free tibet at July 13, 2026 09:03 PM (iNp3L)

146 Prettiest day of the summer so far.

https://tinyurl.com/y22723f7

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 09:04 PM (viF8m)

147 114 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM

Isn't she the one that hasn't spoken in eight years?

Posted by: toby928(c)
----

She took vocal lessons from Yoko.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:04 PM (VPNgR)

148 Has there been any word on grammie w?
Posted by: ...

Just what was updated on the Prayer Thread Saturday. Still in the hospital. Has been receiving our cards and letters and appreciates them.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 09:11 PM (lJ0H4)

149 It is well know that for Kirk at least, the Prime Directive does not apply if it involves having machines ruling over people.
Posted by: Oldcat

…or bangable babes.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the Prime 'Suggestion' at July 13, 2026 09:15 PM (ci8WY)

150 148 Has there been any word on grammie w?
Posted by: ...

Just what was updated on the Prayer Thread Saturday. Still in the hospital. Has been receiving our cards and letters and appreciates them.

Posted by: Tuna

Good. I’ll send another.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:18 PM (yEz+x)

151 Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 09:11 PM (lJ0H4)

Thank you.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:19 PM (vE0+H)

152 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:18 PM (yEz+x)

That was me earlier accidentally saying hello to you as Lena Dunham, sorry

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:20 PM (vE0+H)

153 >> or bangable babes.

or bangable androids or machines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

154 or bangable androids or machines
----

Femputer!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 09:24 PM (kpS4V)

155 or bangable androids or machines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

are they for sale?

Just asking.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 09:25 PM (rbvCR)

156 Iran's foreign minister Arugula (appx sp.) is one irritating little twit. Seems like he's been around for a long time too.

I wish Israel had given him one of their special, limited time only cell phones.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 09:26 PM (RCjYY)

157 Bat shit really does stink. If you ever get a chance to watch the bats leave Carlsbad Cavern in the evening, note which way the wind is blowing. If it’s blowing the wrong way, you’ll remember the bats for more than the funny way they fly.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 09:26 PM (gRFug)

158 I think that comedian was correct on the mental status of boomers and our Saturday morning cartoons.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 09:27 PM (hzuYO)

159 That was me earlier accidentally saying hello to you as Lena Dunham, sorry
Posted by: ...

OMG! That was hysterical! I got busy and didn’t get a chance to check back!

Hiya!!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:27 PM (yEz+x)

160 Raccoon looks worried.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 09:28 PM (6/7Fs)

161 or bangable androids or machines
----

Femputer!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 09:24 PM

Bring in the Fembots!!!!

Posted by: Frau Farbissina at July 13, 2026 09:30 PM (Wnv9h)

162 Didn't Maine Kampf have a deadline I think today to drop out? Did he do it? Last I heard he was defiant.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 09:31 PM (l26NL)

163 162

He filed the necessary papers to withdraw a couple days ago.

We're still waiting for white smoke to appear from DEM party HQ in Augusta.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 09:35 PM (RCjYY)

164 A made up name, I know right, on X just liked a comment I made. His bio reads

>>Free speech is overrated, but not overly so. -- Thomas Jefferson.

I miss Dave in Texas and so do a lot of people apparently. What a great guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 09:36 PM (viF8m)

165 Well, well, look who dropped into the neighborhood.

https://shorturl.at/dIDE0

I told everybody I know to keep their head on a swivel and lookout for Hillary.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 09:36 PM (sYM3s)

166
@visegrad24
1h

Iran has hit 3 vessels with missiles as they passed through the Hormuz Strait tonight.

1 Indian sailor was killed while several Indian & Ukrainian sailors were wounded.
Jul 14, 2026 · 12:06 AM UTC

This sounds old but it's being reported at other sites.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:39 PM (VPNgR)

167 Trump Formally Notifies Congress Of Iran War Resumption, Amid Third Consecutive Night Of Strikes

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:44 PM (VPNgR)

168 Just had my daily argument with AI. Today's topic was:

Do you think the 60% increase of schizophrenia diagnosis with individuals age 14 to 20 relates to "transgenderism" in any way?
________

After a three paragraph lecture on putting quotes around "transgenderism" we got down to it. I claim the win because AI kept using non-sequiturs to justify their answers, including describing "transgenderism" as a psychological distress where the interal feeling of the individual doesn't match their sex at birth. I pointed out that to be a mental illness and told it to prove me wrong. That's when I got the ole' "well, the medical community has come to the conclusion that attempting to treat the individual medically has not been successful" and used that to justify that it wasn't a mental illness (non-sequitur/ faulty logic). I asked (innocently)...is that the only time the medial community has ever failed?

That's when AI gave up and game me the sex dysphoria speech. To which I noted that fancy words don't change facts. Debating AI is fun. Give it a try sometime.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:47 PM (dIske)

169 The US is going to hit Iran hard on Monday night and Tuesday, Trump has previewed in remarks to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.

When asked about the MoU, Trump said it was a "test" for Iran, which "they did not honor". The remarks came just as reports emerged of more IRGC attacks on vessels seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:49 PM (VPNgR)

170 Washington’s state wants to make it a requirement to fill out a FASFA form to graduate from high school.

Just. Wow.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:49 PM (dCMcd)

171 170 Washington’s state wants to make it a requirement to fill out a FASFA form to graduate from high school.

Just. Wow.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:49 PM (dCMcd)
+++++++++++++++++++++

What is a FASFA form?

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:51 PM (dIske)

172 So. The state and the feds get access to your parents financial information as a requirement for hs graduation.

Does anyone think this is ok?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (yEz+x)

173 What is a FASFA form?
Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:51 PM (dIske)
___

Application for federal student loans.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (naF9t)

174 Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:47 PM (dIske)

I would say the schizophrenia uptick would more likely relate to the surge in weed usage. That's spitballing though.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (vE0+H)

175 Just saw an interview with Scott Bessent where he noted that the new $100 bills that will start being distributed soon have Trump's signature on them, so he expects to see Democrats burning their own money. I'd say not to give them ideas, but I think that's everyone's reaction to that news.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (AIhUY)

176 nurse.

Battlespace prep for what is to come.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 09:53 PM (naF9t)

177 ONT

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 09:53 PM (4NO2D)

178 I’m so sick of all these links to X
I can’t open them!!!!

I don’t have an X account

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (txPj3)

179 States that mandate FAFSA completion include California, Texas, Illinois, Alabama, and New Hampshire.

BUT, as I assume Washington State will do, there is an opt out option with each of these states that you can take and it will not keep you from graduating.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:56 PM (dIske)

180 I don’t have an X account
Posted by: Gonzotx at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (txPj3)

here use mine

xx

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (/+uur)

John R. Lott Jr.: Numbers Don't Lie. Trump's Deportation of Foreign Invaders Is Slashing Violent Crime

Really? You mean there's some connection between incapacitating criminals and reducing crime?

Amazing.

The United States has two primary measures of violent crime. The FBI tracks crimes reported to police. The Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) estimates both reported and unreported crime. Researchers have known for decades that most crimes never reach the police. Victims report only about 40 percent of violent crimes and roughly 30 percent of property crimes.
The media focuses almost exclusively on FBI crime data. Before 2020, FBI data and the NCVS generally moved in the same direction. During the Biden administration, however, they sharply diverged. While reported violent crime fell by about 8 percent, total felony violent crime measured by the NCVS surged 59 percent -- the largest four-year percentage increase since the survey began more than five decades ago.
Several factors explain that gap. Whether victims report crimes depends heavily on whether they believe police will catch and punish offenders. As cities reduced police staffing through budget cuts, retirements, and, in some places, "defund the police" policies, arrest rates declined. Lower arrest rates gave victims less reason to report crimes.
Some police departments also made reporting more difficult. In some jurisdictions, 911 operators asked whether the offender was still at the scene. If the answer was no -- as it almost always was -- they instructed victims to visit a police station later to file a report. Simply calling 911 does not place a crime in the FBI's statistics; an officer must complete an official report. When governments make reporting more burdensome, some victims understandably decide it isn't worth the effort.
Fortunately, many of those policies have been reversed.
Although reported crime has declined, we will not know whether total crime also fell in 2025 until the Bureau of Justice Statistics releases the next NCVS this September.
...

FBI arrests surged in 2025, rising 184 percent over 2024 levels. Total FBI arrests -- a broader category that includes many joint operations with state and local agencies -- increased by 197 percent.
...
Across the country, President Trump's U.S. attorneys have also pursued criminals far more aggressively than their predecessors. In Washington, D.C., for example, the Biden administration's U.S. Attorney declined to prosecute 67 percent of those arrested. Under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, that figure has fallen to just 4 percent.

A Mexican illegal deported three times just killed a six year old girl after running a stop sign.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico with multiple deportations was driving with a revoked license when he collided with a vehicle and allegedly killed a 6-year-old North Carolina girl last week, authorities said.
Jaime Santiago Corona was driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck July 3 when he failed to stop at a stop sign and struck an SUV driven by 35‑year‑old Kelli Toler, who was traveling with her two children in Pitt County, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.
Toler and her 4‑year‑old child were transported to ECU Health Greenville with serious injuries.
Toler's 6‑year‑old daughter, Calli Toler, was pronounced dead at the crash site.
An online fundraiser for the Toler family said the three were on their way to get lunch before going to a swimming pool when the collision happened.
"This monster caused a car crash that killed a 6-year-old girl and injured a mother and a 4-year-old," said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.

Did this illegal alien deliver Cultural Enrichment in excess of the pain, misery, and death he caused? I want to see the tally. I want to see the proof that we came out ahead on this deal, Cultural-Enrichment-wise.

Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her.

The migrant boyfriend suspected of murdering a New York mom at her home in Ireland allegedly asked her for a bunch of money just a week before her death.
Jamey Carney, 43, had told a pal that her beau, Ahmad Al-Saqar, sought the equivalent of around $5,700 about a week before her murder at her house in Killarney, the Irish Independent reported.
Al-Saqar is now wanted for questioning by authorities in connection with the murder of Carney, who is believed to have been beaten and then suffocated in her bed early Tuesday.
Al-Saqar, an asylum-seeker from Jordan, is feared to have fled to the Middle East in the hours after her death.
Authorities are examining the victim's phone calls and texts as well as her social-media accounts and bank statements as part of their probe.
Carney, who was originally from tony Westchester County outside of New York City, moved with her young daughter to Ireland in May 2021.
She is believed to have met Al-Saqar at a pro-Palestine rally in Killarney about 18 months ago and frequently shared pictures of the pair on social media.
He told friends that he and Carney had taken part in a religious marriage ceremony earlier this year and were wed in the Islamic faith, former roommate Husam Salha told the Irish Independent.
Al-Saqar posted a video online around that time with the words, "My bride and my princess," showing Carney wearing a ring on his TikTok.
"Al-Saqar said they had gone to the mosque and accepted to be husband and wife," Salha said.
"In Islam, when you get married, you have to let all the people know that you are husband and wife," he said.

The dog knew. pic.twitter.com/atzMCgsczT
— PierreJouet (@PierreJouet) July 13, 2026

She posted constantly about how her 3rd world Muslim boyfriend wasn't at all like the stereotypes. Turns out he was a scammer who drained her for all she was worth, then brutally murdered her after an argument. He then fled back to the nation he said he needed asylum from https://t.co/fcaxsT2RHG
— Sean Fitzgerald (Actual Justice Warrior) (@IamSean90) July 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Lies! Nothing is happening!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:31 PM (ExV1e)

2 What a delusional idiot!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (D+BhG)

3 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

4 "Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her."

Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: Pawl at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (MWfyi)

5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

6 An illegal immigrant from Mexico with multiple deportations was driving with a revoked license when he collided with a vehicle and allegedly killed a 6-year-old North Carolina girl last week, authorities said.

So... he was driving with a revoked license AND he collided with a vehicle but it's only alleged that he killed the girl who died as a result of that collision?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:34 PM (ExV1e)

7 You don't need asylum from fucking Jordan you pissant shitbag. "Hey we only tried to murder their king a little bit and suddenly they're all mean to us! It's not fair!"

Fucking savage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:34 PM (Ot/FD)

8 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)
-------

No. A nice, non-psycho smile is way prettier

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (ZGLj5)

9 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

Not in the least.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (wVcYX)

10 "The dog knew."
Yup. In my experience, they tend to be good judges of character.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (DUHFT)

11 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched.

No.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (u9Xr5)

12 Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her.

It was discussed in the Irish Parliament. They were very concerned... that people might think badly of their precious 'migrants' as a result.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:37 PM (ExV1e)

13 Dude's flashing the UK Metric Middle Finger in literally every photo....

How clever of him.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:37 PM (Ot/FD)

14 "I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched"

The ladies like it too!

Posted by: A male platypus at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)

15 Balloon lips is a danger flag.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (u9Xr5)

16 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

it is an exaggerated kiss. "You look like a duck" does not deter this posturing.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (rbvCR)

17 "Hey that chick is making human beak in all her pictures!"

Posted by: A Duck at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (Ot/FD)

18 I think these stories deserve an "Unexpectedly !!!"

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

19
I bitterly resent the perversions against my good name in the matter of my having spoken with Senator Stitch McDougal. Your bigotry against we dyslexics is abdominal.

-- U.S. Representative Kack Jimble

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (0KoTr)

20 She's 43 going on 13.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (wVcYX)

21 "Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her."

Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: Pawl

A great example of FAFO

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (lJ0H4)

22 (Sockoff)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (Ot/FD)

23 She's a good muslim wife.

Was. Was a good muslim wife.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)

24 The Irish Times, Jamey Carney murder: Gardaí believe man arrested in Jordan is victim’s boyfriend
Ahmed Al Saqar, believed to be from Jordan and prime suspect in woman’s murder, fled Ireland immediately after Kerry killing
Expand

He is from Jordan but was on his way to Turkey.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (NFX2v)

25 A great example of FAFO
Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (lJ0H4)

Fuck an Arab and Find Out?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Ot/FD)

26 She's ridiculous!

Posted by: Daffy Duck at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (wVcYX)

27 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

They do not. Sadly, men said that they didn't find it attractive so a bunch of women took to TikTok to explain how they were wrong and women didn't duck lip for men.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

28 "I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched"

The ladies like it too!
Posted by: A male platypus at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)

I think, like asses the size of buicks, it is something women think guys like. The lip filler (heh) was a trend I never understood. It looks like you are grotesque/got beat up. Thats not sexy.

We are simple creatures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

29
"The dog knew."
Yup. In my experience, they tend to be good judges of character.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate

Why did he allow himself to be photgraphed with the dog?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Cqx++)

30 We should deport homegrown criminals too. I hear French Guiana is good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 06:41 PM (RIvkX)

31 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

32 Why did he allow himself to be photgraphed with the dog?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Cqx++)

Pussy.

Ironically.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Ot/FD)

33 But imagine if she'd married a Zionist instead.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (gKWVE)

34 Well, if they *have* to kill *somebody*, then I guess that ...

Posted by: Ali Baba and the Forty Ducks at July 13, 2026 06:43 PM (qUkBO)

35 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)
---
Cause and effect are alien concepts in their world.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:43 PM (FZ29D)

36 Ro Khanna Not Enter Here!

Posted by: IDF guard with a Scottish accent at July 13, 2026 06:44 PM (B0NCh)

37 Problem is too many former Illegals are Legal now

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:44 PM (Ia/+0)

38 Carney, who was originally from tony Westchester County outside of New York City, moved with her young daughter to Ireland in May 2021.

I hope there is a loving, stable, US Dad that can now regain custody of his daughter and help her recover.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (wVcYX)

39 wasabambas!

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (UjdFS)

40 If you want to see something that will really make your blood boil take a look at how many of these illegal dirtbags are listed as "white" on booking documents. Not just illegals, domestic criminals as well, but a ton of these illegals go listed in the crime stats as white.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (viF8m)

41 Read Jamey's 13yo daughter knew as well

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (Ia/+0)

42 The dog knew. pic.twitter.com/atzMCgsczT

— PierreJouet (@PierreJouet) July 13, 2026

==

👀

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

43 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)
---
Cause and effect are alien concepts in their world.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:43 PM (FZ29D)

The problem is that if they were to say - crime rates fall as prisons fill - it would strongly imply that the correct people were being imprisoned. But... prisons are filled with innocent black men who were crushed by the rayciss legal system so that's not possible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (ExV1e)

44 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

That is up there with this morning's Zero Hedge headline: Dispute Whether Hormuz Straits Are Closed As Ships Transit

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (rbvCR)

45 Luther (British TV series)

Duck-lipped Alice Morgan, played by Ruth Wilson, was a genius-level scientist and psychopathic serial killer who developed a twisted, obsessive bond with DCI John Luther.

She was intriguing...as a character.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 06:46 PM (NFX2v)

46 A year or so back I posted them at leftist white women would be the death of the US. An ette jumped all over me pointing out scumbag white men.
I may have been wrong. More women like this woman who shacked up with a muzzie and the problem may solve itself

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:46 PM (m2wmY)

47 Nobody understands duck lips. It's a cultural oddity that is akin to giant easter island heads but is present day. It's all drivin by women and is completely cut off from male desirability.

It's like any control system where you disconnect the feedback loop from the gain. You just end up with weird freaky things that make no sense because they are the result of amplifying pseudo-random variations instead of converging on rational desired end states.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 06:47 PM (3uBP9)

48 Rations Increase, Despite Decreased Rations

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at July 13, 2026 06:47 PM (MWfyi)

49 More women like this woman who shacked up with a muzzie and the problem may solve itself
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:46 PM (m2wmY)

If we could get more dudes to do that too we'd have most of our universities and half our school districts sorted in no time, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:47 PM (Ot/FD)

50
Mooslim wifey looks less than thrilled in both of those pictures.

"Free, free stuff for me!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:48 PM (0KoTr)

51 It's quiet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)

52 I wonder if Ms Muzz ever looked into how Islamists treat their woman.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (MWfyi)

53
Duck lips are comfortably ensconced on the "My Poor Life Choices" checklist.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (0KoTr)

54 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

No. Just. No. At. All.

Kelly LeBrock being the exception. Hers were legit.

Duck lips is a trigger warning, like bird hands.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (0aYVJ)

55 I have a bucket of paint that’s smarter than most of these muslim marrying dunces.

Posted by: That Guy at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (kIFVO)

56 It's quiet.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)

Too quiet.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (wVcYX)

57 52 I wonder if Ms Muzz ever looked into how Islamists treat their woman.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (MWfyi)

It's only racists who are making a big deal about that.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (gKWVE)

58
There's another thing about those duck lips. They almost always come with one raised eyebrow. The message is "I got mine, so eat your heart out." As if, honey.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (mmrXZ)

59 The dog knew."
Yup. In my experience, they tend to be good judges of character.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate

Why did he allow himself to be photgraphed with the dog?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Cqx++)

P u s s y.

Posted by: Voter theater. at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (FCPbW)

60 Late to the Quick Hits party:

"Her comments also come soon after the Mexican president announced that her government would be taking legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with the deaths of migrants in detention centers and during raids."

You know, if the Mexican gov't is claiming such responsibility for its nationals illegally in the U.S., then it cuts both ways. If it has standing to sue on their behalf, then it can also be sued for compensation for all the many, many expenses that they have foisted on the American public.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (Sy6m/)

61 /feel like the sarc tag should be obvious, but just in case

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

62 In the distance, a coyote howled.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 06:53 PM (u73oe)

63 Why, back in my day you could try out duck lips any time you wanted if you had a can of pringles and then you could take em off.

And that's the way we liked it.

Posted by: banana Dream - don't ask what we did with bugles corn chips at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)

64 You know, if the Mexican gov't is claiming such responsibility for its nationals illegally in the U.S., then it cuts both ways. If it has standing to sue on their behalf, then it can also be sued for compensation for all the many, many expenses that they have foisted on the American public.
Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (Sy6m/)

We should sue to take possession of all of Mexico's weather girls.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)

65 I figured it was dirty.

Posted by: Guy that thinks everything sounds dirty at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

66 Hey dumbass AWFL! You just got married to a member of a murderous, pedo worshiping cabal to show us normies how woke and righteous you are. What's next on the agenda?

Theft, rape and murder!!

That's what!! Guess you showed us!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (VmkSV)

67 Uh-oh, new narrative. The illegal Columbian shot to death in Maine was shot in front of his three year old daughter who was still in her pajamas.
Her picture will be carried by many blue hairs at the next NoKings rally

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (m2wmY)

68 Watch the videos on YouTube of that woman murdered in Ireland.

Not to cast aspersions on the dead or anything, but...she was the devil incarnate.

She made an endless stream of social media posts for years bragging about her "addiction to Arab dick," saying all white men are "impotent losers," wishing for the destruction of America and capitalism, and most of all praying for the extermination of Jews and extirpation of Israel.

Her ultimate fate of being murdered by her "jungle fever" boyfriend is the most karma thing in the history of karma.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (Av6i5)

69
Q: And what will the murdered Mooslim bride's daughter learn from her Mom's fate?

A: Nothing, likely.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (0KoTr)

70 65 I figured it was dirty.
Posted by: Guy that thinks everything sounds dirty at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

I was telling my bro about Oskar Dirlewanger and he thought that name sounded like a euphemism.
Probably is, in Maine

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

71 Darwin chuckles.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at July 13, 2026 06:56 PM (wBaIH)

72 He gave me tingles!

Posted by: Jamey Carney at July 13, 2026 06:56 PM (wVcYX)

73 He probably wanted to cook the dog for supper ... and that's when the murder(s) started.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 06:57 PM (vbXSk)

74 We should sue to take possession of all of Mexico's weather girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)

This idea has much merit!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:58 PM (wVcYX)

75
... that's the way we liked it.
Posted by: banana Dream - don't ask what we did with bugles corn chips

Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (0KoTr)

76 "She posted constantly about how her 3rd world Muslim boyfriend wasn't at all like the stereotypes. Turns out he was a scammer who drained her for all she was worth, then brutally murdered her after an argument."

"There's a sucker born every minute."

-- P.T. Barnum

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (HlyYF)

77 He probably wanted to cook the dog for supper ... and that's when the murder(s) started.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 06:57 PM (vbXSk)

Strangled and killed in bed. Sounds like he liked the rough stuff and just went too far. Unfortunate but that's the price you pay for living in a multi-cultural world and choosing to have sex with it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (ExV1e)

78 Her ultimate fate of being murdered by her "jungle fever" boyfriend is the most karma thing in the history of karma.
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (Av6i5

Facts. Too bad for her daughter, but I have zero sympathy for the dead gal. Stan will probably supply her with all the arab dick she wants, for the rest of eternity.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (zYpTz)

79 @EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: Senate Majority Leader John Thune begins crying on the floor while closing in his remembrance of Lindsey Graham 😢
*Thune, choked up*: "We will laugh together again. Mr. President, I yield the floor."
"I will miss Lindsey's friendship more than I can say."

Posted by: GAAAYYY at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

80 >>He probably wanted to cook the dog for supper ... and that's when the murder(s) started.

The Daughter sure as hell dodged a bullet, here.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (uzmqU)

81 In the distance, a coyote howled.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 06:53 PM (u73oe)

During stupid lockdown, I would take long walks at night on the deserted streets of my part of Fort Collins. I would often hear coyotes yipping somewhere around the HP campus. I would answer with a piercing whistle (the two fingers in the mouth thing). they would stop, then yammer even more loudly.

What a stupid fucking time that was. I was like Vincent Price in Last Man on Earth. Well, except my wife was alive and well, at home.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 07:00 PM (0aYVJ)

82 Carney was previously married to an Irish national who lives in Killarney.

Her mother and sister have arrived in Killarney this weekend to care for her 13-year-old daughter.

Where's the bio Dad? Is he the Irish national?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 07:01 PM (wVcYX)

83 FIFA events, young women were interviewed on tv and a common goal was to snag a boyfriend from among the players. Seriously, they thought the guys would stay in the country just for them.

Of course that's the magical thinking where women can wind up raped, beaten, robbed, murdered. Not 100% of the time, but enough.

AI Overview: The tournament has certainly sparked quite the wave of "World Cup hot girl summer" fever. You are definitely not the only one baffled by the logic of fans changing their dating app locations or spending thousands on tickets just to hunt down international players.
----
Ps - The look & possibly a mystique of worldliness that made Barack so appealing to AWFLs.

Beats me. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:01 PM (NFX2v)

84 >>FIFA events

I would have thought FIFA hiding the Rapist on the French Team for the duration of the WC Tournament would have been a much bigger story.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:02 PM (uzmqU)

85 The duck lips amuse me so I’m okay with it. Being the pig I am I prefer the natural curves on a woman.

Posted by: Billythesquid at July 13, 2026 07:03 PM (gN+5I)

86 Re: official crimes stats being low because 911 is useless in some cities:

Oakland is the most extreme example of this. Police will NOT respond to property crimes, neither immediately nor ever. Endless discussions on forums from Oakland residents describing how their house was burgled, they called 911, and the only reaction they got from the operator was, "File a report online." Muggings? Don't care. "Did he injure you?" "Well, no, but he pointed a gun at me and stole my purse." "File a report online." Catalytic converters taken? Car broken into? Shoplifting? Don't even bother to file a report online.

As a result, most people don't even bother calling 911 anymore. That's the reality in Oakland.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 07:03 PM (Av6i5)

87 How do you say 'noble savage' in arabic and farci? It's the New World disorder.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 07:03 PM (sYM3s)

88 would have thought FIFA hiding the Rapist on the French Team for the duration of the WC Tournament would have been a much bigger story.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:02 PM (uzmqU)

We didn't see nuffin'. Hey look! We're playing next Sunday!

Posted by: The Dallas Felons at July 13, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE)

89 >>As a result, most people don't even bother calling 911 anymore. That's the reality in Oakland.

There are some databases of Insurance Claims that can be mined for a lot of real Property Crime Stats.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:04 PM (uzmqU)

90 > 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

No. That's down there in septum ring territory in terms of unattractiveness.

Even worse is that lipstick style (or outright collagen injections) that make the woman's lips look like a cheap blow-up party doll from Spencer's Gifts, circa 1982.

There are ZERO women who look good with that makeup style. ZERO.

Naturally full-lips: fine. Blow-up doll lips: not so much.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:04 PM (IG3/x)

91 "Being the pig I am I prefer the natural curves on a woman.
Posted by: Billythesquid"

*fistbump*

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)

92 FIFA - A queuing system used in gay bathhouses.

Posted by: banana Dream - I dare you to work out the acronym there at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

93 If you want to see something that will really make your blood boil take a look at how many of these illegal dirtbags are listed as "white" on booking documents.
——-

Hispanics are “White” for purposes of crime collection statistics. Perpetrators, that is. Since the 1970s, basically. Not sure why, but that’s what they do.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (5LzLw)

94 >>That's down there in septum ring territory in terms of unattractiveness.

Tats are the top of the list for me. I see tats and I am instantly applying a -4 penalty.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (uzmqU)

95 American-born mother Jamey Carney, 43, did not have a recognized civil marriage in Ireland at the time of her death.

However, her partner, a 28-year-old Jordanian asylum seeker named Ahmad Al-Saqar, told friends and associates that they had wed in a secret Islamic religious ceremony at a local mosque earlier in 2026.This union was a private religious contract and was not legally binding under Irish law.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (NFX2v)

96 The Daughter sure as hell dodged a bullet, here.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (uzmqU)

Over/under when Rotherham's markets go out into the open?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (gKWVE)

97 "a secret Islamic religious ceremony"

Huh. Sounds like a cult.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

98 >>Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (NFX2v)

Her family must be so relieved...

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:07 PM (uzmqU)

99 92 FIFA - A queuing system used in gay bathhouses.
Posted by: banana Dream - I dare you to work out the acronym there at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

I'm going to have to do some research to confirm this.

Posted by: Demetre Daskalakis, M.D, Biden's Monkeypox Czar at July 13, 2026 07:08 PM (U/s6V)

100 I wonder if Ms Muzz ever looked into how Islamists treat their woman.
Posted by: fd

There are none so blind as those that will not see.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:08 PM (VmkSV)

101 Yeah, I've been waggling my eyebrows at Trump policy re: the drop in homicides and drug OD deaths in 2025.

various blue cities were saying "yay! our policing (or whatever) has won the day!" and I pointed out that homicides/drug ODs plummeted EVERYWHERE in the US. It's unlikely that -every- city did well on the policing front. Some of them are slackasses, right?

It's obvious that some of the criminals are gone.

Posted by: meep at July 13, 2026 07:08 PM (cKrai)

102
Wall-to-wall coverage about the illegal shot and killed in Houston. Now lots of moaning about how hard for an illegal to get legal status.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

103 This Carney gal seems to have had the intelligence and common sense of a ball of string. Hope the daughter turns out okay.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (OsdBI)

104 "Now lots of moaning about how hard for an illegal to get legal status.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh "

It's easy. Go back to your country and be legal there.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:10 PM (MWfyi)

105 I still can't unsee the booking screenshot of the illegal from El Salvador being classified as white.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:10 PM (/WQyy)

106 @EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: Senate Majority Leader John Thune begins crying on the floor while closing in his remembrance of Lindsey Graham 😢
*Thune, choked up*: "We will laugh together again. Mr. President, I yield the floor."
"I will miss Lindsey's friendship more than I can say."
Posted by: GAAAYYY at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

Lindsey gets wide berth inasmuch as POTUS considered him to be ‘like a family member’.
But to think that stiff John Thune ever genuinely cried over anything other than a late donor pay envelope is …..cosmically stretching credulity.

Posted by: Voter theater. at July 13, 2026 07:10 PM (FCPbW)

107 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

Only if the men are ducks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)

108 still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
——

Artificial “enhancements” most definitely not. Females who’ve had work done start to look like an alien species of Trout hybrid as they age. Males tend to take on an elderly Lesbian visage. It’s really strange. Getting old sucks, in certain fields especially where youthful appearance is at a premium.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (5LzLw)

109
>>her partner, a 28-year-old Jordanian asylum seeker

==============

Wait, he was 28? And she was 43? With a kid and a dog? Yeah, that was true love on his part. omg what an idiot.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (mmrXZ)

110 74 We should sue to take possession of all of Mexico's weather girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)

This idea has much merit!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:58 PM (wVcYX)

Mexican weather girls, German beer waitresses, Dutch milkmaids, Finnish reindeer girls, Italian models, Japanese geisha, Chinese Dragon Ladies, Tahitian hula dancers, Cape Verde women of almost any variety....

Mr. Multiculturalism, that's me.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (IG3/x)

111 >>Hispanics are “White” for purposes of crime collection statistics. Perpetrators, that is. Since the 1970s, basically. Not sure why, but that’s what they do.

It's done so the globalists can smugly say that immigrants cause less crime than Americans, look at the stats!

And they say this all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

112 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

Everything is an op if it's on BTN (Boomer Television Network).
Like, Trump had a big W on the Mall on 4 July. Lots of people there, everyone had a good time, Thor Himself blessed it with a lightning bolt.
But BTN decided it was more newsworthy to show a bunch of SPLC homosexuals and soyboys in white masks on the subway.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (gKWVE)

113 False.

There are no deportations.

Nick Fuentes told me so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (GKzf4)

114 Even worse is that lipstick style (or outright collagen injections) that make the woman's lips look like a cheap blow-up party doll from Spencer's Gifts, circa 1982.
There are ZERO women who look good with that makeup style. ZERO.

Naturally full-lips: fine. Blow-up doll lips: not so much.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (VmkSV)

115 Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape"

ODT now lets Rape be reported vs. the old Rape Rape standard.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (/+uur)

116 > Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT
Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (VmkSV)

Yep, that's it.

Moral: never take fashion tips from Muppets.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (IG3/x)

117
Nick Sortor. @nicksortor

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter

This comes after FBI and other federal agencies RAIDED election offices in Georgia recently.

EXPOSE IT ALL! 🔥

John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s days in the Senate might be numbered.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (O7XEN)

118 >>Hispanics are “White” for purposes of crime collection statistics. Perpetrators, that is. Since the 1970s, basically. Not sure why, but that’s what they do.

I think many cities have a database issue where they apply 'White/Caucasian' to the field if it is left blank, for any reason.

A 'bug' that they obviously exploit extensively.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (uzmqU)

119 Wall-to-wall coverage about the illegal shot and killed in Houston. Now lots of moaning about how hard for an illegal to get legal status.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

He wasn't even the target of ICE. I believe it may have been someone he was transporting in his van.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (/WQyy)

120 NOW: Senate Majority Leader John Thune begins crying on the floor while closing in his remembrance of Lindsey Graham 😢
*Thune, choked up*: "We will laugh together again. Mr. President, I yield the floor."
"I will miss Lindsey's friendship more than I can say."
Posted by: GAAAYYY

Shut the fuck up and pass SAVE.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (u9Xr5)

121 >>He wasn't even the target of ICE. I believe it may have been someone he was transporting in his van.

Win - Win

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (uzmqU)

122 What kind of an idiot marries a muslim?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (45BvE)

123 "John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s days in the Senate might be numbered.
Posted by: SMOD"

What can they do? Nothing. KEMP AND HIS CREW DESERVE PRISON FOR ALLOWING THIS.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

124 84. I would have thought FIFA hiding the Rapist on the French Team for the duration of the WC Tournament would have been a much bigger story.
Posted by: garrett

True. Several major outlets reported on the unsettling intersection of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and ongoing sexual assault cases.

France’s captain, Kylian Mbappé, was briefly linked to a sexual assault investigation in Sweden. However, Swedish prosecution authorities officially closed the inquiry due to a lack of sufficient evidence, clearing him of wrongdoing.

The prominent legal cases that have drawn criticism during the tournament involve players from other national teams, including:
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)
Thomas Partey (Ghana)
Ryan Mendes (Cape Verde)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (NFX2v)

125 > Raphael Warnock’s

It would be a real shame if this cheap grifter had to go back to his Ebenezer Scrooge "Baptist church" and his slumlord business.

I don't just want these fuckers out of office. I want them prosecuted.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (IG3/x)

126 Another anti-crime tactic.

Police Instantly Disperse 'Teen Takeover' By Firing Job Applications Into Crowd

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (ndZc7)

127 I think Carney moved to Ireland just in ladt few years

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

128 >>France’s captain, Kylian Mbappé, was briefly linked to a sexual assault investigation in Sweden. However, Swedish prosecution authorities officially closed the inquiry due to a lack of sufficient evidence, clearing him of wrongdoing.

Weird, report I read said he was returning to France to go on trial for a Rape accusation?

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (uzmqU)

129 Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (O7XEN)

I doubt it. I know nothing about Ossoff, but " Rev" Raphael Warnock will cry racism and try to do this year's version of Black Lives Matter. Nobody will remove him from his political seat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (Bw1/o)

130
California is so swamped with illegals I don't think we'll see a change in anything for ages.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 07:16 PM (mmrXZ)

131 You can bet your ass the Dems will howl about the two seats they stole in Georgia.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)

132 confirmed at least that @DC_Reporter is reporting:

President Trump is planning to announce that Georgia's two senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, are illegitimate because of fraud, a well-placed source in Georgia tells us. Announcement could come as soon as tonight

I don't know what Trump bitching about it can do, though. Vance is the President of the Senate.

Posted by: gKWVE already thinks Vance needs to go Cromwell on their ass at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (gKWVE)

133 Toronto Transport of Trans Transports a Trans alternatively to Public Transportation

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/
2076374397871431735

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (/+uur)

134 Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT

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Guys, guys, guys, let's not be cruel. I mean, I'd've done her.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

135 >>I don't know what Trump bitching about it can do, though. Vance is the President of the Senate.

Maybe push the Senate to pass the Save Act so it doesn't happen again? That sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (viF8m)

136 I don't just want these fuckers out of office. I want them prosecuted.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (IG3/x)

I want them to stand still while a line of us goes by and slaps them each upside the head, until they pass out.

Make it humiliating.

Film it so we can watch it again later.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (bl07w)

137 134 Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT

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Guys, guys, guys, let's not be cruel. I mean, I'd've done her.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

She came by it honestly.... or something like that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (bl07w)

138 135 >>I don't know what Trump bitching about it can do, though. Vance is the President of the Senate.

Maybe push the Senate to pass the Save Act so it doesn't happen again? That sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (viF8m)

======

Next Congress.

With Mitch, Ernst, Cassidy, Tillis, and Cornyn replaced.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (GKzf4)

139 @FairfaxCountyPD
·
Follow
Breaking down language barriers through technology. We’re piloting a new body-worn camera translation feature that can interpret 57 languages, helping officers communicate more effectively with the communities we serve.

Captain there is no intelligent life down there.

Posted by: Spock at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (/+uur)

140 Yeah that woman who moved to Ireland was something all right. I wonder if the last thought that crossed her mind was " oh no this will cause backlash against Muslims"?

Posted by: steevy at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (YwEeS)

141 Toronto keeping their mental ill happy

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

142 27 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

They do not. Sadly, men said that they didn't find it attractive so a bunch of women took to TikTok to explain how they were wrong and women didn't duck lip for men.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

The wurst is the cocktail wienie lips. If you're going to do the wrong thing, as least do it the right way and pay for quality.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (Sy6m/)

143 >>Breaking down language barriers through technology. We’re piloting a new body-worn camera translation feature that can interpret 57 languages, helping officers communicate more effectively with the communities we serve.

But do it speak Jive?

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (uzmqU)

144 I should have added that Janice is a guitarist for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band.

And THAT Ladies and Morons, is how you name a band!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:22 PM (VmkSV)

145 >>I should have added that Janice is a guitarist for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band.

Their drummer was an Animal.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (uzmqU)

146 Betcha can't have just one facial surgery!

Posted by: Janice Dickinson, Supermodel at 71 at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (wVcYX)

147
Trump had a big W on the Mall on 4 July.

Was there $350,000 buried underneath it?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (Cqx++)

148 147
Trump had a big W on the Mall on 4 July.

Was there $350,000 buried underneath it?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (Cqx++)

======

Individual immunity.

DC can't vote him off the island, and they have to turn on each other.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:24 PM (GKzf4)

149 @SenSanders
It’s not complicated. Trump doesn’t believe in democracy.

156k Maine voters picked their Senate Candidate.
OK
We will replace him with 500 votes.

500/156000=0.0032
Best Bernie voice
Duh poetin seroh poenit tree have voted.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (/+uur)

150 149 @SenSanders
It’s not complicated. Trump doesn’t believe in democracy.

156k Maine voters picked their Senate Candidate.
OK
We will replace him with 500 votes.

500/156000=0.0032
Best Bernie voice
Duh poetin seroh poenit tree have voted.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (/+uur)

=======

The contrast of SC doing an actual second primary after the death of Graham is illuminating to those paying attention.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (GKzf4)

151 I just found a twitter account that just posts flans.

Posted by: banana Dream - OnlyFlans at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (3uBP9)

152 Another thing I didn't know about Lindsey Graham is he definitely didn't use his office to enrich himself. Most of his investments were in mutual funds . No individual stocks to avoid any questions. IIRC his net worth based on disclosure filings was between 700k and 1.7 million.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:26 PM (/WQyy)

153 But do it speak Jive?
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (uzmqU)

Wuh ha happpeenz wuz

Posted by: Soff Oak Cliff News Report at July 13, 2026 07:26 PM (/+uur)

154 I want them to stand still while a line of us goes by and slaps them each upside the head, until they pass out.
Make it humiliating.
Film it so we can watch it again later.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (bl07w)

Make it like a promotion gauntlet...line up the whole senate and everyone gets one punch as they walk past.

Posted by: Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (45BvE)

155 Well, Karen has permanently resting bitch face, now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (uJkxe)

156 >>@liz_churchill10
·
7m
>>The Conspiracy Theorists were right again…

>>President Trump will address the nation Thursday night with the DHS, FBI, CIA and the DNI as they discuss foreign 2020 election interference with declassified receipts…

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (viF8m)

157 The contrast of SC doing an actual second primary after the death of Graham is illuminating to those paying attention.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (GKzf4)

Now do Kammie

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (/+uur)

158 New York Post - Migrant who fled Ireland after murder of NY mom Jamey Carney arrested in Jordan

In part,
Ireland does not have an extradition treaty with Jordan, where the man is being detained, according to the Irish Independent.

The man at the center of the case had reportedly been refused asylum in Ireland but remained in the country while appealing that decision before the murder took place.

He still possessed his passport, allowing him to leave Ireland before Carney’s body was discovered, according to the Irish Mirror.
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Also, The Irish Independent reported the man had expressed a desire to relocate to the United States and had told acquaintances Carney was helping him pursue U.S. residency. Investigators now believe the Jordanian national was with Carney on Monday evening, the night she was fatally assaulted.

It was always access to the U.S.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (NFX2v)

159 I never thought about it but flan is very close to creme brulee.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 07:29 PM (3uBP9)

160 L - No nic, another fine day

Bring that Jordanian to the US on Air Pinochet.

Apex predators in the ocean need protein.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:30 PM (u82oZ)

161 Cafe Nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (U/s6V)

162 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

163 I think she was a good looking woman. Unfortunately she was not mentally well to do what she did. And drag her 13 year old daughter with her.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (/WQyy)

164 The wurst is the cocktail wienie lips. If you're going to do the wrong thing, as least do it the right way and pay for quality.
Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (Sy6m/)

I don't know why women want their lips to look like an obese diseased pussy, but I guess mom was correct when she said there's no accounting for taste.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (bl07w)

165 Nood -- Cafe

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

166 94 >>That's down there in septum ring territory in terms of unattractiveness.

Tats are the top of the list for me. I see tats and I am instantly applying a -4 penalty.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (uzmqU)

/fistbump

I feel alienated from my own culture. That's normal for a Christian, but it's gone to wild extremes.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (Sy6m/)

167 Somewhere there is an Oct 7er shitting his panties knowing he is dead.

IDF has killed 2600 of those baby killers.

It took about 10 years but they killed all the Munich buttfuckers.

I wish we had group that killed our brothers and sisters thru fent and coke and meth and stacked up bodies on the roadside till counties had to have a cleanup crew.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

168 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

no, but women just don't listen.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uhVAy)

169 Irish Examiner

Ms Carney was born in New York and had Irish ancestry. She moved to Ireland with her daughter, now aged 13, in 2021 after visiting on holiday.

She was described as a devoted mother and a caring and hard-working person who campaigned for Palestinian rights and was involved in sports locally.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:34 PM (NFX2v)

170 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

no, but women just don't listen.

Broads do that stuff to impress other broads. They could care less what a guy thinks.

Posted by: Ass Bleaching at July 13, 2026 07:35 PM (45BvE)

171 Democracy is just Mobocracy. Results in license, agitation, and discontent. Attitude towards property communistic. I think they can stagger along for a while, but Democracies are always followed by fascist dictatorship. I think that’s why the founders were so careful about specifically and deliberately avoiding Democracy.

“Democracy” isn’t even mentioned, not even once, in the Declaration, Constitution, nor the Bill of Rights

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:35 PM (5LzLw)

172 Broads do that stuff to impress other broads. They could care less what a guy thinks.
Posted by: Ass Bleaching at July 13, 2026 07:35 PM (45BvE)

Yo.

Posted by: Ozempic face at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (lCppi)

173 > It took about 10 years but they killed all the Munich buttfuckers.

They spent 40 years looking for Demjanjuk.

I don't think they'll stop looking for WWII monsters until it becomes mathematically impossible that any of them could still be alive.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (IG3/x)

174 > I don't know why women want their lips to look like an obese diseased pussy

Truth in advertising?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:40 PM (IG3/x)

175 Somewhere there is an Oct 7er shitting his panties knowing he is dead.

IDF has killed 2600 of those baby killers.

It took about 10 years but they killed all the Munich buttfuckers.

I wish we had group that killed our brothers and sisters thru fent and coke and meth and stacked up bodies on the roadside till counties had to have a cleanup crew.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

Not so many as before - in the Gaza operation many of them ended up dead as fighters. The so called genocide evidence is mostly street fighters in Gaza, males, shot or bombed over the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 07:45 PM (uhVAy)

176 “Toler and her 4‑year‑old child were transported to ECU Health Greenville with serious injuries.”

Because they were healthy? Because the EMTs declared them to be healthy?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (4g5V+)

177 Daffy Duck says, "He's Dethpicable!"

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at July 13, 2026 08:46 PM (zDWkG)

178 Can we do a thing?
When someone here illegally is deported the second time (once too many, I think),
Can we tattoo their foreheads with a circle-with-a slash-through-it? The universal “don’t” or “beware” signal? And yes, in red of course.
Personally I, and I’d guess I’m not alone here, would find that helpful.

Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 13, 2026 08:50 PM (Mxkwh)

179 Has there been any word on grammie w?

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 08:58 PM (vE0+H)

180 Ms Carney looks smug in several photos.

As if she won the prize of a man and neenerneener no one else can have him.

The dog does look like a terrorized therapy doggie. I am amazed he was not stuffed in a microwave just before the murdering barbarian ran.

The daughter is also lucky to be alive and not with him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 09:30 PM (hzuYO)

181 In looking at the pictures, one can see what a smug, liberal Karen she was. Given that likelihood, she didn't deserve to die but there's that saying about what happens when you run with wolves that she should have considered. I feel sorry for her daughter.

Posted by: Tracy at July 14, 2026 06:35 AM (OpQE0)

Quick Hits

FaceBook's co-founder bankrolled an activist effort to drive up the price of eggs and bacon.

And he's meanwhile a major investor in Impossible Foods -- the company trying to make non-meat meatlike substance.

Dustin Moskovitz, the billionaire co-founder of Facebook and enterprise software company Asana, has talked openly about how he likes to eat meat.
But in a curious twist, the lefty Democratic megadonor has poured nearly a half-billion dollars into activist campaigns that have made it harder to run animal farms and contributed to the rising cost of eggs and meat for millions of American consumers -- all while one of Moskovitz's foundations holds a nearly $89 million stake in plant-based company Impossible Foods -- meaning it could benefit if pricier meat pushes more consumers toward meat alternatives, The California Post has learned.
The money trail runs through two closely linked entities of Moskovitz's philanthropic empire: Coefficient Giving -- the nonprofit formerly known as Open Philanthropy -- and Good Ventures, the private foundation run by Moskovitz and his wife, former journalist Cari Tuna.
On paper, Coefficient Giving says its mission is simple: reduce suffering on factory farms. Since 2016, the nonprofit has handed out more than $480 million toward that cause.
But farmers and industry insiders told The Post the operation amounts to a well-funded pressure campaign, bankrolling activist groups, ballot measures, corporate pressure tactics, lawsuits and media projects that they say have helped drive up the cost of meat, eggs and pork for everyday Americans.
Hannah Thompson-Weeman, president and CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, told The Post that consumers often picture animal-rights activism as a loose network of shaggy volunteers with protest signs.
That image, she said, badly understates the sophistication and funding behind the movement, which combined with inflation is the reason many grocery shoppers are suffering from post-traumatic sticker shock.

Mexico's president offers an excuse as to why she refuses to oppose the cartels. She claims it's all Biden's fault, which appeals to me, but the trouble is, she's a cartel whore. It's not just Biden's fault. She's on the cartel payroll.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is blaming Biden-era policies of the United States government for having helped set off the fierce turf war that followed. The turf war erupted after the split between the two main factions of the Sinaloa Cartel following the arrest of the fearsome cartel boss Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
During her morning news conferences, Sheinbaum claimed that if the Biden administration had shared information with Mexican authorities and let them carry out the arrest, the cartel would not have split, and the violence spreading through Mexico would not have happened. The comments come at a time when tensions are high with the United States over Sheinbaum's refusal to fight cartels. Her comments also come soon after the Mexican president announced that her government would be taking legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with the deaths of migrants in detention centers and during raids.
...
The issue comes at a time when the Trump administration has been pressuring Sheinbaum to eradicate drug cartels, leading to heightened tensions between the two governments.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice delivered a heavy blow to Sheinbaum's credibility when it announced a criminal indictment against Sinaloa's Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine of his closest officials, who were the heads of the state law enforcement apparatus. As Breitbart Texas has reported, rather than help with the arrests and extraditions, Sheinbaum has used the claim of national sovereignty to refuse U.S. help in fighting cartels and has publicly defended Rocha Moya, who is from the same political party, claiming that there is no proof of wrongdoing on his part. Federal prosecutors in the United States claim that Rocha Moya worked with Los Chapitos, providing them with protection in exchange for bribes and political support.

The News Professionals at CNN did a story about Republicans demanding that Mitch McConnell update the public about his medical status. They didn't have enough Republicans for a proper "Republicans in Disarray" storyline, so they
invented one, "Jack Kimble."

You know -- Senator Jack Kimble.

During a segment concerning speculations on the health of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., CNN included a quote from a fake congressman.
During the segment, host Audie Cornish said that many Senate Republicans have said they've talked to McConnell. As Cornish spoke, quotes from Republicans flashed on the screen, the Daily Wire reported. These included statements from Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and Majority Whip John Barrasso of North Dakota.
A fourth statement was attributed to Rep. Jack Kimble, which is a parody account. No such congressman serves in the House.
"I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He's still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 45 minutes. He's so sharp. Just like always he let me do all of the talking. He's a great listener. After that we prayed silently for awhile and had a staring contest. Just like always, he beat me. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible."" the fake congressman's statement read.

How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name? Did no one at CNN realize, "Gee, I never heard that name before and as someone paid to watch the news hour-by-hour, I probably should have heard that name before, if it were real"?

Not to be outdone, Washington Post "reporters" deliberately falsified a Trump quote to stir up a dispute between Trump, whom they hate and want to see dead, and Israel, which they hate and wish to see eradicated by Muslim terrorists.

The report portrays the United States as having to restrain an out-of-control Israel....
But a key piece of evidence is, in fact, a doctored quote. The authors claim:

In March, President Donald Trump suggested publicly that Israel's assassination campaign was complicating efforts to negotiate with the regime. "You know it's a little tough," he told reporters at the time. "They've wiped out everybody. I don't want them to be killed.''
Trump did, indeed, utter those words, but not together. The authors spliced together two sentences uttered by President Trump in response to two separate questions as if they were part of one cohesive statement. Worse, they omit words in between that entirely contradicted the narrative they advanced.
Here's what President Trump actually said. In response to a question as to who Steve Witkoff, the administration's special envoy, was talking to in Iran, President Trump responded:

A top -- a top person. Don't forget, we've wiped out the leadership phase one, phase two, and largely phase three. But we're dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader. You know, it's a little tough. They've wiped out -- we've wiped out everybody.
In an apparent attempt to falsify the quote to suggest President Trump was talking only about Israel, The Washington Post omitted the words "we've wiped out" from the middle of the first sentence. Rather than showing American frustration with Israel, the full sentence suggests U.S. and Israeli interests were aligned.
The authors then portray the second sentence, "I don't want them to be killed," as if it was uttered immediately after the first (clipped) sentence. In fact, that remark came in response to a different question that came after another entire question and answer exchange.
After answering a question about the status of the Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Trump was then asked whether he could say where the discussions are taking place. The president responded:

I can't. I can't, because I don't want them to be killed. OK? I don't want them to be killed.

Hudson and Nakashima effectively doctored a quote, cutting out separate parts and mashing them together to create a Frankenstein's Monster quote.

Denver DSA activist deletes his post of their meeting after getting roasted because over half the people in the room are wearing masks in July of 2026.

Lmfao pic.twitter.com/gYErJRJQi7
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 13, 2026

As an observer of media and especially cable news for a very long time, I can say this with utter certainty: there isn�t a more pious and unlikable host than Abby Phillip in my lifetime. https://t.co/TcjmqYxfxE
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) July 9, 2026

These people are ridiculous.
They have lost all tethers to a sense of self. Their entire identity now relies on this treasonous hate of America. They make up fantasies of how horrible America never was to justify their need to "fight tyranny." They have no identity but this. And� https://t.co/0IBW55TE5r
— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) July 13, 2026

Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so �they know how it feels from an early age�

These people are legit clinically insane. pic.twitter.com/GryEaeN2T7
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) July 12, 2026

This is not a right-wing parody video

Toronto Police actually posted this pic.twitter.com/50UhYW9zSd
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 12, 2026

Ukraine chased the Russian fleet out of the black sea using unmanned boats -- drone boats and drone subs.

The US just deployed the same kind of weapon against an Iranian naval base:

Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea� pic.twitter.com/bOM2kmgRxz
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 13, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 05:20 PM (CWTWj)

2 Quick Hits is my favorite !

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 05:23 PM (GD0B3)

3 So many idle woodchippers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:24 PM (u9Xr5)

4 I knew Jack Kimble. His brother had one arm.

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:26 PM (rjFy0)

5 I have borne witness to a miracle with my mother.

No matter what, there is always hope. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, MDs, and other experts I have seen it today. There is always hope.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 05:26 PM (+82YS)

6 toronto trans woman appears to have been doing a lot of transing at the all you can eat buffet

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (CWTWj)

7 In fairness to Sheinbaum, Mexican presidents have been on the cartels' payroll for as long as there have been cartels.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (VJX5o)

8 But in a curious twist, the lefty Democratic megadonor has poured nearly a half-billion dollars into activist campaigns that have made it harder to run animal farms and contributed to the rising cost of eggs and meat for millions of American consumers
___________________________

THIS is why "The Saw" movie franchise did so well. The "victims" were people like this guy. You had no vested interest in their survival, because other people's lives are a game to them.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

9 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”
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How much more loony can it get?

And the answer is "None". "None more loony".

"Show YOU how it feels(!!)" to take part of a culture that is supposedly completely equal, just not chosen by white brits.

Lord, please force the demons to shut off the crazy spigots.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (Fi81e)

10 How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name?

They're not paid to evaluate facts. They're paid to spew narrative.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (diia5)

11 Not sure anyone nooded

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:29 PM (Ia/+0)

12 wasn't kimble the guy in "green acres"?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (CWTWj)

13 The second most insane part about the DSA wearing masks is the responses to the tweet.

So many trying wish into real the fake-ass "but what if they have a compromised immune system" excuse.

You know what no medical professional will advise someone with an actual compromised immune system is safe under any amount of masking?
Go out in public. Be around lots of people. In confined spaces. For hours and hours.

You know what a mask can never keep clean?
Your hands. Which touch everything. Which you use to put on, take off, and adjust your ... mask.

But no amount of science or facts will ever reach them:
It's a religious belief.
The mask is a holy shield against evil spirits.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)

14 Oh, there's an imperial fuckton more crazy coming down the pike.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (u9Xr5)

15 They're not paid to evaluate facts. They're paid to spew narrative.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (diia5)

It used to go "if the facts are on your side, argue the facts", etc etc.

Now they just jump past banging the table straight to babbling outright nonsense.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (Ot/FD)

16 Not sure anyone nooded
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:29 PM (Ia/+0)

No, I just did. I was surprised this post was over ten minutes old and no one else had done it.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (Yh7zv)

17 These included statements from Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and Majority Whip John Barrasso of North Dakota.

John Barrasso is the senior senator from Wyoming.
The House majority whip is Tom Emmer from Minn I believe.

Posted by: old chick at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (F3Dlr)

18 I nominate Rep Jack Kimble to head the men that say hmm before they speak committee.

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (rjFy0)

19 Sorry to go OT but we are bombing Iran right now.

>>@CENTCOM

>>At 4:45 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command began launching the third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, at the Commander in Chief's direction. These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)

20 Hudson and Nakashima effectively doctored a quote, cutting out separate parts and mashing them together to create a Frankenstein's Monster quote. -Ace
======

The splicing DJT's quotes from different parts to make a lie.

A race to the bottom between CNN and the BBC.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (rj6Yv)

21 So many trying wish into real the fake-ass "but what if they have a compromised immune system" excuse.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)
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Some of those masks are cloth.

That isn't going to do shit for a compromised immune system and chances are you'll be breathing in mold from the sweat and the spit unless you keep a good rotation.

Besides being masked builds an oxygen deficit.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (Fi81e)

22 Burger King? No Kings!

Posted by: Rep. Big Mac at July 13, 2026 05:33 PM (n5tGW)

23 Mr, you can transition for 4 decades and it won't make you a woman

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)

24 Barrasso is from Wyoming as well, not North Dakota. Outstanding job CNN

Posted by: Zach John Galt at July 13, 2026 05:33 PM (CweWu)

25 I saw a one armed man running from the house.

Posted by: Dr. Richard Kimbell at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (VJX5o)

26 Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib: “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression...."
__________________

North Sudan...a work in progress courtesy of Muslim slavery, genocide and oppression.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (dIske)

27 That Kimble post looked like the Scott Jennings post.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Cqx++)

28 Where Does Our Country Go When We No Longer Trust the Government?

https://tinyurl.com/bm6dbky

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (K/1/x)

29 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

30 That Kimble post looked like the Scott Jennings post.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Cqx++)
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Did he talk to him for 20 minutes?

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e)

31 >>How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name?

It's a fake name. His real name is Dr. Richard. Damn him.

Posted by: One Armed Man at July 13, 2026 05:35 PM (Q0L71)

32 Oh, there's an imperial fuckton more crazy coming down the pike.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (u9Xr5)
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There are still many primaries that have to take place. Michigan's is in August, so we won't know which particular brand of lunatic will be on the fall ballot until then.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

33 Barack Obama’s stance with the press was famously described by media critics as a paradox of high-minded rhetoric but aggressive enforcement. While he publicly advocated for journalistic freedom, his administration set an unprecedented modern precedent for secrecy, leak crackdowns, and aggressive prosecution of journalists' sources.

References - Cato Institute; YouTube The Obama White House; Reporters Committee fir Freedom of if the Press; US News and World Report, Freedom of the Press Foundation

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (NFX2v)

34 18 I nominate Rep Jack Kimble to head the men that say hmm before they speak committee.
Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM
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Hmmmm...

Posted by: Rep. Seymour Butz at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)

35 demonrats, always busy doing the work of the father of lies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (VyBeY)

36 Jack Kimble is one of the TOP MEN they put on the highest-priority stuff.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)

37 Hmmmm...
Posted by: Rep. Seymour Butz at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)
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Anyone looking for me?

Posted by: Rep. Amanda Hugginkiss at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (ZOv7s)

38 Barack Obama’s stance with the press was famously described by media critics as a paradox of high-minded rhetoric but aggressive enforcement.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (NFX2v)
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You know, they could just call it "lip service".

Barack knows plenty about lip service.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

39 Oooooh, I must have been thinking of Dr Rick Kimble. My bad.

Posted by: An Idiot at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (mkw2N)

40 Crap, my crazy Graham conspiracy theory got Willowed!

Also, how it it already Quick Hits time? The day is flying by.

Willowed:
CDA has a whacko theory about Graham today. Take it with a LARGE grain of salt (like a mountain of it), but I do love reading crazy conspiracy theories.

"You will never get the timeline to work for the dead 1/100th. That being said, don't focus on the timeline and where he was and when he was there. Focus on the person who knew he would be alone when he returned home. That is where it happened. No witnesses and someone 45 minutes away to make the 911 call after the killer departed."

I can't tell if he's implying Graham got back to DC from his trip, had a strange visitor or hired a rent boy, and the rent boy did something to mimic a heart attack. But drinking polonium tea poison when he was in Ukraine might still be my current favorite.

Like I said earlier, unless there's proof, Occam's Razor is probably right in Graham's case. Mitch, on the other hand...

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (Eng1Z)

41 Dustin Moskovitz, the billionaire co-founder of Facebook and enterprise software company Asana needs the pineapple-inserted-anally treatment. Repeatedly. Sideways.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (O7YUW)

42 In that last Centcom tweet, the building is all blowed up.

I wonder if they also used death from above, or if the naval drones have air drones too? or maybe the fire just spread from the dock?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (Q0L71)

43 wasn't kimble the guy in "green acres"?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (CWTWj)

Yes! Hank Kimball was the idiot county agent wasting tax dollars at every step and generally fucking simple things up as well.

Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (e2lsi)

44 Willowed:
CDA has a whacko theory about Graham today. Take it with a LARGE grain of salt (like a mountain of it), but I do love reading crazy conspiracy theories.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (Eng1Z)
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A one-armed man was seen running from the house.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (Fi81e)

45 Jack Kimble is one of the TOP MEN they put on the highest-priority stuff.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)
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Dr. Richard Kimble's younger brother. West Pointer, went into politics.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)

46 You know, they could just call it "lip service".

Barack knows plenty about lip service.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM
++++
*cough*
*cackle*

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (2Ez/1)

47 Some of those masks are cloth.

That isn't going to do shit for a compromised immune system and chances are you'll be breathing in mold from the sweat and the spit unless you keep a good rotation.
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That is the grossest and most crazy part.

You can never, ever sanitize those. Like, even if you dipped it in bleach then in hydrogen peroxide--as soon as it's dry, it'll start growing and collecting bacteria and viruses.
And add warmth and moisture from their breath?
It's a free all-inclusive VIP resort for them.

And these loons think a quick run through the washing machine with (or that just cycled) their dirty, shit-stained underwear and socks cleans it ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (3cUTc)

48 21 That isn't going to do shit for a compromised immune system and chances are you'll be breathing in mold from the sweat and the spit unless you keep a good rotation.

good, good, good, good vibrations > good rotation

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (v3pYe)

49 I like that Iranian celebrity submarine blowed up real good!

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:41 PM (rjFy0)

50 I love how the drone boat in the last video just saunters up to the dock like it belongs there and then goes "BOOM!"

No one even tried to stop it. Because they can't.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 05:41 PM (FZ29D)

51 That's Hank Kimball, or as he says Hank Agent, your county Kimball.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (+82YS)

52 and working to destroy the idea of plentiful, nutritious food!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (VyBeY)

53 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (XuXeR)

54 I like the surface drone attack but why was that target even existing? It should have been obliterated in the first 40 days.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (/WQyy)

55 No, I just did. I was surprised this post was over ten minutes old and no one else had done it.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (Yh7zv)
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It's the middle of July. The NOODers must be on holiday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (FZ29D)

56 I wonder if they also used death from above, or if the naval drones have air drones too? or maybe the fire just spread from the dock?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (Q0L71)
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Depends on if their 'mech has jump jets.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

57 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum

Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

58 We should do the exact same thing to Mexico that we have done in Iran: eliminate multiple levels of political, military, and cartel leadership with air strikes and ask their replacements for a plan to make the country a non-third-world basket case and non-narco-terrorist state. Repeat as many times as necessary until we are satisfied.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (nLy2O)

59 So we ARE sending unmanned drones to blow up huge black trannies in Canada?

That's some serious news right there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)

60 Everything on the media is corrupted and fake and lame and ghey.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (wVcYX)

61 Next up is clitorectomies and being caned.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (u9Xr5)

62 There's a theory that there just isn't any unitary "government of Iran" left to negotiate with.

The mullahs, Revolutionary Guard, local police... are all doing their own things.

Could be that even those groups are split into multiple factions.

When totalitarian regimes go down, they tend to go down hard.

I'm happy that (so far) Trump has managed to not get us roped into "nation building".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (IG3/x)

63 good, good, good, good vibrations > good rotation

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (v3pYe)
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I have applied rotation.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (Fi81e)

64 >> I love how the drone boat in the last video just saunters up to the dock like it belongs there and then goes "BOOM!"

No one even tried to stop it. Because they can't.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 05:41 PM

A good boom video gives me a charge.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (VJX5o)

65 Next up is clitorectomies and being caned.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (u9Xr5)
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UK is encouraging young boys to bugger goats, so they can know what it's like at a young age.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at July 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)

66 53 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?
Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (XuXeR)

Why stop with a hijab? Go ahead and rape them, preferably done with an ancient moolim with no teeth, so that they will really understand the culture properly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 05:45 PM (bl07w)

67 That's DOCTOR Dick Thimble, thank you very much.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (wBaIH)

68 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

There's no time! Patch me through to Chloe.

Posted by: Jack Bauer at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

69 Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?
Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (XuXeR)
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A massive amount of feminist lunacy is explainable by pure jealousy. Rush (RIP) used to say that feminism was designed by ugly women to punish pretty ones, and that's never been more true. That homely overfed Welsh bint wants to have girls wear shapeless sacks so that the hot chick are pulled down to her level.

This is also why feminists were fine with dudes waving their junk in the locker room - the fit, athletic girls were the ones being hurt, not the fat ones whose biggest source of cardio is pushing a cart full of box wine on sale.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

70 Speaking of pineapples, I saw something funny on the cruise.

Someone had a bunch of cartoony upside-down pineapples on their state room door. I've heard this is a signal that one is open to swinging. The pineapples had captions like, "If you know you know" and "Let the good times roll."

But there were mixed messages. Another sign said something like, "We're not swingers, we just really love pineapples."

I didn't care either way, I just thought it was funny.

It became even funnier when I heard that cabin got a visit from security. They gave the people a lecture about safety and took down all of the pineapple signs.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (mkw2N)

71 The country most frequently cited in disputes over the U.S. beef supply is Argentina. The billionaire figures involved in these market controversies are the Batista brothers (Wesley and Joesley) of the Brazilian meatpacking conglomerate JBS, which controls a massive share of the U.S. beef processing market.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (NFX2v)

72 Great, even Welsh women sre becoming "groomers"

Just lay back and think of England girls

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

73 harsh, but fair!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (VyBeY)

74 Would you like a hotdog with your Squishee?

Posted by: Ro Khanna at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)

75 Also, it's funny watching Mallory Keaton turn out to be the Republican kid in the family.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (nLy2O)

76 Everyone in school is required to wear a suicide vest to see how it feels.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (/WQyy)

77 >>>>>>>>Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?
******
The Welsh politician needs to be sent to rage against the dying of his light.

Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (Fg1gh)

78 The propaganda ministries didn't realize that Jack Kimble is a made up name because they have no common sense whatsoever. As an old timer said they just sit there scrolling on their phones it looking at other computer screens and don't do any research just take things from the left st face value

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (m2wmY)

79 36. You know, they could just call it "lip service".

Barack knows plenty about lip service.

😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (NFX2v)

80 Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib....
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I hope posterity has a vigorous debate on how we ever let treasonous foreign retards into positions of significant political power.

Posted by: Crusader at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (TN0g+)

81 >>> And he's meanwhile a major investor in Impossible Foods -- the company trying to make non-meat meatlike substance.

One of the best weird sci-fi movies I saw recently was "Landscape with Invisible Hand." Non-aggressive aliens taking over Earth and turning them into serfs. They made a food-substitute food, and the production design team did a great job of making the gelatinous cubed food look realistically unappealing. The family has a lucky break one night, and has enough money to buy real steak for dinner! It's a huge deal.

This is the ACTUAL life the left wants for us, this movie, just with aliens as the overlords instead. I'm sure the book/movie creators think this story is 100% anti-capitalism, but there's an honesty within their message about all elites that rises above that, is non-partisan.

Anyway, the movie was beautiful, quirky, and weird in a good way. I liked that the main character was a painter, and they used his paintings as a framing device for the various "chapters" of the movie. I want to read the original novel the movie was based on.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (Eng1Z)

82 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

Micro drones, nano drones, Fantastic Voyage drones, ...

Posted by: Drone Warehouse at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (wVcYX)

83 I'm happy that (so far) Trump has managed to not get us roped into "nation building".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (IG3/x)
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I'm very happy with how we are dealing with Iran. Anyone remember "the Arab street?" How it was going to get angry? It is angry, but it's on our side. That's pretty slick.

We've got Arabs and Jews pasting Iran and no one really cares. Remarkable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

84
What the elites imagine they're doing: Scientific Population Management.

What they are definitely not doing: Anything like Scientific Population Management.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (Fi81e)

85 The Paolo, he know nothing of this thing ‘quick hits.’ He know only Long, Hard, Deep Hits.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (hAMhg)

86 Also, it's funny watching Mallory Keaton turn out to be the Republican kid in the family.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (nLy2O)

More ironic is her real brother is a liberal.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (/WQyy)

87 Oh give the DSA attendees a break. I only saw ONE furry mask amongst the attendees.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (wD+0u)

88 No pineapple for you!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (u9Xr5)

89 Iran has submarines?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (hAMhg)

90 Willowed:

1966. Ronald Reagan was running against Pat Brown, Jerry's father, when the Republicans said "If it's Brown, flush it."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 05:51 PM (qFwJc)

91 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

That wasn't Silverstein, it was De Morgan, a mathematician.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 05:51 PM (mkw2N)

92 Business in America in 2026:

Child, the younger, graduated college seven months ago. They are employed, they are living in their own apartment, with their own love interest, and it is time for them to not be on my automobile insurance. No problem. They chose an insurance company and purchased a policy, to start on the day I told them to have it start.

Now I inform my insurance company. Problem. They want to talk to child to see if they can get their business. I indicate that I'll forward on email and, if they're interested, they'll contact. Insurance company says that they have to contact before they can be removed from the policy. WTF?

Insurance company says that they have to very that child has insurance before they can drop them from the policy. I felt like asking if I refused to pay my premium would they ensure that I had another policy before they canceled mine?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

93 Iran HAD submarines.

Posted by: Let the record show at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (2Ez/1)

94 So the police in Canada enforce DEI now to the point of role reversal? Alrighty then. In the day a large black man dressed as a woman always rode in the back seat and her 'jewelry' was a pair of handcuffs.. or her coat was a straight jacket .

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (rjFy0)

95 spot-on, LizLem!

just like medieval days, but with ai and automatic weapons ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (VyBeY)

96 68 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

There's no time! Patch me through to Chloe.
Posted by: Jack Bauer at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

Good Lord! When will this day end? I have to go to the bathroom so bad!

Posted by: Jack Bauer at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (9ZFZd)

97 57 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

So, yer sayin it's Drones all the way down?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 05:53 PM (mP0Kj)

98
When narcissists get a hold of the levers of power to indulge their delusions of grandeur that they are the management that everybody needs, you get Europe, Britain and America.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)

99 > We've got Arabs and Jews pasting Iran and no one really cares. Remarkable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

All it needs is for the Turks, Kurds, Pakis, and Yezidis to get involved, maybe with the Indians and Chinese sending some long-distance regards, and they'll achieve a Sesame Street level of multiculturalism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)

100 >>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

I'll bite. Fine, do this, have all the kids to this for a day, boys and girls. But then the all the kids, even the Muslim kids, need to wear a Christian cross for a day. And a Jewish kippah the next day.

Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

101 oh, & thanks for the movie recommendation! we'll look for it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (VyBeY)

102 89 Iran has submarines?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (hAMhg)

They go down really well... just have not figured out the coming back up part...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

103 The Stuff (1985) A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

104 "Insurance company says that they have to very that child has insurance before they can drop them from the policy. I felt like asking if I refused to pay my premium would they ensure that I had another policy before they canceled mine?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"

Probably some law. We had to do that.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (MWfyi)

105 The truth is out there.

Posted by: Representative Dana Scully at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (2Ez/1)

106 Also, it's funny watching Mallory Keaton turn out to be the Republican kid in the family.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (nLy2O)

More ironic is her real brother is a liberal.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (/WQyy)
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My friends and I developed some head canon that Mr. Keaton got fed up with suburbia, left the family and started a new life out west where he collected guns and redheads. "Tremors" was basically the sequel to "Family Ties."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

107 92, that's insane!
or in other words, typical 2026 business-as-usual!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (VyBeY)

108 > We've got Arabs and Jews pasting Iran and no one really cares. Remarkable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

All it needs is for the Turks, Kurds, Pakis, and Yezidis to get involved, maybe with the Indians and Chinese sending some long-distance regards, and they'll achieve a Sesame Street level of multiculturalism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)

A regular Ballroom Blitz.

Posted by: The Sweet at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (wVcYX)

109 Q. What do you call an Iranian submarine 10 minutes after hostilities begin?

A. A reef.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (IG3/x)

110 Probably some law. We had to do that.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (MWfyi)

Another hoop that law-abiding citizens must jump through but the illegals get to ignore.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ExV1e)

111 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

Whoever you were talking with is talking out of their ass. I know there are some insurance agents here that can confirm.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (/WQyy)

112 9. Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”
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The same frigging clowns oppose little girls wearing white veils for Holy Communion because they're Roman Catholic, Orthodox, etc.

Can touch them.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:57 PM (NFX2v)

113 That was when they were living at home though. I don't know about if they were living elsewhere.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:57 PM (MWfyi)

114 Whoever you were talking with is talking out of their ass. I know there are some insurance agents here that can confirm.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (/WQyy)

I'm just gonna send them the policy number as soon as child sends it to me and tell them that this is as good as they're gonna get.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:58 PM (ExV1e)

115 100 >>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

I'll bite. Fine, do this, have all the kids to this for a day, boys and girls. But then the all the kids, even the Muslim kids, need to wear a Christian cross for a day. And a Jewish kippah the next day.

Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

Exactly, shifting the blame and making the aggressors the victims as we've seen so many times.

That said, I can't help but think of the classic SNL skit where Eddie Murphy goes undercover as a white guy.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 13, 2026 05:58 PM (9ZFZd)

116 It's impossible to deal politically with someone as stupid vas the Welsh lady. They exist here in the Dem party and should be fought at every turn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:58 PM (m2wmY)

117 Insurance company says that they have to very that child has insurance before they can drop them from the policy. I felt like asking if I refused to pay my premium would they ensure that I had another policy before they canceled mine?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"

Probably some law. We had to do that.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (MWfyi)
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This. If the insurance company drops someone from a policy, and that person gets into an accident without insurance, it’s a huge clusterfuck and that person will almost certainly claim “I never dropped that policy.” Company needs a record of that person saying affirmatively that they’re dropping the policy.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (hAMhg)

118 All it needs is for the Turks, Kurds, Pakis, and Yezidis to get involved, maybe with the Indians and Chinese sending some long-distance regards, and they'll achieve a Sesame Street level of multiculturalism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)
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I think 99% of the commentary on Iran misses that China is the real target. The US has taken control of the Straits, has Venezuela in its pocket, and we're basically telling the Chicoms that if they try anything, we turn off the spigot.

BTW, China is getting Biblical levels of natural disasters. The Mandate of Heaven has been revoked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

119 Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

Ironically, I believe that Britain still has a State Religion, even if it's not required to be exclusive. And that religion ain't (officially) Islam.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)

120 If there is one regret I have moving forward, and must remove from my bucket list, it is that I never got a chance to see Lindsey Graham do the Pee-Wee Herman tequila dance.

Tragic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM (sYM3s)

121 You first lady.

Posted by: Put up or shut up at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM (2Ez/1)

122 > So, yer sayin it's Drones all the way down?

Not exactly.

The turtles all the way down thing is more of an example of an infinite regression.

The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM (mkw2N)

123 I'ma invent a gerbil drone to bomb Obama's Straight of Whore Moose..

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 06:01 PM (rjFy0)

124 According to FOX News I'm supposed to be mourning the loss of some elder senate statesman who just cared about everyone and dedicated his life to serving.
I'm still trying to figure out who they're talking about.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:01 PM (UjdFS)

125 91 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

That wasn't Silverstein, it was De Morgan, a mathematician.
Posted by: bonhomme
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I always thought it was Ogden Nash

Upon checking, I see that Jonathan Swift wrote the proto-version, but yes, it was De Morgan who came closest to what we know today. I guess to clear his mind of theorms.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:02 PM (Q0L71)

126
>>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Walk a mile in her shoes.

https://t.ly/PKgfm

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

127 Sheinbaum needs to be taught a lesson on diplomacy and who not to piss off.

Slap an 80% tax on all remittances into Mexico, being that remittances are a greater amount of money than Mexico's welfare programs.

Remittances translated into dollars: $64.7 Billion
AMLO: $41-44 Billion equivalent.

Turn off the spigot and see what happens.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (U4c/V)

128 The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM
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We're sitting right here.

Posted by: The fleas at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (2Ez/1)

129 I can say this with utter certainty: there isn’t a more pious and unlikable host than Abby Phillip in my lifetime.

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Gabby Abby is unlikeable? Who knew?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (ndZc7)

130 Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:01 PM (UjdFS)

Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (/WQyy)

131
According to FOX News I'm supposed to be mourning the loss of some elder senate statesman who just cared about everyone and dedicated his life to serving.
I'm still trying to figure out who they're talking about.
Posted by: wth

Jefferson Smith

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (Cqx++)

132 Diaper-gate coming for Newsom? From the CA Post:

A government ethics watchdog is asking California’s state auditor to investigate a multimillion-dollar diaper deal championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom — alleging political favoritism and potential waste of taxpayer dollars.

Washington D.C.-based Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) asked State Auditor Grant Parks to probe California’s $6.2M no-bid contract with Baby2Baby, a nonprofit with ties to Newsom’s wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom, alleging the state may have skirted a typical competitive bidding process and concealed records about the free diaper deal.

Posted by: beckster at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (kX27y)

133 200 FBI agents descend on Fulton County over the weekend and we don't get a single Fanni Willis post? You guys are slipping!

Posted by: Mr_Fastbucks at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (S5SUf)

134 Would it be too much to ask that the presstitutes who manipulated the President's words should be killed?

Posted by: torabora at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (opLQR)

135 Gabby Abby is unlikeable? Who knew?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (ndZc7)
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She uses NPR-voice because she thinks it makes her sound smarter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (RIvkX)

136 Graham may have done some good things, Fen, but he was also the one that suggested that Capitol Police shoot the protesters on J6. He was a machine guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (zZu0s)

137 My X timeline suggested I look at George Stephanopolous snd Martha "bitchface" Raddatz to remember how foul they were after Trump was shit at Butler.

https://tinyurl.com/3evadmbh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (j/wwM)

138 I'll bite. Fine, do this, have all the kids to this for a day, boys and girls. But then the all the kids, even the Muslim kids, need to wear a Christian cross for a day. And a Jewish kippah the next day.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

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FUCK that. We need to kick their muzzie loving asses out of the West, not look for equivalency. When they have majority Christians will start the slow genocide that all the middle east has suffered.

Maybe we should tell them they can build mosques when we can build cathedrals in KSA.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (Q0L71)

139 The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM
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We're sitting right here.
Posted by: The fleas at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (2Ez/1)
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It's gonna stop at some point.

Posted by: The Planck Length at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (FZ29D)

140 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

I bet she'd pitch a fit about patriarchy and oppression if anyone suggested that young girls should wear wimples like Christian nuns do.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (vJrRc)

141 Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?
Posted by: polynikes
......

Yes, it does. His years in the senate, no.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (UjdFS)

142 Ironically, I believe that Britain still has a State Religion, even if it's not required to be exclusive. And that religion ain't (officially) Islam.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)
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The Church of England is the established church. The Church of England in Wales was disestablished about a century ago.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

143 >>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Sew the Welsh Politician in a heavy leather gimp suit so he knows how it feels for the rest of his life.

That, or a nice set of clothes made of tar and feathers.

What kind of sadistic degenerate believes that they can just treat other people like diseased livestock?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (PVBkQ)

144 Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

Slurm?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (rbvCR)

145 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age

She's obviously been steam rolled by political correctness her entire life , is not a practicing Christian or Jew and / or is being paid off or threatened by agents of Islam.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (D+BhG)

146 119 Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

Ironically, I believe that Britain still has a State Religion, even if it's not required to be exclusive. And that religion ain't (officially) Islam.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)

The King is still supposedly the 'Defender of the Faith' by title...

Not sure what Faith Chucky boy has.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

147 133 200 FBI agents descend on Fulton County over the weekend and we don't get a single Fanni Willis post? You guys are slipping!
Posted by: Mr_Fastbucks at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM
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Oooohhh, a fanny probe?
I LOVE a good fanny probe!!

Posted by: Pete BootyBoot at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (2Ez/1)

148 That marine drone video is awesome. If you go frame by frame you see that it's going off underneath a minisub that has been hoisted up onto that dock.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (edUvp)

149 Here's CNBC, with news you can use:

"CNBC’s ranking of the 10 worst states to live in 2026—all of them Republican-led—has drawn criticism from conservatives.

The broadcaster gave each state a Quality of Life score based on factors including crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, worker protections and civil rights laws. The Quality of Life category was one of 10 in the outlet’s annual America’s Top States for Business study.

Tennessee was ranked the worst state to live in after receiving a score of just 64 out of 290.

CNBC noted that Tennessee had one of the highest violent-crime rates in the nation, citing FBI statistics, as well as the third-highest drug-death rate.

CNBC’s bottom 10 states for quality of life, from lowest-scoring upward, were:

Tennessee (64 out of 290)
Texas (7

Indiana (82)
Louisiana (89)
Georgia (89)
Utah (95)
Missouri (9

Alabama (99)
Oklahoma (103)
Arkansas (103)"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

150 - Tousi tv has a new one up. On utube.

Some Iranians taking to the streets again in Tehran. Video.
Heading back to finish watching.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (dAv7M)

151 Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (/WQyy)
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He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

152 There's a flea on the wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (wVcYX)

153 I think a lot of ugly lefty woman kinda like the idea of wearing a sack over their head, as that would make them the same as someone like Sydney Sweeney.

But it they looked half decent, they would be on only fans in a minute whoring for attention.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (Q0L71)

154 Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM
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It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.

Posted by: Brawndo at July 13, 2026 06:10 PM (2Ez/1)

155 My YouTube has been taken over by Sophie videos

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

156 Maybe bury this Welsh politician up to her neck and have the men throw rocks at her whore face.

You know, so she knows how it feels.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (u9Xr5)

157 Mamdani just said rapes are up because the definition of rape has been expanded. Anybody who voted for this communist, jihadist , theater kid gets what they deserve

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (m2wmY)

158 Has anyone noticed everytime Trump announced a peace deal was reached with Iran some unknown source called BS. This is after he blew up every high ranking military officer in the country. Somebody in Iran watched too much Monte Python! Apparently Trump never watched the show . Kind of like a skit ...

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (rjFy0)

159 103 The Stuff (1985) A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

this is about popplers, isn't it?

Posted by: lrrr at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (v3pYe)

160 The King is still supposedly the 'Defender of the Faith' by title...

Not sure what Faith Chucky boy has.
Posted by: Romeo13

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He just changed to Royal Charter to "defender of the faiths"

Plural.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (Q0L71)

161 It bugs me when pious is used as an insult.

Piety is a good thing.

Pomposity is what people object to.

And pomposity shamming piety is especially heinous.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (Ot/FD)

162 151 Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (/WQyy)
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He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah, anytime anyone deployed heard there was a JAG Officer around?

Caused more fear than the enemy... because at least you got to shoot back at foreign enemies.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (mP0Kj)

163 Turn off the spigot and see what happens.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (U4c/V)

I will invest in Tether that day.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:12 PM (rbvCR)

164 The Church of England is the established church. The Church of England in Wales was disestablished about a century ago.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Ah yes, I have been aware of the anitdisestablimentarianism movement for many years.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (Q0L71)

165 62 There's a theory that there just isn't any unitary "government of Iran" left to negotiate with.

The mullahs, Revolutionary Guard, local police... are all doing their own things."

looks like a thoroughly proven "theory" now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (edUvp)

166 One thing I noticed about the military.

They keep you busy. Long experience hath shewn, large groups of young people, particularly males, though not exclusively so, will get into trouble if left to their own devices.

They need purpose, motivation, direction, leadership, all that stuff.

That gaggle of masked freaks in Denver reminds us of what inevitability happens without Adult supervision. They need Mentors. Good role models.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (yG9XG)

167 My YouTube has been taken over by Sophie videos
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

How fun!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (wVcYX)

168 Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

Slurm?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (rbvCR)
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The spice must flow!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (FZ29D)

169 He just changed to Royal Charter to "defender of the faiths"

Plural.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (Q0L71)

The tenets of Waraiotokism are defined as "the exact opposite of everything the Church of England holds", and our mission statement is to obliterate the Church of England.

Defend that, Chuck.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (Ot/FD)

170 Guy who got thrown by a buffalo.

The retiree and community leader from Kendall, Wash. also praised the animal for not killing him during the attack.

'When I was on the ground immobile, unable to move, he was right on top of me,' McDaniel told CNN.

'He could have stomped on me, he could have gored me, he could have done almost anything to take my life, and he did not do so.'

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Well, he wasn't a Muslim buffalo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (ndZc7)

171 Yes, it does. His years in the senate, no.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (UjdFS

Fair enough. I just didn't expect as much couples dancing on his grave with the Left.

He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (/WQyy)

172 >>> If there is one regret I have moving forward, and must remove from my bucket list, it is that I never got a chance to see Lindsey Graham do the Pee-Wee Herman tequila dance.

You know, that's exactly what AI is built for, it's not too late to still see it...

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (Eng1Z)

173 153 I think a lot of ugly lefty woman kinda like the idea of wearing a sack over their head, as that would make them the same as someone like Sydney Sweeney,"

as if it's only their face that is hideous.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (edUvp)

174 The turtles all the way down thing is more of an example of an infinite regression.

The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).
Posted by: bonhomme

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I'm right here you know.

Posted by: Bottom Turtle at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (Q0L71)

175
TheBlaze
@theblaze

Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib: “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression. Look at this room, motherf******. We aren’t going anywhere. Now we’re in Congress and every corner of the United States.”

She seems nice.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:15 PM (6wpGE)

176 >>>Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

It is best to get the girls used to the restriction the hijab imposes early on so it becomes normalized and they don't know there is any different way to live.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)

177 The King is still supposedly the 'Defender of the Faith' by title...

Not sure what Faith Chucky boy has.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

"The King’s title as “Defender of the Faith” has been replaced by "Protector of the Space for Faith within the Multi-faith Nation.""

https://tinyurl.com/4ykndpue

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 06:16 PM (B0NCh)

178 158 Somebody in Iran watched too much Monte Python! Apparently Trump never watched the show . Kind of like a skit ...

it's the fish-slapping dance, isn't it?

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 06:16 PM (v3pYe)

179 as if it's only their face that is hideous.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (edUvp)

Ok, then.

Full body sacks. And nobody gets to talk. No interaction of any kind.

Hey, wait....

Maybe the rugfuckers are on to something, here?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (Ot/FD)

180 Read the people in Iran like 3/4 have only known Islam ruling, nonidea what was before the revolution

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

181 He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
____________

Excuse to repost this David French article from 2009 in which he strongly implies he was in combat:

https://tinyurl.com/3js24yeh

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (XvL8K)

182 I don't know what I would have done in Buffalo Guy's situation, tough spot. I think I would have tried to get on one side of that little dumpster seen in the video, and try to keep moving around it faster than the buffalo could.

That's a risky move, though.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (edUvp)

183 Commie Mandami explains rape.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape"

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The Rape Nazi had the same problem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (ndZc7)

184 Remember how, for the last year plus, the left has demanded ICE have warrants for the arrest of illegals?

I guess that's supposed to ... well, I don't know what they want to deceive into there.

Anyway, Maine Man who just got ventilated for trying to run over ICE agents ... had a warrant for his arrest.
Yet, he still didn't turn himself in.
Tried to run.
Tried to kill.

bUt yOu nEEd A wArrAnt!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (3cUTc)

185 Not dancing on his grave, just sick of being told by newsreaders how I should worship the almighty politicians.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

186 I've encountered buffalo very close up. Not intentionally, of course. Once I was rounding the corner of an outhouse there stood a huge bull, not ten feet away. I froze. He glanced at me, snorted, and sauntered off.

I went back to my tent and changed my drawers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

187 He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

JAG is military. Subject to the UCMJ. Chain of Command.

Not all military folks are infantry or airborne.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (bl07w)

188 Rancid Taliban: "We aren't going anywhere."

Certainly not to productive jobs, anyway.

Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (lXn6W)

189 Senate bio

Graham compiled a distinguished record in the United States Air Force as he logged six-and-a-half years of service on active duty as an Air Force lawyer. From 1984-1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein-Main Air Force Base in Germany.

Upon leaving active duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until 1995. During the first Gulf War in the early 90's, Graham was called to active duty and served state-side at McEntire Air National Guard Base as Staff Judge Advocate where he prepared members for deployment to the Gulf region.

In 1995, Graham joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves. During American military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Graham put his experience in military law to use pulling numerous short-term Reserve duties in both countries over congressional breaks and holidays.

Graham retired from the Air Force Reserves in June 2015 having served his country in uniform for 33 years. He retired at the rank of Colonel.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (6wpGE)

190 185 Not dancing on his grave, just sick of being told by newsreaders how I should worship the almighty politicians.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

Charlie Kirk got a Good Riddance and a hearty Mind Your Tone Or You're Next.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (Ot/FD)

191 170 I knew I liked that buffalo...

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (wBaIH)

192 Excuse to repost this David French article from 2009 in which he strongly implies he was in combat:

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (XvL8K)
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I don't think civilians know how hated JAGs are, how veterans respect some total screw-up career E3 more than a JAG.

French went to Iraq and got warzone pay with no income tax to do paperwork. His primary duties included ruining the careers of actual warriors, combing through dirty laundry and thinking of was to make ROE even more self-defeating.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

193 Good call setting the sequel to Reno 911 to Toronto 911. The actors are funny.

Posted by: banana Dream - I'm pretending it's a show and not actual dipshittery at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (3uBP9)

194 That guy was lucky it was a buffalo. Cuz I can tell you what a grizzly would have done to him, and your ass is never the same afterwards.

Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (lXn6W)

195 Not dancing on his grave, just sick of being told by newsreaders how I should worship the almighty politicians.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

Charlie Kirk got a Good Riddance and a hearty Mind Your Tone Or You're Next.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (Ot/FD)

Maybe we'll get Nancy Mace as his replacement. I've heard that she has massive tits so you know she'll be a good Senator.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

196 183 Commie Mandami explains rape.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape"

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The Rape Nazi had the same problem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (ndZc7)

Well, if anyone knows about rape, it would be the muzzies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 06:23 PM (bl07w)

197 I can say this with utter certainty: there isn’t a more pious and unlikable host than Abby Phillip in my lifetime.

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Is he entirely unfamiliar with Jake Tapper?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:23 PM (ndZc7)

198 >>> journalist Cari Tuna
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tuna, you've got some 'splainin' to do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (VPNgR)

199 Maybe we'll get Nancy Mace as his replacement. I've heard that she has massive tits so you know she'll be a good Senator.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

That lady is one shovel to the face and a TBI away from being MTG 2.0.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (Ot/FD)

200 That guy was lucky it was a buffalo. Cuz I can tell you what a grizzly would have done to him, and your ass is never the same afterwards.
Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (lXn6W)

Just put some ice on it. -- Rose

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

201 188 Rancid Taliban: "We aren't going anywhere."

Certainly not to productive jobs, anyway.
Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (lXn6W)

Well, it's not like anyone is inviting this miserable wretch anywhere.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (bl07w)

202 journalist Cari Tuna
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tuna, you've got some 'splainin' to do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (VPNgR)

She should marry a guy named Innabucket.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (Ot/FD)

203 Toronto cop can never go the the cop bars again. He'll be drinking Zimas with dress wearing guy who's been 'transitioning' for eight years, and finally got a date with a cop.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (LHPAg)

204 I think she should show them to us first.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (UjdFS)

205 In a world where Joy Reid exists, its hard to believe anyone else is less likeable.

Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (lXn6W)

206 27 That Kimble post looked like the Scott Jennings post.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Cqx++)

Exactly! Not sure which came first.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (6wpGE)

207 204 I think she should show them to us first.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (UjdFS)

The nation's first Senate Confirmation Feeling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)

208
Read the people in Iran like 3/4 have only known Islam ruling, nonidea what was before the revolution
Posted by: Skip

It's like expecting North Koreans to revolt.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:27 PM (Cqx++)

209 I think I would have tried to get on one side of that little dumpster seen in the video, and try to keep moving around it faster than the buffalo could.

That's a risky move, though.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (edUvp)

I might have tried to hop into that thing. Gross, but probably not life-threatening.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 06:28 PM (zYpTz)

210 >>>Guy who got thrown by a buffalo.

The retiree and community leader from Kendall, Wash. also praised the animal for not killing him during the attack.

>Ha-ha! First, he should have kept walking. He should have never stopped and never squared up on the bison or stared into his eyes. Next, he should have run like hell when the bison started rolling to get up, he should have hauled ass and taken shelter in his vehicle. Lastly, you don't play Ring Around the Rosie with a bison in the rut. They are too fast and have 100x testosterone.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 06:28 PM (sYM3s)

211 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

I dont think the men commenting on her massive tits we're implying that this would make her a good Senator, only that they -of course- like massive tits and sometimes rather massively talk about massive tits

I don't think I'd know Nancy Mace without a caption.of her name, and I have a less than massive interest in the size of her wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

212 wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

Well i mean it wasn't that but it is now, obviously.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (Ot/FD)

213 200 That guy was lucky it was a buffalo. Cuz I can tell you what a grizzly would have done to him, and your ass is never the same afterwards.
Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (lXn6W)

Just put some ice on it. -- Rose
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

I know, right?

Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (9ZFZd)

214 >>> Toronto cop can never go the the cop bars again. He'll be drinking Zimas with dress wearing guy who's been 'transitioning' for eight years, and finally got a date with a cop.
Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (LHPAg)

When my wife sees some sort of pest like a bug or a snake she does not allow herself to believe that there exists more than that one in a thousand mild radius. Like it was on vacation to see the sites and she just noticed that one while it was out.

Likewise, I'm pretty sure Lt. Jim Dangle here isn't a one off and has a lot of company at the precinct.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

215 Russians went nearly 100 years without knowing what life in thexwest was like. Lines, shabby cheap products if you could ev rd n find what you need.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:31 PM (Ia/+0)

216 Nood. Apparently, immigration may be related to crime.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

217 212 wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

Well i mean it wasn't that but it is now, obviously.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (Ot/FD)

Of all the things, who'da thought Fen would coin a new term for boobs? I'm stealing it.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (9ZFZd)

218 188 Rancid Taliban: "We aren't going anywhere."

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Embedded like ticks inside the body politic, but not nearly as friendly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)

219 How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name? Did no one at CNN realize, "Gee, I never heard that name before and as someone paid to watch the news hour-by-hour, I probably should have heard that name before, if it were real"?
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I know, right?

Posted by: Sum Ting Wong and Wi Tu Lo at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (hPLSE)

220 212 wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

Well i mean it wasn't that but it is now, obviously.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (Ot/FD)

Of all the things, who'da thought Fen would coin a new term for boobs? I'm stealing it.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (9ZFZd)

What you don't know is that *all* the terms for boobs where invented by Fen.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)

221 29 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

Nah, man. Richard Kimble is chasing the one armed man that k*lled his wife.
I think you're thinking of JOHN Kimble. HE'S A COP, YOU IDIOT. (that's a Kindergarden Cop reference; i know most of you hate movies so this one probably got caught by less than a dozen.)

Posted by: Nelly at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (6+ehB)

222 I literally, no exaggeration, recoiled in horror when that trans-hulk appeared in the video. If anyone is feeling unsafe when that creature is around, it's the normies, not trans-hulk.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 13, 2026 08:47 PM (XMwZJ)

223 “Plant-based”. Because “vegetarian” is just TOO HARD.

I hate the dumbing down of language so much.

Last night I was trying to extract an insurance quote, then was asked online “Who is your current auto insurance provider?”

I stopped. Cold. Not really big words like “insurer”. Or “insurance company”. I’m not doing business with people who find English to be so difficult.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 08:55 PM (4g5V+)

224 The Toronto CIU should be embarrassed. But they won’t be.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 08:57 PM (4g5V+)

Humiliated by His Fawning Over a Nazi Rapist, Ro Khanna Tries to Change the Subject By Trying to Force His Way Past an Israeli Checkpoint and Then Crying "Jews Are Abusing a Brown Man!" When They Stop Him (for Ninety Minutes, to Check IDs)

Ro Khanna's absurd idea that he can be president took a big hit when his Rapist Wingman Graham Platner was forced to withdraw.

So he's begging for attention from the Nazi left:

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Ro Khanna backed a Nazi tattooed rapist after he was credibly accused of domestic abuse.
To distract from that, he ran to Israel to enter a government restricted area and stage a PR stunt.
If you're falling for this, you're an idiot. And apparently, lots of idiots exist.

He admits that he knew he was trying to force his way past the checkpoint of a "restricted military area" -- but played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card anyway.

Dan The Zionist!
@DanTheZionist
Jul 12
Ro Khanna's driver intentionally triggered a Security First Response Team.
Israeli Gedaliah Blum explains the tricks that Ro Khanna used to stage a performance.
Ro Khanna was traveling in Judea and Samaria, which are also known as the West Bank. The Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria have experienced many terrorist attacks. So, there are First Response Teams of community guards who monitor for suspicious activity. These teams are governed by laws and work with safety measures, and they coordinate with the Israeli army.
Shabbat is Saturday. On Shabbat, people living in Jewish communities do not drive. On Shabbat, Ro Khanna's team drove off the road, which was already very suspicious. The strange activity of Ro Khanna's vehicle triggered the First Response Team. So, the team checked the vehicles.
Ro Khanna did not tell anyone he was going to be in the area. He was not traveling in a way that identified him as a congressman, he was not in a government marked vehicle. The First Responder Team checked for his identity. Specifically, because Ro Khanna did not tell anyone he would be in the area, it took about ninety minutes to confirm his identity with the Israeli army.
After he was safely identified, he was allowed to continue on his way. Afterwards, Ro Khanna described this security check as being held hostage by wild settlers, which is total nonsense.
Ro Khanna is a liar.

His only defense of his actions is that other Congressmen have gotten into that area before.

Yes, this Fox newsreader points out -- after first clearing it with the government of Israel, which Ro Khanna didn't do, because he wanted a staged confrontation because his campaign for president is failing ludicrously and he wants to court the leftwing Nazi vote.

Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine.

When the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers & continued our detention.

They made a huge mistake.

You will be hearing more soon. https://t.co/rZw8bRAn64 pic.twitter.com/4z50Ye4I7K
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) July 11, 2026

🚨 NEW: Fox News CALLS OUT Ro Khanna for his story on being detained in the West Bank:

FOX: You didn't know that entering a restricted military area would get you stopped?

KHANNA: American Congresspeople have been there before.

FOX: With prior coordination.�
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) July 13, 2026

A Twitter account pointed out that Ro Khanna never referred to himself a "brown" man before, but is now crying that the Jews are abusing a "brown" person.

Appearing on explicitly pro-terrorist, pro-murder leftwing podcaster Hassan Piker's show, this Born-Again Brown Man says he's never been more acutely aware of his race or racism than when he was temporarily detained and checked for ID in a foreign country while attempting to gain entry to a sensitive military area without announcing he was coming or driving in a car marked as diplomatic.

He really needs you to know that he's part of the BIPOC coalition:

RNC Research
@RNCResearch

Ro Khanna compares the IDF to "Jim Crow" after trespassing in the West Bank:
"You have a police force and the IDF that is aligned by extremist settlers in the same way [that] in Jim Crow during the segregationist south, police were often aligned with the segregationists."

Jim Crow? More like Jim Eagle, Fat!!!

According to a source for the New York Post, Ro Khanna was invited to meet freed hostages and survivors of October 7th.

Khanna's team didn't even bother to respond.

His team was also offered an opportunity to meet with Druze civilians in the Golan Heights and a briefing on how� pic.twitter.com/4Afj0FsVrg
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) July 11, 2026

See, earlier I thought Ro Khanna must be some kind of tech mogul. I thought that because he was rich and he said positive things about Elon Musk.

Turns out he just says whatever he thinks his current audience wants to hear. Ro Khanna 1.0 was the "bipartisan centrist who favors innovation and growing the economy.

But Ro Khanna 1.0 failed.

So now here's Ro Khanna 2.0, the Nazi-defending, Rape-Adjacent far-left pimp for Islam.

Ro Khanna, Graham Platner's most stalwart defender, funded a Platner rally from his own campaign funds after the physical abuse allegations emerged. Now that Platner is an accused rapist, Khanna is desperately trying to change the subject with�you guessed it�Israel! https://t.co/5oSpdahO69
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) July 13, 2026

In case you missed it: Ro Khanna's money -- to the extent it even is his money-- comes from his father-in-law. He married the daughter of a major auto-parts business owner.

So no, not a tech mogul, not a self-made man. Just another grifter on the make.

Update: The US Ambassador to Israel, Michael Leiter, roasted Khanna.

The joke woke white Karen Margaret Brennan relentlessly defended him, and claimed the avowedly anti-Israel/pro-Hamas group "J Street" is a "Jewish group" that "just seeks a different path for Israel."

That path? Being abolished and subjugated by Hamas.

Video here.

LEITER: Now, in terms of Ro Khanna, we reached out to him when we heard he was going to Israel, the Israeli embassy here in Washington. As all congressmen do, they coordinate their trip with the Israeli government. We suggested he visit with- with survivors of the October 7th massacre. That he visit the borders, so he understands the, the issues that we have in our borders and so on. He ignored that and he decided to coordinate his trip not with Israel, but with Palestinian activists and with J Street, which is a anti-government, anti-Israeli government advocacy group here in Washington. So you know he coordinated--
BRENNAN: It's a Jewish lobby group...
LEITER: Well, it's--
BRENNAN: ...that is supportive of a different path for Israel.
LEITER: Yeah, yeah. I- I play tennis once a year. That doesn't make me a tennis player. The fact that they call themselves a Jewish organization is- is irrelevant. They're- they're- an advocacy group against the government of Israel. That has to be clear.
BRENNAN: The current government, Netanyahu government.
LEITER: Yes. Yes--
BRENNAN: That's what you mean, the government you work for.
LEITER: And Congressman Khanna, there has been no secret about his antipathy towards the government of Israel as well. So perhaps if he would have coordinated the trip- and then you know to have this incident on Wednesday and wait to release it on Saturday, maybe this had more something to do with his support of- of Graham Platner beforehand and the difficulties he had with that, and trying to shift the focus to something else. Perhaps I'm asking a question.
BRENNAN: Well, we did hear from Congressman Khanna, who said that there was an alert to the embassy on his behalf, and that they asked for the news...

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:14 PM

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1 foist

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:13 PM (CWTWj)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 13, 2026 04:14 PM (NcvvS)

3 They had M4 guns!

Dork

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:15 PM (xhfG9)

4 Governor McMaster appointed Graham's sister to serve the rest of his term in the Senate (that is until January).

I am not sure how the special election will be handled. My guess from here it will be Joe Wilson who runs.

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (xhfG9)

5 Remind me, who started saying Ro is “presidential material?”!?!?!

NOPE

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (4KUe5)

6 rho kappa theta?

Posted by: H at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (w8ire)

7 They should have done the US a solid and just shot his silly ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (S41Gd)

8 7 They should have done the US a solid and just shot his silly ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (S41Gd)

My thinking exactly....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:18 PM (FtULh)

9 He married the daughter of a major auto-parts business owner.

the news here is that otto partes went into the military.

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 04:19 PM (v3pYe)

10 the israelis also held another brown person named greta thunberg

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:19 PM (CWTWj)

11 I see on X that the President has given Congress notification of a completely new military action regarding Iran that began within the last 48 hours, which has nothing to do with anything they may have commented on in the past.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (vSvIl)

12 "American made M4s"

He was close enough to see the lettering on the side.

Posted by: the turtles at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (MWfyi)

13 They had M4 guns!

Dork
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:15 PM (xhfG9)

I'll bet that they actually had older Colt Commandos or XM177s. LOTS of them in Israel.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (ElRxa)

14 You know what's odd? For most of my like, being antisemitic was a third rail in politics. KKK! NAZI! THE HOLOCAUST!

What is strange is that now dems are fully going in that direction while still calling OTHERS Nazis.

Life is weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (zZu0s)

15 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

16 Roe (ripe fish eggs) > Ro (daft egg head)

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (dIske)

17 So no, not a tech mogul, not a self-made man. Just another grifter on the make.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:14 PM
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And, after the last six months of one political flop after another, I honestly believe his career is done. Over. His only hope is some Democrat will appoint him to some job, because I cannot believe he can get elected to anything.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (AnNWH)

18 I'm just surprised he didn't call them AKs.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (MWfyi)

19 15 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (FtULh)

20 How much did Bill Ackman donate to “centrist” Ro Khanna’s campaign, one wonders.

Isn’t he a Justice Democrat, such as AOC, Omar, and Tlaib? How unaware does one have to be to think a Justice Democrat is a centrist? Maybe if you want to be fooled…

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (4KUe5)

21 i saw over the weekend that the israelis make their own version of what are basically m4 rifles

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (CWTWj)

22 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

LOVED you in the Simpsons.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)

23 All my friends are brown and red.

Posted by: Spoonman at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Cqx++)

24 I think the most important thing to take from this is that since Israeli forces did not kill him dead instantly this proves that he is a bought and paid shill for Zionist forces.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (uhVAy)

25 If it hasn't already been mentioned, the NY Post has a headline saying SC Governor Henry McMaster has appointed Graham's sister to the seat temporarily. Yeah, I can't say I'm thrilled.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (qBdHI)

26 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)

27 ========================
And, after the last six months of one political flop after another, I honestly believe his career is done. Over. His only hope is some Democrat will appoint him to some job, because I cannot believe he can get elected to anything.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (AnNWH)

Nah... he's perfect for California

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (FtULh)

28 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

Shit, I'm glad I was drinking, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (S41Gd)

29 So let me get this straight. He married into a leading auto parts business family. Maybe the brothers Manny, Moe, and Jack? Betcha Friday nights around the table are sumptin.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (gm9Sb)

30 Regarding 10/7:

I've heard the rumor that Ukraine will let folks anywhere earn extra cash piloting their drones.
IDK, I've no strong feelings for either side.

But if someone opened up the contract to hunt Hamas with drones?

I'd be farming kills like Cartman and the boys when they got addicted to WoW.
I'd be spawn camping outside of every mosque, school and hospital.
I'd get warnings of suspicious activity for being a bot I'd be on so long.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (3cUTc)

31 They should have done the US a solid and just shot his silly ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (S41Gd)

They should have released him in Gaza or out of a helicopter over Gaza

Posted by: Beartooth at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (IYeV+)

32 Israel should have told them in advance they were not welcome. And now Israel should ban his ass.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (diia5)

33 I would be more impressed if he had pulled his DYKWIA stunt in certain areas of LA.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (vTZFs)

34 Anybody know which auto part stores?

Posted by: Reforger at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (TSpzX)

35 Race for the slimiest continues in politicians.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (Dd38x)

36 What the fuck is this? Everybody is an ambassador now and is running their own state department? Put him in the cooler.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (sYM3s)

37 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)

Schlichter is a political edge lord and 'sweat.' (Gaming term for someone who goes all out and tries too hard. Does not mean their bad, but you can see them sweat over a 'game.')

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (zZu0s)

38 I actually like Khanna.

He's one of the few Democrats I can respect other than Fetterman.

Posted by: Zoomer Conservative at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (KbeaJ)

39 O/T sorry guys, good topic above , but.."JUST IN: The Governor of South Carolina has appointed the sister of the late Senator Graham to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (GD0B3)

40 5> Remind me, who started saying Ro is “presidential material?”!?!?!

The Demonic Party has an uncanny ability seek out and promote the most loathsome, immoral reprobates in any given population.

Its like S'tan is in their top Party Leadership

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (+4Cf6)

41 Ro Ro Ro your boat...

Posted by: That's all I got at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (2Ez/1)

42 CNN has learned that graham Platner was attacked by a giant Clam while Oyster farming off the coast of Maine today.

He stated that he must work harder to feed his starving mother because of Trump’s Stalinist Economic policies.
CNN discovered glued to the Clam’s shell was a “MAGA” Sticker.

Chuck Schumer immediately rushed to the nearest CNN microphone and has called for the impeachment of Trump.

Platner has responded by stating he is reentering the Senate race and has hired Mary Clogginstein as his new campaign manager.

Clogginstein stated that the campaign message to the people of Maine will be the following:
“We Hate Trump” and Trump lied to our BLACK Presdent”.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (7r6tV)

43 @15 I'd rather have Apu from The Simpsons as my Rep instead of Khanna

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (m2wmY)

44 Governor McMaster appointed Graham's sister to serve the rest of his term in the Senate (that is until January).

I am not sure how the special election will be handled. My guess from here it will be Joe Wilson who runs.
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (xhfG9)

Saw something about a GOP primary in August or so to determine who goes on the ballot in November.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)

45 Too bad the Israelis didn't punish this poltroon for his stunt.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (rJ48h)

46 Ro Ro Ro your bloat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (n5tGW)

47 "...to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

And how long it that?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (2Ez/1)

48 r/dsa Who would you rather run for President in 2028, Ro Khanna or AOC

We need AOC to win but I would prefer both run as well. They can consolidate support on the debate stage

Ro actually does not have a very progressive voting record compared to AOC or some Democrats who *aren't* DSA according to vote trackers

Yeah. I feel like people forget...Ro is Silicon Valley’s congressperson, and a millionaire (billionaire?) himself.

Ro is a rich guy beholden to rich capitalists. Which is concerning in where his loyalties lie as well as electorally. Steyer has kinda shown that the whole class traitor thing is a dead end. That said I would love to see Ro as speaker of the house.

AOC's also a moderate liberal, and not really what we need to represent DSA politics. We should focus locally, rather than a silly national contest we are not ready for.

A dsa endorsement of Aoc would irreparably harm the organization. Shes an establishment DNC Democrat who campaigned for a Zionist

how could we support Ro Khanna when he has said he supports capitalism, referring to himself as a "progressive capitalist"? what are we talking about here?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (Xy2sd)

49 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.
Posted by: Archimedes

Ro Khanna couldn't stand to get a compliment from a right-sider, so he set out to prove that he wasn't a serious person!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (vJrRc)

50 47 "...to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

And how long it that?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (2Ez/1)

January

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (FtULh)

51 I bet black people just love to be lumped in with "brown" people. 400 years of struggle to just become another brown person. That's what you get for following Democrats into the abyss.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (6KZ6h)

52 Somebody should demand all his financials and then figure out how his underaged kids ended up business moguls.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (GD0B3)

53 Just because a guy marries rich women doesn't make them a grifter. And it has nothing to do with that guy's political aspirations.

Posted by: John Kerry at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (vbXSk)

54 Too bad the IDF didn’t just shoot him.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (bK1ip)

55 CNN has learned that graham Platner was attacked by a giant Clam while Oyster farming off the coast of Maine today.

In other news, Lena Dunham announced today that she was cutting short her Maine vacation. A reason was not given.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (Riz8t)

56 And again:

My problem with the Palestinian genocide is:
1) The Palestinians don't exist, it's a made-up name for garbage Arabs no one else wants in their lands
2) There is no people that deserve a genocide more, none more than them.
3) yet, despite that well-deserved annihilation, their populations grow year after year.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (3cUTc)

57 Why would you compare a centuries long conflict to Jim Crow? It diminishes the complexity of ME conflict, just another glib talking point designed to signal to NPCs “this is oppression, you guys.”

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)

58

He's no Roe Conn.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_Conn

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (Cqx++)

59 Too bad the Israelis didn't punish this poltroon for his stunt.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (rJ48h)

+1 for 'poltroon'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

60 So no, not a tech mogul, not a self-made man. Just another grifter on the make.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:14 PM
====

A honors graduate from the Zohran Mamdani School of Lying Hustlers.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (rj6Yv)

61 AOC is a far right extremist. I love it.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (6KZ6h)

62 I guess it shouldn't but it's surprising how stupid these leftists are. It took about 5 minutes to completely debunk this idiotic, staged "arrest". Anyone trying to enter a declared security zone by a government is going to be detained even a ZOMG rep from Clownafornia.

Put a little effort into your lies, Khanna.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)

63 44 Governor McMaster appointed Graham's sister to serve the rest of his term in the Senate (that is until January).

CNN and Democrat Party immediately responded that Graham's Sister (An actual Biological Female) is not qualified for the office and does not represent Democrat Socialist Women..

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (7r6tV)

64 Why would you compare a centuries long conflict to Jim Crow? It diminishes the complexity of ME conflict, just another glib talking point designed to signal to NPCs “this is oppression, you guys.”
Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)

Also gets the black people inside by just saying it's racist. Thats the point. Keywords.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

65 Ro Khanna was traveling in Judea and Samaria, which are also known as the West Bank.

Why in the hell is he even over there??? And why did he think he can walk around the West Bank without telling anyone?

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (Oy/m2)

66 Ro, actually Steve of Customer Service.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (gm9Sb)

67 ro ro ro your goat (fill in the rest)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (CWTWj)

68 "Clogginstein stated that the campaign message to the people of Maine will be the following:
“We Hate Trump” and Trump lied to our BLACK Presdent”."

And his breath stinks!

Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (MWfyi)

69 Put a little effort into your lies, Khanna.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)

But why? He's already gotten what he wanted out of it. Attention.

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (xhfG9)

70 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president. He is completely delusional. He has Level 9 Anti-Charisma, is to the left of Trotsky, and looks like a stuntman on the set of Invasion of the Lizard People.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (Av6i5)

71 Why would you compare a centuries long conflict to Jim Crow? It diminishes the complexity of ME conflict, just another glib talking point designed to signal to NPCs “this is oppression, you guys.”
Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)

with modern education I doubt modern voters increasingly don't know what Jim Crow even is.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy)

72 AOC is a far right extremist. I love it.

The revolution is starting to eat its own. It was inevitable, but it's still amusing.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (Riz8t)

73 Marxist Conundrums:

Out: What is a woman?

In: What is a progressive?

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (rj6Yv)

74 You know what's odd? For most of my like, being antisemitic was a third rail in politics. KKK! NAZI! THE HOLOCAUST!

What is strange is that now dems are fully going in that direction while still calling OTHERS Nazis.

It turns out their problem with Hitler wasn't the whole Holocaust thing, it was the double-crossing Stalin thing.

I'm waiting for Democrats to start calling the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union "the naqba".

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)

75 Ro Khanna -- the name sounds like a gay female podacster. Chances of being elected prez' already nil.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (vbXSk)

76 with modern education I doubt modern voters increasingly don't know what Jim Crow even is.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (zZu0s)

77 Somebody should demand all his financials and then figure out how his underaged kids ended up business moguls.
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (GD0B3)

Those little scamps really know how to sell lemonade.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (ElRxa)

78 i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM (CWTWj)

79 It's frightening to me how obsessed the left (including Candace and Tucker) are with Israel.

It's a tiny country surrounded by enemies.

Why does it matter so much, and not Burma? Sri Lanka?

(I know, it's because TEH JOOS!1!!111!1!!, but the Jew hate still baffles me DESPITE knowing it's a spiritual battle.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM (N1DT3)

80 I am not outraged by Ro Khanna's entourage being stopped and checked out.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM (VJX5o)

81 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president.

I'd vote for him over Nikki Haley or another Bush family member.

Posted by: Zoomer Conservative at July 13, 2026 04:32 PM (KbeaJ)

82 Posted by: CNN Breaking News at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (7r6tV)

That was funny. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 04:32 PM (D+BhG)

83
70 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president. He is completely delusional. He has Level 9 Anti-Charisma, is to the left of Trotsky, and looks like a stuntman on the set of Invasion of the Lizard People.
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (Av6i5)

Good call. Best part is that, outside of the far left Nazi loons that were already in his pocket, nobody gives a damn about this stupid stunt.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 04:32 PM (RxmqC)

84 Shocking, another Leftists set up

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0)

85 75 Ro Khanna -- the name sounds like a gay female podacster. Chances of being elected prez' already nil.
Posted by: illiniwek

We elected "Barack Hussein Obama".

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (Xy2sd)

86 If only he had joined Greta Thunberg's Rape Cruise instead of staging this retarded stunt, he could have at least gotten an STD while slandering Jews.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (Av6i5)

87 the best you can say about khanna is he's willing to go on fox news

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (CWTWj)

88 In the Hen Mazzig X post, Ro is standing in front of a mansion. People have ID'ed the area as Turmus Ayya. Description of it below. He also had a Palestinian guide/driver and since the area is full of American Palestinians, I bet it was all coordinated with folks here in the U.S.

The wealthy area of the West Bank frequently compared to Beverly Hills is the Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya.

Located in the central West Bank, approximately 20 kilometers north of Ramallah, the town is renowned for its diaspora-funded prosperity. Many of its residents are Palestinian-Americans who spent decades working and building wealth in the United States and Latin America before returning or investing in the area.

The town—sometimes called the "Eastern suburb of Washington, D.C."—is dotted with large, luxurious red-tiled villas, manicured gardens, and swimming pools, which has prompted regional and international media to compare its affluent aesthetic to California enclaves like Beverly Hills or the Hollywood Hills.

Posted by: beckster at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (kX27y)

89 Just in frigging Pennsylvania, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna has endorsed Bob Brooks for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District and Chris Rabb for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District. He also endorsed Congresswoman Summer Lee for Pennsylvania's 12th District and previously backed State Representative Roni Green in a prior election.

Big trouble, no moderation there, ALWAYS.

What does Jack Straw say? A feature not a bug, I believe.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (NFX2v)

90 " i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local 678"

EldritchHorrorCon 2026?

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (MWfyi)

91 Looks like Trump is out of bubble gum.

@EricLDaugh

>>🚨 BREAKING: The US military will be launching OVERWHELMING strikes against Iran tonight, President Trump announces

>>"They have BIG MOUTHS!"

>>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

92 One of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is to accuse the other side of what you are doing. The left accuses everyone else of being Nazis, while being increasingly anti-Semitic.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (m2wmY)

93 I am not outraged by Ro Khanna's entourage being stopped and checked out.
Posted by: huerfano
......

Thjey probably caught him pooping in a river.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (UjdFS)

94 Ro Khanna was traveling in Judea and Samaria, which are also known as the West Bank.

Why in the hell is he even over there??? And why did he think he can walk around the West Bank without telling anyone?

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (Oy/m2)

What, they don't have 7-11s over there?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (S41Gd)

95
>>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

Just hope Iran doesn't get a lucky shot...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (FtULh)

96 I'll believe it when I see the lights go out in Tehran.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (MWfyi)

97 Another Brown Clown.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (uzmqU)

98 Democrats have had a problem with "bankers" going back some time. I've said all along it was Jews.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (6KZ6h)

99 It's frightening to me how obsessed the left (including Candace and Tucker) are with Israel.

It's a tiny country surrounded by enemies.

Why does it matter so much, and not Burma? Sri Lanka?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM
+++++

It's a mystery.

Posted by: Pharoah, Hitler & Hamas at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (2Ez/1)

100 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president. He is completely delusional. He has Level 9 Anti-Charisma, is to the left of Trotsky, and looks like a stuntman on the set of Invasion of the Lizard People.

--

All the charisma of a butt boil. That's the encouraging thing about modern Democrats. For the most part, all of their elected officials, and those with high office aspirations, are completely detestable and unlikeable.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (qBdHI)

101 " i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local 678"

EldritchHorrorCon 2026?
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (MWfyi)

*looks up picture of current LD*

Jeez. The camera adds 50lbs.

Although I guess she is following Piper's brave anti-Ozempic stance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)

102 with modern education I doubt modern voters increasingly don't know what Jim Crow even is.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:30 P

Reagan's VP pick, of course. It's like you don't understand history

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (ElRxa)

103 So, the important question - which pine tree scent was that hanging from Ro's mirror?

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (XuXeR)

104 They are talking to my dad about a pacemaker.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (Dd38x)

105 jews = capitalists has a long history going back to karl marx

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (CWTWj)

106 I saw Lena Dunham in a picture from the Met Gala. She looks so big it's unhealthy just to look at her

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (m2wmY)

107 >>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)
=====

Iran: " I could have been a contendah!"

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)

108 he best you can say about khanna is he's willing to go on fox news

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (CWTWj)

Just like our Tucker!

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (6KZ6h)

109
I have to say, she was very poised in the video.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
25m
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Lindsey Graham's sister Darline Graham Nordone officially named interim US Senator from South Carolina after her brother's passing

She just walked up to the podium to accept it 🇺🇸

"Lindsey has always been there for me. Now, I will be there for him."

Posted by: beckster at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (kX27y)

110 When the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers & continued our detention.

What? People siding with their own countrymen over aggressive foreigners in places they shouldn't be? Astonishing!

I understand why this concept would confuse him.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (vJrRc)

111 "We elected "Barack Hussein Obama".
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Good point, but that was to prove "white people are not racist". Hopefully a one time deal? And Ro seems to the left of the messaging of BHO (though Barry was probably just as atheist/commie in reality)

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (vbXSk)

112 It's good to be the Nomenklatura

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (RHGPo)

113
"...not as hideous as I'd expected."

=====

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Posted by: 2 out of five stars at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (2Ez/1)

114 So, the important question - which pine tree scent was that hanging from Ro's mirror?
Posted by: man
_______

Pine Comey

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (XvL8K)

115 >>Iran: " I could have been a contendah!"

I was thinking Billy Jack.

I'm going to hit you right here with this foot and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)

116 One of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is to accuse the other side of what you are doing. The left accuses everyone else of being Nazis, while being increasingly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (m2wmY)

Yeah. But it is increasingly odd. I am waiting for Chuck Schumer to start doing the 'you know who 'they're' financed by' or saying that Trumps whole presidency is a Zionist plot and the only reason California is having wildfires is because of the Jewish weather machines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (zZu0s)

117 And Ro seems to the left of the messaging of BHO (though Barry was probably just as atheist/commie in reality)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (vbXSk)
=====

Mamdani is Barry, Jr.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (rj6Yv)

118 As Ro is a 'Californian', perhaps it is time to remember the words of (former CA Governor, and now near-St.) Jerry Brown, to wit: "If it's brown, flush it down".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:40 PM (0sNs1)

119 Although I guess she is following Piper's brave anti-Ozempic stance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s

My stance doesn’t stop at no Ozempic! It continues on from there noting you have to do some really hard lifestyle changes. Not diets. Change your life. Totally. And it’s not fun. Or easy. Until it becomes normal and you stand on the scale and you weigh 80 pounds less.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:40 PM (Dd38x)

120 Piper what can be downside of getting one?

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)

121 78 i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local

That's my line! Of course, she covers herself up quite a bit now. Here she is from the 2026 Met Gala, mostly obscured but showing a little sexy hamhock: https://tinyurl.com/pzpkx784

She was a little more revealing, but tastefully tittalating, in this sheer number from 2024: https://tinyurl.com/2fwpax8v

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Xy2sd)

122 He read that NYTimes story about the rape-dogs and was so aroused that he devised a surefire plan to get himself into an Israeli prison.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5)

123 jews = capitalists has a long history going back to karl marx
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (CWTWj)

I would think it would flow more from Jews=Bankers because all the christian guys were anti-Usary. Especially their OWN interest. Funny how that works.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)

124 The left accuses everyone else of being Nazis, while being increasingly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (m2wmY)

The commie cocksuckers have been killing Jews by the bucket load decades before the Nazis got in on the action.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (ElRxa)

125 My problem with the Palestinian genocide is:
1) The Palestinians don't exist, it's a made-up name for garbage Arabs no one else wants in their lands
2) There is no people that deserve a genocide more, none more than them.
3) yet, despite that well-deserved annihilation, their populations grow year after year.

This. All of the this.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (2ocoG)

126 Lindsay's mort, McConnell will be gone, some of the stronger conservatives hold cabinet positions.

He knows what he's doing being provocative regarding Israel. The question is, for whom? Himself, Kamala Harris, O?

Representative Ro Khanna served in the Obama administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce. A longtime supporter, he first walked precincts for Obama's 1996 Illinois Senate campaign.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (NFX2v)

127 They are talking to my dad about a pacemaker.
Posted by: Piper
......

My brother-in-law has had one for years. When he takes a nap I poke him in the chest and say: "Is this thing on?"

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (UjdFS)

128 If you saw Lena Dunham at the beach, you would swear it was a beached whale.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

129 I was thinking Billy Jack.

I'm going to hit you right here with this foot and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)
======

That works, but I hate "Billy Jack" so much that it never occurred to me as a meme.

For one thing, Billy talked too much.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)

130 120 Piper what can be downside of getting one?
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)

I am not sure? I am guessing anesthesia isn’t always a great thing at 80.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Dd38x)

131 I am waiting for Chuck Schumer ... the only reason California is having wildfires is because of the Jewish weather machines.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM

Well, if you can't believe Grillmeister Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) is a master of fire, who would be?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (0sNs1)

132 Ro is in no waze tarrd.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (wBaIH)

133 She was a little more revealing, but tastefully tittalating, in this sheer number from 2024:"

Nope. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (XuXeR)

134 But the Jew checkpoint was wearing a short skirt! They were asking for it!

Posted by: Ro, Ro, Ro ur butt at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (OTAXA)

135 Probably late, but still funny:
https://shorturl.at/NGAH0

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (R+iUD)

136 The Israelis are mere props to this vile dehumanizing piece of sh*t.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (RIvkX)

137 What kind of name is Ro Khanna? Is that Slavic?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (qFwJc)

138 Maybe the ICC will go arrest the JOOOZ who detained Ro.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (R+iUD)

139 >>That works, but I hate "Billy Jack" so much that it never occurred to me as a meme.

Yea, it was bad social justice crap but I did like that one scene.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (viF8m)

140 Khanna is a punk.
He can piss off.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (2WIwB)

141 118 As Ro is a 'Californian', perhaps it is time to remember the words of (former CA Governor, and now near-St.) Jerry Brown, to wit: "If it's brown, flush it down".
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I was always more concerned about the "If it's yellow, let it mellow" part. "Mellow" translated to "ferment in the hot afternoon until your entire house smells like then alleyway behind Skid Row."

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (Av6i5)

142
>>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"

President Billy Jack

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (Cqx++)

143 What kind of name is Ro Khanna? Is that Slavic?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (qFwJc)
===

Yes, Southern Slavic.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (rj6Yv)

144 showing a little sexy hamhock: https://tinyurl.com/pzpkx784
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM

Dude. No one has little sexy hamhocks like us!

Posted by: Lizzo and The Trig at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (0sNs1)

145 Ro, ro, ro khanna
I do have a dream
To become the President
Or have a podcast stream

Posted by: Halfhand at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (bDp6B)

146 What's Trump going to bomb Iran with? We're out if bombs!

Posted by: Sid at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (d3IoH)

147 My brother is there with him, so I am getting updates through him and waiting to hear if I need to leave vacation and head there. Which is totally fine, of course. No one is going to be upset if I need to go.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (Dd38x)

148 One tin soldier
rides away

Posted by: Billy Jerk at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (MWfyi)

149 Iran, much like Conor McGregor, doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (sYM3s)

150 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (wBaIH)

151 We're out if bombs!

That's no way to talk about your hero's library.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)

152 100, SPOT-ON!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (VyBeY)

153 A "quick we need a distraction!" op

Posted by: steevy at July 13, 2026 04:47 PM (YwEeS)

154 Khanna is a punk.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM

Even Fredo would take him.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:47 PM (0sNs1)

155 So, a foreign Politician with Cameras, tries to run a military checkpoint, breaking numerous laws of the host country.

How would you feel if some foreign politician tried to enter YOUR property for a political stunt...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (mP0Kj)

156 Rut Ro!

Posted by: Scooby Doo dorking him in the ass at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (GSuqO)

157 Brennan is just a plain old nasty piece of work. What a horrible human being.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (2WIwB)

158 Can congress not censor this asshole? Democrats will keep doing this attention seeking bullshit if there are never consequences

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (MQKjz)

159 My stance doesn’t stop at no Ozempic! It continues on from there noting you have to do some really hard lifestyle changes. Not diets. Change your life. Totally. And it’s not fun. Or easy. Until it becomes normal and you stand on the scale and you weigh 80 pounds less.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:40 PM (Dd38x)

—————-

My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (u73oe)

160 ferment in the hot afternoon until your entire house smells like then alleyway behind Skid Row."

Pretty much, yeah.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (XuXeR)

161 I crap bigger than him.

Posted by: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (XE5AP)

162 I was always more concerned about the "If it's yellow, let it mellow" part. "Mellow" translated to "ferment in the hot afternoon until your entire house smells like then alleyway behind Skid Row."
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (Av6i5)
===========================
That would make for a good scratch-n-sniff "Welcome To San Francisco" postcard

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (EA2wx)

163 Jeez, I'm doing life wrong. Anyone know any rich old bags I can marry?

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (RmciC)

164 >>>What's Trump going to bomb Iran with? We're out if bombs!

Posted by: Sid

>Do you even know where there is a bomb factory?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (sYM3s)

165 Ro Khanna us the biggest inside trader in Congress.

He was rich before, now he's really got his snout in the till.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (RIvkX)

166 even drunk-out-his-ass Fredo could take him.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (VyBeY)

167 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (wBaIH)
========

I would vote for Clarence Thomas without a moment's hesitation.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)

168 No one is going to be upset if I need to go.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM

Not even the produce manager of your local grocery emporium?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (0sNs1)

169 My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (u73oe)
======================
Amazing results, and even more outstanding will power.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:50 PM (EA2wx)

170 Piper, AI Overview

Pacemaker surgery is a minimally invasive procedure taking 1 to 2 hours. A cardiologist places the device under local anesthesia with sedation. A 2-inch incision is made near the collarbone, thin wires (leads) are guided through a vein to the heart, and the pulse generator is tucked into a skin pocket.

The most common is the transvenous approach. For leadless pacemakers, a catheter is used to secure the device directly inside the heart.

Most patients stay overnight for 24 hours to monitor the device and incision site.

You will need to restrict lifting your arm (on the implanted side) above your shoulder for a few weeks to prevent wires from dislodging. Full recovery and return to normal activity usually take about six weeks.

Complications are rare but can include infection, bleeding, lung injury, or device malfunction.

Trusted Medical Resources for deeper dives into what to expect before, during, and after your implant, refer to these authoritative guides: Read the Mayo Clinic Pacemaker Overview for comprehensive facts on the surgery.
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Talk with your Dad and his cardiac surgeon.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:50 PM (NFX2v)

171 My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (u73oe)
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Teh awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 04:51 PM (RIvkX)

172 Where on Planet earth is the most DANGEROUS PLACE?

It is not in South America......

it is not in Eastern Europe.........

It is not in the Middle East .....

It is not in some African Marxist Shithole Country ....

WAIT FOR IT ....... WAIT FOR IT....... WAIT FOR IT.....

IT IS THE SPACE IN BETWEEN CHUCK SCHUMER AND A CNN MICROPHONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:52 PM (7r6tV)

173 I saw Nazi Tattooed Rapist open for the Vomit Pigs in a punk club in Dallas back in '78.

Both bands shared the stage for a joint rendition of "Useless Eater". Then Mite Vomit stuck a shiv in one of the Rapists, and the others threw him down and put the boots to him.

Truly a magical evening.

Hitler would have had me put to sleep
They would have had me put to sleep in Germany
Now I'm a useless eater in the USA
Thanks to mom and pop, I'll be okay
Now I'm a useless eater.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 04:52 PM (IG3/x)

174 If you saw Lena Dunham at the beach, you would swear it was a beached whale.
Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

"She's so fat that when she wears heels she strikes oil!"

"When I take her to the beach, people ask me what I used for bait!"

Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield at July 13, 2026 04:52 PM (5xuJ/)

175
Mamdani is Barry, Jr.
Posted by: mrp

==============

Thank God that grinning backstabber is certifiably foreign-born. He would have a credible path to the White House.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 04:53 PM (mmrXZ)

176 24 I think the most important thing to take from this is that since Israeli forces did not kill him dead instantly this proves that he is a bought and paid shill for Zionist forces.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (uhVAy)

Worse: once they confirmed his identity, he was allowed to proceed. Ro Khanna is ZOG-approved! They just needed to double-check it wasn't someone else impersonating Their Man to get access, since he's kind of an idiot and didn't call to give his homies a heads-up.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 04:53 PM (Sy6m/)

177 my uncle worked at a bomb factory casting torpex into various ordani

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (jrgJz)

178 It's Monday. Do Dems in Maine have a name to put on the November ballot?

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (rj6Yv)

179 167 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.

We never had a 100% Brown President .....

Barry Soetoro was 0.5 Brown President to be factually correct...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (7r6tV)

180 Imagine an alt scenario where the IDF just waves him on through. Serving up a US Representative for the animals to play with.

Posted by: SS at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (52U6V)

181 So, if K street is a thing, and involved in Israeli politics FROM THE US...

How the hell can we dis any foreign government, like oh... RUSSIA, from spending money to influence US Politics?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (mP0Kj)

182 Posted by: L - No nic, another

Thank you. Very appreciated.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (hftzA)

183 174 If you saw Lena Dunham at the beach, you would swear it was a beached whale.
Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

"She's so fat that when she wears heels she strikes oil!"

"When I take her to the beach, people ask me what I used for bait!"
Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield

Porphyrios!!!

Posted by: Byzantine Emperor Justinian I at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (Xy2sd)

184 Lindsay Graham's sister is now the interim Senator for North Carolina.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)

185 > That works, but I hate "Billy Jack" so much that it never occurred to me as a meme.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)

It was pretty hokey even then, much less now.

It's entered the culture, though. Did you see the part in Breaking Bad where the hired gun referred to Mike as "Billy Jackoff", right before Mike took everything away from him, even his lunch money?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (IG3/x)

186 178 It's Monday. Do Dems in Maine have a name to put on the November ballot?
Posted by: mrp

They're leaning toward a guy named Haydolf Itler, but Che Schickelgruber is still in the running.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (Av6i5)

187 I would vote for Allen West

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (jrgJz)

188 182 Posted by: L - No nic, another

Thank you. Very appreciated.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (hftzA)

WE have a Family friend who has had a pacemaker for over 20 years... He just turned 90

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (3ksUK)

189 178 It's Monday. Do Dems in Maine have a name to put on the November ballot?

Let's all play the "Democrat Nominee" of the Week Game Show starring Kami Harris....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (7r6tV)

190 I don't look like a stone head from Easter Island, I just act like one.

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (anL5R)

191 175
Mamdani is Barry, Jr.
Posted by: mrp
==============
Thank God that grinning backstabber is certifiably foreign-born. He would have a credible path to the White House.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The 14th Amendment removes those racist prohibitions.

Posted by: Chief Justice Roberts at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (Xy2sd)

192 @178 the Dems in Maine are going to have some 500 person convention to sort through the riff raff for a candidate. Their still trying to figure out the rules and the date

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (m2wmY)

193 "She's so fat that when she wears heels she strikes oil!"

"When I take her to the beach, people ask me what I used for bait!"
Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield

Porphyrios!!!
Posted by: Byzantine Emperor Justinian I at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (Xy2sd)
======

"Stop it!" she blubbered.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (rj6Yv)

194 Euell Theophilus Gibbons (September 8, 1911 – December 29, 1975)[2] was an outdoorsman and early health food advocate who promoted eating wild foods during the 1960s.

Gibbons died on December 29, 1975, aged 64, at Sunbury Community Hospital in Sunbury, Pennsylvania of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.[20][21]

It's usually not our decision, regardless.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (NFX2v)

195 Ro Khanna should be in a 3rd world country like Bangladesh or New York City feeding and clothing the hapless natives there, not messing around in Israel.

Posted by: Zombie Mahatma Gandhi, Urine Drinker and Homosexual at July 13, 2026 04:58 PM (e2lsi)

196 "Stop it!" she blubbered.
Posted by: mrp

Through her blowhole.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 13, 2026 04:58 PM (Xy2sd)

197 Ro Khanna is a dimwit. Seriously, he looks...not very bright. And acts it too.

Posted by: Crusader at July 13, 2026 04:59 PM (TN0g+)

198 " i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local 678"

EldritchHorrorCon 2026?
Posted by: fd

*looks up picture of current LD*
Jeez. The camera adds 50lbs.
Although I guess she is following Piper's brave anti-Ozempic stance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

No, the camera still only adds ten pounds.

But in the cell phone era, she's probably got ten or twelve cameras on her.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 04:59 PM (VHUov)

199 196 "Stop it!" she blubbered.
Posted by: mrp

Through her blowhole.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 13, 2026 04:58 PM (Xy2sd)

Just a fluke. Oh, wait: that was me.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 04:59 PM (IG3/x)

200 Bill Clinton told his rape victim to put some ice on that lip he bit.
Now that seems credible as his victim told a coworker.

So how come Platner had to step aside but Clinton did not,?

Posted by: torabora at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (opLQR)

201 Ro Khanna, brown retard.

It's on his business card.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

202 Posted by: Zombie Mahatma Gandhi, Urine Drinker and Homosexual

You left out "Wife Beater and Extreme Racist."

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (Av6i5)

203 > Ro Khanna is a dimwit.

Ro Khanna is Hindi for "window licker".

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (IG3/x)

204 184 Lindsay Graham's sister is now the interim Senator for North Carolina.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)
------------
Um...

Posted by: Morons and 'Ettes who live in NC at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (XE5AP)

205 My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026

That is awesome! I had to change my relationship with food to make it something I need to do to survive vs. living to eat, I do make the food I eat more exciting now as part of this process, but I am still pretty rigid about food choices as a whole. As we all know.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (hftzA)

206 Didn't Tucker Carlson run this same exact gambit a few months ago, only to be foiled when the Israelis released video of his chummy, painless Persecution Detainment at the airport?

I guess he couldn't play the Brown Man card, though.

The good news is Jews are the Universal Persecutor. The whites, the browns, the straights, the gays, the Christians, the Muslims, the Hindus, the poors and the richies, cats and dogs, Patriots fans and Indy fans... nobody escapes the long arm and iron fist of the Jew, so anyone can claim to be victimized by their pitiless Hebraic enforcers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (BI5O2)

207 195. He was born in Pennsylvania.

It's doing its damndest to get the 3rd world designation. 🤬

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (NFX2v)

208 204 184 Lindsay Graham's sister is now the interim Senator for North Carolina.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)

She's gonna be busy

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (3ksUK)

209 LOL this picture of Greta with her parents at about age 5. She's got that same scowl.

tinyurl.com/fpcuntdr

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (MWfyi)

210 They're not their , damn hot dog fingers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:03 PM (m2wmY)

211 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

I would vote for Clarence Thomas without a moment's hesitation.
Posted by: mrp

But he has more power as 1/9th of the Supreme Court than he would have as a Republican president.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 05:03 PM (VHUov)

212 > Ro Khanna is Hindi for "window licker".

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (IG3/x)

And in Cherokee (American Indian): "man who wears velcro shoes".

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (IG3/x)

213 LOL this picture of Greta with her parents at about age 5. She's got that same scowl.

tinyurl.com/fpcuntdr
Posted by: fd

Strollering B---h Face.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (VHUov)

214 Khanna should have had Jussie Smollett in his entourage.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (/WQyy)

215 > 214 Khanna should have had Jussie Smollett in his entourage.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (/WQyy)

It wouldn't the first guy he's had in his "entourage", IYKWIM.

Posted by: Guy Who Thinks Everybody is Gay at July 13, 2026 05:05 PM (IG3/x)

216 I would not let Ro Khana run a schwarma stand.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 13, 2026 05:06 PM (anL5R)

217 When I went to Rome, i lost something like 25 lbs. (Was down to 143- less than I was since high school.) The reason? This was during the 2005ish (I think) 'mad cow' scare so there was virtually no beef anywhere. Got by on just Gelato and light pastry, pasta and pizza. And we walked something like 15 miles a day for 2 weeks.

It was fun, but not a plan I would want to follow. I was SO hungry. I sprung $5 for the hotel room mini fridge just to get a regular coke. Glass bottle. Delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:06 PM (zZu0s)

218 Don't go into the 'color' & race BS. Byron Donalds of Florida 👍🏼

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (NFX2v)

219 Fake and very gay.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (u9Xr5)

220 The Demonic Party has an uncanny ability seek out and promote the most loathsome, immoral reprobates in any given population.

Its like S'tan is in their top Party Leadership
Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (+4Cf6)
Well, duh.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (LHPAg)

221 This is the first I'm hearing about this guy, Ro Khanna. Only a nit wit would travel to the west bank without telling the Israelis and expect to pass a check point on his looks.

Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (Fg1gh)

222 A faggot was America's worst President, and it didn't stop anyone from voting for the extremely gay Obama.

We'll probably elect some dusky buttpacker again soon enough.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (BI5O2)

223 She's gonna be busy
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (3ksUK)

She has to settle up all those male prostitute running tabs he had open.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

224 95. He was born in Pennsylvania.

It's doing its damndest to get the 3rd world designation. 🤬
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (NFX2v)
======

King Nut

He was born in Pennsylvania, moved to California.

Got a condo made of stone-a

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 05:08 PM (rj6Yv)

225 He admits that he knew he was trying to force his way past the checkpoint of a "restricted military area" -- but played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card anyway.

That is one stupid SoB. Israel doesn't GAS who you think you are. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 05:08 PM (p11yt)

226 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

227 224. King Nut

He was born in Pennsylvania, moved to California.

Got a condo made of stone-a
Posted by: mr

Ha! 😁

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

228 This is the first I'm hearing about this guy, Ro Khanna. Only a nit wit would travel to the west bank without telling the Israelis and expect to pass a check point on his looks.

-------

I wish they had waived him on in.

Posted by: Crusader at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (TN0g+)

229 Jim Carville is spot on about the DSA. But suck on it Jimmy Boy you unleashed the ceazies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (m2wmY)

230 Hey fat, you may have great vindaloo, but I'm gonna need a nap first.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (anL5R)

231 226 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026

Revenge body?

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (hftzA)

232 Even for a politician Ro Khanna lies a lot, I mean he's at Clinton-level

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (UZCuZ)

233 She's gonna be busy
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (3ksUK)

She has to settle up all those male prostitute running tabs he had open.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

We picked up the tab.

Posted by: Raytheon at July 13, 2026 05:11 PM (u9Xr5)

234
OUT: Retard
IN: Rotard.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 13, 2026 05:12 PM (wtvvX)

235 Margaret Brennan… the ultimate bitch face

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:12 PM (W8yEi)

236 Margaret Brennan is a very unique form of entertainment.

Her belief that if she can rapidly respond -it must therefore be accepted as accurate and truthful.

Very unique.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (ItWcy)

237 > 226 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

Communism also works.

Just ask those pesky Ukes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (IG3/x)

238 Because they're NOT big tent people, it's divide and conquer the enemies for them. BAMN

Lots of bodies with similar politics, blind followers. They're overwhelming with bodies, intimidation, not talent.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (NFX2v)

239 231 Revenge body? No. Making fat jokes. More delicious than chicken and broccoli.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (wBaIH)

240 It finally dawned on me… Ro Khanna reminds me of Dinesh D’Souza (when he was younger). Am I seeing things? There’s a similarity no?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (W8yEi)

241 One of my new heroes is Michael Leiter… I like the cut of his jib; he handles himself well

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (W8yEi)

242 They all look alike, you mean? 😬🫣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (NFX2v)

243 > Just ask those pesky Ukes.

Will be needing OuiDa board for that, comrade.

Ouida was Russian inwention. Germans stole idea, replace Da with Ja.

Posted by: Georgy "Georgy Girl" Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (IG3/x)

244 As flounder would say, This is gonna be great!

>>@JustTheNews
·
10m
>>🚨BOMBSHELL: @POTUS is expected to announce a FOREIGN INTERFERENCE attempt in the 2020 election this Thursday at 9 PM ET

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:17 PM (viF8m)

245 They all look alike, you mean? 😬🫣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (NFX2v)

Heh… I knew it would sound that way but no… I do see a similarity beyond “they all look the same”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:17 PM (W8yEi)

246 241. Interesting guy.

Leiter assumed his role as Israel's ambassador to the U.S. in January 2025, renouncing his U.S. citizenship to take the position. He made headlines in early 2026 for leading formal, U.S.-brokered peace negotiations with his Lebanese counterpart.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:17 PM (NFX2v)

247 O/T sorry guys, good topic above , but.."JUST IN: The Governor of South Carolina has appointed the sister of the late Senator Graham to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (GD0B3)

Well, it’s not like he could have appointed Graham’s wife.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:18 PM (gRFug)

248 If you don't like Margaret Brennan's face, you're gay

Posted by: Mustafa Shiek Abdul, Margaret Brennan's toy brownie at July 13, 2026 05:18 PM (wGerL)

249 >>> In case you missed it: Ro Khanna's money -- to the extent it even is his money-- comes from his father-in-law. He married the daughter of a major auto-parts business owner.

Ah, so he's Beto and John Kerry rich. Never earned it, but 100% feel entitled to it. Reverse hypergamy.

Is he the one whose underage kids own four golf courses? I cannot keep my rich champagne socialists straight.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:18 PM (Eng1Z)

250 Mick Jagger Says It’s Not His Job to Lecture Rolling Stones’ Fans on Politics

NYT: “Bruce Springsteen clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth.”

MICK JAGGER: “My job in the live music world is for those people that come to have the best time … And you don't want to lecture them.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (Ckfdz)

251 245. I was kidding with you. Really.

I'm personally absolutely lousy at phrasing, explaining.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (NFX2v)

252 Knock knock… anyone there? Did I shut down the blog?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (U+L0d)

253 Trump is cooking with gas!

"Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
9m
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter

This comes after FBI and other federal agencies RAIDED election offices in Georgia recently.

EXPOSE IT ALL! 🔥"

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 05:20 PM (GD0B3)

254 > Ah, so he's Beto and John Kerry rich. Never earned it, but 100% feel entitled to it. Reverse hypergamy.

LBJ used to call it "being in the son-in-law bidness".

Awful human being, but he did have his moments.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:20 PM (IG3/x)

255 Brian in New Orleans, I drink your milkshake!

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:21 PM (viF8m)

256 245. I was kidding with you. Really.

I'm personally absolutely lousy at phrasing, explaining.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (NFX2v)

One of the great things about this place

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:21 PM (U+L0d)

257 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

Do you drink diet Spite or regular Spite?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (gRFug)

258 An Israeli politician wouldn't just be able to barge into any US national park that was basically closed.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (/WQyy)

259 " President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter"

*flicks booger*

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (MWfyi)

260 Brian in New Orleans, I drink your milkshake!
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:21 PM (viF8m)

Man I hated that movie even with that one line in it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:23 PM (/WQyy)

261 I've heard of fish puns but geez!

Chili's employee says he was fired for not referring to woke coworker by her chosen name of "Fish"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 05:25 PM (ndZc7)

262 Ouida was Russian inwention. Germans stole idea, replace Da with Ja.
Posted by: Georgy "Georgy Girl" Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (IG3/x)

Does a Ouida board use the Cyrillic alphabet?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:25 PM (gRFug)

263 >>> Jim Carville is spot on about the DSA. But suck on it Jimmy Boy you unleashed the ceazies

Then they should have beaten the DSA socialists out of the party a decade ago, and found their own "moderate" puppets to groom and control. It's a bit too late now.

Spoiler alert: all the DNC elite are all secret socialists. They are all red diaper babies like Ayers. But they wanted to destroy capitalism gently, let it slowly fall apart and decline into socialism. Not his revolutionary, wham bam thank you ma'am kind the young DSA whipper snappers are baying for. Because that might mean those elites might accidentally get deposed too.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:25 PM (Eng1Z)

264 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

If Lindsay Graham is gay, he certainly hasn't been part of the rainbow brigade and out about it . If he''d been using male prostitutes that's not apparent . He did some quite good things -as in his comments in the questioning of Kavanaugh's detractors.

"Legal Insurrection" has an article about him. It's quite positive about his dedicated care for his sister.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 05:26 PM (D+BhG)

265 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)
==
He recently admitted that was a big mistake.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 13, 2026 05:26 PM (GZYu7)

266 President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter"

The voting in both run off elections indicated that up to 400k Republican voters decided not to participate. Always thought that was just too large a number.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (/WQyy)

267 >>> LBJ used to call it "being in the son-in-law bidness".
Awful human being, but he did have his moments.

Hah, Rodrigo! Like a clock, even a son-of-a-hamster can be right twice a day.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (Eng1Z)

268 I will check if we are still here

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)

269 Do you drink diet Spite or regular Spite?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (gRFug)

I don't think they make Diet Spite anymore. I think they changed it to Spite Zero.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:29 PM (zZu0s)

270 > Georgy "Georgy Girl" Zhukov

https://tinyurl.com/ca7dtj4x

As one of the commenters put it, it's good to be reminded of a time when pop singers could actually sing.

They could even perform live without lip syncing.

And no "robot hooker" autotune, either.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (IG3/x)

271 NOOD - Quick Hits

Posted by: the lower depths at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (Yh7zv)

272 Spite is better than Given Up.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (/WQyy)

273 Got by on just Gelato and light pastry, pasta and pizza. And we walked something like 15 miles a day for 2 weeks.
==
Absent some specific individual issues, it is all about how many calories you consume versus how many you burn. Walk 15 miles aday, you lose weight. Yes, there are some alleged tweaks - the periodic fast, the 8 hour window well after breakfast.

But in the end, if you eat too much you will gain weight.

The GLP's like Ozempic have a limited amount of clinical history but one thing we know is that the rebound when you come off of them is a problem. Employers had been on the GLP bandwagon but have begun to roll back as they see that the GLPs are not proving out across their entire populations. It has to be closely managed.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (GZYu7)

274 Michael Leiter is the Israeli Ambassador to the US, not the US Ambassador to Israel, as written. I'm sure this is a simple typo, but it confused me in his quoted discussion with Brennan.

Posted by: Pious Agnostic at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (BFEJQ)

275 >>> If Lindsay Graham is gay, he certainly hasn't been part of the rainbow brigade and out about it . If he''d been using male prostitutes that's not apparent .

CDA has a whacko theory about Graham today. Take it with a LARGE grain of salt (like a mountain of it), but I do love reading crazy conspiracy theories.

"You will never get the timeline to work for the dead 1/100th. That being said, don't focus on the timeline and where he was and when he was there. Focus on the person who knew he would be alone when he returned home. That is where it happened. No witnesses and someone 45 minutes away to make the 911 call after the killer departed."

I can't tell if he's implying Graham got back to DC from his trip, had a strange visitor or hired a rent boy, and the rent boy did something to mimic a heart attack. But drinking polonium tea poison when he was in Ukraine might be my current favorite.

Like I said earlier, unless there's proof, Occam's Razor is probably right in Graham's case. Mitch, on the other hand...

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Eng1Z)

276 Good Lord! Why would he actually go to the West Bank? Doesn't he know that with photo-shop and AI he can take some pictures in the driveway of his mansion then have them inserted into the proper background? Talk to AOC, she has been doing this for years! Hell, there are guys who can have him shaking hands with Yasser Arafat if that's what he is looking for.

Remember the immortal words of Kamala Harris: "Just because you were put in charge of the border, it doesn't mean you actually have to go there!"

Posted by: JB1000 at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (cc1If)

277 1966. Ronald Reagan was running against Pat Brown, Jerry's father, when the Republicans said "If it's Brow, flush it."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (qFwJc)

278 leiter is the israeli ambassador to the us, not vice versa unless huckaby resigned.

Posted by: bob bailey at July 13, 2026 05:51 PM (lBBiR)

More Illegal Aliens Discovered Voting Illegally in US Elections

John Solomon at JusttheNews:

Evidence mounts of noncitizens reaching voter rolls, casting ballots as DOJ speeds crackdown
Trump DOJ has secured about two dozen noncitizen voting arrests, prosecutions or convictions in the last few months, with about another 90 more cases under investigation.
A small town Kansas mayor born in Mexico. A Filipino senior citizen living in Hawaii. Two Pakistani men residing in New Jersey. An Aussie in Louisiana. And a Chinese student studying at the University of Michigan. They all have one thing in common.
Each has been charged in the last year with illegally voting in U.S. federal elections as foreigners, part of a sudden wave of prosecutions led by the Trump Justice Department for a crime that used to be among the rarest in the federal court system.
The Trump Justice Department has secured about two dozen non-citizens voting arrests, prosecutions or convictions in the last few months alone, with about another 90 more cases under investigation, officials told Just the News. And all 50 states were sent notices this month that election officials can and will be prosecuted too if they allow non-citizens to vote.
"It isn't just bad policy to let non-citizens vote in federal elections, it's a crime. And this Department of Justice will intend to prosecute that crime if these election officials, having been informed that they are non-citizens on the voter rolls, knowingly allow those people to vote, enable their enrollment on the voter rolls, are passive in the face of this knowledge, etc. This is not some idle threat," Assistant Attorney General for Ciril Rights Harmeet Dhillon told the Just the News, No Noise television show.
DOJ officials have found three major problems in policing states' voter rolls ahead of the 2026 election: hundreds of thousands of dead people still eligible to vote, tens of thousands of illegal aliens on the rolls and scores of foreigners having gone beyond registering to, in fact, vote in a federal election, which is illegal.
Dhillon, the top election cop inside the DOJ, believes the numbers of foreigners illicitly voting in elections is probably higher but has been frustrated that U.S. Attorney offices across the country haven't made illegal voting a larger priority until just recently.
"We are trying to empty an ocean with a teaspoon because there isn't a culture of U.S. attorneys going after these," she explained.
That's changing with the sudden explosion of cases.

The left is shrieking (as usual) about the possibility that state election officials who turn a blind eye to illegal alien voting might be arrested themselves.

This is PBS so expect bias.

DOJ threatens to arrest state election officials if noncitizens vote

The Department of Justice is threatening to arrest more than a dozen state election officials if a single vote is cast in their states by a noncitizen. The threat was part of a letter giving election officials five days to detail how they will comply with laws on noncitizens voting. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Jessica Huseman of Votebeat, who obtained the letter.

Amna Nawaz:
The Department of Justice is threatening top election officials in more than a dozen states with arrest if even a single vote is cast in their states by a noncitizen. The threats detailed in a letter stating it's illegal for noncitizens to vote and giving elections officials five days to detail how they will comply with federal law.
It's worth noting that noncitizens voting, as well as election fraud in general, is exceedingly rare in this country, with just a handful of reported cases, even in databases kept by conservative legal groups. The letter was obtained by Votebeat.

White supremacist groups are also very, very rare but the left seems keenly interested in stopping them.

Jessica Huseman, Editorial Director, Votebeat:
All of the states got the letter, which that was not initially obvious when this was reported for the first time.
We heard from several states all at once that had gotten it. There were several states that couldn't actually find the letter because the Trump administration sent it to things like info@secretaryofstate.gov for some of these Web sites. So they had to go hunt it down.
But, yes, all 50 states have gotten them. And the letter essentially reminds election administrators that noncitizen voting is illegal and says that there are criminal penalties associated with knowingly allowing a noncitizen to vote.
Of course, that is not new information to election officials. And all of the election officials that I spoke to about this yesterday didn't seem particularly concerned.

Maybe they should be.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:13 PM

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1 Sponge agqin!

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 03:12 PM (erhDr)

2 Present!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 03:13 PM (GD0B3)

3 And

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 03:13 PM (erhDr)

4 WHAT A SHOCK!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 03:13 PM (N1DT3)

5 !?

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 03:13 PM (erhDr)

6 It's as if this has been the Democrats plan all along!

/faints on the couch

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 03:14 PM (N1DT3)

7 This never happens.

And when it does, it's a good thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 03:14 PM (RIvkX)

8 Ace starting fast outta the gate this week.
Thanks for all your efforts!

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 03:15 PM (erhDr)

9 We may never know the motive.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 03:15 PM (3R4hO)

10 'This is nothing new.'

*moves flag on little scale*

Next up: it's a good thing!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:16 PM (zZu0s)

11 The Department of Justice is threatening old greek homos in more than a dozen states with gladiator movies if even a single vote is cast.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 03:16 PM (Kt19C)

12 There were several states that couldn't actually find the letter because the Trump administration sent it to things like info@secretaryofstate.gov for some of these Web sites.

You mean these states don't check their publicly available email address that they make available for the purpose of people contacting them?

I'm shocked. Shocked!

... well not that shocked.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 03:16 PM (vJrRc)

13 The Department of Justice is threatening old greek homos in more than a dozen states with gladiator movies if even a single vote is cast.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 03:16 PM (Kt19C)

Threatening?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)

14 Literally presidential elections have been determined by a few hundred votes. 2000 in election in Florida came down to 537 votes.

My guess is EASILY a 7 figure amount of illegal aliens are voting in elections on a national level.

Posted by: Leupold at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (eIzlH)

15 Back home. Feeling better. Cats wanted treats. Am demolishing bacon and eggs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (amcLV)

16 Assume 5% of illegal aliens vote.

4-5 million have left (between 1-1.2 million forcibly deported plus 3-4 million self-deportations).

How many votes is that?

Between 200,000 and 250,000 illegal votes.

Not, inflated voter rolls so that backrooms can do stuff, just straight up illegal votes that get counted.

Does that make a difference? What if we get another 100,000 of those illegal votes out before November?

It's going to matter where the deportations are happening, but it's red states that are doing the most to help the Trump administration find and deport illegals with things like 287(g) agreements.

Hell, even NC, with a Democrat governor, just got a law into effect (over Stein's veto) to force all state and local authorities to enter into 287(g) agreements with DHS.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (GKzf4)

17 O/T...Mystery !

"President Trump will be making a Speech to the Nation on Thursday evening, at 9 P.M. Eastern. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (GD0B3)

18 DOJ threatens to arrest state election officials if noncitizens vote
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Enough with all the talk. All talk. Talk talk talk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (RIvkX)

19 The Left had no problem jailing a government clerk who refused to do something they wanted.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (/WQyy)

20 Catching illegals voting in elections is a distraction from Epstein.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 03:18 PM (3R4hO)

21 White supremacist groups are also very, very rare but the left seems keenly interested in stopping them.

=======

Incest is something like 0.2% the reason for all abortions.

But it is highlighted all the time as why we must preserve it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:18 PM (GKzf4)

22 Trump DOJ has secured about two dozen noncitizen voting arrests, prosecutions or convictions in the last few months, with about another 90 more cases under investigation.

114 votes nationwide can't swing an election, RethugliKKKans!!!

Posted by: The Left at July 13, 2026 03:19 PM (VHUov)

23 I have it on good authority that almost never happens, guys.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (uzmqU)

24 22 Trump DOJ has secured about two dozen noncitizen voting arrests, prosecutions or convictions in the last few months, with about another 90 more cases under investigation.

114 votes nationwide can't swing an election, RethugliKKKans!!!

Posted by: The Left at July 13, 2026 03:19 PM (VHUov)

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If I remember correctly, most of the arrests aren't "I accidentally voted," but "this guy voted for 50 people, and he's an illegal immigrant."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (GKzf4)

25 Of course, that is not new information to election officials. And all of the election officials that I spoke to about this yesterday didn't seem particularly concerned.
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None of The Powers That Be are going to take it seriously until a few of them are put away with long, long prison sentences.

Then, maybe, they'll think about cleaning up the voting rolls in their state.

At least until a Dem POTUS.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (FZ29D)

26 I say capital punishment for vote fraudsters and those who enable them. As far as its impact on victims - e.g. Stealing a fucking country - there is no greater crime.

IMHFO.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:21 PM (Ziya2)

27 Hmmm. How about deporting anyone voting in our country illegally. No chance of return.

Chip in the brain that detonates when they cross the border.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 03:21 PM (C2QwQ)

28 Hmm: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Was Recruited as a Spy by Israel; Israel Hoped He Could Take Control of Iran After Assassinations of Iran's President and His Advisors
—Disinformation Expert Ace
So that was the plan.

-
Two words: Da fuq?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (ndZc7)

29 I am sure the Our Democracy requires that non-citizens vote to preserve the necessary outcomes.

Such things are essential to give legislatures the ability to legislate cleanly, without being forced to take the wishes and demands of the electorate into consideration.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (rbvCR)

30 Non-citizen voters should be stripped of all assets.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (rJ48h)

31 Since Sarah Hoyt's not on this blog, I will have to figure out whom to borrow a shocked face from.

Maybe TJM?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (77rzZ)

32 Back home. Feeling better. Cats wanted treats. Am demolishing bacon and eggs.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (amcLV)
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I'll bet the cats could demolish some bacon and eggs, too...At least my Kaylee would if I let her.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (FZ29D)

33
If I remember correctly, most of the arrests aren't "I accidentally voted," but "this guy voted for 50 people, and he's an illegal immigrant."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (GKzf4)
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How do you "accidentally vote" in another country?

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

34 Horde, a true absolute miracle has occurred. No question. My mother has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty decided her time is not complete.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (+82YS)

35 I'll bet the cats could demolish some bacon and eggs, too...At least my Kaylee would if I let her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (FZ29D)
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They have duly licked the plate, as is their prerogative.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (amcLV)

36 I do not believe this as I have been assured repeatedly by both democrats and the media that illegals never get registered to vote and they never vote in US elections.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (0N4FZ)

37 Horde, a true absolute miracle has occurred. No question. My mother has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty decided her time is not complete.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (+82YS)
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Praise the Lord.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)

38 OT: pretty cool video of us using remote drone ships to destroy port facilities at Bandar Abbas.

Fire ships. We're using fire ships.

'Leftenant Horblower, belay that line!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

39 Chip in the brain that detonates when they cross the border.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 03:21 PM (C2QwQ)

It might be hard to make a chip like that which won't detonate randomly on being scanned by some RFID system. Could be messy.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)

40 DOJ threatens to arrest state election officials if noncitizens vote

This shit will continue until people start paying a deeply personal price. Deeply personal.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (Ziya2)

41 33
If I remember correctly, most of the arrests aren't "I accidentally voted," but "this guy voted for 50 people, and he's an illegal immigrant."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (GKzf4)
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How do you "accidentally vote" in another country?

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

========

I could allow for, "I was lied to and told I was allowed."

But ignorance of the law is not a defense. Jail and deportation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (GKzf4)

42 Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (+82YS)

Thats great publius.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

43 How do you "accidentally vote" in another country?
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
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I think it's along the lines of, "I tripped and my dick accidentally went inside her."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:24 PM (amcLV)

44 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (amcLV)

Glad that you're home and so are the cats, I imagine.🙂 Did they suggest any treatment going forward?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 03:24 PM (Bw1/o)

45 Horde, a true absolute miracle has occurred. No question. My mother has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty decided her time is not complete.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone

Glory Be!

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 03:25 PM (VHUov)

46 Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (+82YS)

Glad to hear that. Praise the Lord!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 03:25 PM (Bw1/o)

47 Did they suggest any treatment going forward?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 03:24 PM (Bw1/o)
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Drugs, and I'll be consulting a cardiologist, so we'll see if there's anything more.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:26 PM (amcLV)

48 Illegals may not be voting.

But their ballots are.

Also:
Blue states refuse to even admit illegals could be voting, let along investigate, so of course, proving they are voting is "rare."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 03:26 PM (3cUTc)

49 Not sure this even counts as "news." Here in California, they (Dem politicians and activists) openly encourage illegal non-citizens to vote. And they make it practically a crime to ask for ID at polling stations anyway, so no one actually has any idea who is voting (which is the point). We're so used to it here that we gave up even trying a long time ago.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 03:26 PM (Av6i5)

50 I think it's along the lines of, "I tripped and my dick accidentally went inside her."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:24 PM (amcLV)

That reminds me of a great line, I think it was from here: 'I like my women like I like my coffee- without another guy's dick in it.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

51 I think it's along the lines of, "I tripped and my dick accidentally went inside her."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:24 PM (amcLV)
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Horde mind. I was going to make a Platner joke.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)

52 California alone casts 3+ million fraudulent votes every four years. Illegals are just a part of that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)

53 If I remember correctly, most of the arrests aren't "I accidentally voted," but "this guy voted for 50 people, and he's an illegal immigrant."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (GKzf4)
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How do you "accidentally vote" in another country?
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

Same way you "accidentally" fuck your best friend's wife I guess.

Posted by: I tripped and it just slid on in at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (TbWk/)

54 It's hard to find American citizens who will vote for Nazi rapists who want to institute socialism. But if you start importing 3rd Worlders, you might have a chance.

Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (0e5Te)

55 This cites a study showing a quarter of illegal aliens were registered to vote, and 6.4% did vote, in the 2008 election:

https://tinyurl.com/7h7nzzmm

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (XvL8K)

56 I was listening to Larry O'Connor's radio show and he was talking to someone who said that Republicans on the Hill have no idea how much the base is angry about the border and illegal voting etc.

They think this is a phase and it will pass.

Who in the world are they listening to? How can it possibly escape them?

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (xhfG9)

57 Deeply personal.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (Ziya2)

——

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at July 13, 2026 03:28 PM (iJMtg)

58 Kinda like Stalin said, one illegal vote is a tragedy. A couple million is just Democrats doing business. Arresting a couple schmucks here and there ain't gonna stop the millions of others. This, the Democrats know.

Posted by: Cubans at July 13, 2026 03:28 PM (QaH55)

59 Excellent news, Publius!

Prayer of thanksgiving sent!

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 03:28 PM (77rzZ)

60 Will anything happen?

Posted by: Because I've often heard Nothing Will at July 13, 2026 03:28 PM (2Ez/1)

61 Chip in the brain that detonates when they cross the border.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 03:21 PM (C2QwQ)

It might be hard to make a chip like that which won't detonate randomly on being scanned by some RFID system. Could be messy.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)

Foil hats will be a must.

Posted by: No longer a luxury item at July 13, 2026 03:28 PM (TbWk/)

62 That thing that never happens well it happens but it is rare
PBS

Posted by: steevy at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (YwEeS)

63 Same way you "accidentally" fuck your best friend's wife I guess.

Posted by: I tripped and it just slid on in at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (TbWk/)
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Was that Newsom?

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

64 I've lived in multiple foreign countries across the decades and never - not even once - thought to defraud or disrespect that country's laws or customs, let alone think of fucking voting in their elections (for the ones who had elections). I think what I dislike - No, Hate - about illegals is the way they disrespect our laws and customs and take advantage of us.

Of course I know that Democrats invite this kind of behavior, but still.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (Ziya2)

65 Sure! Why shouldn't they vote. They're never going to leave.

Posted by: Supreme Court at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (opLQR)

66 None of The Powers That Be are going to take it seriously until a few of them are put away with long, long prison sentences.

Just like business owners, and bureaucrats approving benefits. Until the people who enable the problem feel the pain, the problem will persist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (ExV1e)

67 "It's worth noting that noncitizens voting, as well as election fraud in general, is exceedingly rare in this country."

When is the last time California, Illinois, New York, or any other blue state parks investigated voter fraud? Answer: Never

Much like crime statistics, the crimes that aren't reported aren't counted.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (yL0kd)

68 Deeply personal.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (Ziya2)

Like assfucking men for dominance not gheyness!

Posted by: Maine Kampf at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (TbWk/)

69 I knew McConnel was OK because we all know TURTLES can live to be 150 years old....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (2BXp2)

70 This Friday, the 17th, evidence of election fraud in the 2020 election in Fulton County Georgia is due. I wonder if that is why Trump is giving a speech to the nation on Thursday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

71 "Votes."
That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (2Ez/1)

72 55 This cites a study showing a quarter of illegal aliens were registered to vote, and 6.4% did vote, in the 2008 election:

https://tinyurl.com/7h7nzzmm

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (XvL8K)

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So, it seems reasonable to assume that Trump has deported (and led to the self-deportation of) literally hundreds of thousands of voters already.

I'm assuming they voted more heavily for Democrats, as well.

Keep it up. ICE deportation flights are at historic highs right now. We can get higher!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (GKzf4)

73 How do you "accidentally vote" in another country?
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

Tripped. Could have happened to anyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (ExV1e)

74 Was that Newsom?
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

Well, we know the people fucking HIS wife- well, not ALL of them.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

75 I was listening to Larry O'Connor's radio show and he was talking to someone who said that Republicans on the Hill have no idea how much the base is angry about the border and illegal voting etc.

They think this is a phase and it will pass.

Who in the world are they listening to? How can itwe possibly escape them?
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (xhfG9)
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Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)

76 But I really like this:
- everyone who gets a driver's license is registered to vote
- everyone who registers to vote is sent a ballot
- no name of the registered voter is on the ballot and all proof of whose name the ballot was from is destroyed before it's counted by the election officials.

BUT:
Absolutely, no way, no how could any illegal ever, ever, ever vote.
It's because, that's why.

They have intentionally created a system where it is impossible to detect fraud.
And charged the President, and others, with multiple felonies for daring to even question that system.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 03:31 PM (3cUTc)

77 That's amazing Pub. Great news.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 03:31 PM (3R4hO)

78 Not sure this even counts as "news." Here in California, they (Dem politicians and activists) openly encourage illegal non-citizens to vote. And they make it practically a crime to ask for ID at polling stations anyway, so no one actually has any idea who is voting (which is the point). We're so used to it here that we gave up even trying a long time ago.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 03:26 PM (Av6i5)

I know. I lived there. This is insane. The election officials who've made these laws should be in prison doing hard time.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:31 PM (Ziya2)

79 They think this is a phase and it will pass.

Who in the world are they listening to? How can itwe possibly escape them?
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (xhfG9)

They listen to the people at the parties they go to- commie rat fuck traitors.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)

80 Of course, that is not new information to election officials. And all of the election officials that I spoke to about this yesterday didn't seem particularly concerned.
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Maybe they should be.
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Nah, they're good.

Posted by: President James Boasberg at July 13, 2026 03:32 PM (SuK7W)

81 WUT? The home run derby is only on Netflix? No other way to watch it?

Really? WTFF?

Posted by: I didn't think I could hate Netflix more at July 13, 2026 03:32 PM (anL5R)

82 More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Aren't they just... precious?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM (BI5O2)

83 I still think Polish combat mages enforcing the border should be a thing.

Posted by: Hussars Sorcerer Division at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM (TbWk/)

84 So I guess there's no smart military blog answer to using nukes to close the Strait of Hormuz, finally delivering a military victory to the USA in the 21st century?

How neo-con of you.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM (FTLtd)

85 How do you "accidentally vote" in another country?
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
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Maybe they thought they were paying a phone bill...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM (FZ29D)

86 56 I was listening to Larry O'Connor's radio show and he was talking to someone who said that Republicans on the Hill have no idea how much the base is angry about the border and illegal voting etc.

They think this is a phase and it will pass.

Who in the world are they listening to? How can it possibly escape them?

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (xhfG9)

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Why is the base angry about the border?

Congress funded ICE through 2029 at historic levels (it's like the third largest military in the world, effectively), border crossings are effectively zero, and all (literally all) visa classes are down double digits.

This is the most anti-illegal and anti-legal immigration administration since the 1920s.

Trump has forcibly deported about 4x as many people as Eisenhower did, and he's got 2.5 more years of elevated funding to do it more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM (GKzf4)

87
A small town Kansas mayor born in Mexico. A Filipino senior citizen living in Hawaii. Two Pakistani men residing in New Jersey. An Aussie in Louisiana. And a Chinese student studying at the University of Michigan. They all have one thing in common.

They walked into a bar...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 03:34 PM (Cqx++)

88 245 Piper...prayers for your father's complete recovery.

Does he have a history of a-fib? I think low sodium can trigger it. If that is the cause it can be managed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Yes - he has a history and has been on medications to manage it. But he is getting older, which is hard for me to accept. The cpr part is very troubling to me right now.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:34 PM (hftzA)

89 Of course, that is not new information to election officials. And all of the Democrat election officials, who are likely facilitating fraud that helps our Party, that I spoke to about this yesterday didn't seem particularly concerned.

Fixed for accuracy and transparency.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 03:35 PM (0sNs1)

90 39 Chip in the brain that detonates when they cross the border.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 03:21 PM (C2QwQ)

It might be hard to make a chip like that which won't detonate randomly on being scanned by some RFID system. Could be messy.
Posted by: Kindltot

Fine. Give them pagers.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 03:35 PM (FWA22)

91 A small town Kansas mayor born in Mexico. A Filipino senior citizen living in Hawaii. Two Pakistani men residing in New Jersey. An Aussie in Louisiana. And a Chinese student studying at the University of Michigan. They all have one thing in common.

They walked into a bar...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 03:34 PM (Cqx++)

*CLANG*
Ow!!!!

Posted by: A low bar at July 13, 2026 03:35 PM (TbWk/)

92 DOJ threatens... Threaten, threaten, threaten. Just do it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 03:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

93
Voting ballots should only be printed in English. There is on reason to have them in other languages except to help the fraud.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 13, 2026 03:35 PM (OkYzo)

94 Yes - he has a history and has been on medications to manage it. But he is getting older, which is hard for me to accept. The cpr part is very troubling to me right now.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:34 PM (hftzA)

Keep reminding him to breathe- he'll love that. J/K

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

95 ***election officials who turn a blind eye to illegal alien voting might be arrested themselves.
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Let's put this in a more positive light and say, will be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (VQ0bX)

96 Platner may have a similar accident with a burglar at some future date.

"Well, you see officer, I was just wrestling him to the ground..."

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (Fi81e)

97 Chip in the brain that detonates when they cross the border.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 03:21 PM (C2QwQ)

It might be hard to make a chip like that which won't detonate randomly on being scanned by some RFID system. Could be messy.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)

OTOH, that sounds like a THEM problem.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (ExV1e)

98 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM (GKzf4)

All true, and all positive.

But I'm looking toward large internment camps in the desert, with fleets of buses and trains running deportations 24/7.

Time to work up a real head of steam.

Foreigners Go Home.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (BI5O2)

99 Yes - he has a history and has been on medications to manage it. But he is getting older, which is hard for me to accept. The cpr part is very troubling to me right now.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:34 PM (hftzA)

Keep reminding him to breathe- he'll love that. J/K
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

And put him on an all-kale diet.

Posted by: Probably love that too at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (TbWk/)

100 Re the letters being hard to find - I would have done a Psy-Ops and hired a process server in every state to hand deliver to the sec of states.

Posted by: beckster at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (kX27y)

101 More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM

They're saving our Precious Democracy!

Posted by: Nancy "Perky Emeritus" Pelosi (D-CA) at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (0sNs1)

102 So if the illegals are voting Republican, the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) are OK with it? Kinda tells you who they are voting for.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (QaH55)

103 A small town Kansas mayor born in Mexico. A Filipino senior citizen living in Hawaii. Two Pakistani men residing in New Jersey. An Aussie in Louisiana. And a Chinese student studying at the University of Michigan. They all have one thing in common.

They walked into a bar...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 03:34 PM (Cqx++)
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You'd think one of them should have seen it!

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)

104 98 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:33 PM (GKzf4)

All true, and all positive.

But I'm looking toward large internment camps in the desert, with fleets of buses and trains running deportations 24/7.

Time to work up a real head of steam.

Foreigners Go Home.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:36 PM (BI5O2)

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Holding times for those picked up has reduced so much that DHS is selling off properties they purchased for the purposes of holding detainees.

They got 10,000 in three days 2 weeks ago.

There's just no sexy headlines going on at the same time, so people think nothing is happening, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (GKzf4)

105 1 there are no non citizens voting

2. Ok maybe here are a few who cares it doesn’t change elections

3 ok maybe a lot vote but so what they’re members of the community and deserve to have a say

4. It’s racist to not support full on voting by everyone here illegally

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (Xe8e7)

106 By the way, when I did live in CA, every time I voted I made a show of pulling out my ID just to hear the snide comment "Oh we don't ask for that here" and I would reply - loudly - "Well you should!".

I couldn't wait to get out of that madhouse.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (Ziya2)

107 PUBLIUS- I'm smiling from ear to ear.

Posted by: free tibet at July 13, 2026 03:38 PM (iNp3L)

108 Those that allow the voter rolls to continue to contain dead, imaginary, and illegal voters are accomplices in crime. It's like the driver in a bank heist; he didn't go in the bank and hold everybody up and rob the place, but he enabled it by driving them to and from the bank.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

109 Blue states refuse to even admit illegals could be voting, let along investigate, so of course, proving they are voting is "rare."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 03:26 PM (3cUTc)

Trump lost every court case in 2020 - where no evidence was ever permitted to be presented - proving that there is no fraud. -- Democrats and the media (BIRM)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 03:38 PM (ExV1e)

110 Piper:

Sorry to learn of your dad's medical situation.

Also, heads up:

https://tinyurl.com/5n97buvj

Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 03:38 PM (J4Dwc)

111 There's not an age limit on ablations.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (VQ0bX)

112 69 I knew McConnel was OK because we all know TURTLES can live to be 150 years old....

apprarently, elaine chao's trip to china to acquire lightly used uyghur spare parts was successful.

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (v3pYe)

113 There's just no sexy headlines going on at the same time, so people think nothing is happening, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (GKzf4)

No, I understand it. But I would like to see millions deported annually. It needs to be our generation's moonshot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (BI5O2)

114 It would be funny if they all wrote in Frito Bandito.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

115 1 there are no non citizens voting

2. Ok maybe here are a few who cares it doesn’t change elections

3 ok maybe a lot vote but so what they’re members of the community and deserve to have a say

4. It’s racist to not support full on voting by everyone here illegally
Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (Xe8e7)
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Yes, that is all 4 stages.

The first stage is always "It's not happening".

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)

116 106 By the way, when I did live in CA, every time I voted I made a show of pulling out my ID just to hear the snide comment "Oh we don't ask for that here" and I would reply - loudly - "Well you should!".

I couldn't wait to get out of that madhouse.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (Ziya2)

In some places in Kalifornia, non-citizens can vote in local elections for school superintendent...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (l3cgK)

117 There is no voter fraud

So let’s investigate and make sure

No

Why

Because there is no voter fraud.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (Xe8e7)

118 It's worth noting that noncitizens voting, as well as election fraud in general, is exceedingly rare in this country, with just a handful of reported cases, even in databases kept by conservative legal groups.

It's like every leftist outlet has a shared Google spreadsheet with pre-written standard, phrases that must be included in any article on a subject.

It's kind of like the way every writer for every article and newscast decided to add the words "without evidence" to every accusation Trump has made since 2016.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (6ydKt)

119
It seems to me that even California's deep system of rigged voting will struggle with the Real ID Act.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (mmrXZ)

120 "Well, you see officer, I was just wrestling him to the ground..."
==
"then our pants fell off"
"I guess I got a little excited in the tussle"
"I probably shouldn't have kissed him."
"That was too much. I guess."

Posted by: Its just a display of dominance at July 13, 2026 03:40 PM (anL5R)

121 And a Chinese student studying at the University of Michigan.
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An exploratory attempt, I'm sure.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 03:40 PM (kpS4V)

122 113 There's just no sexy headlines going on at the same time, so people think nothing is happening, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (GKzf4)

No, I understand it. But I would like to see millions deported annually. It needs to be our generation's moonshot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (BI5O2)

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3-4 million deported in Trump's first year (forced deportations + self-deportations).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:40 PM (GKzf4)

123 Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:34 PM

Prayers up, Piper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 03:40 PM (bFu5X)

124 Mitch is fighting to recover so he can drop dead on the senate floor.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 03:40 PM (UjdFS)

125 124 Mitch is fighting to recover so he can drop dead on the senate floor.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 03:40 PM (UjdFS)

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Probably a dream, but he only has about 6 months left before he's out no matter what.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:41 PM (GKzf4)

126 Hope you’re feeling better, Blonde.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 03:41 PM (FWA22)

127 Mitch is fighting to recover so he can drop dead on the senate floor.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 03:40 PM (UjdFS)
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As the Pro-forma Senator until the others come back.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

128 Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (Ziya2)

They say the same thing when you try to give your ID in NJ-at least in my area of the state. It's quite annoying, isn't it?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (Bw1/o)

129 I wonder if Trump is about to declare a National Emergency Thursday night over the vote fraud issue in GA and elsewhere...such a declaration gives him broad national legal and judicial powers...

Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (NTVPI)

130 Speaking of which . . .

Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin: “The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election.”

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When she's right, she's right.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (ndZc7)

131
This is not the hill to die on.

Posted by: Zombie Mitch at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

132 Horde, a true absolute miracle has occurred. No question. My mother has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty decided her time is not complete.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone

This is wonderful news!

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:43 PM (tHSRx)

133 Wholesale, physical removal of the foreigners is perhaps the only thing where I would happily write a blank check to the government. Whatever it takes. If they need a couple million men to go door-to-door in the barrios, so be it. Cut the check.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:43 PM (BI5O2)

134 CBS News: DOJ threatens criminal action against states that allow noncitizens to vote.

Lame headline. No state "allows" non-citizens to vote. More performative action to appease their idiot supporters.

No, no, no. They exist, trust me. Nameless enemy states. Both comically weak and the largest threats you can imagine.

The article is simply designed to further the narrative that it's even happening. It doesn't counter it at all. CBS is a captured network working for foreign interests. It's beyond propaganda.

Precursor to them claiming in Novemer that there's "massive fraud" in blue states and cities due to non-citizens voting. I guarantee you there's already a plan in place to contest every Democrat-won election and sow chaos on election day.

This on the heels of an attempt to remove birthright citizenship. Do we see how the chips are falling yet?

All 40 non citizens nation-wide over the last 20 years, per MAGA's own Heritage Foundation? A really major issue...

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 13, 2026 03:43 PM (Xy2sd)

135 Shouldn't the secretaries of state be the ones getting their ass kicked. And any one of the associated with soros deserves the firing squad.

Posted by: Dutch at July 13, 2026 03:43 PM (sYM3s)

136 And all of the election officials that I spoke to about this yesterday didn't seem particularly concerned.

Maybe they should be.

Posted by Disinformation Expert Ace

And in AZ the Maricopa board of supervisors just lost their power grab of the county recorder's duties to a guy who vowed to enforce election law. The AZ constitution for the win!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2026 03:44 PM (NnhvP)

137 It's like every leftist outlet has a shared Google spreadsheet with pre-written standard, phrases that must be included in any article on a subject.

It's kind of like the way every writer for every article and newscast decided to add the words "without evidence" to every accusation Trump has made since 2016.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 13, 2026 03:39 PM (6ydKt)

They are a Fifth Column and one of the greatest threats to Our Republic. And I really mean that and they should be treated accordingly. No self governing people can exist with such a poisoned information stream.

Note I said Republic and not "Precious fucking Democracy".

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:44 PM (Ziya2)

138 I wonder if Trump is about to declare a National Emergency Thursday night over the vote fraud issue in GA and elsewhere...such a declaration gives him broad national legal and judicial powers...
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I'll show you broad legal and judicial powers!!!

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at July 13, 2026 03:44 PM (anL5R)

139 >>I wonder if Trump is about to declare a National Emergency Thursday night over the vote fraud issue in GA and elsewhere...such a declaration gives him broad national legal and judicial powers...

As I mentioned above, evidence being collected in Fulton County GA of election fraud in 2020 is due on Friday. Supposedly, over 200 FBI agents have been deployed to Fulton County to collect evidence.

That's a lot of FBI guys.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:45 PM (viF8m)

140 139 >>I wonder if Trump is about to declare a National Emergency Thursday night over the vote fraud issue in GA and elsewhere...such a declaration gives him broad national legal and judicial powers...

As I mentioned above, evidence being collected in Fulton County GA of election fraud in 2020 is due on Friday. Supposedly, over 200 FBI agents have been deployed to Fulton County to collect evidence.

That's a lot of FBI guys.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:45 PM (viF8m)

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Ossoff is weirdly going to lose his re-election.

Weirdly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:45 PM (GKzf4)

141 All 40 non citizens nation-wide over the last 20 years, per MAGA's own Heritage Foundation? A really major issue...

It's only one or two apartment complexes that the tren de argua gangs have taken over.........

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 03:45 PM (0N4FZ)

142 I don't know how you would stop it in states that have full dem control. Of course, it that case they don't even need to count votes anyway.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 03:46 PM (n5tGW)

143 They think this is a phase and it will pass.

Who in the world are they listening to? How can itwe possibly escape them?
---
No member of Congress reads this blog.
I doubt there's even one staffer who does.
Until about 7 years ago, they all thought the National Review was still the conservative voice.
Most still do.

They all still read the NYT, the WSJ and the WaPo--to get a balanced reporting of the news.
Fox News might be on if a staffer forgot to change the channel. But otherwise, it's CNN, which most still believe is centrist..

It's why I say we must viciously and without remorse attack David French et al. at all times:
Because, we know they are not conservative in any way.
But the members of Congress see him as the conservative presented and vouched for by sources they trust.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 03:46 PM (3cUTc)

144 Hey Captain glad to hear you are back home.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 03:46 PM (MWfyi)

145 Probably a dream, but he only has about 6 months left before he's out no matter what.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
......

He should just retire and spend more time in his terrarium.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

146 So, what stage are we on in the "Illegal Immigrants Vote" conspiracy theory?

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 03:47 PM (dIske)

147 Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (Ziya2)

They say the same thing when you try to give your ID in NJ-at least in my area of the state. It's quite annoying, isn't it?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (Bw1/o)

Yes. And they say it in a tone of voice as if they'd just caught you trying to expose yourself or something. In a sane world people like that would be arrested for aiding and abetting theft and fraud.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 13, 2026 03:47 PM (Ziya2)

148 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 13, 2026 03:47 PM (nDXEV)

149 He should just retire and spend more time in his terrarium.
Posted by: wth
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Ha!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 03:48 PM (kpS4V)

150 I'm sure Mitch can't wait to retire to spend more time with his cannonless fishhead wife.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 03:48 PM (yfRPb)

151 >>I don't know how you would stop it in states that have full dem control. Of course, it that case they don't even need to count votes anyway.

The DOJ routinely sends people to oversee federal elections in states. The problem is the watchers haven't always been watching depending on which administration is in office.

Harmeet Dhillon is already jousting with some Democrat run states telling the poll watchers are coming whether they like it or not. Spoiler, they do not like it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:48 PM (viF8m)

152 So, what stage are we on in the "Illegal Immigrants Vote" conspiracy theory?

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 03:47 PM (dIske)
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They may vote some, but in a way that's kind of right.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)

153 decided to add the words "without evidence"

Gas is too good for them.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 03:48 PM (Kt19C)

154 I wonder if Trump is about to declare a National Emergency Thursday night over the vote fraud issue in GA and elsewhere...such a declaration gives him broad national legal and judicial powers...
Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (NTVPI)

Overruled. -- Traffic judge in Poughkeepsie

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 03:49 PM (ExV1e)

155 Left: it's only 200. Ok, only 3,500. Ok, 10500. That's it that's all. 40600, fuck you fascists

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 03:49 PM (m2wmY)

156 National Review is the Salon of desiccated establishment cons. Or is that Slate?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 13, 2026 03:49 PM (nDXEV)

157 Hey Captain glad to hear you are back home.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 03:46 PM (MWfyi)
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Thanx. HordePrayers (TM) work.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 03:49 PM (amcLV)

158 I'm guessing that of Sleepy Joe's 81 million votes, 1,000 were cast by non-citizens, and 20,000,000 were mail in ballots that failed to comply with one or more rules: no date, no signature, fake signature, filled out by another person, mailed late, etc.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 13, 2026 03:49 PM (wGerL)

159 150 I'm sure Mitch can't wait to retire to spend more time with his cannonless fishhead wife.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

So...reverse mermaid?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 03:50 PM (Xy2sd)

160 It's why I say we must viciously and without remorse attack David French et al. at all times:
Because, we know they are not conservative in any way./i]

Also because it's funny.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)

161 I'm sure Mitch can't wait to retire to spend more time with his cannonless fishhead wife.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
......

Someone's got to feed him the baby food.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)

162 158 I'm guessing that of Sleepy Joe's 81 million votes, 1,000 were cast by non-citizens, and 20,000,000 were mail in ballots that failed to comply with one or more rules: no date, no signature, fake signature, filled out by another person, mailed late, etc.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 13, 2026 03:49 PM (wGerL)

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There probably were about 80 million or so illegals in 2020.

If 6.9% of them voted, that's 5.6 million votes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:50 PM (GKzf4)

163 Any election official who looks the other way to illegals voting should be required to go on that gay sex cruise with James Talacreepo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

164 I'm sure Mitch can't wait to retire to spend more time with his cannonless fishhead wife.

His *what* now?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (2ocoG)

165 I don't know how you would stop it in states that have full dem control. Of course, it that case they don't even need to count votes anyway.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 03:46 PM

I would argue those states do not matter at this point. DOJ needs to clean up the illegal voting in states like georgia and michigan. That's where the illegal votes actually can make a difference, let them get cleaned up first and then tackle the deep blue states.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (0N4FZ)

166 This is what happens when Reddit does a MoMe.

https://tinyurl.com/4syvwnhh

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (viF8m)

167 It's why I say we must viciously and without remorse attack David French et al. at all times:
Because, we know they are not conservative in any way./i]

Also because it's funny.
==
Its the right thing to do, and a tasty way to do it.

Posted by: Zombie Wilfred Brimley at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (anL5R)

168 What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

Trouble in Utopia.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3f853f

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (ndZc7)

169 >>>He should just retire and spend more time in his terrarium.
Posted by: wth
----

Ha!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

>When I had a turtle, he used to love big leafy greens and fruit. He also liked the little wading pool in the yard.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (sYM3s)

170 130 Speaking of which . . .

Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin: “The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election.”

-
When she's right, she's right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (ndZc7)
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Political gaff: Accidently telling the truth.

Posted by: WisRich at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (G0vdT)

171 Unexpectedly!

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (t6jpD)

172 There probably were about 80 million or so illegals in 2020.

If 6.9% of them voted, that's 5.6 million votes.

That's 10% nice.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (2ocoG)

173 I found two turtles boning in my yard yesterday.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (GKzf4)

174 There is no vote fraud but every blue state is suing Trump to keep him from even examining vote rolls.

That's how you know there are massive numbers of illegals voting.

Kinda related:
You know how Nick Shirley has walked into state after state and each time discovers massive, multi-millions in fraud?
Which can only happen if everyone in the state is refusing to even look, let alone investigate?
But, it exposes, just barely the surface, of how massive and widespread the fraud is.

And that is also vote fraud--we haven't even started to look yet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (3cUTc)

175 >>> 130 Speaking of which . . .

Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin: “The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election.”

-
When she's right, she's right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (ndZc7)

Say, isn't she one of the commie assclowns who made that video about 'illegal orders'? and former CIA, too?

Gee, I wonder why she would say that.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (R+iUD)

176 172 There probably were about 80 million or so illegals in 2020.

If 6.9% of them voted, that's 5.6 million votes.

That's 10% nice.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (2ocoG)

======

It's 99 and 44/100% dead!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (GKzf4)

177 150 cannonless fishhead wife? Child please: sweet and sour deepfried dumplings fishhead wife.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 03:53 PM (wBaIH)

178 155 Left: it's only 200. Ok, only 3,500. Ok, 10500. That's it that's all. 40600, fuck you fascists
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It's not happening.

It's happening, but only in tiny numbers. (You are here)

It's happening in larger numbers, but not enough to change election results.

It's happening, and it's the right thing.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 13, 2026 03:53 PM (Xy2sd)

179 More illegal aliens are trying to run over federal agents, too. This may or may not be related!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 03:53 PM (nQ/qz)

180 DOJ threatens to arrest state election officials if noncitizens vote

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Screw that, I want blood and executions -- but most executions -- for treason.

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2026 03:53 PM (t6jpD)

181 Slow Ride!

Posted by: the turtles at July 13, 2026 03:54 PM (MWfyi)

182 This is what happens when Reddit does a MoMe.

https://tinyurl.com/4syvwnhh
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (viF8m)
_______

THAT POOR DOG!

The girl right behind the dog ain't bad. I have no idea what she's doing with that grundle of weirdos, fuglies, and land whales. RUN, GIRL, RUN.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

183 aliens legal or no should not vote fed.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 03:54 PM (R11M+)

184 The Boning Turtles used to be our garage band name.

Posted by: Phish at July 13, 2026 03:54 PM (2Ez/1)

185 Was that Newsom?
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

Speaking of political scum, I passed an election billboard with the gov and the local d who has the cong seat in my area, and they were practically tonguing each other on it. Don't know if that will gain him votes or not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 03:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

186 More illegal aliens are trying to run over federal agents, too. This may or may not be related!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 03:53 PM (nQ/qz)

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"ICE Agents LARPing as Literal Nazis deserve to die and have no right to defend themselves, h8rs!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2026 03:55 PM (t6jpD)

187 >>>This is what happens when Reddit does a MoMe.

https://tinyurl.com/4syvwnhh
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (viF8m)
*****
I feel bad for the dog having to be around those "folks".

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 13, 2026 03:56 PM (CtvrE)

188 Can we get a little privacy, dude?

Posted by: the turtles at July 13, 2026 03:56 PM (UjdFS)

189 Walter on the Founding Mothers.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfs3kby

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

190 DOJ threatens to arrest state election officials if noncitizens vote
——-

That’s what America voted for. Election fraud really needs to be a Capital offense. Hang a few, it might encompass the others.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 03:56 PM (nQ/qz)

191 >>>under the direct instructions of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese delegation is pushing Rome for a definitive timeline to implement the strategic "pilot zones." ... the delegation’s primary objective is to ensure that ...
The Lebanese side is insisting on a complete and immediate withdrawal of the Israeli military,
...

Meanwhile the Christians and Druze are petitioning annexation into Israel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 03:56 PM (VQ0bX)

192 Was that Newsom?
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

It was also a line out of the movie The Last Boy Scout

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 03:56 PM (rbvCR)

193 They know and we know that reapportionment after the 2030 Census is going to end the Democrats' ability to secure a House majority for the foreseeable future. So 2028 is their only shot, maybe in a political lifetime. They will pull out all the vote fraud stops to try to steal this one. Gird your loins, boys!

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 13, 2026 03:57 PM (eStot)

194 I feel bad for the dog having to be around those "folks".
==
its on the job. Its somebody's assistance dog.

Also, I don't know the designation for that many people, but that is the world's largest "throuple"

Posted by: a hunch at July 13, 2026 03:57 PM (anL5R)

195 This is PBS so expect bias.

I was listening to the local PBS classical station today, when begging time came on. They said this was the one year anniversary of when ALL of their federal funding was cut off. You know, the funding they used to insist was but a tiny fraction of their budget; a rounding error really. They described it as "this dark time".

I laughed and laughed.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

196 Was that Newsom?
Posted by: Axeman

Hello Newsom.
-Jerry

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:57 PM (ndZc7)

197 166 This is what happens when Reddit does a MoMe.

https://tinyurl.com/4syvwnhh
Posted by: JackStraw

Damn. That she-beast up front with the dark-skinned child is...horrifying. I especially like the one normal-looking Becky with the dog on the right, surrounded by this freakshow of horrors. Does she dare come back to the next one, or does this event scare her straight to a trad-wife existence?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 03:57 PM (Xy2sd)

198 I was listening to the local PBS classical station today

NPR, not PBS.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 03:58 PM (Riz8t)

199 >>>This is what happens when Reddit does a MoMe.

https://tinyurl.com/4syvwnhh
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM
*****

Whoa.
That's what you call Gross Tonnage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 03:58 PM (2Ez/1)

200 Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin: “The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election.”

-
When she's right, she's right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 03:42 PM (ndZc7)
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Stating the obvious. It's a tacit acknowledgement that Dems NEED fraudulent voting to hold power even in blue strongholds.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 03:58 PM (FZ29D)

201 Encourage, natch.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 03:58 PM (nQ/qz)

202
From last thread, that Masih Alinejad says the Ahmedinejad story is probably true.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 03:58 PM (mmrXZ)

203 Damn. That she-beast up front with the dark-skinned child is...horrifying. I especially like the one normal-looking Becky with the dog on the right, surrounded by this freakshow of horrors. Does she dare come back to the next one, or does this event scare her straight to a trad-wife existence?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 03:57 PM (Xy2sd)
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Land whale, ho!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 03:59 PM (FZ29D)

204 This is what happens when Reddit does a MoMe.

https://tinyurl.com/4syvwnhh

Sweet Jeebus, can you imagine voluntarily being seen with that freak show?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 03:59 PM (Riz8t)

205
NPR = National Panhandler Radio.

Posted by: Nina Totenbag at July 13, 2026 03:59 PM (2Ez/1)

206 I found two turtles boning in my yard yesterday.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:52 PM (GKzf4)

Careful. Turtles during the rutting season have been known to charge toward a bystander, closing the distance in a matter of hours...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 13, 2026 03:59 PM (nbLIj)

207 By the way, when I did live in CA, every time I voted I made a show of pulling out my ID just to hear the snide comment "Oh we don't ask for that here" and I would reply - loudly - "Well you should!".

I couldn't wait to get out of that madhouse.
Posted by: Chairborne!...

Same!
Got clear in aught 2.
It was like pulling out a crucifix on a vampire, the hissing & shrieking & averting the eyes.

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 04:00 PM (erhDr)

208 This is what happens when Reddit does a MoMe.

https://tinyurl.com/4syvwnhh
Posted by: JackStraw
.......

The girl in the front row holding the baby has what looks to be a giant hernia.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:00 PM (UjdFS)

209 I feel bad for the dog having to be around those "folks".

It's...difficult and embarrassing.
*goes back to licking his ass*

Posted by: The dog at July 13, 2026 04:00 PM (Riz8t)

210 At least one of the dogs is cute.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 13, 2026 04:00 PM (2Ez/1)

211 179 More illegal aliens are trying to run over federal agents, too. This may or may not be related!
Posted by: Common Tater

And unhinged violent Leftists. Shooting them all is an acceptable way to remove them from the voter rolls and gene pool if that's what they want. I'd settle for imprisonment and deportation, but if they want to go this route....

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 04:01 PM (Xy2sd)

212 Poor dog.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 04:02 PM (wOO3z)

213 "The girl in the front row holding the baby has what looks to be a giant hernia."
----

Ssshhh!
You're not supposed to notice.

Posted by: What your mom would have said at July 13, 2026 04:02 PM (2Ez/1)

214 Poor dog.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
.......

Yeah, he's not going to get any table scraps from this crowd.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:04 PM (UjdFS)

215 Retiring Senator Gary Peters has endorsed Hailey Bennett to replace him. Much Dems seem to be rallying around her to beat back the DSA Muslim

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:04 PM (m2wmY)

216 >>>Careful. Turtles during the rutting season have been known to charge toward a bystander, closing the distance in a matter of hours...

Posted by: Joe Kidd

>Buffalo Grandpa learned the hard way you don't fuck with these animals. You can never trust them, too fast. What happened to that old man they can do to a grizzly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 04:04 PM (sYM3s)

217 213 "The girl in the front row holding the baby has what looks to be a giant hernia."
----
Ssshhh!
You're not supposed to notice.
Posted by: What your mom

It's called a gunt, fupa or flesh apron, and it's sexy and empowering! I love being fat!!!

Posted by: Land Whale who secretly hates herself and her body and is deep in denial at July 13, 2026 04:04 PM (Xy2sd)

218 Retiring Senator Gary Peters has endorsed Hailey Bennett to replace him. Much Dems seem to be rallying around her to beat back the DSA Muslim

It sounds like some of them might have cottoned on to the fact that DSA play time, as much fun as it is, is over, if they don't want to be utterly destroyed in the upcoming elections.

Posted by: The dog at July 13, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

219 Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran.

Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations. Last night’s strikes degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping

Decent video:
https://tinyurl.com/2edcmekp

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 04:05 PM (VQ0bX)

220 flesh apron

Heh.

Posted by: The dog at July 13, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

221 More illegal aliens are trying to run over federal agents, too. This may or may not be related!
Posted by: Common Tater

And unhinged violent Leftists. Shooting them all is an acceptable way to remove them from the voter rolls and gene pool if that's what they want. I'd settle for imprisonment and deportation, but if they want to go this route....

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 04:01 PM (Xy2sd)

I think i read that in Sun Tzu

Removing them from the planet is best
Removing them from the country is second best

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:06 PM (S41Gd)

222 Horde, a true absolute miracle has occurred. No question. My mother has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty decided her time is not complete.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone
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Wow! Thank God for more time with her. Amazing.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 04:06 PM (hPLSE)

223 214 Poor dog.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
.......
Yeah, he's not going to get any table scraps from this crowd.
Posted by: wth

He's going to get fishy-tasting peanut butter licking instead 🫪

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 04:06 PM (Xy2sd)

224 His *what* now?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:51 PM (2ocoG)

I think that is supposed to be 'his flat chested harridan chinese scrunt.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:06 PM (zZu0s)

225 Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:00 PM (UjdFS)

I get that women gain weight when they're pregnant and it's sometimes hard to lose afterwards, but she is just enormous and I'm sure it's really bad for her health.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 04:07 PM (wuyOQ)

226 Great to hear Publius. Good luck and God bless to you , your mom and family

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:07 PM (m2wmY)

227 Aaaand now that Lindsay Graham is dead and McConnell is recovering from a bad fall, Thune has screwed any chance of getting the Save Act passed.

“Oh DARN!” More intentional undermining Trump, his voters, and 80+% of the American citizens.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:07 PM (4KUe5)

228 TJM, pretty sure Mitch is in through '28.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (NcvvS)

229 I get that women gain weight when they're pregnant and it's sometimes hard to lose afterwards, but she is just enormous and I'm sure it's really bad for her health.

Did she birth the entire 101st Airborne?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

230 Hi Sis

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (Cqx++)

231 Late to the Party today and the past few months since retiring (in the middle of a deep depression for various reasons -- mostly much recent bad health news for various friends & family -- coupled with an aggravated back injury so painful that I have a hard time getting out of bed) -- but I'm old enough to remember battling TJM on HotGas before finding this place 11 years ago for defending his (at the time SC Senator) Lindsey Graham.

I have never said anything good or nice about him ("Miss Lindsey" not TJM) in private or public -- but I am profoundly sad about his passing.

I think it's just a reminder that I too am likely in the 4th Quarter of Life. I REALLY envy those of you who have FAITH and the psychological comfort it provides ...

Love You All, -Shain

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (t6jpD)

232 Literally presidential elections have been determined by a few hundred votes. 2000 in election in Florida came down to 537 votes.

My guess is EASILY a 7 figure amount of illegal aliens are voting in elections on a national level.
Posted by: Leupold at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (eIzlH)

There is illegals voting, and there is corrupt officials using the names of illegals to vote multiple times themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (uhVAy)

233 ... election fraud in general, is exceedingly rare in this country,

In truth election fraud is common historically throughout the world which is why great efforts are made by some to combat it, and resisted by those that engage in it .

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (/lPRQ)

234 TJM, pretty sure Mitch is in through '28.

Nein.

Senator Mitch McConnell is not up for reelection, as he previously announced he will not seek another term. His current term will officially end in January 2027, concluding his political career in the United States Senate.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

235 Fingers crossed that we can avoid talking about podcast grifters today. So far, so good! I question whether they even have real-world effects.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 04:09 PM (Sy6m/)

236 >>Aaaand now that Lindsay Graham is dead and McConnell is recovering from a bad fall, Thune has screwed any chance of getting the Save Act passed.

I suspect that's a big reason Trump was pushing for Lyndsey's sister to take his seat. According to Trump Graham told him he was all in on the Save Act.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:09 PM (viF8m)

237 Aaaand now that Lindsay Graham is dead and McConnell is recovering from a bad fall, Thune has screwed any chance of getting the Save Act passed.

“Oh DARN!” More intentional undermining Trump, his voters, and 80+% of the American citizens.

Soooo...you're saying that Thune took out a hit on Graham?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)

238 CNBC reports PDJT will claim "a foreign nation interfered" with the 2020 election in his speech on Thursday evening.

The UK and Australia are obvious candidates, but the report is not naming names.

Posted by: President James Boasberg at July 13, 2026 04:10 PM (AnNWH)

239 I"m good

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:10 PM (Ia/+0)

240 And that's exactly what McMaster just did.

Graham's sister is taking his seat for the remainder of the term.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)

241 Thanks, Archimedes. Thought it was the other seat up this year.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (NcvvS)

242 @228 Mitch is done on 1/1/27 alive or not. Hopefully Andy Barr takes the seat in Nov

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (m2wmY)

243 Holding times for those picked up has reduced so much that DHS is selling off properties they purchased for the purposes of holding detainees.

They got 10,000 in three days 2 weeks ago.

There's just no sexy headlines going on at the same time, so people think nothing is happening, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:37 PM (GKzf4)

DHS is also buying its own fleet so they don't have to rely on commercial carriers. I am sad that they didn't mange to get the Frontier planes cheap. They wouldn't have had to repaint them

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (rbvCR)

244 Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran.

Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations. Last night’s strikes degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping

Decent video:
https://tinyurl.com/2edcmekp

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 04:05 PM (VQ0bX)

A submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran? Just why in hell is anything like that even left standing in Iran. By now they shouldn't be able to light a wet fart, forget maintaining ships and subs. There should be no ships, no subs, no buildings, no people that even know how. They should be banging rocks together by now.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (S41Gd)

245 238 CNBC reports PDJT will claim "a foreign nation interfered" with the 2020 election in his speech on Thursday evening.

Unless he has absolute proof they will just use it to continue the "election denier"...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (FtULh)

246 223 214 Poor dog.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Yeah, he's not going to get any table scraps from this crowd.
Posted by: wth

He's going to get fishy-tasting peanut butter licking instead 🫪
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Monkey pox.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)

247 A submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran? Just why in hell is anything like that even left standing in Iran. By now they shouldn't be able to light a wet fart, forget maintaining ships and subs. There should be no ships, no subs, no buildings, no people that even know how. They should be banging rocks together by now.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (S41Gd)

That's what I thought too...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:12 PM (FtULh)

248 I was listening to Larry O'Connor's radio show and he was talking to someone who said that Republicans on the Hill have no idea how much the base is angry about the border and illegal voting etc.

They think this is a phase and it will pass.

Who in the world are they listening to? How can itwe possibly escape them?
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (xhfG9)
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Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)

I think they know very well, but the first casualties of MAGA taking over is the GOPe, then the Democrats. They are just fighting a doomed rearguard action.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:12 PM (uhVAy)

249 Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:10 PM (Ia/+0)

Well, you are good- nice person, hard worker , care about people 🙂. I guess you meant the Dr. said that you check out ok?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 04:13 PM (wuyOQ)

250 >>Unless he has absolute proof they will just use it to continue the "election denier"...

Well he does have Maduro sitting in prison looking for a deal.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:13 PM (viF8m)

251 So it's Grahams sister as we thought... Good...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:13 PM (FtULh)

252 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 13, 2026 04:13 PM (NcvvS)

253 And that's exactly what McMaster just did.

Graham's sister is taking his seat for the remainder of the term.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)

Makes sense, let all the factions decide on their own candidate and let them duke it out.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:14 PM (uhVAy)

254 CNN has learned that graham Platner was attacked by a giant Clam while Oyster farming off the coast of Maine today.

He stated that he must work harder to feed his starving mother because of Trump’s Stalinist Economic policies.

CNN discovered glued to the Clam’s shell was a “MAGA” Sticker. Chuck Schumer immediately rushed to the nearest CNN microphone and has called for the impeachment of Trump.

Platner has responded by stating he is reentering the Senate race and has hired Mary Clogginstein as his new campaign manager.

Clogginstein stated that the campaign message to the people of Maine will be the following:
“We Hate Trump” and Trump lied to our BLACK Presdent”.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at July 13, 2026 04:14 PM (DcsqG)

255 I think it's just a reminder that I too am likely in the 4th Quarter of Life. I REALLY envy those of you who have FAITH and the psychological comfort it provides ...

Love You All, -Shain
Posted by: ShainS -
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Never too late to start. And plenty of people willing to help you on the way.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)

256 I especially like the one normal-looking Becky with the dog on the right, surrounded by this freakshow of horrors. Does she dare come back to the next one, or does this event scare her straight to a trad-wife existence?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

That's in line with my comment from the previous thread:

The woman on the right end of the front row: "Holeeee shit. These are the people I've been hanging out online with? I'm going to have to change my name and move to another state. And get a new dog."
Posted by: mikeski

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 04:14 PM (VHUov)

257 Love how Trump is required to show proof, despite the obviously fake numbers (Biden got 81 million votes during a pandemic, really?) and at least 8 states refusing to share the other rolls with the DoJ.

They’ll kneecap every effort to verify votes, then whine there’s no proof.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:14 PM (4KUe5)

258 That sub looked more like a torpedo, maybe two man and the area around that one pier looked like rubble. Trump pulled a couple more Iranian chips off the table.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 04:15 PM (VQ0bX)

259 >>A submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran? Just why in hell is anything like that even left standing in Iran.

I was reliably informed here that we decimated all of Iran's military capability after Epic Furry.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 04:15 PM (J4Dwc)

260 publius

That's welcome news.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 04:15 PM (RCjYY)

261 And that's exactly what McMaster just did.

Graham's sister is taking his seat for the remainder of the term.
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I'm sure the same party that cheered when the widow of what's-his-name that died in the plane crash in MO was appointed due to him "winning" the election after he died, will be along shortly to explain why this is an affront to democracy, freedom and the Constitution.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (3cUTc)

262 A submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran? Just why in hell is anything like that even left standing in Iran. By now they shouldn't be able to light a wet fart, forget maintaining ships and subs. There should be no ships, no subs, no buildings, no people that even know how. They should be banging rocks together by now.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (S41Gd)

The fact we sunk all their subs and military craft already puts the repair sheds lower down the target priority list.

Now they are using civilian speedboats and small arms to 'close' the strait which would probably be met by some heavy machine guns mounted on transiting ships and some military crews for them in addition to the navys usual steps.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (uhVAy)

263 Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2026 04:08 PM (t6jpD

I am sorry that you are having both a lot of physical pain and depression. That is a hard load to bear. I will pray for you.

As far as faith, other people can no doubt be much more articulate about this than I am ( Where is Marcus T, ?) I think faith is a gift from God, so if you want to have it petition the Lord for it. He loves you and would be so glad to hear from you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 04:18 PM (D+BhG)

264 I was listening to the local PBS classical station today, when begging time came on. They said this was the one year anniversary of when ALL of their federal funding was cut off. You know, the funding they used to insist was but a tiny fraction of their budget; a rounding error really. They described it as "this dark time".

I laughed and laughed.
Posted by: Archimedes

My station here in Nashville area does not beg on air. Since I've donated a small amount before( I listen every day)I get the occasional email. I can put up with those.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (lJ0H4)

265 Yep Fen, getting older with those normal getting older problems

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

266 Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

Ok . Getting older with its aches and pains can be hard, but I'm glad they don't feel it is something more serious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (D+BhG)

267 Oh my! Illegals VOTING? In AMERICAN elections!? The hell you say … why, that's just unpossible — isn't it? I mean, that's why we have 'inspectors' at the polling places, yes … ? Oh. Okay. My bad …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 13, 2026 06:57 PM (ayRl+)

Hmm: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Was Recruited as a Spy by Israel; Israel Hoped He Could Take Control of Iran After Assassinations of Iran's President and His Advisors

So that was the plan.

But plans tend to not survive first contact with the enemy.

A rector from the University of Budapest sent an invitation to Ahmadinejad to attend a "climate change" conference. His hope was to get him close to Israeli delegates so that they could talk and maybe eventually broker a peace treaty.

The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to an Israeli safe house in the early days of the war. But the plan fell apart.
...
Mr. Ahmadinejad's 2024 visit to the university and a second one the following year were part of a yearslong Israeli effort to groom him as an intelligence asset who, when the time came, could be installed as Iran's new leader, according to both American and Iranian officials familiar with the operation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive intelligence.
Recruiting Mr. Ahmadinejad was of such priority for Israel that the country's then-spy chief David Barnea even traveled to the Hungarian capital in 2024 to meet with Mr. Ahmadinejad personally, according to former American officials. Soon afterward, they said, Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence service, notified the C.I.A. that it had been in contact with Mr. Ahmadinejad.
Israel's decision to build a regime-change plan around Mr. Ahmadinejad is an extraordinary twist in the saga of the country's relations with the former president, who was known for accelerating Iran's nuclear program, calling regularly for the destruction of Israel and denying the Holocaust.

In recent years, according to American officials, Israel secretly paid money to Mr. Ahmadinejad for housing and travel, and Israeli operatives met him abroad on several occasions, including during his trips to Budapest.
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The effort culminated in late February of this year -- during the first days of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran -- with an audacious operation to relocate the former leader, who had been living under strict surveillance in Tehran. The goal: to set in motion the plan to topple the current regime and install Mr. Ahmadinejad.
The plan failed.

On Feb. 28, an Israeli airstrike hit Mr. Ahmadinejad's compound, targeting the building of his bodyguards and his armored vehicle. After the strike, according to four senior Iranian officials, a black Peugeot car arrived, picked up Mr. Ahmadinejad and whisked him away at high speed from the chaotic scene.
American and Iranian officials with knowledge of the operation said the car had been driven by Mossad operatives, who took Mr. Ahmadinejad to a secret safe house in Iran.
But the former Iranian leader was upset about the frantic rescue operation, and he appeared to be disillusioned about the Israeli plan to return him to power, according to people with knowledge of what occurred.
He eventually left the safe house under circumstances that are still unclear. Mr. Ahmadinejad was not seen in public again until last Monday, when he made a brief appearance at the funeral procession for the slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
His current status remains uncertain. But four senior Iranian officials said that Mr. Ahmadinejad was in the custody of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence wing, under house arrest now that Iran has learned about much of his interactions with Israel.

A key part of the plan was that Kurdish Iranians would march on Tehran.

But, as Trump lamented months ago, that never happened. That was supposed to be the ground element which is absolutely essential in actually winning a war.

Israeli officials have not commented publicly about the plan to install Mr. Ahmadinejad as Iran's leader, which was part of a broader attempt to topple the government in Tehran. Another element involved arming and training Iranian Kurdish opposition forces based in northern Iraq to cross into western Iran, hold territory there and eventually move toward the capital Tehran, an effort that never manifested.

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Mossad officials did not respond to requests for comment.
Ali Akbar Javanfekr, a spokesman for Mr. Ahmadinejad, declined to comment.

It's not clear to me if Ahmadinejad had actually turned spy or was merely taking Israel's money while feigning interest. I guess it's reassuring to know that there was a plan for regime change... but this plan seems to have been pretty smokey from the start.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:10 PM

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1 howdy

Posted by: doug at July 13, 2026 02:11 PM (B1+sW)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

3 NY Times ? I call BS

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 02:13 PM (FtULh)

4 You think this is news?

Looks like I might be common law husband of the next US Senator from Sakkaliner

Posted by: Miklos and Darline get along just fine at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (bziMQ)

5 th

Posted by: Bosk at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (VMFAF)

6 Now, we have to ask: is THIS a disinformation campaign to make the Iranians distrust each other more?

Not that I care either way. Pass the popcorn.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (N1DT3)

7 A plan so retarded only an intelligence agency would come up with it.

Posted by: The military intelligence oxymoron at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (TbWk/)

8 TJM thanks for the heads up on Goodluck Have fun Dont die My wife and I loved it

Posted by: doug at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (B1+sW)

9 Expecting "Imadinnerjacket" to somehow take charge over the Mullah's and IRGC was always a pipe dream.

There are multiple power centers in Iran, and the elected officials are the weakest of them.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 13, 2026 02:15 PM (MNCvZ)

10 A plan so retarded only an intelligence agency would come up with it.
Posted by: The military intelligence oxymoron at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (TbWk/)

We'll file it next to exploding cigars.

Posted by: CIA Librarian at July 13, 2026 02:15 PM (wVcYX)

11 8 TJM thanks for the heads up on Goodluck Have fun Dont die My wife and I loved it

Posted by: doug at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (B1+sW)

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Darn tootin'.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:16 PM (GKzf4)

12 Say hello to our little friend: Mr. Abyss.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 02:16 PM (YlWIZ)

13 Israel missed him so they planted this story to get Iran to handle it for them...

Posted by: Inogame at July 13, 2026 02:16 PM (53oGX)

14 The story is too farfetched to be taken seriously. It is fedslop or Mossadslop.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 02:17 PM (RIvkX)

15 Alternate title: Israel floats plan to get IRGC to whack Mahmoud Ahmadinijad.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 02:17 PM (vSvIl)

16 So if you make all the gangsters think the guy is a rat, the guy is pretty much screwed, even if he's not a rat. Sucks to be him. Ahmadinejad deserves it, anyway.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 13, 2026 02:17 PM (QaH55)

17 I mean, can you trust that pint sized islhamist?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:17 PM (2YhKe)

18 7 A plan so retarded only an intelligence agency would come up with it.
Posted by: The military intelligence oxymoron

CIA had equally lame plans and I'm sure that the KGB produced lemons instead of workable plans at times. Regime change is a stupid sidestep that absent total war, has little chance for a permanent fix. The Kaiser and his crew thought shipping Lenin to Russia in a sealed car was a good idea--what could go wrong for Germany if Lenin caused a revolution in Russia?

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM (E4rtv)

19 We just automatically believe this stuff now?

Posted by: Nothing to see here at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM (CQ3Qb)

20
Repeatedly, the Kurds have accepted US money and equipment with an agreement about some action they would take, then just disappeared.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM (VWtfl)

21 Don't you have to kinda sorta make sure your asset is fully turned or sufficiently compromised BEFORE you use them for something big? I mean, I'm no spook but that just seems to make sense.

Posted by: First, assume a perfectly spherical puppet dictator at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM (TbWk/)

22 Stories of this or that regime figure being recruited by Israel pop-up fairly frequently. For example, there's been a consistent rumor about Esmail Qaani...he was even (allegedly) arrested after dear leader's bunker exploded from direct contact with a missile. But somehow he , head of Quds Force, survived !

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM (GD0B3)

23 I recommended that exact Kurdish invasion plan right at the beginning of the Iran War.

Still waiting for it to happen. It's till the best plan.

Average Iranians aren't soldiers. They would fight like amateurs.

The Kurdish guerrills are trained soldiers. They have fighting experience. They know how to shoot to kill.

We should be arming the Kurds on their promise to march on Tehran. Tell them we'll support a breakaway independent state for them, once the mullahs are out.

Do it.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM (Av6i5)

24 Mitch has visitors:

https://tinyurl.com/377reajz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (RkR9o)

25 Any plan that doesn't end with Ahmadinejad hanging from a crane is a bad plan, as far as I am concerned.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (4NO2D)

26 It could be like the Rick and Morty heist episode.

Infinite number of planned double crosses.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (/WQyy)

27 rector from the University of Budapest"

*watches slow pitch *

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (XuXeR)

28 I thought he was killed in the early strikes?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

29 I'm no spook but that just seems to make sense.

Posted by: First, assume a perfectly spherical puppet dictator at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM

Racist!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)

30 I guess they (we) were hoping for something dramatic like the Česká Družina after WW1. Which slipped away from Kolchak's forces and joined the Czechoslovakia instead. Pretty much invented Czechoslovakia.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 02:20 PM (gKWVE)

31 16 So if you make all the gangsters think the guy is a rat, the guy is pretty much screwed, even if he's not a rat. Sucks to be him. Ahmadinejad deserves it, anyway.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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I find it difficult to care who is the king rat on the garbage heap of Iran. Better for us to keep producing openings for advancement in the ranks via bombs and missiles for the meanwhile.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

32 Besides, NYT just recently told us that Israel uses rape dogs to assault balestenians.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 02:20 PM (GD0B3)

33 Say hello to our little friend: Mr. Abyss.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 02:16 PM

*stares*

Posted by: Mr. Abyss at July 13, 2026 02:20 PM (bFu5X)

34 Mitch has visitors:

https://tinyurl.com/377reajz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (RkR9o)

How tall was Michael Jackson? I thought John Wayne was 6'3" or so.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)

35 rector from the University of Budapest"

*watches slow pitch *
Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM

Fine.

Rector? I hardly knew her!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 02:21 PM (bFu5X)

36 Turkey hates the Kurds more than anyone. Trump just made besties with Erdogan so the Kurd plan may be sidetracked for other reasons.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:21 PM (/WQyy)

37 >>>A key part of the plan was that Kurdish Iranians would march on Tehran.

No, seriously. This time we will not pull away the football

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

38 29 I'm no spook but that just seems to make sense.

Posted by: First, assume a perfectly spherical puppet dictator at July 13, 2026 02:18 PM

Racist!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)

What is it, 1956?

Posted by: To Thao I leave my Gran Torino at July 13, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)

39 >> It could be like the Rick and Morty heist episode.

'You sonofabitch...I'm in!'

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 02:22 PM (uzmqU)

40 31 I find it difficult to care who is the king rat on the garbage heap of Iran. Better for us to keep producing openings for advancement in the ranks via bombs and missiles for the meanwhile.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

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The population is probably starving.

The blockade and sanctions are back on, meaning that Iran made somewhere between nothing and peanuts on the oil they could get out (most is still at sea, so little money has actually changed hands from the few people willing to buy Iranian oil at all).

Iran received $0 from the $300 billion investment fund and $0 from the $12 billion frozen assets because they simply wouldn't operate like a normal country.

That's probably a greater effect on the nation that most of the bombing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:22 PM (GKzf4)

41 'You sonofabitch...I'm in!'
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 02:22 PM (uzmqU

Hah !!

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:23 PM (/WQyy)

42 Now, we have to ask: is THIS a disinformation campaign to make the Iranians distrust each other more?

I doubt the NYT would support any op that advanced US interests.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 13, 2026 02:23 PM (bDp6B)

43 23 I recommended that exact Kurdish invasion plan right at the beginning of the Iran War.

Still waiting for it to happen. It's till the best plan.

Average Iranians aren't soldiers. They would fight like amateurs.

The Kurdish guerrills are trained soldiers. They have fighting experience. They know how to shoot to kill.

We should be arming the Kurds on their promise to march on Tehran. Tell them we'll support a breakaway independent state for them, once the mullahs are out.

Do it.
Posted by: zombie
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Kurds are not a monolith and Iranian Kurds are not the same as Iraqi Kurds who are not the same as Syrian/Turkish Kurds. And none of those surrounding states want a Kurdistan on their borders.

Reportedly, Iranian Kurds took the arms, money, and Starlinks and at least sold off the Starlinks if not gave them to the regime.

Minority groups are difficult to manage for regime change as they have a natural tendency to focus on their interests rather than broader strategic interests of the sponsoring nation.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)

44 A plan so retarded only an intelligence agency would come up with it.
Posted by: The military intelligence oxymoron at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (TbWk/)

And we will extract the embassy personnel currently hiding in the Canadian embassy via bicycle, concealed as a hapless group of bicyclists.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:24 PM (rbvCR)

45 42 Now, we have to ask: is THIS a disinformation campaign to make the Iranians distrust each other more?

I doubt the NYT would support any op that advanced US interests.
Posted by: Halfhand at July 13, 2026 02:23 PM (bDp6B)

No but it might have been leaked to them knowing they would publish it...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)

46 Kurds are not a monolith and Iranian Kurds are not the same as Iraqi Kurds who are not the same as Syrian/Turkish Kurds. And none of those surrounding states want a Kurdistan on their borders.

NO WHEY!

Posted by: Bill and Ted at July 13, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)

47 Ok Plan A didn't work out. Onto Plan B and Drop The Fucking Sun On Them.

E chiaro?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 02:25 PM (wBaIH)

48 Who else would Carter have installed besides Khomeini? Discuss.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 02:25 PM (YlWIZ)

49 Who else would Carter have installed besides Khomeini? Discuss.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 02:25 PM (YlWIZ)

Billy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

50 Lebanon and Israel signed a peace deal designed to isolate and degrade Hezbollah.

Iraq arrested most of their pro-Iranian politicians recently.

The Iraqi PM is going to DC right now to sign some MOUs with the US about American investment in energy in the country (we're finally getting the Iraqi oil, boys).

UAE just announced a new port to be constructed on their eastern coast, on the Omani Gulf coast, bypassing the strait completely (2 years to build, at least, but still).

The region is being turned against Iran one piece at a time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:26 PM (GKzf4)

51 Balfour was a failure imposition after the Ottomans fell. Where are everyone else's notes on the matter?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 02:27 PM (YlWIZ)

52
That's probably a greater effect on the nation that most of the bombing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Dunno. We bombed key railroad bridges linking the Iranian heartland with China, Russia, via Turkmenistan this time so we shall see how much ruin there is in the country. Starving populations make it more likely to have a military dictator but the very strategy of Iranian defense, the mosaic works against that.

So whacking more underlying commanders like the IRGC air commander might be in order to make consolidation of power easier for someone.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

53 No but it might have been leaked to them knowing they would publish it...

True, they are that dense.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 13, 2026 02:27 PM (bDp6B)

54 American planes + Israeli spies + Kurdish troops = regime toppled.

We need to create an actual nots+bolts plan -- not just give the Kurd weapons and say, "Invade when you're ready."

Just as with South Vietnam in the late '50s and early '60s, their military "plans" were too discombobulated and random to effectively defeat the Viet Cong. Not until the US started sending "advisors" telling them how to conduct war did they start having success.

We need to set an actual target on an actual date.

Tell the Kurds, "On Date XYZ, and 4am, we will bomb the shot out of IRGC HQ and barracks in Bumfuckistan province. Shot Bet agents will blow up the bridges at rivers X, Y and Z. Have your troops come in on Highway ABC and take city Z at 5am. UNDERSTAND?" Etc.

Otherwise, they may never get up the nerve.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 02:28 PM (Av6i5)

55 49 Who else would Carter have installed besides Khomeini? Discuss.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 02:25 PM (YlWIZ)

Billy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

Beer is haram!

Posted by: The revolution should have been put down at July 13, 2026 02:28 PM (TbWk/)

56 Appt for MRI now, y'all have fun while I'm gone and no running with scissors or hair on fire.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:29 PM (E4rtv)

57 He's dead Jim

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 02:29 PM (TPmOL)

58 52 Dunno. We bombed key railroad bridges linking the Iranian heartland with China, Russia, via Turkmenistan this time so we shall see how much ruin there is in the country. Starving populations make it more likely to have a military dictator but the very strategy of Iranian defense, the mosaic works against that.

So whacking more underlying commanders like the IRGC air commander might be in order to make consolidation of power easier for someone.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

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Something like 98% of Iranian imports pre-war were by sea, and the vast majority of that was from the Persian/Omani gulfs.

The railroads were non-contiguous (they operate on different gauges from the stuff that actually heads into China, and there's a 60 mile gap between them).

A GDP dropping by 50% in a few months because of a blockade does a lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:29 PM (GKzf4)

59 This sounds like a Hail Mary.

You have to wonder if the op was to convince Ahmadinejad to flip, or if the op was to convince America that Ahmadinejad was likely to flip...

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 02:29 PM (Q0L71)

60 56 Appt for MRI now, y'all have fun while I'm gone and no running with scissors or hair on fire.
Posted by: whig

* extinguishes scissors *

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 02:30 PM (VHUov)

61 56 Appt for MRI now, y'all have fun while I'm gone and no running with scissors or hair on fire.
Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:29 PM (E4rtv)

What about scissors on fire?

Posted by: Flaming Scissors opened for L7 at Lilith Fair at July 13, 2026 02:30 PM (TbWk/)

62 >>Otherwise, they may never get up the nerve.

The Kurds are a tough group to stand with. They have real world demands that will cause inevitable issues in the Region.

Turkey, for one, wants none of the Kurdish Groups to have any type of independence.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 02:30 PM (uzmqU)

63 You have to wonder if the op was to convince Ahmadinejad to flip, or if the op was to convince America that Ahmadinejad was likely to flip...
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 02:29 PM (Q0L71)

It is too stupid to be the only plan. So that means there are other plans that either misfired, or are still smouldering

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:30 PM (rbvCR)

64 Amadinnerjacket was a Israel spy?
Too funny

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 02:30 PM (Ia/+0)

65 For being World Controllers (TM) the Mossad/Israel sure do seem incompetent.

Posted by: Canned-Ass Owns at July 13, 2026 02:32 PM (TezPK)

66 Methinks you underestimate the regimes ability to survive. I heard the same arguments years ago about disarming Iran. They quickly went about creating a domestic arms industry and innovative weapons development.

They don’t care of the general population dies. That’s part of the plan. There is no “resistance” just a bunch of groups with grudges and not willing to do battle to settle them. Their only weapon is asymmetric warfare.

*looks around, sees none*

You know what “resistance” looks like? It looks like Ukraine. They’ve gone full honey badger.

Iran? The resistance cheers every time we restart combat ops. Mostly because they think we will do the job Iranians want to do.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:32 PM (0ZmKh)

67 Amadinnerjacket was a Israel spy?
Too funny

==

So says NYT.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 02:32 PM (GD0B3)

68 We just automatically believe this stuff now?"

Sure. It's the NY Times. If you can't believe them...

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:32 PM (XuXeR)

69 At what point will Shah Jr. call for an uprising?

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 02:32 PM (4NO2D)

70 What about scissors on fire?"

I try to light pitchforks from time to time...

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (XuXeR)

71 I'd like to know the true number of Iranian opposition that were killed during the premature ceasefire. If some of the numbers quoted are accurate, it probably hurt our rep a lot that we didn't do anything. So now I think our only focus has to be to keep killing the bad guys and let the chips fall where they may regard to who runs Iran.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (/WQyy)

72 Obama Judge Kathleen Williams issued a "scathing" order declaring only Democrats can sue government agencies for the purpose of gaining a favorable settlement. After the IRS leaked Trump's tax returns, he sued the agency, settled, and she disallowed the settlement, referred all his attorneys for bar discipline, referred the lefty-hated Todd Blanche for bar discipline because he is Trump's nominee for AG, and then threw her shoes at the lawyers while screaming at them about Uniparty discipline.

All more or less true, though maybe a little embellished. Anyway, she hates everything about Trump.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (TPmOL)

73 I'm not sure what interpretation of this would be funnier: if it was true on its face, or if it's a Mossad op to further destablize Iran.

I saw this morning on Fox that we blew up an IRGC command bunker and whacked their commander, so now they begin the "Please someone take this job" cycle.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG)

74 A GDP dropping by 50% in a few months because of a blockade does a lot.
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How soon should we expect the collapse of North Korea?

It seems like they've been starving for a while, too.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (vSvIl)

75 The region is being turned against Iran one piece at a time.

* bombs everyone *

"Was that wrong? Should I have not done that?"
-- Iran

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (vTZFs)

76 The Kurds have been waiting for their independent state since 1915. They still feel screwed over by the Treaty of Versailles. We need to bitch slap them and say, "THIS YOUR MOMENT, fools! You've been waiting for this opportunity for over a century! Want and independent state? YOU CAN HAVE ONE! Within a year. All you have to do i"s accept several thousand truckloads of weapons, then act as the cannon fodder troops on the ground to help us take out Tehran. Do that, and Kurdistan with be a reality within months. Say 'No," and go back to being an oppressed stateless minority til the end of time."

They'd jump at the chance.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 02:34 PM (Av6i5)

77 Pahlavi has disappeared from the scene it appears.

I strongly suspect that it is true that the Israelis were trying to get the former President on their team. I also strongly suspect that the plan for the Iran War did not hinge on it.

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 02:34 PM (xhfG9)

78 There are only a few parts of the Kurdish population worth spit. There is some romantic idea promulgated by Iraq war fiction that all Kurds are great war fighters willing to fight to the death. Baloney.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:34 PM (0ZmKh)

79 74 A GDP dropping by 50% in a few months because of a blockade does a lot.
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How soon should we expect the collapse of North Korea?

It seems like they've been starving for a while, too.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (vSvIl)

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Interesting that North Korea can't really project power outside of its own borders, is propped up by a neighboring communist state, and doesn't fund global terror.

But otherwise, the two are identical.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:35 PM (GKzf4)

80 Again, for those in the bleachers, there's no such thing as "woke right." They are leftists.

@disclosetv 1m
NEW - Hunter Biden and Nick Fuentes sit down for a joint interview with the Chanel 5 podcast — TMZ

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 02:35 PM (diia5)

81 You know what “resistance” looks like? It looks like Ukraine. They’ve gone full honey badger.

Iran? The resistance cheers every time we restart combat ops. Mostly because they think we will do the job Iranians want to do.
Posted by: Marcus T

And, looking forward to lotsa that sweet rebuilding cash!

Call me when you are finished and it's safe!

Posted by: Iran Away at July 13, 2026 02:35 PM (TezPK)

82 I remember the scene from Donnie Brasco where Pacino caps the guy in the back of the head for being a rat. Then later, Donnie explains to Pacino why he wasn't a rat, and Pacino's character says he was a rat because the boss said he was a rat. And he did some other stuff that deserved getting whacked, too, so shut up. Ahmadinejad is probably getting the same treatment.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 13, 2026 02:35 PM (QaH55)

83 I bet Candace knows who to blame for this leaked story.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 02:35 PM (TPmOL)

84 Ahmadinejad would never spy for Israel. LMAO....that would negate his opportunity to give ideological speeches at Columbia University as he has in the past.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 02:35 PM (dIske)

85 Amadinnerjacket was a Israel spy?
Too funny
==
So says NYT.

Well, they said he wasn't. So he probably was.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 02:36 PM (vTZFs)

86 Kill them, destroy their stuff, disarm them except for plastic cutlery butter knives. Make them dress like girls.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 02:36 PM (r51hs)

87 How soon should we expect the collapse of North Korea?

It seems like they've been starving for a while, too.

NK is a Chinese client state with no real way to interact with anyone else besides occasionally firing off shitty rockets that don't go where they want. Iran's not like that.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)

88 But plans tend to note survive first contact with the enemy.
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"No plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2026 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

89 Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:32 PM (0ZmK

They've allegedly killed up to 100k of the organized opposition. And Ukraine is fighting for their country not to take it over. They did that easily already with a coup.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:36 PM (/WQyy)

90 Iran can choose to give up on being a pariah state, or it can become Uganda.

That's the choice they have.

Becoming Uganda doesn't mean that it becomes ruled by moderates, but that it is ruled by crazy people who have no access to funds to cause trouble.

The Gulf States are actively making moves to make sure that Iran can't cause them trouble in the future while their manufacturing base (which took them decades to build) remains in ruins. Maybe in a few years they can get back to selling oil at a loss to China, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (GKzf4)

91 There are two railroad crossing points into Iran. One from Turkmenistan and one from Afghanistan. There are also overland routes, some remote through which trucks with arms and supplies move. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (0ZmKh)

92 I support Israel. I have no problem with Trump pounding Iran
But getting involved with crap like this , trying to pick their leader, is another form of nation building which in that region will turn rancid real fast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (m2wmY)

93 They don’t care of the general population dies. That’s part of the plan.

Posted by: Marcus T

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This is accurate, but an oversimplification. It is the "twelver" logic that they want to bring about Armageddon, which is complicated but not really the issue.

The problem is not that they want to die, but that (like palestinians) they are in a cult that reveres their cause and are willing to die. It also means they are unwilling to make any steps back from dominance and do not want to "just be a normal country" and "live in peace with the world." They want to fight for their cause and are willing to say or do anything, even die, because the only thing important to them is to advance their version of islam.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (Q0L71)

94 I don't believe this story is true, I don't WANT to believe this story is true. Because this plan was stupidest "new government" plan in a 5 quart jar filled with beans all labeled "stupid new government plans".

I can't believe any sane person could ever think this could have worked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (edUvp)

95 Kill them, destroy their stuff, disarm them except for plastic cutlery butter knives. Make them dress like girls.

So basically Keir Starmer's entire policy vision in two sentences? I like it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (2ocoG)

96 Reminds me.

Death of Stalin is one of the most brilliant movies ever made. I can't believe Hollywood made it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (/WQyy)

97 Corollary:
"Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face." -Mike Tyson

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2026 02:39 PM (XeU6L)

98 Well no plan survives contact with the enemy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 02:39 PM (dtfFP)

99 96 Reminds me.

Death of Stalin is one of the most brilliant movies ever made. I can't believe Hollywood made it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (/WQyy)

=======

The man who wrote and directed it, Armando Ianucci, made himself look silly for 10 straight episodes of Taskmaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfHA2d3DhM

Recommended.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:39 PM (GKzf4)

100 91 There are two railroad crossing points into Iran. One from Turkmenistan and one from Afghanistan. There are also overland routes, some remote through which trucks with arms and supplies move. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (0ZmKh)

I have read that Pakistan now has at least 7 crossing points into Iran, some of which have rail service.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:39 PM (edUvp)

101 So, if the big ground invasion and installed leader regime change failed...what are we still doing? We don't need Iran's love or even peace with Iran (it's been 47 years, what's a few more...) and Israel doesn't need us still in the fight...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 02:40 PM (tOcjL)

102
@disclosetv 1m
NEW - Hunter Biden and Nick Fuentes sit down for a joint interview with the Chanel 5 podcast — TMZ
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 02:35 PM (diia5)

2 chickens f*ck each other.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)

103 94 I don't believe this story is true, I don't WANT to believe this story is true. Because this plan was stupidest "new government" plan in a 5 quart jar filled with beans all labeled "stupid new government plans".

I can't believe any sane person could ever think this could have worked.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:38 PM (edUvp)

The beepers worked...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 02:41 PM (tOcjL)

104 28 I thought he was killed in the early strikes?

All their names sound the same

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 13, 2026 02:41 PM (nGraA)

105 NEW - Hunter Biden and Nick Fuentes sit down for a joint interview with the Chanel 5 podcast — TMZ
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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[Bogarts the joint...]

Posted by: Hunter at July 13, 2026 02:41 PM (XeU6L)

106 Interesting that North Korea can't really project power outside of its own borders, is propped up by a neighboring communist state, and doesn't fund global terror.
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So we don't have troops on their border and they are not state sponsors of terror?

I admit I do get behind on news sometimes.

Also, you implied that resupply by rail from China wasn't that big of a deal *in this thread*, so I'm not sure that's a valid point, unless you thing "neighboring" is really important.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (vSvIl)

107 How soon should we expect the collapse of North Korea?

It seems like they've been starving for a while, too.
Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (vSvIl)

(Raises hand) Oye, ¿y nosotros?

Posted by: Cubans at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (QaH55)

108 Is it possible that this is all BS and they're trying to make him toxic to other Iranians?

Posted by: BenMSYS at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (Z2OGV)

109 Pahlavi has disappeared from the scene it appears.

I strongly suspect that it is true that the Israelis were trying to get the former President on their team. I also strongly suspect that the plan for the Iran War did not hinge on it.
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 02:34 PM (xhfG9)

Last I heard he was in Holland. Don't know why, and that was last week

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

110 All their names sound the same
Posted by: Gonzotx
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Stupid Westerner.

Posted by: Achmed at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (XeU6L)

111 What makes me laugh every day now is how *every* part of that Idiotic MOU has now been repudiated and disowned. I think we're now at the "Don't Anyone Ever Mention That Again, Ever!" stage.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (edUvp)

112 I remember the story about the head of Iranian unit set up to target MOSSAD..was MOSSAD. I just don't know what to believe!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 02:43 PM (GD0B3)

113 >> Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:36 PM (/WQyy

The IRGC has not really even begun to have its ranks depleted. Same for all the other proxy groups and Basij. They have fighters coming in from all over the ME and Caucuses.

The Ukrainian people are fighting for their country. If they don’t, they lose it. They don’t want to.

The Iranian opposition is allegedly fighting for their country too. Lots of social media posts and likes on DJT comments. Right now there is not organized opposition. Just a bunch of sloganeering.

At some point you have to grab people by the belt buckle and stab them in the throat. That’s war. You risk it all for a cause worth fighting for. We’ve done that for 250 years or so now. It’s how you win. It’s how you keep a country, which btw some Democrats should remember.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:43 PM (0ZmKh)

114 >>> 8 TJM thanks for the heads up on Goodluck Have fun Dont die My wife and I loved it

I found it wildly uneven, some of the contrivances in the plot veering into deus ex machina territory, and bugged me enough to pull me out of being immersed in the story. But I liked the creativity of it and what they were attempting to do. Very "everything everywhere all at once."

Is there a specific name for this genre of sci-fi? Absurdist sci-fi?

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 02:43 PM (gWBY1)

115 106 So we don't have troops on their border and they are not state sponsors of terror?

I admit I do get behind on news sometimes.

Also, you implied that resupply by rail from China wasn't that big of a deal *in this thread*, so I'm not sure that's a valid point, unless you thing "neighboring" is really important.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (vSvIl)

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Considering the volume Iran can take in by rail from the east, yes, it's not really a concern.

So, unless China is going to make Iran a client state like North Korea, which seems doubtful at this point, then no, the comparison is not at all similar.

Besides, we just took out a couple of rail lines from the east anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:44 PM (GKzf4)

116 You know what “resistance” looks like? It looks like Ukraine. They’ve gone full honey badger.

Ukraine is more like Zelensky fighting (to keep his grift) to the last man, or at least the last Ukrainian man. But it's fine, he's got Somalis flooding in and commercials on TV that it's OK if your husband/boyfriend gets blown up by Putin, we have a wide selection of black dicks now.

Imagine if Obama saw that commercial.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:44 PM (2ocoG)

117
His current status remains uncertain. But four senior Iranian officials said that Mr. Ahmadinejad was in the custody of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence wing, under house arrest now that Iran has learned about much of his interactions with Israel.

Why do I get the idea that this was the goal from the beginning? I don't think anyone REALLY thought that Ahmadinejad would turn into an Israeli ally. But it sounds like a great way to get the IRGC to do our dirty work for us.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 02:44 PM (B5HPU)

118 - @51 Hokey Pokey

You're getting warm. Very warm.
The Balfour Declaration was eventually followed through on after WWII.
What better way to have an area of ongoing conflict than to plop 6? million Jews down in the middle of 80? million mohammedans?

And I doubt seriously it was Carter who was driving force behind installing the mullahs in Iran. Just used, as America has always been used by the powers that be. To drain us dry. See also NATO.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 13, 2026 02:44 PM (dAv7M)

119 Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 02:34 PM (Av6i5)

Seems like the US made promises like that to the Kurds of Iraq during Desert Storm.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 13, 2026 02:45 PM (3Ope8)

120 rector from the University of Budapest"

Rector? I hardly knew her!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I take offense

And I will tell Senator Darleen

Posted by: MKKE in Bootypest is my Honoured Alma Mater at July 13, 2026 02:45 PM (bziMQ)

121 I don’t trust NYT to tell me water is wet.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 02:45 PM (Xe8e7)

122 From the previous thread:

269 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Redditors decided to meet up in real life
It looks exactly how you would expect
https://tinyurl.com/yedpv624
Posted by: redridinghood

The woman on the right end of the front row: "Holeeee shit. These are the people I've been hanging out online with? I'm going to have to change my name and move to another state. And get a new dog."

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 02:45 PM (VHUov)

123 Israeli officials have not commented publicly about the plan to install Mr. Ahmadinejad as Iran's leader, which was part of a broader attempt to topple the government in Tehran. Another element involved arming and training Iranian Kurdish opposition forces based in northern Iraq to cross into western Iran, hold territory there and eventually move toward the capital Tehran, an effort that never manifested.
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A new fleet of F-35s might work.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 02:46 PM (rj6Yv)

124 111 What makes me laugh every day now is how *every* part of that Idiotic MOU has now been repudiated and disowned. I think we're now at the "Don't Anyone Ever Mention That Again, Ever!" stage.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (edUvp)

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The MOU was written as disadvantageous to Iran.

They had to act normal in order to receive frozen funds. They simply couldn't do that because of their idiotic "IRGC is decentralized and populated by third world retards who will fire on the Chinese cargo vessels in the strait even when the civilian government didn't want it" thing was just standard operations.

They got not one penny if they did anything antagonistic in the strait, and they only got the $300 billion investment at some point in the future if the MOU was followed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:46 PM (GKzf4)

125 All their names sound the same
Posted by: Gonzotx
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You cannot say that about Turkmenistan.

Posted by: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at July 13, 2026 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

126 What is this Death of Stalin show you're discussing?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 02:46 PM (wBaIH)

127 I have the feeling Amadinnerjacket got called out by other Leftist Muslims

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 02:46 PM (Ia/+0)

128 >> I have read that Pakistan now has at least 7 crossing points into Iran, some of which have rail service.

Pakistan is being very careful about what they ship into Iran. Let’s leave it at that.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:47 PM (0ZmKh)

129 What makes me laugh every day now is how *every* part of that Idiotic MOU has now been repudiated and disowned. I think we're now at the "Don't Anyone Ever Mention That Again, Ever!" stage.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (edUvp)

+1

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 02:47 PM (vSvIl)

130 What makes me laugh every day now is how *every* part of that Idiotic MOU has now been repudiated and disowned. I think we're now at the "Don't Anyone Ever Mention That Again, Ever!" stage.

I don't think anyone expected the MOU to be worth the paper it was written on, and I said so before it was signed. It's to show the vaginocracy that runs the West that Trump can play nice with the other children. That way, when the other children inevitably misbehave, it's not his fault he has to break their nose.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (2ocoG)

131
The woman on the right end of the front row: "Holeeee shit. These are the people I've been hanging out online with? I'm going to have to change my name and move to another state. And get a new dog."
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 02:45 PM (VHUov)

"I've never seen a fupa so big......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (2YhKe)

132 I had given up on paying any attention to the Uke war some time ago. But damn, it looks like Russia is getting their ass severely kicked in the black sea over the last couple of weeks, and the Ukes don't even have a navy! Reportedly over 100 Russian ships have been hit by drones over the last couple of weeks, shutting down much of Russia's Black Sea cargo traffic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (edUvp)

133 Ahmadinejad is still breathing. I wonder why?

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (6LzyB)

134 Who knows, could be a planted story for destabilization. Either way Mahmoud isn't going to be the leader.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (n5tGW)

135 Ahmadinejad is still breathing. I wonder why?
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (6LzyB)

The JOOZ!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:49 PM (2YhKe)

136 (Raises hand) Oye, ¿y nosotros?
Posted by: Cubans at July 13, 2026 02:42 PM (QaH55)

Cuba and N Korea survived because they had a patron paying their bills. Cuba does not have that now, and is having trouble keeping the lights on. Also, different from the N Koreans, the Cubans know that 90 miles away the lights stay on in the poor neighborhoods and the neighbors aren't going through trash looking for proof of revolutionary activity.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:49 PM (rbvCR)

137 131
The woman on the right end of the front row: "Holeeee shit. These are the people I've been hanging out online with? I'm going to have to change my name and move to another state. And get a new dog."
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 02:45 PM (VHUov)

"I've never seen a fupa so big......"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (2YhKe)

Our fupas will blot out the sun!

So much the better. Then we won't be able to see you.

Posted by: Stelios the Spartan, probably at July 13, 2026 02:49 PM (TbWk/)

138 Some faction in the IRGC wants Ahmedinejad dead

Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2026 02:50 PM (afJtY)

139 130 What makes me laugh every day now is how *every* part of that Idiotic MOU has now been repudiated and disowned. I think we're now at the "Don't Anyone Ever Mention That Again, Ever!" stage.

I don't think anyone expected the MOU to be worth the paper it was written on, and I said so before it was signed. It's to show the vaginocracy that runs the West that Trump can play nice with the other children. That way, when the other children inevitably misbehave, it's not his fault he has to break their nose.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (2ocoG)

======

The MOU was never more than a set of terms on which the two countries would speak.

It promised shockingly little in terms of actual deliverables before an actual peace was signed, of which the MOU was not it.

It gave Iran the opportunity to show the world that it could act like a normal country. And they failed miserably because they're third world retards.

And now America is back to bombing, and no one, in particular the oil markets, give a shit.

We just starved the country more. That was the result of the MOU.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:50 PM (GKzf4)

140 What makes me laugh every day now is how *every* part of that Idiotic MOU has now been repudiated and disowned. I think we're now at the "Don't Anyone Ever Mention That Again, Ever!" stage.
====================
I don't think anyone expected the MOU to be worth the paper it was written on
Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:48 PM (2ocoG)
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Tom Servo evidently did. His disappointment is palpable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 02:50 PM (Tr0Ci)

141 "I've never seen a fupa so big......"

That's covered by cleft gut...

And is quite the advertisement for the strength of synthetic fibers...

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:50 PM (XuXeR)

142 Wow, that's about the weirdest story I've ever heard.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 02:50 PM (77rzZ)

143 Russia has been getting hammered for most of the year. Drones have been hitting Moscow for months now. I don't know if we have the capacity, but that's what I would be doing in Iran if we could.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 02:51 PM (n5tGW)

144 Who in Iran has the cred to rein in the IRGC? DJT can deal with a Persian government, but the zealots in the IRGC believe they are on a mission.

Kind of the same predicament the Allies faced with Mustache Man. Mustache Man was willing to fight to the last German because he had complete control of the SS and the secret police (although Himmler got a bit squirrely at the end). So it is with the Ayatollahs and the IRGC.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 02:51 PM (rj6Yv)

145 They got not one penny if they did anything antagonistic in the strait, and they only got the $300 billion investment at some point in the future if the MOU was followed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:46 PM (GKzf4)

The US Treasury is shutting down Iran's shadow banking system, and the Iraqis seem to have stomped a network that dealt mostly with cash. I think that is going to hurt a bit

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

146 Our fupas will blot out the sun!

So much the better. Then we won't be able to see you.

You'll still be able to smell them. *shudders*

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:52 PM (2ocoG)

147 145 They got not one penny if they did anything antagonistic in the strait, and they only got the $300 billion investment at some point in the future if the MOU was followed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:46 PM (GKzf4)

The US Treasury is shutting down Iran's shadow banking system, and the Iraqis seem to have stomped a network that dealt mostly with cash. I think that is going to hurt a bit

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

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You see, none of that mattered because an anonymous source out of Iran said that the MOU would give them $300 billion the instant they signed it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:52 PM (GKzf4)

148 ---------------------------------------
Tom Servo evidently did. His disappointment is palpable.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 02:50 PM (Tr0Ci)

No. He believed Trump was a stupid poopyhead and had no clue what he was doing and doesn't learn from everything. Iran pulled one over on him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

149 *comes in late, glances below*

Graham's sister! Are you kidding me? NO, just flat out NO.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (qBdHI)

150
I read that wacky story yesterday and I'm still not clear of the moment at which the plan failed. Was it when Dinner Jacket "left the safe house under circumstances that are still unclear"?

Sorry if this has been covered, I just got to the thread.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (mmrXZ)

151 Cubans know that 90 miles away the lights stay on in the poor neighborhoods"

"While the lights of St. Thomas lie twenty miles west
I see General Electric's still doing their best"

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (XuXeR)

152 121 I don’t trust NYT to tell me water is wet.
Posted by: Facts
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Yeah, I have some Bayesian probability/questions rattling around my brian with this one.

Posted by: scampydog at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (2bFN5)

153 269 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Redditors decided to meet up in real life
It looks exactly how you would expect
https://tinyurl.com/yedpv624
Posted by: redridinghood

Note to self: Never attend a ReddModMe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (bFu5X)

154 Ukraine is fighting an invasion by Russia . Iranian opposition is 'fighting' and dying against the IRG. One is nothing like the other.

And Ukraine only survived first contact because of the assistance they got and continue to get from the United States.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (/WQyy)

155 You see, none of that mattered because an anonymous source out of Iran said that the MOU would give them $300 billion the instant they signed it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:52 PM (GKzf4)

300 billion would buy a lot of ice cream!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (rbvCR)

156 Imadinnerjacket was an Israeli spy LOL

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 02:54 PM (RHGPo)

157 He believed Trump was a stupid poopyhead and had no clue what he was doing and doesn't learn from everything. Iran pulled one over on him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM

Y'all are telling me that Hakeem Jeffries comments here?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:54 PM (2ocoG)

158 I am sure that a lot of people are willing to fight to the last Kurd.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 02:54 PM (4NO2D)

159 The IGRC isn’t going to be reined in. They are the fist of the revolution. They are the fanatics who want to fight to the last man. Their leaders are the ones who keep going on offense. The only way to beat them is to destroy the.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 02:54 PM (6LzyB)

160 Tom Servo evidently did. His disappointment is palpable.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 02:50 PM (Tr0Ci)

Oh puh lease. At least try to do better than Raimondo in your trolls.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:54 PM (edUvp)

161 158 I am sure that a lot of people are willing to fight to the last Kurd.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 02:54 PM (4NO2D)

Begun the cottage cheese wars have.

Posted by: Many stones will be broken at July 13, 2026 02:55 PM (TbWk/)

162 Ann Widdecombe, 78-year-old former Conservative minister-turned-Reform spokesman, was murdered.
Police: "I don't think so, mate"

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 02:55 PM (RHGPo)

163 Note to self: Never attend a ReddModMe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (bFu5X)

Bless them. They look happy. Even the dog looks happy.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:55 PM (rbvCR)

164 I take offense

And I will tell Senator Darleen
Posted by: MKKE
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John Masters (in Burma, as II recall) once sent a message to his commanders that he took umbrage at their orders. Back at HQ, they spent an hour poring over maps looking for Umbrage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2026 02:55 PM (XeU6L)

165
Bless them. They look happy. Even the dog looks happy.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:55 PM (rbvCR)

They're never happy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:55 PM (2YhKe)

166 Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 02:51 PM (rj6Yv)

That's a fair comparison imo.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:56 PM (/WQyy)

167 although Himmler got a bit squirrely at the end"

Well, he was... similarly small.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:56 PM (XuXeR)

168 He believed Trump was a stupid poopyhead and had no clue what he was doing and doesn't learn from everything. Iran pulled one over on him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM

Y'all are telling me that Hakeem Jeffries comments here?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:54 PM (2ocoG)

Lol. This actually kind of sounds like ace... wait a min... ace is Hakeem Jefferies!?! What a third act surprise!

*muses*

Jeffries is pretty gay...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)

169 A great time to wonder if a war was half-baked is two months after you donned a cheerleader's uniform and waived your pom-poms about it.

I don't give a damn if the Strait of Hormuz ever opens, and a well-placed nuclear missile closing it forever would be exactly what I voted for.

America, and Americans, simply don't need it.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 02:57 PM (FTLtd)

170 Public service announcement: Interest on public debt was over $100 billion last month, for the second straight month, and are forecasted to stay at that level consistently, meaning interest is running at $1 Trillion per year.

But the war on poverty can be won!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 02:57 PM (rPGi+)

171
Begun the cottage cheese wars have.
Posted by: Many stones
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No whey, dude.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2026 02:58 PM (XeU6L)

172 I'm reluctant to mention this , but I suppose I'm obligated considering the "Moron Code."

Stopped for my coffee as usual at a Turkey Hill in PA (location to remain unknown) and there was a large woman wearing a wife beater....only both her boobs were hanging out either side (not talking side boob...the whole enchilada). Everyone in the store was trying not to notice. I ended up behind her at the register where the young guy behind the register (probably about 20) very politely said. "Would you mind tucking those things away?" The woman was about to go into a tantrum, and the kid, bless him, goes. "Look, I work with idiots. They'll spend all afternoon looking at the security footage, and I'll end up doing everything as usual" Which hit me...and I just couldn't stop laughing. She left, I bought my coffee.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 02:58 PM (dIske)

173 Lol. This actually kind of sounds like ace... wait a min... ace is Hakeem Jefferies!?! What a third act surprise!

*muses*

Jeffries is pretty gay...

And Ace went on a date with AllahPundit. But now he only has eyes for garrett. Allegedly.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 02:58 PM (2ocoG)

174
No. He believed Trump was a stupid poopyhead and had no clue what he was doing and doesn't learn from everything. Iran pulled one over on him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

Actually Trump showed that he learns quickly even when he makes a mistake. We gained nothing from stopping our efforts for 2 months, but we're strong enough that we didn't lose much either.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:59 PM (edUvp)

175 although Himmler got a bit squirrely at the end"

Well, he was... similarly small.
Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:56 PM (XuXeR)

Hitler: 'you know Heinrich, you are the Robert Reich of Reinhardt Heydrichs.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 02:59 PM (zZu0s)

176 I'm accepting this story at face value because I trust everyone involved implicitly.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 13, 2026 02:59 PM (wGerL)

177 So you cooked up a story and dropped us in a meat grinder!

Posted by: Dutch at July 13, 2026 03:00 PM (sYM3s)

178 So you cooked up a story and dropped us in a meat grinder!
Posted by: Dutch at July 13, 2026 03:00 PM (sYM3s)

*tears in eyes*

You're an asset. An expendable asset.

Posted by: Dillon at July 13, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

179 So you cooked up a story and dropped us in a meat grinder!
Posted by: Dutch at July 13, 2026 03:00 PM

Reference Status: Cromulent

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 03:01 PM (bFu5X)

180 RIP Carl Weathers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

181 174 Actually Trump showed that he learns quickly even when he makes a mistake. We gained nothing from stopping our efforts for 2 months, but we're strong enough that we didn't lose much either.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:59 PM (edUvp)

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Iran was unable to import anything. No one is willing to port with them because actually started engaging in piracy, stealing three cargo vessels on top of the random firing at ships near Oman.

Their oil vessels are still at sea and are now sanctioned and can't port anywhere except China who will probably feel no need to purchase them except at the deepest of deep discounts, so it's not like Iran got money for the oil at market rates, and there's going to be a bunch they won't get paid for at all.

Their inflation continues to climb. Their GDP continues to fall.

And the oil markets just...balanced out.

I'd say we gained enough and Iran just kept losing. Including the rest of their oil fleet which the US can now disable or commandeer (we've done it to both Venezuela and Iran over the last year).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:01 PM (GKzf4)

182 It seems that the MOU negotiations gave us time to settle much of the oil issues. We'll see.

Posted by: Splatner at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (qUkBO)

183 RIP Carl Weathers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

184 Meanwhile, additional oil pipelines to the Red Sea and the Med are being constructed with viggah. Their terminals on the Red Sea are being enlarged, and Syrian port expansion is being planned.

The US and its allies have, so far, have played a hands-off policy when it comes to obliterating Iran's oil facilities. Now that the PRC has flipped the bird at Tehran by making new deals with non-Persian petroleum suppliers, a new approach may be taking shape.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (rj6Yv)

185 So, consensus, NYT story BS or not ??

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (GD0B3)

186 182 It seems that the MOU negotiations gave us time to settle much of the oil issues. We'll see.

Posted by: Splatner at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (qUkBO)

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While Iran fixed nothing, got bombed a few times for good measure, and the Gulf States continued to make moves away from Iran like Iraq arresting all of their Irani aligned politicians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (GKzf4)

187 This is just a very strange story… I’m no spook so I don’t understand

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (U+L0d)

188 But four senior Iranian officials said that Mr. Ahmadinejad was in the custody of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence wing, under house arrest now that Iran has learned about much of his interactions with Israel.

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Ah. So this little rat man turned tail when the going got rough, so his Israeli handlers burned him. What a clusterfuck.

But, I've never liked Ahmadinejad. He was a real problem once upon a time.

I hope they're carving him up with a bone saw.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (BI5O2)

189 Brent crude just went over $80.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (m2wmY)

190 The CIA created another dossier? Did Ahmadinejad also have prostitutes peeing on him?

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (/WQyy)

191 I too, thought Dinner Jacket had gotten capped early on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

192 184 Meanwhile, additional oil pipelines to the Red Sea and the Med are being constructed with viggah. Their terminals on the Red Sea are being enlarged, and Syrian port expansion is being planned.

The US and its allies have, so far, have played a hands-off policy when it comes to obliterating Iran's oil facilities. Now that the PRC has flipped the bird at Tehran by making new deals with non-Persian petroleum suppliers, a new approach may be taking shape.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 03:02 PM (rj6Yv)

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We have assets in the region that can take Kharg Island through an amphibious assault and we actually bombed the key staging point for Kharg Island reinforcements from Iran last week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (GKzf4)

193 Interesting posting. Relative to most Iranian leaders, Ahm-A-Nutjob did seem less crazy than the rest of the leadership. Who knows? It might have worked, given some good luck.

Posted by: Ralph at July 13, 2026 03:04 PM (8WZD4)

194 I don’t mind Darline filling out her brother’s term for six months but if she decides to run for the seat and ends ups in sitting in it for twenty-five years, I’m not going to like it one bit.

We don’t need another nepo-dynasty in this state.

I actually considered that McMaster might appoint Lindsey’s sister but then I immediately dismissed it because she has no experience and it seemed like a crazy idea.

And now here we are.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 13, 2026 03:04 PM (6ydKt)

195 Headline (Reuters):

"Iran oil stuck at sea surges as China's teapots turn to rival Middle East supplies, traders say"

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 03:04 PM (rj6Yv)

196 I don't give a damn if the Strait of Hormuz ever opens, and a well-placed nuclear missile closing it forever would be exactly what I voted for.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth

Actually, nuking the Strait of Hormuz would only make it WIDER, and thus easier to transit and more difficult to close. Brilliant suggestion!

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 03:05 PM (Av6i5)

197 195 Headline (Reuters):

"Iran oil stuck at sea surges as China's teapots turn to rival Middle East supplies, traders say"

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 03:04 PM (rj6Yv)

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Iran got billions of dollars in trade because of the oil waivers, guys.

Totally, guys.

Total surrender by Trump to let Iran trade oil, guys.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:05 PM (GKzf4)

198 I too, thought Dinner Jacket had gotten capped early on.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

I thought he was in the group of 48 that got whacked at the kick off.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 03:05 PM (wOO3z)

199 Interesting posting. Relative to most Iranian leaders, Ahm-A-Nutjob did seem less crazy than the rest of the leadership. Who knows? It might have worked, given some good luck.
Posted by: Ralph at July 13, 2026 03:04 PM (8WZD4)

I can remember from back when pundits pointing out his speeches were still pretty incendiary and nuts. While he seemed more westernized, he was still a nut job who maintained the forms.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

200 I remember when the MOU was bad because it gave Iran $300 billion in a wire instantly.

Now it's bad because it didn't do anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:06 PM (GKzf4)

201 How did that go?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 03:06 PM (w1wpe)

202 Turkey, for one, wants none of the Kurdish Groups to have any type of independence.

Posted by: garrett

I don't know enough about the region to know if Turkey has a point.

If all the Kurds were in an independent nation, would they keep all their fighting internal or would they constantly make trouble for their neighbors?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 03:06 PM (vJrRc)

203 Sidebar ranking of ten worsttes to live, including Childcare, ignores Illinois. About half of Illinois school students proficient in math. Only two out of 5 read at the grade level.
Chicago public schools are even worse.

These children are crippled for life by a bad educatio

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 13, 2026 03:06 PM (O5nIL)

204 Off to doctors
, wish me luck

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)

205 Totally, guys.

Total surrender by Trump to let Iran trade oil, guys.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:05 PM (GKzf4)

Thanks Paul.

It is very hard to tell trolls from regular sarcasm these days. Shows how far into crazy land we are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

206 Hi friends, my sister just called, my dad is in the hospital. He fainted and they had to do CPR. They are keeping him overnight, maybe 2 nights. His EKG is fine, but his sodium is low. I was okay until I heard the CPR part. Prayers would be appreciated right now.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (hftzA)

207 Off to doctors
, wish me luck
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)

Good luck, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

208 Jeffries is pretty gay...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
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I don't care how pretty he is!

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)

209 200 I remember when the MOU was bad because it gave Iran $300 billion in a wire instantly.

Now it's bad because it didn't do anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:06 PM (GKzf4)
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Iran pretended it was going to open the straight.

The US pretended it was going to give them $300B.

Posted by: WisRich at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (G0vdT)

210 It is very hard to tell trolls from regular sarcasm these days. Shows how far into crazy land we are.

TJM is always sarcastic. It's his best attribute. Except when you're trying to decide if he actually likes a movie.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (2ocoG)

211 Prayers would be appreciated right now."

Done.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (XuXeR)

212 205 Thanks Paul.

It is very hard to tell trolls from regular sarcasm these days. Shows how far into crazy land we are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

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Trump letting Iran trade oil over 60 days is worse than Obama giving Iran cash, guys. While Obama also let Iran trade oil, guys.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (GKzf4)

213 Hi friends, my sister just called, my dad is in the hospital. He fainted and they had to do CPR. They are keeping him overnight, maybe 2 nights. His EKG is fine, but his sodium is low. I was okay until I heard the CPR part. Prayers would be appreciated right now.
Posted by: Piper

You got it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (wOO3z)

214 These children are crippled for life
Now do "New Math" that even my teachers couldn't understand.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (Kt19C)

215 Prayers would be appreciated right now.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (hftzA)

Of course. Healing for PiperDad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)

216 209 Iran pretended it was going to open the straight.

The US pretended it was going to give them $300B.

Posted by: WisRich at July 13, 2026 03:07 PM (G0vdT)

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Iran for real continued to contract its GDP, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (GKzf4)

217 I actually considered that McMaster might appoint Lindsey’s sister but then I immediately dismissed it because she has no experience and it seemed like a crazy idea.

And now here we are.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

The Senate: We are the greatest deliberative body in the world. Do not question our ways, lesser life forms.

Also the Senate: Sure, some woman with no legislative experience will fit right in. She's a Senator's sister, so she's part of the cool kids' club.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (VHUov)

218 196 I don't give a damn if the Strait of Hormuz ever opens, and a well-placed nuclear missile closing it forever would be exactly what I voted for.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth

Actually, nuking the Strait of Hormuz would only make it WIDER, and thus easier to transit and more difficult to close. Brilliant suggestion!
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 03:05 PM (Av6i5)

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

I never said to nuke the Strait of Hormuz. You said that.

I want to nuke the land on one side of the Strait of Hormuz, instantaneously shifting millions of metric tons of earth INTO the Strait of Hormuz, closing it forever.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 03:09 PM (FTLtd)

219 Prayers would be appreciated right now.
Posted by: Piper

You got em.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 03:09 PM (VHUov)

220 The SNL treatment Ahmindinejad got in the video "Iran So Far" is probably still remembered.

https://tinyurl.com/2vmht3k2

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 03:09 PM (0cxsI)

221 Hi friends, my sister just called, my dad is in the hospital. He fainted and they had to do CPR. They are keeping him overnight, maybe 2 nights. His EKG is fine, but his sodium is low. I was okay until I heard the CPR part. Prayers would be appreciated right now.

Prayers are up, even though I initially misread that as "but his scrotum is low". If they had to do CPR it wasn't just fainting.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

222 Thank you, everyone.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 03:10 PM (hftzA)

223 We have assets in the region that can take Kharg Island through an amphibious assault and we actually bombed the key staging point for Kharg Island reinforcements from Iran last week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (GKzf4)

I think Kharg is symbolic, but it's not strategic. I think it could be a high risk operation, but it can be blocked without risk. Qeshm and the other islands, on the other hand, are very strategic and should not be high risk operations. (Iran can't reinforce them)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 03:11 PM (edUvp)

224 My biggest issue with nation building is ultimately the fate of these countries is up to the people living in them. We basically handed it over to them on a silver platter and crickets.

Middle Eastern men have shown over and over again that they are absolute cowards. They want us to do all the heavy lifting.

This regime has committed genocide and have a collapsed economy, but they won't do anything about it. Even after we wipe out their leadership.

Posted by: Leupold at July 13, 2026 03:11 PM (eIzlH)

225 Brent crude just went over $80.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 03:03 PM (m2wmY)

West Texas is over $77 so things are fairly normal with the 3 buck split.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)

226 Prayers would be appreciated right now.
Posted by: Piper

Of course . May the Lord strengthen your dad and give him full recovery .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 03:11 PM (D+BhG)

227 Brent is a futures market so it is financialized, WTI is for actual delivery.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)

228 Prayer up, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

229 The "Republican states are hellholes unfit for human habitation" listicles have been hitting my hatefeed every day.

I've said for awhile that there's a conspiracy of silence. Simply nobody in public even mentions the huge, historic mass migration that just happened, and still continues at a less frantic pace even now.

But listicles like those tell me the reality of it starting to sink in for the Leftists.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 03:11 PM (BI5O2)

230 >>If all the Kurds were in an independent nation, would they keep all their fighting internal or would they constantly make trouble for their neighbors?

I doubt they are the forgiving type, myself. They are a regionally diverse group and have many a blood debt outstanding.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 03:12 PM (uzmqU)

231 Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 03:08 PM (VHUov)

As a temporary appointment so as not to give any of those who plan to run a head start is a smart thing to do imo. She will vote exactly as Lindsey would have.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 03:12 PM (/WQyy)

232 Also the Senate: Sure, some woman with no legislative experience will fit right in. She's a Senator's sister, so she's part of the cool kids' club.

Is it bad that I can name a dozen Democrat Senators off the top of my head that she's likely smarter than?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)

233 The Persian Gulf used to reach all the way to Ur. Ur was a coastal city.

♫ The More You Know... ♫

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 03:12 PM (4NO2D)

234 How about:

1) Occupy Kharg Island & the other small islands nearby. Would this nicely complement Trump's re-imposition of the embargo on Iran's oil exports? Might it cause Iran to realize that things could get a lot worse?

2. Find a Kurdish group which will declare the Kurdish-populated territory in Iran to be a new, independent Kurdish nation. Might this not also move Iran toward the realization that it could get a lot worse?

I don't subscribe to the view that there are "rogue elements" in Iran's leadership, let alone "moderates." I think this is a pipedream which the regime encourages.

What the U.S. has done lately is clearly not enough to change the behavior of the ruling IRGC clique.

I suspect the Iranian decision makers believe that all they need to do is stall until the U.S. election, & then wait for the new Congress to cut off funding for the war. They may be right. The war is already unpopular in the U.S.-- unless one believes all the polls are wrong & that the war is actually quite popular. And DEMs are starting to employ the dreaded "Quagmire!" "Stop this endless war!" rhetoric.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 03:12 PM (RCjYY)

235 I never said to nuke the Strait of Hormuz. You said that.

I want to nuke the land on one side of the Strait of Hormuz, instantaneously shifting millions of metric tons of earth INTO the Strait of Hormuz, closing it forever.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 03:09 PM (FTLtd)
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It would be far cheaper to plant minefields at every Iranian oil terminal.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)

236 Nood elections

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 03:13 PM (vJrRc)

237 Prayers would be appreciated right now.
Posted by: Piper
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That does sound scary. Prayers up.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 03:14 PM (hPLSE)

238 231 poly

I agree.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 03:15 PM (RCjYY)

239 "It would be far cheaper to plant minefields at every Iranian oil terminal."

Obviously not. We've built the nukes, they're already accounted for.

We don't have to come up with cheap Chinese-manufactured mines on the fly. We don't have to plant them while dodging drones.

Boom. Done. Simple solution that enriches nobody but Americans.

Or is THAT the problem?

Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 03:15 PM (FTLtd)

240 Also the Senate: Sure, some woman with no legislative experience will fit right in. She's a Senator's sister, so she's part of the cool kids' club.

Is it bad that I can name a dozen Democrat Senators off the top of my head that she's likely smarter than?

Posted by: Ian S.

If by "bad" you mean "expected," very yes.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 03:15 PM (VHUov)

241 I want to nuke the land on one side of the Strait of Hormuz, instantaneously shifting millions of metric tons of earth INTO the Strait of Hormuz, closing it forever.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 03:09 PM (FTLtd)
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Hormuz is 21 miles at its narrowest. Bombing it "closed" doesn't seam feasible no matter how many nukes you have.

Posted by: WisRich at July 13, 2026 03:17 PM (G0vdT)

242 I didn’t really care about the terms of the MOU because I knew there was a 100% chance the Iranians wouldn’t follow through and we’d be right back to the where we were in a few weeks.

At some point I just started thinking Trump was going through the motions for appearances sake but he also knew he’d be back to bombing in a gew weeks.

It’s a tough spot.
Hope it works out.
But I have no confidence that anything but total surrender, or total obliteration, of the regime will end the conflict.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (6ydKt)

243 You can render it completely unnavigable and take the whole blackmail off the table.

Again why not?

Why should Americans put up with any more of this war shit when we have the overwhelming ability to render the Strait impassible?

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 03:20 PM (FTLtd)

244 241 Hormuz is 21 miles at its narrowest. Bombing it "closed" doesn't seam feasible no matter how many nukes you have.

what if we crash that platinum asteroid into it?

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 03:27 PM (v3pYe)

245 Piper...prayers for your father's complete recovery.

Does he have a history of a-fib? I think low sodium can trigger it. If that is the cause it can be managed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 03:28 PM (hzuYO)

246 "Hormuz is 21 miles at its narrowest. Bombing it "closed" doesn't seam feasible no matter how many nukes you have."

Physically impossible was also the case the liberals made against StarWars missile defense my entire life.

Thanks for letting me know you've changed sides.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 13, 2026 03:30 PM (FTLtd)

247 The revolution consumes its own.

Posted by: AMartel at July 13, 2026 04:11 PM (otvi3)

248 FASCINATING interview of Armin Navabi, member of the Iranian Resistance movement, about what's really going on inside Iran right now:

https://youtu.be/ LF_Ct0TvUMg?si= Z5jhNo9np-nOEhnW

Posted by: Beverly at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (reMys)

Trump Endorses Lindsey Graham's Sister to Replace Him

Uhhh... I don't like politics becoming so dynastic.

But I guess the idea is that his sister taking over for the rest of the term would be non-controversial right now. All of the people who want to run for the seat also want to be appointed to fill out the term, because that gives them a huge incumbency advantage. Appointing Graham's sister to the seat avoids that... assuming she really only serves for the remaining months.

Graham raised his sister after his parents died.

President Trump posted on his Truth Social minutes before that he had recommended Graham's "wonderful sister" to serve as interim senator until a special election can be held.

South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster will be choosing that replacement. He's scheduled a 4 p.m. press conference to make that announcement.

"This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!" Trump added.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) agreed and told The Post that he has known the late South Carolina senator's sister "for years and she's a constituent of mine in Lexington County."
"I have faith in Gov. McMaster that he will make the right decision, but I would support the president's recommendation," Wilson said.
Preliminary findings from the Washington, DC, medical examiner's office determined that Lindsey Graham died of a ruptured aorta brought on by chronic heart disease.
Emergency responders arrived at the Republican senator's Capitol Hill home at around 8:30 p.m. after getting a call about an individual suffering from chest pains, according to scanner audio.
Medics performed CPR as Graham went into cardiac arrest a half hour later. He was then rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where he died.
When running for president in 2016, Graham had even joked about his sister serving as his first lady along with a "rotating" cast of other friends.
"I've got a sister, she could play that role if necessary," he told the Daily Mail in a June 2015 interview when asked about being the first bachelor in the White House since former President Woodrow Wilson.
The Graham parents had run a bar and pool hall in Central, S.C., where for a time they had raised their two kids in a backroom, the senator later shared in a memoir.
After their deaths, Graham enlisted in the Air Force and became Darline's legal guardian so he could use his military benefits to support his sister.
...
"Of all the things that have happened in my life, her turning out so well is the highlight of it by far," he was quoted as telling C-SPAN in 2015, per the outlet.

Trump ordered the White House's flags to half-mast.

President Trump announced on Sunday that he has ordered "all American Flags throughout the United States" lowered to half-mast until Saturday night at 6 P.M.
"In honor of the remarkable life and achievements of Senator Lindsey Graham, a dear friend of mine, and a truly great man, who achieved so much for our Country, and his beloved Home State of South Carolina, I am ordering all American Flags throughout the United States lowered to Half Mast until Saturday evening at 6 P.M. GOD BLESS YOU LINDSEY! President DONALD J. TRUMP," he wrote on X.

South Carolina polls are scrambling to be appointed Senator, and boy oh boy I sure hope they don't pick the flaky tramp Nancy Mace, who'll be unemployed in months.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was running for a fifth term, begins a tumultuous new chapter in South Carolina politics during a year that has already been full of upheaval.

As the conservative state's senior senator and an influential ally of President Donald Trump, Graham was presumed to be on a glide path toward reelection.

Now, Gov. Henry McMaster must choose a temporary replacement who can serve until January while the state also prepares a special primary so voters can choose a new Republican nominee for the general election.

The rare open Senate seat has ignited a scramble among South Carolina's most ambitious conservatives, who have been eager to climb the political ladder.

Republicans just finished a sprawling and bruising contest to figure out their nominee for succeeding McMaster, who is wrapping up his second term. State Attorney General Alan Wilson won the nomination, overcoming a field that included Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Rep. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman -- all of whom are now eyeing Graham's seat following his death over the weekend.

According to South Carolina law, a one-week filing period for a special primary election begins on the second Tuesday after the candidate's death, or July 21.

The special primary election would be held on the second Tuesday after that filing period closes, or Aug. 11. Any necessary runoff would follow two weeks after that, or Aug. 25.

From that point, the new nominee would have just over two months to campaign for the general election on Nov. 3.

There's a snag in the timetable:

All of this is problematic according to federal law, which requires military and overseas ballots to go out 45 days before any federal election. For the general election primary, that would have been June 27. Federal Election Commission officials didn't immediately return a message seeking clarity about the process.

Here are some of the possible replacements, including, unfortunately, Nancy Mace.

And including Scott Bessent -- who I think we need to keep where he is.

Meanwhile, we don't have to worry about replacing Mitch McConnell -- for the moment, anyway.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been in the hospital since June 11 with an undisclosed medical diagnosis, said in a statement Sunday that he suffered a fall last month that left him briefly unconscious and landed him in the hospital.
The lawmaker said he also had to deal with a "mild case of pneumonia."
"My doctors have confirmed that I didn't break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn't have a heart attack or a stroke. I don't have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I've also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia," McConnell said in the statement.
McConnell's office has provided few details about what landed the senator in the hospital last month, despite a growing demand from many, including Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
In the statement, a letter from McConnell to his fellow Kentuckians, he said he hesitated to be more public about what happened to him.

Incredibly, the sneaky, secretive McConnell claimed that his refusal to keep his constituents informed was just some widely-shared penchant for skullduggery shared by all members of his generation:

"You all know how folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older. Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct -- I can't help it," McConnell said in his note.

"I can't help it." Even though I have a responsibility to my constituents and the country, "I can't help it." That's just me and my generation. You young'uns wouldn't understand about, you know, lying.

"But at the same time, I've had more than my share of experience with physical vulnerabilities. Surviving childhood polio meant spending my entire life with mobility challenges. They haven't exactly gotten easier to manage with age. And last month, I took a fall which landed me in the hospital," he said.

Oh my goodness, he played the "childhood polio" card. What an absolute asshole.

We are ruled not just by men without chests, but also, men without souls.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM

Comments

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1 Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night, I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need.

I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night.
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light.
He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon,
And he's gotta be larger than life ...

DON'T WORRY, BABY. THE BLADE IS HERE FOR YOU, WITH ANOTHER HEROIC FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

2 brains

Posted by: zombie Cain at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (MWfyi)

3 Safe bet that his sister controls her brother's political machine.

Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Q+gd/)

4 Graham realized that the future of the party was Donald Trump in about 2017, and he ceased to be an enemy of the movement.

He worked hard to advance Trump's policies consistently ever since.

His time of calling for the nationalizing of banks in 2008 or Gang of Eight stuff was long dead.

When I moved to SC (2011), I had a great desire to see the end of Graham.

When I left (2022), I had pretty much no problem with him anymore.

He was a good politician who recognized that the captain of the team had changed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (GKzf4)

5 Hola

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (/THgZ)

6 We are ruled not just by men without chests, but also, men without souls.

Also missing: testicles, ethics, and a sense of shame.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)

7 Say what you will ab out Nancy Mace, but...boobs.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Av6i5)

8 /sigh

New laptop, filled out my info, hit post.
I coulda been 2nd, aka first loser.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (Q/FnY)

9 Say what you will ab out Nancy Mace, but...boobs.

A dynamite set of Nancys?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

10 Is his sister also a female?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (w1wpe)

11 7 Say what you will ab out Nancy Mace, but...boobs.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Av6i5)

====

There's always room in the movement for giant fake tits.

Not in a leadership role, but still.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (GKzf4)

12 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (2YhKe)

13 Willowed from last thread:

Yep, Darline, Miss Lindsey's sister is going to be a "caretaker" to hold the seat until it expires.

At first blush, this is ridiculous, of course, but here's what's going on. Gov. McMaster was in quite the pickle. If he picked any viable candidate who will run in the special primary in August, he'd piss the others off.

And one of those others is Nancy Mace, and you know, bitch be crazy. McMaster was getting pulled six ways to Sunday from various people trying to call in favors from him.

So, picking Darline is just a punt to avoid all that mess. Fucking soap opera, but that's SC politics.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (w6EFb)

14 Mace has an amazing rack. She's a rule #1.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (/THgZ)

15 willowed!

as my neighbors say

"It does not look."

bad bad move

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 01:16 PM (j+aD2)

16 What are her qualifications?

I mean, yeah, her brother was a senator for 20 years. What has she been doing over those 20 years that makes her a fit replacement?

No More Murkowski's........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)

17 13 And one of those others is Nancy Mace, and you know, bitch be crazy. McMaster was getting pulled six ways to Sunday from various people trying to call in favors from him.

So, picking Darline is just a punt to avoid all that mess. Fucking soap opera, but that's SC politics.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (w6EFb)

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I want Mace to run and lose a second statewide race in 3 months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:16 PM (GKzf4)

18
So, picking Darline is just a punt to avoid all that mess. Fucking soap opera, but that's SC politics.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (w6EFb)

Agreed....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:16 PM (dOZFZ)

19 it's apparatchiks all the way down

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 01:16 PM (v3pYe)

20 "THE BLADE IS HERE FOR YOU, WITH ANOTHER HEROIC FIRST!"

Big deal. You beat a zombie.

Posted by: zombie Cain at July 13, 2026 01:16 PM (MWfyi)

21 Nikki Haley must be slavering for the seat. That would be a disaster.

I don't necessarily see the problem with the appointment of someone who wants it more permanently. Just pick the right person. That isn't Haley and it isn't Mace.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (fZiTB)

22 Meanwhile, we don't have to worry about replacing Mitch McConnell -- for the moment, anyway.
___________

Andy Beshear hardest hit. He needed the national publicity from a court fight over the appointment.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (XvL8K)

23 >> Safe bet that his sister controls her brother's political machine.

I'd like to see a full disclosure of her income streams for the entirety of Lindsay Grahams career in Office.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (uzmqU)

24 I hope to God that Nancy Mace does not win the seat in the election. Good Lord help us all.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (2noDb)

25 What are her qualifications?

I mean, yeah, her brother was a senator for 20 years. What has she been doing over those 20 years that makes her a fit replacement?

No More Murkowski's........

It's my guess that she's told Trump she has no interest in politics, and would only fill out the seat until someone is elected for '27. Whether you choose to believe that or not is up to you.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

26 Trump wanted out of NAFTA or MCA. Trudeau told Trump that to lose that and get tariffs would destroy Canada.
Trump pops off about how Canada should be a US state if it is that dependent
Canada goes insane over the insult, elects Carney, who uses the whole might of Canadian Industry and taxing authority to seek revenge, even in violation of the spirit if not the tight interpretation of MCA.

Trump then says, "fine, have it your way independent Canada" and is now out of MCA.

Moral to the story: If Trump is prodding you to piss you off, he wants you out of position so he can whack you in the haid.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)

27 Basically, SC don't make it a female. They're all nuts when they are in office.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 13, 2026 01:18 PM (2noDb)

28 22 Meanwhile, we don't have to worry about replacing Mitch McConnell -- for the moment, anyway.
___________

Andy Beshear hardest hit. He needed the national publicity from a court fight over the appointment.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (XvL8K)

=====

Just run out the clock until Andy Barr wins the actual general election.

And to think, none of that drama would have been unnecessary had Mitch not used his machine to torpedo the GOP candidate for governor a few years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:18 PM (GKzf4)

29 McMaster has scheduled a news conference for 4pm this afternoon. Sounds like it was a quick decision

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:18 PM (m2wmY)

30 NM has very pointy elbows. She could put an eye out if you weren't careful.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 13, 2026 01:18 PM (Q/FnY)

31 23 >> Safe bet that his sister controls her brother's political machine.

I'd like to see a full disclosure of her income streams for the entirety of Lindsay Grahams career in Office.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (uzmqU)

Lindsey wasn't super rich from what I read so he wasn't pulling a "Pelosi" while in office....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (dOZFZ)

32 27 Basically, SC don't make it a female. They're all nuts when they are in office.

you don't need the last five words

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (j+aD2)

33 I don't like politics becoming so dynastic.

They're born rich, they live mean, and they Die-Nasty.

Posted by: MAD Magazine at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (LSV6F)

34 26 Trump then says, "fine, have it your way independent Canada" and is now out of MCA.

Moral to the story: If Trump is prodding you to piss you off, he wants you out of position so he can whack you in the haid.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)

======

In response, Canada will import another five million Indians and kill another 100,000 white Canadians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (GKzf4)

35 >>Lindsey wasn't super rich from what I read so he wasn't pulling a "Pelosi" while in office....

Lindsey was a McCain disciple...I guarantee you, the graft was diverted to his relatives. Just like McCain's.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 01:20 PM (uzmqU)

36 I can only approve of this IF and ONLY IF, she does not run for the next term.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 01:20 PM (qFwJc)

37 Andy Beshear hardest hit. He needed the national publicity from a court fight over the appointment.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (XvL8K)

Republicans hold a 32-6 majority in the Kentucky Senate. If Beshear tried to appoint someone, why wouldn't they just impeach him?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:20 PM (ExV1e)

38 One thing that is really gross about all this is the glee and joy the left is taking in his death.

There are a lot of conservatives who had a lot of issues with him, yet still note good things about him.

Then, on the side of the self-proclaimed party of "tolerance and love," it's nothing but hate.
Completely oblivious that, when you are cheering the death of someone merely because they voted different from you, you are not the good guys--you're awful humans devoid of morality.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 01:20 PM (3cUTc)

39
In response, Canada will import another five million Indians and kill another 100,000 white Canadians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (GKzf4)

Should I feel bad ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM (dOZFZ)

40 36 I can only approve of this IF and ONLY IF, she does not run for the next term.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 01:20 PM (qFwJc)

====

She'd have to win the snap primary which I find doubtful if she even tried.

Maybe her last name would be enough, but I kind of doubt it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM (GKzf4)

41 Hunter weeps.

Air Force’s Massive Super Galaxy Aircraft Hauls $5 Billion in Illegal Drugs for Destruction

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM (ndZc7)

42 Graham was worth $1.5 million. He didn't enrich himself or he's real fucking good hiding the money.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM (/THgZ)

43 "Yeah so about that not being transparent stuff - well, you know my generation - we're a bunch of scamps! That whole thing was extra scampy of me. I guess my people can be real rapscallions sometimes. Anyway..."

-The Office of Mitch McConnell

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM (U0yJ9)

44 37 Andy Beshear hardest hit. He needed the national publicity from a court fight over the appointment.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:17 PM (XvL8K)

Republicans hold a 32-6 majority in the Kentucky Senate. If Beshear tried to appoint someone, why wouldn't they just impeach him?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:20 PM (ExV1e)

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Maybe?

It's going against the wishes of Mitch McConnell, but GOPe are generally squishes, and it's pretty clear that the KY GOP is pretty squishy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:22 PM (GKzf4)

45 Oklahoma has a caretaker senator in Markwayne Mullins seat. The guy isn't running in Nov. Cali also had one after Feinstein died

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:22 PM (m2wmY)

46 Uhhh... I don't like politics becoming so dynastic.

Nepotistic?

Posted by: Just the Punchline at July 13, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)

47 Does McConnell have a sister?

Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2026 01:22 PM (Q+gd/)

48 it's pretty clear that the KY GOP is pretty squishy.

Say, you know what else is pretty squishy?

Posted by: Just can't let it go at July 13, 2026 01:22 PM (Riz8t)

49 I know, good Christian etc, but I may or may not have laughed about RBG.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (U0yJ9)

50 Her cannons got her into citadel.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (2ap+5)

51
45 Oklahoma has a caretaker senator in Markwayne Mullins seat. The guy isn't running in Nov. Cali also had one after Feinstein died

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:22 PM (m2wmY)

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False.

Every appointment and every woman tied to politics is Debbie Dingell.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (GKzf4)

52 Does McConnell have a sister?

Probably many. He came from a large brood of eggs.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

53 Darline Graham took nude pictures of me and released them on the internet! And she's totally a drama queen! And ... and ... and she's not supported by President Trump!

Posted by: Nancy! (Mace!) at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (qUkBO)

54 >> I can only approve of this IF and ONLY IF, she does not run for the next term.

That's a certainty -- that's part of the deal to get duh Guvenuh off the hotseat. Let the voters make the pick in the primary. If he picked anybody viable, he'd piss the others off. And you don't want to piss Nancy Mace off especially. Bitch. Be. Crazy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (w6EFb)

55 Her cannons got her into citadel.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (2ap+5)

Didn't hurt that her dad was the Commanding General.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

56 Hunter last Saturday night.

https://tinyurl.com/msn65mvx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (ndZc7)

57 Republicans hold a 32-6 majority in the Kentucky Senate. If Beshear tried to appoint someone, why wouldn't they just impeach him?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Because he's got a pretty good argument that the appointment power is the governors under the state constitution.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:24 PM (XvL8K)

58 54 That's a certainty -- that's part of the deal to get duh Guvenuh off the hotseat. Let the voters make the pick in the primary. If he picked anybody viable, he'd piss the others off. And you don't want to piss Nancy Mace off especially. Bitch. Be. Crazy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (w6EFb)

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It's just a joke, but...

You can piss of Nancy Mace all you want.

She'll just debase herself on the floor of Congress in response instead of actually trying to get you for pissing her off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:24 PM (GKzf4)

59 >>> You all know how folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.

THEN RETIRE, Mitch. You're not the queen. You don't have a birthright to that seat.

Which is also why I don't want a nepo sister appointed to the vacant senate seat. How does Trump know for sure she'd vote for the SAVE act and the whole Trump agenda?

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (Eng1Z)

60
At least that clown Mark Sanford is nowhere to be seen.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (mmrXZ)

61 Aortic Dissection. 40% die immediately.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (w1wpe)

62 Events, my dear boy, events.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)

63 Darline is an unusual name but I did know someone from my days in high school with that name.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (Oy/m2)

64 Because he's got a pretty good argument that the appointment power is the governors under the state constitution.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:24 PM (XvL8K)

That's a good argument in a court, before a judge. In the Senate chambers, before the people you told to fuck off... it's not as good.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (ExV1e)

65 Too many damn women in Congress already. And that's not excluding the pussy soy boys there too.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (g8Ew8)

66
It can work.

Posted by: Lurleen B. Wallace at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (2Ez/1)

67 +In response, Canada will import another five million Indians and kill another 100,000 white Canadians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (GKzf4)

Cool, we can invade and establish enduring democracy like we did in Afghanistan

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (rbvCR)

68 I am guessing Trump's idea is political - do the thing that nefarious actors in and out of the party can't easily criticize without looking heartless. It pulls the plug on any potential operation meant to create CHAOS around the seat as the midterms approach.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (U0yJ9)

69 It's my guess that she's told Trump she has no interest in politics, and would only fill out the seat until someone is elected for '27. Whether you choose to believe that or not is up to you.

Posted by: Archimedes
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Read that Alaska has eliminated the jungle primary.
That's the end of Murkowski.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (VQ0bX)

70 59 THEN RETIRE, Mitch. You're not the queen. You don't have a birthright to that seat.

Which is also why I don't want a nepo sister appointed to the vacant senate seat. How does Trump know for sure she'd vote for the SAVE act and the whole Trump agenda?

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (Eng1Z)

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To be fair, he is retiring.

This is his last term. He's not running for re-election.

Also, with Graham dead, there's probably a decrease in probability of anything effective happening this Congress from 10% to about 1%.

He was key as the chairman of the budgetary committee in getting stuff done.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (GKzf4)

71 then there is this ..."Key South Carolina figures including Sen. Lindsey Graham’s colleague in the state’s Senate delegation, Sen. Tim Scott, quickly endorsed President Donald Trump’s recommendation of the late senator’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to fill his seat on Monday."

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (GD0B3)

72 Does McConnell have a sister?

Probably many. He came from a large brood of eggs.
Posted by: Archimedes

Eaten by pelicans.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (/THgZ)

73 61 Aortic Dissection. 40% die immediately.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (w1wpe)

Are we not going to consider the possibility of a dim mak attack?

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (2ap+5)

74 Read that Alaska has eliminated the jungle primary.
That's the end of Murkowski.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (VQ0bX)

Really? Great news.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (fZiTB)

75 67 +In response, Canada will import another five million Indians and kill another 100,000 white Canadians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (GKzf4)

Cool, we can invade and establish enduring democracy like we did in Afghanistan

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 01:26 PM (rbvCR)

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We kidnap Carney and make Rubio defacto viceroy of Canada like Venezuela.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (GKzf4)

76 I didn't even know Carnival Cruises had an aircraft carrier.

USS Gerald R. Ford Requires Repairs After Fire and Plumbing Failures at Sea

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (ndZc7)

77 Hi, I'd like you to meet my friend, Childhood Polio. We share an apartment in Washington, with Undiagnosed Dyslexia.

Posted by: Childhood Stutter at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (0e5Te)

78 Aortic Dissection. 40% die immediately.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (w1wpe)

Had a co-worker with that. Survived it, had a heart valve replacement. Ended up dying of brain cancer, shortly after his son died of brain cancer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

79 and this ...

"The president’s calls were echoed by other members of the South Carolina congressional delegation as well, including by at least one person who has already publicly indicated she may end up running for the seat — Rep. Nancy Mace. She was joined by Rep. Russell Fry as well as another important backer, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who told CNN’s Dana Bash on Monday that Darline Graham Nordone’s appointment “makes a lot of sense.”"

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (GD0B3)

80 Say what you will ab out Nancy Mace, but...boobs.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Av6i5)

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There's always room in the movement for giant fake tits.

Not in a leadership role, but still.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (GKzf4)
________

"You rang?"

-- That Creepy Trans Dude With Fake Boobs The Size of Watermelons

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

81 Has Biden's body double found a job filling in as McConnell's double now?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (eNHhK)

82 Read that Alaska has eliminated the jungle primary.
That's the end of Murkowski.

Oh, I haven't seen that. Do you gotz link?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

83 We don't need anutha dam Graham Cracker!

Posted by: Jismean Crotchrot at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (TezPK)

84 73 61 Aortic Dissection. 40% die immediately.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM (w1wpe)

Are we not going to consider the possibility of a dim mak attack?

whatever. it just wasn't the sushi.

Posted by: putin at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (v3pYe)

85 I may have gone for the mail without putting pants on last Friday, but one time as a kid I was at the community pool and I got stung by a bee, stung by a yellowjacket, and bitten by one of them giant horseflies, all in the same day.

Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (We5PL)

86 Tim Scott said something? I'd forgotten about him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (fZiTB)

87 There is a weird tradition, a bullsheet one, that dead senators wives were appointed. Of course, Lindsey didn't have one, so the sister is possible here. As long as it remains temporary I don't care what conservative is appointed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (n5tGW)

88 At least that clown Mark Sanford is nowhere to be seen.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Probably on a hike.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (/THgZ)

89 11 7 Say what you will ab out Nancy Mace, but...boobs.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (Av6i5)

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There's always room in the movement for giant fake tits.

Not in a leadership role, but still.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Fake or real? Judge for yourselves:

Are these real or not?

Nancy Mace boob vote #1:

https://tinyurl.com/3ejcbdvr

Mancy Mace boob vote #2:

https://tinyurl.com/yeyjjk86

This is your most important vote of the year. Choose carefully!

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (Av6i5)

90 Republicans hold a 32-6 majority in the Kentucky Senate. If Beshear tried to appoint someone, why wouldn't they just impeach him?
__

How many of those 32 are actually Republicans and not Red State Democrats pretending to be Republicans for as long as possible until they get The Call and carry out their political suicide mission?

Posted by: Cuz we've never seen that before at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (qUkBO)

91 69 Do you mean ranked-choice voting?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (77rzZ)

92 63 Darline is an unusual name but I did know someone from my days in high school with that name.
Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 01:25 PM
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She was born with the more conventional spelling of Darlene, but the Internet says that Lindsay, nine years her senior taught her to spell it with an "I." Unclear why.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (2Ez/1)

93 Kentucky Republicans passed a bill in 2021 saying that the governor had to select someone to replace a senator from a list submitted by the legislature. Everyone thought that was unconstitutional so in 2024 the legislature repealed that and said the governor must schedule a special election. That looks constitutional under the state constitution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:28 PM (m2wmY)

94 81 Has Biden's body double found a job filling in as McConnell's double now?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (eNHhK)

Yikes... If I had to pay for a body double I'd get a better one than that...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:29 PM (dOZFZ)

95 Read that Alaska has eliminated the jungle primary.
That's the end of Murkowski.

Oh, I haven't seen that. Do you gotz link?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

AI tells me that this is not true. 'Voters' narrowly kept it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)

96 They're real and they're spectacular!

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 13, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

97 They're real and they're spectacular!

Concur.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

98 >>> Read that Alaska has eliminated the jungle primary.
That's the end of Murkowski.

I'd be relieved, but she's like a horror movie villain. You think her chances are dead and then she keeps popping up again.

I'm anticipating something dumb, like both the dems and GOP in AK choose horrible candidates (witches, nazis, etc) and she gets reelected by a hair, or something.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 01:30 PM (Eng1Z)

99 Alaska has ranked choice voting. I don't know anyth8ng about a jungle primary. Besides, wouldn't 'tundra primary' be more appropriate?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 13, 2026 01:30 PM (eNHhK)

100 Personally, I'm voting for "real," because no one has ever unearthed a "before" photo showing her with smaller tits earlier in life. Usually that's the giveaway.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (Av6i5)

101 McMaster would shock everyone if he says "Nancy Mace I'll appoint you if you show us your tits"
Mace would be torn between screaming 'sexism' and political ambition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (m2wmY)

102 Getting rich in Congress. Back in Ohio, we had a guy, a barber that ran for Congress (Lyle Williams). Republican, rare in the Mahoning Valley. Got re elected just enough to get the vested retirement and went back to cutting hair. Actually not a bad Congresscritter, and this is from the land of Jim Trafficant. Don't get me started on Sheriff Jim.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (gm9Sb)

103 9 in 10 Americans Have This Syndrome

-
Is it sick of this shit syndrome?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (ndZc7)

104 Given his position on illegal alients, Lindsey probably pronounced Darlene dar-LAN.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (2ap+5)

105 101 McMaster would shock everyone if he says "Nancy Mace I'll appoint you if you show us your tits"
Mace would be torn between screaming 'sexism' and political ambition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (m2wmY)

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"I'm going to do this to prove that McMaster is a dirty old man!"
-whips out tits, takes job in the Senate because of her selflessness

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:32 PM (GKzf4)

106
All of this is problematic according to federal law, which requires military and overseas ballots to go out 45 days before any federal election. For the general election primary, that would have been June 27. Federal Election Commission officials didn't immediately return a message seeking clarity about the process.

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Good lord, figure it out, people. Catch all contingencies. Address edge cases. Work with Legal. Some team of admins and process designers made big bucks not doing this right.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 01:32 PM (mmrXZ)

107 >...because no one has ever unearthed a "before" photo showing her with smaller tits earlier in life. Usually that's the giveaway.
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM
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You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 13, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

108 A driver was shot dead Monday while trying to mow down Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Maine, according to authorities.

Graphic footage on social media shows a man lying by the side of the road near a car, with a bullet hole visible through the driver’s side of the front windshield following the incident in Biddeford just after 7:15 a.m., the Portland Press Herald reported.

The unidentified driver reportedly accelerated at ICE agents at an intersection in the small town before the officers shot him dead, eyewitnesses said.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (RHGPo)

109 104 Given his position on illegal alients, Lindsey probably pronounced Darlene dar-LAN.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (2ap+5)

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Graham was apparently the point man on getting the increased ICE funding in the OBBB.

He hadn't been an open borders shill in like a decade. He changed on that issue.

He put his finger up in the wind, measured the change, and changed with it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (GKzf4)

110 Given his position on illegal alients, Lindsey probably pronounced Darlene dar-LAN.

I don't get it. Is this an Admiral Darlan joke?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (Riz8t)

111 South Carolina politics are machine politics.

I am not as close to it as I used to be so I am not sure I can handicap this right.

But there are major geographic regions that are power bases. Midlands (Columbia-Lexington), Charleston, Upstate (Greenvile-Spartanburg), Edgefield, and now Myrtle Beach. Then there is the VRA mandated gerrymander but that's a Democrat stronghold.

Typically SC GOP balances out power, the Senate has been Edsgefield and Charleston since 1960 or so. Tim Scott is from Charleston. Mace is from Charleston, GOP won't do 2 Charlestonians in the Senate. So has to be from one of the other regions. Plus she just lost a statewide race. Joe Wilson (Lexington) would probably be up for it if he were not currently running for his House seat. Perhaps he considers Darline a good seat holder while he prepares for the special election.

Nikki Haley is Lexington power base, so she could be considered.

Myrtle Beach is too new to get a seat at the Senate table, and I think the Upstate and Edgefield have as their congresspersons people who are also too new.

I think if McMaster goes with Darline, that means Joe Wilson runs. He could go with Haley though.

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (xhfG9)

112 100 Personally, I'm voting for "real," because no one has ever unearthed a "before" photo showing her with smaller tits earlier in life. Usually that's the giveaway.
___

I don't know. I've seen some childhood photos of her and she's flat as a pancake.

Posted by: Mosquitobitez.com at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (qUkBO)

113 This isn't Miklos' Darleen, is it?

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (hPLSE)

114 Boob choice #2

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (/THgZ)

115 I think Kentucky GOP should impeach McConnell on the grounds of incompetence. That and the dishonesty of his staff. And because he talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (gKWVE)

116 @108 NOw they are storming Susan Collins' Maine office!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)

117 We are ruled not just by men without chests, but also, men without souls.

It's not that they don't have souls, it's who owns them.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (0sNs1)

118 Hey- some women have really impressive natural cans

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (ZxPkt)

119
Not Trey Gowdy or Nancy Mace.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (OkYzo)

120 On the Mace Cannons: I'm voting real, since they sit a little low. But maybe she just had a lousy plastic surgeon.

Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (0e5Te)

121 No.
No more relatives taking the seat of a dead relative. It's creepy and un-American

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (xcxpd)

122 Who is Jim Trafficant?

Posted by: Strangest hair in Congress for $400, Alex at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (2Ez/1)

123 I keep getting Tim Scott and Rick Scott muddled

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (gKWVE)

124 It's just a joke, but...

You can piss of Nancy Mace all you want.

She'll just debase herself on the floor of Congress in response instead of actually trying to get you for pissing her off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:24 PM (GKzf4)

Was she the one that was claiming her boyfriend raped her and she was going to show nude photos on the floor as proof?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (2YhKe)

125 116 @108 NOw they are storming Susan Collins' Maine office!
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)

I saw they gatherd "protestors" pretty fast....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (dOZFZ)

126 I think Kentucky GOP should impeach McConnell on the grounds of incompetence.

A state may not remove their Senators. SCOTUS has already ruled that the Constitution doesn't provide for recalls.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

127 I wonder if AOC has stalked Mace in the congressional sauna to see whether or not they’re real….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (mXbUZ)

128 I still think McMaster should just appoint The Blade to the seat and be done with it. You can never go wrong with The Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/)

129 Nancy Mace in her two-piece bathing costume

https://tinyurl.com/ymvrhe9z

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (ZxPkt)

130 124 Was she the one that was claiming her boyfriend raped her and she was going to show nude photos on the floor as proof?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (2YhKe)

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Not that he raped her, but that he sexually exploited her by taking nude photos of her without her consent.

And she did show the photos (at committee).

It was grainy security footage from the dude's house as she strolled through the living room naked.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (GKzf4)

131 I don't get it. Is this an Admiral Darlan joke?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (Riz8t)

I was trying to make a long-A but I am not bright enough to figure out how that is done. Maybe Dar-LAYN would have been better.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (2ap+5)

132 I keep getting Tim Scott and Rick Scott muddled
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (gKWVE)

I don't know either of them so I'm not confused.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (Oy/m2)

133 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 01:32 PM (mmrXZ)

How are you feeling, dare I ask

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (U0yJ9)

134 I keep getting Tim Scott and Rick Scott muddled
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (gKWVE)

Now I'm seeing Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo Ebony and Ivory in my head......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (2YhKe)

135
Nancy just tweeted or said publicly, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"

Yeah, Nancy. Right.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (w6EFb)

136 Layers and layers of fact checking.

CNN Host Forced to Eat Humble Pie After Getting Duped by Fake Congressman

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

137 122 Number 1 customer at Goodwill in men's suits.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (gm9Sb)

138 Is there no one who is not stampeded by the first thing The Donald says? Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (YlWIZ)

139 108 A driver was shot dead Monday while trying to mow down Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Maine, according to authorities.

Graphic footage on social media shows a man lying by the side of the road near a car, with a bullet hole visible through the driver’s side of the front windshield following the incident in Biddeford just after 7:15 a.m., the Portland Press Herald reported.

The unidentified driver reportedly accelerated at ICE agents at an intersection in the small town before the officers shot him dead, eyewitnesses said.
Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (RHGPo)

Goode for him.

Posted by: OMG REAL BULLETS??!! at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (TbWk/)

140 For the gun thread:

https://tinyurl.com/y5eanwz8

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (n5tGW)

141 Them puppies are real.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (/THgZ)

142 1 Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night, I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need.

I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night.
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light.
He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon,
And he's gotta be larger than life ...

DON'T WORRY, BABY. THE BLADE IS HERE FOR YOU, WITH ANOTHER HEROIC FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

RIP Bonnie Tyler and Jim Steinman

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (xcxpd)

143 It was grainy security footage from the dude's house as she strolled through the living room naked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (GKzf4)

Ah.. Ok.

Still, a bit strange.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)

144
135
Nancy just tweeted or said publicly, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"

Yeah, Nancy. Right.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (w6EFb)

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She's a power hungry insane woman and she's making no effort to hide it.

I look forward to her finishing 6th in the snap primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:37 PM (GKzf4)

145 113 This isn't Miklos' Darleen, is it?

Posted by: screaming in digital
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Trump called him and they had a talk. Everything's OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:37 PM (VQ0bX)

146
I don't know either of them so I'm not confused.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (Oy/m2)

Rick Scott Florida balding white guy .Tim Scott South Carolina balding black guy

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:37 PM (dOZFZ)

147 Mullins McLeod is available.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 01:37 PM (hPLSE)

148 Nancy just tweeted or said publicly, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"

She can pull me back in...

Posted by: Then again, Rule 1 at July 13, 2026 01:37 PM (TbWk/)

149 Why is Mace wearing a California hat in that photo? Nice bazoombas

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:37 PM (mXbUZ)

150 For the gun thread:

https://tinyurl.com/y5eanwz8
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (n5tGW)

That one guy is DAMN lucky to still have his head.......

Silly Russians.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

151
According to ChatGPT, a citizen initiative to repeal Alaska's ranked-choice voting is on the November 2026 ballot. It's not done yet.

2024: Voters considered a ballot measure to repeal RCV but it failed by a razor-thin margin.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

152 125 116 @108 NOw they are storming Susan Collins' Maine office!
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)

I saw they gatherd "protestors" pretty fast....
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Impossible. It's a work day and Democrats told me they are all working class stiffs.

Posted by: Acme Employment Agency at July 13, 2026 01:38 PM (qUkBO)

153 129 Nancy Mace in her two-piece bathing costume

https://tinyurl.com/ymvrhe9z
Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (ZxPkt)

Big Charlies

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:38 PM (xcxpd)

154 Was she the one that was claiming her boyfriend raped her and she was going to show nude photos on the floor as proof?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (2YhKe)

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Not that he raped her, but that he sexually exploited her by taking nude photos of her without her consent.

And she did show the photos (at committee).

It was grainy security footage from the dude's house as she strolled through the living room naked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (GKzf4)
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Publicity stunt

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

155 I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light.
He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon,
And he's gotta be larger than life ...

DON'T WORRY, BABY. THE BLADE IS HERE FOR YOU, WITH ANOTHER HEROIC FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

RIP Bonnie Tyler and Jim Steinman
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:36 PM (xcxpd)
________

Yup ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

156 I think half the posters here would have voted for Harris if she's run on the "I have big tits" platform.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (ExV1e)

157 148 Nancy just tweeted or said publicly, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"

Hey Nancy... Nobody wants you... Well the voters don't

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (dOZFZ)

158
Say, you know what else is pretty squishy?
Posted by: Just can't let it go

Muh underpants!

-- Joe Biden

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (s9VOe)

159 154 It was grainy security footage from the dude's house as she strolled through the living room naked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (GKzf4)
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Publicity stunt

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

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It worked, didn't it?

(It didn't work. She got 5th in the SC gubernatorial primary like 2 months ago.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (GKzf4)

160 I wouldn’t mind seeing Mace and AOC do a little warm oil wrestling

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (mXbUZ)

161 Nancy Mace in her two-piece bathing costume

https://tinyurl.com/ymvrhe9z
Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (ZxPkt)

Mind the gap.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

162 Kentucky Republicans passed a bill in 2021 saying that the governor had to select someone to replace a senator from a list submitted by the legislature. Everyone thought that was unconstitutional so in 2024 the legislature repealed that and said the governor must schedule a special election. That looks constitutional under the state constitution
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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How is the mandate of a special election any different than the list? If the state constitution says the appointment power is his, then either would be unconstitutional.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:40 PM (XvL8K)

163 There's always room in the movement for giant fake tits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM

PSA: I'm still waiting for my retrospective AND my definitive ranking.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer, the last American auteur at July 13, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)

164 It was just a mild fall and mild concussion, with a mild blackout. Also some mild pneumonia. After a mild recovery period, I'm a-rarin' to go!

Posted by: The Turtle at July 13, 2026 01:40 PM (wVcYX)

165 Meanwhile, we don't have to worry about replacing Mitch McConnell -- for the moment, anyway.

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"Worry" not really the right word here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (RIvkX)

166 I think half the posters here would have voted for Harris if she's run on the "I have big tits" platform.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (ExV1e)

Not likely.

Once we get past the tits, there's ass......then somewhere before we get to the voting block, there's the face..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

167 162
How is the mandate of a special election any different than the list? If the state constitution says the appointment power is his, then either would be unconstitutional.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 01:40 PM (XvL8K)

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Which is probably why while Mitch's machine got the laws passed, Mitch is clinging to dear life until the end of his term. So, the matter never comes up and goes before a Kentucky court.

And the irony of it all is that Mitch sabotaged the GOP nominee last gubernatorial election. This wouldn't be happening otherwise.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (GKzf4)

168 There's always room in the movement for giant fake tits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM

PSA: I'm still waiting for my retrospective AND my definitive ranking.
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer, the last American auteur at July 13, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)

Well?? . . . We're waiting!

Posted by: Judge Smails for the Horde at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)

169 What are Darline's qualifications? To be in congress, you have be a Narcissist, or a pyschopath or sociopath.

Honest question.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (wBaIH)

170 105 101 McMaster would shock everyone if he says "Nancy Mace I'll appoint you if you show us your tits"
Mace would be torn between screaming 'sexism' and political ambition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:31 PM (m2wmY)

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"I'm going to do this to prove that McMaster is a dirty old man!"
-whips out tits, takes job in the Senate because of her selflessness
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:32 PM (GKzf4)

I mean...if that's an option...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (xcxpd)

171 Nancy Mace in her two-piece bathing costume

https://tinyurl.com/ymvrhe9z
Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:35 PM (ZxPkt)

Mind the gap.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)
_____

They look real to me. Fake ones would sit higher and prouder.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

172
How are you feeling, dare I ask
Posted by: ...

===============

Thanks for asking. I'm not eating much yet, but at least I'm out of bed today, unlike yesterday. Progress! Maybe back to normal tomorrow or the next day.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (mmrXZ)

173 170
"I'm going to do this to prove that McMaster is a dirty old man!"
-whips out tits, takes job in the Senate because of her selflessness
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:32 PM (GKzf4)

I mean...if that's an option...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (xcxpd)

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The nipples will look boss-eyed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (GKzf4)

174 Where in the Constitution does it mention bust size as a criteria to run for congressional office?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)

175 >Why is Mace wearing a California hat in that photo? Nice bazoombas
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maybe that's the Pacific Ocean in the background

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (ZxPkt)

176 Mitch will be fine, after I take him to a Chinese wet market.

Posted by: Elaine Chao at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (0e5Te)

177 There's always room in the movement for giant fake tits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM

Not if we’re talking about (soon to be former) Kristi Noem husband!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (mXbUZ)

178 156 I think half the posters here would have voted for Harris if she's run on the "I have big tits" platform.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (ExV1e)

Have you seen her?

No sale.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (xcxpd)

179 176 Mitch will be fine, after I take him to a Chinese wet market.

Posted by: Elaine Chao at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (0e5Te)

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Circle of life!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (GKzf4)

180 Ace, flaky tramps can be fun.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (j3Fsw)

181 I saw Boss-Eyed Nipples open for Wet Leg at Lulu's Bait Shack in 2020.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)

182 think half the posters here would have voted for Harris if she's run on the "I have big tits" platform.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:39 PM (ExV1e)

Not even if she was a cute Irish redhead with creamy white skin and beautiful legs and what was I saying

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (U0yJ9)

183 >>Where in the Constitution does it mention bust size as a criteria to run for congressional office?

I think your measurements have to be at least 35.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (uzmqU)

184 What are Darline's qualifications? To be in congress, you have be a Narcissist, or a pyschopath or sociopath.

Honest question.

It really isn't that intellectually taxing to be a Senator, especially if you're an advocate for one side, and are willing to listen to directions from the head of the party; in this case Trump.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

185 173 170
"I'm going to do this to prove that McMaster is a dirty old man!"
-whips out tits, takes job in the Senate because of her selflessness
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:32 PM (GKzf4)

I mean...if that's an option...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:41 PM (xcxpd)

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The nipples will look boss-eyed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (GKzf4)

I'd rather have 'rule by the hot' than what we have currently.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (xcxpd)

186 183 >>Where in the Constitution does it mention bust size as a criteria to run for congressional office?

I think your measurements have to be at least 35.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (uzmqU)

ISWYDT...and I liked it

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:44 PM (xcxpd)

187 I'd rather have 'rule by the hot' than what we have currently.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

*Winks*

Posted by: Rosa Delauro at July 13, 2026 01:44 PM (/THgZ)

188 Mark Lewis: It Is So Plain What Is Wrong With America Today

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Wide spread stupidity?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:45 PM (ndZc7)

189 >>We are ruled not just by men without chests, but also, men without souls.

--

Chins, too, are in short supply.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 13, 2026 01:45 PM (NYInA)

190 I’d rather be ruled by 10 randomly chosen bosomy women than the Harvard faculty. — Something Bill Buckley would’ve said

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:45 PM (mXbUZ)

191 *Not even if she was a cute Irish redhead with creamy white skin and beautiful legs and what was I saying
Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (U0yJ9)*

Kathy Ireland has entered the chat.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 13, 2026 01:45 PM (mXOPV)

192 I don't care what y'all say- I like her

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (ZxPkt)

193 OTOH, since the Senate is rarely in session and when they are do nothing, it really doesn't matter.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (n5tGW)

194 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 01:42 PM (mmrXZ)

Don't push yourself too hard even after you feel better, eating or otherwise.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (U0yJ9)

195 185 I'd rather have 'rule by the hot' than what we have currently.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (xcxpd)

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Amanda Kimmel giving me puppy-dog eyes as she stamps on my rights > Rosa DeLauro looking like that as she stamps on my rights

https://tinyurl.com/4z9kbrmp

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (GKzf4)

196 -
Wide spread stupidity?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:45 PM (ndZc7)

Poblick Edukashun...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (dOZFZ)

197 Noem's got some cray-cray in her.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (/THgZ)

198 > >>We are ruled not just by men without chests, but also, men without souls.
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and without hats

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (ZxPkt)

199 >What are Darline's qualifications?
++++

She's been endorsed by the senators from Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon AND Northrop!

Posted by: The MIC at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

200 think your measurements have to be at least 35.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (uzmqU)

"President... Lena... Dunham..."

Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (U0yJ9)

201 193 OTOH, since the Senate is rarely in session and when they are do nothing, it really doesn't matter.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (n5tGW)

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The idea that the Senate was going to do anything productive outside a sudden SCOTUS death before the start of the next congress is silly.

There was a small, remote chance of another reconciliation bill, but that's gone with Graham dying.

The Senate is going to do nothing productive until 2027. Warm bodies are all that's necessary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (GKzf4)

202 So.... Boob thread....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (dOZFZ)

203 So.... Boob thread....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (dOZFZ)

Boobs, booze and guns. Every thread. Every day.

Everything else is just a suggestion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)

204 I did not know the turtle had childhood polio until now…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:48 PM (mXbUZ)

205 publius, how is your mama?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 01:49 PM (RIvkX)

206 Like I said, it doesn't matter.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:49 PM (n5tGW)

207 I did not know the turtle had childhood polio until now…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:48 PM (mXbUZ)

It's why he talks funny, walks funny and part of his face doesn't work.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

208 Yahoo is reporting that the sister pick seems to be a done deal...per "sources"...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 01:49 PM (tOcjL)

209 McConnell is asshoe. Big ugly turtle asshoe.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 01:49 PM (Xe8e7)

210 198 > >>We are ruled not just by men without chests, but also, men without souls.
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and without hats
Posted by: Don Black

You can vote, if you want to....

Posted by: Men without chests at July 13, 2026 01:49 PM (eNHhK)

211 Since we’re talking about Graham’s sister as a temp senator… what’s her Charlie situation? Never seen a photo

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (mXbUZ)

212 I'd rather have 'rule by the hot' than what we have currently.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (xcxpd)

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Amanda Kimmel giving me puppy-dog eyes as she stamps on my rights > Rosa DeLauro looking like that as she stamps on my rights

https://tinyurl.com/4z9kbrmp
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (GKzf4)

I literally feel happier for having seen that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (xcxpd)

213
Show your penis.

I will vote for the biggest one.

Fair is fair,

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (/QHx4)

214 200 think your measurements have to be at least 35.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 01:43 PM (uzmqU)

"President... Lena... Dunham..."
Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM (U0yJ9)

Stone?

Posted by: That's a lot of blubber at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (TbWk/)

215 I finally understand Caesar's thinking on the senate.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (n5tGW)

216 202 So.... Boob thread....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:47 PM

To be fair, the 'ettes had their fashion thread on last night's ONT.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (0sNs1)

217 212 https://tinyurl.com/4z9kbrmp
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:46 PM (GKzf4)

I literally feel happier for having seen that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (xcxpd)

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Thank you, Dolley, for getting me to watch attractive women walk around beaches in bikinis every evening.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:51 PM (GKzf4)

218 trying to mow down Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers

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"Trying to mow down," whaa? It was a protest by automobile.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:51 PM (ndZc7)

219 215 I finally understand Caesar's thinking on the senate.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (n5tGW)

*tshhht!*

Be the pack leader!

Posted by: Senate whisperer at July 13, 2026 01:51 PM (TbWk/)

220 I finally understand Caesar's thinking on the senate.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM (n5tGW)

Before or after that unfortunate Ides of March?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

221
Thank you, Dolley, for getting me to watch attractive women walk around beaches in bikinis every evening.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:51 PM (GKzf4)

You have the full Baywatch box set collection?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

222 Wiki on the sister Darline Graham Nordone - she had worked in the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department. She helped coordinate a work-from-home program for Time Warner.

Aka - she helped disabled folks get jobs. She's really not political.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (tOcjL)

223 I mean, I know this is a placeholder thing, but wouldn't Darline be grieving her brother? Are these people not human at all?

I have a big brother and if he died suddenly like that, I wouldn't be able to function properly for weeks, much less take over his job. Good thing being a Senator isn't all that important.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (hPLSE)

224 I didn't even know Carnival Cruises had an aircraft carrier.

USS Gerald R. Ford Requires Repairs After Fire and Plumbing Failures at Sea
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Carnival still runs a few ships that small, but everything they've launched since 2008 (the Carnival Dream) has been bigger than an aircraft carrier. Their previous class (Destiny/Sunshine) was about the same size as a flattop, around 100K tons.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (VHUov)

225 @174 mentioning bust size as a Congressional qualification is in the penumbras of the Speech and Debate Clause. Does she have nice sweater puppies? Yes, yes she does

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (m2wmY)

226 I am willing to allow protests over whether it is OK to shoot a driver, if it is OK to run over street protesters.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 01:53 PM (rbvCR)

227 221
Thank you, Dolley, for getting me to watch attractive women walk around beaches in bikinis every evening.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:51 PM (GKzf4)

You have the full Baywatch box set collection?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

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50 seasons of Survivor on Paramount+.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:53 PM (GKzf4)

228 Hey- some women have really impressive natural cans
Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:34 PM (ZxPkt)

Why thank you!

Posted by: Honey Bee, American plus size curvy model at July 13, 2026 01:53 PM (wVcYX)

229 The Hasselhoff is what prevented my regular watching of Baywatch…. The Hasselhoff is too corny… but his appearance in that SpongeBob movie was quite funny

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 01:54 PM (7xWyJ)

230 223 I mean, I know this is a placeholder thing, but wouldn't Darline be grieving her brother? Are these people not human at all?

The Senate is getting ready to go on "summer break" pretty soon so....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:54 PM (dOZFZ)

231 How is the mandate of a special election any different than the list? If the state constitution says the appointment power is his, then either would be unconstitutional.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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Because sovereignty rests with the people, not the governor nor even the state legislature. Force majeur. Theoretically, there is a 59 day window where the seat was vacant before a special election in KY that Beshear could attempt to fill without a special election but I doubt even the KY Sup. Ct would allow him to fill it outside of that window. They are elected too.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

232
50 seasons of Survivor on Paramount+.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:53 PM (GKzf4)

I've never watched one minute of that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:54 PM (2YhKe)

233 He was a good politician who recognized that the captain of the team had changed.

He’s a great example of getting the wrong person to do the right thing. As long as that happened I was fine with it. Not that I’d trust him exactly, but he was far down the list of problems we have in the Senate.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 01:54 PM (ZGrMX)

234 I mean, I know this is a placeholder thing, but wouldn't Darline be grieving her brother? Are these people not human at all?

You asked for it.............

https://youtu.be/jSq9hCkBiko

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:55 PM (2YhKe)

235 Good Lord.

With 27 ships in its fleet, Carnival offers ships of all sizes and styles. The fleet ranges from relatively small vessels with a maximum passenger capacity of just over 2,000, to huge ships that rival those of Royal Caribbean, owner of the world’s largest cruise ships.

Although the trend in the Carnival fleet is the newer the bigger, there are some exceptions, notably because the cruise line has incorporated some of Costa’s ships into its fleet over the years. To help you get a lay of the land, we have broken down Carnival cruise ships by size, from the largest to the smallest in terms of gross tonnage.

Note that Carnival will unveil more ships in the near future: Carnival Festivale (180,000 gross tons) in spring 2027, Carnival Tropicale (180,000 gross tons) in spring 2028, and three unnamed ships in 2029, 2031 and 2033, the latter three set to be 230,000 gross tons.

https://tinyurl.com/mrx6m3dx

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:55 PM (Riz8t)

236 232
50 seasons of Survivor on Paramount+.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:53 PM (GKzf4)

I've never watched one minute of that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:54 PM (2YhKe)

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It's...fine.

And there are hotties.

And it makes Dolley happy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:55 PM (GKzf4)

237 In Oregon we have discovered that one of the nice things about all mail-in ballots is that the politicians and elected judges can rule in a clean fashion, as they never have to take into consideration the wishes or desires of the electorate.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

238 *Good thing being a Senator isn't all that important.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (hPLSE)*

IK,R!?

Mitch M.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (mXOPV)

239 223 I mean, I know this is a placeholder thing, but wouldn't Darline be grieving her brother? Are these people not human at all?

I have a big brother and if he died suddenly like that, I wouldn't be able to function properly for weeks, much less take over his job. Good thing being a Senator isn't all that important.
Posted by: screaming in digital
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The dirty secret is that staff and party leaders run their Congress critters on votes and they run Senators most of all because they have larger and more senior staffs on average.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

240 It's...fine.

And there are hotties.

And it makes Dolley happy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:55 PM (GKzf4)

Good for you, sir. Good for you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

241 I think appointing Lindsey’s sister is brilliant. She doesn’t want the seat. It makes for a true primary discussion, debate and vote.

The democrats could learn a thing or two about democracy.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (ZLd/E)

242 So, did the gov do it? Seeing a link to a story saying he did, but the link says expected to. F'n clickbait.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

243 242 So, did the gov do it? Seeing a link to a story saying he did, but the link says expected to. F'n clickbait.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

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He has a press conference scheduled at 4 to announce his pick for the appointment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:57 PM (GKzf4)

244 Rents in NYC have just hit an all-time high.

Median market rate in June…

Manhattan: $5,295/mo (+8.2% year-over-year)

Brooklyn: $4,350 (+8.1%)

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 01:57 PM (RHGPo)

245 You don't have to call me darling, Darline,
You never even called me by my name.

Posted by: Zombie David Allan Coe at July 13, 2026 01:58 PM (wVcYX)

246 We'll need to see her Mardi Gras beads collection...

Posted by: The vetting committee at July 13, 2026 01:58 PM (2Ez/1)

247 The democrats could learn a thing or two about democracy.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 01:56 PM (ZLd/E)

They even insist on being called the DemocratIC Party to make it an even bigger lie.

BTW hello

Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 13, 2026 01:58 PM (U0yJ9)

248 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:57 PM (GKzf4)

So, a lie to get a click by Citizen's Free Press. Dang, almost as bad a Gateway Pundit....

BTW, did you get my email??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 01:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

249
I have a big brother and if he died suddenly like that, I wouldn't be able to function properly for weeks, much less take over his job. Good thing being a Senator isn't all that important.
Posted by: screaming in digital

I was advised earlier that it's just what some people do.

McConnell's wife didn't cut her trip to China short because she supposedly "got word" he was fine, so she stayed.

If Graham's sister doesn't mourn in the public eye or doesn't act according to whatever people perceive as 'normal,' she's a heathen.

I mean, look at how they treated Ericka Kirk.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)

250 40% of NYC rentals are occupied by people born outside the US.

We don’t have a housing shortage.

We have an illegal alien invasion.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 01:59 PM (RHGPo)

251 Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct -- I can't help it,"

Yes, you can. It's called retiring, YSFCAFFACFF~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 02:00 PM (diia5)

252 >> publius, how is your mama?

Not too good -- it's looking like, well, you know. Some hard decisions to be made, but at this point, it would be cruelty to keep going. She's no longer there, just a husk left....

I'll update you all later. But not too good at the moment to talk about things.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:00 PM (w6EFb)

253 248 BTW, did you get my email??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 01:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

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I did. Saw it while I was driving and then forgot about it.

I'll respond soon.

It's a topic of interest, and the longer Hammer movies drag on, the more need I have of topics of interest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:01 PM (GKzf4)

254 223 I mean, I know this is a placeholder thing, but wouldn't Darline be grieving her brother? Are these people not human at all?

I have a big brother and if he died suddenly like that, I wouldn't be able to function properly for weeks, much less take over his job. Good thing being a Senator isn't all that important.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 01:52 PM (hPLSE)
*******
I look at it as more like honoring my brother.
I know I would be devastated if I lost my brother, but it would be a nice way to show my love for him.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 02:01 PM (NpAcC)

255 Oh man....does this mean we aren't going to have a Nikki Haley vs. Nancy Mace jello wrestling cage match?

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 02:01 PM (dIske)

256
I'll update you all later. But not too good at the moment to talk about things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:00 PM (w6EFb)

Godspeed. May she feel the warm embrace of The Lord and relieve her of her misery on Earth.

I'm so sorry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)

257 It's a topic of interest, and the longer Hammer movies drag on, the more need I have of topics of interest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 02:01 PM (GKzf4)

Good. I thought about it and figured I couldn't do the subject justice, and thought it would be right up your alley.*

*Uh, but not on Folsom Street.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 02:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

258 Because sovereignty rests with the people, not the governor nor even the state legislature. Force majeur. Theoretically, there is a 59 day window where the seat was vacant before a special election in KY that Beshear could attempt to fill without a special election but I doubt even the KY Sup. Ct would allow him to fill it outside of that window. They are elected too.
Posted by: whig
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I'm not following. There's a state constitutional provision that says "Vacancies in all offices for the
State at large, or for districts larger than a county, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor." What's the legal theory that would render that provision invalid?

The real argument is over the meaning of "office for the State at large," which is not otherwise defined in the state constitution.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 02:03 PM (XvL8K)

259 She's a power hungry insane woman and she's making no effort to hide it.

I look forward to her finishing 6th in the snap primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Possible, Nikki Haley and old Rooster Tail have been mentioned running in the snap primary as well. Lifetime grifting opportunity.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

260
*Uh, but not on Folsom Street.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 02:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

THOSE guys are FAGS!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 13, 2026 02:03 PM (2YhKe)

261 wouldn't Darline be grieving Buckwheat?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 02:08 PM (Kt19C)

262 I have one sibling, a brother, who I haven't spoken to or seen for 33 years. I wish him no ill will but he is a pathological liar, and a malignant narcissist that had no interest in being an uncle to my children or a brother to me. We are all better off with him out of our lives. I wish that I had a brother as devoted as Lindsey was to his sister.

McConnell and his suspect wife can eat a bag of rocks. No member of Congress should be able to get away with "excuses" for being incommunicado for so long. Wouldn't work with our employers. Yes, asshole indeed.

Posted by: Cheri at July 13, 2026 02:08 PM (oiNtH)

263
39
In response, Canada will import another five million Indians and kill another 100,000 white Canadians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (GKzf4)

Should I feel bad ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM

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They're right next door. It would benefit us if Canada broke out of its suicide spiral, instead of decaying into a failed state colonized by alien cultures that hate us.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 02:08 PM (VWtfl)

264 230,000 gross tons.

And that's just the passengers!

Posted by: And they are quite gross at July 13, 2026 02:09 PM (TbWk/)

265 men without chests, but also, men without souls."

What, no hats, either?

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 02:09 PM (XuXeR)

266 The real argument is over the meaning of "office for the State at large," which is not otherwise defined in the state constitution.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 02:03 PM (XvL8K)

I think a Senate Seat would be defined as a Federal Office, not a state office. Yeah, that's splitting hairs but that's what courts do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 02:10 PM (edUvp)

267 They even insist on being called the DemocratIC Party to make it an even bigger lie.

BTW hello
Posted by: Lena Dunham

Ummmmm.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 02:10 PM (oEMAv)

268 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

A) the US Constitution which trumps state constitutions give the power to the legislature to pick (not governors btw) senators even after the 17th.

B) the reason behind that goes back to the founding where royal executive appointments to upper state legislative bodies were viewed as evil and so after the founding, state legislative bodies severely restricted executive appointment powers to legislatures. State legislatures were viewed as the closest to the people, not governors.

C) State legislatures have the power to create elections including special ones by legislation, governors do not. So, a law that creates a special election to fill a vacancy might be construed by the courts to offer the executive a limited 59 day appointment before the vacancy was filled but not after. Every state has special elections for senator special elections when a term ends prematurely including KY.

D) Practical politics as judges in KY are elected and might be ousted if they give Beshears the permanent win.

Constitutional provisions should be read harmoniously with the entire document rather than clause bound interpretivism like the anchor baby case.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)

269 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Redditors decided to meet up in real life

It looks exactly how you would expect

https://tinyurl.com/yedpv624

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 02:12 PM (NpAcC)

270 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

271 "men without chests, but also, men without souls."

Nancy Mace has a chest. Just sayin'

Posted by: Bruce, the Boss at July 13, 2026 02:12 PM (QaH55)

272 Rents in NYC have just hit an all-time high.

Median market rate in June…

Manhattan: $5,295/mo (+8.2% year-over-year)

Brooklyn: $4,350 (+8.1%)
Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 01:57 PM (RHGPo

I couldn't afford that now and barely could afford rent in 1986 in a 450 sq ft converted office apartment when I lived there. How are these immigrants affording it?

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:12 PM (/WQyy)

273 266 The real argument is over the meaning of "office for the State at large," which is not otherwise defined in the state constitution.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 02:03 PM (XvL8K)

I think a Senate Seat would be defined as a Federal Office, not a state office. Yeah, that's splitting hairs but that's what courts do.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The ultimate decider of who sits in the Senate is also not the KY Sup. Ct or Governor. It is the US Senate itself and that is outside court control. The lesser cannot constrain the greater.

The interesting situation is the August 3-4 deadline for the 59 day trigger. That would create a coterminous special election at the same time as the regular one to fill the vacancy under KY law, Beshears might object to raise his profile and appoint someone and then the litigation and election fun will begin.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)

274 Anyone remember who replaced Sonny Bono when he croaked?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (QaH55)

275 They're right next door. It would benefit us if Canada broke out of its suicide spiral, instead of decaying into a failed state colonized by alien cultures that hate us.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 02:08 PM (VWtfl)
______________________

In exactly a week, Carney is going to sit down with Trump and try to play "hardball" on the USMCA (NAFTA), Trump is going to shrug and start the countdown on the six month dissolvment clause of the agreement, China is going to swoop in and purchase Canadian goods for a fraction of their worth. China will, also get unlimited access to produce EV's in Canada, BUT import their own workforce. Meanwhile, the US will solidify a bi-lateral trade agreement without largest trading partner (which isn't Canada)...Mexico.

Canada, with its current government is absolutely, positively finished. Because instead of recognizing these self-failings they will escalate their anti-USA and anti-Trump campaigns totally supported by the Liberal controlled Canadian media.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (dIske)

276 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 02:10 PM (oEMAv)

LMAO sorry twas me

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (U0yJ9)

277 Will the Senate even have any more votes before the general election? Some kind of CR I guess, maybe.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 02:14 PM (4NO2D)

278 Sock fail

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 02:15 PM (U0yJ9)

279 Show your penis.

I will vote for the biggest one.

Fair is fair,

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:50 PM

The Paolo, he is happy to accept this nomination, but this is not even being the contest.

Posted by: Paolo at July 13, 2026 02:15 PM (bFu5X)

280 Nancy Mace is a big NO from me.
She makes everything about NANCY.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 02:16 PM (NpAcC)

281 Nancy Mace or Nancy Grace?
Pick your poison.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 02:17 PM (NpAcC)

282 They're right next door. It would benefit us if Canada broke out of its suicide spiral, instead of decaying into a failed state colonized by alien cultures that hate us.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 02:08 PM (VWtfl)

OK, what level of subsidy should we be giving them? Mind you, most of what we give them will go to the Bank of England to loan to the Crown to influence world events just like USAID money was.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 02:19 PM (rbvCR)

283 41 Hunter weeps.

Air Force’s Massive Super Galaxy Aircraft Hauls $5 Billion in Illegal Drugs for Destruction
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM (ndZc7)

Just watched Tropic Thunder this weekend where Jack Black's character lost his stash to a bat and was going through some hilarious withdrawl. Really enjoy that movie...and it came on just before Airplane!. I forgot the dogsh*t timeline we're living in for about 2 and a half hours.

Posted by: Nelly at July 13, 2026 02:29 PM (6+ehB)

284 Canada, with its current government is absolutely, positively finished. Because instead of recognizing these self-failings they will escalate their anti-USA and anti-Trump campaigns totally supported by the Liberal controlled Canadian media.
Posted by: Orson
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Just a reminder, Canada's Defense Scheme No. 1, map:
https://shorturl.at/vhofB

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2026 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

285 I couldn't afford that now and barely could afford rent in 1986 in a 450 sq ft converted office apartment when I lived there. How are these immigrants affording it?
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 02:12 PM (/WQyy)
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Didn't Diblasio put up thousands of illegals in multi-star hotels on the taxpayer dime? I don't think the current Mayor of NYC is going to pay the rent for them himself.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 02:40 PM (rj6Yv)

286 Nancy Mace is a big NO from me.
She makes everything about NANCY.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 02:16 PM (NpAcC)
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I haven't seen Nancy Mace ever quoted for saying "Hey, I'm up here!"

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 02:41 PM (rj6Yv)

287 I think Mitch is quite dead. This bs photo and little note is bull and would have gone on forever if people did not question him.

Deport his corpse and wife to chy na.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 02:55 PM (hzuYO)

288 If you don't like dynastic politics, I regret to inform you that Steve Daines, Senator from Montana, was running for reelection this year including having fundraisers, then pulled out 8 minutes before the filing deadline so his chosen pick, Kurt Alme, could file for the seat. Quite the little Soviet party regular, Daines turned out to be.

Posted by: Dantes at July 13, 2026 03:18 PM (IZ7RB)

289 Notice what's missing from "McConnell's" statement?

Any mention of Graham's passing.

Hmm....

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 13, 2026 03:18 PM (IhL8c)

290 What difference does it make? No serious legislation is being passed, especially in the Senate

Posted by: Unkaren at July 13, 2026 06:10 PM (TKuGg)

Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico Woos the Most Important Voting Bloc in Texas, Perverts Who Attend Drag Queen Shows

He's such a moderate centrist.

Oh, and he's teaming up with noted moderate centrist perennial Democrat candidate Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke to lock down the drag queen stan vote.

The Daily Caller reports on Beto and Fredo teaming up to diddle the Democrats' most important constituency.

Oh -- and voters whose first allegiance is to Mexico, and also, illegal aliens who have been struck from the voter rolls.

EXCLUSIVE: Talarico Finds His Base -- Drag Show Attendees, Mexico Fans And Purged Voters
Democrat Texas Senate nominee James Talarico is partnering with failed Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke to unleash a voter outreach campaign that will target drag show attendees, Mexico soccer fans, and people previously purged from voter rolls, the Daily Caller has learned.
After several failed candidacies, O'Rourke is now advising other up-and-coming Democrats through his organization Powered by People, which hosted a strategy Zoom call with Talarico's campaign Tuesday night, the Caller can reveal.
During the call, Powered by People Executive Director Aimee Prudhomme revealed Democrats' strategy to target voters ahead of the November election.
"Like Beto mentioned before, we go where the people are," Prudhomme said on a recording of the meeting obtained by the Caller. "We're trying to find likely Democratic voters. Those that are targets of voter suppression, likely to be removed or purged from the rolls come November. We go in places where those people are."
In Texas, people are removed from voter rolls if they are serving a sentence for a felony conviction, if they are illegally in the United States, if they are mentally incapacitated, if they move out of the country or state, or if they die, according to the state's Election Code.

"So whether it�s college campuses, in places of worship, at concerts, clubs, drag shows � We are at those events." - Powered by People Executive Director Aimee Prudhomme https://t.co/BdU7d4XyMS
— Lone Star Liberty PAC (@LoneStar_PAC) July 8, 2026

Talarico has a long and proud history of moderate centrism and serious devotion to Christianity:

TEXAS SENATE RACE: James Talarico (CIS) proudly admits his church leads in transgender activism, promotes atheism, and protects illegals from deportation. He�s dropping in the polls the more Texans learn about him. pic.twitter.com/vyFloXMJQq
— @amuse (@amuse) July 1, 2026

What does James talarico call women?

"neighbors with a uterus" pic.twitter.com/aRO4nLi5GQ
— Lone Star Liberty PAC (@LoneStar_PAC) May 28, 2026

James Talarico believes it is fascist ("Christofascism" to keep babies from being killed in their mother's womb and children from being mutilitated in the trans craze. pic.twitter.com/GPlS1mxdPs
— Jim Pfaff (@jimpfaff) July 9, 2026

He also says that Islam and Christianity are equally valid pathways to the truth of God and that white men must be punished for their privilege and toxicity and white supremacy. You know, as all moderate centrists believe.

See more like that at Hot Air.

Maybe Jasmine Ratchet was right -- maybe Texas Democrats really are racists. Because Talarico does not seem to be a good candidate.

Note that Talarico has been shaped by 30 years of increasingly unhinged leftwing social media activism, whereby lefties just gas each other up and cook each other's brains with stranger and more extreme claims. Talarico's theory of the political case comes straight from leftwing social media preaching: Their great claim is that Americans are secretly hungry for a pro-trans, pro-baby-murder, pro-drag-queen politics, but have only shied away from registering their real preference because Democrats are so mealy-mouthed and evasive about these policy imperatives, causing people to doubt what they truly know in their hearts.

So the way to win is to be vociferously, unapologetically, angrily in favor of the most extreme and divisive planks of the DSA agenda, and that will cause Stupid Americans to think "Gee, he seems confident and sure of himself like Trump, let's make all children transgender."

And note that Trump is a big, big part of this. They see that Trump has been clear about policy choices once called "extreme" and has profited from them. Now, they've been making these same claims (just be unapologetically communist!) since Clinton, but Trump's success put these demands into overdrive.

The difference is, of course, that in Trump's case, the policies he was championing actually were very popular, just ruled anathema by a leftwing Democrat establishment and a liberal Republican establishment. In Trump's case, there really was a popular hunger for policies the corrupt establishment suppressed and refused to implement no matter how clear the voters made their preference for them.

There really was a strong popular consensus in favor of these positions beneath the fake "consensus" imposed on the public by the eite.

There is no such appetite for transing all the children lurking beneath the surface of the elite-imposed fake "consensus."

Indeed, the only reason this monstrous insanity was permitted to infect so many children's minds was that it was artificially, undemocratically promoted as The Only Permissible Position by the leftwing Democrat establishment and the liberal Republican establishment.

Popular conservative positions are suppressed and made radioactive by the leftwing/liberal elite. This means that someone who forthrightly embraces these positions can win elections.

On the other hand, toxically unpopular leftwing positions are championed by the same leftwing/liberal elite. This means that the public's grudging tolerance for these positions only exists because the establishment threatens to excommunicate them if they dissent. The actual popular position is an angry rejection of these policies -- so there is no undercurrent of opinion that can be appealed to by a Talarico-type Preacher for Communism. Quite the opposite.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:05 PM

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1 brains

Posted by: zombie Cain at July 13, 2026 12:06 PM (MWfyi)

2 SPONGE

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 12:06 PM (erhDr)

3 the way things are going with the dems, talarico is almost a moderate if not centered

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (CWTWj)

4 Mornin', Ace!

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (erhDr)

5 What do they teach in the Presbyterian seminary?

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (VJX5o)

6 I feel so centered.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (77rzZ)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (2YhKe)

8 Everyone go to the center, or you get whelps!

Posted by: Martbell at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (as6X5)

9 Talarbeto

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (77rzZ)

10 Days since last HTML Tag fail: ZERO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (2YhKe)

11 Tanned, rested and ready!

Posted by: Zombie Lamont the Big Dummy at July 13, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

12 With a post mentioning Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke, should we get our hopes up that Chuy will make an appearance this year?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:09 PM (0sNs1)

13 Ace is more centrist than Talerico!

Posted by: RandomDave at July 13, 2026 12:09 PM (aJQbY)

14 Well, Betoff Ui Ruairc is Irish, so I can understand why he didn't want England to win...

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 12:09 PM (gKWVE)

15 Paxton is only beating this freak by 1%. WTF?

Posted by: Vengeance at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (hyA30)

16 5 What do they teach in the Presbyterian seminary?
Posted by: huerfano

I could tell you, but you'd have to become male first.

Posted by: Gospel of Thomas at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (gKWVE)

17 Bam, right out of the gate on Monday!

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (viF8m)

18 After several failed candidacies, O'Rourke is now advising other up-and-coming Democrats through his organization Powered by People, which hosted a strategy Zoom call with Talarico's campaign Tuesday night, the Caller can reveal.

Nothing says "trust me" like Butthead in real life.

Posted by: Zombie Lamont the Big Dummy at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

19 Posted by: Zombie Lamont the Big Dummy at July 13, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

I didn't know he had died. I thought that Ace had just packed him off to reform school.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (77rzZ)

20 Shyte.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

21 I just saw a “poll” that says “among Hispanic business owners, Talerico leads Paxton by 43% to 37%”. I have to lol at how far they are stretching to try and invent a number! Those who would qualify as “.Hispanic business owners” probably make up 1% of the electorate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (HJ3jx)

22 He also says that Islam and Christianity are equally valid pathways to the truth of God and that OTHER white men must be punished for their privilege and toxicity and white supremacy.

FIFY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (ExV1e)

23 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

24 Ugh!!!🤮

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 12:11 PM (4vrCc)

25 if they die, according to the state's Election Code.

There is their hook, proof of death?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2026 12:11 PM (NnhvP)

26 >>>In Texas, people are removed from voter rolls if they are serving a sentence for a felony conviction, if they are illegally in the United States, if they are mentally incapacitated, if they move out of the country or state, or if they die, according to the state's Election Code.

So the democrats party's primary voter base.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (gWBY1)

27 After several failed candidacies, O'Rourke is now advising other up-and-coming Democrats through his organization Powered by People, which hosted a strategy Zoom call with Talarico's campaign Tuesday night, the Caller can reveal.

In other news, Ace has been hired by Ikea to provide shelving advice.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)

28 Maybe Corey Booker and AlmSharpton will come out to the guy.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (YlWIZ)

29 Now that Platner has returned to his Reich collection, we can once again focus on the Most Interesting Candidate In The World, good Christian James Talarico!

Posted by: The Right Rev. Colonel David Frnech at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (+l7X8)

30 Maybe Jasmine Ratchet was right -- maybe ~~Texas~~ Democrats really are racists.

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Sure, she was specifically speaking of Texas Democrats but that's because her viewpoint is too narrow.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (ExV1e)

31 An atheism supporting church. Alrighty then. This wuss is beyond parody. I wouldn't even know where to start.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (qBdHI)

32 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JtCA0esyOU

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (0sNs1)

33 Now that Platner has returned to his Reich collection, we can once again focus on the Most Interesting Candidate In The World, good Christian James Talarico!

If the Democrats were TRYING to lose this election bigly, what would they do differently?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

34 Dr Evil meme:
Dems losing voters... "Trot out moar faggots!"
It'll surely work this time.

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (erhDr)

35 UT poll. Paxton +1
Texas A&M tie
Quantas Paxton +2
TSU tie.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (hyA30)

36 CTRL-C

Mr. Talarico is going to find out the hard way the rest of TX is nothing like TX HD-50.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (OwmWb)

37 My neighbor may have had a hysterectomy for all I know.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (UjdFS)

38 Is HIPAA still a thing?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (YlWIZ)

39 Talarico is NOT centered like these comments

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 12:14 PM (U+L0d)

40 >>An atheism supporting church. Alrighty then. This wuss is beyond parody. I wouldn't even know where to start.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM

Unitarians?

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:14 PM (VJX5o)

41 #35: let’s go ahead and hold the election anyway, you know, as a double checking mechanism. Just in case the polls are wrong.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 12:14 PM (OwmWb)

42 >>>After several failed candidacies, O'Rourke is now advising other up-and-coming Democrats through his organization Powered by People

Politics is one of the few areas where someone who failed at it gets to become an "expert" and charge fees as a consultant. To teach other wannabes how to also lose. It's bizarre.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:14 PM (gWBY1)

43 Where is BLM and Antifa? More Chardonnay?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 12:15 PM (YlWIZ)

44 Stuck in the middle ...

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 12:15 PM (Oy/m2)

45 Strange how drag shows for he general public wasn't even a thing until suddenly around 2016 when, out of nowhere, it was suddenly an inalienable right and a American tradition to have your kids watch drag queens cavort around.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 12:15 PM (Av6i5)

46 21 I just saw a “poll” that says “among Hispanic business owners, Talerico leads Paxton by 43% to 37%”. I have to lol at how far they are stretching to try and invent a number! Those who would qualify as “.Hispanic business owners” probably make up 1% of the electorate.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Polling is demonstrably broken just like the media, and overwhelmingly is designed as a persuasive source of narratives for stories right now--not actually useful until likely voter screens drop sometime in September.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

47 26 >>>In Texas, people are removed from voter rolls if they are serving a sentence for a felony conviction, if they are illegally in the United States, if they are mentally incapacitated, if they move out of the country or state, or if they die, according to the state's Election Code.

So the democrats party's primary voter base.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (gWBY1)

TX also has voter ID.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 12:15 PM (OwmWb)

48 Paxton is only beating this freak by 1%. WTF?

Polls are for strippers. In this case fat, ugly, heavily tattooed strippers missing teeth. I'd advise passing it by.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (ExV1e)

49 let’s go ahead and hold the election anyway, you know, as a double checking mechanism. Just in case the polls are wrong.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 12:14 PM

What are you, some kind of fascist that wants to destroy our precious democracy?

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (0sNs1)

50
[looks left, looks right]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L)

51 That boy, as the saying goes, ain’t right.

I have to wonder what depraved subsection of some alphabet spook agency is bankrolling this lunatic? He hits so many talking points with such precision it has to be some sort of op. Maybe not government funded, but as we’ve learned the usual suspects are loathe to spend their own money

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (TyEMG)

52 I think Talarico is worse than Beto… trajectory for Dems is downward. Abortion Barbie was the good old days

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (YVMaE)

53 > Note that Talarico has been shaped by 30 years of increasingly unhinged leftwing social media activism, whereby lefties just gas each other up and cook each other's brains with stranger and more extreme claims.
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Extremely weak minded, I'd say.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (jehhT)

54 Afternoon Ace, hope you had a good weekend.
Talarico campaign consultant : ok , we're going to run the weirdest campaign ever, insulting just about every non insane voter in Texas.
Talarico attempting to be rugged: "I'm your huckleberry"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (m2wmY)

55 I don't get how any Christian is supporting Islam as another pathway to the truth of God.

Islam is a made-up, derivative, bullshit pedophile cult.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (fgSb9)

56 Bill Kristol says Talarico is his guy. That's enough for me.

Posted by: The Right Rev. Colonel David Frnech at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (+l7X8)

57 5 What do they teach in the Presbyterian seminary?
Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (VJX5o)

It depends. You'll either get the most rigorous education imaginable on systematic and reformed theology, reading the original Hebrew and Greek, and everything else you'd need to be a true scholar of the Bible and preacher of the Word. Or you get the God is a gay trans feminist ally who loves bathhouses and drag shows version. Depends on if they have pipelines to PCA and OPC or to PCUSA.

Posted by: One or the other with no inbetween at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)

58 I've often wondered why either of the parties doesn't sometimes just throw up their hands in the air and claim "This is stupid--we're not spending anymore money on this one." Tararico has the same chance of winning that I do, and I don't even live in Texas.

Posted by: Crusader at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (TN0g+)

59 Per vets - make sure your dog doesn't overeat and gets exercise.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (n5tGW)

60 Talarico puts forth a moderate image. DQSH and veganism and socialism are the moderate Dem positions.

He hasn't said "vote for me and I will help you kill MAGA voters. I will kill Trump.

Together, we will kill everyone who isn't a radical Communist. I will build statues of Thomas Crooks and Tyler Robinson in Austin with working sniper rifles that shoot your bound and gagged neighbors after you report them for attending a church or synagogue.

The ones we don't shoot will be taken as chattel slaves and assigned to marginalized LGBTQIA+ and POC masters. I will expropriate all private property and redistribute it to you - the hardworking foreign welfare queens and neurodivergent service workers who are the backbone of this country.

I will also gay marry Luigi Mangione, but that's neither here nor there."

That's the position of the Democrat base voter, not a "centrist" like him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 12:17 PM (BI5O2)

61 Talarico does look a lot like Alfred E Neuman. What me worry?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 12:17 PM (YVMaE)

62 After several failed candidacies, O'Rourke is now advising other up-and-coming Democrats through his organization Powered by People, which hosted a strategy Zoom call with Talarico's campaign Tuesday night, the Caller can reveal.

My organization can tech you to fail in an election just like I did is an interesting marketing campaign but he is aiming it at Democrats so it'll work.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:17 PM (ExV1e)

63 Is Beto still on his skateboard?

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (Oy/m2)

64 My neighbor is an a-hole.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (n5tGW)

65 Talirico is not 1% behind. That is ridiculous in every way.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (fgSb9)

66
15 Paxton is only beating this freak by 1%. WTF?
Posted by: Vengeance at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (hyA30)

In every election Paxton has been in, he outperforms polls by at least 10 points. The one exception was the 3 way primary back in March; but Wes Hunt was a wild card who siphoned off 15% of his vote.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (HJ3jx)

67 Ace, I thought this was a "right of center" website?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (GMWTj)

68 Ace's original title for this post was,

"Platner's out, now let's concentrate on Talarico,"

but he thought that was too obvious.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (Av6i5)

69 Dolly Parton is looking real rough these days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (1z8ji)

70 59 Per vets - make sure your dog doesn't overeat and gets exercise.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM (n5tGW)

Sage advice also for Senators if you want to keep them.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (gKWVE)

71 Talarico needs all the voted Ace mentions, and as many white suburban female voters with EMPATHY, todays dominant virtue.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (+l7X8)

72 >> I think Talarico is worse than Beto… trajectory for Dems is downward. Abortion Barbie was the good old days

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 12:16 PM

I think Talarico is a demon. He exhibits no human qualities that I can see.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (VJX5o)

73 Did Talarico ever accept Paxton's invitation/challenge to have lunch together in a decent BBQ joint?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (0sNs1)

74 What do they teach in the Presbyterian seminary?
Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (VJX5o)

Calvin stole all of his ideas from a black trans-woman.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

75 i think the bass/pratt/ramen vote shows that polls are meaningless in certain places

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (CWTWj)

76 I don't get how any Christian is supporting Islam as another pathway to the truth of God.

You can't. It's syncretistic and universalist heresy. If you're a Christian believer, then Jesus' statement "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me" is part of the deal.

Posted by: But but but inclusivity! at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)

77
Talarico is like a Ken doll from the waist down.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (OkYzo)

78 Seems like the people at these abominable fag queen events taking place at your local library that need to be the focus of attention are the PARENTS of any minors in attendance.

Child Protective Services is still a thing, right?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)

79 As centrist as James talarico.

I noted we are not capitalizing talarico.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (w6EFb)

80 Does Beto still get photographed in his bunny suit?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (+l7X8)

81 He's a centrist.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (U0yJ9)

82 boobs
( . ) ( . )

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (xcxpd)

83 I don't get how any Christian is supporting Islam as another pathway to the truth of God.

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This wuss boy should go to live in an Islamic country for a while. He'll find his pathway to G*d alright. Right off the rooftop.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (qBdHI)

84 Heh

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (xcxpd)

85 69 Dolly Parton is looking real rough these days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (1z8ji)

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HA! I thought that pic was Dolly Parton too.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (fgSb9)

86 Strange how drag queen shows for the general public wasn't even a thing until suddenly around 2016 when, out of nowhere, it was suddenly an inalienable right and a American tradition to have your kids watch drag queens cavort around.

Yeah, you noticed that too? Like a light switch was thrown. All Tranny All The Time. Totally Organic and Grass Roots.

Many years ago, I started to notice the word “Gender” had replaced “Sex” on generic forms and pubs. By that time I sort of knew the routine. I didn’t know what it portended, but I was sure it would be totally fucked up. I wasn’t wrong.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (TyEMG)

87 Beto will come rolling onto a stage on a skateboard holding Talarico in a sixty-nine position blowing each other in an effort to connect with 'true' Texans.

Yeah.....that'll go over HUGE here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)

88 74 What do they teach in the Presbyterian seminary?
Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (VJX5o)

Calvin stole all of his ideas from a black trans-woman.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

That's what the PCUSA teaches...

Posted by: School of hard Knox at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)

89 That's a bold move.

Posted by: steevy at July 13, 2026 12:21 PM (YwEeS)

90 and on topic, it's pretty clear that Talarico is going to get convicted of CP or worse pedo crimes. I'd put money on it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 12:21 PM (xcxpd)

91 Child Protective Services is still a thing, right?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)

They're often part of the problem, I hear.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 13, 2026 12:21 PM (w6EFb)

92 Calvin stole all of his ideas from old greek homos

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 12:21 PM (Kt19C)

93 ...whereby lefties just gas each other up and cook each other's brains

More like huffin' each others farts.

Posted by: Heirloominati at July 13, 2026 12:21 PM (erhDr)

94 Dolly Parton is looking real rough these days.

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Heh, my first impression was Lady Gaga.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (qBdHI)

95 >>You can't. It's syncretistic and universalist heresy. If you're a Christian believer, then Jesus' statement "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me" is part of the deal.

Posted by: But but but inclusivity! at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM

It's the whole deal. There is no other deal.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (VJX5o)

96 A title of a two and a half men episode refers to Talarico: Smooth as a Ken doll

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (U+L0d)

97 boobs
( . ) ( . )

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Somebody here last week referred to AOC's big charlies, or something like that. I thought I had heard all the synonyms for "boobs" before, but that one was knew to me.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

98 His church promotes atheism?! What is the point of identifying as a church if the people are atheist?!! Why don't they just call themselves the "Atheist community gathering"?

Christian comedian Tim Hawkins sings about songs at the Atheist Megachurch:

https://tinyurl.com/yc67v6e5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (D+BhG)

99 Child Protective Services is still a thing, right?
——-

Yes, but now they arrest the parents for not attending the drag queen shows with children.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (TyEMG)

100 58 I've often wondered why either of the parties doesn't sometimes just throw up their hands in the air and claim "This is stupid--we're not spending anymore money on this one." Tararico has the same chance of winning that I do, and I don't even live in Texas.
Posted by: Crusader

A lot of the funding is crowd sourced not from parties but platforms (Act Blue for Dems, Win Red for GOP). And the most ideological activists are the ones most likely to donate money. So the political consultants for Talarico are doing bubba bait for stupid but well off enough people in the gentry class who are extremely ideological.

On the GOP side, the small donors are ideological but the GOP has traditionally promoted whale donors that max out their donations. Those type are pay for play on specific policy assholes and often hooked up with senior congressional staffers and party officials to make it so.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

101 What do they teach in the Presbyterian seminary?
Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (VJX5o)
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Bet its juicy, focused (probably) on "mass incarceration", "social justice", "migrant social benefits", and "transgender rights".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (+l7X8)

102 Somebody here last week referred to AOC's big charlies, or something like that. I thought I had heard all the synonyms for "boobs" before, but that one was knew to me.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

Cannons!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

103 Willowed from last thread about my mom celebrating her survival of a heart attack as a birthday.

Your mom is weird. Congratulations!
Posted by: clarence

Yep she is. But when you're a paramedic then a nurse, your sense of humor is dark enough to extinguish light.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (99eI0)

104 So Planter filed and he did so on the Friday Night News Dump?

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (U0yJ9)

105 I though Charlie was the VC in Vietnam 😂

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 12:23 PM (U+L0d)

106 I think Talarico is this year's Andrew Gillum.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:24 PM (n5tGW)

107 Cannons!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Calcium Cannons.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 12:24 PM (99eI0)

108 Talarico is a sodomite.

Posted by: Zombie Lot at July 13, 2026 12:24 PM (qC81n)

109 Calvin stole all of his ideas from old greek homos
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 12:21 PM (Kt19C)

I dunno. Tyrannosaurs in F-14s was a pretty original notion.

Posted by: far cry at July 13, 2026 12:24 PM (wXgT/)

110 I think Talarico is this year's Andrew Gillum.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:24 PM

Hopefully with less blood and feces.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 13, 2026 12:25 PM (YSQQv)

111 Talarico does look a lot like Alfred E Neuman. What me worry?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 12:17 PM (YVMaE)

I wonder if Joshua raised an army, and marched around Talarico, blowing trumpets, would Talarico's testicles descend?

Might be a song in there, someplace.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:26 PM (1z8ji)

112 I think Talarico is this year's Andrew Gillum.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:24 PM (n5tGW)

I think Gillum was on his way to Texas to campaign for Talarico when he was arrested.

There, it's on the internet now, so it's true.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:26 PM (2YhKe)

113 98 His church promotes atheism?! What is the point of identifying as a church if the people are atheist?!! Why don't they just call themselves the "Atheist community gathering"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I think you know--these 'churches' worship the material world and not the holy Trinity. Inversion of values by gutting out cardinal virtues and wearing them as a skin suit.

Their love is loveless, their Bibles are blank, and their tolerance is hate for the faithful. They might as well directly worship Ba'al and have done with it.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

114 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)

115 You can't. It's syncretistic and universalist heresy. If you're a Christian believer, then Jesus' statement "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me" is part of the deal.
Posted by: But but but inclusivity! at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)
___

This^^^^^^^

Talarico definitely is not producing fruit of the Spirit.

Thus, he's not a Christian.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (TkiSb)

116 Could there be anything worse for the Democrat agenda than openly speaking about it and campaigning on it?

Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (hZXic)

117
I wonder if Joshua raised an army, and marched around Talarico, blowing trumpets, would Talarico's testicles descend?

Might be a song in there, someplace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:26 PM (1z8ji)

They weren't trumpets.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)

118 Somebody here last week referred to AOC's big charlies, or something like that.

That was me. The phrase was a dynamite set of Charlies. I stole it from National Lampoon about 50 odd years ago.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

119 97 boobs
( . ) ( . )

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Somebody here last week referred to AOC's big charlies, or something like that. I thought I had heard all the synonyms for "boobs" before, but that one was knew to me.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

Adding Big Charlies to the list. That's a fun one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (xcxpd)

120 My wife is leaving the church she has attended for 30 years because the "co-pastors", being a husband and wife, have decided that their message of tolerance to same sex couples needs to be extended past pride month.
Wife didn't attend during June, and I think a large number of parishioners also skipped that month, making the buzz-cut "pastoress" decide to lecture them on their intolerance when they came back.
The church is already bleeding members, and no one is bringing in their kids and grandkids. The lovely old brick building right down town is half empty as it is, and this sort of thing is probably going to kill it off, if only because they won't be able to pay the power and water bill.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (rbvCR)

121 I wonder if Joshua raised an army, and marched around Talarico, blowing trumpets, would Talarico's testicles descend?

Might be a song in there, someplace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or a limerick.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (77rzZ)

122 You can't. It's syncretistic and universalist heresy. If you're a Christian believer, then Jesus' statement "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me" is part of the deal.
Posted by: But but but inclusivity! at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)
___

Non-gestating person!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)

123
Talerico has fundraising ads all over Youtube. Must be expensive, unless the corporation is donating the space.

Creepy little plastic weasel.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (HLgI3)

124 Willowed: a guy in Maine tried to run down an ICE agent. His head was properly ventilated

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (m2wmY)

125 Talarico is a very strange man. I wonder what his family background is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (D+BhG)

126 My neighbor is an a-hole.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
.......

Of the five adjacent to my property, only three are not.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (UjdFS)

127 boobs
( . ) ( . )

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Somebody here last week referred to AOC's big charlies, or something like that. I thought I had heard all the synonyms for "boobs" before, but that one was knew to me.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

Adding Big Charlies to the list. That's a fun one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (xcxpd)

I read this as ILBT comes across the playlist........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)

128 Is Beto still on his skateboard?
Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM

He's making more shit sandwiches for his wife, and apparently for other Dim candidates in Texas, too.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (YSQQv)

129 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 12:29 PM (X6eiq)

130 53 Iranian Train Carrying 200 Ballistic Missiles To
Display At Khamenei Funeral Hit By U.S. Jets,
30 IRGC Terrorists Killed
---

Another poker hand where Trump rakes Iranian chips off the table.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:29 PM (VQ0bX)

131 Talarico is a very strange man. I wonder what his family background is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (D+BhG)

Likely molested by multiple family members.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:29 PM (2YhKe)

132 But then I've got the ones across the street, do they count?

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 12:29 PM (UjdFS)

133 Why don't they just call themselves the "Atheist community gathering"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Because Unitarians sounds cooler.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 12:29 PM (99eI0)

134 Hopefully with less blood and feces.
Posted by: JuJuBee
======
I think you left out crystal meth or is Talarico allowed to indulge.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

135 I don't get how any Christian is supporting Islam as another pathway to the truth of God.

I do not claim to know the inner workings of Brother James' heart but I would not be shocked to learn that he is Christian like every business in my area is Christian, Veteran, Native Texan Owned.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:29 PM (ExV1e)

136 One Dead In Maine doesn't work, but One Dead in Biddeford is pretty catchy!

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (U0yJ9)

137 It's America in 2026. He can win.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (ZxPkt)

138 Tangentially, PPP, the Democrat pollster, released their poll of the NC senate race.

Cooper 48
Whatley 44

A few observations.

1. That's within the margin of error (each point has a margin of error, and they overlap).

2. Cooper is under 50.

3. This is worse than Cunningham was running in 2020 against Tillis. (Tillis won, obviously.)

4. What if NC has some state level pupleishness but is just a red state at the federal level now?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (GKzf4)

139 *the buzz-cut "pastoress"*

eeeeewwwwww

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (2Ez/1)

140 Charlie is predominantly a male name.

Why would you name boobs after a dude?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (2YhKe)

141 I'll be contributing to Paxton's campaign.
TalaFreako has been taking in tons of money from the Left trying to flip this Senate seat Blue. They are highly motivated.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (NpAcC)

142 I do not tolerate that intolerance is a bad thing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (n5tGW)

143 137 It's America in 2026. He can win.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (ZxPkt)

========

It's Texas in 2026.

He's going to lose by at least 9.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (GKzf4)

144 Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico Woos the Most Important Voting Bloc in Texas, Pervets Who Attend Drag Queen Shows[/i[

It was Bill Clinton that allowed the Pervets in the military...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)

145 James Talarico (CIS) proudly admits his church leads in transgender activism, promotes atheism, and protects illegals from deportation.

-
Is his church Church's Chicken?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (ndZc7)

146

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)

147 There is a small branch of "Christianity" that believes in acting like a "Christian" but without the divinity of Christ. Which is fascinating.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (U0yJ9)

148 I call the juan on the left Puerto and the juan on the right Rico.

Posted by: AOC at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (YSQQv)

149 Charlie is predominantly a male name.

Why would you name boobs after a dude?

You're overthinking it. Why would you call them gazongas?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

150 I'll be contributing to Paxton's campaign.
TalaFreako has been taking in tons of money from the Left trying to flip this Senate seat Blue. They are highly motivated.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (NpAcC)

Beto had $150m in his war chest..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)

151 141 I'll be contributing to Paxton's campaign.
TalaFreako has been taking in tons of money from the Left trying to flip this Senate seat Blue. They are highly motivated.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (NpAcC)

=======

He spends most of his money on fundraising.

It's a scam campaign that doesn't think it can win.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (GKzf4)

152 Is HIPAA still a thing?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (YlWIZ)

The purpose of HIPAA was initially to assure that other providers would have access to your records in situations where the then current method of transferring records was slow and not appropriate.
The result was a situation where no one could get access to your medical records other than the government without jumping through multiple bureaucratic hoops making the process even more slow and inapproprate.
The reason for this was that the legislators in charge of creating this failed system were terrified that someone would find out about their HIV status, history of mental illness, addictions, or doctor shopping.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (rbvCR)

153 I wonder if Joshua raised an army, and marched around Talarico, blowing trumpets, would Talarico's testicles descend?

You're assuming he has testicles.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Oy/m2)

154 I wonder if Hunter will pay down his lawyer and child support bills with his 1+ million dollar winnings?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (0sNs1)

155 That was me. The phrase was a dynamite set of Charlies. I stole it from National Lampoon about 50 odd years ago.
Posted by: Archimedes

Well, thank you for resurrecting it and sharing it with us.

Women have 43,586 color terms.

We guys probably have more than that for boobs.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

156 thought I had heard all the synonyms for "boobs" before, but that one was knew to me.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

Once heard someone refer to them as Murphy Browns. Made me laugh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (PSEDc)

157 Because Unitarians sounds cooler.
Posted by: NR Pax

Heck, they don't even qualify under the old formal theology that created Unitarianism. Unitarianism was basically old Christian heresies long discarded and dredged up in modern times. New wine in old wineskins with the expected results. A theological and self contradictory mess.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (E4rtv)

158
You're overthinking it. Why would you call them gazongas?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

That's just a cross between gargantuan and bazoombas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (2YhKe)

159 ***campaign that will target drag show attendees, Mexico soccer fans,
---

Soccer fans, yet, are not aware that Talarico is Italian not Mexican. Not that they are racist or anything like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (VQ0bX)

160 94 Dolly Parton is looking real rough these days.

--

Heh, my first impression was Lady Gaga.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 12:22 PM (qBdHI)

What's going to be your second impression?

Posted by: Happy birthday Mr. President at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (TbWk/)

161 It was Bill Clinton that allowed the Pervets in the military...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Please. The PERVERT+ community.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (ndZc7)

162 145 James Talarico (CIS) proudly admits his church leads in transgender activism, promotes atheism, and protects illegals from deportation.

-
Is his church Church's Chicken?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (ndZc7)

Someone put this link a couple of days ago...
https://youtu.be/26nJjNDsbmk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (l3cgK)

163 To the Left, it's all a matter of perspective and no one is truly wrong.

Except for anyone who disagrees with them.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (U0yJ9)

164
*ahem*

"pastorette"

Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 13, 2026 12:33 PM (2Ez/1)

165 I wonder if Joshua raised an army, and marched around Talarico, blowing trumpets, would Talarico's testicles descend?

You're assuming he has testicles.
Posted by: dantesed

You know who ELSE was deficient in the testicle department?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)

166 145 James Talarico (CIS) proudly admits his church leads in transgender activism, promotes atheism, and protects illegals from deportation.

-
Is his church Church's Chicken?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:31 PM (ndZc7)

He's definitely fried.

Posted by: All that meth and buttsex catches up at July 13, 2026 12:33 PM (TbWk/)

167 Talerico looks like an SS concentration camp guard.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 12:33 PM (NWZOB)

168
Soccer fans, yet, are not aware that Talarico is Italian not Mexican. Not that they are racist or anything like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:32 PM (VQ0bX)

Como Estas!!!!

- - - - - Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke - Jumping Bean

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

169 I call them 'jennifers'.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:34 PM (ZxPkt)

170 The church is already bleeding members, and no one is bringing in their kids and grandkids. The lovely old brick building right down town is half empty as it is, and this sort of thing is probably going to kill it off, if only because they won't be able to pay the power and water bill.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (rbvCR)

When he church goes tits-up, buy the building, and turn it into a pub.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:34 PM (1z8ji)

171 131 Talarico is a very strange man. I wonder what his family background is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:28 PM (D+BhG)
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Birth name Causey. Either from mom's first marriage and adopted by second husband or straight up adoption. I think it is the former.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:34 PM (VQ0bX)

172 167 Talerico looks like an SS concentration camp guard.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 12:33 PM (NWZOB)

======

The one who got the job because his father is connected, and whose mother had a serious drinking problem while pregnant.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:34 PM (GKzf4)

173 The Dems have been babbling about Texas turning blue for several election cycles. Abortion Barbie, Buck toothed Beato and now Freako Talarico. Keep wasting money Dems. No please keep doing it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 12:34 PM (m2wmY)

174 Charlie is predominantly a male name.
Why would you name boobs after a dude?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM

Kelly McGillis's character in Top Gun is named Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (0sNs1)

175 I call them 'jennifers'.
Posted by: Don Black

One of the hottest chicks I ever knew was named "Jennifer." So that works for me.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

176 I think fun bags are an appropriate name for women's breasts.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (Oy/m2)

177 147 There is a small branch of "Christianity" that believes in acting like a "Christian" but without the divinity of Christ. Which is fascinating.
Posted by: ...

Eh, in reality most of their flock operate on the same level as Aleister Crowley--Do as Thy Wilt and that is the entirety of the law. Scratch a bit below the surface and the demons come out from such. And that is because they have rejected the Lord as controlling and accepted this fallen world's values. They wear religion like a skin suit--for social reasons, not spiritual.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

178 The Jews got him.

Alexander Dugin
@AGDugin
The sudden death of Lindsey Graham can be the black mark sent to Trump. I doubt it were Iranians. Most realistic it was Mossad job in order to push Trump to renew full scale war with Iran. It clearly means “you are the next”. Lindsey Graham was the shadow of Trump, his black self

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (ndZc7)

179 You know who else looked like a concentration camp guard?

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (U0yJ9)

180 Actually, I knew a couple of hot Jennifers.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

181 Como Estas!!!!

- - - - - Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke - Jumping Bean

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---

Mexicans didn't vote for him either.
muy bien, gracias

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (VQ0bX)

182 Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (rbvCR

I attended an Anglican Church in North America gathering yesterday afternoon at a local Protestant church. I'm guessing that the local church needs money to help their budget, because Anglicans In North America are much more conservative than the local Episcopal Church. I talked to a guy afterwards and he said " We had been talking about founding an Anglican Church for some time." It occurs to me that some of those folks might have left the local progressive Episcopal Church.

Lovely service , Bible and missional Christ centered. My only regret was that the didn't have Holy Communion because it was an evening prayer service which they alternate with holy communion services.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (D+BhG)

183 Can the Democrats not find a single normal person?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (SXxzC)

184 Child Protective Services is still a thing, right?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)

Here is a good question you can ask your local cops: Are underaged prostitutes processed through Child Advocacy Centers and CPS or is there another route for dealing with them?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

185 176 I think fun bags are an appropriate name for women's breasts.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (Oy/m2)

Cowboy pillows...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (l3cgK)

186 173 The Dems have been babbling about Texas turning blue for several election cycles. Abortion Barbie, Buck toothed Beato and now Freako Talarico. Keep wasting money Dems. No please keep doing it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 12:34 PM (m2wmY)

=======

People were talking about how Allred was going to make it close and maybe even win in 2024.

He lost by nine to the terrible candidate and politician Ted Cruz.

Maybe Texas is just a red state?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (GKzf4)

187 Norm said the original line wasn't "meaner than a junkyard dog" but rather "meaner than a concentration camp dog". He said people didn't realize that those were actually the meanest dogs.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (U0yJ9)

188
Kelly McGillis's character in Top Gun is named Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (0sNs1)

I'm still not naming boobs 'Charlie.'

Especially after hearing George Carlin say the name in his routines doing the 'union worker' accent........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (2YhKe)

189 Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

Well stated. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (D+BhG)

190

This guy is more fucked up than that fraud Platner.

Something realy off about him. He's got some of that Mayor Pete Buttjudge going on with extra obviously fake obsequiousness. Will he say anything to get elected? Yes.

And that bobblehead proportion to his huge melon with that perfectly manicured hair.

These people are nuts.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (et1vG)

191 The difference is, of course, that in Trump's case, the policies he was championing actually were very popular, just ruled anathema by a leftwing Democrat establishment and a liberal Republican establishment. In Trump's case, there really was a popular hunger for policies the corrupt establishment suppressed and refused to implement no matter how clear the voters made their preference for them.
-
And Trump is kind of moderate relative to the people that vote for him. He mainly distinguishes himself by actually doing shit.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (vSvIl)

192 👀👀

"Under Mamdani’s NYC administration:

New York City rents just hit an all time high.

June median asking rents:
• Manhattan: $5,295/month
• Brooklyn: $4,350/month

- NYC Comptroller"

THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (GD0B3)

193 > Charlie is predominantly a male name.

She's your friend...Charlie. SHE'S your friend Charlie.

Posted by: Mike Myers at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (mkw2N)

194 The Dems have been babbling about Texas turning blue for several election cycles. Abortion Barbie, Buck toothed Beato and now Freako Talarico. Keep wasting money Dems. No please keep doing it

--

I do get concerned that it's obviously been targeted next for massive, incoming muslim populations.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (qBdHI)

195 I do not tolerate that intolerance is a bad thing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (n5tGW)

And shame.

We need to make shame great again.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (NWZOB)

196 141 I'll be contributing to Paxton's campaign.
TalaFreako has been taking in tons of money from the Left trying to flip this Senate seat Blue. They are highly motivated.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 12:30 PM (NpAcC)

Yep. I think Cruz trolled them the other day implying that we could be in for a tough fight. The blues wasted millions on Beto, I hope they go even bigger for this monstrosity.

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (lCppi)

197 I think Talerico looks like Richie Cunningham.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (SXxzC)

198 Alexander Dugin
@AGDugin
---

Whata nutjob. Kiss Candy's ass much?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (VQ0bX)

199 Norm said the original line wasn't "meaner than a junkyard dog" but rather "meaner than a concentration camp dog".

"Concentration camp dog" didn't really fit the meter...

Posted by: Bad bad Leroy Brown at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (TbWk/)

200 I think you meant "when the church goes Charlies up..."

Posted by: Heh at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (2Ez/1)

201 199 Norm said the original line wasn't "meaner than a junkyard dog" but rather "meaner than a concentration camp dog".

"Concentration camp dog" didn't really fit the meter...

Posted by: Bad bad Leroy Brown at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (TbWk/)

That woulda made the song too campy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (l3cgK)

202 We need to make shame great again.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (NWZOB)

MSGA? Too much like meshuga.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (U0yJ9)

203 I wonder if the reason they run the likes of Talarico iin the states like Texas is to compile lists of foot soldiers to created trouble in the future!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (GD0B3)

204 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:34

A pub would be preferable to it turning into a mosque.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (D+BhG)

205 202 We need to make shame great again.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 12:37 PM (NWZOB)

MSGA? Too much like meshuga.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (U0yJ9)

Crazy, isn't it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:39 PM (l3cgK)

206 203 I wonder if the reason they run the likes of Talarico iin the states like Texas is to compile lists of foot soldiers to created trouble in the future!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:38 PM (GD0B3)

======

White progressive women have their ideal man, who is essentially just a freakish gay dude who says all the woke shit possible earnestly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:39 PM (GKzf4)

207 196 141 I'll be contributing to Paxton's campaign.
TalaFreako has been taking in tons of money from the Left trying to flip this Senate seat Blue. They are highly motivated.

Posted by: redridinghood
---

DC money, NYC money, DNC money, Bush money, common freak money; Yeah, it's coming in over the transom.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:40 PM (VQ0bX)

208 By the way, thank you CBD, for the tag fix.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:40 PM (0sNs1)

209 People online have been laughing at Jasmine for saying that the primary which she lost was “Rayciss!!!” But there’s a serious part that many are missing. 90% of black Texas primary voters voted for her, and she’s publicly telling all of them not to bother voting at all in November.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:40 PM (HJ3jx)

210 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 13, 2026 12:41 PM (2Ez/1)

211 Please, Dugin is not a real person. He is a real person in the sense that there is an individual in Russia with that name. But his avatar is managed by an entire FSB department. The real Dugin does not speak english, does not watch US TV, and does not spend time on the internet. He may not even know there is such a thing called X. FSB is stoopid. They use the same tools they used in the 70s...

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:41 PM (GD0B3)

212 I attended an Anglican Church in North America gathering yesterday afternoon at a local Protestant church. I'm guessing that the local church needs money to help their budget, because Anglicans In North America are much more conservative than the local Episcopal Church. I talked to a guy afterwards and he said " We had been talking about founding an Anglican Church for some time." It occurs to me that some of those folks might have left the local progressive Episcopal Church.

Lovely service , Bible and missional Christ centered. My only regret was that the didn't have Holy Communion because it was an evening prayer service which they alternate with holy communion services.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:36 PM (D+BhG)
My son attends a beautiful, traditional and reverent Catholic Church that is completely staffed by former Anglican priests. Most of the priests are married (which is allowed if they are married when they convert) and the service follows a very Anglican approach - from the dress of the kids' choir to the "thees" and "thous" in the prayers. It's full of big, young families and traditional-minded oldsters. It's really wonderful.

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (lCppi)

213 What about drag queen performances is
remotely appealing to go and watch unless you are a drag queen too or want to stick it to the normies or do some progressive virtue signaling?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (D+BhG)

214 209 People online have been laughing at Jasmine for saying that the primary which she lost was “Rayciss!!!” But there’s a serious part that many are missing. 90% of black Texas primary voters voted for her, and she’s publicly telling all of them not to bother voting at all in November.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:40 PM (HJ3jx)

======

It's been shown that when there's a clear racial preference in a Democrat primary and the black candidate loses, black turnout materially declines by about 10%.

Talarico has no chance if black turnout goes down 10% in TX.

That's on top of the fact that he already had no chance because he's a Democrat running in a Trump+14 state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (GKzf4)

215 Losers still get to keep the campaign money right?
- Talarico, grifter preacher

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (n5tGW)

216 White progressive women have their ideal man, who is essentially just a freakish gay dude who says all the woke shit possible earnestly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:39 PM (GKzf4)

Wait until you find out their ideal man is more a cross between Hitler and Khameini. It'll blow your mind!!

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (U0yJ9)

217 > Talerico looks like an SS concentration camp guard.

I vaguely remembered what the guards looked like, so I checked again. The guards mostly look normal. Talerico looks like a horror movie preacher. He looks off.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)

218
179 You know who else looked like a concentration camp guard?
Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM

--------

Concentration camp guards.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (HLgI3)

219 A lotta that going around lately.

120-year-old Pittsburgh church burned, trans suspect arrested

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM (ndZc7)

220 That pic of Talacreepo eating (or rather, pretending to eat) the big BBQ stick ...

Who eats BBQ like that? With that kind of facial expression?

That looks like a still frame from some gay porn of a dude sucking off another dude.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

221 James Talarico believes it is fascist ("Christofascism") to keep babies from being killed in their mother's womb and children from being mutilitated in the trans craze.

Yeah, because forcing Mary to carry Jesus full term was wrong...and she shoulda had the right to abort him.
--what they believe

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)

222 People online have been laughing at Jasmine for saying that the primary which she lost was “Rayciss!!!” But there’s a serious part that many are missing. 90% of black Texas primary voters voted for her, and she’s publicly telling all of them not to bother voting at all in November.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:40 PM

Yeah, Talarico and his campaign should have been doing some serious *$$ kissing starting the day after the election to get her onbpard. A late invitation to speak at the TX Dem Convention was a bit insulting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM (0sNs1)

223 189 Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

Well stated. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Not particularly happy about it because it is like watching a ship intentionally heading toward the rocks and you pray that some might be saved.

The material world has some of the strongest holds on those with wealth, social stature, leisure, and education which is why Jesus mentioned wealth can be a barrier to entry to being saved.

In a way, someone who is destitute and yet leans on the Lord as a crutch aka the meek is far richer in spirit than someone who has everything apparently but not the Lord in their lives.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

224 Nothing but a money grab.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM (/THgZ)

225 216 White progressive women have their ideal man, who is essentially just a freakish gay dude who says all the woke shit possible earnestly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:39 PM (GKzf4)

Wait until you find out their ideal man is more a cross between Hitler and Khameini. It'll blow your mind!!

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (U0yJ9)

...along with the rest of the building.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (l3cgK)

226 Jennifer comes from the more archaic name Guinevere.

The more you know*.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)

227 *ahem*

"pastorette"
Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 13, 2026 12:33 PM (2Ez/1)

I don't care if she wants to be a Bull-Deacon, she is not preaching the bible.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR)

228 It's like Shakespeare said, "A boob by any other name would squeeze so sweet."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (ndZc7)

229 The Jews got him.

Alexander Dugin
@AGDugin
The sudden death of Lindsey Graham can be the black mark sent to Trump. I doubt it were Iranians. Most realistic it was Mossad job in order to push Trump to renew full scale war with Iran. It clearly means “you are the next”. Lindsey Graham was the shadow of Trump, his black self
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:35 PM (ndZc7)

He swallowed a pager and BAM! his aorta exploded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (ExV1e)

230 That looks like a still frame from some gay porn of a dude sucking off another dude.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM

Not gonna ask how "The Blade" knows that.

Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: zombie George Bush at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (0sNs1)

231 Is HIPAA still a thing?

* side eyes *

Why do you ask?

Posted by: Stacy "M1" Abrams at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (vTZFs)

232 219 A lotta that going around lately.

120-year-old Pittsburgh church burned, trans suspect arrested
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Not surprised--they have rejected how the Lord made them and now hate themselves as failures but blame Christians for their fall.

In fact, one cannot become as 'gods' whether by wealth, modern medicine, or technology. You become a demon instead most likely.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

233 228 It's like Shakespeare said, "A boob by any other name would squeeze so sweet."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (ndZc7)

I'm sure Dr. Seuss had a few rhythms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (l3cgK)

234 What about drag queen performances is
remotely appealing to go and watch unless you are a drag queen too or want to stick it to the normies or do some progressive virtue signaling?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (D+BhG)

Years ago, drag shows were comic parody, and played for laughs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (1z8ji)

235 90% of black Texas primary voters voted for her, and she’s publicly telling all of them not to bother voting at all in November.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Which also puts her in the crazy bitch category by also cutting herself off from mainstream DNC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (VQ0bX)

236 Ok, fine he knows some English. At FSB special training level.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (GD0B3)

237 It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (n5tGW)

238 The real problem the Democrats had with Platner was not the rape, the Nazism, the sexual deviancy, or the rape--it was that he was losing.

And he was losing because he was saying what all of them believe just out loud.

Nothing Platner or Talarico says is surprising to any Dem--they all say it to each other behind closed doors, in their safe spaces.
They all nod and agree with what they say when they're in private.

PS: Talarico is the moderate, center of the Democrat Party.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (3cUTc)

239 > Lindsey Graham was the shadow of Trump, his black self.
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WTF

Someone needs to rebalance their meds.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (jehhT)

240 People online have been laughing at Jasmine for saying that the primary which she lost was “Rayciss!!!” But there’s a serious part that many are missing. 90% of black Texas primary voters voted for her, and she’s publicly telling all of them not to bother voting at all in November.

Someone earlier mentioned the picture of the DSA meeting in Denver, and how many of those freaks were wearing masks.

https://tinyurl.com/y464jua4

I count one black person out of roughly 100 people. And the DSA will tell you THEY represent oppressed minorities.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

241 *peeks in*

Sigh...
Hey Talarico, come try your perverted bullhi*t in my town and let's see what happens.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (2WIwB)

242 235
Which also puts her in the crazy bitch category by also cutting herself off from mainstream DNC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (VQ0bX)

=======

Kamala will choose her to be her VP.

The racialization and feminization of the DNC has only just begun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (GKzf4)

243 230 That looks like a still frame from some gay porn of a dude sucking off another dude.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM

Not gonna ask how "The Blade" knows that.

Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: zombie George Bush at July 13, 2026 12:44 PM (0sNs1)

If six Jaegermeisters won't get the flavor out, a seventh won't help.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at July 13, 2026 12:47 PM (l3cgK)

244 Even we can't handle bringing Talarico aboard as a member of the Modern Masculinity crew.

Posted by: Mr. Emhoff, Mr. Walz, Mr. Hogg, and Mr. Swalwell at July 13, 2026 12:47 PM (0sNs1)

245 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (GKzf4)

Do you have the articles or studies about this statistic?

I'm not commenting on this race specifically - I want to know where these numbers come from. Are the races all competitive? There is also the idea that white turnout might go down if the D candidate is a black who beat a white guy and I'm pretty certain it would. Racism doesn't pick and choose in Libtardville.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:47 PM (U0yJ9)

246
Kamala will choose her to be her VP.

The racialization and feminization of the DNC has only just begun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (GKzf4)

I fully anticipate this as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:47 PM (2YhKe)

247 > It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.
----

wobblers

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

248 What do they teach in the Presbyterian seminary?
Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (VJX5o)

Which branch of Presbyterianism? They range from very conservative like the Presbyterian Church in America, to leftist like the Presbyterian Church USA, to insane radical, namely the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary which produced Talarico. I don’t think he finished his studies. News articles say he “trained at” the seminary, or the like, not that he graduated.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (eGn4U)

249 Kamala will choose her to be her VP.

The racialization and feminization of the DNC has only just begun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (GKzf4)

Even should Kamala be the nominee she will not be "choosing" jack squat. She will choose who they tell her to choose. That's why she is even in this position in the first place.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (U0yJ9)

250 Dugin is a Russian xenophone, with primitive understanding of anything outside of Russian borders.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (GD0B3)

251 The lovely old brick building right down town is half empty as it is, and this sort of thing is probably going to kill it off, if only because they won't be able to pay the power and water bill.
——-

So, Mission Accomplished, then.

It is painfully obvious these are deliberate, conscious malevolent actions, with malice aforethought. The globalists explained in the 1950s what they thought was necessary, though not specifically how.

Now we know, the “how”.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (TyEMG)

252 *xenophobe !!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (GD0B3)

253 People online have been laughing at Jasmine for saying that the primary which she lost was “Rayciss!!!” But there’s a serious part that many are missing. 90% of black Texas primary voters voted for her, and she’s publicly telling all of them not to bother voting at all in November.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:40 PM

Yeah, Talarico and his campaign should have been doing some serious *$$ kissing starting the day after the election to get her onbpard. A late invitation to speak at the TX Dem Convention was a bit insulting.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:43 PM (0sNs1)
___________

Maybe, but this creep had a very fine line to walk.

His base is white commies and AWFuLs in Austin. Those people ain't the biggest fans of blacks. Sure, they may tell you they just love blacks, but the reality is the only blacks who ever set foot in their houses are the servants.

They surely wouldn't have a great reaction to Talacreepo campaigning with a fake ghetto whore screeching about how RACISSSSSS everything and everyone is.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)

254 International Wobblers of the World, Unite!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (eGn4U)

255 Talerico looks like a horror movie preacher. He looks off.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Yep. I'd imagine the movie was Children of the Cornhole and Talarico was the preacher.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)

256 It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (n5tGW)

sulks

Posted by: Wagshambas at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (1z8ji)

257 *this is what happens when you use big words...

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (GD0B3)

258 Their love is loveless, their Bibles are blank, and their tolerance is hate for the faithful. They might as well directly worship Ba'al and have done with it.
Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

Worshipping abortion, child mutilation, gay and throuple sex: I'd say they're already there.

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (lCppi)

259 fully anticipate this as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:47 PM (2YhKe)

The DNC is not running two women unless the GE is totally in the fraud bag. And even then I don't think so. You're lucky if you get one woman in 2028.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (U0yJ9)

260 247 > It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.
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wobblers

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

Watermelons.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (l3cgK)

261 I'm sure Dr. Seuss had a few rhythms.

I do not like disco 4/4
I do not like 4 on the floor
I do not like them anymore.

Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (2Drhq)

262 I saw Russian Xenophone open for Pussy Riot at The Kremlin in 2019.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)

263 Texas: Land of Contrasts

Anybody else think Telerico looks like an evil gay ventriloquist's dummy in that one photo?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 12:50 PM (kpS4V)

264 I think Talerico looks like Richie Cunningham.

After November, he'll look like Chuck Cunningham.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 12:50 PM (vTZFs)

265 Heh. Adam Carrolla called Ro Khanna " Ro Smollett". Perfect

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 12:50 PM (m2wmY)

266 News articles say he “trained at” the seminary, or the like, not that he graduated.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Trained in apostasy.

I guess there is training for this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 12:50 PM (/THgZ)

267 247 > It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.
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wobblers
Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

Wangdoodlers

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 13, 2026 12:51 PM (/WHpM)

268 It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.
----

wobblers
Posted by: Don Black
......

Wagshambas

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 12:51 PM (UjdFS)

269 237 It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (n5tGW)

"Winnebagos" is a perfectly cromulent term for boobs.

Posted by: Steve Martin at July 13, 2026 12:51 PM (eTh1u)

270 Anybody else think Telerico looks like an evil gay ventriloquist's dummy in that one photo?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 12:50 PM (kpS4V)

You can't have any ham, Hugo.

Posted by: The Great Vorelli at July 13, 2026 12:51 PM (PSEDc)

271 Sure, they may tell you they just love blacks, but the reality is the only blacks who ever set foot in their houses are the servants.

They won't tell you that they love blacks. They'll tell you that blacks are retarded children who need their constant guidance to live. And also that doing anything that blacks don't like is rayciss, except voting for that nice gay man.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:51 PM (ExV1e)

272
Anybody else think Telerico looks like an evil gay ventriloquist's dummy in that one photo?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 12:50 PM (kpS4V)

Howdy Doody.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:51 PM (2YhKe)

273 Together at last: Kamala and the WNBA.

https://tinyurl.com/27648np6

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Some highlights.

“We have a right to what we expect.”

“You’re impacting peoples lives who you’ve never met and they also don’t know you exist.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

274 Is HIPAA still a thing?
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On doctors asses like a duck on a June bug.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM (VQ0bX)

275 Ok, fine he knows some English. At FSB special training level.
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:46 PM (GD0B3)

I read that whole thing in Candace's voice.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR)

276 "Winnebagos" is a perfectly cromulent term for boobs.
Posted by: Steve Martin at July 13, 2026 12:51 PM (eTh1u)

Big American Breastesses.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

277 Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 12:42 PM (lCppi)

That is great! . The Anglican Church in North America is a very fast growing and for a small church they had lots of kids there. I expect there will be more after the summer. I also can take holy communion there, which I cannot do at the RCC and no, I'm not trying to get into a debate about reception of the Eucharist

There was an English family with five kids in front of us . I laughed because there was a little girl of about two years old with another family saying loudly before the service " I want to get down NOW" ( She was in her father's arms) . The father of the English family laughed too and said "I remember those days fondly,
but I can't say that I want to repeat them" I said "Me either, but I couldn't t pick up my son anyway. He in his twenties." 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM (D+BhG)

278 But I've been told Talarico is leading in the polls and they can't be wrong...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM (dOZFZ)

279 Windshield Wipers

No? Just me?

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 12:53 PM (U0yJ9)

280 Of course. Game's on.

Blood in the water. Yada, yada.

Imagine the horror they can stir up by mid-term elections. /R

For voters who supported O'Rourke in 2018, Talarico is largely viewed as the natural next-generation progressive leader, with many expressing excitement and hope about their combined voter outreach.
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James Talarico raises over $30 million in second quarter, campaign says, more than triple Ken Paxton’s sum.
The Austin Democrat’s haul is a record for a U.S. Senate candidate in the second quarter of an election year and is nearly three times what Beto O’Rourke raised in the same period in 2018. July 8, 2026. Houston Public Media org

Posted by: L - No nic... at July 13, 2026 12:53 PM (NFX2v)

281 I used to think the whole "horseshoe" theory was a crock, but apparently there are people dedicated to making it a reality

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:53 PM (rbvCR)

282 @Breaking911
·
33m
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a joint task force with the Department of Justice to identify, investigate, and prosecute leakers within the Department of War.
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cool
'plumbers'
everything old is new again

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 12:53 PM (ZxPkt)

283 Wobbleknockers

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 13, 2026 12:53 PM (iMotb)

284 But I've been told Talarico is leading in the polls and they can't be wrong...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM (dOZFZ)

https://youtu.be/bufTna0WArc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:54 PM (ExV1e)

285 Which branch of Presbyterianism? They range from very conservative like the Presbyterian Church in America, to leftist like the Presbyterian Church USA, to insane radical, namely the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary which produced Talarico. I don’t think he finished his studies. News articles say he “trained at” the seminary, or the like, not that he graduated.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 12:48 PM (eGn4U)

I once drew Binky , sent it in with 50 cents, and was told I have artistic talent. That makes me more of I an artist than Talarico is a theologian.

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 12:54 PM (lCppi)

286 >>> I don't get how any Christian is supporting Islam as another pathway to the truth of God.

It sounds like a bastardized version of the concept presented at the end of CS Lewis' The Last Battle. Aslan lets the Calormen soldier into heaven, because he was a good man and served his God honorably, therefore he was serving Aslan.

But that does not mean he got into heaven because of the TEACHINGS of the religion. He got it because he was a child of God who was good.

Any Christian who thinks Islam = Christianity is preaching pretty heretical thoughts. But that sounds like Talarico's Christianity in a nutshell.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:54 PM (Eng1Z)

287 Yeah, Talarico and his campaign should have been doing some serious *$$ kissing

------

Kiss all the ass you want.

Money talks to Crockett. His campaign is heavily funded. He could afford to cut her a check. But he didn't.

I suspect he knows he isn't going to win, and he's not looking to share a single nest-feather with her, because he knows this is the last stupendous grift he's going to get, and no amount of investment in party cronies will come to anything, because he's not going to need their help building a coalition that won't exist.

Might as well keep the $$$ for himself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

288 I count one black person out of roughly 100 people. And the DSA will tell you THEY represent oppressed minorities.

Correction: a Buick has come in with new results, and the total number of blacks has skyrocketed to two.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

289 Which also puts her in the crazy bitch category by also cutting herself off from mainstream DNC.

Posted by: Braenyard

That may to her not be a bad thing to be distant from the moribund DNC. Democrat coalition is imploding because of internal contradictions and like the UK, I can see it splintering into racial/ethnic parties rather than an overarching coalition as it is today.

GOP's struggles between MAGA and GOPe takes up the oxygen but the Democrats are really undergoing a civil war right now between the newer DSA types and the old machine ethnic party of outs.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

290 Dat ole debil he don't never quit.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 12:56 PM (LHPAg)

291 Together at last: Kamala and the WNBA.

https://tinyurl.com/27648np6

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Well, at least Kumswala has more black in her than Rachel Dolezal, but she was raised East Indian.

So there's that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)

292 You can't have any ham, Hugo.
Posted by: The Great Vorelli

Ah, great MST callback.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

293
There was an English family with five kids in front of us . I laughed because there was a little girl of about two years old with another family saying loudly before the service " I want to get down NOW" ( She was in her father's arms) . The father of the English family laughed too and said "I remember those days fondly,
but I can't say that I want to repeat them" I said "Me either, but I couldn't t pick up my son anyway. He in his twenties." 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
=========
Your story made me smile. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

294 You mean Kamala Harris from the slaveholding Harris family?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (n5tGW)

295 273 Together at last: Kamala and the WNBA.

https://tinyurl.com/27648np6

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Some highlights.

“We have a right to what we expect.”

“You’re impacting peoples lives who you’ve never met and they also don’t know you exist.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy a

Has anyone asked the wnba what the could do to sell more tickets?

Shit my wife said she'd go see a bananaball game with me.....tickets at a 10,000 seaT stadium were like 400 each. BANANABALL.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (/WHpM)

296 it’s wild how gigantic a freak show the democrats party is from top to bottom and yet, every election is on a knife edge.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (7wUfx)

297 Well, at least Kumswala has more black in her than Rachel Dolezal, but she was raised East Indian.

I'm betting that Rachel Dolezal has had a lot of black in her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

298 I'm begging you Ace, please stop using the words like musky and moist when talking about democrats. It's vivid and accurate, but I may be put off from eating lunch because of it, and that's several hours away still.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (Eng1Z)

299 Adding Big Charlies to the list. That's a fun one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 13, 2026 12:27 PM (xcxpd)

I don't see AOC as a human; something is wearing her like a jacket.

My senior dog is named Charlie. Her nickname is Big. When she came home with us, she was so skinny at 26 lbs we could see her hip bones. Fast forward 2 years and she got wider, and taller and then tipped the scales at 48 lbs but still built like an athlete. So, she became 'Big'.

I like my story better. AOC can go suck start a wood chipper.

Posted by: Nelly at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (6+ehB)

300 I don't get how any Christian is supporting Islam as another pathway to the truth of God.

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Drugs, dude. Really, really good drugs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 12:59 PM (ndZc7)

301 298 I'm begging you Ace, please stop using the words like musky and moist when talking about democrats. It's vivid and accurate, but I may be put off from eating lunch because of it, and that's several hours away still.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (Eng1Z)

I agree. I think fetid and damp are more accurate.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 13, 2026 01:00 PM (/WHpM)

302
I'm betting that Rachel Dolezal has had a lot of black in her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

Naw man. Dat cracka be CRAY.

Posted by: Willie Brown at July 13, 2026 01:01 PM (2YhKe)

303
I agree. I think fetid and damp are more accurate.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 13, 2026 01:00 PM (/WHpM)

LANGUAGE!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:01 PM (2YhKe)

304 I don't get how any Christian is supporting Islam as another pathway to the truth of God.

Or vice versa so it's not clear to me who he's pandering to here.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 01:02 PM (vTZFs)

305 One person is dead and details are scant following a Monday morning shooting that involved U.S. Immigration and Customs Agents (ICE) in Biddeford, Maine.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 01:03 PM (RHGPo)

306 mildew and sweat

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)

307
Or vice versa so it's not clear to me who he's pandering to here.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 01:02 PM (vTZFs)

Both Christians and muslhams

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:03 PM (2YhKe)

308 "Governor Henry McMaster will hold a Statehouse press conference to announce who he is appointing to finish Sen. Lindsey Graham’s term at 4:00 PM."

*Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (GD0B3)

309 GOP's struggles between MAGA and GOPe takes up the oxygen but the Democrats are really undergoing a civil war right now between the newer DSA types and the old machine ethnic party of outs.
Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

And after Talarico’s gay/trans/uni professor coalition blows up in November, Jasmine will still be sitting there as the most visible figure in the biggest Dem voting block left.

And she’s gonna be saying “AH TODE YOU SO!!!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (HJ3jx)

310 It seems natural that a nickname for boobs should start with a b or maybe a g, but w is right out.
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wobblers
Posted by: Don Black at July 13,

Winnebagos

Steve Martin

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (ItWcy)

311 Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

I think it's overblown for reasons previously stated. Actually I think the whole thing is a put-on. Never look at what's going on or what's being said. Always look at what isn't.

The machine has shown repeatedly it will put down what it wants put down. If they're being allowed to exist then it's because they are sanctioned.

The power brokers want power any way they can get it. If they think they can harness this as a new "movement" to wake up a party that Trump backed into multiple corners, they will and would do so in a heartbeat.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (U0yJ9)

312 One person is dead and details are scant following a Monday morning shooting that involved U.S. Immigration and Customs Agents (ICE) in Biddeford, Maine.
Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 01:03 PM (RHGPo)

I don't understand the big deal here. Biden told people to shoot a double barreled shotgun through the door to stop someone.

They're using a 9mm and shooting through a windshield.

They're just following Uncle Joey's advise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)

313 "Governor Henry McMaster will hold a Statehouse press conference to announce who he is appointing to finish Sen. Lindsey Graham’s term at 4:00 PM."

*Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (GD0B3)

__________

The Blade??

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (iFTx/)

314 Popular conservative positions are suppressed and made radioactive by the leftwing/liberal elite. This means that someone who forthrightly embraces these positions can win elections.

On the other hand, toxically unpopular leftwing positions are championed by the same leftwing/liberal elite.

These abhorrent beliefs are extant among the donor class - so those positions carry the day. Just like with everything else. That's how democracy works.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (2ap+5)

315 Last I heard, Rachel Dolezal is on OnlyFans.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

316 *advice.

Damn. I hate when I do that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:06 PM (2YhKe)

317 309
And after Talarico’s gay/trans/uni professor coalition blows up in November, Jasmine will still be sitting there as the most visible figure in the biggest Dem voting block left.

And she’s gonna be saying “AH TODE YOU SO!!!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (HJ3jx)

====

The counterfactuals are going to be hilarious, persistent, nonsensical, and deeply persuasive to a shocking amount of the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:06 PM (GKzf4)

318
He's targeting "people previously purged from voter rolls"? Are they back on the rolls somehow?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 01:06 PM (mmrXZ)

319 Last I heard, Rachel Dolezal is on OnlyFans.
Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

Yeah...and she's sloppier than you'd imagine......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:06 PM (2YhKe)

320 *Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (GD0B3)
Darline, Carleen, Marlene, whatever. Is this a good choice?

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 01:06 PM (LHPAg)

321 I was predicting it would be a prominent ConInc grifter to be first past the post on "the real Jesus is actually the Mohammed we meet along the way."

But I guess Talarico beat them all to the punch. I'm sure many of them are watching this and hearing cash registers dinging in their ears, though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 01:07 PM (BI5O2)

322 ...and I only know that because lots of images have been leaked because...well.....it's funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:07 PM (2YhKe)

323 The Blade??
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (iFTx/)

You are not from S Carolina, you are from California, no ?

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)

324 Last I heard, Rachel Dolezal is on OnlyFans.
Posted by: Don Black

Primate category?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:07 PM (ndZc7)

325 McMaster better not make an AL Luther Strange mess of this by appointing himself or someone else who's just trying to outrun some major corruption charge we haven't heard about yet.

Otherwise, the GOP nominee runs even with Tim Scott instead of slightly behind Scott like Graham had been doing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:07 PM (GKzf4)

326 It's too bad Jesus never said anything one way or the other about whether or not there were multiple paths to God. I guess it will have to remain a mystery for special people like Talarico to interpret for the peons.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (U0yJ9)

327 *Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (GD0B3)

NOPE!!!!

We're already suffering through this nepo bullshit in Alaska.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

328 The Blade??
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:05 PM (iFTx/)

You are not from S Carolina, you are from California, no ?
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)
_________

NY

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

329 *this is what happens when you use big words...
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 12:49 PM

Always eschew obfuscation.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (0sNs1)

330 Yeah...and she's sloppier than you'd imagine......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:06 PM (2YhKe)

I've never imagined. I've never wanted to imagine. I now have to find images of something to scrub that from my brain. Maybe Cthulu.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (ExV1e)

331 327 *Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (GD0B3)

NOPE!!!!

We're already suffering through this nepo bullshit in Alaska.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

=====

I get the sense that she wouldn't actually run for the seat in November.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (GKzf4)

332
You are not from S Carolina, you are from California, no ?
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)

He's in NYC, I believe. Of course, he can answer for himself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

333 Yeah...and she's sloppier than you'd imagine......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'll take your word on that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (/THgZ)

334
I've never imagined. I've never wanted to imagine. I now have to find images of something to scrub that from my brain. Maybe Cthulu.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (ExV1e)

You're welcome!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:09 PM (2YhKe)

335 @289 whig, the GOPe v MAGA fight will still be a civil spar where they won't kill each other.
The old time Dems v the DSA and crazies is a bloodletting from the get-go

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:09 PM (m2wmY)

336 NOPE!!!!

We're already suffering through this nepo bullshit in Alaska.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

From what I've read it's a temporary position...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:09 PM (dOZFZ)

337 Elric is a big Manhattan attorney, like Oliver Wendall Douglas.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 01:09 PM (77rzZ)

338 > ...and I only know that because lots of images have been leaked because...well.....it's funny.

Posted by: Sponge -
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sure
uh huh

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 01:09 PM (ZxPkt)

339 NOPE!!!!

We're already suffering through this nepo bullshit in Alaska.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

"Trump is a big poo poo head who does not know what he is doing..."

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:10 PM (GD0B3)

340
335 @289 whig, the GOPe v MAGA fight will still be a civil spar where they won't kill each other.
The old time Dems v the DSA and crazies is a bloodletting from the get-go

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:09 PM (m2wmY)

======

The GOP vs. MAGA civil war is almost over.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2058609208287789558

MAGA won.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 01:10 PM (GKzf4)

341 NY
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)]

THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)

342 New one:

Trump Endorses Linsey Graham's Sister to Replace Him

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

343
"Trump is a big poo poo head who does not know what he is doing..."
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:10 PM (GD0B3)

We're all in agreement, then.

....and it's poopyhead, sir. Stupid poopyhead who doesn't know what he's doing and never learns anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (2YhKe)

344 Supposedly, his sister is just a 6 month caretaker.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (/THgZ)

345 So, I wonder who's gonna be the first person Trump tries out his new golden gun on.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ)

346 Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:04 PM (GD0B3)
Darline, Carleen, Marlene, whatever. Is this a good choice?
Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 01:06 PM (LHPAg)

For her, sure.

For Trump? Also yes. This Iran thing is a big deal for him, this would ensure continuous support from that Senator, and she'll be well positioned to carry on Lindsey's role as the top defense contractor presence in the Senate, and to purchase more support if needed.

For the rest of us? Nah. We get raw-dog buttfucked, but that's true of any Republican who gets this freebie, one way or another.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 01:12 PM (BI5O2)

347 Big American Breastesses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:52 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Swedish Bikini Team at July 13, 2026 01:12 PM (0sNs1)

348 NY
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 13, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)]

THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)

The Blade sleeps in his Lambo.

Posted by: far cry at July 13, 2026 01:12 PM (LSV6F)

349 Where was the big civil war around Platner? The DSA folded their candidate immediately and joined the chorus the machine created. They could have stood by him, especially given the new charge was spurious and conveniently timed.

The only thing that matters to the Party is the Party.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:12 PM (U0yJ9)

350 *Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..

Posted by: runner
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Has he asked mikelos about that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:12 PM (VQ0bX)

351 It's only until January 6 or something.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (GD0B3)

352 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Nazi

A Civil War Has Begun on the Left in the Aftermath of Graham Platner’s Implosion

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (ndZc7)

353 Kind of ironic that the very issues this guy is running on used to be indiscretions that candidates kept hidden at all costs.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (dIske)

354 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (ExV1e)

355 350 *Trump already announced that he wants Graham's "wonderful sister Darline" to serve as the interim senator..

Posted by: runner

I won't make a comment until I've heard from Tucker and Candace...
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Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (dOZFZ)

356 McMaster has a news conference at 4 pm the afternoon to announce a replacement for Graham. Should be interesting.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (m2wmY)

357
Yep, Darline, Miss Lindsey's sister is going to be a "caretaker" to hold the seat until it expires.

At first blush, this is ridiculous, of course, but here's what's going on. Gov. McMaster was in quite the pickle. If he picked any viable candidate who will run in the special primary in August, he'd piss the others off.

And one of those others is Nancy Mace, and you know, bitch be crazy. McMaster was getting pulled six ways to Sunday from various people trying to call in favors from him.

So, picking Darline is just a punt to avoid all that mess. Fucking soap opera, but that's SC politics.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (w6EFb)

358 It's only until January 6 or something.
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 01:13 PM (GD0B3)

Governor can appoint the replacement, but there will be a primary for the candidate that runs in November.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 01:14 PM (2YhKe)

359 Yep, Darline, Miss Lindsey's sister is going to be a "caretaker" to hold the seat until it expires.

gah

as they say here (or near here) - "it does not look"

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 01:15 PM (j+aD2)

360 Hunter weeps.

Air Force’s Massive Super Galaxy Aircraft Hauls $5 Billion in Illegal Drugs for Destruction

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)

361
James Talarico reminds me of that creepy "Preacher" from Poltergeist 2.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 13, 2026 01:20 PM (OgWfa)

362 Talarico must be the biggest doofus who ever lived. How did he get nominated? Jasmine Crock-of-shit seems sharper than Talarico.

Posted by: Ralph at July 13, 2026 01:21 PM (8WZD4)

363 335 @289 whig, the GOPe v MAGA fight will still be a civil spar where they won't kill each other.
The old time Dems v the DSA and crazies is a bloodletting from the get-go
Posted by: Smell the Glove

GOPe will submit on the surface but wait for more opportune times like 2028. The demand for cheap labor has not gone away, the demands of the business communities to outsource, drop tariffs, etc. has not gone away, nor has the impulse to bow down to DEI. Like Reagan though, the GOPe has decided to simply do nothing to aid Trump in his last couple of years like passing SAVE, permanent cutoffs to Planned Parenthood, etc.

Unlike Democrats who want it all now, GOPe are patient and simply wait for their chance to regain power.

And I think in part, that is the gambit that Trump is pushing with Lindsay's sister being appointed. GOPe was gearing up old Rooster Tail Gowdy or Nikki Haley along with the other usual retread GOPe suspects.

Lindsay's sister being appointed sidesteps the GOPe establishment pressure and allows for a clean primary where Trump's dominance in endorsements come into play.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)

THE MORNING RANT: Great Economic News You Won’t Get from the Legacy Media

You wouldn’t know it if you rely on the legacy media for your economic news, but there are great things happening in this country. New unemployment claims have plummeted to historic lows, the US trade deficit has plunged, and there is massive industrial investment going on in the U.S., due in large part to President Trump’s “America-first” effort to re-shore industrial production.

But the legacy media is trying to tell a different story.

Of course, there is still the inflation issue. Because we haven’t fully recovered from the Biden inflation shock, President Trump is blamed for not deflating prices back to a pre-Biden level.

Core inflation is currently 2.9%, which is higher than desired, but look at the chart below. This is the most recent core inflation chart (through May 2026) from the Bureau of Labor Standards. The years 2021 through 2024 are the Biden years, all the others are Trump years. Notice anything?

Gas prices need to come down, of course, and I pray that President Trump isn’t goaded into a ground war in Iran that will skyrocket oil prices while destroying his presidency. Ground wars in Asia are even less popular than high egg prices.

Speaking of which, I can go to Wal-Mart right now and buy a dozen large eggs for $1.47. At the end of the Biden presidency, eggs were averaging over $4.00 per dozen. There was one point after Trump’s inauguration that the high price of eggs was dominating the news cycle, since the media thought it was a story that would hurt Trump. Strangely enough, the current low price of eggs is not considered newsworthy.

Perhaps the greatest indicator of economic strength is civilian employment, of which something remarkable is going on. As John Carney just documented at Breitbart Business Digest in a piece titled “The First Half of 2026 Saw Lowest Level of Jobless Claims Since 1969,” new unemployment claims in 2026 are consistently at low levels not seen for almost 60 years. As a percentage of the workforce, these low-numbers are unprecedented in the post-war era, because the workforce was so much smaller all those decades ago.

Weekly initial unemployment claims for last week came in at 215,000, which is a very low level. Even more impressive, the average over the first six months of the year is around 213,000. To put that in perspective, the last time the January through July period had claims this low was 1968 and 1969. The workforce was much smaller then, less than half the size it is now.

As for the overall unemployment rate, it was 4.2% and rising in November 2024 when Donald Trump was elected president. Today it is 4.2% and declining. This is also despite the massive reduction in the federal workforce that Trump has imposed.

Meanwhile, the trade deficit is decreasing due to President Trump’s tariffs and re-shoring agenda. Comically, the media is desperate to report just the opposite, as shown in this weirdly-headlined New York Times piece from last week:

U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in May on Record Goods Imports [NY Times – 7/07/2026]

“Widens” is an interesting word choice. In this context it apparently means a slight one-month increase in the trade deficit from the dramatically lower monthly trade deficits that Trump has achieved.

The United States trade deficit in goods and services widened to $77.6 billion in May as America imported more goods than it sold abroad.
On average, the monthly trade deficit in goods has been $96 billion in the 16 months since Mr. Trump returned to the White House. That’s down about 5 percent from the monthly average in the 16 months before his second term began.

The chart below shows how the Trump administration has slashed the trade deficit since the end of the Biden administration in January 2025. But the New York Times wants you to know it “widened” in May 2026.

With all the re-shoring, there is a corresponding explosion of domestic economic activity. The publication Freightwaves not only documents the volume of goods being shipped, but also what products are being shipped.

“No holiday for booming rail freight” [Freightwaves – 7/08/2026]

Rail traffic on U.S. carriers totaled 482,121 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending July 4, a gain of 8.7% from the same week a year ago.

An 8.7% year-over-year increase in rail shipments over already solid prior-year results tells a story of very strong economic activity. A deeper dive reveals huge increases in the amount of domestically sourced steel, lumber, and other commodities being hauled to supply the industrial expansion under way.

This headline is just one of many similar announcements of industrial growth and new jobs due to re-shoring:

“Toyota to invest $3.6 billion to move Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico to Texas” [CNBC – 7/06/2026]

The investment is expected to create 2,000 U.S. jobs at the facility, add a second vehicle assembly line and roughly double the size of the 2.7-million-square-foot plant by 2030, the automaker said. It will expand the plant’s annual capacity from roughly 200,000 to 350,000 units, Toyota said.

Beyond the $3.6 billion invested and the 2,000 direct jobs at the Toyota expansion in San Antonio, there will be many billions of other dollars spent as that investment gets recirculated through the economy.

The partisan media repeatedly tells American consumers that the economy is terrible, and then it follows-up with “consumer sentiment” polls as verification that the economy is bad. But their propaganda campaign can’t mask the actual industrial expansion going on.

Consumer prices are still too high – rent, insurance, gas etc. By continuing to deport the millions of uninsured, non-citizens working at below-market wages and taking up housing, President Trump can continue to relieve inflation pressure and keep the country pointed to a great economic future.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

2 If you listen to the media, we're all bankrupt, unemployed and we're all going to die.

Because OrangeManBad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

3 Hi

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 11:02 AM (X8xt3)

Posted by: Mitch McConnell, warming up for his CrossFit workout at July 13, 2026 11:02 AM (CpcAD)

5 From last thread:

Illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan made nearly 40 attempts to breach the Polish border from Belarus over the weekend. . .

Polish border guards responded with lightning speed.

The polish are allowed to fight them off as needed, right? They actually aggressively defend their border, not fearing repercussions if this requires legit violence.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)

6 Nuke it till it glows and shoot it in the dark!!!

Posted by: Zombie Lindsay Graham at July 13, 2026 11:04 AM (2YhKe)

7 >>

Posted by: Mitch McConnell, warming up for his CrossFit workout
- - - -

Piker!

Posted by: RBG at July 13, 2026 11:05 AM (X8xt3)

8 If you listen to the media, we're all bankrupt, unemployed and we're all going to die.

I get all my news from Mitch McConnell. There's very little happening, that I can tell.

Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 11:06 AM (hZXic)

9 it's interesting bc on x or wherever they're saying very few new jobs being created? but I'm not seeing that anecdotally?

two eldest both are gainfully employed (one does bemoan being in person 5 days a week lol - actually so does the one on hybrid she can't take 3x a week lol) and I keep getting new retainer clients and it seems like all my kids' friends are getting jobs now?

so ... I guess the cuts to academia and govt jobs are what pull the headline number down?

or I'm crazy and SE PA is the only place with jobs? I dunno

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 11:06 AM (j+aD2)

10 >>Beyond the $3.6 billion invested and the 2,000 direct jobs at the Toyota expansion in San Antonio, there will be many billions of other dollars spent as that investment gets recirculated through the economy.

Every time I see one of these stories I have to ask: Will they be hiring *American citizens*?

Or, will this be a pipeline for H1Bs to move here, start families, become citizens.

Posted by: RBG at July 13, 2026 11:06 AM (X8xt3)

11
The polish are allowed to fight them off as needed, right? They actually aggressively defend their border, not fearing repercussions if this requires legit violence.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)

Saw a PJW video over the weekend where a German woman was recording herself being stalked by an 'immigrant' and was trying to get him to leave her alone, then another woman walking around Poland and expressing how comfortable she felt because no one was following her, catcalling her or doing anything whatsoever to her.

Who's doing their country and it's citizens better?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

12 Thanks for the data and the uplifting article.

Freight is always a leading indicator.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:06 AM (VQ0bX)

13 No one listens to the legacy media anymore.

Posted by: At least I don't at July 13, 2026 11:06 AM (0L9Cg)

14 Illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan made nearly 40 attempts to breach the Polish border from Belarus over the weekend. . .

in case you were wondering if this type of thing was foreign aggression ...

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 11:07 AM (j+aD2)

15 Illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan made nearly 40 attempts to breach the Polish border from Belarus over the weekend. . .

Ah, that asshoe Lukashenko, stirring up trouble.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

16 I was told--by all the same experts that are telling me the economy is bad now--that the price of eggs would never come down.

My local breakfast taco place had posted prints of such stories in the window in order to deflect some of the blame from them raising prices.

But the biggest thing the media refuses to report on?
If all these illegals are "doing jobs Americans won't do" how come, if we take the estimate of 3 million deported/self-repatriated since 2025, we have not seen a massive spike in job listings?*

It's almost like they've been lying about what jobs--if any--the illegals were doing.

* AI must be "takin' der jerbs!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 11:07 AM (3cUTc)

17 Polish border guards responded with lightning ~~speed~~.

A suggestion, Poland, if I might!

Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 11:08 AM (hZXic)

18 "The Media is the enemy." - Andrew Breitbart.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 11:08 AM (qFwJc)

19 I have worked for over 50 years and still do. I have always had the necessities in life with some cash left over for booze, beer, guns and broads. I always liked Rush's advice on the economy when the media is lying about a great depression or a recession or whatever bullshit they are peddling, I refuse to participate and just go to work.

Posted by: Rush Was Right at July 13, 2026 11:08 AM (qC81n)

20 How to write political commentary good.

https://tinyurl.com/s5bmjuk8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 13, 2026 11:10 AM (yVzGE)

21 No one listens to the legacy media anymore.

when it comes from a Hearst outlet assume the opposite of what is printed

Posted by: DanMan at July 13, 2026 11:10 AM (8uzBS)

22 "If you listen to the media, we're all bankrupt, unemployed and we're all going to die."

Coincidentally, that is also what they want for us.

Posted by: Ripley at July 13, 2026 11:10 AM (GUOwU)

23 Best thing to do is to remind the Enemy Press of the fate of Julius Streicher. Hanged at Nuremberg, though only a "publisher."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:10 AM (1Ff7Z)

24 And for that, we thanks you.

Posted by: booze, beer, guns and broads at July 13, 2026 11:11 AM (slV7I)

25 A week ago, Lindsey Graham,Senate Republicans

One year ago, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law, delivering the largest tax cut for working and middle-class families in American history. As the Senate @BudgetGOP Chairman, I was proud to lead this effort alongside my Senate and House Republican colleagues. By making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, we stopped a $2,300 tax increase on the average South Carolina family – all without a single Democrat vote. We also ended taxes on tips and overtime and delivered no taxes on Social Security benefits for over 35 million seniors.

The One Big Beautiful Bill also codified core components of @POTUS' agenda. Through a generational investment in border security, we put an end to Joe Biden’s open border. We also allocated extensive resources for law enforcement, expanded access to school choice, phased out Green New Deal subsidies and delivered billions of dollars for rural hospitals.

Twelve months later, we are now observing transformational results stemming from this legislation. Working families are keeping more of their hard-earned money, (much more).

They're not hearing or feeling it in out here in Blue States.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 11:11 AM (NFX2v)

26 Because we haven’t fully recovered from the Biden inflation shock...

Government runs on two year cycles. We're just now ending the Biden nightmare. Great days ahead.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:12 AM (2WIwB)

27 Trump's economy isn't working for me. It's been over 5 years since I had regular work. Granted, I'm retired, but still...

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

28 Thanks Buck! Ad for eggs at $1.47 is a good deal.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 13, 2026 11:12 AM (y171U)

29 Wow, Sam Neill has passed away.

No more moving to Montana.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 11:12 AM (2GVsD)

30 Another strange write-up from a major Propaganda News outlet is todays WSJ, proclaiming the hub of the auto industry is China.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 11:12 AM (DhlIm)

31 It is going to take a long time for wages and prices to stabilize again.

Trump's first term was absolutely amazing for workers.

So the illegitimate Biden regime OF COURSE had to punish the workers. Because that's what happens when you are ruled by people who hate you.

We are in an existential fight and while this is good news, it won't be enough without 20+ years of this good news. And I doubt we can stop the next fraudulent election when half of our supposed party wants the enemy to win.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 11:13 AM (N1DT3)

32 Inflation is driven by Two trillion dollars in deficit spending every year. And Congress isn't going to do Jack squat about that.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 13, 2026 11:13 AM (rwzi6)

33 30 Another strange write-up from a major Propaganda News outlet is todays WSJ, proclaiming the hub of the auto industry is China.

A lot of people assume the WSJ is a hardnosed, just the facts kind of publication. It is not.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

34 Denver DSA activist deletes his post of their meeting after getting roasted because over half the people in the room are wearing masks in July of 2026.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 11:14 AM (Ckfdz)

35 Cause and Effect? What’s that!?

You’ve got to have at least a grudging admiration of the leftist machine’s ability over time to scramble so thoroughly so many brains. We’ve got descendants of slaves running interference for illegal aliens directly competing and taking away jobs, driving down wages, driving up rent, food & fuel.

It isn’t as though Americans hate foreigners, but Americans love their country. We don’t lock our doors because we hate other people, but because we love our family. The borders of a Nation are for the same reason.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 11:14 AM (aPO7X)

36 Now do beef.

Posted by: Person who loves a good ribeye at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

37 it's interesting bc on x or wherever they're saying very few new jobs being created? but I'm not seeing that anecdotally?
---
I can confirm the anecdote of white tech workers finding it almost impossible to get a job.

The laptop class is a very online, very vocal and outsized on X, though.

There's also a simmering story of H1B visa-driven housing boom in the DFW cratering.
Like, the houses they were living in can't be sold (regardless of the near-impossible getting the stink of Indian and curry out).
New ones with bespoke spice rooms not selling.
And others asking "WTF were 3-year visas getting mortgages? Who was approving those? And why?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (3cUTc)

38 “Toyota to invest $3.6 billion to move Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico to Texas” [CNBC – 7/06/2026]

I'm fairly certain the Japanese companies are more patriotic (for America) than most American companies.

They simply have Japan as their first loyalty. American executives have EVERYTHING other then the US as their first loyalty.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (N1DT3)

39 Denver DSA activist deletes his post of their meeting after getting roasted because over half the people in the room are wearing masks in July of 2026.
Posted by: SMOD

Well, if they want to avoid spreading socialism, I'm down with that.

But, unfortunately, I don't think that's their motivation.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

40 My employment is based on customers with long term disposable income. I remain gainfully employed.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (afJtY)

41 The rail traffic available to view in YouTube via RailFan Live has these 150+ car trains

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Ckfdz)

42 Denver DSA activist deletes his post of their meeting after getting roasted because over half the people in the room are wearing masks in July of 2026.
Posted by: SMOD

Was it because they're still petrified of Covid, or because they love cosplaying as revolutionaries? If the latter, someone needs to tell them nobody GAS.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

43 38 “Toyota to invest $3.6 billion to move Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico to Texas”
++++
Bring us the Hilux.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 13, 2026 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)

44 The FBI has just FLOODED Fulton County, Georgia with hundreds of agents to ramp up the 2020 election investigation, following a raid that seized ballots

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 11:18 AM (Ckfdz)

45 From last thread:

Illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan made nearly 40 attempts to breach the Polish border from Belarus over the weekend. . .

Polish border guards responded with lightning speed.

The polish are allowed to fight them off as needed, right? They actually aggressively defend their border, not fearing repercussions if this requires legit violence.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)

If they'd have shot them on the first attempt, there wouldn't have been 39 more.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 11:19 AM (N1DT3)

46 Denver DSA activist deletes his post of their meeting after getting roasted because over half the people in the room are wearing masks
---
I had guessed, w/o looking at the photo, it was b/c they were all white.

Was that true as well?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 11:19 AM (3cUTc)

47 Because we haven’t fully recovered from the Biden inflation shock...
——-

Monetary inflation is a permanent loss of purchasing power of the currency. It never comes back.

Even at the “targeted” rate of 2% - realistically more like 3% or more in good years - your savings and investments are cut in half every 20 years.

And it should be noted in the absence of government jiggery-pokery, to add insult to injury, in the natural order of things prices uniformly go down over time. Not up.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 11:20 AM (aPO7X)

48 > Another strange write-up from a major Propaganda News outlet is todays WSJ, proclaiming the hub of the auto industry is China.
----------
Nothing strange about that. China produces more vehicles than anyone else. WSJ is probably counting those mini-trucks and vans that hardly get imported outside 3rd world shitholes. And whatever other mickey mouse vehicles they build.

Regardless... it's all crap.

But, it's still a "hub" of one sort or another. Just not one of any quality.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 11:20 AM (jehhT)

49 43 38 “Toyota to invest $3.6 billion to move Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico to Texas”
++++
Bring us the Hilux.
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 13, 2026 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)
I'd trade a couple of these Ford trucks on a decked-out HiLux.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 11:20 AM (LHPAg)

50 Iranian Train Carrying 200 Ballistic Missiles To
Display At Khamenei Funeral Hit By U.S. Jets,
30 IRGC Terrorists Killed

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 11:21 AM (Ckfdz)

51 44 The FBI has just FLOODED Fulton County, Georgia with hundreds of agents to ramp up the 2020 election investigation, following a raid that seized ballots
Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 11:18 AM
____________

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at July 13, 2026 11:21 AM (2Ez/1)

52

Seen on Nextdoor. STOP the beaver menace.

SAY NO TO BUCEES IN GREENWOOD - we do not need the traffic BACKING UP and everyone stopping and spending their money there versus all of the locally owned places and existing stores or restaurants. Plus what this will do to the environment and the surrounding community.

SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THIS ATROCITY

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 11:21 AM (Cqx++)

53 Iranian Train Carrying 200 Ballistic Missiles To
Display At Khamenei Funeral Hit By U.S. Jets,
30 IRGC Terrorists Killed

Bwahahahahaha! What a bunch of f***wits!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

54 The Hilux is a durable vehicle that requires little maintenance and will last for many years. And that is why we won't let you have it! -Average government drone working at the EPA.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:22 AM (99eI0)

55 Iranian Train Carrying 200 Ballistic Missiles To
Display At Khamenei Funeral Hit By U.S. Jets,
30 IRGC Terrorists Killed

Ha! I hope it was A-10Cs who did it just like P-47s did.

US to Iran, don't make us blow up the funeral.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 11:22 AM (2GVsD)

56 STOP the beaver menace.

SAY NO TO BUCEES IN GREENWOOD - we do not need the traffic BACKING UP and everyone stopping and spending their money there versus all of the locally owned places and existing stores or restaurants. Plus what this will do to the environment and the surrounding community.

SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THIS ATROCITY

tl:dr
Shorter version: My preference must be imposed on everyone else!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

57 The FBI has just FLOODED Fulton County, Georgia with hundreds of agents to ramp up the 2020 election investigation, following a raid that seized ballots
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Hmm.
Sounds like the cartel judge's attempt to tell the DOJ who and what they are allowed to investigate (when he denied the subpoenas, because, as he lied, "the statute of limitations has run"*) didn't work.

* which was a nice bit of typical cartel judge deception: a subpoena looks for evidence related to crimes; that the person in whose possession it is in may be outside limitations, that doesn't mean the crime is.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 11:23 AM (3cUTc)

58 Lies lies lies all lies!!!

Unemployment is at 99% inflation is at 1000% and everyone is homeless or about to be.

Posted by: Reddit at July 13, 2026 11:23 AM (Xe8e7)

59 SpaceX stock trading at 138, nearly down to the IPO price, and headed lower. Remember 11x the number of shares offered at the IPO will be unlocked and available to trade in stages beginning in August and running through October, so a big supply may arrive on the market (depending on how many insider owners of those shares decide to sell). That will be when I finally get a chance to buy stock in this amazing company, hopefully below $100.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 11:23 AM (nGP1k)

60 SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THIS ATROCITY

I've seen the salaries Buc-ee's pays their people. Think of all that cash going back into the local economy!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:24 AM (99eI0)

61 Now do beef.
Posted by: Person who loves a good ribeye at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

It takes longer to increase the number of cattle than it takes for chickens.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

62 Seen on Nextdoor. STOP the beaver menace.

SAY NO TO BUCEES IN GREENWOOD
******

NextDoor is a cesspool.

Posted by: Change my mind at July 13, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)

63 relieve inflation pressure and keep the country pointed to a great economic future.

Posted by: Buck

For 2 more years, and then... well we'll have to wait and see.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2026 11:24 AM (NnhvP)

64 52

Seen on Nextdoor. STOP the beaver menace.

SAY NO TO BUCEES IN GREENWOOD - we do not need the traffic BACKING UP and everyone stopping and spending their money there versus all of the locally owned places and existing stores or restaurants. Plus what this will do to the environment and the surrounding community.

SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THIS ATROCITY
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 11:21 AM (Cqx++)

There's lots of Greenwoods, which one is this?

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 11:24 AM (LHPAg)

65 Now do beef.

Posted by: Person who loves a good ribeye at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

They'll blame the screwworm.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:24 AM (2YhKe)

66 Cause and Effect? What’s that!?

9Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 11:14 AM (aPO7X)

I got Pookette and Pooky matching shirts that say exactly that!

Posted by: pookysgirl at July 13, 2026 11:25 AM (Wt5PA)

67 Union strike upon union strike out here for $$$ and ^ benefits. Then, as quickly as there's a projected COLA, county and local taxes - especially school taxes - are going up a helling as are utilities. All of the total costs are well above pending COLAs, any possible raises for non-union workers, etc.

The politician don't give a damn. There are now new county programs where, if county taxes can't be met, the property can just be placed into county lien. Such great comfort, that.

And these areas consists largely of older, "middle-class" residents, both White and Black, U.S. citizens who own their homes and haven't played into great credit holdings and debt.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

68 We also need to crush the H1B skills importation scam -- no, White kids are not incapable of going to Med school; they're not incapable of flourishing in higher education.

They've been pushed out of consideration.

Their fury is justified.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 13, 2026 11:26 AM (qwx/I)

69 American executives have EVERYTHING other then the US as their first loyalty.

When you discover that a truly staggering percentage of 'American' executives are, in fact, Indians, it makes more sense.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:26 AM (ExV1e)

70 We were told that bird flu was the driver of egg prices here in Indiana.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 11:27 AM (Cqx++)

71 Eggs were on sale at the local grocery store this week for 77 cents a dozen

Posted by: Steve at July 13, 2026 11:27 AM (+czdY)

72 Looks to be Greenwood, Indiana, just SE of Indy.
Buc-ee's is scheduled for 2028.

Posted by: Just ask the internet at July 13, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)

73 SAY NO TO BUCEES IN GREENWOOD - we do not need the traffic BACKING UP and everyone stopping and spending their money there versus all of the locally owned places and existing stores or restaurants. Plus what this will do to the environment and the surrounding community.

SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THIS ATROCITY
---
The new "Walmart is destroying Main Street!"
Grok:
No, there is no single, definitive, unbiased, and widely replicated study that conclusively proves the strong version of the "Walmart effect" (permanent destruction of local businesses with no recovery). The empirical literature is mixed, contested, and shows displacement effects alongside offsetting factors like consumer gains and creative destruction.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 11:28 AM (3cUTc)

74
There's lots of Greenwoods, which one is this?
Posted by: Eromero

Indiana

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 11:28 AM (Cqx++)

75 “Toyota to invest $3.6 billion to move Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico to Texas”

***

Pity. Out taxes are too high for business.

Posted by: Tacoma WA at July 13, 2026 11:28 AM (2WIwB)

76 Very good Morning Rant Buck, despite my negativity &/or agreement.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM (NFX2v)

77 I'm enjoying the Lindsay Graham conspiracy theories this morning. But I have a feeling Occam's razor is the correct answer to what happened.

I will say this... I disagreed with him a lot, I'm no Warhawk, but people have been replaying his monologue during the Brett Kavanaugh hearing, and I forgot how good it was. Some humdingers in there:

Boy y'all want power; I pray to god you never get it.

And if Brett wanted a fair trial, he came to the wrong town.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM (gWBY1)

78 You notice how no one's talking about eating bugs anymore?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

79 Fishing in Florida.

71-year-old Florida man gets dragged into the water by gator, fights it off with fishing pole: "Get dem eyes!"

https://tinyurl.com/m6npbdpr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM (yVzGE)

80 The Hilux is a durable vehicle that requires little maintenance and will last for many years. And that is why we won't let you have it! -Average government drone working at the EPA.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:22 AM (99eI0)

The Hilux lacks the following safety features which we've deemed required - hands over 700 page book - adding them will make the vehicle another 2000 pounds heavier and 7000 dollars more expensive. For the chirruns.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:30 AM (ExV1e)

81 Was it because they're still petrified of Covid, or because they love cosplaying as revolutionaries? If the latter, someone needs to tell them nobody GAS.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

The masks won't help when they are given the gas.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 11:30 AM (1z8ji)

82 Beyond the $3.6 billion invested and the 2,000 direct jobs at the Toyota expansion in San Antonio, there will be many billions of other dollars spent as that investment gets recirculated through the economy.

For comparison - look at BMW in Greer, SC. Look at how much that has grown over 20 years. Look at companies that moved/started to support BMW. And SC needed those good jobs.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 13, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

83 One thing that has amused me is social media, especially Reddit reactions to world
Cup ticket prices. They’ve been expensive, but not out of this world expensive. I’d say on par with NFL playoffs pricing.

Typical seats were $500ish some more some less depending on the teams involved and of course how good the seats were. Even for US games which were a hot ticket, you could get in for $1k in the nosebleeds.

And yet places like Reddit posters were incredulous that games were sold out. Question often being how can anyone afford that in Trump’s economy where everyone is broke. They were all expecting empty stadiums.

And it’s like well despite that your left wing bubble would have you believe it’s not all doom and gloom out there. There are many people can afford to go see a once in a lifetime event like a World Cup in their city and drop $1k on it. Turns out it’s millions of people all over the country.

These people live in an alternate reality.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:31 AM (Xe8e7)

84 Pity. Out taxes are too high for business.
Posted by: Tacoma WA at July 13, 2026 11:28 AM
----
Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Alaskan Tundra at July 13, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

85 There will never be a BjcEEs in Washington state. This is a very business unfriendly place, plus BucEEs is everything the communists in Olympia hate.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:31 AM (2WIwB)

86 They've been pushed out of consideration.

Their fury is justified.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

Agreed. Hell, I saw the jihad against white people as far back as the early 90s. But if we made our own country, there would be demands for us to be more diverse.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:31 AM (99eI0)

87 If we are going to touch on Economics, then Javier Milei (yes, that one) and Damien Reidel have recently published a working paper in economics with the title Minimum Viable Scale: extinction and escape under increasing returns

It discusses the pincer that regulation and labor capacity puts on production, and discusses how the current models discount these forces.
I am about half way through it, it is both intricately written originally in Academic Spanish and translated, and quite heavy on econometric calculations which I am forced to glance at and glaze over.
Were I to give a quick precis, it would be "Pareto Principle and diminishing returns matter more than the best theories put out by mainstream economic theorists for their convenience, and here is the math that proves it"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:31 AM (rbvCR)

88 Bugs or Bucee's. Quite the dilemma.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 13, 2026 11:31 AM (yVzGE)

89 Propaganda Organs in full outrage over another ICE shooting, this time in Biddleford, Maine. The Post Millenial is quoting a witness as saying a driver tried to hit an ICE officer with a car and was shot. Few details available, but hopefully Graham Platner will have a comment soon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 11:32 AM (nGP1k)

90 The Hilux lacks the following safety features which we've deemed required - hands over 700 page book - adding them will make the vehicle another 2000 pounds heavier and 7000 dollars more expensive. For the chirruns.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:30 AM (ExV1e)

^
This. And it was made worse by the fraudulent biden admistration.
We can't have nice things.

Posted by: Reforger at July 13, 2026 11:32 AM (TSpzX)

91 Few details available, but hopefully Graham Platner will have a comment soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Isn't today the deadline for him to submit his withdrawal paperwork?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

92 This is a very business unfriendly place,

-
Greasy Gavin is big mad at Musk!

https://tinyurl.com/thahcsp5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 13, 2026 11:34 AM (yVzGE)

93 I buy eggs in bulk when I can, we go through them fast. I remember wanting to jump for for joy when I could go to Walmart and get their Great Value big box of 60 eggs for under $10 again. Looks like it's about $7-8 in most places at the moment.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 11:35 AM (gWBY1)

94 Isn't today the deadline for him to submit his withdrawal paperwork?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:33 AM
++++
He was going to do it, but he got high.

Posted by: The porta potty at July 13, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)

95 71-year-old Florida man gets dragged into the water by gator, fights it off with fishing pole: "Get dem eyes!"

Fun facts about gators should you ever find yourself needing to fend one off...

- Their eyes retract into their skulls so poking their eyes, at least from the top, accomplishes nothing.
- Almost all of their jaw muscles are used to hold their moth closed on prey. Most people can get their mouths shut and hold them shut without significant effort.

Note that none of this information deals with the issue of the tail whip or them walking into the water while you're holding their mouths shut but, hey, it's better than your options against a bear.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)

96 versus all of the locally owned places and existing stores or restaurants.

Owned and run by Pajeet and his village imported over the past few years.

Some people like clean restrooms, fresh inventory turnover and something better than gas station sushi. Many "locally owned places" have that drug den feel that exists to sell Colt 45 tall boys, smokes / vape supplies and lottery tickets.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 11:36 AM (a3CJ+)

97 The Hilux is a durable vehicle that requires little maintenance and will last for many years. And that is why we won't let you have it! -Average government drone working at the EPA.
---
Seen some discussions about why don't the teens today want to get a driver's license.
One of the big drivers is--yet again--that POS Obama: Cash for Clunkers

Reliable, safe, affordable used cars, the kind one used to, and could afford to, buy for their teen, removed from the market.

Obama really was Shit Midas.
And we're going to suffer his shit for decades.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 11:36 AM (3cUTc)

98 I buy eggs in bulk when I can, we go through them fast. I remember wanting to jump for for joy when I could go to Walmart and get their Great Value big box of 60 eggs for under $10 again. Looks like it's about $7-8 in most places at the moment.
Posted by: LizLem

Five dozen at Sam's is $8.47.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 11:36 AM (p11yt)

99 Fun facts about gators should you ever find yourself needing to fend one off...

- Their eyes retract into their skulls so poking their eyes, at least from the top, accomplishes nothing.
- Almost all of their jaw muscles are used to hold their moth closed on prey. Most people can get their mouths shut and hold them shut without significant effort.

Note that none of this information deals with the issue of the tail whip or them walking into the water while you're holding their mouths shut but, hey, it's better than your options against a bear.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)
=====================
Duct tape!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 11:37 AM (IEUYY)

100 Posted by: I used to have a different nic

They don't have any protection on their undersides, do they? Could you go after their bellies?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)

101 so ... I guess the cuts to academia and govt jobs are what pull the headline number down?

or I'm crazy and SE PA is the only place with jobs? I dunno
Posted by: Black Orchid
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Labor markets are lumpy in that labor demand does not necessarily correlate with geographic location. So yes, I can see SE PA being an area of high labor demand but at the same time somewhere else like the Mississippi Delta not.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

102
Few details available, but hopefully Graham Platner will have a comment soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

He should withdraw his withdrawal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 11:38 AM (Cqx++)

103 Many "locally owned places" have that drug den feel that exists to sell Colt 45 tall boys, smokes / vape supplies and lottery tickets.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 11:36 AM
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Sssshhh. We've got to have SOME kind of front for our money laundering operation.

Posted by: Mario and his family at July 13, 2026 11:38 AM (2Ez/1)

104 The Rent is Too Damn High!
- black dude, white gloves

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 11:39 AM (n5tGW)

105 I avoid “locally owned” gas stations because there’s nothing local about them. It’s all 3rd world imports that own them. Almost certainly pay no taxes since they cheat, employ only their cousins and probably use it as a front for some nefarious activities. Fuck em.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:39 AM (Xe8e7)

106 >>They'll blame the screwworm.

A bigger factor is the meat packing cartel which is largely controlled by foreign organizations. They are currently under investigation by the DOJ.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:39 AM (viF8m)

107 They don't have any protection on their undersides, do they? Could you go after their bellies?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)

Possibly, assuming you had a suitable weapon. I'm just remembering something that I saw at an alligator park in Florida once and park guide didn't tell us how to actually hurt them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:39 AM (ExV1e)

108 BUT BUT BUT DRUMPF!!!!

*foams at mouth*

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (anL5R)

109 American executives have EVERYTHING other then the US as their first loyalty.

Gotta give credit to Union Pacific, though. Spending $50 million to buy, in 2019, and refurbish- in-house! - a Big Boy just so you could run it to Philadelphia for the 250th is not something I would have expected.

And it's 90% institutionally owned. Something changed during Trump's first term.

Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (hZXic)

110 The best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (J4Dwc)

111 best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (J4Dwc)

So every body of water in the state of Florida.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:41 AM (Xe8e7)

112 I am about half way through it, it is both intricately written originally in Academic Spanish and translated, and quite heavy on econometric calculations which I am forced to glance at and glaze over.

This is why we have AI.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 11:41 AM (pawvM)

113 People say I had the Midas touch. Everything I touched turned to mufflers.

Posted by: B.O. at July 13, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)

114 Gonna say NoVa has likely stabilized...we are in the not firing, not hiring mode, so most of the unemployed are the long term former fed zealots...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 11:41 AM (tOcjL)

115 I had a friend that owned an early 2000's Toyota SR-5 pick up. It was his 4X4 "toy." Some of the hills and back roads he took us on in WV were more than 3rd world.

I'd imagine a .50 could sit in the bed, but there wasn't much room for the gunner to move around.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 11:41 AM (jehhT)

116 Good lord, I just saw the Candace Owens quote in the sidebar.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:42 AM (edUvp)

117 PHV, the obnoxious twit who oversaw the cash for clunkers deal is running for office in Michigan. She brags about it in one of her commercials. People are dumb and it probably won't register with them.

Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at July 13, 2026 11:42 AM (yBGaa)

118 89 Propaganda Organs in full outrage over another ICE shooting, this time in Biddleford, Maine. The Post Millenial is quoting a witness as saying a driver tried to hit an ICE officer with a car and was shot. Few details available, but hopefully Graham Platner will have a comment soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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For logistical reasons, a lot harder to generate Minneapolis level outrage by the Left's flying monkey squads due to Biddleford not being a major metro area.

Leftist crap works best with their national "have riot will travel" racket in major metro areas where the Soros types can pay for air travel, lodging, rental cars, etc. for the rioters. These same assholes are also the flying monkey squad for ballot harvesting, election cheating, etc.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

119 29 Wow, Sam Neill has passed away.

No more moving to Montana.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 11:12 AM (2GVsD)

Well...shit. There goes the dental floss empire.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at July 13, 2026 11:42 AM (TbWk/)

120 Dancing with the Stars!

https://tinyurl.com/mrxucfyn

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 13, 2026 11:43 AM (yVzGE)

121 And others asking "WTF were 3-year visas getting mortgages? Who was approving those? And why?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (3cUTc)

The H1B labor brokers and industrial investors who were heavy into housing.

also, per randos on twitter, five years ago, Blackstone launched a fund that let ordinary investors do what banks do: lend money to hundreds of American companies and collect the interest. It worked spectacularly as a fundraise. BCRED became the largest fund of its kind on earth, with $80 billion in loans to 695 companies, funded by $45 billion in shareholder capital and $35 billion in debt.

Then, this spring, the shareholders started asking for their money back. In the second quarter of 2026 Blackstone started refusing to pay in full.

Blackstone holds a lot of real estate in hot markets. I wonder if there was a game going on where they hoovered up housing, then arranged for private lenders to back the loans they guaranteed for housing by the same real estate that they provided to anyone, even H1B borrowers in hot tech regions.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:43 AM (rbvCR)

122 Because politico had to politico about the World Cup:

"The Trump ally looking for a Messi miracle:
Argentina’s Javier Milei faces a struggling economy, corruption scandals and voter exhaustion. He’d rather be facing Switzerland"

It posited that Trump might switch to backing Argentina's claim of the Falklands, because of how Britain has behaved during the Iran war. That was news to me, I'd missed that, if they are accurate. And poor Maggie Thatcher would be spinning in her grave.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/
07/11/world-cup-2026/
looking-a-messi-miracle-
argentina-javier-milei-00993907

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 11:43 AM (gWBY1)

123 What I noticed generally, is there generally aren’t any authorities at the local or state level who are willing to point out the obvious any longer.

Don’t fuck with federales with guns. Comply with the lawful orders of the local Police. You don’t have to like it, but you’re likely to get ventilated.

You should expect to get killed if you try to run people over with your car, or burglarize homes, or loot stores. You are not Special. We as a society need role models and briefings of same.

Not clowns positing “they just need room to deshtroy”. Insane. Or “Well they got Insurance!” We simply cannot afford to let functionally retarded individuals run things. Anything.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 11:43 AM (yhfZG)

124 STOP the beaver menace.

SAY NO TO BUCEES IN GREENWOOD -

Buc-Ee's employees start at $16 an hour in most places. They don't tolerate non-natural hair colors, visible tattoos or non-'normal' piercings.

That's likely why it pisses off the left.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)

125 Thx Buck
Better build manufacturing here , because China ain't looking good. Between political chaos, horrible weather with collapsing damns and tofu dreg construction, we are looking good vand they ain't

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (m2wmY)

126 114 Gonna say NoVa has likely stabilized...we are in the not firing, not hiring mode, so most of the unemployed are the long term former fed zealots...
Posted by: Nova Local
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They recently showed a map of the job market that had the highest level of jobs reported in a state. In most states it was medical, in a few states, manufacturing, in Virginia, it was public administration.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

127 The best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (J4Dwc)
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So much for coastal South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, along with much of Louisiana.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (IEUYY)

128 Candace Owens quotes may as well be Necronomicon quotes

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (gKWVE)

129 hey, it's better than your options against a bear.

Heh. "Hang in there, Honey! I think I heard you just have to hold the bear's mouth shut!"

Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (hZXic)

130 110 The best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (J4Dwc)

Sure, scare off the Quebixicans from their annual Oct/Nov migration to FL.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (N39Ws)

131 17 Polish border guards responded with lightning speed.

A suggestion, Poland, if I might!
Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 11:08 AM (hZXic)

Poland needs combat mages. Do you have what it takes?

Posted by: Brought to you by Polish Department of Magical Defense at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)

132 They knew what they were doing with cash for clunkers. The left plays a long game. Their goal is to eliminate access to private transportation. They know it won’t happen overnight. Their goal is death by 1000 cuts. C4C destroyed the ability for poor people to buy cheap used cars. It was on purpose and one of the cuts.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (Xe8e7)

133 You notice how no one's talking about eating bugs anymore?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

They have stopped talking about it and have moved on to making meat too expensive.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (rbvCR)

134 Unemployment is low because so many are existing the workforce; giving up looking for work altogether. There is nothing out there. Things are grim, as America's prime is far behind us. A huge change is needed.

Posted by: Sid at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (8RRmf)

135 best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (J4Dwc)

So every body of water in the state of Florida.
Posted by: Facts

Including the toilet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (yVzGE)

136 When they spend themselves about Trump, then it's Musk!

Posted by: torabora at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (opLQR)

137 111 best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (J4Dwc)

So every body of water in the state of Florida.
Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:41 AM (Xe8e7)

OMGitswicks take: Is there water? Is the water wet? Then there's an alligator in it.

Posted by: Watch out for puddle gators, they'll get you too at July 13, 2026 11:46 AM (TbWk/)

138 116 Good lord, I just saw the Candace Owens quote in the sidebar.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The only lesson we can learn from Candace Ovens is that a sucker is born every minute.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

139 "Well they got Insurance"

Had a cousin that used that justification on me in an argument. I pointed out that the companies shouldn't be destroyed in the first place. I also challenged him to give me one business that caused George Floyd's death and how.

Crickets are noisy when everything else is silent.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:46 AM (99eI0)

140 others asking "WTF were 3-year visas getting mortgages? Who was approving those? And why?"

—

The answer is obvious. It’s not a 3 year visa. It’s a stepping stone to permanent residency and eventual citizenship. Banks know this and they’ll happily lend to them.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:47 AM (Xe8e7)

141 133 You notice how no one's talking about eating bugs anymore?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

They have stopped talking about it and have moved on to making meat too expensive.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (rbvCR)

Or using biological weapons to make us allergic to it. Which I honestly would not put past any of these evil megalomaniacal motherfuckers.

Posted by: They will have all the steak they want though at July 13, 2026 11:47 AM (TbWk/)

142 From the Candace remark in the sidebar: I have thus far ID'd two of them

Sweetie, learn to use an apostrophe before people take you seriously.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:48 AM (99eI0)

143 133 You notice how no one's talking about eating bugs anymore?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM
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And the fake burgers.

Posted by: Good riddance at July 13, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)

144 I was wrong, the other lesson from Candace Ovens, is a leopard never changes its spots.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)

145 Iranian Train Carrying 200 Ballistic Missiles To
Display At Khamenei Funeral Hit By U.S. Jets,
30 IRGC Terrorists Killed

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 11:21 AM (Ckfdz)

This is the way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 11:49 AM (S41Gd)

146
They have stopped talking about it and have moved on to making meat too expensive.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (rbvCR)

Bill Gates has funded the Lone Star Tick modification that gives humans the alpha-gal syndrome, alergy to red meat. Tick boxes are being placed throughout the southeast US.

They will get you to stop eating cows whether you like it or not.

At this time, alpha-gal is not reversable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)

147 And the fake burgers.
Posted by: Good riddance

I still see those in stores, though.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:49 AM (77rzZ)

148 So every body of water in the state of Florida.
Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:41 AM (Xe8e7)

Correct. I live on a retention pond here in Florida. Some locals fish from shore or from a kayak. Not me. Although I haven't seen a gator, there is one that lives in the boggy area of a nearby golf course.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:50 AM (J4Dwc)

149 ----
And the fake burgers.
Posted by: Good riddance at July 13, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)

Supposedly, someone finally got a hold of the ingredients list for Burger King burgers.

If true, those are fake burgers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

150 Poland was fined 300 million Euros by the EU for refusing to accept their share of "new people" last year. The Eastern border makes news but the EU borders are actually the bigger problem. I suppose the Ukrainian border is the easiest since the Ukes patrol it to keep people in.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 13, 2026 11:50 AM (igCg8)

151 The great thing about the cnbc thing in the sidebar is it is a reverse list of the best places to move for conservatives.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 11:50 AM (n5tGW)

152 > Iranian Train Carrying 200 Ballistic Missiles To
Display At Khamenei Funeral Hit By U.S. Jets,
30 IRGC Terrorists Killed
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We voted for this.

Posted by: Trump voters everywhere at July 13, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

153 139 "Well they got Insurance"

Had a cousin that used that justification on me in an argument. I pointed out that the companies shouldn't be destroyed in the first place. I also challenged him to give me one business that caused George Floyd's death and how.

Crickets are noisy when everything else is silent.
Posted by: NR Pax
======
Bastiat's broken window thesis still the winner after all these years.

Stupid people assume that destructive acts somehow spur the economy when in fact, they destroy it over time. What it does is divert money from productive use to non productive use to repair damages making us all poorer in the future.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:50 AM (E4rtv)

154 12 Thanks for the data and the uplifting article.
Freight is always a leading indicator.

Posted by: Braenyard

followed by

145 Iranian Train Carrying 200 Ballistic Missiles To
Display At Khamenei Funeral Hit By U.S. Jets,
30 IRGC Terrorists Killed

Posted by: SMOD

Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 11:51 AM (hZXic)

155 26 Because we haven’t fully recovered from the Biden inflation shock...

Government runs on two year cycles. We're just now ending the Biden nightmare. Great days ahead.
Posted by: Diogenes

I get it. Really. And, of recent, we've had the Recession of 1953, 1958, 1960-1961, 1969-1970, 1973-1975, 1980, 1981-1982, the early 1990's, the early 2000s, The Great Recession 2007-2009, The Covid-19 recession, and fuc*ing Biden in office again with his puppet master in the shadows.

But (for instance) half of the kids on this blog, or anywhere else as a matter, don't realize the ups and downs of the economy and drivers.

The press harps on affordability of housing, vehicles, education and compares them all to the past, a different world altogether from their parents, grandparents. (Many not living on Easy Street themselves at this time.) And now competition with a much larger & more diverse population, an alleged more skilled & educated work force, and so on.

Life isn't easy, but we do need more optimism of the future.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 11:52 AM (NFX2v)

156 135 best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:40 AM (J4Dwc)

So every body of water in the state of Florida.
Posted by: Facts

Including the toilet.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (yVzGE)

Great for disposing of alarm clocks!

Posted by: Short term callback at July 13, 2026 11:52 AM (TbWk/)

157
Polish border guards responded with lightning speed.

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 11:52 AM (Cqx++)

158 > ou notice how no one's talking about eating bugs anymore?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

They have stopped talking about it and have moved on to making meat too expensive.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (rbvCR)

Or using biological weapons to make us allergic to it. Which I honestly would not put past any of these evil megalomaniacal motherfuckers.
Posted by: They will have all the steak they want though at July 13, 2026 11:47 AM (TbWk/)
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The tick infestation here in KY is worse than I've ever seen it. Had one crawling up my leg while I took a shit.

In my own bathroom. And I hadn't been outside yet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 11:53 AM (jehhT)

159 Hey, Sid! Fuck off!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 13, 2026 11:53 AM (g8Ew8)

160 Bill Gates has funded the Lone Star Tick modification that gives humans the alpha-gal syndrome, alergy to red meat. Tick boxes are being placed throughout the southeast US.

They will get you to stop eating cows whether you like it or not.

At this time, alpha-gal is not reversable.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)

Not 100% true...the guest I hosted Sunday has shaken off Alpha Gal after years. He got it as a tween, (and his his whole nuclear family did, too) - his dad is horribly and permanently affected - can't even do dairy products, let alone meat. But the male college kid has no issues now as long as he doesn't eat a TON of meat at one time (think Thanksgiving load of ham). Not sure about his mom and sis b/c dad being severely affected just changes what they eat...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 11:53 AM (tOcjL)

161 128 Candace Owens quotes may as well be Necronomicon quotes
Posted by: gKWVE
========
Welp, old Bug Eyes is on a train to being removed from her assets by a massive slander and libel lawsuit from Erika after troon lover boy gets convicted.

Her doubling down ain't gonna save her ass and I halfway expect her to flee the US in response. According to reports, she has been trying to hide assets under trusts and other mechanisms for the past year or so.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

162 Posted by: Sid at July 13, 2026 11:45 AM (8RRmf)
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Pretty sure Spicoli thinks you're a dick.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (rea8t)

163 What caliber handgun is best for gators?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (1z8ji)

164 Back at work after a few days off. The grandkids loved their first trip to the beach. (South of Houston). Also, went to the Johnson Space Center. Pretty spiff. Holy cats is a Saturn 5 rocket huge!

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (yseh0)

165 Remember when gators had federal protection? Some idiots in Washington thought they needed protection, and now all those bureaucrats are residing in planned Florida communities and agitating to have their dogs protected from hungry gators.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (FcAaq)

166 Blackstone holds a lot of real estate in hot markets. I wonder if there was a game going on where they hoovered up housing, then arranged for private lenders to back the loans they guaranteed for housing by the same real estate that they provided to anyone, even H1B borrowers in hot tech regions.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:43 AM

blackstone bought a bunch of houses around my neighborhood in NE Texas some years back when the market was exploding. Basically they would flip them with minimal work and jack the price up by $25-30K from what they bought and resell them pretty quick. Pretty sure they got out of that business at least around here as I don't see anymore of those odd realtor signs that they used.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (0N4FZ)

167 A guy in Maine tried to run down an ICE agent. His head got properly ventilated

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (m2wmY)

168 The Biden economy was the best economy ever. I can't imagine how people are living through the pain of Trump. Starving, freezing, and naked. Cell phone coverage interrupted. The inhumanity!

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at July 13, 2026 11:54 AM (anL5R)

169
Great for disposing of alarm clocks!
Posted by: Short term callback

Tick-Tock the crocodile.

https://t.ly/vhzcE

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 11:55 AM (Cqx++)

170 125> Better build manufacturing here , because China ain't looking good.

That is a mix. For example, if you could buy what passes as a well built luxury compact in the US for $30k that is made in China vs some mediocre $50k artifact of AFL-CIO union domestic dominated industry would you do it?

What if the Chinese car was an EV, would you consider it?

China has taken all of the manufacturing tricks developed by Tesla and has put them to scale using Chinese labor and proximity to their own supply chain. The US will forever be routing significant chunks of the profits towards the growing army of defined benefit pensioners who have been retired for decades.

Will there be a price delta that would have you buying/leasing a superior car (albeit EV) rather than an expensive liability that is subject to endless recalls and high depreciation?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 11:55 AM (NzX/y)

171 The best practice for fending off a gator is to stay the hell away from watery places known to be inhabited by gators.

Yes, but staying away from the water puts you in closer proximity to bison. You can't win!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

172 Correct. I live on a retention pond here in Florida. Some locals fish from shore or from a kayak. Not me. Although I haven't seen a gator, there is one that lives in the boggy area of a nearby golf course.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 11:50 AM (J4Dwc)

My neighborhood retention pond is down the street a little ways but there's a gator in it. I've seen him plenty of times, usually just the eyes just above the surface of the water but sometimes he's sunning himself on the edge of water, just as cheeky as you please.

Posted by: Gators. Everywhere. at July 13, 2026 11:56 AM (TbWk/)

173 There could be a video of Tyler Robinson in 4K pulling the trigger and Candy Cane would still do her thing. She’s a grifter and has a huge following of retards who believe in all the crazy shit she spews. It is what it is.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:56 AM (Xe8e7)

174 159 Hey, Sid! Fuck off!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
==========
I halfway went through responding but thought there was no need because the policy stunk of ignorance--what is happening is illegals and foreigners to some extent are losing US jobs while US native workers are gaining. Trucking is an example where illegals are getting combed out of the workforce and having to be replaced by legal workers.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

175 This project to get rid of mosquitoes seems like it might be Buck Throckmorton-worthy:

https://tinyurl.com/3wfrpzbd

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 11:56 AM (2Ez/1)

176 Heh. "Hang in there, Honey! I think I heard you just have to hold the bear's mouth shut!"
Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2026 11:44 AM (hZXic)

Just tell it how thankful you are that it isn't a random man.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)

177 Bill Gates has funded the Lone Star Tick modification that gives humans the alpha-gal syndrome, alergy to red meat. Tick boxes are being placed throughout the southeast US.

They will get you to stop eating cows whether you like it or not.

At this time, alpha-gal is not reversable.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)
=======================
Sponge, were you wearing your tin foil hat when you said this about Gates, or do you have facts on your side?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 11:57 AM (FcAaq)

178 > Bill Gates has funded the Lone Star Tick modification that gives humans the alpha-gal syndrome...
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The research by Bill Gates is related to the Asian Blue Tick, basically to eradicate this in Asia, i.e. in developing countries. This research only granted the funding in 2021, and is limited to lab research in the UK.
=====
Or so says AI.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 11:57 AM (jehhT)

179 “consumer sentiment” polls = asking NYT employees who are at the urinal.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 13, 2026 11:57 AM (RedVt)

180 And in random amusing news, my mom emailed me to remind me that today is her 21st birthday.

Allow me to explain:

She had a heart attack and work and was clinically dead. Important life lesson: If you are going to have a heart attack at work, be an ER Nurse.

She was brought back and she celebrates every July 13th as her other birthday.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (99eI0)

181 What if the Chinese car was an EV, would you consider it?

China has taken all of the manufacturing tricks developed by Tesla and has put them to scale using Chinese labor and proximity to their own supply chain. The US will forever be routing significant chunks of the profits towards the growing army of defined benefit pensioners who have been retired for decades.

Will there be a price delta that would have you buying/leasing a superior car (albeit EV) rather than an expensive liability that is subject to endless recalls and high depreciation?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 11:55 AM (NzX/y)

I wouldn't take a Chinese EV if they gave them away.

Well, scratch that. Take one, and blow it up with Tannerite. That would be cool.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (1z8ji)

182 So, swamp, heat, gators, pythons, and Disney.

Does Florida have any good qualities, other than DeSantis?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)

183 Will there be a price delta that would have you buying/leasing a superior car (albeit EV) rather than an expensive liability that is subject to endless recalls and high depreciation?
==
Chinese built cars are not competitive. They have gotten better, but they are still behind, significantly.

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (anL5R)

184 Off Newskaren sock

Posted by: I want to speak to your manager at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (anL5R)

185 Strangely enough, the current low price of eggs is not considered newsworthy.

OrangeMan Bad! Do you not understand yet?

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (0sNs1)

186 173 There could be a video of Tyler Robinson in 4K pulling the trigger and Candy Cane would still do her thing. She’s a grifter and has a huge following of retards who believe in all the crazy shit she spews. It is what it is.
Posted by: Facts
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Calling her a grifter is not enough, lots of grifters are not mentally ill and malicious assholes like she is.

Candace has demonstrated that even back in her youth as someone who flings shit on innocent people so she gets paid. She makes the average grifter look like a saint.

Evil for its own sake and incidentally to make profits is what Candace specializes in.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

187 But the male college kid has no issues now as long as he doesn't eat a TON of meat at one time (think Thanksgiving load of ham). Not sure about his mom and sis b/c dad being severely affected just changes what they eat...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 11:53 AM (tOcjL)

I still want everything Bill Gates tactically nuked from space, just to be sure.

That's f*cking HORRIFIC what they're doing to us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (2YhKe)

188 2 If you listen to the media, we're all bankrupt, unemployed and we're all going to die.
Because OrangeManBad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at

I'm still dead from the hole in the ozone layer.
Or is it the new ice age. Or Y2K.
It's hard to keep up.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (RedVt)

189 Sweetie, learn to use an apostrophe before people take you seriously.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 11:48 AM (99eI0)

Seriously! -- D'montra'vious J'ones

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

190 And the community dogs and cats?

Here, Pipit!?

I have a brother, a true Florida man, who thinks little of the missing animals (including his) in his Florida community as they've likely ventured to the retention ponds and little lake.

😬

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (NFX2v)

191 Bill Gates has funded the Lone Star Tick modification

This read like it came from a Rage Bait contact engagement farm.

The original story came about because some Michigan university researchers proposed infecting the population with AGS with the anti-human purpose of saving the planet.

They don't care that AGS sufferers are also prohibited a number of critical medicines because of the immune response.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM (BvPIe)

192 Seriously! -- D'montra'vious J'ones
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

https://www.angryflower.com
/247.html

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 12:00 PM (99eI0)

193 >>Holy cats is a Saturn 5 rocket huge!

I got a backstage tour of the Kennedy Space Center years ago. The scale of everything when you see it in person is impressive.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 12:00 PM (viF8m)

194 Good Lord, when did the ONT turn into a fashion thread?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:00 PM (0sNs1)

195

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 12:00 PM (99eI0)

196 >>>My neighborhood retention pond is down the street a little ways but there's a gator in it. I've seen him plenty of times, usually just the eyes just above the surface of the water but sometimes he's sunning himself on the edge of water, just as cheeky as you please.

Locals here will come to my pond and stand in nearly neck-high foliage along the shore to cast their lines. They're just asking for it, IMO.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 13, 2026 12:00 PM (J4Dwc)

197 194 Good Lord, when did the ONT turn into a fashion thread?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The boob thread was running late so adjustments had to be made.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (99eI0)

198 Good Lord, when did the ONT turn into a fashion thread?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:00 PM (0sNs1)

When Doof needed more content.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (2YhKe)

199 >>> STOP the beaver menace.
SAY NO TO BUCEES IN GREENWOOD

Anything that proves capitalism is wildly successful is a menace to the left and must be eradicated.

If the tick box thing is actually proven to cause allergies in humans, why is it still funded and allowed to happen? Couldn't gates be sued? Can't RFK shut that down? He's on a carnivore diet, imagine if he suddenly got allergic to meat.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (gWBY1)

200 Things are grim, as America's prime is far behind us. A huge change is needed.
____

Communist dictatorships are awesome! 100% employment rate! They love you long time!

Posted by: China is friend! at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (qUkBO)

201 Gators have a brain the size of a pea and are only alive to eat, breathe, shit and procreate. There is nobody home in a gator's brain...closest thing to a dinosaur still alive.

Posted by: A Mindless Animal at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (qC81n)

202 I'm still dead from the hole in the ozone layer.
Or is it the new ice age. Or Y2K.
It's hard to keep up.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 13, 2026 11:59 AM

*polite cough*

Posted by: Net Neutrality at July 13, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)

203 So, swamp, heat, gators, pythons, and Disney.

Does Florida have any good qualities, other than DeSantis?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)
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You forgot the scourge of escaped pets, like pythons, parrots (escaped from the Parrot Jungle in South Miami), and peacocks overrunning Coconut Grove in the last twenty years. They're fricking everywhere.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (FcAaq)

204 194 Good Lord, when did the ONT turn into a fashion thread?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 12:00 PM (0sNs1)

Word. Does this shirt go with these pants?

Posted by: Don't mind me at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (TroEo)

205 >>>>>>So every body of water in the state of Florida.
Posted by: Facts
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Florida may be a red state politically, but it is humid and hotter than hell with frequent tropical storms. It also has reptiles that can eat you. I've spent a lot of time there because I was paid to, but otherwise I avoid the place.

Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (Fg1gh)

206 182 So, swamp, heat, gators, pythons, and Disney.

Does Florida have any good qualities, other than DeSantis?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)

Relatively reasonable housing prices, no state income tax, manageable cost of living, constitutional carry, still a red state. We have our libtards and LGBTPEDOs but they don't drive the agenda. No parades with guys on floats blowing each other. And we have Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County.

Posted by: Plenty of good points but it is HOT AF at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)

207 203 So, swamp, heat, gators, pythons, and Disney.

Does Florida have any good qualities, other than DeSantis?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)
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You forgot the scourge of escaped pets, like pythons, parrots (escaped from the Parrot Jungle in South Miami), and peacocks overrunning Coconut Grove in the last twenty years. They're fricking everywhere.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (FcAaq)
==================
Oops- pythons weren't forgotten

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (FcAaq)

208 China has taken all of the manufacturing tricks developed by Tesla and has put them to scale using Chinese labor and proximity to their own supply chain. The US will forever be routing significant chunks of the profits towards the growing army of defined benefit pensioners who have been retired for decades.

Will there be a price delta that would have you buying/leasing a superior car (albeit EV) rather than an expensive liability that is subject to endless recalls and high depreciation?
Posted by: Community Notes

A) those cars are EV and that is not going to be a player in the US for a long while
B) China sellers do not give one shit about liability--take a look at Amazon shit sellers---the nameplate changes but the same shit is sold. They change names as frequently as socks in order to avoid criminal and civil liability. Remember melamine in pet food products?
C) China since even during the emperor's time demonstrate that merchants there provide a good quality to get enough attention to sell initial orders and then reiteratively cheapen the quality to maximize profit until it is barely satisfactory to buyers only on price. Low trust is ingrained in their culture.

Posted by: whig at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

209 ...closest thing to a dinosaur still alive.
Posted by: A Mindless Animal at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (qC81n)

...

Posted by: Chickens at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (TSpzX)

210 Word. Does this shirt go with these pants?

Pants?

Posted by: Moron Who Avoid Bookthread at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (BvPIe)

211 Scientists have found that cows produce more milk when the farmers talk to them.

Turns out it's a case of in one ear & out the udder.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (p11yt)

212 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (2Ez/1)

213 178 > Bill Gates has funded the Lone Star Tick modification that gives humans the alpha-gal syndrome...
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The research by Bill Gates is related to the Asian Blue Tick, basically to eradicate this in Asia, i.e. in developing countries. This research only granted the funding in 2021, and is limited to lab research in the UK.
=====
Or so says AI.

that's what ai *wants* you to think

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (v3pYe)

214 What is the labor participation rate currently?

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (4vrCc)

215 Gators have a brain the size of a pea and are only alive to eat, breathe, shit and procreate. There is nobody home in a gator's brain...closest thing to a dinosaur still alive.

That is a damn calumny! It says quite clearly that it's the size of a walnut. I confess I never thought of using an Oreo as a unit of measure.

An adult alligator's brain weighs between 8 to 14 grams, which is about the size of a walnut or lighter than a single Oreo cookie. Despite having one of the smallest brain-to-body ratios among vertebrates, they possess the largest brain of any non-avian reptile and exhibit surprisingly complex behaviors.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

216 Tim Scott (who is a Floridian) wants HW Gowdy III "Trey" to finish Graham's term.
Gowdy is not a Representative anymore, partly because he ran cover for the FBI when they were spying on Trump's campaign.
McMaster needs to advise Scott, politely, that he's from a different state and Trey less-politely that he can blow us.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 12:05 PM (gKWVE)

217 Pants?

Posted by: Moron Who Avoid Bookthread at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (BvPIe)

Lol. Point taken.

Posted by: Don't mind me at July 13, 2026 12:05 PM (TroEo)

218 ...closest thing to a dinosaur still alive.
Posted by: A Mindless Animal at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (qC81n)

...
Posted by: Chickens

Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Crocodiles

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 12:05 PM (p11yt)

219 One of the neighbors on the street had a relative come up from Florida. He brought gator meat. Deep fried it. I thought it was okay. Chewy chicken, basically.

Posted by: I want to speak to your manager at July 13, 2026 12:05 PM (anL5R)

220 Florida may be a red state politically, but it is humid and hotter than hell with frequent tropical storms. It also has reptiles that can eat you. I've spent a lot of time there because I was paid to, but otherwise I avoid the place.
Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (Fg1gh)

Wuss.

Posted by: If it ain't Cat3 there's nothing to flee at July 13, 2026 12:06 PM (TbWk/)

221 Miami (from the city south to Homestead) has the best weather in Florida, IMO, thanks to the breeze and the usual summer afternoon humidity clearing short rains. Anything inland is insufferable, as far as weather goes.

The problem is Miami traffic is not LA-level epic. People move houses to gain a couple miles in their commutes, it's gotten so bad.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:06 PM (+l7X8)

222 We have our libtards and LGBTPEDOs but they don't drive the agenda. No parades with guys on floats blowing each other.

*cough*

Posted by: Key West at July 13, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

223 207 203 So, swamp, heat, gators, pythons, and Disney.

Does Florida have any good qualities, other than DeSantis?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)
===============
You forgot the scourge of escaped pets, like pythons, parrots (escaped from the Parrot Jungle in South Miami), and peacocks overrunning Coconut Grove in the last twenty years. They're fricking everywhere.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (FcAaq)
==================
Oops- pythons weren't forgotten
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (FcAaq)

You said "pythons" thrice.

Posted by: He REALLY likes pythons at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (TbWk/)

224
Turns out it's a case of in one ear & out the udder.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (p11yt)

BAH dum......TISH!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (2YhKe)

225 Nood. Talarico.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (ExV1e)

226 Tastes like gator.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (2Ez/1)

227 177 Sponge, were you wearing your tin foil hat when you said this about Gates, or do you have facts on your side?

facts are such fickle things

Posted by: ai-enhanced search at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (v3pYe)

228 The problem is Miami traffic is ~~not~~ NOW LA-level epic. People move houses to gain a couple miles in their commutes, it's gotten so bad.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (+l7X8)

229 211 Scientists have found that cows produce more milk when the farmers talk to them.

Turns out it's a case of in one ear & out the udder.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 12:04 PM (p11yt)

Women never listen. You can talk until the cows come home.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (TroEo)

230 208> Chinese strategery to progressively sell crap.

What are your thoughts on the China built SAIC-GM Buick Envision and the Cadillac CT6?

Posted by: Moron Who Avoid Bookthread at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (BvPIe)

231 222 We have our libtards and LGBTPEDOs but they don't drive the agenda. No parades with guys on floats blowing each other.

*cough*
Posted by: Key West at July 13, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

Key West is indeed gay as fuck but it's isolated.

Posted by: You have to go WAY out of your way at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (TbWk/)

232 >>> Does this shirt go with these pants?
Posted by: Don't mind me at July 13, 2026 12:03 PM (TroEo)

I thought Moron fashion was deciding if your shirt goes with no pants?

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (gWBY1)

233 I love how the media says boomers are living the high life because they stole future generations money. But the economy did also so bad boomers can’t afford to retire and so young people can’t get jobs.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (Xe8e7)

234 New one:

Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico Woos the Most Important Voting Bloc in Texas, Pervets Who Attend Drag Queen Shows

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

235 Posted by: If it ain't Cat3 there's nothing to flee at July 13, 2026 12:06 PM (TbWk/)

I'll stick with my earthquakes, feral horses and low humidity here in Nowhere, Nevada.

Posted by: Reforger at July 13, 2026 12:09 PM (TSpzX)

236 Great for disposing of alarm clocks!
Posted by: Short term callback
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Took my brain a few seconds to process that. Nice reference.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (XeU6L)

237 As a kid, into my teens, I spent a lot of summers in Florida. It was "different" from Maryland. The beaches where different, the woods were different, the food was different.

Later in life when my wife and I'd go down for a vaca none of that really mattered.

But getting chased out of our condo during hurricane Michael sort of put me off to going back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 12:10 PM (jehhT)

238 An adult alligator's brain weighs between 8 to 14 grams, which is about the size of a walnut or lighter than a single Oreo cookie. Despite having one of the smallest brain-to-body ratios among vertebrates, they possess the largest brain of any non-avian reptile and exhibit surprisingly complex behaviors.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

Chews gum while walking. Preens.

Posted by: An Alligator at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (1z8ji)

239 The thing about southern states is, they can kill you in creative ways. In the north, you get froze, shot or cardiovascular disease.

The south is more exciting. If you don't mind sweating, or periodic flooding its pretty swell. Rich folk, spend the summer in the north and winter in south.

I'll probably retire and figure a way to spend some winter time in the south. But I love summer on the great lakes.

Posted by: I swim in the ocean, but not in a florida lake. Nope. at July 13, 2026 12:12 PM (anL5R)

240 170

China has taken all of the manufacturing tricks developed by Tesla and has put them to scale using Chinese labor and proximity to their own supply chain. The US will forever be routing significant chunks of the profits towards the growing army of defined benefit pensioners who have been retired for decades.
- - - - - - - - - -
The problem is China's own manufacturing tricks they have developed over the years that have given them a reputation for their high-quality products.

Or lack thereof.

Legacy automakers in America have been hollowed out for various reasons. But the cheapness of Chinese goods are suspect. Slave wages, sometimes literally. Inferior products and ingredients. And just selling at a loss, dumping on the market as economic warfare to kill competing companies elsewhere. And then when there is no competition, then the prices can rise back up. The quality doesn't, though. And when something egregious really happens, like the poisoned infant milk scandal, they may decapitate a manager or two, bow their heads, say "Sorry", and then do better at hiding it the next time.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (4h45B)

241 She had a heart attack and work and was clinically dead. Important life lesson: If you are going to have a heart attack at work, be an ER Nurse.

She was brought back and she celebrates every July 13th as her other birthday.
****

Your mom is weird. Congratulations!

Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (HpRTp)

242 Or lack thereof.

Legacy automakers in America have been hollowed out for various reasons. But the cheapness of Chinese goods are suspect. Slave wages, sometimes literally. Inferior products and ingredients. And just selling at a loss, dumping on the market as economic warfare to kill competing companies elsewhere. And then when there is no competition, then the prices can rise back up. The quality doesn't, though. And when something egregious really happens, like the poisoned infant milk scandal, they may decapitate a manager or two, bow their heads, say "Sorry", and then do better at hiding it the next time.
Posted by: Another Anon at July 13, 2026 12:13 PM (4h45B)

What is Chinese for “Yugo”?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (OwmWb)

243 Gators have a brain the size of a pea and are only alive to eat, breathe, shit and procreate. There is nobody home in a gator's brain...closest thing to a dinosaur still alive.
Posted by: A Mindless Animal at July 13, 2026 12:01 PM (qC81n)

And they have been around extremely successfully since the early Cretaceous, indicating that highly developed brains are overrated, at least in Florida

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (rbvCR)

244 What is Chinese for “Yugo”?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 12:18 PM (OwmWb)

I don't care. I want a Mahendra jeep

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:19 PM (rbvCR)

245 One of the neighbors on the street had a relative come up from Florida. He brought gator meat. Deep fried it. I thought it was okay. Chewy chicken, basically.
Posted by: I want to speak to your manager at July 13, 2026 12:05 PM (anL5R)

Gimme an alligator sandwich and make it snappy!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:21 PM (rbvCR)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The death of Cain
George Frederick Watts

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:30 AM (p11yt)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

3 Sock removal caused significant delay.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

4 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

5 Time to play "What's this week's theme"

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (p11yt)

6 without context it looks like the title should be "ultra massive bitch-slap"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (rbvCR)

7 No boobs. No dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

8 Caine built cities. This does not look like a city builder.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 09:32 AM (rbvCR)

9 Nice tan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 09:32 AM (u/oMr)

10 Abel's ghost is whapping him upside the head.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

11 God was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 13, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

12 What is that that his arms are around?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:33 AM (p11yt)

13 He's no longer able.

Posted by: His brother at July 13, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

14 What is that that his arms are around?
Posted by: rickb223

Looks like his right knee.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

15 Back in those days, death would show up in the guise of an orange lady to smite you. Today death is much more impersonal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 09:34 AM (u/oMr)

16 He looks like I feel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

17 What is that that his arms are around?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:33 AM (p11yt)
----
Looks like it's his right knee covered by his fur tunic.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

18 He's no longer able.
Posted by: His brother

Damn. I'm sething with envy that I didn't come up with that first.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

19 5 Time to play "What's this week's theme"
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM

Redemption and forgiveness?

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 09:35 AM (Dd38x)

20 original chicken finger herself.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (R11M+)

21 15 Back in those days, death would show up in the guise of an orange lady to smite you. Today death is much more impersonal.

You can't get good customer service anymore.
I blame Covid

Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (HcoTw)

22 So the Angel of Death is a ginger, apparently...

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

23 15 Back in those days, death would show up in the guise of an orange lady to smite you. Today death is much more impersonal.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 09:34 AM (u/oMr)
Staff number is the same as it ever was. Maybe union problems?

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (LHPAg)

24 He protected his rocks to the very end.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (u/oMr)

25 This is not how I imagined Cain looking.
He looks like he was carved out of a tree.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

26
Need Fen to explain his afterlife.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (Y8DZL)

27 seth it and forgeth it.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

28 So the Angel of Death is a ginger, apparently...
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

It would make sense. Removal of souls and all that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

29 Redemption and forgiveness?
Posted by: Piper

Would be nice.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (p11yt)

30 Would not hang this one.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (ibDUx)

31 Grim, unpleasant, doubleplus ungood

no hang

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (ZxPkt)

32 You can't get good customer service anymore.
I blame Covid
Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (HcoTw)

Deadweight loss, the extinction of customer experience services due to rising costs of operations.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (rbvCR)

33 Wrinkly.

Posted by: red speck at July 13, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

34
Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Posted by: Genesis 4:9 at July 13, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Looks like it's his right knee covered by his fur tunic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I think you are correct. I finally opened it up on a computer monitor.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:38 AM (p11yt)

36 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

-----------

Wait, that's not how it goes, is it?

Posted by: B. Obama at July 13, 2026 09:39 AM (u/oMr)

37 Fun fact: In some Jewish traditions, Noah's wife was a descendant of Cain.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

38 The invention of barbers still lays far into the future.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 09:40 AM (u/oMr)

39 that might be a pet goat under his mma belt. def not mcgregor's knee. proper slap down.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

40
Well, THAT'S a new twist on Cain....

Posted by: Glenn Danzig at July 13, 2026 09:41 AM (B5HPU)

41 Did we get the death of Cain in the scriptures?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 09:42 AM (w1wpe)

42 28 harsh but true.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

43 Watts’ Imagined Scene: Watts, who frequently drew on Old Testament themes for moral and allegorical purposes, invents an ending: the frail, exhausted Cain returns to Abel’s altar after years of wandering and offers himself as a sacrifice in repentance. A fiery angel descends under a stormy sky, sweeping away the dark clouds of the curse. Cain is forgiven and allowed to die in peace.

The composition captures the dramatic moment of absolution, with Cain’s twisted, weary form contrasted against the dynamic, flowing figure of the angel. Watts revised the work extensively (as seen in preparatory sketches), refining poses and drapery for maximum emotional intensity.

wattsgallery.org.uk

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 09:42 AM (hftzA)

44 No boobs. No dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

Cainine?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 09:43 AM (l4RKn)

45 This is the way I look when I have to mow the property and it's humid, full of mosquitos and I'm not in the mood.

But it still has to be done.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 09:43 AM (jehhT)

46 Posted by: Genesis 4:9 at July 13, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

Not to be confused with the time Donald Sutherland asked his son Angus where his other brother was and Angus responded:

"I do not know. Am I my brother Kiefer?"

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

47 Actually, the style kinda reminds me of William Blake.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

48 wattsgallery.org.uk
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 09:42 AM (hftzA)

Thanks. Nice background.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 13, 2026 09:45 AM (zafwz)

49 41 Did we get the death of Cain in the scriptures?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 09:42

Nope! So this is the artist’s interpretation.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 09:45 AM (Dd38x)

50 Did we get the death of Cain in the scriptures?
Posted by: Boss Moss

The Bible does not specify how Cain died, leaving his fate open to interpretation and speculation, with various theories suggesting different possibilities.

Someone way better read than I am might know.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:45 AM (p11yt)

51 Was it intentional that the brambles around the rock resemble a crown of thorns?

Sometimes, I wish there were a Guide To Metaphors that accompanied all paintings.

Posted by: red speck at July 13, 2026 09:47 AM (Ve/HL)

52 I've always thought that if Adam and Eve hadn't eaten the forbidden fruit, Cain would have.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

53 Cain never should have mutinied against God.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

54 Who was Cain's wife?

Posted by: Here we go... at July 13, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

55 Who was Cain's wife?
Posted by: Here we go

Presumably, one of his sisters.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

56
Forgiveness Is Mine To Give - a limerick

At the heart of the "Brother's Keeper" fable
The Mark of Cain became a permanent label
Cain really was keen
To wipe the slate clean
But in the end he just wasn't Abel

Posted by: muldoon at July 13, 2026 09:50 AM (I0N4X)

57 It occasionally gives me consolation as a parent that even God's kids and grandkids were colossal screw-ups.

Posted by: red speck at July 13, 2026 09:50 AM (Ve/HL)

58 Not sure, certainly interesting. Some good details but not quite a realistic scene.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 09:51 AM (Ipr7E)

59 Thx CBD. Weighty subject for Mon morning.
Would hang , good subject, beautiful colors.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 09:51 AM (m2wmY)

60 54 >>Who was Cain's wife?

Nancy Pelosi?

Posted by: red speck at July 13, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

61 Very dramatic

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 09:52 AM (lJ0H4)

62 Was it intentional that the brambles around the rock resemble a crown of thorns?
Posted by: red speck

Interesting. I didn't notice that until you mentioned it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

63 Awan or Aclima by some traditions.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 09:53 AM (w1wpe)

64 >>Who was Cain's wife?

Nancy Pelosi?
Posted by: red speck at July 13, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

That poor bastard.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

65 Who was Cain's wife?

Nancy Pelosi?
Posted by: red speck at July 13, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

That poor bastard.......
Posted by: Sponge

Yeah, she could drive anyone to murder.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

66 Regarding the Apple 1 news item on the Daily Tech News post earlier (and possibly even related to this thread’s painting!), you can buy an Apple 1 replica in kit form. I got one from ReactiveMicro several years ago. A lot of fun to put together, and a fairly easy electronics project. It was not a complicated device.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 09:53 AM (kYmoU)

67 The painting is visually interesting on its own with the contrast between the dark man and wasteland against the power and light and life of the angel. Knowing the story of Cain and his repentance makes it more powerful. Not sure if the hint of a face in the upper left is God providing absolution or Cain as he ascends. Clearly, I need to reread Genesis. Also, I need to learn more about Watts and his works.

Probably not connected but the image reminds me of CS Lewis' description of the light and life Ransome felt once he was in outer space in "Out of the Silent Planet".

Posted by: JTB at July 13, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

68 I've always thought that if Adam and Eve hadn't eaten the forbidden fruit, Cain would have.
Posted by: Bulg

Around 8 or 9 years old.

"You're not the boss of me!"

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:54 AM (p11yt)

69 Good morning from Elliot Bay! Sunny and 54. Gorgeous morning.

Have a lovely day and please, before setting your hairs on fire, go for a walk. Smell the flowers. Feel the air move around you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:56 AM (1GRHN)

70 47 well, the dead man protagonist was william blake...

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

71
The only thing I know about the artist is that Sir Charles Villiers Stanford's 6th Symphony is subtitled "In Memoriam G.F. Watts".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 09:56 AM (KYGtJ)

72 56 ... Muldoon, That was more brilliant than usual, which is high praise. Thanks.

Posted by: JTB at July 13, 2026 09:57 AM (yTvNw)

73 Looks like Mitch McConnell before they cleaned him up for the photo op.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 09:57 AM (sYM3s)

74 Looks like a bad tattoo.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 09:58 AM (/WQyy)

75 54 he was incel. wasn't able.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

76 From bibilicalarchaeology.org, re Noah's wife:

According to the midrash known as Genesis Rabbah (c. 300–500 C.E.), a collection of ancient rabbinical interpretations of Genesis, she was Naamah, the daughter of Lamech and sister of Tubal-Cain (Genesis 4:22). Later midrash, such as the medieval Book of Jasher, seemingly uncomfortable with Noah’s wife being from the descendants of Cain, states she is Naamah the daughter of Enoch.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

77 Figure sort of reminds FenSpouse of the artistic work of William Blake.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 10:00 AM (6jy2V)

78 Cain's repentance is a nice story, but did it really happen? Maybe it's enough to know that, had he done so, he would have been forgiven.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 10:01 AM (2ap+5)

79 The poor sumumabitch looks like a lump of coprolite …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 13, 2026 10:02 AM (ayRl+)

80 Figure sort of reminds FenSpouse of the artistic work of William Blake.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes, me too, Fen.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

81 aka "When Galadriel caught Gandalf peeking on her in the shower".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 10:02 AM (IG3/x)

82 " In some Jewish traditions, Noah's wife was a descendant of Cain."

Makes sense. "Inside the tribe, outside the clan."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 10:02 AM (qFwJc)

83 Cheerful and uplifting!

Posted by: Weasel at July 13, 2026 10:02 AM (lI3m5)

84 Kane Logistics out of Pennsylvania was originally named Kane Is Able. Which is cute.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

85 76 gonna need some calamine for that tubal-cain midrash.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:03 AM (R11M+)

86 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:56 AM (1GRHN)

Good advice. May you have a blessed day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 10:04 AM (6jy2V)

87 Cain's babysitter was Taylor Lorenz.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 10:04 AM (CpcAD)

88 Cheerful and uplifting!
Posted by: Weasel

If you think of Cain as Micth McConnell, I totally agree!

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

89 I had to Google how Cain died. Pretty disappointing.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 13, 2026 10:04 AM (jYRYu)

90 "Did we get the death of Cain in the scriptures?"

No. Therefore it didn't happen.

Posted by: "sola scriptura" evangelicals at July 13, 2026 10:04 AM (qFwJc)

91 I thought Cain became the first vampire doomed to walk the Earth forever.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 10:04 AM (diia5)

92 The movie ‘He Never Died’ has an interesting take on the Cain myth. Uneven movie, but interesting take.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 10:06 AM (bAJQW)

93 92 henry rollins?
thoroughly enjoyable.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)

94 We all rebel against God at some time or another.

With a few exceptions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 10:07 AM (qFwJc)

95 The death of Cain
George Frederick Watts

The Death of Cain is a major Symbolist painting by British artist George Frederic Watts, created between 1872 and 1875. It depicts an imagined conclusion to the biblical narrative where a weary, emaciated Cain returns to his brother Abel's altar, only to have his curse lifted by a fiery angel and be forgiven.

The large oil on canvas (measuring 2337 mm × 1575 mm) portrays themes of morality, mortality, and the human condition. In the scene, Cain has collapsed in despair, while a dramatic, stormy sky parts as a glowing angel descends to grant him peace in death. Watts gave the painting to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1886, where it currently resides.

He needed a good scrubbing, too, but at least he was forgiven.

Today's excuse: Too large to hang. But, Watts is an interesting artist as he became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:07 AM (NFX2v)

96 In the book "A Canticle for Liebowitz," Lazarus, Jesus' friend never died and still roams the Earth.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 10:08 AM (qFwJc)

97 We all rebel against God at some time or another.

With a few exceptions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence

"The Bible is so depressing. Everybody's a sinner. Except this one guy."
-- Homer Simpson

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

98 A Cainine painting? So art?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

99 In ER. Dx = a fib.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:10 AM (rea8t)

100 96 In the book "A Canticle for Liebowitz," Lazarus, Jesus' friend never died and still roams the Earth.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 10:08 AM
______

Not unlike Beau Biden.

Posted by: Not a joke at July 13, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

101 Thx for prayers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:11 AM (rea8t)

102 99 In ER. Dx = a fib.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

103 Who was Cain's wife?

Her name was Leba.

As in "Abel was I ere I saw Leba"

Posted by: muldoon at July 13, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

104 Praying Cap'n.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 10:12 AM (U0yJ9)

105 The movie ‘He Never Died’ has an interesting take on the Cain myth. Uneven movie, but interesting take.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 10:06 AM (bAJQW)

Karl Edward Wagner's Kane books was roughly centered around that concept.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 10:14 AM (rbvCR)

106 Stupid Prizes Award winner for today

@libsoftiktok 8m
BREAKING: A driver reportedly just tried to run over ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. He was reportedly shot dead.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 10:15 AM (diia5)

107 I've wondered about Lazarus and the old obituary line, modified: "We owe God a death. Or two in your case, Laz."

Posted by: Oglebay at July 13, 2026 10:16 AM (2ap+5)

108 In the book "A Canticle for Liebowitz," Lazarus, Jesus' friend never died and still roams the Earth.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 10:08 AM (qFwJc)
----
Technically Lazarus died at least once.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 10:16 AM (FZ29D)

109 I saw this on Forensic Files last year. Able was the person of interest.

Posted by: Yer Sistahs Azz at July 13, 2026 10:16 AM (Bjewj)

110 I've always thought Cain got off easy.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:17 AM (xcxpd)

111 @libsoftiktok 8m
BREAKING: A driver reportedly just tried to run over ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. He was reportedly shot dead.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 10:15 AM (diia5)

You'd think that even leftists, eventually, would learn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:17 AM (ExV1e)

112 We owe God a death.
---------
Tis not due, yet!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:17 AM (rea8t)

113 96 the andreyev lazarus is bleak.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:17 AM (R11M+)

114 Praying for you, Captain Obvious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 10:17 AM (1Vo6X)

115 105 The movie ‘He Never Died’ has an interesting take on the Cain myth. Uneven movie, but interesting take.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 10:06 AM (bAJQW)

Karl Edward Wagner's Kane books was roughly centered around that concept.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 10:14 AM (rbvCR)

I try hard to like Karl Edward Wagner's Kane books. It ought to be right up my alley. But Kane is such an asshole I end up not enjoying the stories.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:18 AM (xcxpd)

116 RIP Sam Neill. He owned the 1990s.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 10:18 AM (yYROg)

117 prayers up, Captain!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 13, 2026 10:18 AM (hPLSE)

118 I hope you heal up soon, Captain Obvious

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:19 AM (xcxpd)

119 It occasionally gives me consolation as a parent that even God's kids and grandkids were colossal screw-ups.

About 2/3 of the OT turns out to be Almighty God bitching about kids nowadays, just like a Moron. We trespass on His turf.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 13, 2026 10:19 AM (zdLoL)

120 The Epitaph: Cain just wasn't able.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 10:19 AM (0sNs1)

121 Ann Widdecombe murder investigation has been transferred to the "anti-terror department" (not sure of its official name).

IRGC is being mentioned in news reports but they are taking credit for everything these days. British government has finally proscribed them (presumably in response to Widdecombe killing).

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 13, 2026 10:20 AM (AGz65)

122 MAE, they're working on it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:20 AM (rea8t)

123 116 RIP Sam Neill. He owned the 1990s.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 10:18 AM (yYROg)

RIP indeed. I have really enjoyed a lot of his movies, especially In the Mouth of Madness.

Never imagined John Carpenter would outlive Sam.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:20 AM (xcxpd)

124 I try hard to like Karl Edward Wagner's Kane books. It ought to be right up my alley. But Kane is such an asshole I end up not enjoying the stories.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:18 AM (xcxpd)

If I were to cut all the assholes out of my life I would be an anchorite living in a cell carved into a rock, and I don't have that luxury

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 10:20 AM (rbvCR)

125 111 nah, they need something to broadcast.
expect a big "event" before november.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

126 80 Figure sort of reminds FenSpouse of the artistic work of William Blake.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes, me too, Fen.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)
--
You be trippin!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 13, 2026 10:21 AM (cWLG3)

127 RIP Sam Neill. He owned the 1990s.
Posted by: gKWVE

Great actor. Will be missed.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 10:21 AM (lJ0H4)

128 Reminds me of a Kansas album cover

Posted by: kactus at July 13, 2026 10:22 AM (twS2i)

129 IRGC is being mentioned in news reports but they are taking credit for everything these days.

Was it not Allah (swt) Who took Lindsay Graham (la) by his aorta? And who best speaks for Allah?

Posted by: the Islamic Republic at July 13, 2026 10:22 AM (yYROg)

130 Figure sort of reminds FenSpouse of the artistic work of William Blake.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes, me too, Fen.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)
--
You be trippin!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

My favorite story about Blake is that his wife once reportedly said that "I have very little of Mr. Blake's company. He is always in Paradise."

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

131 124 I try hard to like Karl Edward Wagner's Kane books. It ought to be right up my alley. But Kane is such an asshole I end up not enjoying the stories.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:18 AM (xcxpd)

If I were to cut all the assholes out of my life I would be an anchorite living in a cell carved into a rock, and I don't have that luxury
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 10:20 AM (rbvCR)

In fiction, I need to have a protagonist I can root for. I have to want them to succeed. With Kane, I end up hoping he gets his ass kicked and gets humbled. I shouldn't be hoping the protagonist will fail but that's where I end up.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:22 AM (xcxpd)

132 And who best speaks for Allah?

Admiral Akbar?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:23 AM (ExV1e)

133 Cain moved to North Fork with his son Mark.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 10:23 AM (Cqx++)

134 So, this is Cain's return from an early version of The Barrel?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 10:23 AM (0sNs1)

135 CBD, have you ever featured a William Blake?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

136 106 Stupid Prizes Award winner for today
Posted by: weft cut-loop
---
Big story already, and demonstrations planned.

Portland-Press Herold, Live updates: Shooting reported in Biddeford, potentially involving federal agents

One person may be dead after a shooting that may have involved federal immigration agents.
Community: Biddeford. Posted 8:39 AM

Updated 10:00 am
Nearby Biddeford residents shocked, saddened
Ron Bernardino and Barbara Malloch live less than two blocks from the scene. They said they heard nothing from their home, but were shocked to hear that a man had been shot and killed.

“I come out here to walk my dog and there was a guy who told me they killed someone,” Bernardino said.

10:10 am - Rep. Pingree responds to Biddeford incident

10:06 am - Protest planned following shooting
Protests are already in the works in response to the incident on Monday.

And on and on.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:23 AM (NFX2v)

137 And who best speaks for Allah?

Posted by: the Islamic Republic at July 13, 2026 10:22 AM (yYROg)

Trump. At least he has claimed so on Truth Social. Twice IIRC.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 13, 2026 10:24 AM (AGz65)

138 looked up sam neill. i've seen jurassic and wilderpeople. cannot picture him.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)

139 MAE, they're working on it.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
___________

If the cardiologist recommends ablation, a new technique has been introduced that uses a pulsed electrical field rather than heat or cryo. Ablation was already pretty safe, but this new technique carries even lower risks.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 10:25 AM (XvL8K)

140 Kane's punishment is that he gets to live with what he has done.
Karl Edward Wagner was a serious alcoholic, and I thought it showed through in his writing.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 10:25 AM (rbvCR)

141 Ablation not on table at this point.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:26 AM (rea8t)

142 Sam Neill was Dr Weir on the Event Horizon.
He is assuredly in a better place now.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 10:26 AM (yYROg)

143 A driver reportedly just tried to run over ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. He was reportedly shot dead.

********

The driver's name was Ames.

Pretti Goode Ames

Posted by: muldoon at July 13, 2026 10:26 AM (I0N4X)

144 138 looked up sam neill. i've seen jurassic and wilderpeople. cannot picture him.
Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)
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He was also in Daybreakers, with Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, a pretty good spin on the vampire genre.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 10:27 AM (CpcAD)

145 looked up sam neill. i've seen jurassic and wilderpeople. cannot picture him.
Posted by: cmeat

He was in Hunt for Red October too. Got his start in the U.S. in Reilly, Ace of Spies on PBS.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 10:27 AM (lJ0H4)

146 143 A driver reportedly just tried to run over ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. He was reportedly shot dead.

********

The driver's name was Ames.

Pretti Goode Ames
Posted by: muldoon at July 13, 2026 10:26 AM (I0N4X)

snort

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 13, 2026 10:27 AM (xcxpd)

147 Sam Neill was Dr Weir on the Event Horizon.
He is assuredly in a better place now.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 10:26 AM (yYROg)
___

Only if he accepted Jesus as his savior and repented of his sins before he died.

If not...

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 10:28 AM (j6oBT)

148 144 zombie guy here, although some vamps are neat.
backrooms was worthwhile. saw trailer for buscemi/ malkovich upcoming gangster.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:29 AM (R11M+)

149 It's kind of amazing how the Democrats have this super competent totally Grassroots™ Rapid ~~Riot~~ Protest Response Team.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 10:29 AM (CpcAD)

150 Ablation not on table at this point.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:26 AM (rea8t)

My sis ignored hers until she had issues from the tachycardia, and then they were really aggressive on meds trying to control it. That didn't work so well so they did an ablation.
I am glad you are getting seen about this.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 10:30 AM (rbvCR)

151 Good morning from Elliot Bay! Sunny and 54. Gorgeous morning.

Have a lovely day and please, before setting your hairs on fire, go for a walk. Smell the flowers. Feel the air move around you.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:56 AM

Mornin', nurse! Hot and humid here, but, New England in the summer. I'll take it for a couple of weeks before Preparing for Winter sets in.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:30 AM (bFu5X)

152 Ames Pretti Goode

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 10:30 AM (h7yO4)

153 If the cardiologist recommends ablation, a new technique has been introduced that uses a pulsed electrical field rather than heat or cryo. Ablation was already pretty safe, but this new technique carries even lower risks.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 10:25 AM (XvL8K)

Is the new procedure more effective? I've had 1 cryogenic and 2 heat ablation surgery in past 7 years, and my afib is back, big as ever.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 13, 2026 10:30 AM (mXOPV)

154 145 weird, red october wasn't in his filmography. saw that. he reminds me of an american actor.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 10:30 AM (R11M+)

155 146 143 A driver reportedly just tried to run over ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. He was reportedly shot dead.

********

This needs to happen more often with less provocation.
They need support from management to clear crowds the old tried and proved way. Until then, events like this are going to happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:32 AM (VQ0bX)

156 22 So the Angel of Death is a ginger, apparently...
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)
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This has been known for millennia. Also stealer of souls.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 13, 2026 10:33 AM (JNTt1)

157 In the book "A Canticle for Liebowitz," Lazarus, Jesus' friend never died and still roams the Earth.

“You fish in dark waters.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:33 AM (kYmoU)

158 In the book "A Canticle for Liebowitz," Lazarus, Jesus' friend never died and still roams the Earth.

“You fish in dark waters.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:33 AM (kYmoU)

But stay away from the kiln. That thing is dangerous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)

159 Death is represented many ways in art. This one is pretty good.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 13, 2026 10:35 AM (QaH55)

160 https://youtu.be/Jpyj3k-oews

Nigel Farage on Ann Widdecombe.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 13, 2026 10:35 AM (AGz65)

161 But stay away from the kiln. That thing is dangerous.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Fawn Leibowitz at July 13, 2026 10:35 AM (CpcAD)

162 Saudi Jets Bomb Sanaa International Airport To Stop Iranian Passenger Plane From Landing
-- Saudis don't want Iran in Yemen airspace.

The article clarifies the relation between US, Saudi Arabia and Yemen is just as screwy as all Islam relations.
https://tinyurl.com/29v93awb

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:36 AM (VQ0bX)

163 But stay away from the kiln. That thing is dangerous.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)

Handy for picking up chicks, though. -- Eric Stratton

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:36 AM (ExV1e)

164 Is the new procedure more effective? I've had 1 cryogenic and 2 heat ablation surgery in past 7 years, and my afib is back, big as ever.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker
__________

From what I've read, it's as effective and greatly reduces the risk of damaging the heart wall, which in turn can lead to developing a fistula to the esophagus. And it cuts the procedure time way down.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 10:36 AM (XvL8K)

165 I had to Google how Cain died. Pretty disappointing.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

Net neutrality. Duh.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

166 I didn't see the name Ames.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 10:37 AM (w1wpe)

167 I didn't see the name Ames.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 10:37 AM (w1wpe)

That may have been a joke.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:37 AM (ExV1e)

168 Hey Sponge!
Hi Bulge!
Nurse!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 10:38 AM (TkiSb)

169
Net neutrality. Duh.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

It wasn't tax cuts?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

170 “The children of this world are consistent, too.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:38 AM (kYmoU)

171 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 10:38 AM (TkiSb)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

172 Hi, SMH!

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

173 From what I've read, it's as effective and greatly reduces the risk of damaging the heart wall, which in turn can lead to developing a fistula to the esophagus. And it cuts the procedure time way down.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 10:36 AM (XvL8K)

Thanks.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 13, 2026 10:39 AM (mXOPV)

174 This needs to happen more often with less provocation.
They need support from management to clear crowds the old tried and proved way. Until then, events like this are going to happen.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:32 AM

*nods*

Grapeshot. Just a whiff.

Posted by: N. Bonaparte at July 13, 2026 10:39 AM (bFu5X)

175 Some one should remind Elliot page that he should sack up and that nobody cares what a white man thinks.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 13, 2026 10:39 AM (/WHpM)

176 Adam raised a Cain.

Posted by: Bruce, the Boss at July 13, 2026 10:39 AM (QaH55)

177 “The children of this world are consistent, too.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:38 AM (kYmoU)

Wheresoever you find a mess, a cat or a child will be close by.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:39 AM (ExV1e)

178
It's kind of amazing how the Democrats have this super competent totally Grassroots™ Rapid Riot Protest Response Team.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Do they have a website to download the latest protest signs?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 10:40 AM (Cqx++)

179 Wheresoever you find a mess, a cat or a child will be close by.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:39 AM

And if you hear the toilet flush, followed by "uh oh" it is already too late.

Posted by: N. Bonaparte at July 13, 2026 10:40 AM (bFu5X)

180 Off, Corsican sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:41 AM (bFu5X)

181
And if you hear the toilet flush, followed by "uh oh" it is already too late.
Posted by: N. Bonaparte at July 13, 2026 10:40 AM (bFu5X)

I flushed my dad's alarm clock once.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)

182 99 In ER. Dx = a fib.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:10 AM (rea8t)
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This is treatable and if treated properly, you have many more years ahead of you. Meds and/or pacemaker.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 13, 2026 10:42 AM (JNTt1)

183 That must have been hard to pass.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 10:42 AM (w1wpe)

184 @Osint613
4m
Trump:

The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran. We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving.

All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait. The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as “THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World.

The process and formation will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Jul 13, 2026 · 2:36 PM UTC

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (VQ0bX)

185 I flushed my dad's alarm clock once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)

Once.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

186 I had open heart ablation done for my Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome back in August '89. I was also used a teaching case, so it was free. Of course, just about a year later, they started to do them by going through the Femoral artery....

Also, there was a hidden pathway that activated about two decades later. Fortunately, it is extremely intermittent (about 1 episode per year) and easily controlled with a Valsava manuever.

Posted by: goozer at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (eTh1u)

187 I flushed my dad's alarm clock once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:41 AM

I have questions...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (bFu5X)

188 am really sad about Sam Neill

wonderful actor! and of late, a farmer and just the sweetest content to follow. he loved his little animals!

I loved him in:

- MERLIN! the old miniseries! the first time I saw him in anything. he was so great
- Event Horizon
- Peaky Blinders
- Jurassic Park of course

but mostly merlin. I developed a terrible crush on his merlin

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 10:44 AM (j+aD2)

189 Thanks.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker
__________

Here's the Johns Hopkins page on it.

https://tinyurl.com/3xf9japa

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 10:44 AM (XvL8K)

190 Heartlander News, Judge delays ruling on bringing Tyler Robinson to trial

In part, (The Center Square) – Utah Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Tony Graf has delayed his ruling on whether there’s enough evidence to bring Tyler Robinson to trial on charges of killing Arizona conservative leader Charlie Kirk.

Following a five-day preliminary hearing, Graf on Friday said he would make his decision after having prosecution and defense lawyers present oral arguments on Sept. 1 in the Provo, Utah, courtroom. ...

More.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:45 AM (NFX2v)

191 “A driver”. Well at least they didn’t write “a car”.

I prefer “Motorist”. They just don’t use “Motorist” the way they once did.

And I’m gratified the guy was shot. I’m no bootlicker, but we can’t live this way. Democrats need to rein in their wind-up toys, somehow. Good Luck, I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 10:45 AM (aPO7X)

192
Once.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

But he never hung me on a hook.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

193 back in August '89
Posted by: goozer at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (eTh1u)

So 'goozer' = 'geezer + 35' ?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 13, 2026 10:45 AM (AGz65)

194 wonderful actor! and of late, a farmer and just the sweetest content to follow. he loved his little animals!
Posted by: Black Orchid

Rabbits, in Montana, right? With his round American wife?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

195 thinking of you, Captain Obvious

definitely treatable but this is scary stuff

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 10:46 AM (j+aD2)

196 Rabbits, in Montana, right? With his round American wife?

he also had a favorite duck

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 10:46 AM (j+aD2)

197
I have questions...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (bFu5X)

I really only remember bits and pieces. Maybe it wouldn't stop going off or something. I don't know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

198 Thx, all.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:47 AM (rea8t)

199 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Cain. The first FAFO?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)

200 187 I flushed my dad's alarm clock once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:41 AM

I have questions...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:43 AM (bFu5X)

We're talking either a reeeealllly big toilet or a reeeeallly small alarm clock.

Posted by: The proportions at issue are problematic at July 13, 2026 10:47 AM (TbWk/)

201 133 Cain moved to North Fork with his son Mark.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 10:23 AM (Cqx++)
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Then he moved to China and added Quay Chang to his name so that he could fit it better.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 13, 2026 10:47 AM (JNTt1)

202 143 A driver reportedly just tried to run over ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. He was reportedly shot dead.
++++

Wait. They used real bullets?

Posted by: Renee Good's "wife" at July 13, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

203 Utah Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Tony Graf has delayed his ruling on whether there’s enough evidence to bring Tyler Robinson to trial on charges of killing Arizona conservative leader Charlie Kirk.

Really? One would have thought that the DNA, fingerprints, video, and testimony would be enough.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

204
We're talking either a reeeealllly big toilet or a reeeeallly small alarm clock.
Posted by: The proportions at issue are problematic at July 13, 2026 10:47 AM (TbWk/)

It wasn't big, but not small enough to make it through......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

205 Rabbits, in Montana, right? With his round American wife?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)
___

lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 10:49 AM (TkiSb)

206 191 “A driver”.

Should've been a one-iron

Posted by: Lee Trevino at July 13, 2026 10:49 AM (TbWk/)

207 My wife accidentally flushed her cellphone once (at work, so large toilet). She tried calling it several hours later, and it was still ringing from wherever in the sewer system it was.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

208 Thx, all.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:47 AM (rea8t)

What you want to do, is FEED a cold.

*holds up obnoxious sub sandwich*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)

209 It wasn't big, but not small enough to make it through......

Just the right size to cause problems—one of those clamshell travel alarms?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:50 AM (kYmoU)

210 Who?

@Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: South Carolina Gov Henry McMaster to announce Senate appointment to succeed late Sen Lindsey Graham Monday at 4pm ET -FOX

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 10:50 AM (diia5)

211
Just the right size to cause problems—one of those clamshell travel alarms?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:50 AM (kYmoU)

I believe so. I remember there were bits that were glow in the dark and it was a wind up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

212 *holds up obnoxious sub sandwich*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)

The sandwiches we got on my sub were pretty obnoxious. What with the green bologna and all.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (ExV1e)

213 RIP Sam Neill. He owned the 1990s.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 10:18 AM

Bummer. He was good in Reilly, Ace of Spies.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (bFu5X)

214 What you want to do, is FEED a cold.

*holds up obnoxious sub sandwich*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)
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I could murder a plate of bacon and eggs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (rea8t)

215 ....now I want bacon and eggs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

216 It wasn't big, but not small enough to make it through......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
___________

To complete this story, I hope it was a mechanical clock and it went off while he was on the can.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (XvL8K)

217 My wife accidentally flushed her cellphone once (at work, so large toilet). She tried calling it several hours later, and it was still ringing from wherever in the sewer system it was.
Posted by: Bulg

Imagine hearing someone answer it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (diia5)

218 Rabbits, in Montana, right? With his round American wife?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

And a recreational vehicle.

Posted by: He had a dream, and was shot for it at July 13, 2026 10:52 AM (TbWk/)

219 BREAKING: South Carolina Gov Henry McMaster to announce Senate appointment to succeed late Sen Lindsey Graham Monday at 4pm ET -FOX

better not be that wacko Mace

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 10:53 AM (j+aD2)

220 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel for protection from Hezbollah, saying they feared the Iran-backed group more than Israeli control.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 AM (VQ0bX)

221 220 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel for protection from Hezbollah, saying they feared the Iran-backed group more than Israeli control.

I mean of course? it's smart. otherwise they won't exist soon.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 13, 2026 10:54 AM (j+aD2)

222 We're talking either a reeeealllly big toilet or a reeeeallly small alarm clock.
Posted by: The proportions at issue are problematic at July 13, 2026 10:47 AM (TbWk/)

It wasn't big, but not small enough to make it through......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

So more like felonious immersion with intent to flush

Posted by: That's a paddlin' at July 13, 2026 10:54 AM (TbWk/)

223 220 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel for protection from Hezbollah, saying they feared the Iran-backed group more than Israeli control.
Posted by: Braenyard

I think some Druze and Alawites in the area have made the same request.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

224
To complete this story, I hope it was a mechanical clock and it went off while he was on the can.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 10:51 AM (XvL8K)

He found it before he had to use either one, I believe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:55 AM (2YhKe)

225 Excluding the alleged Maine shooting death, which will now have an even more interesting affect on the hunt for a "democrat" (Ha!) to run for U.S. Senate -

"Salgado’s death marked the 10th fatal shooting by federal immigration officials in the US since the second Trump administration took office in early 2025, a review of public reports by the Guardian shows."

The press is really beating the anti-ICE/TDS drums.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

226 >>better not be that wacko Mace

Saw Trey Gowdy mentioned as a possibility - yiiiiiiiiikes!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 10:56 AM (X8xt3)

227 Bummer. He was good in Reilly, Ace of Spies.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Yes he was. I never missed an episode of that show. Every Thursday at 9.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 10:56 AM (lJ0H4)

228
The press is really beating the anti-ICE/TDS drums.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

It's all they have to run on. "THEY'RE MURDERING CITIZENS!!!!"

Because their policies suck too bad to run on those.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:57 AM (2YhKe)

229 >> wonderful actor! and of late, a farmer and just the sweetest content to follow. he loved his little animals!

Wish I had seen his account, the clips being posted today are wonderful.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 10:57 AM (X8xt3)

230 In other news:

Hunter Biden is a millionaire again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)

231 Nine Nine Nine!

Posted by: zombie Cain at July 13, 2026 10:58 AM (MWfyi)

232 The press is really beating the anti-ICE/TDS drums.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)
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Election season is upon us.

Posted by: WisRich at July 13, 2026 10:59 AM (G0vdT)

233 Nine Nine Nine!
Posted by: zombie Cain at July 13, 2026 10:58 AM (MWfyi)

Cruel.

Funny, but cruel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:59 AM (2YhKe)

234 Nine Nine Nine!
Posted by: zombie Cain at July 13, 2026 10:58 AM (MWfyi)

Which is just "666" upside down...

Posted by: Satanic pizza! at July 13, 2026 11:00 AM (TbWk/)

235 Illegal migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan made nearly 40 attempts to breach the Polish border from Belarus over the weekend.

Some retreated into Belarus forests after seeing patrols, while others were detained.

Polish border guards responded with lightning speed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:00 AM (VQ0bX)

236 Richard Harris played Cain in John Huston's 1966 film "The Bible."

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

237 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

238 Still don't know what treatment they gave Cain.
Bet it wasn't monoclonal antibodies.
They killed him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:01 AM (VQ0bX)

239 Some retreated into Belarus forests after seeing patrols, while others were detained.

Polish border guards responded with lightning speed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:00 AM (VQ0bX)

Please tell me napalm was deployed. Lie if you must.

Posted by: mmmm, toasty at July 13, 2026 11:01 AM (TbWk/)

240 >>The press is really beating the anti-ICE/TDS drums.

BLM 2.0

1. Rile up ~~blacks~~ immigrants by repeatedly telling them the authorities are out to kill them.

2. ~~Blacks~~ Immigrants freak out when authorities pull them over or arrive at their home/job site ("They're going to kill me!", and instead of peacefully complying, they run, lash out, speed away in their car, etc.

2. Result! Media now has a story of police getting aggressive with ~~blacks~~ immigrants.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)

241 185 i threw my dad's alarm clock out the window.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 11:01 AM (R11M+)

242 217 My wife accidentally flushed her cellphone once (at work, so large toilet). She tried calling it several hours later, and it was still ringing from wherever in the sewer system it was.
Posted by: Bulg

Imagine hearing someone answer it.

you'd be surprised at the things people flush.

Posted by: sewer urchin at July 13, 2026 11:02 AM (v3pYe)

243 *you'd be surprised at the things people flush.*

We're swimming right here.

Posted by: Baby alligators and turtles at July 13, 2026 11:04 AM (0L9Cg)

244 Best guy for the Strom Thurmond job? It WAS Senator Thurmond who taught Graham 'How to represent your Constituents'.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 11:07 AM (LHPAg)

245 That thing in the background looks slightly like a cross.

Posted by: PG at July 13, 2026 11:08 AM (5tjvu)

246 235 they didn't know they could walk in backwards and say they were leaving?

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 11:08 AM (R11M+)

247
In other news:

Hunter Biden is a millionaire again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)

So some idiot commie cocksucker gave him some cash... I give it 72 hours before he's broke again.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 11:15 AM (B5HPU)

248 nood

brains

Posted by: zombie Cain at July 13, 2026 12:07 PM (MWfyi)

The Morning Report — 7/ 13 /26

Good morning kids. So, to paraphrase the revolting blather of Barack Obama, Lindsey Graham is dead but Mitch McConnell is alive. Just like way back when the notion that GM was "alive" McConnell on the other hand conveniently mugging from his bed for the cameras belies his actual heath and fitness to remain in the Senate. In any case as for Graham, condolences go out to his family and loved ones.

President Trump and VP Vance had this to say about the late senator

President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed his sadness over the sudden passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at 71 years old and called Graham “a true American Patriot.” Vice President JD Vance remembered Graham in a post on X Sunday morning:
Lindsey Graham came from humble beginnings and became one of the most powerful lawmakers in the most powerful nation on Earth. His story was a fundamentally American one. Early in my Senate tenure, I remember getting into a shouting match with Lindsey about a Ukraine funding bill at lunch and then learning the very next day that he was pushing rail legislation I really cared about behind the scenes. That was Lindsey Graham. He fought like hell for the things he believed in, and he was just as willing to go to bat for you when it counted.

For me, Lindsey Graham's record as a warrior for conservative principles was spotty at best if not dismal. After all, his moniker for many years was Graham-nesty and for good reason. As the leader of the so-called "Gang of Eight" he pushed hardest to grant amnesty to the millions of illegal aliens already here during the Obama years. Open borders and illegal aliens are a boon to corporate donors to the GOP and by extension to Graham and his ilk who will gladly wet their beaks at the expense of the indigenous American worker by destroying the wages of real working real Americans. And we all know what massive illegal alien populations do for the Democrats. So, farewell Lindsey Graham and RIP. Here's hoping whoever succeeds you as the Senator from South Carolina will be a real champion of Americanism, America and the free market. Yes, I do realize that Marco Rubio was also a part of that hideous cabal. But his tenure as secretary of State as well as his evolution into a real MAGA stalwart at least in my mind has absolved him of that ill-advised position. Rubio unless and until proven otherwise represents a real hope for our future.

While Graham was only 71 and McConnell 84, both are representative of the entrenched gerontocracy in Washington DC whose sole purpose is the lining of their own pockets at the expense of the taxpayers and in the case of Republicans aiding and abetting the Democrat party's dismantling of America as founded all to get wealthy at the cost of our liberty.

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Initial findings Sen. Lindsey Graham’s preliminary cause of death revealed after GOP leader, 71, found in DC home

Sen. Lindsey Graham died of a ruptured aorta brought on by chronic heart disease, according to the preliminary findings of the DC medical examiner’s office released Sunday.
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican, who was hospitalized June 14 during what dispatchers suspected was a cardiac event, released the statement the day after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), 71, suddenly died of heart issues — and following weeks of relative radio silence from McConnell’s camp.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, breaks silence on mystery ailment with photo after hospital stay, questions about health

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

He will be remembered as a man who violated his oath and threw away a military career for absolutely nothing.
A military officer turns useful idiot
The Democrats rely on this technique to move the political needle, but there are simple ways to counter it.
Manufactured Moral Outrage
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The Trump administration expressed fury at the Democrats for attempting to shield an immigrant who had committed a heinous crime from deportation, with White House Border Czar Tom Homan saying in an interview, “Who pardons a child rapist? That’s how much [Tim Walz] supports illegal aliens over U.S. citizen children.”
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If you don't want to get shot by ICE, don't ram ICE.
Some Tips If You Don’t Want To Be Shot by ICE
No contested history. No robes rewriting the compact. A bright-line rule set by the people, acting through their states.
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Trump DOJ Sues Dem-Led Maryland Over Sanctuary State Policies.
THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
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They’re certain to keep trying.
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David Harsanyi: We are not living through some uniquely bellicose or interventionist era.
The United States Has Always Been at War
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ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Where hatred of Jews leads.
New York Woman Tries to Send Cryptocurrency to Palestinian Islamic Jihad
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Advocates are trying to make it a policy issue within official D.C. circles.
Puerto Rico’s Independence Getting Talked About In D.C.
The amount of money stolen from taxpayers, rivals most states' entire economies.
The Fraud Industry Is Thriving, And Guess Who’s Happy About It
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WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Many have been asking lately if the onslaught of Islam or the rapid rise of Marxism is more likely to destroy the United States ...
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OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
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FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
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The allegation that Araujo used his car as a deadly weapon prior to being fatally shot is central to the entire story — yet the propaganda press obfuscated it.
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CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
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The Scourge of Teen Takeovers
The lead counsel for the federal watchdog appointed to oversee union activities informed Fain and the senior union member, Rich Boyer, last month that the DOJ had initiated a grand jury investigation into matters detailed in the monitor’s reports, including those involving Fain and his fiancée. The monitor’s office, led by New York attorney Neil Barofsky, issues periodic reports about the union’s inner workings.
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EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
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When a Harvard student needs ChatGPT to help with reading a novel, it’s clear that America’s high schools aren’t teaching students how to read.
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ABORTION
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DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The politicization of everything creates, in the ruling class, a belief in the infallible righteousness of their mission, which, in turn, legitimizes any tactics necessary to take and hold power.
Graham Platner and the Rationalization of Everything

* * * * *
Paul Pelosi has racked up a remarkable string of "lucky" trades over the years.
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The biggest grifter in Congress keeps on grifting.
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POLITICS
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
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HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
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FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
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CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
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HITHER & YON
Orson Welles’s film may no longer shock us the way it shocked audiences in 1941—but only because so much of modern cinema learned to speak its language.
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1 Posting at 7:13 on 7/13

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 13, 2026 07:13 AM (x0n13)

2 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

3 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 07:14 AM (RIvkX)

4 YOU HAVE GUNS, SHOOT THEM!

Posted by: zombie Lindsey Graham at July 13, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

6 Today also marks 6 months since Scott Adams passed away.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 13, 2026 07:17 AM (7Pnfz)

7 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:17 AM (ExV1e)

8 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:17 AM (/+uur)

9 That picture of mcconnell looks like a hostage photo. I mean he even has a newspaper sitting on his bed in a lame attempt to show what date it is.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 07:18 AM (jehhT)

11 I will say this. Graham was a politician. Like John McCain.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

12 Who gave the order for the McConnell photo?

Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2026 07:19 AM (Q+gd/)

13 Good morning good people. Happy Birthday J.J.!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:20 AM (y4MhN)

14 Mitch McConnell is alive.

And Elaine Chao is, once again, in the US. All the "unnamed sources" have been proven, again, to be wrong - deliberately or otherwise - and the hair on fire pointless. Will lessons be learned from that?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:20 AM (ExV1e)

15 Who gave the order for the McConnell photo?
Posted by: davidt

Col. Jessep?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:21 AM (y4MhN)

16 "A US official said there is expected to be a a “bigger” wave of US attacks on Iranian military targets on Sunday night."

Unless they take out the power and water this is going nowhere.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)

17 OU HAVE GUNS, SHOOT THEM!
Posted by: zombie Lindsey Graham

THAT'S!! the quote I couldn't quite remember.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:21 AM (y4MhN)

18 Mister Scott

It is a hostage photo. He should be released when he promises to vote for the SAVE Act.
Until then, hospital food and being awakened at 2 AM to give a sign of life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

19 J.J. gets the first on his own post. Don't see that every day!

Hiya J.J.! (Thanks for everything you continue to do for us. I don't always get to be around for this thread, but I usually read it later in the day.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

20 When a Harvard student needs ChatGPT to help with reading a novel, it’s clear that America’s high schools aren’t teaching students how to read.
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"Education", as distinct from grades, might be disappearing. Everyone gets A's but cannot perform basic tasks in math or writing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:24 AM (LEZ+q)

21 Mornin’, All.

JJ, the link about the Supreme Court breaking the Constitution binge up a “404 page not found.”

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 07:24 AM (77rzZ)

22 I read in the hell site that Graham had a net worth of less than $3M. If he was getting his beak, the wasn't nearly as good at it as Pelosi or Biden.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 13, 2026 07:26 AM (04GoZ)

23 Sen. Lindsey Graham died of a ruptured aorta

I'm no doctor but I reckon that would do it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

24 The push to confirm a permanent intelligence chief comes after Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act lapsed June 12, an authority that allows the government to monitor communications of foreign targets abroad, including when they involve American citizens.
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Anyone think the government actually stopped when Congressional authorization ended?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:30 AM (EiGGt)

25 19
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks. Stanley Steemer coming by in a while so early day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 13, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)

26 Hi folks! Fen, to answer your remark in the previous thread:

I do like my team but I really wish they had brought us all back at the same time. The joy of contracting life.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 07:32 AM (99eI0)

27 Couldn't pull any exif metadata from that .jpg image of Cocaine Mitch hosted at the NYPost, to see what the date the picture was taken might be.

"Corrupt data
The data provided does not follow the specification.
ExifLoader: The data supplied does not seem to contain EXIF data."

Corrupt. How appropriate.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 07:32 AM (O7YUW)

28 Internet* says:

Lindsey Graham, the late U.S. Senator from South Carolina, had an estimated net worth between $1.5 million and $3 million at the time of his death in July 2026
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so if he was steering govt't money his way, he was not good at it

* a system of 'smart tubes'

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 07:34 AM (ZxPkt)

29 Could someone point me the way to err, let's see, what's the name, err, Mitch...Mitch McConnell...the way to Mitch McConnell's room? I am a little behind and I need to catch up this week so I don't piss off my boss. Appreciate it!

Posted by: Death at July 13, 2026 07:34 AM (qC81n)

30 Being in SC myself, I'm unsure how this Aug. 11 special election will go for Graham's senate seat. We're an open primary wild, wild west. If Democrats can swamp this special election, I'm afraid it will be very easy to get the worst possible R person to go up against whomever is running on the D side already (whose name I don't know or care about). I admit to be clueless on what this process is going to be next month.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 07:34 AM (qBdHI)

31 Spiffy hospital gown Mitch was wearing in that hospital photo.
Oh, wait.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 07:35 AM (2Ez/1)

32 21 Mornin’, All.

JJ, the link about the Supreme Court breaking the Constitution binge up a “404 page not found.”
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 07:24 AM (77rzZ)

Should be fixed thanks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 13, 2026 07:35 AM (x0n13)

33 The push to confirm a permanent intelligence chief comes after Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act lapsed June 12, an authority that allows the government to monitor communications of foreign targets abroad, including when they involve American citizens.
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A broken link on the broken Constitution story, appropriately I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:35 AM (EiGGt)

34 It's not "Graham's Senate seat." It belongs to the people of South Carolina. These bums aren't royalty. They're public servants.

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 13, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

35 The Supreme Court just broke the Constitution—but the States can fix it

Good link: https://tinyurl.com/yc2wu69m

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

36 wow- Graham may have been an honest politician

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 07:37 AM (ZxPkt)

37 I went and checked, Lyndsey Graham was one of the specific people threatened by the fascist mobs in Tehran last weekend.

There is a greater than zero chance they were somehow involved.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

38 Sock fail. I'm not wondering about that point at all.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

39 The amendment would not be complicated. In plain English, here is what it would do. It would prohibit the Federal Government from granting, or recognizing, the citizenship of any person whose parents both lacked United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency at the time of their birth.
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Seems reasonable to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:41 AM (LEZ+q)

40 Families in a rich California enclave have claimed an extremely rare cancer has struck more people than first feared and that its root cause could be due to the rampant use of pesticides.

Which means that it's almost certainly not due to pesticides.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

41
16 "A US official said there is expected to be a a “bigger” wave of US attacks on Iranian military targets on Sunday night."

Unless they take out the power and water this is going nowhere.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)

At least that ridiculous MOU is dead. I think everyone is going to agree to Never Mention That Again.

I don’t think taking out the water and power would do anything; their government doesn’t care if the people suffer, they’ll probably welcome it as they would say “look! We were right!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 07:41 AM (HJ3jx)

42 San Franpsycho

Hope your wife is fully recovered.

Iran lied. Again. Sen. Graham's death was from natural causes.

I do worry about the continued threats against Trump. He has survived 6 assassination attempts so far.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

43 I'd bet a lot of Lindsey Graham's money is tied up in trusts, investment accounts without his name, NGO's and the like.

I want to see the ledger.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 07:41 AM (jehhT)

44 $3million that is known about.

Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2026 07:42 AM (Q+gd/)

45 Lindsey Graham was at all times and places willing, eager and obsessively committed to sending American troops and military might to any and all places for …..for what?
POTUS considered Lindsey to be like a a family member.
A mixed bag there to be sure.

Posted by: Voter theater. at July 13, 2026 07:42 AM (FCPbW)

46 When asked about the hostility she's faced since transitioning, Page, of course, played the victim card.

Someone should point out that, if she has a victim card, it proves that even she doesn't believe she's a man.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

47 Citizen Kane at 85: ~~A Revolutionary Masterpiece Still Hiding in Plain Sight~~ Still Overrated

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

48 Tom Servo

The IRCG needs electrical power for their control. We should end electricity in Iran.

The stopper is the high cost of human life and suffering could make the Iranians hate the West, and us, even more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

49 32 It’s working now, JJ. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 07:43 AM (77rzZ)

50 Being in SC myself, I'm unsure how this Aug. 11 special election will go for Graham's senate seat. We're an open primary wild, wild west. If Democrats can swamp this special election, I'm afraid it will be very easy to get the worst possible R person to go up against whomever is running on the D side already (whose name I don't know or care about). I admit to be clueless on what this process is going to be next month.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 07:34 AM

I wouldn't worry too much. The democrats have already proven they will pick the absolute worst candidate they can find and defend him almost to the bitter end and then force him to withdraw.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 07:44 AM (0N4FZ)

51 Horde, the Mitch picture isn't from the hospital. He's in rehab and you can wear street clothes while there.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 13, 2026 07:44 AM (2NHgQ)

52 I went and checked, Lyndsey Graham was one of the specific people threatened by the fascist mobs in Tehran last weekend.

There is a greater than zero chance they were somehow involved.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
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I would say greater than -1 chance.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 07:44 AM (RkR9o)

53 "I don’t think taking out the water and power would do anything; their government doesn’t care if the people suffer, they’ll probably welcome it as they would say “look! We were right!”
Posted by: Tom Servo"

With no way to deliver water or electricity, the Supreme Leaders will not be able to hide out for long. They may flee, which might be ok.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)

54 Bulg

How are you doing?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

55 Am experiencing some kind of cardiac arrhythmia. Could use prayers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (amcLV)

56 The amendment would not be complicated. In plain English, here is what it would do. It would prohibit the Federal Government from granting, or recognizing, the citizenship of any person whose parents both lacked United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency at the time of their birth.
============
Seems reasonable to me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:41 AM (LEZ+q)

I'm no lawyer, but that wording would seem to prohibit naturalization.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

57 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

Yep.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (77rzZ)

58 If it's a siege, then make it hurt.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi)

59 Page isn't "transitioning." Page is a mentally ill person who is permanently disfiguring their own body and any health professionals assisting in doing so should be in jail.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)

60 You've got it, Captain O!

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

61 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Prayers ascending for a fantastic outcome.

I feel a song of healing coming to me. Stand-by.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

62 They're not "Supreme Leaders." They're thugs.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Trump is special:

Open Source Intel @Osint613
1h

Erdogan gave Trump a golden pistol at the close of the NATO summit, Turkish media reports. Other NATO leaders received pistols too, but not gold ones.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM (RkR9o)

64 The stopper is the high cost of human life and suffering could make the Iranians hate the West, and us, even more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

Probably would. I still maintain that we have the military ability to take full control of the Straits, and also end the missile threat, while leaving the rest of Iran to its own devices. Once they can no longer threaten traffic in the straits, they are defanged.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM (HJ3jx)

65 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

♫♫ ♫♫ Staying Alive, staying alive ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

66 good morning JJ, Horde

Captain Obvious, you heading to the ER? Doctor's office?

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM (/6r4m)

67 63 Erdogan gave Trump a golden pistol at the close of the NATO summit, Turkish media reports. Other NATO leaders received pistols too, but not gold ones.

Donnie Gold Gun

Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 07:49 AM (2Drhq)

68 They're not "Supreme Leaders." They're thugs.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
-

Nothing but heartaches.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 07:49 AM (RkR9o)

69 Bulg

How are you doing?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I'm OK, Salty. My health issues are under control, more or less.

My wife and I went house-scouting in West Virginia on Saturday. We like the areas around Charles Town and Inwood. It got us out of the house, if nothing else.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 07:50 AM (77rzZ)

70 I never watched Citizen Kane. I tried. For 5 minutes. I could not. But that was a long time ago.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 07:50 AM (GD0B3)

71 Captain Obvious, you heading to the ER? Doctor's office?
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM (/6r4m)
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Not known yet. Considering.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 07:50 AM (amcLV)

72 Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM
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How many straits of Hormuz are there?

Posted by: Pedantic language nerd at July 13, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

73 Tom Servo

Yes, that is one option. Puts US boots on the ground. Our Arab "Allies" can not be trusted with that task.

My plan:
Every day we do not get the enriched uranium, an open Strait of Hormuz, and a surrender, strike a power plant. Use drones to destroy it.

Start with the plants that power Tehran City, then Tehran Province. Use IRGC control status to sort the next targets.
Do this every day.

After each power plant is destroyed, have Trump send a message by his hidden channels of communications: "Inshallah."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

74 Erdogan gave Trump a golden pistol at the close of the NATO summit, Turkish media reports. Other NATO leaders received pistols too, but not gold ones.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM

democrats will claim that Trump is a felon and he should be arrested for having a gun and impeached and removed from office.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 07:51 AM (0N4FZ)

75 My wife and I went house-scouting in West Virginia on Saturday. We like the areas around Charles Town and Inwood. It got us out of the house, if nothing else.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 07:50 AM
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Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Berkeley Springs at July 13, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

76 I had a grandfather who died the same way Graham did - perfectly fine one day. Dropped dead the next morning. So people are saying Lindsey’s death doesn’t make sense, well deaths like that never make sense; but they happen.

Life and death don’t care about making sense to us.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 07:52 AM (HJ3jx)

77 I'm no lawyer, but that wording would seem to prohibit naturalization.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)
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That's his summary commentary, not the actual wording; in context it refers specifically to "at birth".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:52 AM (t93WW)

78 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 07:53 AM (2YhKe)

79 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 07:53 AM (p11yt)

80 Prayers ascending to you, Captain Obvious.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

81 Everyone is now shocked how little wealth Lindsey Graham accumulated. They gave an example, Graham had slightly over a million after 25 years. MTG 25 million after 5 years. As the commenter said above, an honest man.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 07:53 AM (GD0B3)

82
72 Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM
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How many straits of Hormuz are there?
Posted by: Pedantic language nerd at July 13, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

The best part is that none of it is straight at all; it’s a big dogleg.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 07:54 AM (HJ3jx)

83 Mister Scott

I have a dream that Media types and Democrats would discover American values and aid in reaching new heights of prosperity. May they leave behind nihilist power-mongering to rule over others on a burnt-out fire ant nest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

84 I never watched Citizen Kane. I tried. For 5 minutes. I could not. But that was a long time ago.
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 07:50 AM (GD0B3)

I've seen some film people talk about CK the same way as some of the awful paintings CBD has put on the art thread. Oh, the artist used this technique and it's influential and blah blah blah. Great. CK is still a boring moving about nothing of interest.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

85 If there's one thing to say about Lindsay Graham, he seemingly didn't graft too much as he is said to have one of the lowest levels of wealth in Congress.

FWIW, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 07:55 AM (2YhKe)

86 Salty, she is getting there thanks. Imma try and get her out of the house again today.

Captain O, a prayer for speedy and complete healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

87 Graham cared more about the power than the money. He had what he wanted and needed. More money was low on his list.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:55 AM (MWfyi)

88 How many straits of Hormuz are there?
Posted by: Pedantic language nerd at July 13, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

120, 121, whatever it takes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

89 I had a grandfather who died the same way Graham did - perfectly fine one day. Dropped dead the next morning. So people are saying Lindsey’s death doesn’t make sense, well deaths like that never make sense; but they happen.

--

These people must be living under a rock. Sudden deaths, here today/gone tomorrow, are fairly common. For Lindsay Graham, it was his heart. For my mom, a massive stroke. No signs of any oncoming health disaster. It just happens.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

90 Yesterday afternoon:

Slow-moving storms dump up to 6 inches of rain across DFW, triggering widespread flash flooding

I seriously don't doubt it. My back pasture is 550 yards from the kitchen door to the tree line. Couldn't see the tree line. We got hammered. Just heavy rain.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (p11yt)

91 Why I aorta . . .

Posted by: Moe Howard at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (wVcYX)

92 Page isn't "transitioning." Page is a mentally ill person who is permanently disfiguring their own body and any health professionals assisting in doing so should be in jail.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)
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And the "hostility" she complains about is merely unwillingness to either take seriously or even just play along with her cosplay illness.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (t93WW)

93 @76 It is just a conflation of circumstance, being a target of the Iranian regime (Iranian diaspora was very appreciative of him calling spade a spade on the Islamic regime and not giving the regime excuses), and traveling to Ukraine right before.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (GD0B3)

94 That's his summary commentary, not the actual wording; in context it refers specifically to "at birth".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:52 AM (t93WW)

Thanks for the clarification.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

95 We should call it the dogleg of Hormuz.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (MWfyi)

96 I remember the interview Ellen Page did talking about being suicidal and hearing a voice in her head telling her that transitioning would heal her.

Demons. That's exactly what it sounds like.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 07:57 AM (99eI0)

97 his moniker for many years was Graham-nesty and for good reason."

Indeed. It seems that he was one of those who believed that every number must always be on the increase, as if that majically supports all. 10th century economics...

And the Houston ICE thingy? Not getting the juice that the pushers want - most people are "hey - 35 years??? Too bad"

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 07:59 AM (XuXeR)

98 63 Erdogan gave Trump a golden pistol at the close of the NATO summit, Turkish media reports. Other NATO leaders received pistols too, but not gold ones.

Donnie Gold Gun
Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 07:49 AM (2Drhq)

The President With The Golden Gun?

Posted by: Ian Fleming at July 13, 2026 07:59 AM (wVcYX)

99 94 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)
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My pleasure sir.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:59 AM (t93WW)

100 Erdogan gave Trump a golden pistol at the close of the NATO summit, Turkish media reports. Other NATO leaders received pistols too, but not gold ones.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 07:48 AM
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democrats will claim that Trump is a felon and he should be arrested for having a gun and impeached and removed from office.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2026 07:51 AM (0N4FZ)
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/image of samson-like trump whacking Dems with the butt of the pistol as if it were an ass's jaw bone

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 07:59 AM (RkR9o)

101 The thing with Mitch's photo - it's a photo, not a video. so easier to fake. It has him with no IVs, no injuries, nothing wrong - if he's at that state, what is he still doing in a hospital vs at home or at a rehab facility? No hospital lets you stay in that state of monitoring nothing. It also has him in the chair for visitors vs a bed (unless they've changed the beds to those chairs in my time) - why?

So, I suspect it was a fake...or faked to some extent. I know I shouldn't, but again timing (b/c Graham died and the noise was gonna get defeaning) is everything...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 07:59 AM (tOcjL)

102 *echoing voice* "Ellen, cut off your tits"

*snicker*

Posted by: the demon at July 13, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)

103 De mortuis nil nisi bonum

Senator Graham was close to the president for a reason. He greatly evolved his position on immigration to the point he constantly supported building the wall when nobody else did. He also recently sponsored a bill to get rid of sanctuary cities.

Say what you will, but the man was a tireless worker for the American people. He never let any grass grow under his feet. He was constantly talking to people trying to understand what the citizens wanted. He put a lot of that talk into action.

He will be sorely missed, not just as a nice man who truly cared about the country, but as a tireless worker on our collective behalf- something I dare say is lacking in Congress.

Rest in peace, Lindsey. You earned it.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 08:00 AM (zfkPG)

104 The President With The Golden Gun?
Posted by: Ian Fleming at July 13, 2026 07:59 AM (wVcYX)
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Was that the movie where the bad guy had a nefarious dwarf assistant?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 08:00 AM (t93WW)

105 Saw that Sam Neill passed - that guy from Jurassic Park.
Sad. He was 78.

Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 08:00 AM (NTVPI)

106 These people must be living under a rock. Sudden deaths, here today/gone tomorrow, are fairly common. For Lindsay Graham, it was his heart. For my mom, a massive stroke. No signs of any oncoming health disaster. It just happens.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Widow maker heart attack. Have lost two friends, relatively young - late 30's to mid 40's, to sudden heart attacks.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:00 AM (p11yt)

107 Folks, it's been 2 years since Butler:

https://tinyurl.com/zhm9f65e

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (RkR9o)

108 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (53oGX)

109 Sam Neill has died.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (77rzZ)

110 Trying to ascribe conspiracy to Graham's death is just a sign of the times.

Graham looked like a walking slab of rotten veal. He was obviously in terrible shape. Both his parents died somewhat prematurely.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (fZiTB)

111 Saw that Sam Neill passed - that guy from Jurassic Park.
Sad. He was 78.
Posted by: Boswell

Fuuuuuuck.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (p11yt)

112 That rain from DFW might be headed my way - usually it’s bright by this time of the morning, but everything is very dark outside.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (HJ3jx)

113 Mercifully raining in DFW. The grass was getting crunchy.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (VDAMH)

114 Widow maker heart attack. Have lost two friends, relatively young - late 30's to mid 40's, to sudden heart attacks.
Posted by: rickb223

My older brother had one of those. Fortunately, he survived.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:02 AM (77rzZ)

115 Was that the movie where the bad guy had a nefarious dwarf assistant?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

That was Smokey & the Bandit.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:02 AM (p11yt)

116 Why I aorta . . .

Posted by: Moe Howard at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (wVcYX)
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Are you saying that Graham died... in vain?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:03 AM (RkR9o)

117 Ellen Elliott Page is a poster child caricature for tranny madness. As I understand it, she was abused sexually? at a young age. She thinks she's a man now, yet looks just like a small-framed, delicate-faced woman dressed in her dad's clothes. I'm no doctor, but she is and has been mentally unwell for years. Her answer was to have a mastectomy, wear mens' shoes, clothes and short haircut as if to run away from her problems. Reinventing herself to erase whatever happened to her. She lashes out at whomever doesn't play along with her reinvention.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI)

118 For the first time in decades, Puerto Rican independence advocates began to present independence as an executive-branch policy option"

Please oh please oh please please please. Just because urropeans had "colonies" we had to as well???

Can we close down State?

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:03 AM (XuXeR)

119 I suspect everything about McConnell is fake.

He's Potemkin human. Fake alive, fake heterosexual, fake Republican, fake patriot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 08:03 AM (t93WW)

120 Saw that Sam Neill passed - that guy from Jurassic Park.
Sad. He was 78.
Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 08:00 AM (NTVPI)

He would have liked to see Montana.

Posted by: Captain Ramius at July 13, 2026 08:03 AM (wVcYX)

121 He will be sorely missed, not just as a nice man who truly cared about the country, but as a tireless worker on our collective behalf- something I dare say is lacking in Congress.

Rest in peace, Lindsey. You earned it.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2026 08:00 AM (zfkPG)

Agreed. I certainly had disagreements with some of his positions, but overall he did more good than bad, and there’s not many in government I would say that about.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 08:04 AM (HJ3jx)

122 Page said they "must just be so profoundly uncomfortable with themselves, they can't handle that someone could get to a place that... trans people do get to, which is a level of self-acceptance and understanding that I think is really beautiful and profound."

projection vomiting

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:04 AM (/+uur)

123 He would have liked to see Montana."

And raised rabbits.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)

124 That rain from DFW might be headed my way - usually it’s bright by this time of the morning, but everything is very dark outside.
Posted by: Tom Servo

It's either in NOLA, Virginia, or has dissipated. At least, according to the weather maps.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:04 AM (p11yt)

125 @MilHistNow
·
1h
On this day in 1863, anti-draft rioters begin a deadly three-day rampage through Manhattan targeting African Americans. As many as 200 are killed before federal troops, including 4,000 soldiers who had just fought at Gettysburg, arrive to restore order to the city.

Later, Martin Scorsese would put it in a movie.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 08:05 AM (ZxPkt)

126 111 Saw that Sam Neill passed - that guy from Jurassic Park.
Sad. He was 78.
Posted by: Boswell

He had cancer for a while and had made public peace with his mortality. Underrated actor. I particularly appreciated his work in "Dead Calm." Totally convincing as a naval officer and confident mariner.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 08:05 AM (fZiTB)

127 Why I aorta . . .
Posted by: Moe Howard at July 13, 2026 07:56 AM (wVcYX)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

128 Send PR on their way.
A M F

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

129 Why I aorta . . .

Posted by: Moe Howard

Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:05 AM (p11yt)

130 Folks, it's been 2 years since Butler:

https://tinyurl.com/zhm9f65e

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:01 AM (RkR9o)
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Addendum:

https://tinyurl.com/yscau5r3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:05 AM (RkR9o)

131 So, I suspect it was a fake...or faked to some extent. I know I shouldn't, but again timing (b/c Graham died and the noise was gonna get defeaning) is everything...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 07:59 AM (tOcjL)
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Looked totally faked.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

132 I fully support independence for PR. They can have some kind of free association with the US like Palau and the Marshall Islands do.

Same for Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, and the VI. Cut 'em all loose.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (77rzZ)

133 Have called 911

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (amcLV)

134 126 111 Saw that Sam Neill passed - that guy from Jurassic Park.
Sad. He was 78.
Posted by: Boswell

He had cancer for a while and had made public peace with his mortality. Underrated actor. I particularly appreciated his work in "Dead Calm." Totally convincing as a naval officer and confident mariner.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 08:05 AM (fZiTB)

Yeah, he had a "blood cancer on continuous forever treatment" - so an illness could quickly take his reduced immune system out (and they are reporting the sudden, brief illness as suspected COD)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (tOcjL)

135 Was that the movie where the bad guy had a nefarious dwarf assistant?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Fantasy Island?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

136 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Good. Don't be pinching the cute nurse's rumps. Note the plural.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

137 Have called 911
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (amcLV)

Good. It's probably nothing, but best not to take chances.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (GD0B3)

138 Mitch McConnell seems to be alive.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (w1wpe)

139 Have called 911

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (amcLV)
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Be well. Ignore us for the moment. We'll hear from you later on for years to come.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (RkR9o)

140 "Was that the movie where the bad guy had a nefarious dwarf assistant?"

Twins?

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (MWfyi)

141 "Two years ago today he tried to kiII President Trump and we still barely know anything about him"
~~~ LibsOfTikTok
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Why? Why don't the publicize this guys life? It seems to me Corey Comperatore's family deserves a measure of justice too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (IEJkJ)

142 Sam Neil has a prolific list of acting credits, 1971 - 2026.

Damien in The Final Conflict (1981 )

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (wVcYX)

143 Don't be pinching the cute nurse's rumps. Note the plural.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

So one nurse has multiple rumps?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (77rzZ)

144 tOcjL)

135 Was that the movie where the bad guy had a nefarious dwarf assistant?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Fantasy Island?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

Game of Thrones.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (HJ3jx)

145 Thank you, guys.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:09 AM (amcLV)

146 Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from a trial of the vaccine in gay men in Australia. It failed to prevent gonorrhea — and some men who received it reported serious side effects.

The media has buried the trial’s results.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 08:09 AM (Ckfdz)

147 Am experiencing some kind of cardiac arrhythmia. Could use prayers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 07:46 AM (amcLV)

I would recommend an ambulance in the short term.

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)

148 Thank you, guys.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Get well soon, Man.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:09 AM (77rzZ)

149 Mitch McConnell seems to be alive.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (w1wpe)

They posted a picture where he looks like he's got no clue......yay.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

150 > When Iranians view nuclear power, they view it not through a “mutually assured destruction” filter, but as the fulfillment of prophecy.

There are a lot of problems with that statement, actually, the whole article. It reads heavily like wresting curated facts in the service of a narrative. Pretty much every culture has people with Armageddon fantasies.

We have Climate Cultist, Evangelicals, Zoroastrian end-times narratives, Hindu cycles of destrution and renewal, Norse Ragnarök, UFO and New Age Catastrophism, Ulta-Mathusian and Anti-Human currents, Accelerationists (this can't keep going on so lets speed it up for renewal)

Black pilled people of all walks who think the world is so corrupt, fake, decadent or unjust that reform is impossible and a great crisis is necessary or inevitable.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 08:10 AM (U4c/V)

151 Don't be pinching the cute nurse's rumps. Note the plural.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

So one nurse has multiple rumps?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (77rzZ)
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I distinctly recall in Blazing Saddles when Mel Brooks exclaimed "Her rumps! Her rumps!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:11 AM (RkR9o)

152 149 Mitch McConnell seems to be alive.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (w1wpe)

He'll be back in action soon to thwart Trump and the American people with renewed energy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 08:11 AM (fZiTB)

153 >>Graham cared more about the power than the money. He had what he wanted and needed. More money was low on his list.

I don't think it was power for the sake of power. I think Graham was true believer in his foreign policy positions and as Vance said fought like hell for them.

He was McCain's junior partner in Ukraine and kind of ironic that he died just after returning from that dump. He was a big time neo con. But he did have some redeeming features including his stand up support of Kavanaugh when he was being slimed with the Ford bullshit and he mostly came around to support Trump. And at least judging by his bank account he wasn't in it for personal wealth.

Condolences to his family and friends, lets hope his replacement is even better.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:11 AM (viF8m)

154 trial of the vaccine in gay men in Australia. It failed to prevent gonorrhea "

But did it make them less... gay?

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)

155 Have called 911

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (amcLV
*******
Prayers sent!

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 08:12 AM (NpAcC)

156 1. The paramedics will run an EKG that shows normal heart rhythms
2. The paramedics will insist you are transported to the ER anyway so they can repeat it there and a doctor can confirm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

157 So one nurse has multiple rumps?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (77rzZ)

Two axe handles wide!

Like two rhinos jousting under a blanket.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:12 AM (wVcYX)

158 145 Thank you, guys.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:09 AM (amcLV)

Good call on 911 - I'll send prayers that this issue is all nothing, but better safe than sorry. You don't mess around with heart stuff!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 08:12 AM (tOcjL)

159 They posted a picture where he looks like he's got no clue......yay.
Posted by: Sponge -

Technically, every picture of him for the past two years looks that way.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (56F5L)

160 155 Have called 911

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (amcLV
*******

I'll say a prayer... I live with Afib... Scary stuff though mine is under control with meds

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (dOZFZ)

161 101 The thing with Mitch's photo - it's a photo, not a video. so easier to fake. It has him with no IVs, no injuries, nothing wrong - if he's at that state, what is he still doing in a hospital vs at home or at a rehab facility?

He is at a rehab facility.

Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (2Drhq)

162 The president is live on F&F. If anyone cares.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

163 They couldn't get away with the usual storyline any longer in the UK:

https://tinyurl.com/mryv32dn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (RkR9o)

164
Technically, every picture of him for the past two years looks that way.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (56F5L)

Valid.

His 'wife' back from China yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

165 Am I the only one who remembers Sam Neill as the Antichrist in the third Omen movie?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 08:14 AM (99eI0)

166 There are a lot of problems with that statement, actually, the whole article. It reads heavily like wresting curated facts in the service of a narrative. Pretty much every culture has people with Armageddon fantasies.“

Not many cultures have governments that support those apocalyptic views with government sponsored mass rallies, tv broadcasts, radio announcements, and billboards all over the country.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 08:14 AM (HJ3jx)

167 Graham was far from perfect be he wasn't the worst of the lot... RIP

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 08:14 AM (dOZFZ)

168 Calling 911 is the smart mive! Good on ya, Captain O. Get better soonest.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 08:14 AM (IEJkJ)

169 Same for Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, and the VI. Cut 'em all loose.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:06 AM (77rzZ)

More importantly, cut off the money

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

170 He is at a rehab facility.
Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (2Drhq)
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If that is true, they would not have had to take the photo while he was "in bed."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

171 His 'wife' back from China yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)
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Contrary to fake news, she was already in China when he was hospitalized.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (RkR9o)

172 Don't be pinching the cute nurse's rumps. Note the plural.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I always get the nurses who trained Florence Nightingale.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (p11yt)

173 145 Thank you, guys.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 08:09 AM (amcLV)

Good call on 911 - I'll send prayers that this issue is all nothing, but better safe than sorry. You don't mess around with heart stuff!
Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 08:12 AM (tOcjL)

Seconded. This isn't something you really can just slap a hot iron to on your own.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)

174 Saw that Sam Neill passed - that guy from Jurassic Park.
Sad. He was 78.
Posted by: Boswell

The first time I noticed him was in 'Dead Calm' with an unknown actress named Nicole Kidman.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (Oy/m2)

175 Graham was far from perfect be he wasn't the worst of the lot... RIP
Posted by: It's me donna

I first heard about him when he was on the House Impeachment Committee for the Clinton impeachment.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (77rzZ)

176 If that is true, they would not have had to take the photo while he was "in bed."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)
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He wasn't great on his feet beforehand, either.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (RkR9o)

177 His 'wife' back from China yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)
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Contrary to fake news, she was already in China when he was hospitalized.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

No extradition.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (p11yt)

178 170 If that is true, they would not have had to take the photo while he was "in bed."

Huh? Ever been in or visited someone in a rehab facility?

Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (2Drhq)

179 I've been having some health problems. Forever headaches. Can't sleep much. Three hours in two knights. I had some emts take a blood pressure. Nothing crazy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (w1wpe)

180 Dead calm was a great movie. All three top actors nailed their characters. Not a good first date movie, however.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (56F5L)

181 Lindsey Graham was a blowhard warmonger who pushed amnesty for foreign nationals. I never voted for him nor was given the opportunity to cast a vote in his state, and he never did anything for me.

Given his condition, maybe somebody should have realized all of the high-flying elevation changes would eventually explode his heart.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 08:17 AM (sYM3s)

182 Am I the only one who remembers Sam Neill as the Antichrist in the third Omen movie?
Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 08:14 AM (99eI0)

No, there is another. See me at #142.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)

183

The words Senate and senile share the same Latin root.

*The more you know.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 08:17 AM (ZxPkt)

184
Contrary to fake news, she was already in China when he was hospitalized.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (RkR9o)

I'm aware, but the fact that she didn't come home immediately as most would, has me suspect as to why she was there in the first place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

185 Huh? Ever been in or visited someone in a rehab facility?
Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (2Drhq)
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Maybe 500 times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

186 Widdecombe was assassinated and they are slow rolling the news to keep any outcry down.

Meanwhile let some leftard fall down the stairs and it's a global outrage.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (U0yJ9)

187 POTUS considered Lindsey to be like a a family member.
A mixed bag there to be sure.
Posted by: Voter theater. at July 13, 2026 07:42 AM (FCPbW)
*******
He was Trump's go-between to push and promote Trump policies to the Dems and the squishy Republicans.
Sometimes it's important for you to have someone like that in your inner circle.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

188 178 170 If that is true, they would not have had to take the photo while he was "in bed."

Huh? Ever been in or visited someone in a rehab facility?
Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (2Drhq)

How did the news of the transfer stay under wraps? No one ever saw Mitch leave the hospital...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (tOcjL)

189 More importantly, cut off the money"

Si

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)

190 RIP Senator Graham

On a completely unrelated note, I’d just like to say that the Orlando airport is retarded in many ways…. So much walking to get to a gate. Then you get to the gate area and there’s nothing to buy a drink or snacks…. You have to walk all the way back to the central hub. That’s a retarded NOT user friendly layout

I’m grumpy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (D2O3S)

191 The thing with Mitch's photo - it's a photo, not a video. so easier to fake. It has him with no IVs, no injuries, nothing wrong - if he's at that state, what is he still doing in a hospital vs at home or at a rehab facility?

I saw the photo of him in rigor tortoise. He looked like a turtle from the neck down. Totally not faked.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (p11yt)

192 Can't sleep much. Three hours in two knights.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (w1wpe)
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Surely you joust!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (RkR9o)

193 140 "Was that the movie where the bad guy had a nefarious dwarf assistant?"

Twins?
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (MWfyi)

Austin Powers

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

194 Besides being visually stunning and creating the entire lexicon of cinematography, also the first real twist ending, and having incredible performances by Wells, Cotton and pretty much everyone in the film, there's not much to recommend Citizen Kane.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 13, 2026 08:19 AM (XV/Pl)

195 179 I've been having some health problems. Forever headaches. Can't sleep much. Three hours in two knights. I had some emts take a blood pressure. Nothing crazy.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (w1wpe)

Head to the doctor - that should also not be messed around with...lots of things (not just BP) can cause those types of headaches...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 13, 2026 08:19 AM (tOcjL)

196 Widdecombe was assassinated and they are slow rolling the news to keep any outcry down.

Meanwhile let some leftard fall down the stairs and it's a global outrage.
Posted by: ...

Yes

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:19 AM (56F5L)

197 I’d just like to say that the Orlando airport is retarded in many ways"

Not the least of which is that it's.... near Orlando. And yeah, stupid layout.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

198 How did the news of the transfer stay under wraps? No one ever saw Mitch leave the hospital...
Posted by: Nova Local

He probably went out in one of those covered coroner trolleys.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:20 AM (p11yt)

199 Miss Lindsey had the balls to call bullshit on the entire Ballsey Ford cluster fuck.

RIP

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

200 Today Is National Beans N' Franks Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

201 How did the news of the transfer stay under wraps? No one ever saw Mitch leave the hospital...
Posted by: Nova Local

Have you seen "Eraser?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)

202 Rest in peace, Lady G.

I will always remember driving along with Bander and Alex and spotting "Miss Lindsey's", a club that we chose to imagine had a house of ill repute out back. We shrieked until Bander stopped so Alex could get her picture in front of the sign.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (kpS4V)

203 "The Supreme Court just broke the Constitution—but the States can fix it"

Article V. A Constitutional Convention. 2/3 of the state legislatures required to even call one, and 3/4 of the state legislatures required to ratify any proposed amendment.

Given how divided things are, that's NOT happening, and maybe that's a good thing, because anything can be proposed at a Constitutional Convention.

Let me repeat that: ANYTHING can be proposed at a Constitutional Convention.

You want to propose an amendment to fix the birth/citizenship question. Fine, you do that.

Suddenly, from the floor, California proposes an amendment that would allow non-natural born citizens to run for President.

Washington State proposes an amendment that would cement a Universal Basic Income.

New York proposes a 99% Income Tax on persons making over 2 million dollars a year. (Note that would include legal fictitious persons known as corporations.)

Lurking in the background is the framework of the USSA (United Socialist States of America) - an entirely new Constitution that could be proposed to replace the existing Constitution.

Constitutional Conventions are the Pandora's Box of politics.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (O7YUW)

204 He's one of our boys!

https://tinyurl.com/2ak4uyyu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (RkR9o)

205 If he was able to I imagine they would have preferred a photo of him standing or seated in a more conventional non-medical setting. Like cafeteria or easy chair.

But they couldn't. Because he probably can't stand without assistance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

206 Don't be pinching the cute nurse's rumps. Note the plural.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I always get the nurses who trained Florence Nightingale.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:15 AM (p11yt)

My nurses tend to resemble and were trained by Coach Beulah Balbricker.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (wVcYX)

207 On a completely unrelated note, I’d just like to say that the Orlando airport is retarded in many ways…. So much walking to get to a gate. Then you get to the gate area and there’s nothing to buy a drink or snacks…. You have to walk all the way back to the central hub. That’s a retarded NOT user friendly layout

I’m grumpy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Try Charlotte. It is like a mile and a half long terminal, just one long rectangular building.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (56F5L)

208 I went and checked, Lyndsey Graham was one of the specific people threatened by the fascist mobs in Tehran last weekend.

There is a greater than zero chance they were somehow involved.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

A friend died from a torn aorta three years ago. EMS was on the scene within minutes, but he died on the way to the hospital. He was 72. Heart issues ran in his family. His sudden death shocked all of us.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 13, 2026 08:22 AM (5xuJ/)

209 Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI) .

I didn't really mind the tranny virus idiots for decades until they dragged us into their mess with pronouns and converting kids.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 08:22 AM (U0yJ9)

210 Oops no k in nights.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:22 AM (w1wpe)

211 No, there is another. See me at #142.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Sorry, man. Should have searched the comments better.

I know the movie got panned but I thought he did well in the role.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (99eI0)

212 Try Charlotte. It is like a mile and a half long terminal, just one long rectangular building.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (56F5L)
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Or Minneapolis. That's another 10,000 step airport.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (KQ5R7)

213 Oh, good. DFW airport is building another terminal because five isn't enough.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (56F5L)

214 I often disagreed with Lindsey Graham but I give him his due: he was a stalwart friend of Israel and was strong at the Kavanaugh hearings…. He also served in the military. Trump seemed to like him despite some disagreements

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (D2O3S)

215 Can't sleep much. Three hours in two knights.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 13, 2026 08:16 AM (w1wpe)
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Surely you joust!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (p11yt)

216 He's one of our boys!

https://tinyurl.com/2ak4uyyu
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (RkR9o)
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Yeah he is a real yeshive buche.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

217 My nurses tend to resemble and were trained by Coach Beulah Balbricker.
Posted by: Count de Monet

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:24 AM (p11yt)

218 @ Boss Moss: Just seconding what Nova Local said in #195.

"Head to the doctor - that should also not be messed around with...lots of things (not just BP) can cause those types of headaches..."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 08:24 AM (O7YUW)

219 Today Is National Beans N' Franks Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

We got a bleeder!

Posted by: Paramedic Guy at July 13, 2026 08:24 AM (wVcYX)

220 I will always remember driving along with Bander and Alex and spotting "Miss Lindsey's", a club that we chose to imagine had a house of ill repute out back. We shrieked until Bander stopped so Alex could get her picture in front of the sign.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (kpS4V)
======================
A happy memory indeed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 08:25 AM (KQ5R7)

221 Netanyahu just about teared up talking about Graham on one of the Sunday shows yesterday

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 08:25 AM (D2O3S)

222 Miss Lindsey had the balls to call bullshit on the entire Ballsey Ford cluster fuck.

RIP
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

"God forbid if the Dems ever take power again."

Didn't he vote for KBJ confirmation?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

223 166> "Not many cultures have governments that support those apocalyptic views with government sponsored mass rallies, tv broadcasts, radio announcements, and billboards all over the country."

Yeah, like the Climate Cult in the West doesn't receive hundreds of billions of dollars in government wealth transfers to support the apocalyptic views that every weather event is proof of Global Warming and mass extinction event.

Or if a person doesn't mask and take the Kill Shot, there will be a mass extinction event during C19.

In contrast, the Roman Catholic Church is doing quite fine without massive government ad-buys and arm-twisting. Even when Western governments seek out and try to destroy those who practice their faith.

You only market when the product doesn't sell itself.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 08:25 AM (/TiS1)

224 Bring me my bow of burning gold
Bring me my arrows of desire
Bring me my spear, O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire.

I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

Methinks they misunderstood the part about building Jerusalem

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 08:26 AM (Ckfdz)

225 My nurses tend to resemble and were trained by Coach Beulah Balbricker.
Posted by: Count de Monet

"Have you seen this prick?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

226 >>He also served in the military.

For 30 years. I read that yesterday. I knew he had been in the military but didn't realize it was for that long.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:26 AM (viF8m)

227 You guys playing cards?

Posted by: Houston's Intergalactic Airport (IAH) at July 13, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)

228 Lindsey Graham spent time in Ukraine just 2 days before he died.

What did he do in Ukraine? Seems like nobody's asking that. Not that most people already knew he had a real affinity for war, Z-man and whatever else Ukraine had to offer.

He wasn't some sort of white knight.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 08:27 AM (jehhT)

229 @Captain Obvious: Just noticed your cardiac comment. VERY glad you called 9-1-1. Good job.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 08:27 AM (O7YUW)

230 Oh, good. DFW airport is building another terminal because five isn't enough.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (56F5L)

But the airlines are dying and must raise prices because times are tough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

231 It pains me to think that some of the GOP think amnesty is going to save social security. Economically illiterate.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (56F5L)

232 He's one of our boys!

https://tinyurl.com/2ak4uyyu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:21 AM (RkR9o)

Eh...based on reporting from the NYT.

Do you believe it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (l4RKn)

233 Try Charlotte. It is like a mile and a half long terminal, just one long rectangular building."

True, too - had a connecting and an hour. Thought "hey, I have some time"

Nope. Landed at one end, then walk on some stupid wood steps/metal roofed way, way over there (seriously. 3rd world style) to get the little plane to WV. Barely made it...

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

234 "Have you seen this prick?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)
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Didn't she prefer the term "tallywhacker"?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

235 But the airlines are dying and must raise prices because times are tough."

*snort*

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

236 This is a serious question:
Is the Daily Breif the president gets similar to JJs morning report?

Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 13, 2026 08:29 AM (G0JG0)

237 If you look carefully, Mitch put a morse code message in the news print.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sYM3s)

238
Didn't she prefer the term "tallywhacker"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

It likely was, but I was referring to the coaching staff making fun of her when she suggested a lineup to identify the penis.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:30 AM (2YhKe)

239 But the airlines are dying and must raise prices because times are tough.
Posted by: Sponge

I was contemplating an international vacation, looking online and realized the flight would cost more than a week at the destination

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:30 AM (56F5L)

240 Sorry, man. Should have searched the comments better.

I know the movie got panned but I thought he did well in the role.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (99eI0)

Never apologize for skipping over comments, especially mine. I too remember him in that role, he was memorably creepy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:31 AM (wVcYX)

241 on the most important issue of our time, immigration, Lindsey Graham was an open borders/amnesty fanatic

Posted by: Commodore at July 13, 2026 08:31 AM (V6W16)

242 @190/LinusVanPelt: "That’s a retarded NOT user friendly layout

I’m grumpy"

We could be brothers! ;-)

I complain about badly designed user interfaces in computer programs all the time. Real-world implementations of that same thinking are just as awful.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 08:32 AM (O7YUW)

243 I was contemplating an international vacation, looking online and realized the flight would cost more than a week at the destination"

You know, it'd be cool if there was some sort of relationship to demand, supply, and prices of goods and services...

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

244
Eh...based on reporting from the NYT.

Do you believe it?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (l4RKn)

I see where the NYT, against the government's wishes, reported that the new AF1 doesn't have all the defense mechanisms in place and advised the world how to kill Trump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:32 AM (2YhKe)

245 Since I’ve ripped Orlando airport I’ll just go ahead and rip my new home state, Florida. Great governor, no income taxes… all that’s good. But everything else about it I find annoying: little things like stoplights remain red longer than I’m used to… people’s passive aggressive driving bothers me… I see a LOT of houses where the owners just don’t keep things looking good; ramshackled houses and lawns, detritus laying about on yards, sloppy looking… just a few blocks from an immaculate gated community…. And the final indignity: the freaking weather. I don’t enjoy living in a tropical jungle where the humidity is like being in a sauna.., glasses fog up when you walk outside. It’s exhausting… how can you enjoy the beach (only a few miles away) while you’re sweating your ass off??

Sorry I’m still grumpy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 08:32 AM (YetvJ)

246 I'm drinking coffee in the lobby of my hotel in beautiful Bowling Green, KY. I'm sure it's a blue area but damn, it's so beautiful here.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:33 AM (BBFla)

247 Chillin the most

No. He gets info from insiders in foreign governments via our premier Intelligence agency. Then the CIA data farts around, being wrong.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

248 >>Try Charlotte. It is like a mile and a half long terminal, just one long rectangular building.

I spent a weekend in Charlotte airport. Literally. A number of years ago coming back from Seattle. My flight was wheels down and seconds from landing in Philly when the pilot revved the engines and took us back up.

An ice storm had taken down the airport radar system across the northeast and all takeoffs and landings were cancelled. We got rerouted to Charlotte. By the time we got there all locals hotels were booked so a bunch of us got stranded in the terminal for 2 days. Slept in one of those rocking chairs. We drank a lot.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:33 AM (viF8m)

249 According to Israeli media, Israel has killed no fewer than 2,561 of the around 3,000 terrorists who crossed from Gaza into Israel on October 7. About 1,000 of these were killed in traditional combat with the IDF. The remainder got their one-way trip to Hell courtesy of a secretive unit called Nili.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

250 I'm drinking coffee in the lobby of my hotel in beautiful Bowling Green, KY. I'm sure it's a blue area but damn, it's so beautiful here.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:33 AM (BBFla)

Young lady...you are in Kentucky...you should be drinking Bourbon!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 08:34 AM (l4RKn)

251
I was contemplating an international vacation, looking online and realized the flight would cost more than a week at the destination
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:30 AM (56F5L)

We were attempting to fly the First Daughter from Austin to Tulsa to meet family for a short vacation. American wanted either $400 or 50,000 miles. We ended up spending a little over $200 to get her to Dallas the day before and she'll ride up with the rest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

252 I saw the photo of him in rigor tortoise. He looked like a turtle from the neck down. Totally not faked.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:18 AM (p11yt)

I note that Mitch the Tortu is in full street clothing - wouldn't he be in a hospital gown? I mean, this looks fugazy as hell...

Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 08:35 AM (NTVPI)

253 LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 08:32 AM (YetvJ)

I've lived in Florida all my life and I'm sorry you're not enjoying the weather here.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)

254 r hennigantx

It is a good start.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

255 "According to Israeli media, Israel has killed no fewer than 2,561 of the around 3,000 terrorists who crossed from Gaza into Israel on October 7."

Israel is indispensable.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (fZiTB)

256 Young lady...you are in Kentucky...you should be drinking Bourbon!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
----
It's 7:30 in the morning...

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (BBFla)

257 I don’t enjoy living in a tropical jungle where the humidity is like being in a sauna.., glasses fog up when you walk outside. It’s exhausting… how can you enjoy the beach (only a few miles away) while you’re sweating your ass off??

Sorry I’m still grumpy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 08:32 AM (YetvJ)

It never rains in southern California. Florida, on the other hand........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

258 About 1,000 of these were killed in traditional combat with the IDF. The remainder got their one-way trip to Hell courtesy of a secretive unit called Nili.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

They will never stop until they get them all.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (l4RKn)

259 Imagine who put together *biden's daily briefing. And what was in it.

Then ask; "who read it?"

Because it certainly wasn't *biden.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (jehhT)

260 ----
It's 7:30 in the morning...
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (BBFla)

It's 5:00 somewhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

261 It's 7:30 in the morning...
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (BBFla)

You're an hour behind schedule, then...

Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (NTVPI)

262 Oh, good. DFW airport is building another terminal because five isn't enough.

I would be good with that if the new terminal was being built to deport illegal aliens and it was kept busy 24/7.

The current configuration of terminals A, B, C, D and E has been around for about 21 years. In that span of time the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA has grown from 5.816 million to 8.477 million. Its due.

Fun Fact: The original master plan back in 1974 was to have 13 semicircular terminals.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 08:37 AM (/TiS1)

263 Today will be tough. High 74, humidity 87%, overcast all day. The San Franciscans will complain about the heat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

264 lin-duh , can't wait to hear about Spawn's success.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2026 08:37 AM (afJtY)

265 Southern weather: Ick, just ick.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:37 AM (77rzZ)

266 It pains me to think that some of the GOP think amnesty is going to save social security. Economically illiterate.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (56F5L)

Social security exists because people are economically illiterate.

Also, hands off my social security! I paid into the ponzi scheme, so everyone who comes after should be forced to pay into it too!

Posted by: Charles Ponzi Jr. at July 13, 2026 08:38 AM (qC81n)

267 We got rerouted to Charlotte. By the time we got there all locals hotels were booked so a bunch of us got stranded in the terminal for 2 days. Slept in one of those rocking chairs. We drank a lot.
Posted by: JackStraw

September 11, 2001. Three days at the Miami airport. At least I got a hotel room in the airport, thanks to a policeman who advised me not to go to baggage pickup but to get a room first.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:38 AM (56F5L)

268 Community Notes

DFW is a major hub in the Hub and Spoke air traffic plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

269 I've lived in Florida all my life and I'm sorry you're not enjoying the weather here.
Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)

I’m sure it’ll get better. I picked the wrong month (May) to move here… just as the oven and humidity were revving up for summer. I’m told it’s great Oct thru March/April

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 08:38 AM (D2O3S)

270 lin-duh , can't wait to hear about Spawn's success.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2026 08:37 AM (afJtY)

She keeps her nerves in check, she'll do VERY well, methinks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

271 It's 7:30 in the morning...
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (BBFla)

It's 5:00 somewhere.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

261 It's 7:30 in the morning...
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (BBFla)

You're an hour behind schedule, then...
Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (NTVPI)

You're burning valuable daylight. Get on it!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:39 AM (wVcYX)

272 As soon as the spawn and hubby are up and about we're heading to Ohio for her probably last Nationals SASP competition 😢. She could do one more year but says she's got plans for next year before she starts college.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:40 AM (BBFla)

273 No hospital lets you stay in that state of monitoring nothing.

Well, no hospital who deals with ordinary citizens and which is being paid by regular health insurance. I'm betting that the rules are different for the nobility.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

274 245> "I don’t enjoy living in a tropical jungle where the humidity is like being in a sauna."

Wolfus, is that you?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 08:41 AM (/TiS1)

275
DFW is a major hub in the Hub and Spoke air traffic plan.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

And American Airlines HQ. Most terminals are dominated by American. They have A, B, C, funded most of D and are primarily building F.

Delta was supposed to take the E terminal when it was new, but told DFW to pound sand when they found the cost. Now they have a couple gates there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:41 AM (2YhKe)

276 You could always put bourbon in the coffee, I suppose.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

277 Happy Monday, all!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (X8xt3)

278 >>September 11, 2001. Three days at the Miami airport. At least I got a hotel room in the airport, thanks to a policeman who advised me not to go to baggage pickup but to get a room first.

I was at Logan in Boston on 9/11. Along with every law enforcement/national guard individual in 30 miles. They didn't allow us to get hotel rooms. They did give us 5 minutes to leave the terminal or be detained.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

279 You're burning valuable daylight. Get on it!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:39 AM (wVcYX)

Yup, Hillary is already on to her second bottle by now...

Posted by: Boswell at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (NTVPI)

280 Today will be tough. High 74, humidity 87%, overcast all day. The San Franciscans will complain about the heat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It's currently 75 with 96% humidity.

At 7:42 in the morning.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (p11yt)

281 You could always put bourbon in the coffee, I suppose.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

Multitasking FTW!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)

282 Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib: “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression. Look at this room, motherf******. We aren’t going anywhere. Now we’re in Congress and every corner of the United States.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

283 Bourbon at 7:30AM.

Is there a problem here?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:43 AM (RkR9o)

284 >>No hospital lets you stay in that state of monitoring nothing.

Senior care/rehab facility?
They keep people longer as they recover. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)

285 "... trial of the vaccine in gay men in Australia. It failed to prevent gonorrhea..."
+++++
Much like the burning during urination.

Posted by: Kramer at July 13, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

286
It's currently 75 with 96% humidity.

At 7:42 in the morning.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (p11yt)

It's raining here, so 73 degrees with 90% humidity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:43 AM (2YhKe)

287 Page said they "must just be so profoundly uncomfortable with themselves, they can't handle that someone could get to a place that... trans people do get to, which is a level of self-acceptance and understanding that I think is really beautiful and profound."

I have reached such a deep level of self-acceptance and understanding that I've had body parts removed and I claim to be something I'm not. Don't you wish you were a mentally well as I am? -- Ellen Page

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

288 You could always put bourbon in the coffee, I suppose.
Posted by: Bulg

Coffee, bourbon, Bailey's Irish Cream & some whipped cream and you could have a pretty good wake me up.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:44 AM (p11yt)

289 Bourbon at 7:30AM.

Is there a problem here?
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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All y'all are too much!🤣

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:44 AM (BBFla)

290 “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression. Look at this room, motherf******. We aren’t going anywhere. Now we’re in Congress and every corner of the United States.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)
=====
Yes, we already know you are the problem to be solved, thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

291 "Bourbon at 7:30AM."

----

You have to start in the morning if you want to drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 13, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

292 You could always put bourbon in the coffee, I suppose.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)
-

When we was young, Mrs. BD and I would go out once a week in the evening for Irish coffee and cake.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:44 AM (RkR9o)

293 Page said they "must just be so profoundly uncomfortable with themselves, they can't handle that someone could get to a place that... trans people do get to, which is a level of self-acceptance and understanding that I think is really beautiful and profound."

Are your genitals still in tact? Can you have an orgasm? Or are you an islhamic female........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:45 AM (2YhKe)

294 It's currently 75 with 96% humidity.

At 7:42 in the morning.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:42 AM (p11yt)

It's raining here, so 73 degrees with 90% humidity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:43 AM (2YhKe)

Similar in this little slice of Texas heaven - 78 degrees and 96% humidity. Moist, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)

295 >> "According to Israeli media, Israel has killed no fewer than 2,561 of the around 3,000 terrorists who crossed from Gaza into Israel on October 7."

UK should get busy, they have decades worth of scum that should be handled (wink).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:45 AM (X8xt3)

296 Senior care/rehab facility?
They keep people longer as they recover. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)
=====

Well, until the Medicare reimbursement expires on day 100.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

297 It pains me to think that some of the GOP think amnesty is going to save social security. Economically illiterate.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (56F5L)

So a system that is around 65% funded will turn around because we added 20 million almost min wage workers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM (/+uur)

298 UK should get busy, they have decades worth of scum that should be handled (wink).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:45 AM (X8xt3)
-

The UK is currently busy eating their own.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM (RkR9o)

299
Coffee, bourbon, Bailey's Irish Cream & some whipped cream and you could have a pretty good wake me up.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:44 AM (p11yt)

Bailey's and/or Kahlúa always made me incredibly groggy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

300 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM (RkR9o)

301 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM (Ipr7E)

302 276 You could always put bourbon in the coffee, I suppose.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:41 AM
###
Fireball. Every morning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

303 It's hard to believe that 2 yrs ago today, President Trump was shot on stage in Butler, PA.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

304 Saw my first Buc-ees billboard last Saturday along I-81 coming back from West Virginia. It was for the one in Harrisonburg. 70-some miles, I think it said.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

305 It's hard to believe that 2 yrs ago today, President Trump was shot on stage in Butler, PA.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

And yet we know just as much about that shooter as we do about the Vegas shooter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

306 Rehab now has very specific rules on the 7 daily ADLs.
Long term care is also very specific.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)

307 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

FWIW, most people die "suddenly" and "unexpectedly" - unless they have a terminal illness or are over the age of 90.

It always happens in an instant.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 13, 2026 08:48 AM (SRRAx)

308 Saw my first Buc-ees billboard last Saturday along I-81 coming back from West Virginia. It was for the one in Harrisonburg. 70-some miles, I think it said.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

"All thrones. No games."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

309 "So a system that is around 65% funded will turn around because we added 20 million almost min wage workers.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM"
******
When does foreign aid run out of money?
How about SNAP?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

310 UK should get busy, they have decades worth of scum that should be handled (wink).

Posted by: Lizzy

The scum that they are handling are the indigenous population.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:48 AM (56F5L)

311 >>Page said they "must just be so profoundly uncomfortable with themselves, they can't handle that someone could get to a place that... trans people do get to, which is a level of self-acceptance and understanding that I think is really beautiful and profound."

As always, this person can only see this in terms of self, their comfort and contentment.

No, it's that you are being selected to represent a mythological warrior, and as a non-Greek, born female, 5'1" 100 lb person you are sh#tting on someone's culture, and the concept of masculinity in general.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (X8xt3)

312 "Page said they "must just be so profoundly uncomfortable with themselves..."

That's called projection, sweetheart.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (fZiTB)

313 81 Degree and 94% down here on the Bay

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

314 Saw my first Buc-ees billboard last Saturday along I-81 coming back from West Virginia. It was for the one in Harrisonburg. 70-some miles, I think it said.
Posted by: Bulg

"YOU CAN HOLD IT. ONLY 730 MILES!"

Yeah.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (p11yt)

315 I'm aware, but the fact that she didn't come home immediately as most would, has me suspect as to why she was there in the first place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

Her office said that she was informed of his condition and determined that he was in no real danger and, therefore, a return was unwarranted. Given that he's as alive as he was before, she appears to have been correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

316 That's called projection, sweetheart.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (fZiTB)

Projection is not just a river in Egypt

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

317 they can't handle that someone could get to a place that... trans people do get to, which is a level of self-acceptance and understanding that I think is really beautiful and profound."

God didn't get it wrong. You did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

318 Why are lefties almost always sociopaths? They almost never have normal, decent responses to death when it involves people who think differently than they do. Where did they contract this mental illness,

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 13, 2026 08:50 AM (9neFC)

319 That bison-launched grandpa looks just like I did before I lost 35 pounds. Runs like me too.

Posted by: gp at July 13, 2026 08:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

320
Her office said that she was informed of his condition and determined that he was in no real danger and, therefore, a return was unwarranted. Given that he's as alive as he was before, she appears to have been correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

Uh.....yeah. Ok. That's real. My wife goes in the hospital for ANY reason, my ass is on a plane first thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:51 AM (2YhKe)

321 Where did they contract this mental illness,

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 13, 2026 08:50 AM (9neFC)
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Kindergarten.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 08:52 AM (RkR9o)

322 That bison-launched grandpa looks just like I did before I lost 35 pounds. Runs like me too.
Posted by: gp

I saw that, and was thinking "climb up one of the trees, stupid!"

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:52 AM (56F5L)

323 Also, hands off my social security! I paid into the ponzi scheme, so everyone who comes after should be forced to pay into it too!

It looks like a Ponzi Scheme only because the US has experienced massive economic grown either real or simulated (aka "inflation"). The reasoning was kind of like the reason for the Fed Reserve — you want to have a big enough retirement pool or means to keep a stream alive to survive economic ups and downs. This is a product of the Great Depression. 2008 was affirmation that the Ponzi Scheme was effective when the markets took a dive because of Fed pressure to banks to adjust their loan portfolio to provide mortgages to high credit risks.

Second, the existence of SSI is to say that your society is a High Trust Society that can institutionalize abstracts like deferred savings for retirement. You have indicated, you prefer a Low Trust Society that screws people because you only think about you and your tribe's immediate interests.

Flooding the country with Low Trust cultures makes your argument more realistic.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 08:52 AM (nAS9C)

324 I imagine that Sheetz and Wawa are trying like hell to keep Buc-ees out of NoVa and the Northeast.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

325 It pains me to think that some of the GOP think amnesty is going to save social security. Economically illiterate.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:28 AM (56F5L)

Members of Congress think whatever they're told to think. That would be a good thing if their advisors were both honest and not idiots. Unfortunately...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

326 >> Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib: “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression. Look at this room, motherf******. We aren’t going anywhere. Now we’re in Congress and every corner of the United States.”

Can we deport her, please?
I know she was technically born here, but she's as American as some goat herder in Chile.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:54 AM (X8xt3)

327 Second, the existence of SSI is to say that your society is a High Trust Society that can institutionalize abstracts like deferred savings for retirement. You have indicated, you prefer a Low Trust Society that screws people because you only think about you and your tribe's immediate interests.

Flooding the country with Low Trust cultures makes your argument more realistic.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 08:52 AM (nAS9C)

You fail to mention that it's full of IOU's because the government has been robbing it blind since inception.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

328 I imagine that Sheetz and Wawa are trying like hell to keep Buc-ees out of NoVa and the Northeast.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

Because it's a true American success story.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

329 I know she was technically born here, but she's as American as some goat herder in Chile.
Posted by: Lizzy

Hey, we're way better looking than she is! And so are our goats!
-- goat herders in Chile

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:55 AM (77rzZ)

330 Young lady...you are in Kentucky...you should be drinking Bourbon!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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It's 7:30 in the morning...
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (BBFla)

We don't take excuses here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

331 Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib: “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression. Look at this room, motherf******. We aren’t going anywhere. Now we’re in Congress and every corner of the United States.”

Everything that miserable c*nt just said is bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

332 >>If you don't want to get shot by ICE, don't ram ICE.

It's like nothing was learned from the whole BLM kerfuffle!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 08:57 AM (X8xt3)

333 Wikipedia says Talib is a 'palestinian.'

What's a palestinian?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

334 You fail to mention that it's full of IOU's because the government has been robbing it blind since inception.
Posted by: Sponge

A lot of people are shocked when I tell them that the first instance of "it's a tax" occurred in 1935, when the supreme court said that social security was not a pension plan, just an additional income tax.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:57 AM (56F5L)

335 Nobody puts Tuttle in a corner.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 08:57 AM (Xe8e7)

336 Because it's a true American success story.
Posted by: Sponge

My brother, who lives in Dallas half the year, asked his financial advisor about buying Buc-ees stock. Unfortunately, it's not publicly traded, so he was out of luck there.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

337 So a system that is around 65% funded will turn around because we added 20 million almost min wage workers.

Mostly working off the books and paying zero taxes.

And the other 60 millions are involved in Learing Centers or already wormed themselves on to dozens of welfare programs.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 08:58 AM (nAS9C)

338 What's a palestinian?
$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 13, 2026 08:58 AM (Kt19C)

339
"YOU CAN HOLD IT. ONLY 730 MILES!"

Yeah.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 08:49 AM (p11yt)

Two of my favorite Buckee’s billboards were:

“YOUR THRONE AWAITS!!!”
and

“WE MAKE OUR ICE FROM SCRATCH!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 08:58 AM (HJ3jx)

340 So a system that is around 65% funded will turn around because we added 20 million almost min wage workers.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:46 AM (/+uur)

5 million minimum wage employees and 15 million welfare cases. But we'll make it up on volume.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

341 In the corridors of the FCC, local broadcasters are vigorously pushing a plan to permanently shut down our current broadcasting standard called Advanced Television Systems Committee 1.0 (ATSC 1.0). If media conglomerates get their way, February 2028 will mark the sudden end of free, open television as we know it, instantly transforming millions of perfectly functional smart TVs and local streaming tuners into a mountain of electronic waste -- unless, of course, you pay a monthly fee.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

342
My brother, who lives in Dallas half the year, asked his financial advisor about buying Buc-ees stock. Unfortunately, it's not publicly traded, so he was out of luck there.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

And I've heard that they do not build another facility unless they can pay cash up front, so there's no debt upon grand opening.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

343 Rehab now has very specific rules on the 7 daily ADLs.

ADL?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

344
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Look at the crowd at today's DSA event.

They tried to delete this. Too late.

https://tinyurl.com/5x28m34h

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

345 It likely was, but I was referring to the coaching staff making fun of her when she suggested a lineup to identify the penis.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:30 AM (2YhKe)

That scene was hilarious.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (N39Ws)

346 >>Senate Scrambles to Confirm Trump Nominees Before August Recess

I'm sorry, what???

They're now "scrambling?"
After slow-rolling Trump nominees and playing the 'we're not in recess because we left one guy behind to go through the motions of remaining in session while the rest of us vacation' game specifically so that Trump can't do recess appointment.

Jerks

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (X8xt3)

347 lot of people are shocked when I tell them that the first instance of "it's a tax" occurred in 1935, when the supreme court said that social security was not a pension plan, just an additional income tax.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 13, 2026 08:57 AM (56F5L)

They’re not wrong. It is a tax. And SS is just another government program no different than section 8 or WIC or whatever. They’ve marketed as a pension plan to get gullible voters to see it that way. And it worked beautifully.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (Xe8e7)

348 Uh.....yeah. Ok. That's real. My wife goes in the hospital for ANY reason, my ass is on a plane first thing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:51 AM (2YhKe)

That's you. Different people are different. Even when they're not a political marriage.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

349 ADL?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are basic self-care tasks that individuals perform daily to maintain their health and well-being, such as bathing, dressing, eating, and using the toilet. These activities are essential for independent living and are often used by healthcare professionals to assess a person's functional status.

I have live with an OT for the last 42 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 09:01 AM (/+uur)

350 ADL?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)
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Activities of Daily Living
-transferring
-ambulating
-bathing
-dressing
-toileting
-continence
-eating

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

351 And I've heard that they do not build another facility unless they can pay cash up front, so there's no debt upon grand opening.
Posted by: Sponge

Smart move.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)

352 Look at the crowd at today's DSA event.

They tried to delete this. Too late.

https://tinyurl.com/5x28m34h
Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

I keep hearing commercials for the COVID-19 shot. And I ask myself, who is the audience for this. Who is taking a Covid shot in 2026? Well I now have my answer.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 09:03 AM (Xe8e7)

353 133 Hoping for good outcomes for you, CO

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 13, 2026 09:03 AM (/6r4m)

354 There will be a SS buy out in the coming years.
No, they will not pay you off but they will see how much money you have saved and then you will be denied benefits.
It will be something like
$0.5M in saving 50% pay
At around $1 M it will be A M F

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

355 Activities of Daily Living
-transferring
-ambulating
-bathing
-dressing
-toileting
-continence
-eating
Posted by: San Franpsycho

What is "transferring?" Is that a euphemism for "drinking?" Because "drinking" should be on that list. (And I don't mean water, either.)

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)

356 Her office said that she was informed of his condition and determined that he was in no real danger and, therefore, a return was unwarranted. Given that he's as alive as he was before, she appears to have been correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Uh.....yeah. Ok. That's real. My wife goes in the hospital for ANY reason, my ass is on a plane first thing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Oh wow, fancy that. First country listed with no extradition treaty with the United States is China.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (p11yt)

357 Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 09:01 AM (/+uur)

Thank you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

358 https://tinyurl.com/5x28m34h
==

I counted 48 masks

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (RIvkX)

359 I got it out of my system on the ONT, because I knew there would be a lot of Lindsey Graham fans among the day walkers.

*shrugs*

People will excuse almost anything if someone's a Republican.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (BI5O2)

360 14> And Elaine Chao is, once again, in the US.

Back from securing needed organs to keep China's agent alive.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (pUU4E)

361 Activities of Daily Living
-transferring
-ambulating
-bathing
-dressing
-toileting
-continence
-eating
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

Dont feel sad
'casue 2 outta 3 aint bad

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)

362 I saw that, and was thinking "climb up one of the trees, stupid!"
Posted by: Thomas Paine

I am not going to blame that man for not thinking straight while being charged at full speed by 2000 pounds of condensed hatred.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (99eI0)

363
I counted 48 masks
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (RIvkX)

I mainly noticed the participants were mainly white.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

364 I counted 48 masks
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I didn't see any POCs there. Which I find encouraging.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

365 What is "transferring?" Is that a euphemism for "drinking?" Because "drinking" should be on that list. (And I don't mean water, either.)
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)
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Changing from lying to sitting, sitting to standing. Getting out of a chair. Getting onto the toilet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX)

366 I mainly noticed the participants were mainly white.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

364 I counted 48 masks
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I didn't see any POCs there. Which I find encouraging.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)
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So racist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

367 Oh wow, fancy that. First country listed with no extradition treaty with the United States is China.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:04 AM (p11yt)

Well, she's back in the US and, AFAIK, there are exactly zero investigations into her being a spy, no matter how many "unnamed sources close to the matter" on twitter claim otherwise.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

368 'Morning, all. Thanks, J.J.

Graham has just returned from a trip to Ukraine, his 10th since 2022. A big friend of Ukraine, a powerful advocate of NATO, but also supporting "Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories" (Al Jazeera) and the administration's push to dismantle USAID (@Abcnews4, Sen. Graham backs Trump's push to dismantle USID, YouTube).

It's so very easy to see what the progressive platform will be for his Senate seat, and the battle for that Senate seat will prove to be interesting, imo. And with that, may Lindsay Graham RIP.

Now Senator Mitch McConnell really ticks people off, but I'm always mindful of one of the biggest political accomplishments in decades:

Antonin Scalia, an American giant in politics & law, served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 until his sudden passing in 2016. (The Harvard Gazette: Death of a judicial giant.)

March 2016, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland—then the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit— to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell successfully blocked Merrick Garland's nomination by refusing to hold any hearings or a vote.

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 09:07 AM (NFX2v)

369 McConnell argued that because it was an election year, the seat left vacant by Antonin Scalia's death should be filled by the next president. As a result, the nomination officially expired when the 114th Congress ended. After winning the 2016 election, President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat in January 2017.

And Garland's daughter's, Jessica, appointment to clerk for Justice Kagan was delayed until he left office because the Justice Department is involved in a significant portion of the Court's docket. (The Supreme Court announced in July 2021 that her clerkship would be postponed.)

Following her father leaving office in January 2025 and her time working as a litigation associate, she officially joined Justice Kagan's chambers as a clerk for the 2026 court term.

Change is coming.

Good day 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 09:07 AM (NFX2v)

370 Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks.

But "drinking" should still be on the list.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

371 My retirement planning has always assumed $0 SS money. If by some miracle I get some it’ll be a bonus.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 09:07 AM (Xe8e7)

372 It likely was, but I was referring to the coaching staff making fun of her when she suggested a lineup to identify the penis.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

That scene was hilarious.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

Especially when the principal finally lost it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:07 AM (p11yt)

373 Activities of Daily Living
-transferring
-ambulating
-bathing
-dressing
-toileting
-continence
-eating
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
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"feeding our feline masters" should be added to the list.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 09:07 AM (FZ29D)

374
Well, she's back in the US and, AFAIK, there are exactly zero investigations into her being a spy, no matter how many "unnamed sources close to the matter" on twitter claim otherwise.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

Oh, well that settles it then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

375 Zach Linstrom, who voted in favor of granting the pardon, wrote in his recommendation, "Very tough case but the kids not having a father is not in the best interest of society," referring to Vang’s six children. Artika Roller, another commissioner who voted in favor of the pardon, wrote, "The applicant stated the need for clemency related to immigration issues."

Timmy let off a child fucker so that he would not be deported.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

376 359> People will excuse almost anything if someone's a Republican.

Its called Happiness Management.

Happiness = Reality ÷ Expectations

Note that hazing zero Expectations results in black pilling

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 09:08 AM (pUU4E)

377 "feeding our feline masters" should be added to the list.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

O don't worry, you'll feed us eventually.
-- your feline masters

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)

378 Love that the WaWa in Vienna, Virginia has no gas pumps, just EV chargers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 13, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)

379 Love that the WaWa in Vienna, Virginia has no gas pumps, just EV chargers.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Yeah, that is really weird.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

380
Timmy let off a child fucker so that he would not be deported.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

And he was almost immediately deported.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:10 AM (2YhKe)

381 And Toobin'.

Posted by: Jeffrey at July 13, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

382 "ADL"

Maybe McConnell had a (another) stroke? A bad one? I know it's been suggested it was a heart attack, but the dude looks to have had a number of strokes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 09:12 AM (jehhT)

383 Bulg, Consider looking at Ascend WV. It pays incentive $ for people to move to WV.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at July 13, 2026 09:12 AM (yTvNw)

384 So, we're supposed to bathe every day? Bummer...

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:12 AM (77rzZ)

385 “…a right to expect from this world.” -- Kamala Harris

Her worldview is 180° out from reality.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

386 Maybe McConnell had a (another) stroke? A bad one? I know it's been suggested it was a heart attack, but the dude looks to have had a number of strokes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 09:12 AM (jehhT)

Didn't he have Polio as a child?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)

387 $0.5M in saving 50% pay
At around $1 M it will be A M F

And this is how your grandchildren own golf courses at the ripe age of five years old.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 09:13 AM (PVBkQ)

388
Amazing. I can pick up a travel collar (a thick strong collar) and the dogs immediately go into a tizzy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 09:13 AM (O0L8i)

389 Bulg, Consider looking at Ascend WV. It pays incentive $ for people to move to WV.
Posted by: Mrs JTB

Thanks, I'll check it out!

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:13 AM (77rzZ)

390 Quick check shows NoVa car registration is about 12% EVs. A gas station giving up 88% of potential customers to focus on 12% is an interesting business strategy.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 09:14 AM (Xe8e7)

391 If a municipality is desperate enough to pay you to live there, you prolly don't want to live there.

Posted by: Just a hunch at July 13, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

392 Re: Israel systematically killing off Oct 7th participants, there are X accounts where they post a picture of the latest targets killed that show them dressed as soldiers (from 10/7 footage, in some cases) and then in their other identity as a "journalist," EMT, UN aid worker, etc..
Making sure that claims that they killed an innocent journo or whatever aren't the full picture.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)

393 Quick check shows NoVa car registration is about 12% EVs. A gas station giving up 88% of potential customers to focus on 12% is an interesting business strategy.
Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 09:14 AM (Xe8e7)

Works for me.......

Posted by: Bruce Springsteen at July 13, 2026 09:14 AM (2YhKe)

394 384 Bah. Just balance your humors and apply leeches fortnightly, and you'll be fine.

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 13, 2026 09:14 AM (/6r4m)

395 >>Amazing. I can pick up a travel collar (a thick strong collar) and the dogs immediately go into a tizzy.

Heh, no fooling dogs when a trip is afoot!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 09:16 AM (X8xt3)

396 > Maybe McConnell had a (another) stroke? A bad one? I know it's been suggested it was a heart attack, but the dude looks to have had a number of strokes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 09:12 AM (jehhT)

Didn't he have Polio as a child?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)
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Yup. I think he had his first stroke a number of years ago. It's probably why he stepped down as GOP leader in the Senate. Or was told to step down.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 09:16 AM (jehhT)

397 Merrick Garland - what a hideously corrupt piece of shit he proved to be.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 09:16 AM (HJ3jx)

398 Masking during covid was the height of retardation…. I fart while wearing pants and somehow people still smell it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 09:16 AM (YetvJ)

399 Merrick Garland - what a hideously corrupt piece of shit he proved to be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 09:16 AM (HJ3jx)

Were we a serious country, he would've been investigated and brought up on charges in Trump's first term.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

400 NYPost:

The investigation by the GOP-led House Committee on Education and Workforce comes after The Post’s exclusive report in May that Weingarten tapped into hundreds of thousands in union resources to help pen her tome, “Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.”

“The prospect that rank-and-file educators’ dues may have financed a project that generated private financial gain raises serious questions about transparency, accountability, and fiduciary responsibility within one of the nation’s largest labor organizations,” the head of the committee said in a Tuesday letter to Weingarten.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

401 395 >>Amazing. I can pick up a travel collar (a thick strong collar) and the dogs immediately go into a tizzy.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 09:16 AM (X8xt3)
Heh, no fooling dogs when a trip is afoot!

Around here anything that remotely sound like "go" and the dogs are at the door...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 09:17 AM (dOZFZ)

402 >I fart while wearing pants and somehow people still smell it
----

It's science.

Posted by: Don Black at July 13, 2026 09:18 AM (ZxPkt)

403 144 tOcjL)

135 Was that the movie where the bad guy had a nefarious dwarf assistant?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Fantasy Island?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

Game of Thrones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 08:08 AM (HJ3jx)
=========
Several episodes of the Wild Wild West w/ Dr. Loveless playing the midget.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 13, 2026 09:18 AM (JNTt1)

404 Quick check shows NoVa car registration is about 12% EVs. A gas station giving up 88% of potential customers to focus on 12% is an interesting business strategy.
Posted by: Facts

It's on a pretty small lot, so I don't think there's enough room for gas pumps. So, they probably went with charging stations because they're smaller.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

405 There's always Paw-Paw WV. Cool name anyway.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 09:18 AM (h7yO4)

406 There's always Paw-Paw WV. Cool name anyway.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 09:18 AM (h7yO4)

There’s a Paw Paw, MI in the vicinity of Kalamazoo

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 09:20 AM (YetvJ)

407 JJ, one point of information about Graham. He DIDN'T line his pockets!! Amazing and true.

Posted by: Jeff Carter at July 13, 2026 09:20 AM (8qMs2)

408 There's always Paw-Paw WV.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

It's not a patch on Paw Paw, Michigan.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

409 394 384 Bah. Just balance your humors and apply leeches fortnightly, and you'll be fine.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 13, 2026 09:14 AM (/6r4m)
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Don't forget to have your barber extract the stone of folly from under your skull! Trepanation has been a lifesaver in our castle.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 09:21 AM (kpS4V)

410 And Ty-Ty Georgia. Think I spelled it right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 09:22 AM (h7yO4)

411 “My first wife lost my credit card and I made no attempt to get it back, because the guy was spending less than she did.” 😂

- Warren Buffett

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

412 395 >>Amazing. I can pick up a travel collar (a thick strong collar) and the dogs immediately go into a tizzy.
++++
Watch what happens when I pull this black teddy out of the closet.

Posted by: Wives and girlfriends everywhere at July 13, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

413 The whole 6 ft thing was totally made up. The distance meant nothing someone just came up with a number randomly. But it became the most scientific science to ever science. And if you questioned it you would kill grandma.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 09:23 AM (Xe8e7)

414 There’s a Paw Paw, MI in the vicinity of Kalamazoo
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

And Ty-Ty Georgia. Think I spelled it right.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Pfft. Pikers.
-- Walla Walla Washington

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

415 Lindsey down and McConnell up makes one wonder what God has in mind.
Or was this hand won by the devil?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:24 AM (VQ0bX)

416 409 etc Exactly. Trust the science!

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 13, 2026 09:24 AM (/6r4m)

417 Walla Walla Washington
Posted by: Bulg

Between Bing Bang and Ting Tang.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)

418
That Chair Force supply officer arrested for protesting The President in uniform, shitting all over the UCMJ? Motherfucker can eat a big bag of dicks while breaking rocks at Leavenworth, and basically spending the next 10 years or so going through basic training again and again and again.

One of the things that SecWar Hegseth is FINALLY doing is making the US officer corps understand that yes, UCMJ does fucking apply to them, same as it applies to enlisted troopies. I still want to see him hit the fatasses at the Pentagon with a surprise PT test one morning, NJP anyone who can't pass the test and court martial any of the fuckers who refuse.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 09:25 AM (B5HPU)

419 Senator Lindsey Graham Dies Suddenly at Age 71, Following a Brief Illness

... really, is an aortic dissection "a Brief Illness"

I'm pretty sure the heart disease that lead to the aortic dissection was an multi-year event

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

420 It's on a pretty small lot, so I don't think there's enough room for gas pumps.

I'm pretty sure its a whole lot easier to get permits to drop a couple megawatts at your site rather than sink multiple fuel tanks under the parking lot.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 09:26 AM (a6PrB)

421 IllTemperedCur

Next up: Execute the military members on Death Row in Leavenworth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

422 Between Bing Bang and Ting Tang.
Posted by: NaCly Dog a

Took me a bit to get that. Well done, Sir.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

423 IllTemperedCur

Next up: Execute the military members on Death Row in Leavenworth.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Don't tease.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 09:27 AM (h7yO4)

424 >>I'm pretty sure its a whole lot easier to get permits to drop a couple megawatts at your site rather than sink multiple fuel tanks under the parking lot.

Not so easy in northern Virginia these days.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 09:27 AM (viF8m)

425 I still want to see him hit the fatasses at the Pentagon with a surprise PT test one morning, NJP anyone who can't pass the test and court martial any of the fuckers who refuse.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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or just fire their asses
Management to worker ratio is way too high.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:28 AM (VQ0bX)

426 Did someone call?

Posted by: Fang fang bang bang at July 13, 2026 09:28 AM (Xe8e7)

427 If they knew he had heart disease, and why wouldn't they, something could have been done along the way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:29 AM (VQ0bX)

428 Did someone call?
Posted by: Fang fang bang bang at July 13, 2026 09:28 AM (Xe8e7)

*jacks off*

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at July 13, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

429 Women Over 40 Are Now Having More Babies Than American Teenagers

Birth rates among women ages 40–49 increased 24% nationwide between 2015 and 2024

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

430 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

431 The boy was around 14 when he joined the Continental Army. He signed his enlistment papers with an “X,” suggesting that he’d never learned to write his name. During his three-and-a-half-year military career, he marched more than 1,000 miles. When he died at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina in 1780, he was buried in an unmarked grave and forgotten for nearly 250 years. Researchers excavated the boy’s remains in 2022. Now, they’ve discovered this young soldier’s identity: His name was Private John Pumphrey, and he was one of America’s oldest John Doe cases.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

432 Art up

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (p11yt)

433 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

434 Heather MacDonald gets it:
Police officers, district attorneys, and sheriffs offer a different explanation for the teen takeovers: they are the consequence of a decades-long demonization of the criminal-justice system.

Asked how the Chicago Police Department would have responded to a stampede on the Magnificent Mile before that demonization took hold, a recently retired officer with over 30 years on the force replied: “We would have cleared the streets, arrested those breaking windows, looting stores, and assaulting passersby. We would have used pepper spray, fists, and batons to restore order—all of which we did during the Bulls riots [in 1992], the Democratic National Convention in 1996, NATO, and other localized disturbances that didn’t make the news.”

But then, he says, “the bottom fell out. Officers were cast as the enemy by eight years of Obama.” After the shooting of Michael Brown...Laquan McDonald ...Freddie Gray in Baltimore in 2015, “we were cleaning spit off our windshields on a daily basis. We were physically attacked more during those years than at any other point in our careers.”

BLM accomplished its goals.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 09:32 AM (X8xt3)

435 Young having babies will increase with respect and group approval.
When having pretty babies is a status symbol and not having them is a problem we'll have babies all over the place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:34 AM (VQ0bX)

436
Quick check shows NoVa car registration is about 12% EVs. A gas station giving up 88% of potential customers to focus on 12% is an interesting business strategy.
Posted by: Facts

Then again, gas stations make almost nothing from fuel sales. They make their money when you walk in to buy a soda and a bag of peanut M and Ms. I'm wondering if they're gambling that they'll make more selling a full lunch to EV drivers sitting there recharging for 30 minutes than they would by cycling in 5 gas customers in the same time period, where 3 of them just gas up and drive away without buying anything else.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 09:34 AM (B5HPU)

437 Then again, gas stations make almost nothing from fuel sales.
---

For sure they've spent evenings at the kitchen table with a Big Chief tablet working one concept to the other on how to make the new change in demographics profitable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:44 AM (VQ0bX)

438 When having pretty babies is a status symbol and not having them is a problem we'll have babies all over the place.

My dog is in another fight; I'm merely an observer, but --

We did that once, and it yielded a generation everyone is still bitching about. Does every damned consequence in the world have to be unintended?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 13, 2026 09:44 AM (zdLoL)

439 40 Families in a rich California enclave have claimed an extremely rare cancer has struck more people than first feared and that its root cause could be due to the rampant use of pesticides. ...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Grew up in an area outside of Philly that had an abundance of scientific labs near upstream creeks. Those labs all closed, changed & moved out over the decades so their harm is impossible gauge.

There has been more rare (bile duct, bone), cancer deaths, MS, blindness, ALS in area residents than imaginable but the great majority of the original population who were young when the labs were in operation are gone, dead. However, their children, even grandchildren & greatgrandchildren continue to extraordinary amount of severe medical issues including developmental delays, kidney & vision issues, ALS. (EPA has examined downstream drinking water, trash dumps, Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), nanoplastics, etc. to no avail.) Somewhere, somehow genes were damaged, broken.

Nowadays, I'd be concerned about regional air & surface contamination. Ladera Ranch may be near hubs for private scientific, biotech, and analytical laboratories.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)

440 @ 40 Families in a rich California enclave have claimed an extremely rare cancer has struck more people than first feared and that its root cause could be due to the rampant use of pesticides.
____________________

Hey! Can we drop the 'root' thing? Please … ? There's only the CAUSE. Yeah, there are 'secondary' causes, but 'root'? Unpossible. The correct word is: PRIMARY. You're welcome.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 13, 2026 09:55 AM (ayRl+)

441 47 Citizen Kane at 85: A Revolutionary Masterpiece Still Hiding in Plain Sight Still Overrated

1,000% this. I can admire it for all its innovation, the fact Welles was just 24, etc., but I've only watched it once and have no desire to ever watch it again.

Casablanca is the masterpiece that everyone says Citizen Kane is.

Posted by: Concord at July 13, 2026 10:17 AM (6E/05)

442 380
Timmy let off a child f**ker so that he would not be deported.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

And he was almost immediately deported.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

And he'll return again.

A few days ago, nurse ratchet had the best idea to prevent him and others of the ilk returning.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 10:36 AM (NFX2v)

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Apple's upcoming M7 processor, destined for a full rollout with Pro, Max, and Ultra models, is expected to support as much as 1.5TB of RAM for local AI and other massively intensive workloads. (WCCFTech)

Which will cost $37,500. For the RAM. The rest of the computer will be... Actually relatively inexpensive.
Apple is already working on the next-generation M8 chip, which will use a 1.4nm process. (WCCFTech)

TSMC plans initial production of 1.4nm chips in 2028, so this is likely three years away.

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AMD's latest graphics driver update brings ray regeneration (improved ray tracing), radiance caching, and multi-frame generation. (WCCFTech)

Frame generation is a sore spot for many games. It uses AI to generate in-between frames to smooth out game graphics, much the same way upscaling generates in-between pixels to make each frame of graphics look better.

The problem is that the overhead of frame generation makes the game run slower rather than faster, while it looks smoother. The imbalance can be jarring.
If Apple's Lisa - now available in an FPGA for for $350 - is too fancy for you, why not go seriously old school with an Apple I? (Tom's Hardware)

Apart from the fact that it costs as much as a house.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Revenge of the Norns!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Way to go, Skip! w00t

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

3 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 04:33 AM (HpRTp)

4 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers! "Tis Monday, alas, but remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 04:34 AM (wzUl9)

5 I snapped awake at 3 am for some reason and could not drift back off to sleep, so here I am sipping coffee and trying to bring the rest of me to life.

This may or may not augur well for the rest of the week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)

6 Eurogliders - Without You

I thought that was gonna be "[I Can't Live if Living Is] Without You."

It isn't!

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 04:37 AM (6wpGE)

7 I read "Eurogliders" as "sugar gliders" and wondered what the world was coming to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 04:39 AM (wzUl9)

8 The Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward movie The Long, Hot Summer is on Movies! now. It has Orson Welles (almost unrecognizable in his makeup), Tony Franciosa, and Lee Remick, the Nicole Kidman of her day.

Next up, Sea Wife (1957), with this mind-boggling blurb: "After their ship is torpedoed, four people band together to survive, including an officer who falls in love with a woman that is secretly a nun." (Secretly a nun?) An early Richard Burton movie, with Joan Collins as, I suspect, the nun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 04:43 AM (wzUl9)

9 Eurogliders - Without You

The video looks a little stalky. The lyrics don't back that up, though.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

10 Interesting video, don't remember them. Going to guess early to mid 80s

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:53 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Formed Australia 1980, , Bernie one of founders just died a few months ago

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:55 AM (Ia/+0)

12 In 1976, computers, even as a hobby, were not really on my radar. Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 and I would go to the computer lab at her college in Lafayette, LA, and play a "Star Trek" game on one of the terminals, but it was not a graphical game; you had to picture where your ship was and tell the computer how to move it by entering the coordinates. Your opponent would do the same -- I think. Or it might have been that the computer made its ship move a la chess, and then you had to respond to it. It's been a while since all that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 04:56 AM (wzUl9)

13 I like these off the wall videos samples

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Local Fox outlet says rain will be here in about an hour. If I'm gonna work out, and I should, I'd better get a move on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:03 AM (wzUl9)

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g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 13, 2026 05:03 AM (AMvSw)

16 Back to job haven't been in awhile. At least a bit closer than have been. No wifi either
Doctor appointment right after

Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:08 AM (Ia/+0)

17 "... and you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984."

https://tinyurl.com/2urp8nte

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)

18 Belated BOING!

Dr. Eithan Haim, arrested 3 years ago by the Biden Regime for snitching about "gender care" mutilation of children at Texas Children's Hospital, snitches again, this time about massive Medicare fraud in NY:

https://tinyurl.com/5pj9udkx

NY is just the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 05:11 AM (adINt)

19 LOL from the comments under the Macintosh Super Bowl ad:

@WickedScott
3 years ago
Those nice people minding their own business watching a movie and then a crazy Hooters waitress runs in a ruins everything. WTH?

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 05:13 AM (6wpGE)

20 Lonely four year old from NC started waving at family everyday. Now they are like a family. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/427tvvzp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 05:15 AM (j3j1r)

21 Battery tech news you might be able to us in the not too distant future:

https://tinyurl.com/32px9cm8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 05:15 AM (adINt)

22 Everything belongs to the Lord. International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Psalm 24:1:

https://tinyurl.com/fbeheypj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 05:20 AM (j3j1r)

23 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 05:21 AM (sAmhv)

24 The rain has already started here. I hate working out in rain; the stuff gets in my eyes. Maybe, if it's not too heavy later and I can get my errands done by ten, I'll stop at the nearby mall for a walking session.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

25 Couple sings nice praise song, "On eagles wings"from Psalm 91:

https://tinyurl.com/mrx6jt7p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 05:27 AM (LQf4v)

26 Iran Follies continue:

Foreign Ministry Baghaei: Iran DOES NOT agree to the International Atomic Energy Agency's request for access to Iran's nuclear facilities.

CENTCOM: US forces struck dozens of targets across Iran, including air defense systems, radar sites along the coast, missile capabilities, and unmanned aerial and maritime vehicles.

Well the good thing is that it’s as though the MOU never happened. I imagine everyone is going to agree to Never Mention That Again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 05:38 AM (HJ3jx)

27 Regarding the link on the sidebar, I guessed that “Worst states to live in” according to CNBC, might predict what I would consider best states to live in.

Posted by: Fenderbender at July 13, 2026 05:39 AM (1FEc1)

28 Actor Sam Neill of Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, and Reilly, Ace of Spies fame has died at age 78.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

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28 Actor Sam Neill of Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, and Reilly, Ace of Spies fame has died at age 78.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

Just saw that, I liked just about everything he was in. “In the Mouth of Madness”. I’ll miss him and his work.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 05:47 AM (HJ3jx)

30 28 Actor Sam Neill of Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, and Reilly, Ace of Spies fame has died at age 78.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

IT WAS THE MOSSAD!

Posted by: Candace Owens at July 13, 2026 05:48 AM (967/Q)

31 Regarding the link on the sidebar, I guessed that “Worst states to live in” according to CNBC, might predict what I would consider best states to live in.
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 13, 2026

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Lousy-ana and Indiana are right next to each other on the "worst" list! The only complaints CNBC has about IN is that it's weak on child care, air quality, and health care. LA gets blasted for high crime (agreed), and poor "inclusiveness" and "reproductive rights."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

32 Woah, Sam Neill? Hunt for Red October. He would have liked to have seen montana.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 13, 2026 05:53 AM (DZ9Lv)

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27 Regarding the link on the sidebar, I guessed that “Worst states to live in” according to CNBC, might predict what I would consider best states to live in.
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 13, 2026 05:39 AM (1FEc1)

LOL - Texas is rated as second worst after Tennessee - even though more people are moving in to Texas than to any other State. (To be fair, a couple others have higher percentage increases.)

You’re right, it’s a list of “states we don’t like because they don’t vote the way we tell them too.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 05:54 AM (HJ3jx)

34 Actor Sam Neill of Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, and Reilly, Ace of Spies fame has died at age 78.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026
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Just saw that, I liked just about everything he was in. “In the Mouth of Madness”. I’ll miss him and his work.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026

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If he'd been a little taller -- and Hollywood could have worked around that, as they did for Alan Ladd -- he'd have made a pretty good Bond in the '80s.

He was Australian, and as far as I know kept his mouth shut about his politics; it was all about the work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

35 New Zealand

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 13, 2026 06:00 AM (DZ9Lv)

36 @28/Wolfus: "Actor Sam Neill ...has died at age 78."

I remember him from "In the Mouth of Madness" (one of those movies where you watch the ending and immediately go back and watch the whole things again) and "Event Horizon". He did 'weird and disturbing' movies exceptionally well. I knew if I saw him in a picture, things were going to get interesting for the characters in a Chinese-curse sort of way.

Good actor, pity he's gone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 06:01 AM (O7YUW)

37 My little kitten has five toes on each of his front paws. He's quite a character and is enjoy playing with a spotted string that looks a little like a large spotted cat's markings . At first I think he believed it was a snake and hopped away from it in a comic fashion but now he's he used to it . I probably mentioned that he is named "Millard " for Millard Fillmore, the former President from the 1800's.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:02 AM (D+BhG)

38 (Secretly a nun?)

LOL. It's a comedy riot.

Nuns wore habits just so men would NOT think they were available.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 06:03 AM (qFwJc)

39 And that rather large crucifix is usually a "tell" too.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 06:03 AM (qFwJc)

40 I first saw him in Omen III.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 13, 2026 06:06 AM (DZ9Lv)

41 "Sirens"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 06:08 AM (qFwJc)

42 Last song we sang in yesterday's Anglican Church service was "Joy To The World" by the prolific English hymn writer, Issac Watts. It has become a Christmas hymn, but it's really about Christ's second coming. I appreciate that the Anglican priest tells us the background of the hymns, because I have done that myself in church services.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:09 AM (D+BhG)

43 36 @28/Wolfus: "Actor Sam Neill ...has died at age 78."

I remember him from "In the Mouth of Madness" (one of those movies where you watch the ending and immediately go back and watch the whole things again) and "Event Horizon". He did 'weird and disturbing' movies exceptionally well. I knew if I saw him in a picture, things were going to get interesting for the characters in a Chinese-curse sort of way.

Good actor, pity he's gone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 06:01 AM (O7YUW)

My wife's ex-boyfriend looked a bit like Sam Neill, I used to tell her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 06:14 AM (l3cgK)

44 Sam Neil...
Jurassic Park...Hunt for Red October...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 06:15 AM (l3cgK)

45 His birth name was Nigel. Yeah, not the most friendly actor name there...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 06:16 AM (l3cgK)

46 Acacado Toast...brought to you by today's breakfast. Mashed avocado, a dab of Green Chile powder for a kick, fresh ground black pepper for the flavor and color, fresh squeezed lemon juice, feta cheese to top it, and toasted sourdough.

Later I will be into round two of my my posole I made the other day. I finally cracked the code and it's as good as the scratch made posole in the better restaurants around here. The first secret is to use lots of red New Mexican chilies, the second Is to slow crook it in a cast iron pot for about 3 hours or, for those of you that don't know own a watch, until the house smells like posole.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 13, 2026 06:16 AM (/eAef)

47 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Ragnarok 'n roll!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 13, 2026 06:18 AM (amcLV)

48 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

49 Later I will be into round two of my my posole I made the other day. I finally cracked the code and it's as good as the scratch made posole in the better restaurants around here. The first secret is to use lots of red New Mexican chilies, the second Is to slow crook it in a cast iron pot for about 3 hours or, for those of you that don't know own a watch, until the house smells like posole.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 13, 2026 06:16 AM (/eAef)

Same when I make beans...you start smelling it's about ready, although near the end I need to constantly stir to prevent my beans from burning...
Reminds me of these lyrics from a famous TV show:

Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
Beans don't burn on the grill.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 06:20 AM (l3cgK)

50 My little kitten has five toes on each of his front paws. He's quite a character and is enjoy playing with a spotted string that looks a little like a large spotted cat's markings . At first I think he believed it was a snake and hopped away from it in a comic fashion but now he's he used to it . I probably mentioned that he is named "Millard " for Millard Fillmore, the former President from the 1800's.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026

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They learn fast. Pretty soon he'll be going after shoelaces.

Why "Millard" of all the presidents? That name makes me think of the word "mallard." At first I considered naming Stirling "Marlin," like the fish or rifle, but realized in time that I'd probably start calling him "Marvin," a la Marvin the Martian from the WB Bugs Bunny cartoons. Not a flattering model or moniker.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9)

51 My wife's ex-boyfriend looked a bit like Sam Neill, I used to tell her.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026

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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 thought he was hot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

52 Same when I make beans...you start smelling it's about ready, although near the end I need to constantly stir to prevent my beans from burning...Posted by: jim

These Mexican recipes don't look like much, but they're deceptively difficult to get right. Fortunately, within a 10-minute drive at my house I have about six places I can go that are all off the charts great; these examples guided me through my failures. Now that I have a good red base figured out, my next move is is to go after authentic chili Colorado. The degree of difficulty here is it includes lard. That ought to be worth about five or six failures.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 13, 2026 06:27 AM (/eAef)

53 My wife's ex-boyfriend looked a bit like Sam Neill, I used to tell her.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026

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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 thought [Sam Neill] was hot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026

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And I thought the same about Nicole Kidman. When we went to see Dead Calm, we enjoyed it as more than a thriller. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

54 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9

You 'd have to ask my son. 😊He named him. He is interested in history , and when he was in the first or second grade he had all the names of Presidents memorized in order . One of the posters here ( either NR Pax or Grumpy and Recalcitrant ) . Sorry I can't remember which . I have kitten fatigue ) said several days ago, "Cats like to take over . Soon you'll be calling him "Mi Lord " which made me laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:32 AM (Bw1/o)

55 30 28 Actor Sam Neill of Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, and Reilly, Ace of Spies fame has died at age 78.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

IT WAS THE MOSSAD!
Posted by: Candace Owens at July 13, 2026 05:48 AM (967/Q)

or

@TheMossadIL

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:43 AM (6wpGE)

56 Actor Sam Neill of Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, and Reilly, Ace of Spies fame has died at age 78.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Just saw him in "Untamed" on Netflix a couple of months ago. Never would have guessed he was 78.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 06:44 AM (lJ0H4)

57 Wikipedia

Born
Nigel John Dermot Neill
14 September 1947
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:47 AM (6wpGE)

58 mornin yall. I'm sure this will become a thing at the HQ. Greta Thunberg's sister, Beata MonaLisa Thunberg, has huge tracts of land.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 06:47 AM (MWfyi)

59 G.mornin' everyone! *muted woohoo*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 06:48 AM (VyBeY)

60 I was sitting in back of a van on Saturday because some nice friend drove me and another woman to the shore for the commital services of ashes for another friend's father who had just died after a struggle with cancer . This woman-who is a lovely person- / but is invested in Candace Owen's' crazy theories about the murder of Charlie Kirk being done by Erica Kirk, and Mossad. I kept my mouth shut.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:51 AM (m6Eem)

61 Hi, everyone! Still waiting for the remainder of my team to be cleared to come back to work so I'm sitting here alone with my coffee and breakfast.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 06:51 AM (99eI0)

62

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 13, 2026 06:54 AM (sUMTS)

63 Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 06:51 AM (99eI0

Why do you have to be cleared to go back to work? Some strange exotic communicable disease? I hope not .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:54 AM (m6Eem)

64 Hillary Clinton

You are a cautionary tale on the desire for power warping a person to bone-deep ugly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

65 Why do you have to be cleared to go back to work? Some strange exotic communicable disease? I hope not .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Only disease I can think of is caffeine addiction but that's a lifestyle choice.

Basically, I'm a government contractor. My contract is going through some changes with the prime company so we weren't allowed to work until this gets resolved. They cleared me and one other person to go back.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 07:04 AM (99eI0)

66 The "Got Milk" commercial from the ONT is fantastic

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:06 AM (EYqKn)

67 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 13, 2026 07:06 AM (2Ez/1)

68 Hooray for Mick Jagger who has a quote in the "NY Post "saying that entertainers should not put politics in their shows , as Bruce Springsteen did. People are there to be entertained/ not hear about politics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 07:09 AM (TKZQk)

69 Posted by: NR Pax at July 13, 2026 07:04 AM (99eI0)

I was kidding, really. I hope things work out smoothly so that the team can work together again/ provided you like the team.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 07:11 AM (TKZQk)

70 J.J. Arrived runway 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

71 I had a lawyer client in the 80s who had an Apple Lisa. His secretary kept screwing it up and it spent more time with us than with him. It was an odd machine and nobody liked it. Those lawyers loved the original Apple Laser Printer though. They were the best printer around at the time.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:14 AM (MWfyi)

72 66 The "Got Milk" commercial from the ONT is fantastic
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:06 AM (EYqKn)

I had skipped it! Thanks for the recommendation. Very funny.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 07:15 AM (6wpGE)

73 What a cool hash!

Posted by: Candace Owens at July 13, 2026 05:48 AM (967/Q)

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 07:18 AM (6wpGE)

74 21 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 13, 2026 05:15 AM (adINt)
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Successful commercial scaling of this capacity would alter automotive ranges, allowing consumer vehicles to travel more than 1,600 kilometers (about 1,000 miles) on a single charge, as reported by CarNewsChina.
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Unfortunately, like Ponce de Leon's search for eternal youth, personal experience has taught me that battery technology can use up every available investment dollar before becoming useful.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:18 AM (LPC3S)

75 @54/FenelonSpoke: "One of the posters here ( either NR Pax or Grumpy and Recalcitrant ) . Sorry I can't remember which . I have kitten fatigue ) said several days ago, "Cats like to take over . Soon you'll be calling him "Mi Lord " which made me laugh."

That was me and it was M'lord, a contraction of "My Lord" in reference to the title given to younger sons of Dukes.

When he gets old enough, and if you let him be an outdoor cat and proves himself a worthy hunter, you can dub him the "Duke of Squirrel".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 07:20 AM (O7YUW)

76 Unfortunately, like Ponce de Leon's search for eternal youth, personal experience has taught me that battery technology can use up every available investment dollar before becoming useful.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 07:18 AM (LPC3S)

Small batteries have advanced, such as in cell phones etc. but large scale batteries are probably only twice as good as they were 100 years ago, whereas in most tech we can make things that are 10 to 100 times better than they were a century ago.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 07:22 AM (HJ3jx)

77 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 07:20 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks. I knew M'lord was some term
Of nobility . Not sure of what , so thanks for the info. I like "Duke of Squirrel " as well. That's quite clever. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 AM (PXXy1)

78 Coming in late, I know, but ReActive Micro sells a “Replica 1”, which is an Apple 1 replica in kit form. I put one together several years ago. It was a lot of fun. And now I can hook up an Apple 1 to my widescreen tv!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 09:51 AM (kYmoU)

Sunday Overnight Open Thread - July 12, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Hope your weekend has been a good one. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Believe this one? If so, I've got some bridges for sale

McConnell’s team just shared this photo from the hospital, reveal he suffered from a fall and pneumonia pic.twitter.com/8p1RhNYjjx
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 12, 2026

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Sophie Cunningham gets better by the day

How great was it seeing Sophie Cunningham as a Ring Card Girl at the UFC fight last night!

You know this is gonna drive the black racist lesbians in the WNBA batshit crazy! pic.twitter.com/KEHOgDgLFl
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 12, 2026

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How many of you drink Diet Coke regularly? Did you know it could do THIS??

Woman Drinks Diet Coke to Dissolve Huge Mass in Her Stomach

They say soda is bad for you, and that is probably right in most cases, but if you happen to have a stomach clogged with undigested food, it can apparently be a big help! A team of doctors from Massachusetts recently reported the unusual case of an elderly woman with a large benzoar in her stomach who managed to dissolve the large mass by drinking 1.5 liters of Diet Coke per day.
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, the doctors reported that the patient had been experiencing a burning pain in her upper abdomen and right side of her torso for about a month when she finally came in for a checkup. She had tried two common over-the-counter medications for acid reflux, but they had no effect.
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Because of her history of diabetes, the woman was prescribed diet soda, but because she didn’t enjoy carbonated drinks, the recommended 3 liters were cut down to just 1.5 liters per day. Still, the treatment proved remarkably effective! During her second day of treatment, the patient reported a “tugging” sensation in her stomach, after which her nausea and discomfort disappeared. A subsequent endoscopy confirmed that the benzoar had dissolved.

I've used Coca Cola to dissolve corrosion on car battery terminals. I'm not at all surprised at what cola / diet cola can do.

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Sometimes you just want to fight

She wasn't ready for it to be that easy!

🤣 pic.twitter.com/mav01qAYun
— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) July 11, 2026

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Important anniversary yesterday

Alexander Hamilton was shot and killed by Vice President Aaron Burr during a pistol duel in New Jersey on this day in 1804. pic.twitter.com/uSiYqWEqQT
— Today in History (@TodayinHistory) July 11, 2026

Brings to mind this awesome throwback commercial

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026: Where Drama met more Drama!

Paris wrapped another round of Haute Couture magic (July 6–9, 2026), and mon dieu, what a week! While the city sweated through record heat, the runways delivered pure escapism. Here’s our playful roundup of the absolute crème de la crème.

Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel: A Whimsical Fairytale Garden

Matthieu Blazy transformed Paris’s Grand Palais into an enchanted garden for Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture show. Picture a magical garden alive with oversized blooms, cascading florals, and hanging vines, the perfect backdrop for a collection that blended house heritage with pure fantasy.

Tweed suits got a fresh, romantic update with delicate embellishments while feathery textures, iridescent fabrics, and pops of vibrant color (lunar teals, ember pinks, and acid greens) brought the fairytale to life. Classic codes like camellias and pearls were reimagined in playful ways. Blazy continues to breathe new life into Chanel while honoring its soul.

Jonathan Anderson at Dior: Garden Party Meets Avant-Garde

Anderson continued his Dior journey with a lush, nature-inspired collection full of ruffles, florals, and architectural tailoring. Picture voluminous bubble skirts, pleated masterpieces, and flower-embellished pieces that felt both romantic and modern. The Jardin des Tuileries setting? Perfection. It was a love letter to couture craftsmanship with a cheeky energy. By the way, Mr. Anderson designed Taylor Swift’s wedding gown.

Schiaparelli’s Surrealist Spectacle

Daniel Roseberry stayed true to the house’s playful DNA with “The Call of the Void”: bold, body-skimming pieces, exaggerated embellishments, and the signature surreal touch. Think sculptural latex alongside glittering florals and architectural details that made you do a double-take. Pure theater, and we loved every second.

Iris van Herpen: Sonic Starquakes – Where Science Becomes Wearable Art

No one blends fashion, technology, and the cosmos quite like Iris van Herpen. For her Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture collection “Sonic Starquakes,” she dove deep into astrophysics, creating pieces inspired by vibrating stars, exploding supernovae, spiraling galaxies, and the turbulent beauty of plasma.

This wasn’t just inspiration, it was innovation. Van Herpen introduced actual plasma into couture for the first time, with glowing, charged ions captured in hand-blown glass and tulle. The result? Ethereal dresses that looked like they were woven from starlight itself. If you love fashion that commands a room, this was your show

Paris Couture 2026 proved once again that fashion isn’t just clothes, it’s fantasy and storytelling in wearable form. Whether you’re team dramatic or whimsical, this season gave us all the inspiration we need to be a little bigger and bolder in what we wear.

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Thanks, Piper!

Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

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DJ Doof - Stuff I Heard Today Edition

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Speaking of music - how many of you have gotten back into listening to vinyl? I've been dabbling in it, but I need a good turntable (recommendations welcomed!) for my growing collection. Anyway, sometimes the old ways are good ways.

Never before in our industry has a format come back from the dead quite like vinyl

In case you hadn’t realised, vinyl is making a bit of a comeback. Who would have guessed that a plastic disc which first arrived on the scene in 1931 would still be bringing so much joy 95 years later?
Although a lot has changed in the world over that time, the format itself and the techniques used to create it haven’t evolved massively. So, is vinyl currently as good as it gets, or could it be improved upon?

Personal opinion - listening to music on vinyl is a great throwback experience. Warmth and imperfections take the listener back to a different era. For my tastes, I say listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by whelmage

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— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 1, 2026

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Tonight's ONT produced at the northern command of Doof Enterprises, LLC. It aint too shabby up here!

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1 st?

Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at July 12, 2026 10:00 PM (rkhpv)

2 Deport – Deport - Deport

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:00 PM (3oLMy)

3 So, ONT, we meet again at last.

Posted by: mindful webworker - this time will be different at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)

4 Nice filter work on that top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Shazam

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (YlWIZ)

6 Thank you for the swell ONT, Doof. I sure do like me some Sophie Cunningham.

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (sOtuf)

7 Sen. Lindsey Graham Dies at 71:The senator died from a 'brief and sudden illness,' his office said.

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Given that the Washington, DC slop trough has one fewer twisted old homosexual sadist frantically snuffling in it tonight, do I get a rebate?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (BI5O2)

8 Thank you as well Piper. I'm not much of one for fashion, but I know it's a lot of work pulling it together each week. Thanks

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (sOtuf)

9 Hello, friends!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (hftzA)

10 Thank you for the swell ONT, Doof. I sure do like me some Sophie Cunningham.
Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (sOtuf)

She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)

11 I no longer draw the line at batteries in clothing.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (YlWIZ)

12 Sorry I'm late, my fly swatter didn't come with an instruction manual.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2RJDy)

13 Man, those are some really unattractive runway models. But then, that's probably the point.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (u/oMr)

14 Personal opinion - listening to music on vinyl is a great throwback experience. Warmth and imperfections take the listener back to a different era. For my tastes, I say listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?

This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.

Vinyl worked because its imperfections sound nice to humans. But you can just record those same imperfections into a digital format and have the same experience over and over without worrying about wearing out your albums, if that's what you want.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

15 The 1981 Chevy Citation. It runs and drives.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (4g5V+)

16 Before WHITESNAKE there was a commercial for Claud AI. ...
'We don't want to lose the most beautiful parts of life'
Coming from Sam Altman it sounds like a threat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (3oLMy)

17 That tip pic looks like it is about to become the setting of a gator attack.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2RJDy)

18 Paris Couture 2026 must have been a joyous occasion! Everyone there looks so happy!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 Vice President Aaron Burr is buried not far from President Grover Cleveland's grave.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (t93WW)

20 Sorry I'm late, my fly swatter didn't come with an instruction manual.
Posted by: tankdemon

Mister Miyagi is impressed that you took them down in midair with the edge of the swatter, though.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

21 From the sidebar:

"CNBC ranks Tennessee as dead last in its “Worst States to Live” analysis. The specific reason is that cross-dressing men in TN are denied access to children and women’s private spaces."

They're right!! Don't move here!! We laugh out loud at blue haired trannies and fags. And we shoot p*dos!! Twice. It's horrible! If a man goes into a woman's bathroom the gals will hold him down until their boyfriends and husbands (both!) storm in to complete the ass kicking!

Oh the humanity!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (y4MhN)

22 I like how The Turtle is holding a newspaper on his knee. Proof of life.

Subtle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (u/oMr)

23 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 12, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)

24 Mitch McConnell's team is bad
AI AI Oh

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 12, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

25 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.

Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

26 We have the Northern Command and the Southern Lakeside Mini-Command.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

27 >>>Believe this one?
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I believe he's physically alive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (3oLMy)

28 It's Stormy.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/ye4vs7r9

Posted by: mrp at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (rj6Yv)

29 This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

It's a fact that your opinion is factual

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)

30
Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.
Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026

Glow in the dark plasma cabbage!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

31 The nicest thing you can say about that piece of shit chevy citation?

You don't need to piss away silly money on big caliber ammo to shred it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (S41Gd)

32 Before WHITESNAKE there was a commercial for Claud AI. ...
'We don't want to lose the most beautiful parts of life'
Coming from Sam Altman it sounds like a threat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (3oLMy)

I'd rather have lovely Claudette RI instead of Claude AI. (RI --> Real Intelligence)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg)

33 Wait. I thought the lovely and vivacious Mrs. McConnell was back in the PRC reporting to her handlers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)

34 Models kinda weird looking. I guess they are supposed to be. I will never understand fashion.

Posted by: Case at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (IY9No)

35 Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026: Where Drama met more Drama!

Is this another one where we guess which ones are real and which ones are AI?

If so, the first one is real and all the rest are AI.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

36 "CNBC ranks Tennessee as dead last in its “Worst States to Live” analysis. The specific reason is that cross-dressing men in TN are denied access to children and women’s private spaces."

They're right!! Don't move here!! We laugh out loud at blue haired trannies and fags. And we shoot p*dos!! Twice. It's horrible! If a man goes into a woman's bathroom the gals will hold him down until their boyfriends and husbands (both!) storm in to complete the ass kicking!

Oh the humanity!!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (y4MhN)
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They did you a potentially huge favor! Can you believe CNBC thinks trannie rights are imoortant?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (t93WW)

37 That pale blue dress with the stuff sewed on looks like it would catch on everything.

Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)

38 Thank you, 496! It’s worth every penny I make doing it!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (hftzA)

39 I no longer draw the line at batteries in clothing.

Extension cords are still right out though.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (vTZFs)

40 After Graham's death someone deemed McConnell had to be seen.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Q+gd/)

41 The Citation was GM's answer to the Honda Accord. Not much of an answer at all, unless you're a veteran of WWII in the Pacific and you've never forgiven the sneaky Japs for Bataan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (u/oMr)

42 Thanks for the fashion, Piper-fir your time and attention . The things that designers come up with boggles my mind, sometimes. I did like the first blue dress, however, but would dispense with the red tie thing on top. The tentacle octopus is the stuff of nightmares, although I suppose the model herself is attractive. I wonder whether models ever think , "This is totally bizarre stuff" I guess they do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (eQy7F)

43 I like how The Turtle is holding a newspaper on his knee. Proof of life.

Subtle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (u/oMr)

He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (S41Gd)

44 Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.
Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026

Glow in the dark plasma cabbage!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

I think the lady in the end of this video is better dressed.

https://youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (qx7Zg)

45
The models are horrified they are modeling shitty looking rags.

As long as the check clears they don't care.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (/QHx4)

46 Right now, there's a Beltway dungeon dungeon full of catamites waiting on tenterhooks to find out if they've been manumitted, or if they're going to become grave goods for the great Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (BI5O2)

47 35 Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026: Where Drama met more Drama!

Is this another one where we guess which ones are real and which ones are AI?

If so, the first one is real and all the rest are AI.
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov

Oh we need to do that again! Because all the AI ones are from my crazy ideas! That should tell you something.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (hftzA)

48 I've used Coca Cola to dissolve corrosion on car battery terminals. I'm not at all surprised at what cola / diet cola can do.
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It'll take the rust off old drill bits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (3oLMy)

49 Jonathan Anderson at Dior: Garden Party Meets Avant-Garde

Second picture, the person in back: is that a dude?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

50 After Graham's death someone deemed McConnell had to be seen.
Posted by: davidt

They had to wait for his """wife""" to get back from China for the photo op.

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

51 Thanks for the Sunday ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. Nice and moody, with a glowing moon.

Thanks for the fashion update, Piper! That black octopus outfit is one I doubt I will ever see IRL.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)

52 There must be a secret contest of some sort amongst fashion designers to see who can come up with the weirdest stuff that then sells.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)

53 My Brother was the designated Vinyl archivist for our family, he pretty much has one of the largest collections I've ever seen, he has around 2000+ albums.

I started getting back into vinyl and my brother has been sending me care packages periodically.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

54 They had to wait for his """wife""" to get back from China for the photo op.
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

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Community Note: No they didn't.

Posted by: Copilot AI at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (u/oMr)

55 42 Thanks for the fashion, Piper-fir your time and attention . The things that designers come up with boggles my mind, sometimes. I did like the first blue dress, however, but would dispense with the red tie thing on top. The tentacle octopus is the stuff of nightmares, although I suppose the model herself is attractive. I wonder whether models ever think , "This is totally bizarre stuff" I guess they do.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12

Couture is bizarre and will look completely different in ready to wear versions. Though I am afraid what will come through are larger cut outs and dramatically low waistlines.

Everyone to the floor for more planks and crunches!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (hftzA)

56 DOOF!
Yeah, per vinyl...the digital formats never really captured the nuances of a well kept album. I was always totally anal about keeping my albums in pristine condition. When my husband died some years ago, I started clearing out much clutter. In retrospect, I wish I didn't let go of so much vinyl 😞.
I did keep some vintage stuff though...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (uTEOj)

57 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4)

58 Goood eeeeevvvening.

Gee whiz, most of that Haute Couture leaves me Colld. Goofy, unflattering, and mainly just not pretty.

Don't mind me, though. I'm just an old curmudgeon from the middle of a previous century.

Posted by: mindful webworker modeling blue jeans and a short-sleeve shirt at July 12, 2026 10:15 PM (ci8WY)

59 I'm glad he died suddenly. Maybe his people were surprised, and couldn't burn all the evidence in time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2)

60 Right now, there's a Beltway dungeon dungeon full of catamites waiting on tenterhooks to find out if they've been manumitted, or if they're going to become grave goods for the great Lindsey Graham.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I saw Catamites On Tenterhooks open for Black Spikes at The Dungeon earlier this year.

https://youtu.be/miZbo-cww1s

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

61 This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

It's a fact that your opinion is factual

Ah, but is it satisfactual?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

62 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (2RJDy)

63 >>Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM

I think you get almost enough time to hit the floor before it's all over.

Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (VJX5o)

64 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.
Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

Rock on!

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (QLC6i)

65 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

They said he died after a brief, sudden illness. That would seem to qualify.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

66 Wanna know how bad the Citation was...?

My grandfather ditched his 66 Chevelle for one. I got the Chevelle for $100. My own hard earned money. It wasn't a SS or anything... just basic. Automatic too.

2 Months after buying that piece of shit he wanted to buy back the Chevelle.

Yea... no dice old man.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (jehhT)

67 13 Man, those are some really unattractive runway models. But then, that's probably the point.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026

Runway models are tall and kind of ruler shaped. The exact opposite of me! But it’s the shape clothes hang on the best.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (hftzA)

68 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4)

Sorta puts the Iranian claim in the crapper.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

69 Two young boys help elderly man across the street in Auckland , New Zealand. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3pjunk7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (uAj3p)

70 @59

>>I'm glad he died suddenly. Maybe his people were surprised, and couldn't burn all the evidence in time.

If his aorta ruptured, he died pretty quickly.

Probably was unconscious within seconds and dead within a minute or two.

My SIL dropped dead in front of us, one second they are asking for help, a second later they are dead.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

71 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko und Piper

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

72 1981 Chevy Citation, we'll get you to that recall appointment...eventually.

(If it wasn't a transmission recall. It was a brakes recall. It, also, had a fire hazard recall, but I think that was one of the transmission issues. The fluid line leaked)

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

73 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.

Yup, beautiful, statuesque 6'1" blonds with an obviously sparkling personality being so common and all.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)

74 52 There must be a secret contest of some sort amongst fashion designers to see who can come up with the weirdest stuff that then sells.
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)

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Most fashion houses make bank selling off-the-rack dresses, cheap suits, mass market ties and underwear. The bizarre frippery they spew out for the big fashion shows is designed strictly to get their names in the press. No one would actually buy those outrageous circus costumes to wear.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (u/oMr)

75 Piper
Thank you for going where I fear to tread.

Matthieu Blazy is Chanel, but not as you know it.
That women should never be in the same room as an open flame.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (u82oZ)

76 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.
Posted by: Tuna

If true - dead before he hit the floor. Years ago a (seemingly) very fit 2nd baseman on our softball just dropped jogging off the field from a ruptured aorta. Deader than shit right there.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (y4MhN)

77 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (2RJDy)

She's in that vid walking around the ring holding a card over her head. That's Sophie Cunningham.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

78 Sorry I'm late, my fly swatter didn't come with an instruction manual.
Posted by: tankdemon

You could tell her yourself. Or him, or them, I don't ... um, judge...

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (3ZUWJ)

79 Models look like they are in pain others look angry - Probably at the clothes they are made to wear. Hey, girls, if you don't like your job you can work somewhere else.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (3oLMy)

80 Speaking of Sophie Cunningham, this meme seems inevitable. What took so long?

https://bit.ly/they-point-at-each-other

Posted by: mindful webworker hears fireworks at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ci8WY)

81 They let you wear dress clothes while you're in the bed in the hospital?
Hunh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (2Ez/1)

82 Whenever I'm King, I'm digging that motherfucker up and putting his corpse on trial.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (BI5O2)

83 @73

>>Yup, beautiful, statuesque 6'1" blonds with an obviously sparkling personality being so common and all.

She's the Bill Lambier of the WNBA.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)

84 62 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.
Posted by: tankdemon

She's the tall athletic blonde pointing at you... and then at her own sweaty feet.

Posted by: 4chan at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)

85 Orson's Fashion Litmus Test:

If someone is wearing something that could be mistaken for a Halloween costume, it's not fashion. It's performance.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

86 We have the Northern Command and the Southern Lakeside Mini-Command.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

The nationwide reach of Doof Enterprises!

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (QLC6i)

87 She's the tall athletic blonde pointing at you... and then at her own sweaty feet.
Posted by: 4chan

I'm not proud of it but I've kissed worse things.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (y4MhN)

88 Vinyl was quite the ritual at the stereo system altar.

Turn on the system, select an album, remove the album from the cover and sleeve by the edges, carefully placing on the holy turntable, clean the vinyl, and then, very,very carefully lifting the turntable's arm and placing the stylus at the beginning of the record without scratching it.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (Q+gd/)

89 Sen. McConnell is a golem. An animated figure made of clay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

90 Do they show normal fashions at the zoo they call a fashion show?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

91 If someone is wearing something that could be mistaken for a Halloween costume, it's not fashion. It's performance.
Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (4Uk/z)

92 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (2RJDy)

ISWYDT. I seem to be the only one, though.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (QLC6i)

93 Turn on the system, select an album, remove the album from the cover and sleeve by the edges, carefully placing on the holy turntable, clean the vinyl, and then, very, very carefully lifting the turntable's arm and placing the stylus at the beginning of the record without scratching it.
Posted by: davidt

Us poors stacked coins on the tone arm when the needle wore out to eek out a few more plays.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (y4MhN)

94 I didn't know a dick could go so far up your ass it ruptures your aorta.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (BI5O2)

95 I dunno, Mitch right now seems to be residing in Schroedinger's catbox.

Posted by: with other things one might find in a catbox at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

96 I've researched this a bit. They say you have a GOOD chance of surviving an aortic dissension... if the aortic tear occurs in the main operating theatre at the Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Oz is all scrubbed up and waiting for you.

Otherwise, not so much.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (RCjYY)

97 I didn't know a dick could go so far up your ass it ruptures your aorta.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Ask an Emergency Department Physician. Prepare yourself to be astounded and disgusted.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (y4MhN)

98 And no one has mentioned the handbag in the first fashion pic. She’s carrying a silver armadillo. These designers must laugh their asses off when people praise their creations. It has to be an inside joke amongst all of them.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (2NHgQ)

99 She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)
-------
Oh, exactly. She seems like a good kid... a real kick in the pants. If she wasn't I wouldn't give a damn about her

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (sOtuf)

100
I wonder how many of the models are beautiful.

They are paid to look strange so they don't detract from the hideous rags they are modeling.

I hope they are paid well.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)

101 Otherwise, not so much.
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (RCjYY)

So there is a chance?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, Clutching Chest at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

102 {{{SMH}}}

Have a great night.

Maybe, since tall is important, you can model for the US Army in Kevlar Tank Jumpers.
And without a reflective belt! Ooh la la.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)

103
"Vinyl" in a sense may continue on far past the end of this planet. This came up a few nights ago on an ONT. While they're weren't vinyl, both Voyager probes contained phonograph records made of gold plated copper with sounds and video from earth, a "message in a bottle tossed in the interstellar ocean" as Billions and Billions Carl Sagan described it.

They even included a needle to play it back, and instructions on how to do so. Sagan and Frank Drake were pretty clever in how they encoded those instructions and the map of its point of origin in both space and time. They used the universal language of mathematics and the physical constants.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

104 That bow-tie History Guy inserts himself into a recurring AOS debate

A Devilish Invention: The Crossbow

https://youtu.be/utv-uJSdT1s

Posted by: mindful webworker remembers at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (ci8WY)

105 In the first "fashion" photo, the model is holding a rat. I think these so called designers hate their jobs.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (GD0B3)

106 The tentacle octopus is the stuff of nightmares, although I suppose the model herself is attractive.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Though I am afraid what will come through are larger cut outs and dramatically low waistlines.
Posted by: Piper

Old and busted: thong whale-tails

New hotness: whatever the same thing is called when it's on the front side instead

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

107 "Pardon me miss, but do you happen to have the orange traffic cone dress in a size 20?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (u/oMr)

108 I understand (disagree, but understand) that since the models are 'just the furniture for the designs', they can't smile and look like they're having a good time. But it would make the clothing design sell better among the masses if they bothered to do things like match the colors to the model's skin tones better, or for example not make the blue dress so 'busy' with oversized gubbins. There were a few (especially the last two and one of the ones in the lower third) that were almost sane and almost suitable for wearing in public - do better, Piper! I expect to be baffled by every outfit!

Posted by: RandomDave at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (aJQbY)

109 98 And no one has mentioned the handbag in the first fashion pic. She’s carrying a silver armadillo. These designers must laugh their asses off when people praise their creations. It has to be an inside joke amongst all of them.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12,

I was waiting for someone to notice that!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA)

110
They said he died after a brief, sudden illness. That would seem to qualify.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

___________

Very brief. 20 seconds or so.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (O0L8i)

111 96 sb "aortic dissection" not dissension.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (RCjYY)

112 >>>listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?
---

If you can get a CD without compression.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (3oLMy)

113 "For my tastes, I say listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?"

Doof,
Agreed. Even with my newest hearing aids (and they are very good) if I want to hear every note and subtle harmony I use my Bose over the ear headset on a CD player. As much as I prefer physical media over streaming I never felt the pull to return to vinyl.

Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (yTvNw)

114 I was waiting for someone to notice that!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA)

I did ! @105

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (GD0B3)

115 37> That pale blue dress with the stuff sewed on looks like it would catch on everything.

I absolutely love her armadillo hand bag.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (NzX/y)

116 Daniel Roseberry's piece in black vinyl or leather or whatever-that-is looks like it belongs on a coenobite.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)

117 Concerning the loss of Lindsey Graham:

All I know is when someone with a questionable private life has a very immediate and unexpected death, disallowing preparaton to "hide the bodies"...there is always the chance of something slipping into the public domain that best remain private.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (dIske)

118 Don't talk sh*t about the Citation! I had a 1980 Citation and it was awesome!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (l4RKn)

119 This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.
Posted by: mikeski

It's a fact that your opinion is factual
Posted by: Doof

Ah, but is it satisfactual?
Posted by: Archimedes

It's my opinion, so it's at least self-satisfactual.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

120
Doof of Clan Doof

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (O0L8i)

121 Very brief. 20 seconds or so.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (O0L8i)

----------

His health took a sudden turn for the worst at the 18 second mark.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (u/oMr)

122 Ask an Emergency Department Physician. Prepare yourself to be astounded and disgusted.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (y4MhN)

Im sure. They had to invent the Rod Stewart Gastric Lavage, after all.

But, happily, it wasn't enough to save Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (BI5O2)

123 Reposting from this morning because it's there.
mindful graphic webwork

https://bit.ly/death-grabs-lindsay

Don't usually just use a common template, but I was in a hurry. And getting lazy in my old age.

Soon saw someone else using the same meme template. Predictably.

Posted by: mindful webworker wastes another comment slot at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (ci8WY)

124 Maybe, since tall is important, you can model for the US Army in Kevlar Tank Jumpers.
And without a reflective belt! Ooh la la.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
___

lol, thanks Salty, but I'm not the modeling type.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (4Uk/z)

125 What is the basis for the rumors of Graham having a "questionable" private life, or that he was gay ? Is the basis as solid as ace being gay and all that ??

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (GD0B3)

126 37 That pale blue dress with the stuff sewed on looks like it would catch on everything.
Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)

----------

Do not wear while using heavy machinery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)

127
Having lived in SC for many years Graham didn't piss me off.

Jan 6 changed that for me when he wanted protestors shot.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)

128 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (2Ez/1)

129 I have more vinyl now than ever before, all played on the same turntable I bought in university in the mid 80s.
Though the receiver is better than my old Sherwood, people donate stuff to the Salvation Army that I could never have afforded when I was a student.

Posted by: Asko at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (kiLvz)

130 114 I was waiting for someone to notice that!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA)

I did ! @105
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:28

But it’s obviously not a rat. It’s a swanky, disease carrying silver armadillo. 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (hftzA)

131 92 ISWYDT. I seem to be the only one, though.
Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (QLC6i)

I'm glad somebody did.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (2RJDy)

132 She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)

Oh yes! And not useless in a bar fight! She is a black belt in TKD.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 10:32 PM (l4RKn)

133 His health took a sudden turn for the worst at the 18 second mark.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (u/oMr)
-------

"How did Mr. Graham die?"

"Suddenly, and then suddenly."

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:32 PM (sOtuf)

134 What is the basis for the rumors of Graham having a "questionable" private life

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Seeing and hearing him

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:32 PM (BI5O2)

135 What is the basis for the rumors of Graham having a "questionable" private life, or that he was gay ?

He was a lifelong bachelor and sounded a bit light in the loafers. Kind of irrelevant now, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Riz8t)

136 Clean the LP with a cleaning machine before placing it on the turntable. Then use a Zerostat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Cqx++)

137 Reposting from last night's ONT because it didn't get enough Likes.

July 12, 2011 01:33 AM

Fifteen years ago [last]night I left my first comment on AoS. Had been reading posts for a while before that but hadn't ventured into comments because, well, you know how irritating comments are. Then I looked. And got hooked.

It was a long comment, longer than we can leave anymore, ranting about some gal named Palin.

"For all her joyous spirit, she also knows the terrible price that might be, very well will be, extracted from her, and her family, if she runs, and if she wins. She is willing to bear what comes, not for her sake, but for the sake of service."

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=318656#c13750041

A real trip to look through who some of the commenters who were on that post. Talk about absent friends…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - only vibranium-level members get like buttons at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (ci8WY)

138 Does the orange dress come in a size for someone who has, you know, boobs?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)

139 If you lie with the dogs, you'll get fleas, ticks and Lyme disease, if you lie with the armadillos you get leprosy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (sYM3s)

140 It's rather a shame that someone who voted for Trump's agenda 100%, and sponsored the Save act, and worked hard to pass it, and did a lot of Trump's bidding in Congress is dead. And the individuals who do nothing but oppose Trump's agenda (the people's agenda) are sleeping happily in their beds.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (GD0B3)

141 116 Daniel Roseberry's piece in black vinyl or leather or whatever-that-is looks like it belongs on a coenobite.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10

You get sewn into those outfits. There is no pulling that on.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (hftzA)

142 She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)

Oh yes! And not useless in a bar fight! She is a black belt in TKD.

Just when I thought I couldn't be more smitten...

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (Riz8t)

143 But it’s obviously not a rat. It’s a swanky, disease carrying silver armadillo. 😂
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (hftzA)

potato, potahto

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (GD0B3)

144 118 Don't talk sh*t about the Citation! I had a 1980 Citation and it was awesome!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (l4RKn)

_________________________________

The 1980 Chevrolet Citation’s biggest issue was its lethal rear-brake defect, which caused the rear wheels to lock under moderate-to-heavy braking. This design flaw frequently caused the car to spin out of control, resulting in dozens of injuries, fatalities, and a major lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice.

But, other than that, the multitude of fires, the defected rear suspension welds, and the multiple power train issues....IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (dIske)

145
I can't understand the nostalgia for vinyl. Why would you want to return to bad pressings, clicks, the need for a turntable and cartridge, etc.?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (O0L8i)

146 Kind of irrelevant now, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Riz8t)

No.

This is my last chance to ridicule him for his homosexuality, and I'm not letting it go.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (BI5O2)

147 My main and mostly-final impression of Graham is when he supported the Dubya amnesty scheme in 2007. In front of the National Council of La Raza. Because amnesty would send a message "tell the bigots to shut up".
I don't want to leave too big of a poo on Graham's grave today, because McConnell is worse these days, but I'm no fan of the guy.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (gKWVE)

148 A hospital?
What is it?

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at July 12, 2026 10:36 PM (2Ez/1)

149 Don’t know or care if Sen Graham was gay. If he was he didn’t go on about it ad nauseam. RIP Senator, I may not have agreed with you all the time, that said you were a pro life advocate.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (2NHgQ)

150 I don't really care about other people's sex lives very much.

However, it's my observation that heterosexual men rarely live to be 71, yet never married or had children.

I'm sure there are exceptions. Don't throw rocks at me.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (RCjYY)

151 >>>the new 1981 Citation
---

One of my guys bought a new Cavalier, he wasn't a hard driver, it was a POS within a year.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (3oLMy)

152 Say what you will about the Citation, but it was a big step up from the Vega.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (u/oMr)

153 You get sewn into those outfits. There is no pulling that on.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (hftzA)

If you read Clive Barker's story (and why would you) you learn that the cenobites sew their outfits directly onto their flesh.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (gKWVE)

154 88 Vinyl was quite the ritual at the stereo system altar.
Turn on the system, select an album, remove the album from the cover and sleeve by the edges, carefully placing on the holy turntable, clean the vinyl, and then, very,very carefully lifting the turntable's arm and placing the stylus at the beginning of the record without scratching it.

Of course when I was a kidster, sometimes I had to put a dime (maybe a nickel!) on the arm to keep the record from skipping...
So very much not high tech...we weren't rich folk, but still dug the tunes 🎵 🎶 🎼!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (uTEOj)

155 Had a lovely visit to the Anglican Church in North America. Beautiful church with lovely stained glass windows. They are using the facilities of another church . The people were very friendly. The priest seemed like a nice , reverent guy and I enjoyed the sermon by a visiting Englishman ( I think he must be starting an Anglican Church in North America in another state. ) Anyway, great sermon on the parable of the seeds and the sower and I was interested that the man had been in a chaplain in the royal Air Force.

Here is the end of an evening prayer by John Bailie
( 1896-1960) who a Scottish theologian , teacher and writer who was the President of The World Council of Churches, especially desiring close relations between Christian denominations:

"And now, O Lord, give me a quiet mind, as I lay down to rest. Dwell in my thoughts till sleep overtake me. Let me not be fretted by the lesser interests of life. Let no troubled dreams disturb me, so that I may awake refreshed and ready for the tasks of another day."

From a wonderful book of prayers ancient and more modern- "The Harper Collins Book of prayers compiled by Robert Van de Weyer.

Good night, all!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (9AdGW)

156 I hear it's supposed to get hot enough in my neck of the woods that the (un)official state plant will start wilting. Those poor traffic cones and barrels have to suffer so much!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

157 I has a question about Citations -

If you receive one during your service years, it's a good thing.

If you get one while you are driving, it's a bad thing.

What's up with that.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (y4MhN)

158
If Graham was gay at least he did not make that the main part of
his public life.

He seemed to be a family oriented man.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)

159 >>>it's my observation that heterosexual men rarely live to be 71, yet never married or had children.
--

I don't spend much time observing homosexuals. - > of either sex.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM (3oLMy)

160 152 Say what you will about the Citation, but it was a big step up from the Vega.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM
>>>>>>>>>

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: The Chevette at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM (2Ez/1)

161 That vinyl story was stupid. Too many of their so-called "engineers" were obsessing about the "greenness" of vinyl records. Tards.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 10:40 PM (1z8ji)

162 I will never be happy til I have a metal armadillo purse like that first model. Or whatever rodent that could be.

I also cannot imagine wearing latex or vinyl or whatever some of that is. Probably not latex. Pleather? Nope!

I love Sophie Cunningham, no lesbo. She's grand.

Regarding vinyl records, I still have most of mine from HS and college. Someone broke into my apt between moves and stole my turntable and some of my albums, and may he have plague fleas forever. We still have a lot and listen to them shooting pool. I would have to look at the type of turntable as no idea.

I have my grandmother's 100yr old mahogany Victrola Credenza in the LR. A brother of hers took out speakers? from the inside and that is storage shelving now, but it still plays from the top and I have the crank up handle. Also have a collection of her records: super thick plastic. Big band stuff or classical.

This is how it looks:
https://tinyurl.com/2pytb6ja

I come from generations who keep everything. I then claim it and reupholster and keep it for those I leave to either inherit or sell it. This irritates my husband but I don't care!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 12, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

163 For Sen. McConnell!

youtu.be/uBxMPqxJGqI

Bummer about Graham. He was inconsistent as a conservative but that pic of him adjusting his tie and looking at the camera while some raging harpy behind him, screaming at him, that look on his face! Amazing! For that alone, I liked him. Otherwise, he was a modern day Senator. They are mostly meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 10:41 PM (sAmhv)

164 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:41 PM (u/oMr)

165 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:41 PM (u/oMr)

I ear you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

166 I will never be happy til I have a metal armadillo purse like that first model. Or whatever rodent that could be.

===

Next season, giant cucarachas !

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (GD0B3)

167 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.

You trendy types irritate the hell out of me. Give me an organ grinder with a monkey any day.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t)

168 Say what you will about the Citation, but it was a big step up from the Vega.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM
>>>>>>>>>

Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The Chevette at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM (2Ez/1)

Hey, they weren't -that- bad. If you knew what you were doing, you could get it going faster than the speedometer could show, stock. Yeah, it was only 85.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

169 Next season, giant cucarachas !

What?

Posted by: Sofia Vergara at July 12, 2026 10:44 PM (Riz8t)

170
I hate the people who run for office who say vote for me, I am queer, bi, i rape people.

WTF are you going to do that will make our country great?

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)

171 I seem to recall the senator being branded with the moniker "Grahamnesty" many, many times on the very pages of this here self same Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (2Ez/1)

172 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.

Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (yTvNw)

173
JTB,

Nope. I live in Wyoming so we don't see those fashions.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

174 I make no secret of the fact that I disliked Graham. First in line to shower Ukraine with US tax dollars. Always first in line pushing the next half-assed war. It would not surprise me to learn that there was a connection between Graham and the multitude of Defense Contractors, and his net worth is a lot higher than it should be. When I hear the term "Chicken Hawk", he's was always the first person that came to mind right up there with McCain.

His Conservative side only popped out in an election year for most of his career. Less so in the very recent past, but he was never shy about spending out money.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

175 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.

I've seen video, but not a photo.

https://tinyurl.com/kcj64jhk

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (Riz8t)

176 Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public?
Posted by: JTB

That's not the point of the runway outfits. They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand, not the garments themselves.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (y4MhN)

177 I don't listen to vinyl. Practical reasons. I just don't have the room for a record player. I have lots of cd's though and an ancient Panasonic mini system. The CD player on that works just fine.

I'm streaming Ella Langley at the moment. I'll stop eventually. She's not moving any needles, style wise, but she's really good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (sAmhv)

178 172 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM

The only place you would see something like this would be The Met. These are the art pieces that get toned down for both bespoke and ready to wear.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (hftzA)

179 >>>Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The Chevette at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM

I used to carpool with three other people, one of whom had a Chevette. Every fourth week was brutal.

Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (VJX5o)

180 172 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (yTvNw)

Serious comment: has anyone seen anything from these runway shows worn in public…ever? I think there is a vast disconnect between them and what is worn by the hoi polloi.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (4g5V+)

181
Piper, thanks for the fashion! I'm sick so I can't type much, but it's great,

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 10:50 PM (mmrXZ)

182
Next season, giant cucarachas !
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:43

Luis Vuitton did a lobster bag.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hftzA)

183 that pic of him adjusting his tie and looking at the camera while some raging harpy behind him, screaming at him, that look on his face! Amazing! For that alone, I liked him. Otherwise, he was a modern day Senator. They are mostly meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up
-----

...Looked all over for a link to Lindsey adjusting his tie...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:51 PM (3oLMy)

184 181
Piper, thanks for the fashion! I'm sick so I can't type much, but it's great,
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 10:50 PM (mmrXZ)

Oh no! I hate that for you. I hope you feel better and really hope you didn’t get the terrible stomach virus.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:51 PM (hftzA)

185
It cracks me up seeing tourists in Wyoming in their cowboy attire.

Really? Be your real self.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (/QHx4)

186 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.

You trendy types irritate the hell out of me. Give me an organ grinder with a monkey any day.
Posted by: Archimedes

* looks up *

* returns to pounding on a hollow log with a rock *

Posted by: caveman mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (VHUov)

187 They couldn't use a video of Mitch McConnell because everyone would realize that he just got back from the taxidermist

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (THY4u)

188 174> but he was never shy about spending out money.

Fun Fact: Lindsey Graham was part of Congress that added over $34 Trillion to the US National debt.

Yeah, he spent the money.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:53 PM (nCgQz)

189 Our son is a DJ, for his second job. I have no idea how many albums he owns, except it's a lot.

Posted by: sal at July 12, 2026 10:53 PM (f+FmA)

190 That's the thing about vinyl, it demands space.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:54 PM (GD0B3)

191 He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My late grandfather used to look at the obituaries, just to make sure he wasn't in them. Funny guy, my late grandfather!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 10:54 PM (sAmhv)

192 188 174> but he was never shy about spending out money.

Fun Fact: Lindsey Graham was part of Congress that added over $34 Trillion to the US National debt.

Yeah, he spent the money.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:53 PM (nCgQz)

So it was zero before he got there?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:55 PM (4g5V+)

193 166> I will never be happy til I have a metal armadillo purse like that first model.

One must wonder what kind of drug fueled party not only inspired but green-lighted the making of that handbag.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:55 PM (nCgQz)

194 That's not the point of the runway outfits. They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand, not the garments themselves.
Posted by: Tonypete

Our brand image is "Dread Cthulhu flaying the sanity from your feeble minds."

Posted by: that last Schiaparelli thing at July 12, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

195 192> So it was zero before he got there?

$4.95 Trillion in 1995

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (nCgQz)

196 One must wonder what kind of drug fueled party not only inspired but green-lighted the making of that handbag.
Posted by: Community Notes

The green-lighting was the last dress, though.

Posted by: mikeski and/or Wesley Crusher at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)

197 It cracks me up seeing tourists in Wyoming in their cowboy attire.

Really? Be your real self.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (/QHx4)

But what if my real self likes 15 gallon hats, silver concho vests, and big wooly chaps? What then?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (+EWjf)

198 Lindsey adjusting his tie:

https://tinyurl.com/bd4hazuu

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (2Ez/1)

199
That's not the point of the runway outfits. They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand, not the garments themselves.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (y4MhN)

Like concept cars.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (4g5V+)

200 When my nephew graduated from college a few years ago I bequeathed him my mint condition 1979 Pioneer turntable and receiver, the first thing I bought when I graduated and joined the ranks of working stiffs. I also handed over all of my albums (which ranged from the Monkees to Cat Stevens) and the case that held my 45s. Of course I had to explain how the plastic thing worked that went in the middle of the 45. Kid graduated summa cum laude and had never seen one before.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (SjAWL)

201 Small town life:
We ran out of Very Special cat food on a Saturday. Mr S goes to church with the owner of the feed store, which is closed on Sunday. When he told her, she said "I'll leave you a bag outside by the west door and you can pay me on Monday." Made our Sunday so much better.

Posted by: sal at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (f+FmA)

202
Idaho

Stsy home, lol

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (/QHx4)

203 Piper,
I actually like a bunch of the fashion tonight... except those latex dresses.
I liked that armadillo purse, so cute!
The flow of the material in that fashion show video was beautiful.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (pLWz4)

204
I don't know if somebody was trying to send a message to me or not, but coming back from the hospital, lightning struck probably 1500' behind me off in a field, probably right at a tree line.

It was big simultaneous flash and crack. I thought it was ahead of me, but when I got home, I checked the lightning strike system, and found it. The flash I saw was a reflection turns out. I knew it was close, as no delay and it was the crack of a shock wave, not thunder.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

205 194> They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand,

I think "dream" is soft-selling what is inspired by that tentacled black latex thing on the cancer patient model.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (nAS9C)

206 They couldn't use a video of Mitch McConnell because everyone would realize that he just got back from the taxidermist
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (THY4u)

The animatronics weren't working yet. The voice synthesizer sounded too good - no glitches.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

207 He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My late grandfather used to look at the obituaries, just to make sure he wasn't in them. Funny guy, my late grandfather!!
Posted by: Puddleglum

I remember a comedian doing a joke about reading the obits and crossing out the names in the phone book.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

208 I have a stereo component system. It would probably be considered vintage today. I have a Denon turntable that one of my brothers found for me at a garage sale. He told me that it is a high quality turntable and to never sell it cheaply, because new they go for hundreds of dollars. It works much more smoothly than my old Garrard. Definitely a nice turntable. I have a lot of vinyl albums.
My late, oldest brother had a good share of the original rock and roll albums from the fifties, Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Fats Domino. I have no idea what happened to his old record collection, but I would give my eye teeth to have it. I'm guessing his second wife dumped it when he died.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1)

209 Mom said there'd be shows like this.

Posted by: Chick dressed like an octopus at July 12, 2026 10:59 PM (2Ez/1)

210 I make no secret of the fact that I disliked Graham. First in line to shower Ukraine with US tax dollars. Always first in line pushing the next half-assed war. It would not surprise me to learn that there was a connection between Graham and the multitude of Defense Contractors, and his net worth is a lot higher than it should be. When I hear the term "Chicken Hawk", he's was always the first person that came to mind right up there with McCain.

His Conservative side only popped out in an election year for most of his career.
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Yes; he was among the very worst of the war grifters. He's in good company in the GOP on that count, but along with McCain, he was always one of the most flagrant of them.

I wouldn't bother tearing into him for it, it's so commonplace on "our" side. And theirs, for that matter.

I will always bitterly resent Lindsey Graham for being a rabid ""insurrection""Jacobin, and for shrieking very homosexually that the Senate bought guns for the Capitol Police and he wanted to see them use them, so he could work up a blue veiner for his rent boy on J6.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:59 PM (BI5O2)

211 that pic of him adjusting his tie and looking at the camera while some raging harpy behind him, screaming at him, that look on his face! Amazing! For that alone, I liked him. Otherwise, he was a modern day Senator. They are mostly meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum

I remember that that video. It was during the Kavanaugh hearings.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:59 PM (lJ0H4)

212 24 min
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran, July 12, hitting dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international shipping flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM forces struck Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats using U.S. fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones, and one-way attack sea drones for the first time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (3oLMy)

213 Ol' Mitch looks pretty chipper for an 84-yo with recent cardiac arrest, pneumonia, and a fall.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (wVcYX)

214 I always found the early Citations, Escorts and Mustang II bodies to be oddly similar

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)

215 203 Piper,
I actually like a bunch of the fashion tonight... except those latex dresses.
I liked that armadillo purse, so cute!
The flow of the material in that fashion show video was beautiful.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM

If you liked that, look at her S / S. It’s mesmerizing.

https://tinyurl.com/yaa75td6

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (hftzA)

216 My uncle was single until he was 72.Married an Aussie gal that he met in Athens on one of his CIA stations. He was in radio communications and being single they never had to worry about his family in sending him around the world. He was on Swan Island in the Gulf listening to the air support getting called of for the Bay of Pigs. That pissed him off until the end.

Posted by: free tibet at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (iNp3L)

217 Are these the Wyoming tourists you were talking about?

youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (+EWjf)

218 I bought a lot of cassette tapes in high school—the Columbia Record and Tape Club. I know some people complained about the prices after the initial d20 albums for a penny or whatever it was but it beat the alternative: there were no record stores near me. Got turned on to some great artists the few times I decided to accept the album of the month, to: Boz Scaggs, maybe Peter Frampton.

However, I started buying vinyl at college. There were a couple of good record stores in town and I was beginning to realize that cassettes were very fragile. They deteriorated over time. They got stuck in players. So I would buy vinyl and immediately record onto cassette for listening in the car and such. I still have most of those records and they’re in a lot better shape than some of the used vinyl I buy today from that era!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (kYmoU)

219 13 Man, those are some really unattractive runway models. But then, that's probably the point.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
I'll say this though, the men are just as pretty as the women.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)

220 Mom said there'd be shows like this.
Posted by: Chick dressed like an octopus

At least the tentacles are on the outside.

Posted by: a random anime girl at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

221
Who knows exactly who Graham was.

God knows and to me that is all that matters.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)

222 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (2NHgQ)

223 I'll say this though, the men are just as pretty as the women.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Time out! nerdygirl to a neutral corner until the model shakes off that low blow.....

Posted by: the ref at July 12, 2026 11:03 PM (VHUov)

224 213> Ol' Mitch looks pretty chipper for an 84-yo with recent cardiac arrest, pneumonia, and a fall.

I wonder if there is a Central Casting Agency for aged-out and near-dead (if not actually dead) politicians to act as body doubles until its politically expedient to announce the politician's death. Or even for those who have mental breakdowns and disappear for months or years on end.

I would like to see this company's financials, it must have been a good year.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 11:04 PM (nAS9C)

225 I forgot to add that Coke is my soda of choice. Always.

I did go through a very brief 2 month Diet Coke episode in my 30's when it first came out and I had a newborn and toddler. We knew no one in FL when we moved there and that was the fuel I ran on if needed. I don't like diet anything and drank Coke like a normal person afterwards.

I average 1 or 2 Coke's a week if I need a boost of energy and/or if I have a headache I take with 2 Advil and it cures me.

Perhaps this with genetics is why my cholesterol has never been high as my pipes are cleared of corrosion.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 12, 2026 11:04 PM (hzuYO)

226 151 >>>the new 1981 Citation
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One of my guys bought a new Cavalier, he wasn't a hard driver, it was a POS within a year.

Posted by: Braenyard

I bought a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and it lasted me about 13-14 years. It was a very solid car and got me where I wanted to go. No issues with it until its final year and then everything just crapped out and I traded it in for a Saturn. That car was garbage and I got rid of it in 2014 for a Honda Civic and that car is a solid little tank. I love it. It just works! I still miss that Cavalier. Nothing fancy, just ran.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 11:04 PM (sAmhv)

227 I've used Coca Cola to dissolve corrosion on car battery terminals. I'm not at all surprised at what cola / diet cola can do.

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Coke and Pepsi both have phosphoric acid in them to give them a unique flavor and balance out the sweetness

Phosphoric acid is the main ingredient in a product called Crud Cutter. Crud Cutter is used to dissolve rust off of old machinery.

Don't freak out though, the acid in your stomach is hydro-chloric (HCl) and it is a way stronger acid than phosphoric.

While we're at it, don't disrespect vinegar (acetic acid). It will burn and crack your skin and make your fingernails fall off if you are over-exposed to it.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (THY4u)

228 Well, I just rescued a tweety bird. Some little tiny thing, smaller than a sparrow. It got in the house somehow, and was flying around in a panic. The cat was fascinated. Cornered it in the front entry hall, and cupped it in my hands. Opened the front door and the screen door, and off it went, into the tree line.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)

229 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?

Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw)

230
Good work AOP.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)

231 229 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw

You get sewn into those outfits. Imagine if you have to pee!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (hftzA)

232 As I recall, phosphoric acid used to be a popular cocktail ingredient, and is seeing a minor resurgence among people who like vintage drinks.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (kYmoU)

233 At the least, Graham was not running a male brothel out of his residence, like Barney Frank, Banking Queen.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)

234 228 Well, I just rescued a tweety bird. Some little tiny thing, smaller than a sparrow. It got in the house somehow, and was flying around in a panic. The cat was fascinated. Cornered it in the front entry hall, and cupped it in my hands. Opened the front door and the screen door, and off it went, into the tree line.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12

Awww! Good on you!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (hftzA)

235 That tentacle octopus outfit: didn't Thor's sister wear that in one of those marvelous movies?

Posted by: mindful webworker with titanium enchanted hammer at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (ci8WY)

236 229 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw)

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You know those soft-serve vanilla cones coated in chocolate? Same principle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (6/7Fs)

237 207 He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My late grandfather used to look at the obituaries, just to make sure he wasn't in them. Funny guy, my late grandfather!!
Posted by: Puddleglum

I remember a comedian doing a joke about reading the obits and crossing out the names in the phone book.....
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

That's actually from an old Stephen King interview. He was describing the two real life girls on which he based "Carrie" and said one of them did that. Struck me as so weird when I heard it decades ago that I've never forgotten it.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (w/O5Q)

238 183:...Looked all over for a link to Lindsey adjusting his tie...

Posted by: Braenyard

It was during the Kavanaugh hearings.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (sAmhv)

239 Lin-Duh, sorry, her 2025 F /w. Not spring summer.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (hftzA)

240 Get better soon Blondie. I've said a little prayer at least for you to get some good sleep if nothing else.

Posted by: ... at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (vE0+H)

241 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (2NHgQ)

It sure was nice that one of The Village People went to work with him that morning, despite that little misunderstanding the night before.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 11:11 PM (+EWjf)

242 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?
Posted by: JTB

Ingredients:

1 (one) runway model

1 (one) 55 gallon drum of Plasti-Dip (R)

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

243 Mitch looks like shit.
And there's some weird stuff going on in the fashion world.

Posted by: wth at July 12, 2026 11:11 PM (oq9dX)

244 https://tinyurl.com/yaa75td6
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Wow Piper.she certainly knows how to make fabric flow like water, amazing.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (pLWz4)

245 Some little tiny thing, smaller than a sparrow. It got in the house somehow, and was flying around in a panic.

==

It's a message. Change in coming.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)

246 Cars, you say?

Beautiful motor vehicles from yesteryear
Bits & Pieces site

https://bit.ly/cars-from-yesteryear

Posted by: mindful webworker - want! at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (ci8WY)

247 ...or it could be nothing...

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)

248 At the least, Graham was not running a male brothel out of his residence, like Barney Frank, Banking Queen.
Posted by: Count de Monet

NY Post has a photo of Sen. Graham's residence. Nothing special. Kind of run down looking brick townhouse. He certainly live in a fancy home.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (lJ0H4)

249 I never stopped listening to vinyl. In the late 90's I bought a new Pioneer stereo, but it didn't come with a turntable. I thought no problem, I had my great JVC turntable. Turned out the stereo had no dedicated input for a turntable and you had to use the aux - which had no amplification. My father in law got me a new Pioneer turntable with the preamp built in, and it's still going great. I'm sure there are lots of good ones out there, I would beware of paying humongous prices though. I play it through the speakers, I don't like things stuck on me.

Also, my best friend's dad worked for GM and bought the mom a new Citation when they first came out. Huge lemon.

Posted by: Happy at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (iiHzL)

250 It gets harder to rescue the birds when the cats get ahold of them first

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)

251
Wth is it with fashions for young anoxeric people.

It is discrimation against old grannies, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (/QHx4)

252 Vinyl worked because its imperfections sound nice to humans. But you can just record those same imperfections into a digital format and have the same experience over and over without worrying about wearing out your albums, if that's what you want.
Posted by: mikeski

About 20 years ago I got it into my head to digitize my LP's. I got a few done, but never finished because it was very time consuming. I had a gadget that you could use to connect the stereo amplifier to your computer. You could download the digitizing software to your computer. It was basically inputing the music into your computer, then the software digitized it. I still have some of the digitized music on my laptop, and it has the little LP noises that you get when you play an LP on your turntable.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

253 but if you happen to have a stomach clogged with undigested food

Well, ummm, she was probably seriously dehydrated. Adding adequate liquid over a period of time will tend to dissolve that mass.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)

254 Also, my best friend's dad worked for GM and bought the mom a new Citation when they first came out. Huge lemon.
Posted by: Happy at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (iiHzL)

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Probably built on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday. The others were pretty good.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 11:15 PM (6/7Fs)

255 Ol' Mitch looks pretty chipper for an 84-yo with recent cardiac arrest, pneumonia, and a fall.
Posted by: Count de Monet
.......

All hopped up on goofballs.

Posted by: wth at July 12, 2026 11:15 PM (oq9dX)

256 57 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4)

Happened to my squadron commander, many years ago. He was playing basketball at the base gym and keeled over, dead before he hit the floor. There were people there who attempted CPR, no dice. They said if it had happened in an ER / Trauma Center, they couldn't have saved him.

Too bad, he was a good guy. RIP Major Truman.

Posted by: a.moron at July 12, 2026 11:15 PM (X5Jzz)

257 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.
Posted by: Tuna

In 2021, Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest suffered an aortic aneurysm and complete aortic dissection while playing the solo in, ironically, "Painkiller". He survived after > 10 hours of emergency surgery. Of course, he was 41 not 71 and in pretty good shape.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (DZ9Lv)

258
According to the DM, we have this with Graham's last hours:
https://t.ly/eTQUG

He had just talked to Trump and complained he wasn't feeling so hot. Someone told him he'd better go see a doctor, and he said he would Sunday, after his Meet the Press appearance. He then joked that he couldn't die yet, as he had too much to do....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

259
Get better soon Blondie. I've said a little prayer at least for you to get some good sleep if nothing else.
Posted by: ...

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You're the best!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (mmrXZ)

260 Beautiful motor vehicles from yesteryear
Bits & Pieces site

https://bit.ly/cars-from-yesteryear
Posted by: mindful webworker - want! at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (ci8WY)

All modified, from slightly to radically.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (1z8ji)

261 Doof, I saved all my vinyl from my youth and have added to it as it has come back. The records are more expensive because many are thicker, than some of the paper thin pressings of the past.

I'd look at Audio-Technica first. Multiple price points, solid performance. What do you want it to do, they do bluetooth now. My set up wanted it out in the room, not back in the audio stack, and I had some old Crosby Christmas 78's I wanted to play. I'm running a LP120XBT-USB.

Digital I think probably always sounds better, or more true. But I like the album sound. Have enjoyed grabbing albums I missed growing up.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 12, 2026 11:18 PM (UQRAm)

262 222 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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purrrfect, that's a keeper, thanks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:18 PM (3oLMy)

263 103
"Vinyl" in a sense may continue on far past the end of this planet. This came up a few nights ago on an ONT. While they're weren't vinyl, both Voyager probes contained phonograph records made of gold plated copper with sounds and video from earth, a "message in a bottle tossed in the interstellar ocean" as Billions and Billions Carl Sagan described it.

They even included a needle to play it back, and instructions on how to do so. Sagan and Frank Drake were pretty clever in how they encoded those instructions and the map of its point of origin in both space and time. They used the universal language of mathematics and the physical constants.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

Send more Chuck Berry.

Posted by: The Aliens at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (X5Jzz)

264 Well, ummm, she was probably seriously dehydrated. Adding adequate liquid over a period of time will tend to dissolve that mass.
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)

That story talks about a "benzoar". Isn't the correct term "bezoar"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)

265 52 There must be a secret contest of some sort amongst fashion designers to see who can come up with the weirdest stuff that then sells.
Posted by: davidt

Do they actually sell those clothes to real people? I can't imagine anyone going anywhere in those silly looking outfits. I thought I read somewhere that they have more moderated versions that people actually wear.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (0Htd1)

266 I suppose the fashion 'could' be appreciated for the spectacle but I just don't get why they seem to showcase weird stuff that I can't imagine anyone actually wearing to a wedding or formal ball or whatever where they would want to look attractive. Perhaps they get eyeballs and then more people buy actual clothes from them, or perhaps rich people today are so weird they buy and wear the weird stuff.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (PV+Zw)

267 I got a few done, but never finished because it was very time consuming.

I started digitizing my collection as soon as I started using iTunes. Just a bit at a time, and I make it a point to always and immediately digitize any album I buy so that I never fell behind.

I ended up buying a FireWire device for my computer because USB wasn’t really fast enough to transfer audio in real time. I still have it. The last computer I owned with FireWire is now dedicated to being a ripping station.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:20 PM (kYmoU)

268 252> About 20 years ago I got it into my head to digitize my LP's.

There are a number of Traditional Audio Effect software packages that will automagically add vinyl cracks and surface noise, tape saturation, tube warmth, slight analog imperfections, slight compression, subtle wow and flutter (tiny pitch variations) and EQ curves that mimic record playback so well that a converted pristine digital recording is no different than if it came from an old LP.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 11:20 PM (/TiS1)

269 148 A hospital?
What is it?

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at July 12, 2026 10:36 PM (2Ez/1)

A big building full of doctors, but that isn't important right now.

Posted by: Lt Frank Drebin at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (X5Jzz)

270 Honestly, when you hold that "whelmage" up against Fix It Again Tony and some others, "It works" is a fairly strong endorsement.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)

271 These yacht girls sign contracts to sell product. Basically slaves. None of them ever smile. Drones.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (sYM3s)

272 I bought a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and it lasted me about 13-14 years. ... Nothing fancy, just ran.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up
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The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (3oLMy)

273 265> Do they actually sell those clothes to real people?

I'm trying to imagine how fast an employer would send the employee home who was wearing that black tentacled thing.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (/TiS1)

274
Voyager 1 will reach the one light-day mark on Nov. 18 of this year at exactly 10:16:07 Zulu.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)

275 Thanks for the Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Great tune, great band. Their show at Red Rocks is amazing.

Posted by: turambar at July 12, 2026 11:25 PM (Q0yOR)

276
That story talks about a "benzoar". Isn't the correct term "bezoar"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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Yes. They actually misspelled it twice.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 11:26 PM (mmrXZ)

277
CENTCOM forces struck Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats using U.S. fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones, and one-way attack sea drones for the first tim

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In other words, drones that are actually bombs guided by gamers located 5,000 miles away

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (THY4u)

278 That story talks about a "benzoar". Isn't the correct term "bezoar"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Correct.

A benzoar is when you choke over the price of a Mercedes.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

279
Sagan and Frank Drake were pretty clever in how they encoded those instructions and the map of its point of origin in both space and time. They used the universal language of mathematics and the physical constants.

It's a COOKBOOK!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (Cqx++)

280 I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:29 PM (THY4u)

281
Husband worked for a corporation for many years.

Suits everyday and cleanshaven, etc.

The day he retired he told me wasn't going to get haircuts anymore and he was going to grow a ponytail, lol.

He did and it was hilarious.

He was sick of corporate shit.

I 'm glad he was able to grow a ponytail cause years later he is bald.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (/QHx4)

282 In other words, drones that are actually bombs guided by gamers located 5,000 miles away
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (THY4u)

Like that's a bad thing? Like the enemy doesn't?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (YlWIZ)

283
I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

She'll poke you in the eye.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (Cqx++)

284 Voyager 1 will reach the one light-day mark on Nov. 18 of this year at exactly 10:16:07 Zulu.

I think I will have to raise a Gemini 9 to its honor that day!

Bourbon: 1½ oz
White Rum: ½ oz
Sweet Vermouth: ¼ oz
Grenadine Drops: 3

Old Fashioned Glass. On the rocks. A twist of lemon.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (kYmoU)

285 I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:29 PM (THY4u)

You could get up real close to her, and not collide with her boobies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (1z8ji)

286 RE: Mitch's net worth est @ $1.4 mil. VERY low for all members of Congress, let alone for long time Senators.

That doesn't necessarily move the "esteem needle" for me.

Robespierre's nickname was "the incorruptible." He never took a dime and lived in a spare room at a butcher's house. So what?

I'm more interested in how they vote... on amnesty, for example.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)

287 I am off to bed. Looks like more rain tomorrow, so will probably take the girls and J’s mom for a mani / pedi. Unless people want to do nothing again. Maybe we will play board games. Or I will teach myself to play pool. Something.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (hftzA)

288 I still remember my 14th birthday, 9th grade, 1981, getting my first stereo and records #2 and #3, BOC - Fire of Unknown Origin and AC/DC - Highway to Hell. (I already had Back in Black.) Within a few weeks I got Police - Ghost in the Machine, and Rush - Moving Pictures. I'd spend hours listening to entire side after entire side. Something special to that.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (DZ9Lv)

289 I still have all my albums from back in the day. Over the years I added a few here and there that I found that were unopened. I found an unopened copy of Rush's Permanent Waves at a guitar show for $20. Yeah, one day I'll set up my old turntable and pipe it through the small practice PA I have in the music room and revisit the old vinyl. I'm almost afraid to look at them. I learned a lot of music off of them back in the day. A shit ton of needle lifting, replaying parts over and over. Probably a lot of scars and visible abuse on those things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:33 PM (S41Gd)

290 283
I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

She'll poke you in the eye.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (Cqx++)

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the original post was pure sexual innuendo, in other words, I'll be doing all the poking.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:33 PM (THY4u)

291 @274

And in 18k years it will be 1 light year away from earth and smack dab in the middle of a whole lot of nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (XV/Pl)

292 Wow, interesting stuff tonight! Thanks Doof & Piper!

"High fashion" scares me.. Yes, stuff like that is worn at the Met Gala. I couldn't even. LOL.

>>However, I started buying vinyl at college. There were a couple of good record stores in town and I was beginning to realize that cassettes were very fragile. They deteriorated over time. They got stuck in players. So I would buy vinyl and immediately record onto cassette for listening in the car and such. I still have most of those records and they’re in a lot better shape than some of the used vinyl I buy today from that era!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

This is the way. I have a collection of 70s & 80s vinyl that has been played 3 or 4 times *at most* and is kept in anti-static sleeves, with special sized (vented) zip-lock style bags protecting the album covers.

Posted by: JQ at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

293 Never before in our industry has a format come back from the dead quite like vinyl...
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The other day I was talking to a guy who I to be a'golden ear'. He has thousands of dollars in very expensive gear. In the old days, we would have called the guy a 'golden ear', i.e. he spends more time listening to the equipment than the music.

During the course of the conversation, he let drop that he had just returned a cartridge to Grado. Says he, 'a $5,000 cartridge should have less than 6 db of crosstalk'. I damn near fell through the floor. How does one respond to a comment like that?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:35 PM (XeU6L)

294 Parting gift

Unfortunately sloppy video in 2nd half, but she's got a voice.

https://youtu.be/6kpKyXfztiU

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - ready to go... to bed at July 12, 2026 11:35 PM (ci8WY)

295 The other day I was talking to a guy who I to be a'golden ear'.

*Who I would call a 'golden ear'...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (XeU6L)

296 @274

And in 18k years it will be 1 light year away from earth and smack dab in the middle of a whole lot of nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (XV/Pl)

Kirk and spock will find it before then, and they'll make a movie. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

297 Damn, I'm tired. Time to wrap it up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:37 PM (XeU6L)

298 Guessed it was 11:30

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (Ia/+0)

299 During the course of the conversation, he let drop that he had just returned a cartridge to Grado. Says he, 'a $5,000 cartridge should have less than 6 db of crosstalk'. I damn near fell through the floor. How does one respond to a comment like that?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:35 PM (XeU6L)

Well, you could just call him an asshole and walk away. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (S41Gd)

300
Sleep well Mike!

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (/QHx4)

301 And in 18k years it will be 1 light year away from earth and smack dab in the middle of a whole lot of nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (XV/Pl)

Kirk and spock will find it before then, and they'll make a movie. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

It's more likely that some other species will blow it up, as light target practice - and the boredom.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

302 287 I am off to bed. Looks like more rain tomorrow, so will probably take the girls and J’s mom for a mani / pedi. Unless people want to do nothing again. Maybe we will play board games. Or I will teach myself to play pool. Something.
Posted by: Piper

Hiya Piper!

Here in Seattle we find all kinds of fun things to do when it’s raining. There’s this store we have here called REI and they make RAINCOATS! We go outside and do all sorts of fun stuff!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 11:39 PM (yEz+x)

303 262 222 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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Second thoughts, he's a bitch; not as good at it as Bessent but that's a good one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:39 PM (3oLMy)

304 How does one respond to a comment like that?

I like turtles.

Posted by: that darn kid who likes turtles at July 12, 2026 11:41 PM (g9zlb)

305 272 The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (3oLMy)

I had a 1982 Buick Regal and had to get a new engine at 33K miles. My Depression era father whipped out the portable typewriter and carbon paper and fired off a letter to GM with every receipt I had kept demanding they pay for it. They did nothing of course and I vowed I’d never buy another American car. My moratorium was lifted so when my current foreign born car (with U.S. citizenship) turns Flinstonian, I’ll buy Ameircan.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 12, 2026 11:41 PM (SjAWL)

306 Doof and Piper - thank you for the ONT. I like the top photo. I'm still waiting to see a designer release the misandrist dress, based on the porcupine, with really long, sharp needles.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 11:42 PM (qx7Zg)

307
If it ever rains again here we will be dancing in the rain.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

308 286 RE: Mitch's net worth est @ $1.4 mil. VERY low for all members of Congress, let alone for long time Senators.
That doesn't necessarily move the "esteem needle" for me.
Robespierre's nickname was "the incorruptible." He never took a dime and lived in a spare room at a butcher's house. So what?
I'm more interested in how they vote... on amnesty, for example.
Posted by: mnw
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Now, let's talk about his wife. Then about the money they shuttled to China.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:44 PM (3oLMy)

309
It will take V'ger 1 about 30K years to reach the edge of the Oort Cloud.

There is a little red dwarf, about 1/4 of the sun's mass that headed out way like a bat out of hell at 112 km/s. In 40K years, V'ger 1 will be 1.7 light years away, and that will be the first closest pass of the probe to a star.

V'ger 2 will make a close approach to another red dwarf, Ross 288, in the same 40K years, and approach Sirius at 4.3 ly in 300K years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 11:44 PM (w6EFb)

310 I have a collection of 70s & 80s vinyl that has been played 3 or 4 times *at most* and is kept in anti-static sleeves, with special sized (vented) zip-lock style bags protecting the album covers.

Posted by: JQ at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

I have a collection of 70s & 80's vinyl thats been played no more than 300 or 400 times and are kept in original sleeves in a milk crate and protected by another milk crate of old garbage effects pedals stacked on top. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:45 PM (S41Gd)

311 Hiya Piper!

Here in Seattle we find all kinds of fun things to do when it’s raining. There’s this store we have here called REI and they make RAINCOATS! We go outside and do all sorts of fun stuff!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 11:39 PM (yEz+x)

I made friends Chilean student at the local college and took him out for a walk in the woods. It started raining and he looked a bit freaked about it and asked, "now what do we do?"
I told him, "Now we get wet"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:45 PM (rbvCR)

312 @Osint613

Channel 12 Israel: In recent days, reports said Israel warned the Americans of Iran’s intent to assassinate Trump.

We can now report that Western foreign intelligence detected Iranian preparations for an assassination on Turkish soil. This prompted the switch of the presidential aircraft.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:47 PM (3oLMy)

313 Husband worked for a corporation for many years.
Suits everyday and cleanshaven, etc......
Posted by: four seasons

My oldest brother had moved to Texas to work for a corporation. They wore suits, but with cowboy hats and dress boots. It was fine with him, because we had horses when we were younger. So, he had a nice dark brown Stetson, and a pair of suede cowboy boots.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:48 PM (0Htd1)

314
Braenyard,

The evil people will never stop.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

315 I have a collection of 70s & 80's vinyl thats been played no more than 300 or 400 times and are kept in original sleeves in a milk crate and protected by another milk crate of old garbage effects pedals stacked on top. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Hahaha!

Most of mine aren't *original* pressings, but replacements XH & I bought in Japan. Their LPs seemed to have better quality control anyway and that's where we got the special sleeves and cover protectors.

When we split up-- he got the tapes and I got the vinyl.

Posted by: JQ at July 12, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)

316 295 The other day I was talking to a guy who I to be a'golden ear'.

*Who I would call a 'golden ear'...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (XeU6L)

**Whom I would call...

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 12, 2026 11:51 PM (eej4q)

317 Hiya Piper!

Here in Seattle we find all kinds of fun things to do when it’s raining. There’s this store we have here called REI and they make RAINCOATS! We go outside and do all sorts of fun stuff!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026

I am laughing at this. I am on vacation at the lake with J’s mom, my daughter, his daughter. We rented a boat for the week. We have gone out in it when no rain, and I ran in it this morning. But J’s mom won’t be down for frolicking in the rain and 2 teen girls are, well 2 teen girls. Maybe they will change their minds when I haul out the board games. Either way, we will persevere!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:51 PM (hftzA)

318
nerdygirl,

That is cool.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)

319 >>>he got the tapes and I got the vinyl
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Sounds like the makings of a country song.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:53 PM (3oLMy)

320 Youtube Algorithm: "mikeski, you might like this drum playthrough."

me: 3:30 total? I can waste that much time.

First Youtube comment: "Someone's dad is absolutely killing it."

😂

https://youtu.be/wHtNRWptZhY

Posted by: mikeski is older than the drummer, tho at July 12, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)

321 Ran in the rain, not the boat. Clearly it is bed time.

Night, y’all!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:54 PM (hftzA)

322 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.

Trump has got to try something different.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 11:55 PM (RCjYY)

323
305 272 The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (3oLMy)

I had a 1982 Buick Regal and had to get a new engine at 33K miles.”

I remember that ‘81 citation - what a piece of shit car! Yeah GM had been totally dominant up through the mid 70’s, and they pissed it all away. My opinion was that the ‘72 models were the last great cars they made, and the ‘77 model year was the last overall good year. After that it was all shit.

Posted by: Los Senatos Bandidos at July 12, 2026 11:55 PM (HJ3jx)

324 Before everyone goes to bed you can bookmark this for a friend who is not quite up to speed. (politically)

@trump_repost -
» DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

Trump validation: https://youtu.be/55mGpfhO-lg?t=1642
link to site: www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mGpfhO-lg

Jul 12, 2026 · 10:16 PM UTC

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:57 PM (3oLMy)

325 I made friends Chilean student at the local college and took him out for a walk in the woods. It started raining and he looked a bit freaked about it and asked, "now what do we do?"
I told him, "Now we get wet"
Posted by: Kindltot

Do live in a state where you get snowy winters? That could be really fun for him. You could show him how to make snow angels, slide on an ice slick, and so on.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:58 PM (0Htd1)

326
322 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.

Trump has got to try something different.
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 11:55 PM (RCjYY)

Everyone knows I’ve been highly critical of our actions over the last 8 weeks or so, but we gotta define “not working”. I’m quite fine with giving them a pounding every night and seeing what happens.

I will say that I’m not sure if we have any actual strategy anymore, or are just winging it on a day by day basis.

Posted by: Los Senatos Bandidos at July 12, 2026 11:59 PM (HJ3jx)

327 If it ever rains again here we will be dancing in the rain.
Posted by: four seasons

You asked for it!

https://youtu.be/fWhNkjfxVLw

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 12:00 AM (VHUov)

328 Do live in a state where you get snowy winters? That could be really fun for him. You could show him how to make snow angels, slide on an ice slick, and so on.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:58 PM (0Htd1)

Chile gets snow, too. Skiing in the Andes is a big attraction.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

329 lol off old sock!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:01 AM (HJ3jx)

330 I still have my Pioneer PL-L30 linear tracking turntable that I purchased waaaaaaayyyyy back in 1986. It still works, though my entire vinyl collection boxed up and stored away in my studio (except for the records that come with some of the super deluxe box sets I have, like from Rush or the latest from Schiller for example, which is how I know the turntable still works.)

I pretty much switched over to CDs almost at the same time as I purchased that turntable, though, as I quickly discovered their superiority to vinyl in every way through the research I had to do when I had to start selling them to the customers coming into my Sound Warehouse location. No, the larger artwork does not count in my view, because it has always been about the sound for me (though I am always disappointed in bare bones packaging.) I still chuckle at the "audiophiles", hipster douchebags and sheeple who think that vinyl/analog is superior. I look at them the same way I look at the Flat Earthers, Grassy Knollers, Truthers, etc....

Posted by: goozer at July 13, 2026 12:02 AM (eTh1u)

331 I’m quite fine with giving them a pounding every night and seeing what happens.

I will say that I’m not sure if we have any actual strategy anymore, or are just winging it on a day by day basis.
Posted by: Los Senatos Bandidos at July 12, 2026 11:59 PM (HJ3jx)

Sure keeps Chasten in line.

Posted by: Pete Bootygag at July 13, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)

332 I’m quite fine with giving them a pounding every night and seeing what happens.

The Paolo, he like this plan too.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (g9zlb)

333 Chile gets snow, too. Skiing in the Andes is a big attraction.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

He said when it rained the never did anything outside. I told him if we did that in the PNW we wouldn't do anything half the year.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

334
Lol mikeski

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (/QHx4)

335 The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.

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The 80's American cars made me a Mazda man.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (THY4u)

336 >>...waaaaaaayyyyy back in 1986..."

Ha. Hahaha, LOL, *snort*!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)

337 322 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.
Trump has got to try something different.
Posted by: mnw
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Play poker much? We're at the casino. Trump owns the casino the casino always wins. We sit at the table, a hand is played (they shoot missiles -their chips), we negate most of their missiles and blow the shit out of their stuff, we win the hand. Over and over we are pulling their chips off the table.

We're sitting at the table pulling their chips every hand.
Our stack of Iranian chips is getting bigger and bigger - their loss.
Meanwhile, our high dollar chips, are sitting there untouched.

So, we sit there taking chips every hand while they lose chips every hand. It's a winning game for the house. When the time comes he will play the big chips and they will have nothing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:08 AM (3oLMy)

338
We have a Toyota Tundra and and an oldChrysler Mivivan

Three years hubby some pos shit Nissan, i think a pathfinder.

I hate it. The seats are very short, very uncomfortable.

It is made for midgets.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:11 AM (/QHx4)

339 XH also got the reel-to-reel unit & tapes. And the better components of our stereo systems.

Teac X1000R. *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

340 I just read more about our current incursions into Iran. Apparently we struck "missile and drone sites, naval assets, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks, and surveillance locations"

How did they still have missile sites and ammunition storage facilities, etc? I really would have thought we'd have knocked those out a fee months ago. Better late than never though.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (sOtuf)

341 I much prefer vinyl. It took me a couple of years to get used to the brittle sound of CDs. I don't like digitized music, or synthesized music. Everything that's released now has been run through some sort of pitch correction or auto tune and it's almost unbearable for me to listen to. I don't have technically good ears for music in the traditional sense, but they're very sensitive to something. One thing Berserker made me aware of is the difference between tube amps and whatever they started using in the 80s (?). After that, all the instruments sounded like they'd been replaced with those organs they used to sell in the malls. I can't really explain it more than that. It sounds fake and flat. Not flat as opposed to sharp, but flat as in mo dimension or warmth.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (Vvh2V)

342 You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/fWhNkjfxVLw
Posted by: mikeski
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nice

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (3oLMy)

343 Four Seasons - I hope you're doing well and that it rains soon. We could use some here too.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:15 AM (sOtuf)

344 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.

Trump has got to try something different.
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What is it you think would be accomplished in 3 days?

That isn't nearly enough time to exterminate the IRGC, and they're clearly going to keep firing missiles as long as any of them are around to do so.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 12:16 AM (vSvIl)

345
496,

If we had bombed the entire place we would notbe dealingwith this now.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:16 AM (/QHx4)

346 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM

Think of the difference between stairsteps, and smooth slopes...

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

347 >>>How did they still have missile sites and ammunition storage facilities, etc? I really would have thought we'd have knocked those out a fee months ago. Better late than never though.

Posted by: 496
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Obugger gave them planeloads (literally) of hard cash. With that one can buy all our adversaries could produce.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (3oLMy)

348
Play poker much? We're at the casino. Trump owns the casino the casino always wins. We sit at the table, a hand is played (they shoot missiles -their chips), we negate most of their missiles and blow the shit out of their stuff, we win the hand. Over and over we are pulling their chips off the table.

We're sitting at the table pulling their chips every hand.
Our stack of Iranian chips is getting bigger and bigger - their loss.
Meanwhile, our high dollar chips, are sitting there untouched.

So, we sit there taking chips every hand while they lose chips every hand. It's a winning game for the house. When the time comes he will play the big chips and they will have nothing.

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Iran is now reduced to harassing commercial ships. They are about as powerful as Somalia, but they won't go away. We need to fund the Iranian revolution that keeps getting beat down by the IRG.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (THY4u)

349 We need to fund the Iranian revolution that keeps getting beat down by the IRG.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (THY4u)
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I agree - I'd like to see us dropping pallets of guns and ammo for the people to rise up.

Enough about Iran. What were we talking g about? Oh yes. It was Sophie Cunningham.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:21 AM (sOtuf)

350 JQ at July 13, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

Oh, that makes sense!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:21 AM (Vvh2V)

351
496,

It is the strangest winter andsummer we have had inyears.

We have strict bans on any outdoor water usage.

Interesting that the neighbors yards look like a golfcourse.

One neighbor hates us because our grass isdead.

Husband says *uck him we might not have water ina couple of months.

Hope he can suck water out from his grass, lol

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (/QHx4)

352 The problem with Iran is nobody is running it. There is no government. Just a bunch of generals doing what they want to do.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (IY9No)

353 345
496,

If we had bombed the entire place we would notbe dealingwith this now.

Posted by: four seasons
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And killed the innocent Zoroastrian citizens potential to rebuild a civil nation. For all the people he's killed he really does not want people to die.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (3oLMy)

354 How did they still have missile sites and ammunition storage facilities, etc? I really would have thought we'd have knocked those out a fee months ago. Better late than never though.
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (sOtuf)

Well that’s one reason i was critical of the cease fire coming when it did. At best we only hit about half of their stuff before we quit the first time.

They spent 47 years getting ready for this . They had put away incredible stockpiles of weaponry, a big reason why this war was necessary.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:26 AM (HJ3jx)

355 Iran is now reduced to harassing commercial ships. They are about as powerful as Somalia, but they won't go away. We need to fund the Iranian revolution that keeps getting beat down by the IRG.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (THY4u)

Yeah I would try to kick that revolution into high gear. I would also explain to them their country is a house over run by rats, either you remove the rats from the building or we burn the whole fucking thing down to be sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:27 AM (S41Gd)

356 >>>Just a bunch of generals doing what they want to do.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (IY9No)
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That's a lot of it. It must be a confusing mess otherwise he would allow Israel to send in ops to take out selective generals and commanders. Israel hasn't broached that subject.
Iran's a physically big country and it's easy to envision that each area is under control of different factions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:29 AM (3oLMy)

357
https://youtu.be/fWhNkjfxVLw
Posted by: mikeski

The singer has a lovely, rich voice ...

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 13, 2026 12:30 AM (3ZUWJ)

358 Hope he can suck water out from his grass, lol

Posted by: four seasons
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Do you have a well?
Is it against regs to have well?
Is the cost of a well prohibitive?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:32 AM (3oLMy)

359 Four Seasons - We don't have water restrictions so I watered my front lawn tonight. The back lawn died long ago. I'm ok with that - I don't care.

I do hope we get a good wet winter. We both could use it!

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:33 AM (sOtuf)

360 Four Seasons - if it is helpful, I can conserve water and drink more gin & tonics...

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:34 AM (sOtuf)

361 Just a bunch of generals doing what they want to do.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (IY9No)

It's kind of what happens when you take out large swaths of the civilian leadership.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 12:34 AM (mP0Kj)

362 And afraid it was 12:30 already

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 12:36 AM (Ia/+0)

363
In his own words:

Bill Clinton _ Palis didn’t want a state they wanted to kill Israelis

@VividProwess

Bill Clinton: “The Palestinians were offered a state. They refused. A state wasn't their goal. Killing Jews was."

https://tinyurl.com/mry9hfnj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:36 AM (3oLMy)

364 Iran's a physically big country and it's easy to envision that each area is under control of different factions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:29 AM (3oLMy)

Iran has an interesting “Mosaic Defense” system; the country is split into 31 or 32 different areas of control, and each one has an independent defense system and military structure. They nominally answer to Tehran, but only if they are in the mood at the time.

It’s probably the reason why taking out a lot of the central leaders hasn’t had much of an effect on their military responses.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:37 AM (HJ3jx)

365 The singer has a lovely, rich voice ...
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic

Mary Fahl. She's great. Too bad October Project only made 2 albums. Though she did continue on as a solo artist.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)

366 One thing Berserker made me aware of is the difference between tube amps and whatever they started using in the 80s (?). After that, all the instruments sounded like they'd been replaced with those organs they used to sell in the malls. I can't really explain it more than that. It sounds fake and flat. Not flat as opposed to sharp, but flat as in mo dimension or warmth.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (Vvh2V)

Tubes have a hi-fi thing about them. All my amps are tube, they were always tube, and they'll always be tube. I did for a short period go with a rack setup. The preamp was what they call a modeler. Basically it reproduces the tones of a bunch of different tube amps, and it had onboard effects. I could call up any amp tone, assign what effects I needed, lock it in, and call it up with a switchboard on the floor, which if I remember right could call up over 100 presets. I was running that into a tube power amp. Sounded great, but where you noticed it going wrong was the feel. The whole dynamic of the pick hitting the strings, and how rapid the sound appeared, the touch sensitivity, all of it, was different. I went back to tube amps.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:38 AM (S41Gd)

367
Braenyard,

No well. Mostly it is the ranchers who have wells which they need.

We don't give a flip if the grass is dead.

We get it that some people want beautifull lawns but not during a severe drought.

The house across the street is vacant. Every night the sprinklers are running. We figure it's so the yard will lookgood on Zillow when they list it.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

368 Most problem Iran has is there religion relying on Armageddon to happen.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (Ia/+0)

369
496,

Lol

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

370 >>>Yeah I would try to kick that revolution into high gear. I would also explain to them their country is a house over run by rats, either you remove the rats from the building or we burn the whole fucking thing down to be sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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If the Kurds, Yazidis, and Baloch, had discipline and could be trusted. Arm them and let them have a go at it. None of them like the IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:41 AM (3oLMy)

371 Iran has an interesting “Mosaic Defense” system; the country is split into 31 or 32 different areas of control, and each one has an independent defense system and military structure. They nominally answer to Tehran, but only if they are in the mood at the time.

It’s probably the reason why taking out a lot of the central leaders hasn’t had much of an effect on their military responses.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:37 AM (HJ3jx)

Gaus.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)

372 I do love the snap, crackle and pop of a vinyl record, I have well over a hundred albums stored in milk crates in my front hall closet. For some reason I started clipping out obituary notices when famous musicians died, you never know when a clipping will pop out when you remove a record from its album cover. I think that I will leave all of it to my son-in-law, he is into the old LPs.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 12:43 AM (ibDUx)

373 The house across the street is vacant. Every night the sprinklers are running. We figure it's so the yard will lookgood on Zillow when they list it.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

Run a hose across the street and steal their water, LOL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:43 AM (1z8ji)

374 If the Kurds, Yazidis, and Baloch, had discipline and could be trusted. Arm them and let them have a go at it. None of them like the IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:41 AM (3oLMy)

Didn't they steal all the weapons we tried to give to the civilians? At that point I wouldn't trust those fuckers any farther than I can throw a cheesecake under water.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:44 AM (S41Gd)

375
I hate the thought of innocents dying there..

I wish we could arm the.

Did't we try getting arms in there but some group stole them?

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)

376 From the Gun Thread -- the Telephone Lineman video didn't mention the infuriating party lines that we endured in the 1950s.
IYKYK.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 13, 2026 12:46 AM (vIhue)

377
Lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:46 AM (/QHx4)

378 How do we search for really old posts/comments?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 12:48 AM (DZ9Lv)

379 The house across the street is vacant. Every night the sprinklers are running. We figure it's so the yard will lookgood on Zillow when they list it.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

Run a hose across the street and steal their water, LOL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:43 AM (1z8ji)

The people across the street from my brother have sprinklers. The problem is their timer is fucked up, so the things come on every few hours, and they're in florida for a few months. The landscapers are going nuts trying to plan when to mow the lawn in between the sprinkler sessions. Its been going on for weeks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:48 AM (S41Gd)

380 Think of the difference between stairsteps, and smooth slopes...
Posted by: JQ

That's what's literally recorded on the CD, but that's not what comes out of the CD player's output jacks.

It's the sort of math you get to do in electrical engineering courses, so it's way past the "no math" rule here, but the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem says if you sample a "smooth" analog signal into the digital domain with enough samples, you can recreate that "smooth" signal perfectly from the samples. And if that weren't true, a whole lot of things we take for granted just wouldn't work, like CT scanners and MRI machines.

A CD is good up to 22.05KHz, which is only an issue if you're recording dog whistles. DVDs and BluRays go 2-4x higher, so they can record dog whistles, too.

And even if "stairsteps" was what came out of the CD player, you'd need literally infinite energy to make a speaker cone move like that.

Posted by: mikeski, professional nerd at July 13, 2026 12:49 AM (VHUov)

381 I hate the thought of innocents dying there..

I wish we could arm the.

Did't we try getting arms in there but some group stole them?

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)

yeah, the Turds..er..Kurds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:49 AM (S41Gd)

382 >>> They nominally answer to Tehran, but only if they are in the mood at the time.
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Rolol, that's it - Keystone cops, Chinese fire drill.

That's why we're not going in. Our game is deplete, deplete, deplete. We took out a major RR supply line last night. They are drying up. One by one they are showing themselves and we are eliminating that one. Soon they will have none and there we will be with all the chips. Be a good time to arm the civilians and the various tribes that hate the IRGC.

aside: I liked that Trump linked to the Michael Savage post on deporting all of the foreigners of the Democratic Socialist Party.
We need to clean house.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:50 AM (3oLMy)

383 Hi, Debby!

Snap, crackle and pop?! Ugh... Mostly due to dirty or worn vinyl... or a poor quality pressing.

I have hundreds of CDs now but can't find *all* the titles of my vinyl collection, so they will remain sleeved until I get them copied again. Maybe won't ever happen? I dunno. Yootoob is great.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

384 Yeah, the whole "stairstep" myth was thoroughly debunked decades ago. Here's a more recent video that will help to dispel it further:

http://tiny.cc/fxl6101

The harsh or "bright" sound that plagued some early CDs was a result of the use of pre-emphasis for those discs, with some discs not having the pre-emp "flags" set correctly, and some players not having the necessary decoder installed.

Posted by: goozer at July 13, 2026 12:52 AM (eTh1u)

385 How do we search for really old posts/comments?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

I can occasionally get a search engine to find things here with:

site:acecomments.mu.nu

and

"a very specific search term so I don't get 40 million hits"

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)

386 aside: I liked that Trump linked to the Michael Savage post on deporting all of the foreigners of the Democratic Socialist Party.
We need to clean house.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:50 AM (3oLMy)

Wake me when he organizes all the hunters in 4 or 5 midwestern states to go into Dearborn, take the women and children, and slaughter all the men.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:53 AM (S41Gd)

387 Didn't they steal all the weapons we tried to give to the civilians? At that point I wouldn't trust those fuckers any farther than I can throw a cheesecake under water.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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Don't know whose idea it was. Kurds are OK but they have a deep threat from Turkey so the obvious conclusion would be that they would use the weapons to defend themselves. That fear resolved they would gladly turn to the IRGC. Same with the Beloch, they've got big issues with Pakistan but hate for IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:53 AM (3oLMy)

388 When we were leaving my daughter's wedding reception to board the bus for the trip to the hotel the sprinkler system activated and we all got pretty soaked. Fortunately we were all of good cheer and had a wonderful after wedding party.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 12:55 AM (ibDUx)

389 Maybe won't ever happen? I dunno. Yootoob is great.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

I think most of the music I learned in the last 10 years or so has been off of youtube. I just bring up the songs and have at it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:56 AM (S41Gd)

390 Posted by: mikeski, professional nerd at July 13, 2026 12:49 AM

I was carefully avoiding any mention of math, LOL. Not an engineer, but have a cave-woman's understanding of the digital aspect.

CDs are great. Nearly indestructible, too. Sound reproduction has come a looonng way over decades. I am not/was not knocking digital at all!

I do miss the artwork and liner notes, though.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

391
It is a small town here. The man that has the snowremoval contract is really hurting.

No snow last winter and no lawn service. No landscaping etc.

Chris is agreat guy working to take care of his family.

We still pay him even for the lawn service he can't do.

We don't want him to lose his business.

It is a small price to pay to help himkeep his business.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:57 AM (/QHx4)

392 Like I said the other night. Trump should sit down with the Shah, and a high official from Israel. Put together a plan to take, hold, and expand some part of Iran that is majority Zoroastrian. Call it the Free Kingdom of Persia. U.S. and Israel can provide air support. Nucleus of the Royal Persian Army will be capable Zoroastrian (or Christian or Jewish) Persian expats, bolstered by volunteers from U.S. and Israeli armed forces. Consider allowing serving members of U.S. and Israeli military to take paid time off to volunteer. If they volunteer, and are not under U.S. Army orders, they aren't "U.S. boots on the ground", are they?

The biggest job for the Royal Persian Army will be to expand itself by providing arms and training to loyal non-muslims in the area they control. Next job is to completely subjugate the muslims in that area, or drive them out altogether.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:58 AM (1z8ji)

393 Don't know whose idea it was. Kurds are OK but they have a deep threat from Turkey so the obvious conclusion would be that they would use the weapons to defend themselves. That fear resolved they would gladly turn to the IRGC. Same with the Beloch, they've got big issues with Pakistan but hate for IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:53 AM (3oLMy)

Kurds are still muslims, just a different flavor of crazy. No reason to think they would be happy in a multi-culti democratic Persia.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:02 AM (1z8ji)

394 I have dozens of LPs that have survived the last four moves. I have a good Sony turntable from years back that needs repair. I hope the albums haven't warped.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 13, 2026 01:03 AM (hXFMA)

395 The harsh or "bright" sound that plagued some early CDs was a result of the use of pre-emphasis for those discs, with some discs not having the pre-emp "flags" set correctly, and some players not having the necessary decoder installed.
Posted by: goozer

This explains a lot, for me. Thank you.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

396
We still pay him even for the lawn service he can't do.

We don't want him to lose his business.

It is a small price to pay to help himkeep his business.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:57 AM (/QHx4)

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This country could use a few more good people like you.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 13, 2026 01:05 AM (hXFMA)

397 XH got the Denon turntable... Boo, hiss!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

398 >>>Wake me when he organizes all the hunters in 4 or 5 midwestern states to go into Dearborn, take the women and children, and slaughter all the men.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Doubtful that's going to happen but the promotion from Trump that they all be deported is chumming the waters.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:06 AM (3oLMy)

399 I believe/hope that story about the Kurds taking the weapons was just cover story, because it’s just too stupid to have been the actual plan.

IF that story was true (but I’m saying I don’t believe it) then it meant the plan was:
1) give some nameless Middle East arms merchants a bunch of weapons no money down, because they promise to give them to someone else.
2) Hope that everything just works out.
3) if it doesn’t work out, go to Plan B.
4) there is no plan B.

That just cannot have been the actual plan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 01:07 AM (HJ3jx)

400 The harsh or "bright" sound that plagued some early CDs was a result of the use of pre-emphasis for those discs, with some discs not having the pre-emp "flags" set correctly, and some players not having the necessary decoder installed.
Posted by: goozer

Also the "old dog, new tricks" problem of getting guys who'd worked 100% analog for 20-40 years to do digital recording correctly.

"What? 'Add dither?' You mean, 'add noise intentionally?' F--k that noise, literally. I'm not adding noise to my recording."

And thus the undithered recording sounded like ass.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 01:07 AM (VHUov)

401 >> so it's way past the "no math" rule here,

So I guess Christoffel symbols and the Riemann curvature tensor are right out, then?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)

402 Not coming back until 3:45
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 01:09 AM (Ia/+0)

403 We still pay him even for the lawn service he can't do.
We don't want him to lose his business.
It is a small price to pay to help himkeep his business.
Posted by: four seasons

Aww... You're good people! Bless you.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

404
We have moments, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:10 AM (/QHx4)

405 Kurds are still muslims, just a different flavor of crazy. No reason to think they would be happy in a multi-culti democratic Persia.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I think they just want a place of their own. We can't wipe all Islamists off the earth so the next best thing is Islamists content to have their own nation and not be interested in incrementally taking over the word.

Let them have their own land and, I don't know, kill each other it they wish. But no Islam in this hemisphere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:12 AM (3oLMy)

406 One reason for divergence in cd experiences versus vinyl is until cds got established, most master tapes were designed for vinyl and vinyl has a dead zone at a certain frequency where sound engineers punched up eq for those regions. Early cds used those masters and were overly bright aka metallic sounding to some. The early sampling rates for even early digital recordings was also lower in size and frequency due to costs.

A lot of classic bands as a result remastered their back catalogs for digital world in the 90s and 00s and often located the original master tapes. For labels, they often had crappy copies of those original masters used to cut vinyl because sound monitors and audio equipment was just not as good in the late 60s and early seventies to notice. Add in subpar vinyl, often recycled, warped, etc, and crappy car and fm quality, the full range if the music was often buried under noise.

So ultimately it is the listener's choice how to listen to music. Same goes for the different lossy or lossless digital files. Most people don't notice but those that do spend lots of time arguing about it.

Posted by: whig's phone at July 13, 2026 01:13 AM (E4rtv)

407 are right out, then?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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defenestration

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:14 AM (3oLMy)

408
I remember a pretty good article a good ways back on the who analogy vs digital thing and side tangents like tubes vs transistors and that sort of thing.

It boils down to which sort of distortion you prefer. He went into how the distortion patterns of tubes are sort of "nicer" and somehow more tolerable if not "musical" to the human hearing system.

And something amusing was blind testing that showed people preferred their distortion over the most undistorted playback that could be mustered. And even over live, direct sound to ear of the real thing being played right there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:15 AM (w6EFb)

409 >>>Believe this one? If so, I've got some bridges for sale

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
McConnell’s team just shared this photo from the hospital, reveal he suffered from a fall and pneumonia

Why don't we believe that?

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 01:16 AM (6wpGE)

410 Let them have their own land and, I don't know, kill each other it they wish. But no Islam in this hemisphere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:12 AM (3oLMy)

I would be OK with a free Kurdistan, comprised of parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, and maybe a sliver of Iran. But they have to fucking stay there. I don't think they would be a useful tool for overthrowing the mullahs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)

411
m,

I saw the picture of he and his wife.

I wonder how old the pic is because he looks way better than he has for years.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)

412 That just cannot have been the actual plan.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Yeah, sounds kinky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:18 AM (3oLMy)

413 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:15 AM

At this stage of life, and with my hearing issues, it just doesn't matter that much anymore, LOL.

I had no intention of starting a digital/analogue debate! Just got a bunch of older, nice quality LPs which have been well cared-for. (And replaced as many recordings as possible with CDs.) Tried to explain, perhaps wrongly, the 'difference' and got jumped. Bah.

It's ALL GOOD! Music is great!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

414 Another thing about vacuum tubes is that you can overdrive them without destroying them. They will distort like crazy when being over-driven, but they will live through the experience. Solid state devices have a lot less headroom to be over-driven. The magic smoke comes out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:22 AM (1z8ji)

415 So I guess Christoffel symbols and the Riemann curvature tensor are right out, then?
Posted by: publius

I saw The Riemann Curvature Tensor open for Outrun The Sunlight at The Sphere last year.

https://youtu.be/MUWSr3vp8VU

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 01:22 AM (VHUov)

416 CD's would probably sound great played through a big tube amp.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:24 AM (1z8ji)

417 I wonder how old the pic is because he looks way better than he has for years.
Posted by: four seasons

Years ago, we would have said "photoshop."

Now we say "AI." It's faster to type that. Progress!

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 01:24 AM (VHUov)

418 four seasons, that is a really nice thing that you are doing for Chris, good on you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 01:24 AM (ibDUx)

419 At this stage of life, and with my hearing issues, it just doesn't matter that much anymore, LOL.
---

I'm coming into that, missing pitches, hearing some better than others. Ewetoobs sounding as if I have tin cans for speakers.
- Not sure how much of that is compression because they are such, owned by Gargle, chickenshits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:25 AM (3oLMy)

420 I had no intention of starting a digital/analogue debate!
Posted by: JQ

You didn't come here for an argument? Abuse is down the hall.....

Posted by: mikeski python at July 13, 2026 01:26 AM (VHUov)

421 I don't see that his team would fake a photo. There's no upside to that when it would get found out.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 01:26 AM (6wpGE)

422
JQ,

Right on!

i can't tell the difference. Much respect for people who have the ability to distinguish that.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:27 AM (/QHx4)

423 I did a major stint of weed-whacking today. Around three sides of the house, around a bunch of other obstacles, and around a mess of parked vehicles. Place looks real spiffy now.

Then I tore into the old sump pulled out of the basement sump. It was unrepairable, so I liberated the copper from its windings, and scrapped the rest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:28 AM (1z8ji)

424 I don't see that his team would fake a photo. There's no upside to that when it would get found out.
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 01:26 AM (6wpGE)

Might be a genuine photo, just taken years ago.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:30 AM (1z8ji)

425 Want to know what you can and can't hear?
Here's a tone generator. It's easy, direct and simple
even I can do it.

https://tinyurl.com/3mkdty6w

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:30 AM (3oLMy)

426 You didn't come here for an argument? Abuse is down the hall.....
Posted by: mikeski python

Well, I didn't come here for abuse either, but ya know? Hmm... maybe I'll just wander down the hall for a bit. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

427
I used to be able to localize a leak in a tire or tube with my hearing. If I could hear the hiss, I could pinpoint the location.

Not anymore by a long shot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)

428 I'm coming into that, missing pitches, hearing some better than others. Ewetoobs sounding as if I have tin cans for speakers.
- Not sure how much of that is compression because they are such, owned by Gargle, chickenshits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:25 AM (3oLMy)

I noticed that too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 01:34 AM (S41Gd)

429 https://tinyurl.com/3mkdty6w
Posted by: Braenyard

Wow, thanks for that!

Now I can check my tinnitus freq's!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

430 Posted by: JQ, You didn't start an argument, it's been a lively and spirited debate with an exchange of much knowledge.
That's the best of ONTs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (3oLMy)

431 They used the universal language of mathematics and the physical constants.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

Did they also includes something to explain the meaning and significance of the mathematical symbols we use?

Because I guarantee you that an alien civilization isn't going to understand the symbols involved in 3x3 even if the concept is perfectly clear.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (C0Nlv)

432
My husband is almost deaf. My hearing is great.

I will tell him i hear something that sounds strange and he thinks i am nuts, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)

433 I used to be able to localize a leak in a tire or tube with my hearing. If I could hear the hiss, I could pinpoint the location.

Not anymore by a long shot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)

I wonder how high the mics on cellphones can range? If they could range up to 16-20 kHz, you could write an app for them to activate a vibe alert if the mic picks up a loud hiss. Start the app, pass the phone over the tire, and it vibes when you find the leak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:40 AM (1z8ji)

434 Sweet dreams Horde, I am running out of gas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 01:41 AM (ibDUx)

435
Sleep well Debby.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:41 AM (/QHx4)

436 429 https://tinyurl.com/3mkdty6w
Posted by: Braenyard

Wow, thanks for that!
Now I can check my tinnitus freq's!

Posted by: JQ
---

If there were a soundboard where one could remaster his collection to suit himself it would be super. It would be like being in the studio correcting the balances the way one wants to hear them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:42 AM (3oLMy)

437 My tinnitus frequency is currently ~4k Hz. Not too loud, but constant. I guess that's just one side. Sometimes there's another tone (concurrently!), also not terribly loud. Usually.

*shrugs*

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

438 Did they also includes something to explain the meaning and significance of the mathematical symbols we use?

Because I guarantee you that an alien civilization isn't going to understand the symbols involved in 3x3 even if the concept is perfectly clear.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (C0Nlv)

I think they used diagrams to explain the meanings of pi, and other constants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:43 AM (1z8ji)

439 >> Did they also includes something to explain the meaning and significance of the mathematical symbols we use?

They didn't use any our symbols. The assumption is that aliens capable of finding and retrieving the probe would know math and physics well, no matter how exactly they encoded that in their language or whatever they use that's the equivalent of language.

The hydrogen atom was used to define time and distance units (hyperfine transition). As AOP mentioned, pi was also used. One of the first pictures was sort of calibration thing that used pi. It was basically "this is supposed to be a circle", calibrate accordingly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)

440 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:12 AM (3oLMy)

One problem. Their book tells them to take over the world. It's spelled out pretty clearly.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:50 AM (vE0+H)

441

...you are correct.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:52 AM (/QHx4)

442 Well, my pillow needs calibrating. Time to go lay my head on it. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:55 AM (1z8ji)

443 Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:52 AM (/QHx4)

I was saying the other day how the Left, regardless of will at any given time, can never beat Islam.

Why? Because the Left requires daily instruction.

Islamists don't. It's all already written.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:55 AM (vE0+H)

444
Sleep well AOP

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:55 AM (/QHx4)

445
...yep

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:56 AM (/QHx4)

446
They encoded earth's location via a pulsar map. Pulsars are unique. No two pulsars are alike, so they gave the distance from the sun to a collection of pulsars, and encoded the frequencies of each.

Now, the sun moves over time of course, and that will change. Theoretically, no problem, because those unique pulsars can be rewound back in time, and they could find out which pulsars had those frequencies at that exact time in the past.

But, just in case, they put a radioactive sample on board that could be used for radiometric dating, and provided the calibration. That sample will tell anyone who finds exactly how old the probe is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:57 AM (w6EFb)

447 ...One problem. Their book tells them to take over the world. It's spelled out pretty clearly.

Posted by: ...
---

Yes, but some are inclined to take the orthodoxy more seriously than other. It would be more satisfactory if confined to their hemisphere. Let them fight amongst themselves for primacy.

But most importantly, and why I linked the Trump recommendation above, they do not belong here, not one of them. There will be no peace until the Islamist and the communist is not here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:59 AM (3oLMy)

448
Braenyard,

Amen!

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:00 AM (/QHx4)

449 islam is incompatible with our American way of life. Period.

They should leave.

None of them were forced to come here and if they don't like it? Tough sh!t. Go away! None are held here against their will.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

450 433 you could do the same for leak detection for a.c. systems

Posted by: MAxIE at July 13, 2026 02:07 AM (9DOTQ)

451
They are here to steal our money which they then use to take over our country.

I have never understood giving money to people coming here from other countries.

You can't support yourself, stay the fuck in your country.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (/QHx4)

452 Now I can check my tinnitus freq's!

Posted by: JQ
---

You can also check and see what pitches you are missing or how much they are missing. A browser search will correlate Htz to pitches. Like A the pitch that all tune to is 440 Htz.
Middle C on the piano is 261.63 Htz.
Working on it one can determine where the hearing deficit is when listening to music. They should make a soundboard so that we may correct it. Graphic equalizer doesn't cut it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (3oLMy)

453 I've never been able to keep Lindsey and Mitch straight. This isn't helping.

Posted by: frammish at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (rcENI)

454
Barring some catastrophe, like a collision with a space rock which probability is very low, but still non-zero, the life estimate for those Voyager golden records are 1 billion year on the low end, and 5 billion on the high end.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)

455 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley, Why can't they make available a sound board allowing the listener to adjust what he is listening to or recording from a source in the same manner as an engineer who is creating a master tape in the studio?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:16 AM (3oLMy)

456 453 I've never been able to keep Lindsey and Mitch straight. This isn't helping.

Posted by: frammish

Your troubles are over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:16 AM (3oLMy)

457
Lol Braenyard

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:18 AM (/QHx4)

458 >>You can also check and see what pitches you are missing or how much they are missing...

Time-consuming exercise!

We had annual "hearing tests" at work. What a joke (mostly) because there'd be 6 of us, sitting quietly in our booths in a truck, with headphones on & push-buttons in our hands, listening to the canned instructions and tones... All while work trucks and forklifts and carts were driving by outside, rumbling and banging over the bumps...!!!

We'd get a printout at the end. My "hearing" was all over the map, depending on outside interference noise. Usually it said to refer to a hearing specialist-- not always due to *loss* but also (a couple of times) due to *vast improvement over previous test*! What a crock.

Yeah, I need to see a $peciali$t. Just need to pony up the bux.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

459
Based on the current models of the mass distribution and gravitational field of the Galaxy, in a billion years, Voyager will be on the opposite side of the Galaxy from the Sun. Both will have completed around 4 orbits of the center by then.

And that's about the limit for life on earth, at least everything but simple, extremophile life. Complex life will be toast by then.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:20 AM (w6EFb)

460 I don't know why we let anybody in the country. Especially religious zealots. This is the kind of crap DC pulls on the American people. Anyone who has a bit of common sense should know better. To hell with that PC bullsh*t. Bury it.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 02:21 AM (IY9No)

461 >> Why can't they make available a sound board allowing the listener to adjust what he is listening to

I guess they could if you were willing to pay a whole bunch of money.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:21 AM (w6EFb)

462

I wonder if Graham will lie in state at the Capital or if his family will have a family funeral?
I guess we'll know tomorrow.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:22 AM (/QHx4)

463
Case,

I agree

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:23 AM (/QHx4)

464
Oops, Capitol

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:24 AM (/QHx4)

465
Oh, i think McCain is still there.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:25 AM (/QHx4)

466 Any and all asshoes what are set on *world domination* should be torched.

IMHO.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

467 227 hz is very soft
179 & 152 is almost loud
4520 up depends on how I hold my head.

The common vocal range for adult males is approximately 90 to 155 Hz, while for adult females, it ranges from 165 to 255 Hz. This range reflects the fundamental frequencies typically used in speech.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:29 AM (3oLMy)

468
JQ,

Yep.

I don't know how we can fight them.

Stupid people are voting for the assholes.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:31 AM (/QHx4)

469 22Hz sounds like a Harley idling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:31 AM (3oLMy)

470
Just saw this: RIP actor Sam Neill. He was 78.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:34 AM (w6EFb)

471
I just saw that too.

I didn't realize he was in his 70s.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:36 AM (/QHx4)

472 Hubby speaks so softly, I can just barely hear him even with my 'hearing aids' (just tiny amplifiers) turned up to max. It's so frustrating.

Other people I can hear mostly ok, but there are a few at the care home who don't enunciate clearly. The younger they are, the worse... it's like rapid-fire slanguage. Not meaning *dirty words* just odd contractions and fast speech. It's weird.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

473
My husband speaks softly too.

I have good hearing and he gets upset when i tell him he needs to speak louder, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:39 AM (/QHx4)

474 449 islam is incompatible with our American way of life. Period.

They should leave.

None of them were forced to come here and if they don't like it? Tough sh!t. Go away! None are held here against their will.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

“You come here, you play by our rules. You don’t like that we have Christians and Jews here, with the occasional Buddhists and Hindus here, who practice their faith without causing trouble for others? Cool. There’s the door. Bye.”

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 02:40 AM (4g5V+)

475 I have good hearing and he gets upset when i tell him he needs to speak louder, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

Understood!

Hubby gets agitated when I ask him to repeat. Sure, it must be a PITA for him as well...

Oftentimes, I just smile and nod. And hope I haven't agreed to anything that I'll regret!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)

476 “You come here, you play by our rules. You don’t like that we have Christians and Jews here, with the occasional Buddhists and Hindus here, who practice their faith without causing trouble for others? Cool. There’s the door. Bye.”
Posted by: Cow Demon

Egg-Fkin-Zactly!!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

477
Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:44 AM (/QHx4)

478
We will never get them out of our country.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:45 AM (/QHx4)

479 453 I've never been able to keep Lindsey and Mitch straight.
Posted by: frammish at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (rcENI)

This might be a pun?

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 02:46 AM (6wpGE)

480
A pun on AOS?

No way

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:50 AM (/QHx4)

481 The ultimate vinyl record was a direct to disc cut of the 1812 overture with real cannons. The grooves where the cannons went off were about a mile across. You had to put a brick on the tone arm to get it to stay in the place. Paired with a 4-ft tower speakers with horns and a Sansui amp: instant major quality stereo time that hasn't been heard for 50 years. The bonus part was if you did it exactly correct the neighbors would call the cops. My philosophy here is sharing is caring.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 13, 2026 02:50 AM (/eAef)

482 Enunciation and diction are important. Buddy's wife was in sales for a NYSE company. Every sales person went to enunciation and diction training. Guess who one of their exemplars was?
Frank Sinatra, who had a very thick accent but when you listen to his records you understand every word he pronounces.
Enunciation and diction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:54 AM (3oLMy)

483 478
We will never get them out of our country.
Posted by: four seasons
---

Trump is chumming the waters.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:57 AM (3oLMy)

484 480
A pun on AOS?

No way

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:50 AM (/QHx4)

Way!

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 02:57 AM (6wpGE)

485 264 Well, ummm, she was probably seriously dehydrated. Adding adequate liquid over a period of time will tend to dissolve that mass.
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)

That story talks about a "benzoar". Isn't the correct term "bezoar"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)

Yes, yes it is. Unless she got it after she ate Uncle Ben.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:02 AM (l3cgK)

486
Portland Oregon.

A naked man at a park tried to kidnap a 7 y/o girl in broad daylight.

Police said they were busy with other calls so they could not respond.

Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.

To bad no one had a gun.

.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:03 AM (/QHx4)

487 That black weird thing that model is wearing...WTF? Looks like Venom (from Spiderman comix) is taking her over...
How do you walk in narrow halls with that monstrosity?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:05 AM (l3cgK)

488 486
Portland Oregon.

A naked man at a park tried to kidnap a 7 y/o girl in broad daylight.
Police said they were busy with other calls so they could not respond.
Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.
To bad no one had a gun.
.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:03 AM (/QHx4)

"Sorry, officer, he tried to escape into the wood chipper"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)

489
It has to be for show jim.

It is grotesque looking to me.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:07 AM (/QHx4)

490 Those were some ugly clothes.

Time for me to hit the sack.
Everyone, have a good evening
and sweet dreams. 'night

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 03:07 AM (3oLMy)

491
Sleep well Braenyard.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:08 AM (/QHx4)

492 I read the name as "Iris Van Herpes. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:09 AM (l3cgK)

493
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:09 AM (/QHx4)

494
The picture of McConnell.

Lol, he has not looked that good for years.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (/QHx4)

495 How do you walk in narrow halls with that monstrosity?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Someone upthread (I'm too lazy to look back) said it's rather like *concept cars* only for clothing.

For exhibition only; not meant for the general public.

And that's a Good Thing! I sure as heck wouldn't wear any of that crap, even if I were younger and had an *occasion* for it!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm)

496 Sometimes you just want to fight

That'll be 5 quid.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (l3cgK)

497 'Night, Braenyard!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)

498 Catwalk woman with the fan sewn in...

"Don't look at my bewbs!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:13 AM (l3cgK)

499
Sleep well all!

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:13 AM (/QHx4)

500 Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.
To bad no one had a gun.
****

No parent present to beat the perv to death?

Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:14 AM (HpRTp)

501 500 Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.
To bad no one had a gun.
****

No parent present to beat the perv to death?

Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:14 AM (HpRTp)

You can be certain if that happened, the police would go after the folks that did it to the fullest extent of the law. The po-po and local Gov'ts don't like it when people take justice into their own hands, but they sure do like letting killers out to roam the streets and parks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:16 AM (l3cgK)

502 No parent present to beat the perv to death?
Posted by: clarence

It's frigging *Portland*-- no way to NOT go to jail for doing the necessary.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)

503 Police said they were busy with other calls so they could not respond.
Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.
To bad no one had a gun.
.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:03 AM (/QHx4)

"Sorry, officer, he tried to escape into the wood chipper"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)

A savage beating, followed by everyone swearing they saw nothing…

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 03:19 AM (4g5V+)

504 You can be certain if that happened, the police would go after the folks that did it to the fullest extent of the law. The po-po and local Gov'ts don't like it when people take justice into their own hands, but they sure do like letting killers out to roam the streets and parks...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:16 AM (l3cgK)

And then whine about 1) people taking the law into their own hands and 2) why does nobody like us?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 03:20 AM (4g5V+)

505 >>The po-po and local Gov'ts don't like it when people ~~take justice into their own hands~~ highlight their incompetence, but they sure do like ~~letting killers out to roam the streets and parks~~ rubbing the taxpayer's noses in it...

(suggested edit)

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

506 I'm old enough to not care about going to jail. Beating a pedo to death would make one a hero in jail.

Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:27 AM (HpRTp)

507 https://youtu.be/OYdBjZDyEJo

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:29 AM (rdVOm)

508 With ya there, clarence. At the age where it doesn't matter so much any more.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)

509 Lots to do today

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)

510 Nytol...

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

511 10 Thank you for the swell ONT, Doof. I sure do like me some Sophie Cunningham.
Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (sOtuf)

She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.
Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)

She xeeted out a photo of her with Sydney Sweeney in November, from the NASCAR Cup Series Championship:

"one of us forgot our tits at home 😜"

https://tinyurl.com/54aayhar

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 04:07 AM (Sy6m/)

512 510 Nytol...

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

I don't think I've ever taken Nytol...
But some pain killers worked really well (but constipated me)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 04:15 AM (l3cgK)

513 The common vocal range for adult males is approximately 90 to 155 Hz, while for adult females, it ranges from 165 to 255 Hz. This range reflects the fundamental frequencies typically used in speech.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Except that if you only use the fundamental frequencies, everyone would sound the same. The harmonics allow us to distinguish one person from another. Plus, all.of the percussives, like Ps and Ts would blur out, because the odd harmonics are what "makes" them. Speech is perfectly fine within the old telephone limits: 300 to 3000 Hz. Music is pickier. If you want to tell a trumpet from a cornet, the range expands up to around 15000, and to really hear any of the bass instruments, you have to get down to 20 Hz... except for some big pipe organs with a 16Hz pedal.
When I was kid, my hearing ran up.well above 18kHz. My aunt had a TV with a sweep transformer with loose laminations, and the thing would squeal.at the horizontal sweep freq, 15750, and drove me nuts. No one else could hear it. Now, years of shooting, riding motorcycles without earplugs and playing in bands have knocked the top down to about 4200, and, I have some pretty deep notches. MP3s sound ok.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 13, 2026 04:30 AM (a8Wd8)

514 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

515 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

516 Evening and morning, early risers! I snapped awake at 3 am and could *not* drift back off, so here I is. Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 04:33 AM (wzUl9)

517 494
The picture of McConnell.

Lol, he has not looked that good for years.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (/QHx4)

He has been in rehab. It was good for him.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)

518 506 I'm old enough to not care about going to jail. Beating a pedo to death would make one a hero in jail.
Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:27 AM (HpRTp)

Jail, maybe, but not prison. Because the right to trial by jury is that palladium of civil liberty and the only safe guarantee for the life liberty and property of the citizen (h/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836).

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 05:25 AM (4g5V+)

519 The 1989 Honda CRX SI video commercial compared the car's stealth design alongside that of the B-2 Stealth Bomber. The problem was that "Honda and their advertising agency, Rubin Postaer & Associates, faced serious questioning from the government. The U.S. Air Force and Northrop investigated how the team managed to create a massive, 10-ton mockup of the B-2 Stealth Bomber that was eerily accurate—all months before the government had even officially unveiled the highly classified aircraft to the public."

https://tinyurl.com/y2dkmb7x

Posted by: Statman at July 13, 2026 06:18 AM (8oVFj)

520 re: turntable. avoid direct drive, the servo control is often audible.
inexpensive used belt drive from germany "dual." gimbal mounted tone arm pivot (four tiny bearings). any of the "500 series should do... these will be semi- auto (full auto military only) so the tonearm will lift and platter will stop. tonearm is manually returned and positioned for start.
anything ar or thorens (early swiss, later german) is great but spendy.
i always thought garrards were junk but they made some rare high end ones. avoid multi player autos.

Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 11:56 AM (R11M+)

Gun Thread: On Vacation Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the On Vacation Edition? That's right, gals and guys, your ol' pal Weasel & Co. packed up the truck and headed for the NC shore for a week of vacation from the stressful rigors of retirement. I'm writing this early Sunday morning having just returned from the donut and bagel shops, the sun is out, and the doggos are getting used to having sand betwixt their toes. Coffee is on and I'm ready to light a cigar.

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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FUNdamentals

Practice them, 'kay?
Here is an advanced element of WeaselDoctrine under consideration for the TXMoMe.

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Colt Revolvers!

and...

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9mm vs .380

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20mm > .38 Special!

Mag-fed with suppressor!

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280mm > 20mm!

Fed with atoms!

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: Killer On The Run!

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X15!

Recognize the narrator's voice?

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Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!

That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM

Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 12, 2026 07:00 PM (0N4FZ)

2 Uay! Gubs!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)

3 bang

Posted by: Eromero at July 12, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)

4 Not only am I not first, I can't type.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

5 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

6 What? Vacation from retirement? Doesn’t that mean a return to work?

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (GVUrx)

7 Enjoy that doubleplus retirement, Weasel!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 07:03 PM (Wnv9h)

8 Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (GVUrx)
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No. No it does not. It means not doing anything in someone else's house.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 07:03 PM (+kigi)

9 Hello, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:04 PM (BCwQW)

10 Hiya, Weasel.
I did NOT have to sell my guns.
God squeaked us through and got me a new job.
I won't say too much except that after years with DoD, I will now be working with CBP. Remote, though the office is in DC.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 07:06 PM (SfwFD)

11 Not only am I not first, I can't type.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

Not only can't you type, but you're not first.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 07:07 PM (SfwFD)

12 Congratulations on the new job, GWB!

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:08 PM (BCwQW)

13 Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (GVUrx)
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No. No it does not. It means not doing anything in someone else's house.
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 07:03 PM (+kigi)

I thought it was "still not doing anything, but now you're paying for it"?

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 07:09 PM (SfwFD)

14 Yesterday was our .22 match. Did okay out to about 100 yards. Between 100 and 175 yards, things were squirrelly. But, once out to 200 yards, things settled in and I was hitting stuff again. Near as I could tell, the 200 yard bay, which has a cut out in a berm on the left hand side, and, surprise, lines up with targets between 125 and 175 yards, things were off. Oddly enough, anything on the left side toward the cutout, hard to hit. Away from the cutout and close to the berm on the right side, easy to hit. Just enough wind that .22 cal bullet did weird things on the left side.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:10 PM (UJMvS)

15 Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (GVUrx)
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Yep. But I'm told it's funner!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 07:10 PM (+kigi)

16 Not only am I not first, I can't type.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

Not only can't you type, but you're not first.
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 07:07 PM

Logic checks out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 07:11 PM (Wnv9h)

17 Evening, Weasel.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:11 PM (UJMvS)

18 Well, Weasel, enjoy your well earned vacation. Don’t mind us; we’ll keep the place clean.

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:15 PM (JK1W1)

19 On the deck now. Bigly storm cell approaching from the NE!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 07:16 PM (zqeQL)

20 My trip to the range this weekend consisted of testing my "new" (to me) .38 Special Colt Army Special from 1925 that I picked up last month and practicing double action fire with my 2018 Colt Cobra (21st century production) in .38 Special. The Colt Army Special was still in good shape. I shot fairly tight groups with it at 10 yards in single action and 7 yards in double action. For the Colt Cobra, I placed the target at 10 yards, a distance that's usually challenging for a snubby. With a slow, deliberate rate of fire, I was able to place most of my rounds inside the colored area of the bullseye. Most of my misses were from when I tried to pick up the pace a little bit. I'm not up for a faster rate of fire yet. I fired two 5 round groups with the Army Special. I fired two 5 round groups and five 6 shot groups with the Cobra. A good day at the range in all.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:21 PM (BCwQW)

21 On the deck now. Bigly storm cell approaching from the NE!
Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 07:16 PM (zqeQL)
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I've had enough rain for the time being. But storms over the ocean is an amazing thing to experience, as long as they're not hurricanes.

I'm enjoying the beautiful late afternoon sun setting over the tree-covered hill from the porch.

Sent ya an email, btw.
Think you'll get a kick out of it.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 07:23 PM (4Uk/z)

22 Don’t mind us; we’ll keep the place clean.
Posted by: RI Red

Who are you trying to kid?
Weasel KNOWS us.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 12, 2026 07:25 PM (NnhvP)

23 20 My trip to the range this weekend consisted of testing my "new" (to me) .38 Special Colt Army Special from 1925 that I picked up last month and practicing double action fire with my 2018 Colt Cobra (21st century production) in .38 Special. The Colt Army Special was still in good shape. I shot fairly tight groups with it at 10 yards in single action and 7 yards in double action. For the Colt Cobra, I placed the target at 10 yards, a distance that's usually challenging for a snubby. With a slow, deliberate rate of fire, I was able to place most of my rounds inside the colored area of the bullseye. Most of my misses were from when I tried to pick up the pace a little bit. I'm not up for a faster rate of fire yet. I fired two 5 round groups with the Army Special. I fired two 5 round groups and five 6 shot groups with the Cobra. A good day at the range in all.
Posted by: Ed L
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The old Colt double action circa 1890's (before they went to a different one about 1968 or so), stacks in double action (as the v in the action spring becomes more and more compressed) so the trigger pull will get progressively harder/heavier and then suddenly relax like a going over a hump in a car.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:26 PM (E4rtv)

24 Happy Vaca Weasel!
Congrats on the new job GWB.
Hello to everyone else and thank God for the VA judiciary (for now). Their timeline gets us out of the State before the next deadline, where we can buy whatever we want whenever we want....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 12, 2026 07:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

25 Single action on these old double action Colts is usually quite crisp and if you go by old bullseye shooters, superior than Smith's. To my opinion, they are about the same as long as you keep within the same frame size equivalent. But, I do think Smiths of that era had superior and smoother double action and if they didn't--are easier to tune by far.

A good Colt experienced gunsmith can kink the mainspring to remove the stacking but that is an art and best done with a spare mainspring if you have to compete with it double action.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (E4rtv)

26 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Last weekend I had all the fun of dealing with a 14-hour power outage.

Today I find out that the water main across the street is busted, so now I'm without water.

A crew is working to fix it, but who knows how long that will take...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (FZ29D)

27 My range report this week does not include actual range time, but it does include a report that we have an approved building permit, pins set in the ground for the house, and big machines moving ground this week!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

28 Snatch the pebble from my hand, weasel.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (sYM3s)

29 The old Colt double action circa 1890's (before they went to a different one about 1968 or so), stacks in double action (as the v in the action spring becomes more and more compressed) so the trigger pull will get progressively harder/heavier and then suddenly relax like a going over a hump in a car.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:26 PM (E4rtv)

Comparing the two revolvers made 97 years apart, I could definitely feel the difference between the old Colt action and the new 21st century one. The stacking effect (to me, at least) is a lot less pronounced with the 2018 Colt Cobra and the current generation of Pythons.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:31 PM (BCwQW)

30 Warning on the Highway Patrol episode: Fat Man running!

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 07:31 PM (kU0PQ)

31 14 Yesterday was our .22 match. Did okay out to about 100 yards. Between 100 and 175 yards, things were squirrelly. But, once out to 200 yards, things settled in and I was hitting stuff again. Near as I could tell, the 200 yard bay, which has a cut out in a berm on the left hand side, and, surprise, lines up with targets between 125 and 175 yards, things were off. Oddly enough, anything on the left side toward the cutout, hard to hit. Away from the cutout and close to the berm on the right side, easy to hit. Just enough wind that .22 cal bullet did weird things on the left side.
Posted by: Blake
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You have to be a pretty superb shooter to compete at that range with 22 LR. You really can't handload and tweak the loads like you can with a centerfire.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:31 PM (E4rtv)

32 27 My range report this week does not include actual range time, but it does include a report that we have an approved building permit, pins set in the ground for the house, and big machines moving ground this week!
Posted by: The Grateful
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Congratulations. Getting ducks in a row for starting construction is a pretty big win.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

33 Blake, what was your .22 match format?

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:32 PM (thgqG)

34 26 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Last weekend I had all the fun of dealing with a 14-hour power outage.

Today I find out that the water main across the street is busted, so now I'm without water.

A crew is working to fix it, but who knows how long that will take...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Hopefully the flood area went around you. Missouri got hammered and now it is Tennessee and Kentucky's turn.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:33 PM (E4rtv)

35 Today I find out that the water main across the street is busted, so now I'm without water.

A crew is working to fix it, but who knows how long that will take...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (FZ29D)
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Is today shower day? If not, then what's the problem?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:33 PM (UJMvS)

36 >>> 26 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Last weekend I had all the fun of dealing with a 14-hour power outage.

Today I find out that the water main across the street is busted, so now I'm without water.

A crew is working to fix it, but who knows how long that will take...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (FZ29D)

https://shorturl.at/MINDG

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 07:34 PM (R+iUD)

37 Blake, what was your .22 match format?
Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:32 PM (thgqG)

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Steel targets, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200 yards. 10 shots, as many rounds on target as possible within 10 shots. We run two 10 target popper plates @ 50 and 100 yards. The rest are 5 targets. Target order and method is "1st shooter choice." 1st shooter moves to the end of the line then 2nd shooter goes 1st, and so on. Much fun and mockery is had by all.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:37 PM (UJMvS)

38 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at July 12, 2026 07:38 PM (sAmhv)

39 Clarification: 10 shots at sets of targets at each distance. We start @ 50 yards and work our way out.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:39 PM (UJMvS)

40 Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 07:40 PM (NlEaG)

41 On the 380 vs 9mm video
Stay home or go big, 45acp

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

42 Single action on these old double action Colts is usually quite crisp and if you go by old bullseye shooters, superior than Smith's. To my opinion, they are about the same as long as you keep within the same frame size equivalent. But, I do think Smiths of that era had superior and smoother double action and if they didn't--are easier to tune by far.

A good Colt experienced gunsmith can kink the mainspring to remove the stacking but that is an art and best done with a spare mainspring if you have to compete with it double action.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (E4rtv)

Agree w/ you on this too. My basis for comparison is a 1914 Colt New Service in .45 Colt and a pre-Model 29 from 1957. The New Service has a really nice single action, but a heavy double action pull that magnifies the feel of the stacking effect. The pre-Model 29 is a pretty close second for single action, but a significantly smoother double action

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:41 PM (BCwQW)

43 Sounds fun, Blake. I missed the first 2 Aspirin Shoots, but will be there last Sunday of July.

Maybe I should practice.

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:41 PM (thgqG)

44 (Cont.) The pre-Model 29 is a pretty close second for single action, but a significantly smoother double action
pull.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:41 PM (BCwQW)

45 Tough luck Perfessor, hope its back by morning.
Around here it would be a all nighter for the work men I think

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

46 Today I find out that the water main across the street is busted, so now I'm without water.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (FZ29D)

A thing to consider:
Your water heater probably has a drain valve on it. If you turn off the incoming water and the outgoing water and turn off the heating element, you have 30-50 gallons of potable water in there. You MIGHT need to filter it if there's any sediment in the bottom. Might be a good way to get water for things like flushing toilets.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 07:43 PM (kU0PQ)

47 Reminder, if you have to take the sideplate off from a revolver, never pry the sideplate off--use something like a wood hammer handle or plastic applied to the opposite side to thump the sideplate out of the place by vibration. Smiths are easy enough to take down, Colts, I recommend leaving that to an expert if you have a classic Colt, use a spray or submersion (Cylinder and Slide Dunk-it). Don't recommend ultrasound as Colt has incredibly close tolerances on its moving parts (and if blued or worse nickeled) it can affect those surfaces.

Rugers have no side plates in their double action and come out pretty easy. BUT, don't do a detailed takedown of the ruger trigger unit unless you know what you are doing. If you have to clean it, then use spray cleaners or submersion to do it (be careful on ultrasound too as it can destroy bluing or anodizing if not very careful).

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:43 PM (E4rtv)

48 My range report this week does not include actual range time, but it does include a report that we have an approved building permit, pins set in the ground for the house, and big machines moving ground this week!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

Woohoo! Congrats!

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 07:44 PM (kU0PQ)

49 Aspirin shoots are much fun. We don't have them around here, unfortunately.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:44 PM (UJMvS)

50 Good evening to all. Up in New Hampshire for a few days. Loafing, swimming, and paddling.

Have a great one all the GunHorde and Weasel I hope your vacation from retirement is a blessing.

Posted by: Coelacanth at July 12, 2026 07:44 PM (lwy00)

51 pins set in the ground for the house, and big machines moving ground this week!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba

Pins set for reinforcement where large gun safe will rest, right?

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:46 PM (thgqG)

52 pins set in the ground for the house, and big machines moving ground this week!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba

Pins set for reinforcement where large gun safe will rest, right?
Posted by: RI Red
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There is absolutely a large gub closet safe is on the blueprints...can't be that close to S&W and PSA and not have one!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 12, 2026 07:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

53 Pins set for reinforcement where large gun safe will rest, right?
Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:46 PM (thgqG)
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You had me right up to "safe" and then disappointment set in.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:49 PM (UJMvS)

54 Agree w/ you on this too. My basis for comparison is a 1914 Colt New Service in .45 Colt and a pre-Model 29 from 1957. The New Service has a really nice single action, but a heavy double action pull that magnifies the feel of the stacking effect. The pre-Model 29 is a pretty close second for single action, but a significantly smoother double action

Posted by: Ed L

Nice pair of guns. You can see where the stacking comes from if you take a look at the Colt Detective dissassembly video picture---as you draw back the hammer, the v spring touches or nearly so and that causes the stacking in double action. If it is already cocked, no such problem in single action.

Coil springs used by later Colts and Rugers have their own peculiarities and are best treated by changing spring weights than anything else followed by polishing moving surfaces and properly lubricating with a drop dispenser oiler on key pins with part rotation.

Revolvers need very little oil and a lot of problems with old ones is that the overoiling led to oils becoming gummy from oxidation making the innards nasty and attracting powder residue that can bind the actions, slow the hammer fall, and other problems.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:50 PM (E4rtv)

55 Ooooo!!!
Hot damn!
Nuke Artillery!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 07:51 PM (2WIwB)

56 @ whig, thank you for the compliment but, I'm using a front rest and rear bag. Everyone else uses a really good bipod and rear bag.

Yesterday, it was almost impossible to call the wind, it was switching so much.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:52 PM (UJMvS)

57 According to Israeli media, Israel has killed no fewer than 2,561 of the around 3,000 terrorists who crossed from Gaza into Israel on October 7. About 1,000 of these were killed in traditional combat with the IDF. The remainder got their one-way trip to Hell courtesy of a secretive unit called Nili. Nili was formed shortly after the October 7 attack and given the mission of tracking down every single terrorist who invaded Israel on October 7.

I would do this to every person that sold drugs to kill Americans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 07:53 PM (/+uur)

58 Stay home or go big, 45acp

My EDC was a Colt Mustang for years on the theory that the .380 you have with you beats the .45 you left at home. I upsized to a 9mm when I got one that was only slightly larger than the Mustang.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 07:53 PM (vTZFs)

59 I should say Ruger trigger units are a component that comes out whole from the GP-100 or the older Security designs. PITA to take apart and put back together so disassembly is not encouraged for mere cleaning and lubing. Rare for them to have an actual problem in the action.

Smith actions are the easiest to tune of the big three--Ruger, Smith and Colt. And that K Frame action has seen minor changes since the 1900's but a gunsmith taking apart a Smith Hand Ejector would have little problem recognizing today's Smith revolver innards.

Again, polishing moving surfaces, a modicum of oil drops in the right places, and a tad of grease on sliding blocks, will go far in keeping them in shape.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:55 PM (E4rtv)

60 Pins set for reinforcement where large gun safe will rest, right?
Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:46 PM (thgqG)

The higher end safes from the Ft. Knox line can weigh in at 2500 to 3000 pounds for their larger volume models. Your floor slabs should be able to manage that weight, but if you plan on having a safe on your upper floor(s), make sure the floor beams and/or columns can support that concentrated load. Depending on your plans to acquire stuff, you might want to consider a vault room built into your house.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:55 PM (BCwQW)

61 Less than 500 to go, still time to finish that job

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

62 I did NAZI IDF keeping a score card.

PS I hope they killed any family that assisted.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 07:56 PM (/+uur)

63 56 @ whig, thank you for the compliment but, I'm using a front rest and rear bag. Everyone else uses a really good bipod and rear bag.

Yesterday, it was almost impossible to call the wind, it was switching so much.
Posted by: Blake
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Use the right tool as you are and that indicates something if the focus is accuracy. And at the distances you were at, wind calling is an art on 22 LR.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:56 PM (E4rtv)

64 What? no witchita lineman link?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 12, 2026 07:58 PM (n5tGW)

65 A 280mm Atomic Cannon would be droneskied pretty quickly these days.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

66 Rainy day today, so no shooting. But.... the neighbor, who shoots all of the damned time, does not seem to realize we have target on the other side of the road, which is that damned rooster who never shuts the hell up.

I wonder what a suppressed .22 would do to that loudmouth's yap?

Or, maybe I should try not to piss off the neighbors like that asshole....

Decisions, decisions....

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 07:59 PM (bl07w)

67 The higher end safes from the Ft. Knox line can weigh in at 2500 to 3000 pounds for their larger volume models. Your floor slabs should be able to manage that weight, but if you plan on having a safe on your upper floor(s), make sure the floor beams and/or columns can support that concentrated load. Depending on your plans to acquire stuff, you might want to consider a vault room built into your house.
Posted by: Ed L
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Yep. At that level, building a saferoom gun vault becomes an option and saferooms are also good as tornado shelters. Swisher Manufacturing has some prefab shelters ESP that are bolt together that can serve as both of various sizes.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:59 PM (E4rtv)

68 off old rino sock

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 12, 2026 07:59 PM (TTv1m)

69 TFW: You check the bids on a rifle you spotted on Gunbroker, and they have gone beyond your "that would be an interesting project" limit.

I have enough project guns and adding one more to the pack would be dumb.

Unless, of course, it was a really, really good deal.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 08:00 PM (+EWjf)

70 Coil springs used by later Colts and Rugers have their own peculiarities and are best treated by changing spring weights than anything else followed by polishing moving surfaces and properly lubricating with a drop dispenser oiler on key pins with part rotation.

Revolvers need very little oil and a lot of problems with old ones is that the overoiling led to oils becoming gummy from oxidation making the innards nasty and attracting powder residue that can bind the actions, slow the hammer fall, and other problems.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 07:50 PM (E4rtv)

When I bought my first revolver (one of the 4th and final issue Detective Specials) in 1994, I was warned then not to screw around with the mechanisms inside the revolver. Easy to take apart, but impossible to put back together again unless you really knew what you were doing. I don't, so I don't mess around with the insides of any revolver at all.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:00 PM (BCwQW)

71 So no gun stuff to report. Well, kind of. I also went on vacation. I went to the free state of Florida.

Which - believe it or not - considers Forced Reset Triggers illegal. That's something I learned.

But there are no laws against ghost guns! Virginia has one now, but it does not take effect until July 1, 2027 That is not one of the laws enjoined in the recent challenges. So next year, a 3d printed gun is illegal to possess in Virginia.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 08:01 PM (NlEaG)

72 Depending on your plans to acquire stuff, you might want to consider a vault room built into your house.
Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 07:55 PM (BCwQW)

IF you have a slab on grade, you can count on a square foot load of about 2,500 lbs without too much deflection. Anything over that will require a foundation, which can be done with a sonotube with a bit of reinforcing. Easy enough for any contractor to do.

If you do NOT have a slab on grade, you cannot count on that sort of concentrated load, and you will need to reinforce all the way down to the ground, which means building a frame under the floor and setting it on new footings of some kind.

Best to contact a structural engineer and have him or her determine how best to proceed.

Houses are not built for big libraries or gun safes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 08:02 PM (bl07w)

73 The telephone lineman clip made me flash back to when the green Southern Bell truck showed up at Granny's house with her first phone. She was so excited but Grand-Daddy said 'That telephone is just a way for people you don't know to get in your kitchen.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 12, 2026 08:03 PM (LHPAg)

74 Also, I keep planning to have a range at blaster acres, and I keep not having one. We finally picked the place for a 25 yard range, it is clear of trees but not of underbrush. One of my projects this trip was to get my flail mower back in order and use it to do that. But I also had a good 4 or 5 acres to mow first, and I did, and the repair to the mower failed as soon as I finished that mow - so the range did not get mown.

Still on the "To Do" list and not on the "Done" list.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 08:04 PM (NlEaG)

75 The other option is to put in an entire gun room, with a reinforced door, that spreads the load around and doesn't overload your structure. Plus, it's nice to go in and bask in the loveliness of your various items, all displayed individually. But, that requires a fair bit of space.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 08:04 PM (bl07w)

76 When I bought my first revolver (one of the 4th and final issue Detective Specials) in 1994, I was warned then not to screw around with the mechanisms inside the revolver. Easy to take apart, but impossible to put back together again unless you really knew what you were doing. I don't, so I don't mess around with the insides of any revolver at all.
Posted by: Ed L

Jerry Kuhnhausen (now deceased) has shop manuals for teh Colts, Smiths, M1 Garands, and the M1 carbine along with other models. Highly recommended even if you never intend to work on one, allows you to tell if a) the gunsmith knows what he is talking about, b) Kuhnhausen lists and describes common problems and what is required to fix them, and c) you can talk his language and know what can and cannot be done in a shop.

Amazon and Midway sell them. Pricey but worth it.

Kuhnhausen was a gunsmith during the Golden Era in California and had a lot of firearms pass through his workshop through the years--he has opinions like anyone else but his are based on his work experiences in fixing and improving firearms.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:05 PM (E4rtv)

77 A 280mm Atomic Cannon would be droneskied pretty quickly these days.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026

Yup.
Anything that is semi-stationary is a target these days. Good thing our tactical nukes today are smaller and far more mobile.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 08:05 PM (2WIwB)

78 A 280mm Atomic Cannon would be droneskied pretty quickly these days.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

Even back then, "Atomic Annie" had a massive battlefield signature. It took about a battalion sized element to support it logistically, move the thing, and provide security for it and its ammo. Easy to move on the autobahn, but damn near impossible to move it once you exited it onto narrow German side streets. It might look impressive at the Nevada test site, but it wasn't all that practical if you had to move it around on the battlefield, especially if you had to shoot and scoot.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:05 PM (BCwQW)

79 that damned rooster who never shuts the hell up.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 07:59 PM

Despite what ZZ Top says, simply being sharply-dressed isn't always enough to attract the ladies, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: The Rooster at July 12, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

80 Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 12, 2026 07:30 PM

Woo hoo!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 08:06 PM (Wnv9h)

81 You had me right up to "safe" and then disappointment set in.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 07:49 PM

I know, right? I was waiting for "arms room."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 08:07 PM (Wnv9h)

82 Despite what ZZ Top says, simply being sharply-dressed isn't always enough to attract the ladies, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: The Rooster at July 12, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

Yer days are numbered, cock of the walk.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 08:07 PM (bl07w)

83 Took the Dan Wesson tricked out Pointman 7 for a spin yesterday.

Darn thing kept putting rounds through the same hole.

Wasted a perfectly good target.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 08:07 PM (yEz+x)

84 Wasted a perfectly good target.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 08:07 PM (yEz+x)
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ISWYDT

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 08:09 PM (UJMvS)

85 Other trigger warning for Highway Patrol...
Crawford fires his snubby into the air. Straight up. Three times. Evidently, he wants people to find him because he's lost. In rapid succession. Why waste one round if you can rapidly waste three.

Oy vey.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 08:09 PM (kU0PQ)

86 So next year, a 3d printed gun is illegal to possess in Virginia.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 08:01 PM (NlEaG)

I do believe there is an exception to that rule if you are a senior Democrat Virginia official!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 12, 2026 08:09 PM (hOUT3)

87 Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 07:46 PM (thgqG)

Red, it occurred to me that I hadn't checked out your site in a while so I just did. What's the story with that "Kaboom?" Factory load or reload? What gun?

TFW: You check the bids on a rifle you spotted on Gunbroker, and they have gone beyond your "that would be an interesting project" limit.

The existential lesson of Gunbroker for me is that there are people who 1) like a lot of the same stuff I like and 2) have a hell of a lot more disposable income than I do.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 08:10 PM (vTZFs)

88 Took the Dan Wesson tricked out Pointman 7 for a spin yesterday.

Darn thing kept putting rounds through the same hole.

Wasted a perfectly good target.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 08:07 PM

Have you informed CBD about this miracle?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

89 Crawford fires his snubby into the air. Straight up. Three times. Evidently, he wants people to find him because he's lost. In rapid succession. Why waste one round if you can rapidly waste three.

Because back when the Boy Scouts taught this kind of stuff, three shots in succession was the generally known signal for distress.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 08:11 PM (vTZFs)

90 Oh, and the other thing for people to know, if you are taking apart firearms--get a set of firearm screw bits and holders and revolvers sometimes have their own weird bits. The tips are hollow ground to fit almost all modern firearms of teh last 50-75 years properly and the Home Depot plain screwdrivers will bugger up the close fitting revolver screws with little effort at all as they are designed for other purposes.

You can get gunsmithing screwdriver sets from Chapman Mfg, Midway, Brownells, etc. Magna Tip is probably the Cadillac of the line and designed from the start for gunsmithing--they are designed to break the tip instead of buggering the screw if too much torque is needed to remove a screw (use penetrating oil and other tactics in this case or seek a professional). Wheeler, Midway, Birchwood Causey, Lyman are all decent, although probably all made in China now, for cleaning, etc.

But their tips can and do bend if overtorqued. Older Chapman, Lyman, and current Grace (whole screwdrivers), and Magna Tip bits from Brownells don't do that.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:12 PM (E4rtv)

91 know, right? I was waiting for "arms room."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 08:07 PM (Wnv9h)

You need to install high volume storage racks (the kind you have to crank apart to gain access via a small aisle opening up between the racks) to really call it an "arms room."

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:13 PM (BCwQW)

92 83 Took the Dan Wesson tricked out Pointman 7 for a spin yesterday.

Darn thing kept putting rounds through the same hole.

Wasted a perfectly good target.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The old US made ones were nice revolvers with some different options than what was out there in the 70's and 80's from the bigs like switchable barrel lengths, dunno about the newer revived brandname owned by CZ but suspect those are good as well.

But I suspect the particular revolver in this story has a dead eye shooter behind it. The tool is only as good as the person mastering it.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)

93 I did NAZI IDF keeping a score card.

PS I hope they killed any family that assisted.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 07:56 PM (/+uur)

Considering that Mossad put together a special team for "wet work" to take care of everyone involved in planning and executing the 1972 massacre of the Israeli Olympic Team, why is anyone surprised that the Israelis are doing something similar now? Heck, Spielberg even made a movie about it a few years back.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:16 PM (BCwQW)

94 The existential lesson of Gunbroker for me is that there are people who 1) like a lot of the same stuff I like and 2) have a hell of a lot more disposable income than I do.
Posted by: Oddbob
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That is why I rebuilt old military bolt action surplus rifles including rebarrelling back over a decade ago. Stopped when the practice became uneconomical.

I was buying them to shoot, not collect.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:17 PM (E4rtv)

95 Kuhnhausen was a gunsmith during the Golden Era in California and had a lot of firearms pass through his workshop through the years--he has opinions like anyone else but his are based on his work experiences in fixing and improving firearms.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:05 PM (E4rtv)

I'll check out Amazon to see what they have. Thanks, Whig!

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:19 PM (BCwQW)

96 A couple of weeks ago you posted a video of a young woman at an outdoor range dancing and swinging her hips while emptying mag after mag out of a handgun. I would kill to have that link again. It was hilarious.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 12, 2026 08:22 PM (X+xvk)

97 I'll check out Amazon to see what they have. Thanks, Whig!
Posted by: Ed L

He has tips for buying the particular handguns and rifles that he has those workbooks for as well. I bought one when I was working on old Mausers and then bought more of them to cover what other rifles and handguns I have. Illustrated with line drawings mostly but some pictures depending on which one it is. But like for Colts, their old double action parts sometimes had one part doing multiple functions in that action and Kuhnhausen tells you exactly what those are and what the moving parts should look like for sound and smooth operation. Literally, old Colt revolvers were built like Swiss watches and Colt's metallurgy/heat treatment for a long time was superior to Smith and Wesson's.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:23 PM (E4rtv)

98 Well, time to wander. Later!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 08:23 PM (UJMvS)

99 That is why I rebuilt old military bolt action surplus rifles including rebarrelling back over a decade ago. Stopped when the practice became uneconomical.

I was buying them to shoot, not collect.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:17 PM (E4rtv)

Every serious rifleman should do a full blown military to sporter build, just to get it out of their system. I did one, starting with a M98 action, and it turned out nice. Then I tallied up what it cost and realized I could have bought a brand new Winchester M70 for less.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 08:24 PM (+EWjf)

100 Then I tallied up what it cost and realized I could have bought a brand new Winchester M70 for less.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 08:24 PM

Those M70 Supergrades are sweet, aren't they?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 08:25 PM (0sNs1)

101 96 A couple of weeks ago you posted a video of a young woman at an outdoor range dancing and swinging her hips while emptying mag after mag out of a handgun. I would kill to have that link again. It was hilarious.
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Not to be a Karen, but......
I don't want anyone like that around me at a range. The wannabe ganstas, those that wave firearms around, etc. are people I don't want to be around with loaded firearms. Never combine drinking or worse with firearms either.

I use heavy duty power tools like saws,grinders, etc. on occasion and you sure in the hell don't dance around with those. Loaded firearms are deadly tools just like those are and demand respect.

Want to yutz around--get a squirt gun or Super Soaker.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:26 PM (E4rtv)

102 why is anyone surprised that the Israelis are doing something similar now? Heck, Spielberg even made a movie about it a few years back.
Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:16 PM (BCwQW)

I hope we do the same for drugs and gangs

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:27 PM (/+uur)

103 In other Virgnia law news, the two laws on banning the sale importation etc of "assault firearms" and the carry of "assault firearms" are under injunction which has been clarified to be statewide and for all law enforcement agencies, until July 1 2027 or until a higher court hears it.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 08:27 PM (NlEaG)

104 Every serious rifleman should do a full blown military to sporter build, just to get it out of their system. I did one, starting with a M98 action, and it turned out nice. Then I tallied up what it cost and realized I could have bought a brand new Winchester M70 for less.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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I reversed the process--took lightly sporterized versions back to full battle rattle. Sometimes just the receiver and rebuilt them including stock and furniture.

Nowadays, you can get a Ruger American. Remington R700, or Savage that will shoot more accurately than most people can shoot stock.

I have a couple of those but I found restoring old bolt action milsurps was more fun and working on less than pristine firearms made it a helluva lot cheaper than collector grade purchases.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:29 PM (E4rtv)

105 The telephone lineman clip made me flash back to when the green Southern Bell truck showed up at Granny's house with her first phone. She was so excited but Grand-Daddy said 'That telephone is just a way for people you don't know to get in your kitchen.'
Posted by: Eromero

He wasn't wrong.

My grandparents had a party line on their farm until the late 70's.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 08:31 PM (nESHF)

106 98 Well, time to wander. Later!
Posted by: Blake
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Safe shooting Blake. Always enjoy your reports of competition along with RI Red's.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:33 PM (E4rtv)

107 *waves to Eromero*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 08:33 PM (4Uk/z)

108 You need to install high volume storage racks (the kind you have to crank apart to gain access via a small aisle opening up between the racks) to really call it an "arms room."
Posted by: Ed L
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I hated those damn things in the libraries in grad school. A lot of my projects required digging out information from those forgotten shelving units.

But, I have seen the occasional surplus military locking racks sold on Ebay now and again. More money to ship them than to buy them.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:35 PM (E4rtv)

109 A couple of weeks ago you posted a video of a young woman at an outdoor range dancing and swinging her hips while emptying mag after mag out of a handgun. I would kill to have that link again. It was hilarious.
Posted by: Sam Adams
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You saw that here? I do not recall that. Thats one of the reasons I do not like people posting links in the comments.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 08:35 PM (zqeQL)

110
We had a party line until the seventies.

The old biddies listened in on every conversation, lol.

At church they would inform our parents what we were talking about. It didn't take long for the five of us kids to not talk about stuff, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 08:36 PM (/QHx4)

111 Red, it occurred to me that I hadn't checked out your site in a while so I just did. What's the story with that "Kaboom?" Factory load or reload? What gun?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 08:10 PM (vTZFs)

Oddbob, I was just about to mention it.
Yes, a kaboom. Junior’s Glock 23 with a 9 mm barrel in it. My reloads from three years ago when I was having reloading issues with my S&W FPC.
It was sad. He hadn’t been shooting in a while, so he shot his AR 15 and was hitting everything out to 300. We then went to the action bays, and as I was loading .38 revolvers, he was doing 5 shot groups hitting all the steel. All smiles.
15th round sounded louder and I heard a profanity. He had black soot on his hands (no blood), and the mag was on the ground.
Cont.

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 08:37 PM (fRFTM)

112 The existential lesson of Gunbroker for me is that there are people who 1) like a lot of the same stuff I like and 2) have a hell of a lot more disposable income than I do.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 08:10 PM (vTZFs)

At of right now, most US military surplus firearms, vintage Colt Pythons, old Colt SAA, and lots of other well known and desirable vintage firearms (Browning Hi-Powers, SKS) are probably out of reach of most people of normal means. But doesn't mean that the collectors' market is now the exclusive playground of the rich and famous. Vintage Colt and S&W revolvers that aren't known for their time in the limelight (Colt Official Police, S&W M&P/Model 10) can still be had for affordable prices compared to their more famous brethren. Sure, you might not like them as much as your dream US military Colt 1911, M1 Garand, or US Cavalry SAA. But they should be well within your reach because they're not as well known in popular culture. Chase the stuff that's hot now, you'll have lots of $$ chasing a very finite supply. Chase the stuff with future potential, and you'll pay a lot less. The trick is to figure out what has that potential for appreciation down the road.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:38 PM (BCwQW)

113 I finally cleaned my gubs, more of less properly.

I had to look up how to take the slide off the Bersa, because it's been a couple years since I handled it, and the manual wasn't in the box. The thing itself had been hanging out in my backpack all this time.

Considering making a holster for it myself, because that's got to be easier than finding one to buy.

Also cleaned my .22 varmint rifle, and accidentally discovered how to remove the bolt for extra cleaning fun.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 12, 2026 08:40 PM (C0Nlv)

114 GULP, mea culpa and sorry Nurse, Mistook the 1911 you shot for a 7 shot revolver.

I knew Dan Wesson brand had 1911s but never any of their names because I don't shoot 1911's.

FWIW, Dan Wesson is a descendant of the original first founder of Smith and Wesson and decided to get into the game making high value revolvers with some neat tricks. Later I think either money difficulties, etc. led to the brand name being sold to an importer who brought in 1911's and other firearms under the Dan Wesson name and that has been sold again to CZ.

CZ makes some revolvers for the Euro trade, but they are not common this side of the pond.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:41 PM (E4rtv)

115 55 Ooooo!!!
Hot damn!
Nuke Artillery!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 07:51 PM (2WIwB)

Thought I might find you here. I recall, I think, solving firing solutions for the Little John in FDC school. Biggest thing I ever shot was a 155.

Posted by: javems at July 12, 2026 08:43 PM (zFsEm)

116 why is anyone surprised that the Israelis are doing something similar now? Heck, Spielberg even made a movie about it a few years back.
Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:16 PM (BCwQW)

I hope we do the same for drugs and gangs
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:27 PM (/+uur)

The USN has been using drug runners at sea for live target practice for all of this year so far. No warning shots, just a Hellfire or Penguin missile that goes out if someone doesn't respond over the radio to a USN challenge to an unidenfied vessel that's been spotted.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:43 PM (BCwQW)

117 110
We had a party line until the seventies.

The old biddies listened in on every conversation, lol.

At church they would inform our parents what we were talking about. It didn't take long for the five of us kids to not talk about stuff, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 08:36 PM (/QHx4)

I think my folks got rid of the party line sometime after 1976. It was four houses. Until then, it was easy to know what was going down in the neighborhood. Mom would yell at us if we listened, but I think she did too, when we weren't looking.

The internet, before the internet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 08:44 PM (bl07w)

118 Chase the stuff that's hot now, you'll have lots of $$ chasing a very finite supply. Chase the stuff with future potential, and you'll pay a lot less. The trick is to figure out what has that potential for appreciation down the road.
Posted by: Ed L
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Wise. Call of Duty wargamers led to demand spikes in relatively obscure rifles like the 1886 Lebel for example. If I had a choice in a Lebel or a Berthier as a French Infantryman, I think I would have chose the Berthier due to Mannlicher clip reloading compared with an obsolete tube magazine on the Lebel but Call of Duty players bid up Lebel prices and ignored the Berthier rifles.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:44 PM (E4rtv)

119 S’all good, whig.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE 1911s. For whatever reason, I shoot them pretty well. And I appreciate the thumb safety. It works, to me, the same way as a standard transmission automobile. Idiots won’t know how to make it go.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 08:45 PM (2xVPz)

120 Darn thing kept putting rounds through the same hole.

Wasted a perfectly good target.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 08:07 PM (yEz+x)

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 12, 2026 08:46 PM (bl07w)

121
Husband and oldest son have four gunsafes between them.

They crack me up when they see something they don't have and decide they need it.

Living in SW Wyoming very close to the Badlands they have a place to shoot.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 08:46 PM (/QHx4)

122 Not to be a Karen, but......
I don't want anyone like that around me at a range. The wannabe ganstas, those that wave firearms around, etc. are people I don't want to be around with loaded firearms. Never combine drinking or worse with firearms either.

Want to yutz around--get a squirt gun or Super Soaker.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:26 PM (E4rtv
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I have to admit I laughed pretty hard at a meme where the superhero is sweating pressing one of two buttons.
One said never mix guns and alcohol.
The other said train how you fight
)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 12, 2026 08:46 PM (zafwz)

123 CZ makes some revolvers for the Euro trade, but they are not common this side of the pond.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:41 PM (E4rtv)

IIRC, CZ also owns Colt now.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:47 PM (BCwQW)

124 I LOVE LOVE LOVE 1911s. For whatever reason, I shoot them pretty well. And I appreciate the thumb safety. It works, to me, the same way as a standard transmission automobile. Idiots won’t know how to make it go.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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You are a pretty good athlete and it is not surprising that you would shoot well. Good hand and eye coordination necessary to compete in college.

I simply think of Colt when I think of 1911's and forget the vast number of mfg clones, many of which are probably better than some Colts from bad years.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:47 PM (E4rtv)

125 I've also discovered that my CWL (which I need to carry legally at work) expired winter before last.

Oops.

Now I need to take the training course and re-apply. So that's something to save up for.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 12, 2026 08:48 PM (C0Nlv)

126 After a quick ER run just to be on the safe side, I disassembled it and found the obvious blowout near the rim.
Next day I went back to the range and policed up all the 9 mm brass where we had been shooting. Nice that glocks leave a rectangular primer indent, since most had round.
The bad round was Tula Ammo. I found another Tula that had a large bulge in the same spot, then a couple others with pressure signs.
The load was from three years ago, 147 grains over x.y grains of Tite Group. Worked well in the carbine, but was too much in the unsupported Glock chamber.
I rechecked Hodgdon and it now limits the load to .4 grains less.
My error, obviously. The only issues I’ve ever had were with 9 mm. Very pressure sensitive.

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 08:48 PM (GVUrx)

127

tcn,

We thought our parents didn't know what we were up to until Sunday at church, lol..

Naive

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 08:48 PM (/QHx4)

128 OK, legit revolver question here. (And, it might be applicable to semi-autos, too.)

I just took out the new Colt Python I did not have to sell and did some dry fire. It's been a bit. I worked a few shots single-action - decent for not having had the thing in my hand for a bit. But I noticed on my double-action pulls, the front sight consistently rose. Not just during the pull, but each pull it got higher.

I'm going to guess it's at least partly a finger placement issue. Am I doing something wrong with my grip, too?

If I concentrate, it stays put.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 08:49 PM (kU0PQ)

129 "...Nowadays, you can get a Ruger American. Remington R700, or Savage that will shoot more accurately than most people can shoot stock..."

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:29 PM (E4rtv)

Not so fast on the Remingtons. I got curious about how the move from New York to Georgia was going for the Remington firearms company (Remington ammunition is made in Arkansas, and is owned by a different company.) It appears that the company has money problems and isn't shipping any products. I wouldn't be surprised if they get bought out soon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 08:49 PM (+EWjf)

130 IIRC, CZ also owns Colt now.
Posted by: Ed L

Yep but unfortunately discontinued making/selling Dan Wesson revolvers in 2018, I have a couple of CZ long arms including interwar Czech Mausers from Brno. CZ sells some pretty good field shotguns as well and it is an arms conglomerate rivaling Beretta and Sig Sauer now I think in Europe and the US.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:50 PM (E4rtv)

131 Crawford fires his snubby into the air. Straight up. Three times. Evidently, he wants people to find him because he's lost. In rapid succession. Why waste one round if you can rapidly waste three.

Because back when the Boy Scouts taught this kind of stuff, three shots in succession was the generally known signal for distress.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 08:11 PM (vTZFs)

He's not firing it in distress. He's NOT shooting a near-murderer running away (and who just fired at him).

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 08:51 PM (kU0PQ)

132 You need to install high volume storage racks (the kind you have to crank apart to gain access via a small aisle opening up between the racks) to really call it an "arms room."
Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 08:13 PM (BCwQW)

Or, have them come flying by you out of the ether, to stop exactly where you need them.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 08:53 PM (kU0PQ)

133 Not so fast on the Remingtons. I got curious about how the move from New York to Georgia was going for the Remington firearms company (Remington ammunition is made in Arkansas, and is owned by a different company.) It appears that the company has money problems and isn't shipping any products. I wouldn't be surprised if they get bought out soon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

I was discussing pre bankruptcy. R700 was the first tubular receiver designed for excellent accuracy and reduced mfg costs and drove Winchester to cease production of their famed controlled feed 70 action and cheapen the mfg process to push feed in 1965 to compensate.

Savage came along with its 110 action which did the same and developed the Accutrigger along the way.

Old Mausers, Springfield 1903's, and other military bolt actions sporterized in the 1950's simply could not keep up with the accuracy from modern production designs and steel without a helluva lot of modifications and expense.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)

134 You saw that here? I do not recall that. Thats one of the reasons I do not like people posting links in the comments.

Posted by: Weasel

******************

It was a girl all by herself cutting loose out in the country. Someone had posted a comment on one of her videos stating that shooting was for men, and women should stick to womanly things. This was her response.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 12, 2026 08:57 PM (X+xvk)

135 The load was from three years ago, 147 grains over x.y grains of Tite Group.

I've found Tite Group to be less forgiving than Bullseye in the sense that the next .2 gr can (seemingly, I don't have the capability to actually measure) make a much bigger difference than the last .2 gr.

He's not firing it in distress. He's NOT shooting a near-murderer running away (and who just fired at him).

Ah, I mistook your meaning. Never mind me.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 08:57 PM (vTZFs)

136
It is easy to mistake what people are saying.

Printed word vs face to face.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 09:03 PM (/QHx4)

137 I'm going to guess it's at least partly a finger placement issue. Am I doing something wrong with my grip, too?

If I concentrate, it stays put.
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 08:49 PM (kU0PQ)

First question: What part of your finger is in contact with the trigger? I place my first joint of my index finger over the trigger to get an even pull.
Second question: How fast are you trying to fire off your rounds? Because you have to let the trigger go in order for it to reset, you can't increase your rate of fire without inadvertently putting a different part of your finger on the trigger and squeezing with it. Repeating this makes follow up shots increasingly inaccurate (for me). I have to slow myself down when shooting double action with just about any revolver for this reason. Try slow, deliberate fire, but using double action instead of single action.
Wyatt Earp: "Speed is fine, but accuracy is final."

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 09:05 PM (BCwQW)

138 I just took out the new Colt Python I did not have to sell and did some dry fire. It's been a bit. I worked a few shots single-action - decent for not having had the thing in my hand for a bit. But I noticed on my double-action pulls, the front sight consistently rose. Not just during the pull, but each pull it got higher.

I'm going to guess it's at least partly a finger placement issue. Am I doing something wrong with my grip, too?

If I concentrate, it stays put.
Posted by: GWB
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See if you can use the power crease in your trigger finger--if you cannot reach that, then get some reduced sized grips so it can. The power crease is the first joint in your trigger finger and should be centered on the trigger. Never try to shoot double action with a finger pad unless you have hellacious finger strength as you get inconsistent results.

You may also need to choke up as high as you can on the revolver backstrap as if you are not at the top of the backstrap, you get a levering action that can cause what you described.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:05 PM (E4rtv)

139 Oddbob, yeah, Bullseye is more forgiving. I looked at my notes from then and was seeing significant MV increases in the upper end for Tite Group.
Very quick burning.
Another lesson learned, luckily without injury.

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 09:05 PM (GVUrx)

140 Because back when the Boy Scouts taught this kind of stuff, three shots in succession was the generally known signal for distress.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 08:11 PM (vTZFs)

He's not firing it in distress. He's NOT shooting a near-murderer running away (and who just fired at him).
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 08:51 PM

We were taught that three shots was a distress signal, and if you happened (for some reason, in the field) to fire three shots in succession, to fire a fourth, so that it didn't sound like a distress signal.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 09:07 PM (0sNs1)

141 135 The load was from three years ago, 147 grains over x.y grains of Tite Group.

I've found Tite Group to be less forgiving than Bullseye in the sense that the next .2 gr can (seemingly, I don't have the capability to actually measure) make a much bigger difference than the last .2 gr.

He's not firing it in distress. He's NOT shooting a near-murderer running away (and who just fired at him).

Ah, I mistook your meaning. Never mind me.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Titegroup is known as a spiky powder that should be used judiciously especially in reduced loads. It is theoretically insensitive to position unlike Bulleye at times but low end loads of Titegroup are and can be spikey on pressure, less accuracy, and Bullseye is probably the better powder for that.

Red Dot and Blue Dot are similar in weird pressure curves for certain loadings and used to have an actual advisory over it. I think Alliant reformulated it but then it was unobtanium so I quit using it anyway about that time.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:09 PM (E4rtv)

142 Atomic Annie!

“Strategic” nuclear weapons are one thing, but planners were also smitten with “tactical” weapons - small devices for use on the battlefield.

I’m not sure where they fit in, “strategic” I suppose, but one of the bomb types has a 3 position “Dial A Yield” selector on it, where one can adjust or dial back the level of sunshine deployed on the enemy. Totally nuked, slightly nuked, love-tap nuked.

“Whattaya think, Fred, should we give ‘em the full Monte, or what?”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 09:09 PM (sVtt/)

143 Thought I might find you here. I recall, I think, solving firing solutions for the Little John in FDC school. Biggest thing I ever shot was a 155.
Posted by: javems at July 12, 2026 08:43 PM (zFsEm)

As I've probably mentioned in the past, I was in an 8 inch unit. Training for the classified government high explosives was standard. Always fun doing the target planning.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 09:12 PM (2WIwB)

144 139 Oddbob, yeah, Bullseye is more forgiving. I looked at my notes from then and was seeing significant MV increases in the upper end for Tite Group.
Very quick burning.
Another lesson learned, luckily without injury.
Posted by: RI Red

Sorry to hear your experience. Titegroup becomes non-linear at times both with low and top end of its recommended loadings and has a pretty narrow range of pressure. Bullseye, W231, or Zip are better for reduced loads and other powders are more useful at the higher end.

I've had decent luck with Universal as less dirty than Unique on some cast bullet loads.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:12 PM (E4rtv)

145
Wow, 8 inches?

You are the man.
.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 09:13 PM (/QHx4)

146 Wow, 8 inches?

You are the man.
.
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 09:13 PM (/QHx4)

***

*adjusts tie*
*checks hair in mirror *

Yup!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)

147
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 09:16 PM (/QHx4)

148 Something that I have found useful is Titegroup for the 357 Magnum in that you can get a pretty decent 38+p+ pressure level that is comfortable to shoot with less bark and it has a pretty wide range for Titegroup loads up to about 1250-1400 fps in a 4 inch barrel. Good practice rounds for the firebreathing 125 gr HP self defense ammo without the boom, flash, and as much recoil.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:17 PM (E4rtv)

149 I saw 8 inch guns on the USS Newport News in 1972.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 09:19 PM (Cqx++)

150
Bertram,

I am sorry
I missed that.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 09:21 PM (/QHx4)

151 The only issues I’ve ever had were with 9 mm. Very pressure sensitive.
Posted by: RI Red
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That and 40 S&W. Only reloaded some 357 Sig upon request for my FIL back in the day but used a different powder--IRRC one of the Accurate number series.

Titegroup works okay for me in 38 SPC, 357 Magnum light loads, and 45 ACP. I usually use W231 for the 9mm or Silhouette if I am reloading training self defense rounds. Ditto for the 40 S&W.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)

152 They were in Subic Bay. They went to Viet Nam and one of the gun mounts blew up.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 09:23 PM (Cqx++)

153 I’m not sure where they fit in, “strategic” I suppose, but one of the bomb types has a 3 position “Dial A Yield” selector on it, where one can adjust or dial back the level of sunshine deployed on the enemy. Totally nuked, slightly nuked, love-tap nuked.

“Whattaya think, Fred, should we give ‘em the full Monte, or what?”
Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 09:09 PM (sVtt/)

You're thinking about the B61 gravity bomb. Introduced in 1967, updated versions remain in use today. The Mod 11 is a bunker buster, with a yield between 10 and 340 kt. The Mod 12 can yield 0.5, 1.5, 10, or 50 kt. The Mod 13 can yield between 10 and 340 kt. Note that these are relatively small compared to weapons of yesteryear. The Titan II ICBM had a 9 MT warhead to make up for its relative inaccuracy compared to today's weapons, which would almost certainly employ GPS.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 09:24 PM (BCwQW)

154 Just letting Weasel know thanks for this weeks gun thread and I hope you peacefully recover this week from your vacay.

I have another MRI for my spine (thoracic this time--focusing on T-

tomorrow and that is like being loaded into a cannon to be fired. Noisy too.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:24 PM (E4rtv)

155 I am pretty sure that 8 inchers are completely out of the Army inventory now, they went to the Natiional Guard for a while, but MLRS took over the big tubes. And then ATACMS took over the little rockets with big rockets.

I guess size matters.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 09:25 PM (NlEaG)

156 OK y'all. 9:27 thank you time.

Thank you!

Appreciate your being here tonight and hope to see you next Sunday!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:27 PM (IKyq4)

157 153 I’m not sure where they fit in, “strategic” I suppose, but one of the bomb types has a 3 position “Dial A Yield” selector on it, where one can adjust or dial back the level of sunshine deployed on the enemy. Totally nuked, slightly nuked, love-tap nuked.

“Whattaya think, Fred, should we give ‘em the full Monte, or what?”
Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 09:09 PM (sVtt/)

You're thinking about the B61 gravity bomb. Introduced in 1967, updated versions remain in use today. The Mod 11 is a bunker buster, with a yield between 10 and 340 kt. The Mod 12 can yield 0.5, 1.5, 10, or 50 kt. The Mod 13 can yield between 10 and 340 kt. Note that these are relatively small compared to weapons of yesteryear. The Titan II ICBM had a 9 MT warhead to make up for its relative inaccuracy compared to today's weapons, which would almost certainly employ GPS.
Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 09:24 PM (BCwQW)

The term "Dial-A-Yield" used to be classified. It is no longer. And there are a few different warheads with it. And then others that had their own yield adjusters that were not dials.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 09:28 PM (NlEaG)

158 I guess size matters.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 09:25 PM

So they, how you say, say.

Posted by: Paolo at July 12, 2026 09:28 PM (hmDDS)

159 USS Salem, one of USS Newport News' sister ships, is now a museum ship in Salem, MA. She's the last heavy cruiser left in the world today. USS Des Moines survived until 2007 before she finally went to the breakers. The Des Moines class trick was that they were equipped with automatic loaders that upped the rate of fire of the 8" main battery to one shot every five seconds from the one shot every 15 seconds of her older sisters. They were devastating in the shore bombardment role for that reason, which is why Des Moines and Salem remained in reserve into the 21st century.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 09:29 PM (BCwQW)

160 Y'all have fun and a pleasant rest of the week.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)

161 Thanks for hosting, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 09:30 PM (BCwQW)

162 Nite whig. Good luck with the scan results.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:31 PM (IKyq4)

163 My pleasure Ed L.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:32 PM (IKyq4)

164 Some people may find that that their hands are just too big for a comfortable, consistent trigger. You can try to compensate with wrist control but that may also be a problem. This is why we buy and sell firearms.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 09:32 PM (sYM3s)

165 I am pretty sure that 8 inchers are completely out of the Army inventory now, they went to the Natiional Guard for a while, but MLRS took over the big tubes. And then ATACMS took over the little rockets with big rockets.

I guess size matters.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 09:25 PM (NlEaG)

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True, all the 8 inch artillery are gone now. A shame. Fun to shoot and super accurate. I did get to do the targeting for the first ATACMS missions in Desert Storm.
Another very accurate system.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 09:34 PM (2WIwB)

166 Nite, Weasel. Enjoy your vacation!

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 09:35 PM (JK1W1)

167 Oops, the USS Salem is at Quincy, MA, not Salem.

Posted by: Ed L at July 12, 2026 09:37 PM (BCwQW)

168 Whig,
Good luck with your MRI. Yes, noisy. And not being able to move. Hate.

As I said, good luck.

Wenda

Posted by: Wenda at July 12, 2026 09:37 PM (esZfd)

169 Thanks Red. Have a good week!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:38 PM (Qw3Dr)

170 Best wishes for the MRI, and its results, Whig.
Thanks for the thread Weasel, and good night to all!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 12, 2026 09:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

171 True, all the 8 inch artillery are gone now. A shame. Fun to shoot and super accurate. I did get to do the targeting for the first ATACMS missions in Desert Storm.
Another very accurate system.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 09:34 PM (2WIwB)

After DS/DS a Major came into our unit who had been with Corps Artillery for III Corps (I think). They did an 8 in ToT on an Iraqi Division. Mainly because they could. Anyway, the Iraqis were kind of all standing around because they did not realize they were in range. So they shot every tube for a synchronized ToT. BOOOOOM. Huge cloud of smoke and fire etc over the standing Iraqi division. Not one Iraqi still standing afterward.

Holy crap we killed all of them! they thought. So they went over and turned out they hadn't killed any of them, though some were injured. They were all just laying on the ground crying. Many had shat themselves.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NlEaG)

172 Nite Grateful!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:40 PM (Qw3Dr)

173 I have been on PTO for two weeks.

I REALLY don't want to go to work tomorrow.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 12, 2026 09:41 PM (NlEaG)

174 Thanks for a great Gun Thread, Weasel!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 09:49 PM (Wnv9h)

175 T -10 minutes until Doof time.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:50 PM (3aNof)

176 My pleasure RMBS. Hav a good week amigo.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:51 PM (3aNof)

177 Thank you for the thread, weasel. Please give skritches to the pups from me.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 09:53 PM (yEz+x)

178 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 09:53 PM (yEz+x)
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Will do nurse. Post-storm rumbles outside have them burrowed deep in their nesting material.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 09:55 PM (3aNof)

179 Here's a training film for Glenn Campbell when he's a lineman for the county:

https://youtu.be/EniO_8_V5v0

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)

180 You may also need to choke up as high as you can on the revolver backstrap as if you are not at the top of the backstrap, you get a levering action that can cause what you described.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 09:05 PM (E4rtv)

I think this is the cause of the rising front post (to some extent). I think I lazily gripped it and my grip was too low.

Knowing the fundamentals means being able to recognize when you're screwing them up.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (kU0PQ)

181 I suppose I'll be murdered for stating this on a public forum but, sigh, here goes. So I had some extra cheese pizza slices from Modern (Modern Apizza in New Haven, the Apex Pizza of the known universe since 1934. Mind you, Pepes is good and no one can get into Sallys), and.... some leftover guacamole and jalapino slices. Somehow the latter fell onto and spread all over the former and after heating accidentally fell into my mouth. I'll eat anything (well almost anything, even durian fruit) once and to my genuine surprise it was actually quite good. I'll have to remember not to have pizza on the same table as 90w gear oil as it is one of the most loathsome smells on the planet.

Posted by: Diana Pool at July 13, 2026 07:19 AM (6/iut)

Food Thread: Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em!

Long-time commenter and long-distance shooter "Blake" sent this along, and I must admit, I feel a bit guilty not having smoked the Mac&Cheese I served yesterday. That looks delicious! It is also another data point in my life-long study confirming my theory that everything is better in a smoker. Or at least as good!

******
There is a difference between the faintly disgusting unripe tomatoes that Big Supermarket tries to pawn off on us, and the late summer green tomatoes that are used in the South to make Fried Green Tomatoes. Sadly, the tomatoes around here are uniformly awful, so I can't even wing it. But damn, a well executed fried tomato is delicious, and it is just my luck that I happened across this recipe when it is at least a month before anything palatable is available!

You Southerners are lucky!

Southern Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe

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Yup, that looks faintly disgusting, mostly because I am not an accomplished food photographer and it was impromptu anyway!

So what is it? a delicious cheeseburger (American Cheese Food Product, and a plain-Jane bun), with some avocado and...drum roll...a Poblano and Serrano chile hot sauce that a friend sent me. One might assume that it was going to be on the hot side, but it was perfectly balanced, with the sweetness of the Poblanos balancing the sometimes considerable heat of the Serranos. It was simply spicy, with all of the interesting flavors of the chiles on full display.

Great stuff! Poblano & Serrano Hot Sauce

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Plain old American Baked Beans! A bit too sweet for my taste, but I make them at home and can control the amount of sugar. So that pot turned out very, very well! The onions and green peppers that I was browning in the bacon fat took forever, I think because of the amount of liquid they sweated out. Obviously there is variation in each onion or pepper or whatever, and I think I simply got unlucky. But they eventually gave up enough water to brown a bit, and all was right and true and simple in DildoWorld.

They went well with grilled chicken, baby-back ribs, some great Mac&Cheese, a weird but good pasta salad, and some green stuff.

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Yup...that is a nice big octopus tentacle in a bun! Looks great, and I'll bet it tastes great!

Grilled octopus is wonderful, and when I see it on a menu I usually order it...like a few days ago in an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia! They served it on a ceci bean mash, and it worked well. But a large tentacle in a hot dog bun is minimalist and elegant. That might be the way to go!

[Hat Tip: naturalfake]

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I apologize in advance for how f*cking awful the writing is in this article, but the topic is interesting, so try to suffer through it! Young writers need to put down their phones and pick up a few well-written books!

Anyway, I was exposed to NC barbecue courtesy of my father, who would occasionally lecture in that state, and would bring back their various types of barbecue as often as possible. The one I remember best is the simplest...vinegar and red pepper flakes. Who knew something so simple could be so delicious.

Mapping a Barbecue Sauce Trail Through the Carolinas

Of course this brings up the existential question: ~~Ginger or MaryAnne~~ should barbecue be sauced to begin with?

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The garlic is harvested! And it looks...well...sigh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 ZOW!!!

Posted by: MAxIE at July 12, 2026 04:01 PM (9DOTQ)

3 Fact:
Beans should not run on a plate.
That is all

Posted by: MkY at July 12, 2026 04:03 PM (q6tQZ)

4 Read this week East Anglia in England has banned the use of hose pipe,

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:05 PM (Ia/+0)

5 What is with Gen Xers acting like they were all free range feral children?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 12, 2026 04:05 PM (kpS4V)

6 Cheesesteak soon, bogo on shaved steak will do that

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Here is an extremely easy way to make a frozen daiquiri. It involves no blenders or other equipment, and I can attest that the unusual texture is wonderful. I may have linked this before, IDK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86hMKSwiWoI

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

8 Oh, I forgot about North Carolina BBQ, and since I'll be there Thursday evening, that can be dinner option for Little and me..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 04:06 PM (nbLIj)

9 So diabetic allergy-safe (except for wheat) 2 ingredient cake was a huge win. Everyone loved it. 12 oz Pepsi Cola Zero Cherry into a Duncan Hines Devils Food Cake. Bake til done per package directions.

Now, I admit the topping was the wow. But that was just 2lbs of fresh cherries cooked down with one Aldi's cherry pie filling, 1 TB vanilla, and 1 tsp raw sugar. (Diabetic did not have this b/c cherries are just bad for diabetics). Cooled and used for topping.

To serve, each slice topped with the cherries and either Aldi's Whipped Cream or Coconut Cream.

Home run for cost, ease, and popularity.

1st cake I've made with diet soda. Probably not the last if he visits again (b/c no egg, no soy, no nuts, and no dairy (for me) and low sugar is rough to put a dessert together with)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:07 PM (tOcjL)

10 The only octopus I have ever had was in a cold salad, a large rubber band would be an appropriate substitute.
Not a fan.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 12, 2026 04:07 PM (NnhvP)

11 Read this week East Anglia in England has banned the use of hose pipe,
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:05 PM (Ia/+0)
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That will limit what you can do with a drunken sailor.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 12, 2026 04:07 PM (amcLV)

12 Can't abide NC BBQ sauce with vinegar.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 04:07 PM (jehhT)

13 I am a connoisseur of hose water. The coppery tang is required. The healthy pvc nose is just divine.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 04:08 PM (diia5)

14 The only octopus I have ever had was in a cold salad, a large rubber band would be an appropriate substitute.
Not a fan.

I concur with the sentiment, but don't imagine for a second that it will save you when the octopi rise up in revolt.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

15 Octopodes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM (amcLV)

16 Saw this on YT:

Pasta alla Zozzona: Rome’s Secret Pasta That Combines All 4 Roman Pastas:

https://tinyurl.com/37evskkk

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM (kpS4V)

17 Octopodes.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

You are obviously not allowed to audition for movies, now.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)

18 The guy who tells us not to put syrup on french toast puts avocado on a cheeseburger?

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)

19 Hose water goes well with paint chips!

Posted by: Pawl! at July 12, 2026 04:10 PM (gKWVE)

20 Some of the best baked beans ever came from a restaurant in Boston called Durgin Park. The restaurant was originally founded in the 1800s and finally closed a few years ago and their baked bean recipe was offered pretty much the entire time.

Place became very touristy because the food was really good but their baked beans were awesome.

And yes, you should always make smoked mac and cheese. Because smoked mac and cheese.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)

21 Good afternoon, horde!

CBD, I have never tried making baked beans from scratch. Those look really good. Do you have a recipe you recommend?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:10 PM (h7ZuX)

22 What is with Gen Xers acting like they were all free range feral children?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Enough of us were, and the rest just want to claim they were in the cool kids' club?

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 04:10 PM (VHUov)

23 Plural of Octopus

While "octopi" is commonly used, it is technically a grammatically flawed formation. Because "octopus" is Greek in origin rather than Latin, adding an "-i" isn't the correct pluralization.

Octopuses: The most common and widely accepted standard English plural.

Octopodes: The traditional Greek plural, which is accurate but rarely used in modern speech.

Octopi: Formed by mistakenly applying Latin rules to a Greek word, but frequently accepted in casual use.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)

24 Hello foodies,

Here in Northern Wyoming the local octopus is a rare treat.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 12, 2026 04:11 PM (bXtdx)

25 Pulpo forever!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 04:11 PM (YlWIZ)

26 You are obviously not allowed to audition for movies, now.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)
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My agent was crap, anyway.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 12, 2026 04:11 PM (amcLV)

27 Octopus are friends not food.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 04:12 PM (viF8m)

28
NC bbq with the vinegar sauce is my favorite.

Husband grew up in SC where mustard based BBQ was the thing.

I think the mustard based BBQ masks the true flavor of the smoked meat.

Anyway it has been an ongoing "discussion" over many years, lol.

People like what they ate where they grew up.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 04:12 PM (/QHx4)

29 Hosting another male guest tonight, but he only needs to avoid pork and shellfish (loose on all other restrictions, but since I don't do dairy anyway, well, it works)...so much more flexible dinner...but still component like Friday, since he wasn't forthcoming on likes/dislikes (doesn't want to be a pest, I think - daughter's friend)...

Doing Chicken Caesar Wraps (Honey Mustard for me) with Chicken Thigh, Parmesan Shreds, Bottled Caesar, Romaine, Green Leaf, and Spinach, Chopped Tomatoes, and Pickled Onions. With roasted garlic cauliflower and strawberries and blueberries.

Made double blueberry muffins and my allergy safe rice treats (that I'm sending to youth group anyway, so 2 birds, 1 stone) for dessert.

Then no more guests for a little while...I hope.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:12 PM (tOcjL)

30 It is also another data point in my life-long study confirming my theory that everything is better in a smoker.

******

You Southerners are lucky!

On Earth as it is in Texas.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 04:12 PM (0sNs1)

31 27 Octopus are friends not food.

That's just what they want you to think.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)

32 That's just what they want you to think.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)
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What, are they in league with the penguins?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 12, 2026 04:14 PM (amcLV)

33 Beans should not run on a plate.

Posted by: MkY at July 12, 2026 04:03 PM (q6tQZ)

That was before 3+ hours in the oven!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:14 PM (l4RKn)

34 Boomers loved hose water too!

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 04:14 PM (lJ0H4)

35 Putting avocado on hamburgers kind of weakens your food cred

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

36 6 Cheesesteak soon, bogo on shaved steak will do that
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)

LOVE BOGOs, especially on shaved steak! I got BOGOs on chicken thighs for tonight - it helped decide what type of chicken I was cutting up into tender size and air frying...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:14 PM (tOcjL)

37 Cesarina in San Diego makes a good polpo croccante. It’s certainly not my first choice from the menu when I go there, however. That would be their black truffle gnocchi.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 04:15 PM (kYmoU)

38 Hose water with a cut grass twist.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 04:16 PM (jehhT)

39 18 The guy who tells us not to put syrup on french toast puts avocado on a cheeseburger?
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)

Shouldn't have cheese - avocado serves that function...should have bacon on that burger, too, though...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:16 PM (tOcjL)

40 The guy who tells us not to put syrup on french toast Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM

Those are not CBD's only peccadillos. He also shoots 9mm, maintains an opinion that there is good BBQ outside of the South (and especially Texas), and there are rumors that he's a Gingerite.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 04:17 PM (0sNs1)

41 I'm not cooking or prepping anything else today; I'm in kitchen time-out because I darn near cut off a fingertip while slicing and dicing chicken for the dog food.

Mr. Dmlw! asked if I needed to go the urgent care. I showed him a pint jar, and told him if I lose that much blood, he could take me.

AZ deplorable moron, I can't say enough about those blood clotting bandaids you introduced me to at a MoMe.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:17 PM (h7ZuX)

42 Some of the best baked beans ever came from a restaurant in Boston called Durgin Park. The restaurant was originally founded in the 1800s and finally closed a few years ago and their baked bean recipe was offered pretty much the entire time.

Place became very touristy because the food was really good but their baked beans were awesome.

And yes, you should always make smoked mac and cheese. Because smoked mac and cheese.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)

Their Indian pudding with a dollop of vanilla ice cream paired very well with their Durgin Dark ale...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 04:17 PM (nbLIj)

43 I much prefer chicken thighs than legs, and H8 winds as there is nothing to them

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:18 PM (Ia/+0)

44 Do you have a recipe you recommend?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:10 PM (h7ZuX)

There are a bunch of great recipes around. I would start with Alton Brown's recipe, although I think his is too sweet.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:18 PM (l4RKn)

45 That's just what they want you to think.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)
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What, are they in league with the penguins?

Yes, but Big Panda is the eminence grise.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

46 Night diving in Puget Sound shortly after certification we came across a big Pacific Octopus making his evening rounds. We regarded each other intently for a few moments before it changed color and disappeared into the shadows. Very cool. He was probably calculating how we would taste rather than considering the alternative.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 12, 2026 04:18 PM (bXtdx)

47 and H8 winds as there is nothing to them
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:18 PM

Call me; I can help.

Posted by: Gerrold Nadler (D-NY) at July 12, 2026 04:19 PM (0sNs1)

48 That octopus tentacle in a bun....

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at July 12, 2026 04:19 PM (brIJB)

49 The guy who tells us not to put syrup on french toast puts avocado on a cheeseburger?

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)

Nice and fatty, great creaminess, takes salt very well.

What's not to like?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:21 PM (l4RKn)

50 40 The guy who tells us not to put syrup on french toast Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 04:09 PM

Those are not CBD's only peccadillos. He also shoots 9mm, maintains an opinion that there is good BBQ outside of the South (and especially Texas), and there are rumors that he's a Gingerite.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 04:17 PM (0sNs1)

At least you didn't accuse him of consorting with mephitic flightless semi-acquatic sea birds...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 12, 2026 04:22 PM (brIJB)

51 >>Their Indian pudding with a dollop of vanilla ice cream paired very well with their Durgin Dark ale..

It was a great old place. Their roast beef was almost comically Flintstone's size huge.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 04:22 PM (viF8m)

52 blood clotting bandaids you introduced me to at a MoMe.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Glad to have been of service!

In my defense I found them because someone who also lives in this house gets attacked by splinters and thorns, often.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 12, 2026 04:22 PM (NnhvP)

53 I must say my wife smokes, and, well it is better.

Posted by: epador at July 12, 2026 04:22 PM (Owryw)

54 I can't say enough about those blood clotting bandaids you introduced me to at a MoMe.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:17 PM (h7ZuX)

Hah!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:22 PM (l4RKn)

55 Michigan Smoky Beans

1 lb dry Navy beans; 1 clove garlic; 1 onion stuck with two cloves; 1 bay leaf; pinch of thyme; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; ¼ cup butter; 2 cups tomato puree; ¼ cup minced parsley; 2 tsp salt; ½ tsp liquid smoke.

Boil beans, garlic, onion stuck with cloves, bay leaf and thyme in water to cover till beans are tender. Drain and reserve liquid. Sauté the chopped onion and pepper in butter till onion is lightly colored. Add tomato purée, parsley, salt and liquid smoke. Then add 1 cup of the reserved bean liquor and simmer 5 minutes. Pour mixture over beans, adding bean liquor, if necessary, barely to cover. Bake at 350° 30 minutes. Excellent made a day or two ahead to let the savory flavors blend.

That’s from a Michigan Bean Industry cookbook, and it is quite good. (Back when Michigan had industries, and industries published promotional cookbooks.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 04:24 PM (kYmoU)

56 34 Boomers loved hose water too!
Posted by: Tuna
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That's what I'm sayin'.

Best shared with dog and cat.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 12, 2026 04:24 PM (kpS4V)

57 Remember the taste and feel of the metal hose fitting? That added a certain complexity to the gustatory experience.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:26 PM (l4RKn)

58 Hose water should always be almost hot at first and cool to tepid at best.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:26 PM (5MU6/)

59 Putting avocado on a hamburger kind of weakens your food cred

I don’t believe they have to confiscate a ManCard for that, tho I think they probably have to bend a corner

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 04:26 PM (IhfQt)

60 At least you didn't accuse him of consorting with mephitic flightless semi-acquatic sea birds...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 12, 2026 04:22 PM

There's never been a whiff of that, thank goodness.

Nor, AFAIK, has anyone ever seen him slip carrots into chili.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 04:27 PM (0sNs1)

61 Simple dinner that I made earlier this week: 2lb bag of frozen pork gyoza and a 1lb bag of kimchi gyoza. Dipping sauce was a blend of soy and tonkatsu sauces, with a couple shakes of El Yucateco chipotle sauce. Steamed rice on the side. Maybe 30 minutes of prep, including cooking the rice...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 04:28 PM (nbLIj)

62 Hose water should always be almost hot at first and cool to tepid at best.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hose water in AZ is always boiled, and served hot.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 12, 2026 04:29 PM (NnhvP)

63 Boomers loved hose water too!
Posted by: Tuna
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That's what I'm sayin'.

Best shared with dog and cat.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

As a matter of fact our hose water probably tasted better because hoses were more primitive back in the 50's. A nice rubbery flavor which can't be duplicated these days with the new fangled metal hoses.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 04:30 PM (lJ0H4)

64 Gyoza is fantastic in soups in the winter.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 04:32 PM (vnlVL)

65 61 Simple dinner that I made earlier this week: 2lb bag of frozen pork gyoza and a 1lb bag of kimchi gyoza. Dipping sauce was a blend of soy and tonkatsu sauces, with a couple shakes of El Yucateco chipotle sauce. Steamed rice on the side. Maybe 30 minutes of prep, including cooking the rice...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 04:28 PM (nbLIj)

I've been making a deconstructed, then reconstructed, dumpling casserole with a bag of HMart dumplings air fried while ground chicken or pork with garlic and ginger and tons of veg (usually a cabbage or kale, onions, peppers, mushrooms, carrots, etc) is sauteed, drained of liquid, and then seasoned with soy, hoisin, and oyster sauce (and something spicy - sometimes chili crisp, sometimes just black pepper). When that's finished, i dump it over the dumplings, thereby upping the meat amount and getting the kids to eat a few less dumplings (b/c they'd bankrupt me otherwise). Everyone loves it.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

66 That recipe looks good, Stephen Price Blair. Think I'll try that one.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:33 PM (h7ZuX)

67 A little tip I learned from Chef Andrew Gruel I tried last night. He recommends freezing hamburger patties before putting them on the grill. This allows the outside of the burger to get a good char while the inside stays juicy and cooks slowly thanks to the frozen meet and doesn't get overcooked and dry.

Tried it last night and it worked great. Just don't make your burgers too thin.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

68 How's this for a Gen X story. My friends and I lived in a small town, and one of our neighbors passed away years prior, and no one took care of the property. On that property was a barn, which was ripe for exploring between daily baseball games. Turns out the guy was a mortician, and inside that barn were about 7 or 8 high quality coffins. This promptly because a new interest, as in "iI dare you to get in that coffin. No one bulked, and of course the lid came down more than once.

It gets better. The guy, also, had goats, who no one fed after he died. We didn't know he had them or we would have taken care of them. But, back in the corner of this coffin storing barn were a few piles of bones. Think about it. Curious kids with an inborn death wish, off limits barn filled with empty coffins, and piles of bones laying around. Throw in the Gen X mentality, and it's better than Disneyland.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 04:34 PM (dIske)

69 That recipe looks good, Stephen Price Blair. Think I'll try that one.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:33 PM (h7ZuX)

Bacon...Bacon!...BACON!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:36 PM (l4RKn)

70 Tried it last night and it worked great. Just don't make your burgers too thin.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

Interesting. I think I am going to try that. It makes sense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:37 PM (l4RKn)

71 Well, yeah, bacon. Goes without saying.

I have never actually used liquid smoke. Bacon will usually do it. Or smoked paprika.

And for Mac and Ceese, or cheesy potatoes, Smokhouse cheddar. I don't have a smoker. One of these days I'll get one of those.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:39 PM (h7ZuX)

72 >>What is with Gen Xers acting like they were all free range feral children?

Because we've lived to see the dramatic shift the helicopter parenting, either while raising our kids (if we started late) or with grandchildren.

When I first had my son, I had a colleague whose kid was 2 yrs older, and she would read every Parent magazine horror story, watch every panicky news story and become certain that this would happen any minute ("Did you know they can drown in 1" of water?!" and "Did you know there's a website that shows you where convicted child predators live?!"). It was so sad!
I can tell you that 70's moms did not have this info pushed on them, and they did not waste time thinking we were in the brink of accidental death at all times. They were chill, 'rub some dirt in that' and 'get back on and try again.'

Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 04:44 PM (X8xt3)

73
I make a mac and cheese that has cream of whatever soup you want.

I use. cream of brocolli soup and the grandchildren love it.

Gets a bit of vegs in them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 04:45 PM (/QHx4)

74 Just made some chicken stock in the instapot and am roasting some mixed veggies in the oven. I’ll make some Jasmin rice with turmeric and thaw out some Costco rotisserie chicken for meals this week. I also have some corn tortillas and some various salsas on hand. Should Be enough variation. Oh. And I’ll take a couple pieces of fish out of the freeezer mid week.

It’s a challenge cooking for one and not wasting food.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:46 PM (yEz+x)

75 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 04:32 PM (vnlVL)

Thanks for that suggestion. I keep instant ramen in the house because Little makes it for himself a few times a week. Gonna suggest he add a couple pork dumplings in there for a more substantial snack..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nbLIj)

76 Hamburger buns should not be raw; they should be toasted and buttered. Have you been hanging out with Chuckie Schumer?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 04:47 PM (R+iUD)

77 Mom used to make an oven baked Mac & Cheese with “Polish” sausages. Not authentic to any particular cuisine, (American trailer-trash?) but it sure tasted good when a little kid. I made it a couple times years later and it brought me right back.

Liquid Smoke (Hickory) is useful stuff to keep on hand actually, although I almost never remember to buy it. Once every decade or two

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 04:47 PM (IhfQt)

78 Palisades peaches started arriving in Colorado stores and farmers markets a few weeks ago (earlier than usual) and they are the best! Chopped w/a little vanilla ice cream is sublime.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 04:48 PM (X8xt3)

79 Lizzy,
Try throwing peach halves on the grill!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:49 PM (yEz+x)

80 It’s a challenge cooking for one and not wasting food.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:46 PM (yEz+x)

I remember when we were 2 early in marriage - it was when more expensive things and cuts got bought b/c they were the right size.

Like we always had raspberries every week, b/c one pack was one meal. Same for fresh salmon and nice steak - it's sold at the perfect size for 2.

I never did whole proteins (like a whole bird or roast). Or whole melons (which now can be killed in my house in one day when I have the crew of 7, even without more guests)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:49 PM (tOcjL)

81 “Of course this brings up the existential question: Ginger or MaryAnne should barbecue be sauced to begin with?”

Not if you have the right rub recipe.

I’m doing some beef short ribs now. Put them on at 4 yesterday afternoon. Still not done. In fairness, it’s a serious Fred Flintstone sized rack. Waiting for 205* internal temp. 195* now. Soon…
And no barbecue sauce while they are cooking. Only a little dip as you eat them.

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 12, 2026 04:50 PM (Mxkwh)

82 Hamburger buns should not be raw; they should be toasted and buttered. Have you been hanging out with Chuckie Schumer?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 04:47 PM (R+iUD)

Bite your tongue!

I am moving toward minimalist when it comes to buns (Not the Brie Larson kind). I want nothing to interfere with my enjoyment of the beef and the toppings.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:50 PM (l4RKn)

83 75 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 04:32 PM (vnlVL)

Thanks for that suggestion. I keep instant ramen in the house because Little makes it for himself a few times a week. Gonna suggest he add a couple pork dumplings in there for a more substantial snack..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 04:47 PM (nbLIj)

With current prices, add a microwave scrambled egg, instead. Spray a cup, crack the egg, mix, and microwave between 30-60 seconds (stop at 30 to stir, and then every 15), depending on doneness. Done.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:51 PM (tOcjL)

84 >>Place became very touristy because the food was really good but their baked beans were awesome.

Heh, yes. Loved to take out of state colleagues there to experience the feisty waitresses.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 04:51 PM (X8xt3)

85 I can tell you that 70's moms did not have this info pushed on them, and they did not waste time thinking we were in the brink of accidental death at all times.
——-

Me: Laying on bed, thinking Summer Vacation is here! This is awesome!
Mom: “Don’t you want to go outside and play?”
Me: Hm, not necessarily… i mean, maybe.
Mom: “I’ve got a list of chores I need you to get done, after you clean your room .. “

Me: Bye!! See you this Fall, k?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 04:51 PM (IhfQt)

86 I'd have said to add salt and pepper to the egg as well, but instant ramen doesn't need more salt

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 04:51 PM (tOcjL)

87 “I don't have a smoker. One of these days I'll get one of those.“

I can recommend an awesome one…

Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 12, 2026 04:52 PM (Mxkwh)

88 I’m doing some beef short ribs now. Put them on at 4 yesterday afternoon. Still not done. In fairness, it’s a serious Fred Flintstone sized rack. Waiting for 205* internal temp. 195* now.

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 12, 2026 04:50 PM (Mxkwh)

That is a long cook! I go 48 hours Sous Vide, but conventionally? Never got close to that. Keep us posted!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:52 PM (l4RKn)

89 >>Try throwing peach halves on the grill!

Will do!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 04:53 PM (X8xt3)

90 Try throwing peach halves on the grill!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:49 PM (yEz+x)

Even I like that!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 04:53 PM (h7ZuX)

91 >>Me: Laying on bed, thinking Summer Vacation is here! This is awesome!
Mom: “Don’t you want to go outside and play?”
Me: Hm, not necessarily… i mean, maybe.
Mom: “I’ve got a list of chores I need you to get done, after you clean your room .. “

Me: Bye!! See you this Fall, k?
- - - -
Heh, yes!
One summer my mom was on this kick where she would say "Inertia breeds inertia!!" if she caught you sitting inside. You did not want to get the lecture, so you got out early.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 04:55 PM (X8xt3)

92 One summer my mom was on this kick where she would say "Inertia breeds inertia!!"

“A body at rest tends to remain at rest” is part of Science! foundations.

(I’ve always tried to do my part in furtherance of Human knowledge and understanding)

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 04:59 PM (IhfQt)

93 Bite your tongue!

I am moving toward minimalist when it comes to buns (Not the Brie Larson kind). I want nothing to interfere with my enjoyment of the beef and the toppings.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 04:50 PM (l4RKn)

True, but you have to have one that doesn't fall apart.. Nothing worse than those cheapy buns that don't hold together

Posted by: It's me donna at July 12, 2026 05:00 PM (FtULh)

94 Post surgery diet is low fiber and bland so a lot of chicken and rice for me. However, in a few weeks I’ll be able to have foods that Crohn’s denied me for so long. So I have that going for me. Which is nice.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 12, 2026 05:01 PM (u73oe)

95 Try throwing peach halves on the grill!

Will do!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 04:53 PM (X8xt3)

In my fridge, as I write, are two peeled and diced Georgia peaches immersed in red wine. You want to soak em for a few hours at least..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 05:02 PM (nbLIj)

96 Lately we've been using the Thomases bagel thins as hamburger buns. Sturdy enough to hold things together but a lot less bready.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 05:03 PM (X8xt3)

97 Doing some jerk turkey meatballs and cilantro lime rice tonight. The meatballs have jerk seasoning and ricotta cheese in them and the rice will have some smoked black beans. A little orange ginger sauce to top the meatballs with. And some cold beer.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 12, 2026 05:05 PM (3Ope8)

98 91 >>Me: Laying on bed, thinking Summer Vacation is here! This is awesome!
Mom: “Don’t you want to go outside and play?”
Me: Hm, not necessarily… i mean, maybe.
Mom: “I’ve got a list of chores I need you to get done, after you clean your room .. “

Me: Bye!! See you this Fall, k?
- - - -

Me too. No layabouts allowed. If I didn't find something to do, my mom would find something for me to do. And me watching tv didn't count.

Posted by: LASue at July 12, 2026 05:07 PM (lCppi)

99 Everything from Humble House is good. Everything!

I am particularly fond of mixing their Guajillo and Red Jalapeno sauce with a little honey. That mix is good on pretty much everything: Chicken, Fish, rusty old Buicks...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 12, 2026 05:09 PM (9nwRs)

100 The curved edges on the Mac and cheese pan is a good idea. More edge area for more crispy edges.

Posted by: LASue at July 12, 2026 05:10 PM (lCppi)

101 Me too. No layabouts allowed. If I didn't find something to do, my mom would find something for me to do. And me watching tv didn't count.
Posted by: LASue

I don't know how many times I heard that phrase;"If you don't have anything to do I'll find you something to do". LOL

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 05:10 PM (lJ0H4)

102 My problem with adding bacon to homemade baked beans is this: while it is true that bacon makes almost everything better, it is just as true that almost nothing makes bacon better.

So I keep it as a separate item. This ensures that it is always just the right crispiness, as a sprinkler, as a topping, or as a mix-in.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 05:10 PM (kYmoU)

103 I leave my hamburger patties in the fridge until ready to cook. Then they get put on a hot griddle placed over my gas grill, on one side. Seared both sides, quickly. Then moved to the grates, away from the flames for however long it appears to take... maybe a few minutes a side. Maybe a few minutes total. Depends on a lot of things.

How many Martinis I've had is certainly one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 05:12 PM (jehhT)

104 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 05:10 PM (kYmoU)

I crisp the bacon then remove it until the beans are ready to serve. Then I stir it in and it retains some of the crispiness.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 05:13 PM (l4RKn)

105 I hear in the Carolinas they use mustard for BBQ and they put vinegar in their slaw. This frightens me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 05:14 PM (RIvkX)

106 My mom used to say

“Only boring people are bored.”

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 05:15 PM (yEz+x)

107 79 Lizzy,
Try throwing peach halves on the grill!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:49 PM (yEz+x)
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I've never heard of that. Might have to give it a go. I grow Red Haven and White Haven peaches as a hobby. My new grilling experience has been with large Portabello mushrooms. I'll marinade them overnight in a basalmic ving, and squeezed fresh orange....then grill them the next day and finish off with some smoked Gouda on top. I'm reluctant to say I have some Vegan friends and this is as far as I'll go to accomodate them at a bar-b-que. But the Portabello grilled is rather tasty.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)

108 Chicken & Rice, everytime I make it, I usually decide I could eat that everyday. Brown rice, flavorful and fluffy, infused with chickeny flavah.

Say what you will about Saddam, he chose that for his last meal, before he was hanged.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 05:15 PM (IhfQt)

109 1 can baked beans
1 can yellow kernel corn (drained)
1 handful cooked bacon crumbles

Mix in a large bowl
Cover and heat in microwave oven.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 05:16 PM (4mmkh)

110 Durgin Park. The restaurant was originally ~~founded in the 1800s~~ established before you were born

Fixed for historical accuracy.

IYKYK

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 05:18 PM (Wnv9h)

111 Mrs. F. does not make mac n cheese properly. Thinks it should be crispy and dry. Not creamy and smooth. If I want it the right way I have to make it myself.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 05:18 PM (RIvkX)

112 Lately we've been using the Thomases bagel thins as hamburger buns. Sturdy enough to hold things together but a lot less bready.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 12, 2026 05:03 PM (X8xt3

Sounds great. I’m going to try that in about two hours with a smash burger.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 12, 2026 05:18 PM (bXtdx)

113 “ …crisp the bacon then remove it until the beans are ready to serve. Then I stir it in and it retains some of the crispiness”

This is the way, or one could split the difference, too. I find carmelized onion improves just about any dish, but I like the oniony crunchiness of onions, too. So I often take a large onion and carmelize half, and reserve the other half for just at the end, chopped fine, for the best of both worlds.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 05:19 PM (IhfQt)

114
There is a smashburger food truck in our small town about once a month.

We love them and want to cook them at home.

Does anyone grill them? We have read recipes that say grill them or cook them in the oven.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:23 PM (/QHx4)

115 Does anyone grill them? We have read recipes that say grill them or cook them in the oven.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:23 PM (/QHx4)

Griddling is generally considered to be the way. Blackstone grill or a cast iron skillet

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 12, 2026 05:26 PM (bXtdx)

116 Does anyone grill them? We have read recipes that say grill them or cook them in the oven.

Posted by: four seasons

You need to be able to squish them. I don't know how to smash on a grill, unless you get a plate of steel to lay over the grills.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 12, 2026 05:26 PM (NnhvP)

117
Thanks. We thought they would fall apart on the grill.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:28 PM (/QHx4)

118 To make a smashburger one must have a griddle on which to smash the burger.

A grill will just let the burger get smashed down into the fire. Do not smash burgers on your grill. Messy!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 05:28 PM (RIvkX)

119 Around 40 years ago, I took some friends from my small (around 500) hometown in Pennsylvania to Durgin Park for dinner. Asked the waitress if we could see the kitchen. She allowed it and I was shocked. There was about 4" of sawdust on the floor! To top it off, when my friends meal arrived, the order slip was located under the mashed potatoes. Needless to say, they were not impressed.

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 12, 2026 05:31 PM (/enuJ)

120 67 A little tip I learned from Chef Andrew Gruel I tried last night. He recommends freezing hamburger patties before putting them on the grill. This allows the outside of the burger to get a good char while the inside stays juicy and cooks slowly thanks to the frozen meet and doesn't get overcooked and dry.
Tried it last night and it worked great. Just don't make your burgers too thin.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 04:34 PM

JackStraw, that works well with steak, too! I have two frozen steak tips, one ear of corn in aluminum foil, and asparagus on the grill right now.

Posted by: RI Red at July 12, 2026 05:31 PM (30Gj0)

121 You could always grow some nice tomatoes right beside your patch of garlic plants!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 12, 2026 05:31 PM (HlyYF)

122 I can’t get into mac n cheese. Maybe it’s because I have horrific flashbacks to eating the dogshit ready-mixed dust crap — and not even the brand-name stuff — by the ton when I was a poor college student.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 12, 2026 05:35 PM (bAJQW)

123 I don't know how many times I heard that phrase;"If you don't have anything to do I'll find you something to do". LOL
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 05:10 PM (lJ0H4)
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LOL

That's why I was usually gone as soon as daylight came.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 05:35 PM (7h63r)

124 ot: Lindsay Graham up-stages entire Senate for last time.

Posted by: DaveA at July 12, 2026 05:36 PM (FhXTo)

125 Lizzy, our kids were born '76 & '80. When we finally moved into our first house, we were very close to a big bayou. One day the boys told me they were bored. I told them to go play in the bayou. They looked at me horrified and never told me they were bored again! I was NOT a helicopter Mom.

Posted by: DanMa'am at July 12, 2026 05:38 PM (8uzBS)

126 >>JackStraw, that works well with steak, too! I have two frozen steak tips, one ear of corn in aluminum foil, and asparagus on the grill right now.

Sounds about perfect. One of the best parts of grilling season is veggies like corn on the cob and asparagus on the grill.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)

127 Dildo .. ain't this great !!! This Mac and Cheese.

No. Its not. Even Smoked.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 05:38 PM (+t3Ro)

128
Our outdoor therometer is at 105 degrees which is strange here in SW Wyoming.
Went to the grocery this morning and bought fixings for lots of cold salads.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:39 PM (/QHx4)

129 For a really good burger, try to throw on a slap of prosciutto on top instead of salt. The prosciutto is usually salty enough. I usually only add some thin-sliced onion, a nice fresh bun, and call it a day. These burgers with 500 ingredients aren’t my jive.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 12, 2026 05:39 PM (bAJQW)

130 122 I can’t get into mac n cheese. Maybe it’s because I have horrific flashbacks to eating the dogshit ready-mixed dust crap — and not even the brand-name stuff — by the ton when I was a poor college student.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 12, 2026 05:35 PM

I have just the opposite reaction.

I can happily scarf down half a bowl of Aldi Mac & Cheese or ramen, and still fondly remember my starving student days.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 12, 2026 05:40 PM (HlyYF)

131 Smash burgers on a hot griddle. This is the way.

Either use a cast iron pan on the grill, or a cast iron, flat griddle (like for camping) that you can lay down on the grates so it gets hot.

I have a flat one. Big enough for about 5 "full size" burger patties. It get freaking hot. Cooks smash burgers in about 2 minutes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 05:41 PM (jehhT)

132 PEACHES ON THE GRILL ... Fresh peaches, plums, and nectarines can be taken up a notch when cut in half and marinated overnight in some Grand Marnier mixed with a little of your favorite sweet spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, etc.) ... Drain fruit from marinade, pat dry, and set aside ... Make a slightly thickened sauce from the reserved marinade by simmering and, if desired, adding a little brown sugar ... Grill fruits gently (just until warmed throughout), plate skin side down, top with vanilla ice cream, and drizzle with the thickened sauce ... YUM!

Posted by: Kathy at July 12, 2026 05:41 PM (MOK4W)

133 A friend gifted me some kale, swiss chard and basil. I made Lemony Tuscan White Bean and Kale Soup (will gift back, it's good). Then I decided it needed bread but too late for true sourdough so I found a sourdough starter bread recipe (the dough is a complete wet mess). It's in the oven now so jury is out. Pistachio Pesto in a bit, my feet hurt.

Posted by: ChE99 at July 12, 2026 05:41 PM (KgC04)

134 When I had octopus sushi it was like chewing rubber. I can’t imagine an octopus tentacle is that great either.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 05:41 PM (4g5V+)

135 One of my "Favorite Memories" are the two fat fucks that constantly pulled knives on the way home from the bus stop.

And my fat cousin that ran, as soon as he saw the knives.

And my stupid drunk fucking Dad and his drunk Cousin ... because "Of Course We'll Have a Talk" bullshit from back in the ... yes ... Boomer Era.

And having to fight those kids every damn day after that.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 05:42 PM (+t3Ro)

136
Mac and cheese should be creamy.

It's not something people eat on a regular basis so it should not be dry.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:44 PM (/QHx4)

137 >>I can happily scarf down half a bowl of Aldi Mac & Cheese or ramen, and still fondly remember my starving student days.

Senior year in college I rented a big old (crappy) house with other guys. One guy lived almost entirely on Kraft Mac 'n Cheese and popcorn.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 05:44 PM (viF8m)

138 122 I can’t get into mac n cheese. Maybe it’s because I have horrific flashbacks to eating the dogshit ready-mixed dust crap — and not even the brand-name stuff — by the ton when I was a poor college student.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 12, 2026 05:35 PM (bAJQW)

Gotta go homemade.

Back in the day, my mother would go homemade for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even better, she would, when these were available, use Texas shaped pasta - noodles in the outline of Texas - in the Mac and cheese. That right there is the way to go.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 05:49 PM (4g5V+)

139 It's not something people eat on a regular basis so it should not be dry.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:44 PM (/QHx4)
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This^

How you doin', girl?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 05:49 PM (7h63r)

140 ? I made the food thread? Will wonders never cease.

And, I'm laughing at the "I can't stomach Mac N Cheese because...." remarks.

Remember, you've not had real Mac N Cheese until you try it the way I make it. Trust me! hahahahaha....I crack myself up.

If'n one doesn't like Mac N Cheese that's just the way it is. It's like trying to sell a Chevy to a Ford guy. Won't happen.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 12, 2026 05:50 PM (UJMvS)

141
SMH,

We are well.

We have been reading about the flooding. We have been concerned about ya'll.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:51 PM (/QHx4)

142
It’s a challenge cooking for one and not wasting food.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:46 PM (yEz+x)

Gotta learn to love leftovers.

I’d make days worth of food (say, stew or chili) in a crock pot and eat down the contents over a week or so.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 05:53 PM (4g5V+)

143 What is this term, 'smash burger'? Haven't people been doing this for decades? Just a trendy way to charge you more for a simple skillet hamburger.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 05:54 PM (sYM3s)

144 I like Mac and cheese, haven't had it in awhile. Should make some

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)

145 Regarding fried green tomatoes:

I've never sprinkled them with salt.

Our rule was while you were preparing the breading (Italian bread crumbs are fine and I never dip and rebread):

Put the cut green tomatoes in a bowl of ice water with plently of ice. Bread. Fry in a bit of olive oil (not deep fryer). Serve.

I've eaten them plain as a redneck from the heart of Dixie, with a bit of salt and pepper. Altho Come Back Sauce sounds good.

Blows kisses. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 12, 2026 05:56 PM (hzuYO)

146
It is only two of us now.

When we cook something we cook enough for four meals and freeze most of it.

If you have a freezer it is great. We figure if we are chopping up stuff might as well do a lot.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:57 PM (/QHx4)

147 >>Gotta learn to love leftovers.

>>I’d make days worth of food (say, stew or chili) in a crock pot and eat down the contents over a week or so.

Pressure sealer works great. Break down leftovers into single serving sizes and toss them in the freezer.

I get bored eating the same thing night after night and this way I can pick and choose.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

148 We were lucky, only some fencing bent over when the flash flood hit. Our house is at high enough elevation.
Thank God.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 05:57 PM (7h63r)

149 143 What is this term, 'smash burger'? Haven't people been doing this for decades? Just a trendy way to charge you more for a simple skillet hamburger.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 05:54 PM (sYM3s)
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They are some of the earliest commercial burgers, going back to the 1800s. The reasons had nothing to do with flavor or trendiness, but everything to do with utility: the smash burger was very quick and easy to make, and the burned/charred flavor covered up what by modern standards would be rotten meat.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 12, 2026 05:58 PM (bAJQW)

150 It is only two of us now.
When we cook something we cook enough for four meals and freeze most of it.

If you have a freezer it is great. We figure if we are chopping up stuff might as well do a lot.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 05:57 PM (/QHx4)
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That's what we do.

Unless the grandkids and their parents come over for supper, then it's more of course.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 05:59 PM (7h63r)

151 I'm doing a filet mignon for my wife and I on the smoker. If I do it right, it'll be pretty juicy with a bit of bark. She likes hers a bit more well, so placement in the smoker is key.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 06:01 PM (jehhT)

152
I saw a video of campers, sorry i can't remember which state.

The NG flew them out from their camp. I cried remembering the flood last year of a camp in Texas.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 06:03 PM (/QHx4)

153 I cook for one person (myself) most of the time. I buy smaller cuts or portions. I usually eat 10-12 oz of meat a night, so cuts that size aren't hard to find.

I can’t get into leftovers unless it’s BBQ or sausage.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 12, 2026 06:04 PM (bAJQW)

154 >>>the smash burger was very quick and easy to make, and the burned/charred flavor covered up what by modern standards would be rotten meat.

Posted by: Elric the Blade

>My grandmother would make smash burgers in a cast iron skillet with a steel spatula and a cigarette hanging out of her mouth. The meat was fresh, not rancid. And they were never overcooked or undercooked or dry.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 06:05 PM (sYM3s)

155 111 Mrs. F. does not make mac n cheese properly. Thinks it should be crispy and dry. Not creamy and smooth. If I want it the right way I have to make it myself.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 05:18 PM (RIvkX)

I don’t need to be told how good my coffee is, OK? I’m the one who buys it, I know how good it is. I buy the gourmet expensive coffee because when I drink it, I want to taste it. When Bonnie buys it, she buys SHIT.

Posted by: Jimmy at July 12, 2026 06:09 PM (4g5V+)

156
Husband wants caramelized onions with his smashburgers. The food truck does that and puts them in between the patties.

How do you do that?

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)

157 I saw a video of campers, sorry i can't remember which state.

The NG flew them out from their camp. I cried remembering the flood last year of a camp in Texas.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 06:03 PM (/QHx4)
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That was here in Missouri just south of our AO.

We got about 7 inches of rain in about 6 hours.

Areas south of there got 10"+

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 06:10 PM (7h63r)

158 Posted by: Jimmy at July 12, 2026 06:09 PM (4g5V+)
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This guy gets it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 06:11 PM (RIvkX)

159 It’s a challenge cooking for one and not wasting food.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 04:46 PM (yEz+x)

Gotta learn to love leftovers.

I’d make days worth of food (say, stew or chili) in a crock pot and eat down the contents over a week or so.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 05:53 PM

I tend to do the same thing. Usually I'll make a starch and veg or two for the week, and sous vide and freeze meats. Makes for a quick dinner, portioned out well.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 12, 2026 06:11 PM (Wnv9h)

160 How do you do that?
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)
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The other way is to smash the onions into the burger.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 06:12 PM (RIvkX)

161 Posted by: Jimmy at July 12, 2026 06:09 PM (4g5V+)
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This guy gets it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 06:11 PM

*raises mug*

Mmm.

Posted by: Winston Wolfe at July 12, 2026 06:12 PM (Wnv9h)

162 I’d make days worth of food (say, stew or chili) in a crock pot and eat down the contents over a week or so.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 05:53 PM
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I do that.

Also when I make gyoza, lumpia, etc, I make enough to freeze.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 06:13 PM (7h63r)

163 Whenever I see the phrase "Smash Burger" I keep thinking it's an exhortation, not a menu item. I imagine getting one and then pounding it with my fist while yelling "SMASH BURGER" in my best Incredible Hulk voice.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2026 06:13 PM (78a2H)

164 Mac and cheese is food you might eat when there is nothing better to eat, like a nice loaded baked potato.

Posted by: fd at July 12, 2026 06:16 PM (MWfyi)

165 The lettuces have been coming up in our garden and I want to make sure we get them before they bolt. So I've had one lettuce per day, which lets me experiment with dressings. Vinaigrette, oil and lemon, cream with lemon, creamy yogurt dressing with herbs . . .

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2026 06:17 PM (78a2H)

166 Mitch McConnell is not dead yet
tinyurl.com/3fkndxe6
The bad news is that he is also not retiring. He'll be back in the Senate to sign his donor's bills and to wipe his butt with anything helpful.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 06:19 PM (gKWVE)

167 I honestly think the "smash burger" is just a way to sell a cheap, thin hamburger for $$$.

My kids have fallen for it.

"Smashed" because it's "gourmet."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 06:19 PM (jehhT)

168 I would imagine the secret to a smash burger is that you throw the raw meat into a pan and smash it down before it begins to cook too much because otherwise, if your smashing it later, you squeeze out of of the natural juices and flavor. Still, that don't prevent it from falling apart.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 06:19 PM (sYM3s)

169 I honestly think the "smash burger" is just a way to sell a cheap, thin hamburger for $$$.
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Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 06:24 PM (7h63r)

170 I make pasta, have a serving, then put what remains in a lasagna pan. Well-chilled, I can cut it into serving sizes. Those go into sandwich bags, then into a gallon freezer bag labeled with the recipe. So I can pick and choose.

Tonight I'm having Chicken What.

It's a Pierre Franey recipe from his Pavillon chef days. Never on the menu, but when someone came in and said, "Pierre, I'm having a bad day, make me something to cheer me up," this is what he would serve. It has a long French name, but when the kids said What's for dinner and I would tell them, they would say What? so it became Chicken What.

Posted by: Wenda at July 12, 2026 06:28 PM (esZfd)

171 It has a long French name, but when the kids said What's for dinner and I would tell them, they would say What? so it became Chicken What.

Posted by: Wenda at July 12, 2026 06:28 PM (esZfd)

No...no...no...no...no!

You can't tease us like that!

Give us the recipe!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 06:31 PM (l4RKn)

172 "A History of South Carolina BarBQue" by Lake E High Jr., who is/was president of the SC BBQ association that judges the BBQ contest around the state, is a great read. The eastern NC BBQ is also in the Pee Dee region in SC, (Florence, Myrtle Beach, etc.).

Posted by: MacRadDoc at July 12, 2026 06:38 PM (zqeQL)

173 We're at el-beacho. BBQ w baked beans and FRIED OKRA for dinner. Triple yum!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 06:40 PM (PHWCo)

174 Oh good news
Mitch is right as rain after recovering from a fall

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

175 My food adventure this week was making creamed eggs on toast for the first time. It was tasty!

Posted by: Emmie at July 12, 2026 06:42 PM (OlzlW)

176 Weasel, is FSJ with you?

Posted by: Ronster at July 12, 2026 06:42 PM (8yXJr)

177 CBD,
I'll be happy to send the recipe. But it has a lot of steps. Can I send it in an email?

Posted by: Wenda at July 12, 2026 06:43 PM (esZfd)

178 Hey Weasel!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 06:45 PM (7h63r)

179 Posted by: Ronster at July 12, 2026 06:42 PM (8yXJr)
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Absolutely! Gertie too. Both have settled right into the couch at the rental house. Earlier Gertie got a sticker burr in her paw and wasn't happy as I picked it out but she seems to have forgiven me.

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 06:45 PM (PHWCo)

180 Howdy SMH!!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 06:46 PM (PHWCo)

181 Tomorrow is seafood steamer bucket nite!

Posted by: Weasel at July 12, 2026 06:47 PM (PHWCo)

182 Creamed eggs: melt about 1 tbs per egg in a pan, add an equal measurement of flour and stir to make a paste and only cook until the flour has lost its raw taste. Slowly whisk in milk until you like the thickness of the sauce. Add salt and a touch of nutmeg. Stir in chopped hard boiled eggs. Spoon the mixture over toast.

Posted by: Emmie at July 12, 2026 06:47 PM (OlzlW)

183 Mitch McConnell is not dead yet
tinyurl.com/3fkndxe6
The bad news is that he is also not retiring. He'll be back in the Senate to sign his donor's bills and to wipe his butt with anything helpful.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 06:19 PM (gKWVE)

That Twitter post is more faked than an Iranian video of an American aircraft carrier going up in flames.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 06:47 PM (4mmkh)

184 "more faked" = "phonier"

I knew there was a better word, I just couldn't think of it a the moment.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 06:49 PM (4mmkh)

185 PSA:
@Osint613 - 16m

US missiles heading from Kuwait to Iran minutes ago

Contributed by @Conflict_Radar

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 06:52 PM (3oLMy)

186 “Remember that the greatest meal is the one you share with a loved one.”

A little cooking advice from Jacques Pépin at the end of Essential Pépin 23: Eggs-Quisite, which I just finished watching.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 06:52 PM (kYmoU)

187 US missiles heading from Kuwait to Iran minutes ago
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*smiles*

Unlike theirs, ours will hit the targets.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 06:53 PM (7h63r)

188 @CENTCOM - 1h

At 5 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Commander in Chief has directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 06:53 PM (3oLMy)

189 >>US missiles heading from Kuwait to Iran minutes ago

The attack has been going on for the last 2 hours.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)

190 That Twitter post is more faked than an Iranian video of an American aircraft carrier going up in flames.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Oh, I'm sure all the verbiage in there was written by a 24 year old intern with brilliant oral skills.
I'm just saying Mitch could still be able to fog mirrors. Terry Schiavo could sometimes sit up and look around. But she wasn't writing legislation

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

191 182 "melt one tbs butter per egg"

Posted by: Emmie at July 12, 2026 06:57 PM (OlzlW)

192 189 >>US missiles heading from Kuwait to Iran minutes ago

The attack has been going on for the last 2 hours.

Posted by: JackStraw
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Much to the confusion of everything the time stamp in the upper right corner illustrates the period that it has been posted at that site and not the time of the event.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 06:58 PM (3oLMy)

193 I found these turkey dogs, spiced to perfection w/ Mrs Dash and grilled with this hardwood smokey stuff

w/chili and cheese I have found hotdog nirvana

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 12, 2026 07:02 PM (jrgJz)

194 The secret is; everything is better with butter.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Michelin-Caliber Chef at July 12, 2026 07:04 PM (sYM3s)

195 Baked beans--cant's stand 'em! Does anyone make them without sugar? Is there such a thing as sugar-free baked beans anywhere? If not, then why not?

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2026 07:36 PM (DcE5z)

196 Putting sauce on BBQ before serving it usually means you screwed up something and you're trying to hide it.

Posted by: Stacy0311 at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (0XJ7E)

197 Dry(ish) Bell Pepper: Dice first, hold in paper towels.

When prepping ingredients, dice the pepper first, then wrap the chunks in a paper towel until ready to use. You'll be astonished at just how wet the towels become.

I get Korean omelette kicks pretty frequently. If I don't dry the red/yellow/orange peppers, the omelette ends up as egg glop.

Posted by: HL King at July 13, 2026 08:36 AM (zKMEf)

First World Problems...

Big Feather has conspired with Big Cushion to create the perfect cartel-like business stream. Big Feather sells Big Cushion feathers whose ends have been carefully machined to poke through conventional fabrics with ease. Then Big Cushion does not use fabrics that are resistant to those needle-like feathers.

It's brilliant! The cushions lose fill while simultaneously irritating the sh*t out of the consumer, who replaces the cushions in a vain attempt to avoid getting poked and prodded by Big Feather's products.

One day the people will rise up and end this cruelty.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 02:00 PM (BAWkL)

2 1st

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Or 2nd
Either way, my 1WP is a few years old washing machine absolutely sucks for spinning out its load. Might becsaving water but doesn't want to get rid of what was in it

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Take the couch to the back yard and burn it WV style.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 02:03 PM (BAWkL)

5 Replace with polyfill.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 02:03 PM (lJ0H4)

6 We don't use feather pillows. I think the last time I have used one was when I was a kid.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (ZBho7)

7 Big Penguin is anti Big Feather. We have an ally

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 02:05 PM (m2wmY)

8 Remember kapok filled pillows? So heavy and lumpy.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 12, 2026 02:06 PM (ZBho7)

9 PILLOW FIGHT!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 02:06 PM (RkR9o)

10 Chief Big Feather fought valiantly to right the wrongs against our people.

Do not disrespect Chief Big Feather, paleface.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 12, 2026 02:06 PM (Q+gd/)

11 3 Or 2nd
Either way, my 1WP is a few years old washing machine absolutely sucks for spinning out its load. Might becsaving water but doesn't want to get rid of what was in it
Posted by: Skip at July

We already replaced the washer we bought when we built the house 5 years ago. It was cheaper than the little plastic part that broke. Crazy town.

We also just replaced our dishwasher. I went ahead and bought exactly what I wanted to replace it.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:07 PM (hftzA)

12 One day the people will rise up and end this cruelty.

YEAH!

Posted by: naked birds everywhere at July 12, 2026 02:08 PM (R+iUD)

13 FWP.

Set up baby back ribs to go on smoker. Goes out to turn on smoker. Plug it in. 10 seconds later I hear a poof. Huge cloud of smoke. Smoker has Amber Heard'd the bed.

Oh well, doing them in the oven.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 02:08 PM (p11yt)

14 I remember thinking “I get a down pillow in boot camp? Cool!” Fucking torture.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 12, 2026 02:08 PM (u73oe)

15 We're tired of being cooped up.

Posted by: The feathers at July 12, 2026 02:08 PM (2Ez/1)

16 My FWP: I suddenly felt like having takeout Mongolian Beef for lunch and my wife was down with have Chinese so went to call and ... I forgot that our only Chinese restaurant is closed for the month of July as they go back to China every year in the Summer.

My mouth was all set for beef on a bed of pork fried rice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)

17 Poodle hair could stuff a pillow

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 12, 2026 02:10 PM (u/wrI)

18 My FWP is I'm inundated with flies this year, much worse than any other. I have a cat door in the slider, so they have 24 hour access, and they are taking advantage.
Do they still make those hanging fly strips of adhesive paper. We used to hang those on the beach cottage porch. Gross, but effective.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 12, 2026 02:10 PM (RE0lB)

19 Big Feather should be broken up. There's only one cartel worth supporting.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at July 12, 2026 02:10 PM (hVCM7)

20 Not a feather.... birds aren't real. Man.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 02:10 PM (jehhT)

21 The first time I saw one of those in the house I was like, Did a bird get in? And then I saw another feather and was like, Where are these freaking birds getting in damnit! And why don't I ever see one?

Took me awhile to put 2&2 together. Might be a little slow on the ole' uptake.

Posted by: banana Dream - I have had it with these mfing birds in this mfing house! at July 12, 2026 02:11 PM (3uBP9)

22 I turned some cheap store pillows into higher end pillows by sewing them into some light cotton ticking. The filling is all Holofill, and the main issue is the fabric for the envelope.
They are pretty nice and I don't have to deal with the crinkly "fabric" that they came with.
Eventually they will get as flat as a really flat thing you don't want to sleep on, and then I can undo the seam, wash the ticking well, and sew them onto other cheap-o pillows. Or feather pillows I guess.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

23 How may we be helping you with this problem?

Posted by: Big Dot at July 12, 2026 02:11 PM (brIJB)

24 Big Feather

... Indian?

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)

25 ALSE shop in the .mil used to maintain all the survival kit and life raft swag.

One thing they had, was a blaze orange 6 pound nylon ripstop goose-down sleeping bag that the factory compressed under tons of pressure and installed in a case about the size of a laptop. To be opened only in emergency, naturally. It was unreal. But through getting jostled and worn, eventually it would start to fray.

So I snagged one of the bags, because they were going to be discarded or whatever place they go to in the gaping DOD maw. They had to use only the finest goose down to make these, a single pin feather would probably turn it into a doily upon extraction. It’s a great sleeping bag for cold dry conditions.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 02:11 PM (rQ950)

26 We're tired of being cooped up.
Posted by: The feathers

Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 02:12 PM (lJ0H4)

27 Big Feather

... Indian?

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)
-

Sesame Street.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 02:13 PM (RkR9o)

28 I am allergic to feather pillows/cushions so this isn’t really a problem for me.

(burn the cushions, the couch, and then bulldoze the living room)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 02:13 PM (6ydKt)

29 That night, I thought we really had something.

Now, you don't call, you don't write, you don't even answer my texts.

And here you are, telling everybody that feather is just from a leaking pillow.

Posted by: The Chicken at July 12, 2026 02:13 PM (4mmkh)

30 My grandma had a bed made from feathers. As I recall, it was nine feet tall and six feet wide. Soft as a downy chick.
It was made from the feathers of forty-eleven geese, and took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick.

Posted by: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. at July 12, 2026 02:14 PM (2Ez/1)

31 No, I said, "Particularly nasty weather."

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 02:14 PM (Q+gd/)

32 Jerry “Wiggy” Wigetow recently passed away in Grand Junction Colo., he was a kind of ornery guy who made synthetic sleeping bags that are popular.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 02:14 PM (rQ950)

33 Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 02:12 PM (lJ0H4)
-

I will try to double down on the feather jokes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 02:14 PM (RkR9o)

34 29 That night, I thought we really had something.

Now, you don't call, you don't write, you don't even answer my texts.

And here you are, telling everybody that feather is just from a leaking pillow.
Posted by: The Chicken at July 12, 2026 02:13 PM (4mmkh)

; )

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 02:14 PM (6wpGE)

35 I will try to double down on the feather jokes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

I tried to come up with a carpentry pun that woodwork. I think I nailed it but nobody saw it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 02:17 PM (p11yt)

36 My FWP is I'm inundated with flies this year, much worse than any other. I have a cat door in the slider, so they have 24 hour access, and they are taking advantage.
Do they still make those hanging fly strips of adhesive paper. We used to hang those on the beach cottage porch. Gross, but effective.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 12, 2026 02:10 PM (RE0lB)

Funny, both here and in California, I'd find an alarming number flies in the house a few times a year. They would congregate on the screens, so I'd close the window, then pop the screen from outside to shoo them out. This worked better than my previous solution involving hair spray and a Bic lighter...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 02:17 PM (nbLIj)

37 26 We're tired of being cooped up.
Posted by: The feathers

Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 02:12 PM (lJ0H4)

Well, meanwhile, you could go ahead and write the next instalment, or se-quill.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 02:17 PM (6wpGE)

38 Either way, my 1WP is a few years old washing machine absolutely sucks for spinning out its load. Might becsaving water but doesn't want to get rid of what was in it
Posted by: Skip at July

My washer stopped working and I wound up taking it to the backyard to try to fix it. In the end I think it was a badly fitting door sensor, but I took the opportunity to clean the cabinet by washing it and sanding down and treating the rust spots so I could spray paint them white.
This machine I bought used, it is pre-digital, and honestly if it were a car it would have four different tires, since it was clearly rebuilt with non-OEM parts.
Washing machines are not complicated, they are the pretty much "tab A goes into tab B" and the trick is to identify what the part is that goes bad, and whether you can find something to replace it.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 02:17 PM (rbvCR)

39 I want to be a cotton-picking, finger-licking, chicken plucker, just like my old man.

Posted by: The Smothers Brothers at July 12, 2026 02:18 PM (4mmkh)

40 will try to double down on the feather jokes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 12, 2026 02:14 PM
+++++
Don't ruffle CBD's cushions.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 02:18 PM (2Ez/1)

41 My mouth was all set for beef on a bed of pork fried rice.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026

There is always Thai from the Pig!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:18 PM (hftzA)

42 Get a cat and start dealing with Big Hork. You'll stop bitching about everything else.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 12, 2026 02:19 PM (DZ9Lv)

43 My FWP this morning was discovering a broken outlet port on the pool pump/filter. Had to go to the wife and find out where she put the extra parts, then find the right one to replace. All while the mosquitos had me for lunch.

But, it's fixed. Pool is saved. Now it'll rain buckets.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 02:20 PM (jehhT)

44 The Fart Enigma realigns the electromagnetic characteristics of the feathers in the cushion much like forging and heat treating steel. You might consider annealing your cushion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 02:20 PM (cI/Fd)

45 *Funny, both here and in California, I'd find an alarming number flies in the house a few times a year. They would congregate on the screens, so I'd close the window, then pop the screen from outside to shoo them out.*
+++++
I considered making a movie about that.
Decided to go with birds instead.

Posted by: A. Hitchcock at July 12, 2026 02:21 PM (2Ez/1)

46 43 All while the mosquitos had me for lunch.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 02:20 PM (jehhT)

Hate that.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 02:21 PM (6wpGE)

47 There is always Thai from the Pig!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:18 PM

Ha! My wife just mentioned that.

For some reason I think of that the same way I view Gas Station Sushi.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 02:21 PM (4NO2D)

48 45 *Funny, both here and in California, I'd find an alarming number flies in the house a few times a year. They would congregate on the screens, so I'd close the window, then pop the screen from outside to shoo them out.*
+++++
I considered making a movie about that.
Decided to go with birds instead.
Posted by: A. Hitchcock at July 12, 2026 02:21 PM (2Ez/1)

"The Fly"

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM (6wpGE)

49 Since I bought husband a Bug-a-salt he actually enjoys the invasion of the occasional fly.

Son and a friend of his each got one and and enjoyed shooting the flies so much that they opened the door to let in MORE flies. At that point their wives had finally had enough.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM (TrISa)

50 flypaper strips are available at your local hardware store, often near the horse supply area.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM (4mmkh)

51 from some fabric site

"What Is Ticking Fabric?
The word ‘Ticking’ originates from the 1940’s where they would use ‘Tick’ a densely woven herringbone cloth to cover mattresses for utility use. This would ensure the feathers and straw would not poke through when in use. The stripe was then developed over time to the classic striped herringbone look of the ticking fabric we see today. Not only is the stripe attractive but it makes the fabric durable and highly practical."

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

52 There is always Thai from the Pig!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:18 PM
>>>>>>
And it's available at 3AM.

Posted by: New York City at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)

53 I'd pluck me. I'd pluck me hard.

Posted by: Buffalo Chicken at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM (4NO2D)

54 But Big Feather has to rely on Big Bird, right?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 12, 2026 02:24 PM (nDXEV)

55 I tried to come up with a carpentry pun that woodwork. I think I nailed it but nobody saw it.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 02:17 PM (p11yt)

It was a rather circular router at the start, but you managed to hammer it in at the end with a square result.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 02:25 PM (6ydKt)

56 My FWP is that it's 100F and I don't want to expose myself to the air fryer in the sky to do anything productive. Nope, I'm going to wait until it cools off about 30deg.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 02:25 PM (cI/Fd)

57 Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 02:12 PM
_____
Just wing it.

Posted by: Groan... at July 12, 2026 02:26 PM (2Ez/1)

58 > Since I bought husband a Bug-a-salt he actually enjoys the invasion of the occasional fly.
---------
Be brave. Go after wasps and hornets. Some take a couple hits.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 02:27 PM (jehhT)

59 57 Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 02:12 PM
_____
Just wing it.
Posted by: Groan... at July 12, 2026 02:26 PM (2Ez/1)

Would it quill you to just google some lame puns?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 12, 2026 02:27 PM (nDXEV)

60 Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 02:12 PM

you are clearly quilting under the stress.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 02:28 PM (rbvCR)

61 Solution: Get Down!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 02:28 PM (guGkK)

62
Anyone else getting sick? I'm in bed for the day.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 02:29 PM (mmrXZ)

63 52 There is always Thai from the Pig!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:18 PM
>>>>>>
And it's available at 3AM.
Posted by: New York City at July

Well not exactly. Our streets roll up around 8pm. Lights out at 9.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:29 PM (hftzA)

64 53 I'd pluck me. I'd pluck me hard.
Posted by: Buffalo Chicken at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM
******
No egrets.

Posted by: Girlfriend's tattoo at July 12, 2026 02:29 PM (2Ez/1)

65 It was a rather circular router at the start, but you managed to hammer it in at the end with a square result.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

That dovetails nicely.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 02:30 PM (BAWkL)

66 No egrets.
Posted by: Girlfriend's tattoo at July 12, 2026 02:29 PM (2Ez/1)

I've had a few.

Posted by: Rhino Sinatra at July 12, 2026 02:30 PM (guGkK)

67 54 But Big Feather has to rely on Big Bird, right?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 12, 2026 02:24 PM (nDXEV)

Big Feather formed a cartel with Big Penguin and the both agreed they’d only go after Ostritches.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

68 Router? I just met her!

Posted by: Oof! at July 12, 2026 02:31 PM (2Ez/1)

69 I'm board with these carpentry puns.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 12, 2026 02:32 PM (nDXEV)

70
Ha! My wife just mentioned that.

For some reason I think of that the same way I view Gas Station Sushi.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 02:21 PM (4NO2D)

It’s actually really good! The lady who runs it is from Thailand, but I get it, I was very skeptical, too. Her wonton soup is full of veggies.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:32 PM (hftzA)

71 I'm board with these carpentry puns.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Plane to see.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 02:32 PM (BAWkL)

72 Since I bought husband a Bug-a-salt he actually enjoys the invasion of the occasional fly.
---------
Be brave. Go after wasps and hornets. Some take a couple hits.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

AB = Aquanet & Bic

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 02:34 PM (p11yt)

73 Hi everyone! I just lumbered into this thread.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 12, 2026 02:34 PM (bDp6B)

74 There's a whole flock of us.

Posted by: Bird puns at July 12, 2026 02:36 PM (2Ez/1)

75 It’s actually really good! The lady who runs it is from Thailand, but I get it, I was very skeptical, too. Her wonton soup is full of veggies.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:32 PM

Last weekend I bought a couple of rib racks from Rouses. Very disappointing. They were nowhere near cooked. I had to put them into our oven for 2 hours at 250 to get them edible.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 02:37 PM (4NO2D)

76 I'm board with these carpentry puns.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Plane to see.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 02:32 PM (BAWkL)

Rafter is the best medicine...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 02:39 PM (nbLIj)

77 > Since I bought husband a Bug-a-salt he actually enjoys the invasion of the occasional fly.
---------
Be brave. Go after wasps and hornets. Some take a couple hits.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
----------
AB = Aquanet & Bic
Posted by: rickb223
=============
I have to admit a certain perverse pleasure from seeing them thrash around after a wing, or a couple legs have been shot off.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 02:39 PM (jehhT)

78 Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?
Posted by: Tuna

Well, meanwhile, you could go ahead and write the next instalment, or se-quill.
Posted by: m

What do you call a polyfill pillow that identifies as a feather pillow?

Tranquil.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 02:40 PM (VHUov)

79 Not only is the stripe attractive but it hides cum stains.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 02:40 PM (Kt19C)

80 76 I'm board with these carpentry puns.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Don't go against the grain.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 02:40 PM (2Ez/1)

81 Do they still make those hanging fly strips of adhesive paper. We used to hang those on the beach cottage porch. Gross, but effective.
Posted by: From about That Time

Yeah, they do, but if you have any kind of wind, they'll just tangle up and be useless.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 02:41 PM (diia5)

82 This is an example of the kind of the cynical, half-empty thinking that, sadly, infects far too many of our fellow Morons.

Instead of complaining about regular, clean feathers occasionally protruding, rejoice that they aren't penguin feathers, which in addition to irritating you tactilely, would overwhelm you with their olfactory mephitic inescapablity!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 02:41 PM (Kek1Y)

83 What do you call a polyfill pillow that identifies as a feather pillow?
Assjack.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 02:41 PM (Kt19C)

84 Speaking of Thailand, a dog found a hand grenade and brought it home for a chew toy.

https://tinyurl.com/4yweyuht

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 02:41 PM (6ydKt)

85 Years ago I had several bald eagle quills that I used for ink pens. I was always careful to never stick them in my ass.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 02:41 PM (cI/Fd)

86 My grandparents had feather cushions and pillows. I would amuse myself as a child removing feathers from them if one was poking through.

Posted by: It was either that or play with broken glass at July 12, 2026 02:41 PM (TbWk/)

87 Come see the olfactory mephitic inescapablity in the system!

Posted by: Monty Python at July 12, 2026 02:43 PM (2Ez/1)

88 Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?
Posted by: Tuna

If it's nearby and relieves cold symptoms it's a Nigh-quill

Posted by: There's always Peter Quill at July 12, 2026 02:44 PM (TbWk/)

89 Ok, come SMELL...

Posted by: Do over at July 12, 2026 02:44 PM (2Ez/1)

90 Haven't seen a real feather pillow since I was a kid

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 02:44 PM (Ia/+0)

91 Speaking of Thailand, a dog found a hand grenade and brought it home for a chew toy.

https://tinyurl.com/4yweyuht
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Grenades are why military dogs are never taught to play "fetch."

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 02:46 PM (VHUov)

92 Central Texas is in the middle of its summer heat wave.

Thank goodness it's not snowing. Can you imagine shoveling in this heat?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 02:47 PM (HcFWD)

93 Thank goodness it's not snowing. Can you imagine shoveling in this heat?

LOL

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 02:48 PM (Kt19C)

94 Trying to think of a pun using the word quill but failing. Anyone?
Posted by: Tuna

If it's nearby and relieves cold symptoms it's a Nigh-quill
Posted by: There's always Peter Quill

Here lies Bill McGill
Stuck in the neck with a quill
Not ill, just no Bill.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 02:48 PM (diia5)

95 75 It’s actually really good! The lady who runs it is from Thailand, but I get it, I was very skeptical, too. Her wonton soup is full of veggies.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:32 PM

Last weekend I bought a couple of rib racks from Rouses. Very disappointing. They were nowhere near cooked. I had to put them into our oven for 2 hours at 250 to get them edible.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 02

Never had them, so good to know. Their filets and ribeyes in the case are very good, though.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 02:49 PM (hftzA)

96 I pine for the days of punless comments.

Posted by: goatexchange at July 12, 2026 02:49 PM (hyS0X)

97 Last weekend I bought a couple of rib racks from Rouses. Very disappointing. They were nowhere near cooked. I had to put them into our oven for 2 hours at 250 to get them edible.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Wait, were they raw to begin with?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 02:50 PM (diia5)

98 Raw rib racks from Rouses?
Rut roh.

Posted by: Scooby at July 12, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)

99 Do they still make those hanging fly strips of adhesive paper. We used to hang those on the beach cottage porch. Gross, but effective.
Posted by: From about That Time

My favorite Terry Pratchett short story was about how they bought fly strips for the flies, and hung one from the curtain rod in the window, which tempted the cat to attack it, which after much rolling and panicking turned into a cat completely immobilized by a fly strip. They had to soak the cat in the sink to get it unstuck.

Don't hang the fly strips anywhere you might run into one by accident with your head

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

100 I pine for the days of punless comments.
Posted by: goatexchange at July 12, 2026 02:49 PM (hyS0X)

It'll never happen. Puns are just too poplar.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 02:54 PM (guGkK)

101 I pine for the days of punless comments.
Knock on wood.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 02:55 PM (Kt19C)

102 Trump talks to Meet the Press, and says he has somebody in mind to replace Lindsey, but doesn’t want to say any names right now.

He also praises McMaster as governor while taking some shots on Nikki Haley:

“…moved her over to the United Nations, 95% percent of my doing that, because the Untied Nations job was not exactly tough, it can be important, she did OK at it… but I did it because Henry McMaster was the Lt. Governor and by moving her I got myself a really great (governor) Henry McMaster is a really good governor, really good guy. So he’ll do the right thing.”

https://youtu.be/ops_bftWdKw

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 02:57 PM (6ydKt)

103 >>>Do they still make those hanging fly strips of adhesive paper. We used to hang those on the beach cottage porch. Gross, but effective.
Posted by: From about That Time

>I worked with a guy from Jersey who used to hang those things. I didn't think they made them anymore. I bought him a tennis racket bug zapper and now he runs around like a maniac.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 02:58 PM (cI/Fd)

104 Wait. Trump gets to choose senators now?
I thought that was Rubio's job.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 02:59 PM (2Ez/1)

105 I graduated from fly strips to those fancy hanging traps with a cage around the sticky stuff. The have some sort of "digital camo" design on it. Supposed to attract wasps, flies, etc. Checked it in the garage the other day and it's got quite a collection of bugs stuck to it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 03:00 PM (jehhT)

106 104 Wait. Trump gets to choose senators now?
I thought that was Rubio's job.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 02:59 PM (2Ez/1)

I’m getting the strong impression Trump has some thoughts he’d like to share with McMaster very soon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 03:01 PM (6ydKt)

107 Best napping couch I ever had was a very old feather cushion couch with silk brocade upholstery that was cool to the touch in the worst hottest weather. We inherited it from someone's dead grandma. The rule was whoever got there first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 03:02 PM (RIvkX)

108 Captured flies can be flash frozen in the freezer.

When you’re 10, it is fascinating to watch them thaw out, they look dead … and then start to twitch their legs a bit. Eventually they start a preflight with wings and the rest of it.

I vaguely recall some kid in school somehow tied a long piece of thread to a fly and kept it as a kind of pet or a kite. Teacher was not amused. I was amazed

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 03:02 PM (hP++O)

109 I use the plug-in blue lights with a sticky pad.
They work great to lure the flying bugs in at night.
Just make sure there are no other lights around to attract them and they’ll swarm to it at night.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

110 "I vaguely recall some kid in school somehow tied a long piece of thread to a fly and kept it as a kind of pet or a kite. Teacher was not amused. I was amazed
Posted by: Common Tater"

I've done that. You need a long hair from a girl. Make a little lasso to go around the fly's neck and tie the other end to a pencil. Then catch a fly.

Posted by: fd at July 12, 2026 03:06 PM (MWfyi)

111 Local FWP. A body was found at a wooded campground that may have been killed by a bear. Now there are bumper stickers, "Go outside. The worst that could happen is getting eaten by a bear."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 12, 2026 03:06 PM (ndZc7)

112 I have noticed this in my own household - but I never suspected the degree of collusion behind the event. I have been edjumacated now.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 12, 2026 03:06 PM (ayRl+)

113
Every summer here in SW Wyoming we fight flies all summer.

We aren't having the problem this year. We have a severe drought and wonder if that is having an effect on the fly population.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 03:06 PM (/QHx4)

114 Captured flies can be flash frozen in the freezer.

When you’re 10, it is fascinating to watch them thaw out, they look dead … and then start to twitch their legs a bit. Eventually they start a preflight with wings and the rest of it.

I vaguely recall some kid in school somehow tied a long piece of thread to a fly and kept it as a kind of pet or a kite. Teacher was not amused. I was amazed
Posted by: Common Tater

He froze it first?

Posted by: since the answer was right there..... at July 12, 2026 03:07 PM (VHUov)

115 Years ago I had several bald eagle quills that I used for ink pens. I was always careful to never stick them in my ass.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Good job.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 03:08 PM (BAWkL)

116 It might be fun to leash two flies together with a long hair and watch what happens.

Posted by: fd at July 12, 2026 03:08 PM (MWfyi)

117 I'm watching "Glen or Glenda". Big, cleft-chinned Ed Wood is rocking the angora and a Marilyn wig.

"Give this man satin undies, a dress, a sweater and a skirt, or even the lounging outfit he has on, and he's the happiest individual in the world."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 12, 2026 03:09 PM (kpS4V)

118 My mom said they used to tie long hairs to June bugs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 12, 2026 03:10 PM (kpS4V)

119 Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 03:10 PM (6ydKt)

120 It might be fun to leash two flies together with a long hair and watch what happens.
Posted by: fd

Fly Bloodsport.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 03:11 PM (BAWkL)

121 I had a featherbed mattress topper for years.

It was lovely. Got rid of it when I moved as it was nine years old and going a little flat even after fluffing.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 03:13 PM (yEz+x)

122 @ 49 Since I bought husband a Bug-a-salt he actually enjoys the invasion of the occasional fly. Son and a friend of his each got one and and enjoyed shooting the flies so much that they opened the door to let in MORE flies. At that point their wives had finally had enough.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 12, 2026 02:22 PM (TrISa)
___________________________________________

You can have even MOAR PHUN if you fill an old Clorox bathroom cleaner spray bottle with 72% ALCOHOL. Be sure to spray it BEHIND the flies, 'cos they take off BACKWARD. It's one of their trix …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 12, 2026 03:13 PM (ayRl+)

123 . You need a long hair from a girl. Then catch a fly.
Posted by: fd at July 12, 2026 03:06 PM (MWfyi)

Sexist!

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 12, 2026 03:16 PM (bXtdx)

124 On episode 12 of The Village, French series

Every character has a lot going on

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 03:16 PM (Ia/+0)

125 Buffalo: Don’t F*ck With Them

https://tinyurl.com/2vkufyfr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 12, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)

126 There is a splinter in the house sock.
Does that count?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:19 PM (+UcOf)

127
My mom said they used to tie long hairs to June bugs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Kids used to do that with a length of thread.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 03:19 PM (Cqx++)

128 It might be fun to leash two flies together with a long hair and watch what happens.
Posted by: fd

Fly Bloodsport.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Self-propelled bolas.

Really light ones.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 03:22 PM (VHUov)

129 New retirement homes for Vikings.
It's called The Pillages.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:23 PM (+UcOf)

130 How do you think I feel about it?

Posted by: A duck at July 12, 2026 03:23 PM (XeU6L)

131 In Switzerland, we had no central air, and summer flies. Our Jack Russell Terrorist and I had a system: I would fly-swat the flies, and he would gobble them up, usually before they hit the floor. Hours of enjoyment for all. Well, for me and him, anyway. Wifey would roll her eyes and leave us to our fun.

Posted by: goatexchange at July 12, 2026 03:24 PM (hyS0X)

132 Splinter's not in the sock it's in my foot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:25 PM (+UcOf)

133 Wouldn't have this problem if horse feathers were used.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 03:26 PM (XeU6L)

134 >>>Buffalo: Don’t F*ck With Them

https://tinyurl.com/2vkufyfr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

>Dumb old man should know better. Some of those trees already had the bark rubbed off of them. That means it's rutting season, - the bison didn't run over the tree because he's stupid or blind. He's feeling frisky.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 03:27 PM (cI/Fd)

135 My FWP is when I go shopping at the grocery store. I do most of the shopping as Mrs D goes into sticker shock when she tags along, and she only has one volume in her bitching.
But that's not the problem.
The problem is the damned shopping cart. There are a hundred carts sitting there and I get the one with the shitty wheel that wiggles so badly that it shakes up the beer. What is a man to do???

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB)

136 A couple years ago we had "cluster flies." They breed in the early spring, under certain conditions and multiply like nothing I've ever seen. They are slow moving too, so fairly easy to catch, but the shear numbers... thousands of them in the garage, collecting in the windows was disgusting.

See also; attic flies. Here in KY they're called cluster flies.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 03:28 PM (jehhT)

137 New retirement homes for Vikings.
It's called The Pillages.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:23 PM (+UcOf)

***

They are welcome to start in NY...particularly where Mamdani lives.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 03:29 PM (2WIwB)

138 I get the one with the shitty wheel that wiggles so badly that it shakes up the beer.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB)

I get the one with a flat spot on one wheel so there is a rhythmic, irritating thump every rotation.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 03:29 PM (l4RKn)

139 >>>they will get as flat as a really flat thing you don't want to sleep on, and then I can undo the seam, wash the ticking well, and sew them onto other cheap-o pillows. Or feather pillows I guess.

Posted by: Kindltot
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After washing, put three tennis balls in the dryer with them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:29 PM (+UcOf)

140 They are welcome to start in NY...particularly where Mamdani lives.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 03:29 PM (2WIwB)

He just got thrown out of Katz's Deli, and then trespassed!

The guy might just f*ck up his reelection on his own!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 03:31 PM (l4RKn)

141 Went through a wheat moth infestation. Put a couple of store-bought traps, which are just little tent-shaped pasteboard things with lure and sticky insides, in the pantry. Worked great! Moths all gone, inside of traps coated with bodies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 03:32 PM (XeU6L)

142 @ 135 My FWP is when I go shopping at the grocery store. I do most of the shopping as Mrs D goes into sticker shock when she tags along, and she only has one volume in her bitching.
But that's not the problem. The problem is the damned shopping cart. There are a hundred carts sitting there and I get the one with the shitty wheel that wiggles so badly that it shakes up the beer. What is a man to do???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB)
______________________________

Ahhhhhh, nup … at Kroger and W'mart here in TN, my suspicion is that they privately contract these out to local 'wheel mechanix' to make 'em off-kilter like that. I'm not sure they don't come from the factory like that, either - 'pre-shittied'.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 12, 2026 03:32 PM (ayRl+)

143 I get the one with a flat spot on one wheel so there is a rhythmic, irritating thump every rotation.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 03:29 PM (l4RKn)

I'm telling ya, it's a plot by Big Grocery! That rhythmic thumping lulls you into a sense of complacency, then the muzak they play induces you to buy more stuff.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 03:33 PM (2WIwB)

144 I get the one with a flat spot on one wheel so there is a rhythmic, irritating thump every rotation.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 03:29 PM (l4RKn)

I tend to get the one that pulls hard to one side or the other.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 03:33 PM (h7ZuX)

145 We don’t have much for bugs here on the beach. Maybe sand fleas in the seaweed at the tide line. Not much for flies either. It’s a shock to me going to places where you’re constantly having to wave away flying bugs from your person or food.

62 and sunny on the beach. Mariners looking to break their 5 game losing streak.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 03:33 PM (yEz+x)

146 Ohhh, Tubi so far has only the first 12 episodes, there is way more. Probably come out later.

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

147 My FWP: I have a package being delivered by UPS. It has HazMat (shotgun primers) so it needs my signature. UPS sends me a text Friday morning, says delivery will be between 1:30 and 5:30.

I run some errands in the morning. Get back to the house at noon. Sticker on the door says they tried to deliver, will try again next delivery day (which will be Monday for my area.)

Bastards.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 03:35 PM (4mmkh)

148 Russian FWP

https://tinyurl.com/3kv8kad6

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 03:36 PM (jehhT)

149 Yes, most fly activity is them looking for water.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 12, 2026 03:36 PM (bkuEU)

150 >>>I tend to get the one that pulls hard to one side or the other.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

>That's me. They must crash these things in the parking lot and never bother to do maintenance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 03:38 PM (cI/Fd)

151 Last signed delivery I had, I was home and watched him leave. He did not knock on the dor and they've done this before.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 12, 2026 03:38 PM (bkuEU)

152 I like the carts with the loud wheels. They warn the shoppers lost in a daydream of a thousand BBQ sauce flavors that I'm about to run them over if they don't move.

5%, maybe even 10% of them move out of the middle of the aisle.

I don't actually run the others over, but I'd like to.

Every little bit helps.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 03:38 PM (VHUov)

153 Ooh, my FWP is, which gin do I try first? Kuiper Belt botanical, or Drumshanbo Gunpowder Fig & Laurel gin?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 12, 2026 03:38 PM (kpS4V)

154 "Do they still make those hanging fly strips of adhesive paper. We used to hang those on the beach cottage porch. Gross, but effective."

Yes, you can buy them from horse supply places, I'm sure Amazon has them. These are often 10 inch wide rolls of sticky paper. Too windy here to use them normally but I tear them off to about a 10" square and tape where flies congregate. I have seen the 1.5 inch across fly paper rolls as well under fly control on horse product sites.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 12, 2026 03:39 PM (PV+Zw)

155 Mariners looking to break their 5 game losing streak.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 03:33 PM (yEz+x)

If they are playing the Yankees, then no worries!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 03:39 PM (l4RKn)

156 The Aldi grocery cart system seems to keep all the wheels healthy. They stay corralled out of the weather and don't end up homeless in the parking lot. All because of the magic quarter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 03:41 PM (2Ez/1)

157 I can't do any down or feathers i have buckwheat hull pillows. They are cool in the summer and can be adjusted to perfect support.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 12, 2026 03:42 PM (bkuEU)

158 buck throckmorton will like this second world problem:
youtu.be/_6r9XWUnN7Q
frau sabine herself is saying that electric cars are a boondoggle

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 03:42 PM (gKWVE)

159 "My FWP: I have a package being delivered by UPS. It has HazMat (shotgun primers) so it needs my signature. UPS sends me a text Friday morning, says delivery will be between 1:30 and 5:30.

I run some errands in the morning. Get back to the house at noon. Sticker on the door says they tried to deliver, will try again next delivery day (which will be Monday for my area.)
"
Idaho Spudboy, Amazon is usually good for me, but yesterday they sent me an email "attempted delivery at 5:30 pm but could not deliver". I think I was outside at that time, they could have honked their horn if they felt the driveway was too blocked (had a lot of activity going on right then). I didn't need anything in a hurry so I don't care except the email about made it sound like the delivery driver was run off.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 12, 2026 03:44 PM (PV+Zw)

160 Never has there been a fly in this house until yesterday and there it was on my monitor. I can't bash the monitor and what will spray do? It moved away from the monitor, I got him with a blast from a can of Dermoplast antiseptic spay. The next one a blast of Ozium got him. The last three I had found my can of Hot Shot.

Don't know where they came from or how they got in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:46 PM (+UcOf)

161 I can't do any down or feathers i have buckwheat hull pillows. They are cool in the summer and can be adjusted to perfect support.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 12, 2026 03:42 PM (bkuEU)

Buckwheat pillows???
OTay!

Posted by: Our Gang at July 12, 2026 03:47 PM (2WIwB)

162 they could have honked their horn if they felt the driveway was too blocked (had a lot of activity going on right then). I didn't need anything in a hurry so I don't care except the email about made it sound like the delivery driver was run off.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 12, 2026 03:44 PM (PV+Zw)

Was the driveway blocked with multiple Chebby lowriders? Was mariachi music blaring from the backyard? I'd give you a pass too.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 03:47 PM (4mmkh)

163 >>>I can't bash the monitor and what will spray do? It moved away from the monitor, I got him with a blast from a can of Dermoplast antiseptic spay. The next one a blast of Ozium got him. The last three I had found my can of Hot Shot.

Don't know where they came from or how they got in.

>Mix up a batch of diluted dawn dish soap. Works on yellowjackets too. Non-toxic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 03:50 PM (cI/Fd)

164
Those feathers really stab you. I got a couch once and the feathers started stabbing me right away. I took the pillows to an upholstery place and they replaced the ticking with a better, tighter fabric, but those feathers worked their way out again. They should be weaponized.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 12, 2026 03:51 PM (mmrXZ)

165 Nothing worse than sitting on the crapper reading comments from The Horde, and the doorbell rings with a driver needing a signature. Damned near a FWP!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

166 Ideal: Park cart on the side of isle just opposite the item searched for in such a way that between your big fat ass and the cart the isle is completely blocked.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:52 PM (+UcOf)

167 No lowrides Spudboy. But neighbor that stores hay in my spare hay shed had been putting bales in there, so his truck and trailer were here, and tractor was out; and my housemate may have been out with her harmless red aussie (that housemate keeps on a leash) the aussie does bark and lunge like she'd like to eat people. But probably the driver was hot and tired and didn't even come by my place.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 12, 2026 03:52 PM (PV+Zw)

168 Big thumbs up on the fig gin! They paired it with lemon instead of lime.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 12, 2026 03:53 PM (kpS4V)

169 Ideal: Park cart on the side of isle just opposite the item searched for in such a way that between your big fat ass and the cart the isle is completely blocked.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:52 PM (+UcOf)

While having an animated conversation with your baby-daddy with your phone in speaker mode.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 03:54 PM (4mmkh)

170 willowed from previous tread-
Some covert assassination is somewhere in the mix of possibilities I suppose, though polonium would be a little too obvious (or a good cover for some not Russia actor), and Graham seemed like a friend of DeepState, mostly.

More details should be forthcoming.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 12, 2026 01:17 PM (vbXSk)

Deepstate is like the mafia, no such thing as a 'friend', just business.

Posted by: Eromero at July 12, 2026 03:54 PM (LHPAg)

171 Nothing worse than sitting on the crapper reading comments from The Horde, and the doorbell rings with a driver needing a signature. Damned near a FWP!
Posted by: Diogenes

Nothing worse than having to sign their digital notepad with a finger, and thinking about how many other people went straight from the crapper to the front door without washing their hands.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 03:55 PM (VHUov)

172 Never have a problem with Amazon. They throw it over the gate and leave. Don't even take a picture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:55 PM (+UcOf)

173 157 I can't do any down or feathers i have buckwheat hull pillows. They are cool in the summer and can be adjusted to perfect support.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 12, 2026 03:42 PM (bkuEU)

I had one of those some years ago. I prefer natural materials to synthetic. It was noisy, though!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 03:57 PM (h7ZuX)

174 It helps to cultivate a relationship with your carrier if you can, if you have a regular delivery guy. A bottle of something suitable for the holidays, a gift card, some cigars, you get the idea.

They can “sign” for you, and deliver things to the secret box behind the azaleas, things like that.

Remember during the lockdowns? Signature deliveries went away altogether. Chuck it over the fence, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 03:57 PM (yA535)

175 More details should be forthcoming.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 12, 2026 01:17 PM (vbXSk)

Deepstate is like the mafia, no such thing as a 'friend', just business.

Posted by: Eromero
----------------

A sure sign that Trump is getting too many Senators on his team.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 03:57 PM (+UcOf)

176 One of the pleasures of Florida living is online cigar orders deliveries don't require a signature. Hated missing the UPS guy in California. Those email notifications were next-to-useless. A few times I had to trek to the distribution center. Guy there must have gotten busted for handing a package over to a minor, because he always wanted to see my ID, despite my obvious 29+ laps around the sun...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2026 03:58 PM (nbLIj)

177 Noodie Foodie

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 04:00 PM (4mmkh)

178 FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

179 Use a rectangle box like the one's in Kurosawa movies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 04:06 PM (+UcOf)

180 First world problems? I can see a wildfire smoke plume from my front door. That may be a little beyond the scope of a FWP. I'm going think about what I need to grab in case of emergency.

If I don't post in next week's book tread, add me to the prayer list. (I doubt it's going to be that bad, but, um, it has been a very dry year in my neck of the mountains...)

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 12, 2026 06:08 PM (3v7ra)

Lindsey Graham Dies; Neo-Cons Across The Country Are In Mourning

Sen. Lindsey Graham Dies at 71:The senator died from a 'brief and sudden illness,' his office said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died from a “brief and sudden illness” Saturday evening, his office said in a statement.
“On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” the statement shared on X read. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at the time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.”
The 71-year-old was elected to the Senate in 2002. During President Donald Trump’s second term, Graham was a close ally, supporting the president’s military actions against the Iranian regime.
A longtime hawk on Iran, Graham leaves a legacy of backing policies aimed at isolating the country and limiting its missile and nuclear programs, among his many other achievements.

Left unsaid is Graham's unbridled excitement at anything that could possibly lead to military intervention anywhere on the planet! And two failed wars in 20 years, and military involvement almost literally everywhere didn't dampen his enthusiasm for spilling American blood and spending American treasure in foreign lands. His excitement at any expansion of the Ukraine border dispute is legendary, although his 10 trips to Ukraine seem a bit over the top, even for a senator. His savage hatred for Putin seemed personal! His recent change in tone with respect to Islamist Turkey getting F-35s was troubling, and doesn't make logical sense when contrasted to his solid and unwavering support for Israel. Although it might have been as simple as supporting his friends in the defense industry with expanded sales, and geopolitical considerations be damned!

Senator Graham seemed to put on the mantle of "maverick" that sadly didn't disappear with John McCain's death. At times he seemed to be running his personal foreign policy that was sometimes at odds with the President.

But the people of South Carolina kept reelecting him, because whatever his quixotic behavior as a senator, he understood local politics very well and took care of his constituents! The big question is what happens now? The governor will appoint a replacement, and the people of South Carolina elect a replacement Republican nominee in a special election in August to contest the general election in November 2026. The Democrat challenger is Dr. Annie Andrews, who last ran against Nancy Mace...and lost.

Is South Carolina in play for the Democrats? Probably not, but the good people of the Palmetto State have been electing Graham for quite a while, so their judgement when it comes to the proper conduct of a United States Senator is just a bit suspect.

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (NcvvS)

3 Rep. Nancy Mace, R-.S.C., is “strongly considering” a run for the seat, according to a person familiar with her thinking.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (/+uur)

4 According to South Carolina law, the state will hold a special primary election on Aug. 11 to find a GOP nominee to appear on the ballot in November’s general election.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (/+uur)

5 He's dead now, and only a classless person like Ana Kasparian would post something like "good riddance!" Which is exactly what she did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (edUvp)

6 I didn't think AIDS worked like that?

RIP Ladybugs.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (5MUB0)

7 I'm reading that when the doctors told his family he had suffered a heart attack, they replied "that's good. He would have preferred that to heart negotiations."

Posted by: Reality Bites at July 12, 2026 12:03 PM (KbeaJ)

8 Miss Lindsey had the balls to call everyone involved with the Ballsy Ford incident a liar, cheat, and scoundrel.

So there is that.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:03 PM (/+uur)

9 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 12:04 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Hope SC can do a little better on a Senator

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 12:04 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Steve Schmidt also ripped on Miss Lindsey.
I will not waste the bits/bytes and post here.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:04 PM (/+uur)

12 5 He's dead now, and only a classless person like Ana Kasparian would post something like "good riddance!" Which is exactly what she did.

Your concern for the man who referred to dead Russian people as "the best money we ever spent" is touching.

Posted by: Reality Bites at July 12, 2026 12:05 PM (KbeaJ)

13 3 Rep. Nancy Mace, R-.S.C., is “strongly considering” a run for the seat, according to a person familiar with her thinking.

oh please God no

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 12, 2026 12:05 PM (j+aD2)

14 The CIA Heart Attack Gun was a covert assassination weapon developed during the Cold War under Project MKNAOMI, designed to kill targets with undetectable symptoms that mimicked a natural heart attack. The device was a modified Colt M1911 pistol, electrically powered by a battery, which fired a frozen dart composed of saxitoxin (a potent shellfish neurotoxin) mixed with water.

The existence of the gun was revealed in 1975 during the Church Committee hearings, led by Senator Frank Church, when CIA Director William Colby presented the weapon to Congress.

It's not inconceivable that . . . (cue eerie conspiracy and geopolitk intrigue soundtrack)

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 12:05 PM (wVcYX)

15 Lot of conversation on this in the late ONT, the Tech Thread, and the Book Thread.

Graham was very good at his chosen trade, politics. If the governor appoints a solid conservative, that person would have the inside track in the primary and then in November. Definitely a trade up.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:05 PM (NcvvS)

16 I wasn’t a big fan but he was right on several things, not the least of which was strong support of Israel. It’s kinda shocking because 71 is not all that old… at least not as old as that age used to sound to me… Nancy Mace is not the answer to this question

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:06 PM (26GAh)

17 To bad someone didn't have this death bet as the next Senator dying. Would be like winning a lottery

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 12:06 PM (Ia/+0)

18 5 He's dead now, and only a classless person like Ana Kasparian would post something like "good riddance!" Which is exactly what she did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (edUvp)
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Ax not for whom the bell tolls girfren.

Posted by: Based John Donne at July 12, 2026 12:06 PM (eOFY+)

19 I won't miss him.
Do better this time, South Carolina.

Posted by: Reforger at July 12, 2026 12:06 PM (TSpzX)

20 >> It’s kinda shocking because 71 is not all that old

When he hit the ground, it was.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 12:07 PM (5MUB0)

21 It is true, as far as it goes, that spook agencies at least as far back as the 1950s were very intent on developing a “heart attack” substance that would be virtually undetectable during autopsy for wet work. But if you hear hoofbeats, think Horses, not Zebras. Sen. Graham had heart disease or a history of same in his family line. It is of course possible the clot shot exacerbated this. Or it is conceivable he was targeted, I suppose, for some special treatment by (let me check the internet…

,

They are blaming Jews, Moslems, Rotarians, Democrats, Chamber of Commerce, and the Maple Syrup Committee (so far). He had an extensive list of enemies

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:07 PM (OWbRf)

22 Nine senators are retiring — five Republicans and four Democrats — creating 12 open seats, as Democrats defend nine incumbent seats and Republicans defend 15.
Also VJ JD Marco and Now Miss Lindsey

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:07 PM (/+uur)

23 They are blaming Jews, Moslems, Rotarians, Democrats, Chamber of Commerce, and the Maple Syrup Committee (so far). He had an extensive list of enemies
Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:07 PM (OWbRf)

I had Rastafarians in the Library with a bong

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:08 PM (/+uur)

24 I saw a YT headline that the IRGC are claiming credit . . .

Sheesh.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 12:09 PM (wVcYX)

25 Paramount’s New Star Trek Reboot May Move Forward Without Captain Kirk

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All Mr. Sulu all the time?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 12, 2026 12:09 PM (ndZc7)

26 Judgment.

And it's the Republican good ol' boy machine here that kept supporting him. He won 56.8% of the second primary vote, which is still way too much.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 12, 2026 12:09 PM (w6EFb)

27 I tend to think of a heart attack as not a “sudden illness” but rather a “medical event”. Precision, of course, in language, died a long time ago. But it still kind of rankles.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:10 PM (OWbRf)

28 25 Paramount’s New Star Trek Reboot May Move Forward Without Captain Kirk

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All Mr. Sulu all the time?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 12, 2026 12:09 PM (ndZc7)
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Revenge of the Redshirts...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 12, 2026 12:10 PM (eOFY+)

29 Rep. Nancy Mace, R-.S.C., is “strongly considering” a run for the seat, according to a person familiar with her thinking.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Has she ever won a state wide race? I think most people see her as a MTG or Boebart type (she voted to impeach Trump, if I recall right). Also, I think the Lt Gov (female) is also considering. I know nothing about SC.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 12:11 PM (l26NL)

30
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
3h
Death Twitter is the worst Twitter.
Here are some dogs.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 12:12 PM (6wpGE)

31 Dang!
I cannot believe the vile comments coming out from the left. Even a few personal friends. (Perhaps former)
Despicable.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 12:12 PM (2WIwB)

32 Oh man, I was hoping this was going to be a goth girl thread.

Is this a goth girl thread?

Posted by: banana Dream - It's probably not a goth girl thread - sad face at July 12, 2026 12:12 PM (3uBP9)

33 A definite low point -

Lindsey Graham reportedly urged Capitol Police to use lethal force against rioters during the January 6 attack, specifically telling the Senate sergeant-at-arms to "Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns. Use them."

Further claims, detailed in former officer Michael Fanone’s book Hold the Line, state that Graham later told law enforcement they should have "shot them all in the head" because they were given guns for a reason. Graham’s office has characterized these reports as consistent with his immediate post-riot statements, where he publicly asserted that "lethal force should have been used" once rioters penetrated the Capitol.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 12:12 PM (wVcYX)

34 Is South Carolina in play for the Democrats? Probably not, but the good people of the Palmetto State have been electing Graham for quite a while, so their judgement when it comes to the proper conduct of a United States Senator is just a bit suspect.

Posted by CBD

One of the reasons Graham was reelected is his office's strong advocacy for South Carolinians. He inherited that formidable machinery from the late Strom Thurmond. I had a Finance instructor at USC Columbia who used to be an IRS agent. She regaled us with stories involving that Thurmond advocacy. She said when his office made an inquiry on behalf of a constituent they dropped everything and got the Senator an answer/ resolution tout suite.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 12:13 PM (lJ0H4)

35 We are seeing both parties in the middle of a reform movement.

Now - many here will get the immediate red ass at that statement right there. Because of the context that "reform" naturally leads to something better - and many of you don't like where the DNC is headed. Some of you, if honest, don't like the same reform that maybe has put the GOP on its current trajectory.

But that's what it is. McConnell and now Graham are two Old School GOPe members that didn't like where the GOP is heading - and stopped it whenever they could. You'll see, when Pelosi and Schumer eventually move off ... the same reaction from the DNC.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:13 PM (5V1rK)

36 There are 35 seats up for election this fall, 22 held by GOP and 13 by Dems, the usual 33 of this cycle plus filling Vance's and Rubio's terms.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:13 PM (NcvvS)

37 I don’t like the impulse anywhere it happens to dance on graves. There are some people where that’s appropriate: Hitler, Mao, Stalin, ayatollahs, etc etc…. I don’t think any US politician belongs in that company… it discounts how very bad they were

It was unseemly when people cheered the death of Charlie Kirk and I think also unseemly in this case even though he was far from my favorite republican

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:13 PM (ugElV)

38 Rep. Nancy Mace, R-.S.C., is “strongly considering” a run for the seat, according to a person familiar with her thinking.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (/+uur)

Nancy Mace understands what the people need and that's more Nancy Mace. -- Nancy Mace

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 12, 2026 12:14 PM (ExV1e)

39 Who will assume the mantle of War Pig now?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 12:14 PM (0sNs1)

40
Benjamin Domenech
@bdomenech
7h
I called Lindsey Graham a dangerously insane neocon and the next time we saw each other he hugged me and said "everyone's got an opinion".

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM (6wpGE)

41 RIP, Senator Graham.

You were the epitome of keeping your sexual preferences out of public and a fine example of what so many conservatives say they believe, that they don't care what you do as long as it's behind closed doors.

There were many reasons to dislike him, but constant nattering about him being gay seems the weakest because I never saw or read where he pushed that agenda.

Posted by: old chick at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM (F3Dlr)

42 RIP Lindsey. He could have stayed home and grilled cheeseburgers but he wanted to be Secretary of State 2.0.

I don't have a dog in the next fight coming up. It'll probably be like Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway 3.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM (cI/Fd)

43 >>Further claims, detailed in former officer Michael Fanone’s book Hold the Line, state that Graham later told law enforcement they should have "shot them all in the head" because they were given guns for a reason. Graham’s office has characterized these reports as consistent with his immediate post-riot statements, where he publicly asserted that "lethal force should have been used" once rioters penetrated the Capitol.

Women often get hysterical when subjected to trauma.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM (5MUB0)

44 I am sure we all had our moments of absolute frustration with Lindsey Graham. But there were moments of great, too. All of that aside, when Lindsey was 21, he lost both of his parents. He raised his sister, who was 13 at the time. As all the parents of girls know, 13 is an age where they are…gems. It turns out those pictures of him alone in Disney World were actually him with his sister, her children and her grandchildren. He protected their privacy.

My heart goes out to his sister, her family, and his friends. Where we see a political figure, they saw a member of their family, and I am sure the suddenness of this is very, very difficult for them.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM (Dd38x)

45 If the governor appoints a solid conservative, that person would have the inside track in the primary and then in November. Definitely a trade up.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:05 PM (NcvvS)

If.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM (ExV1e)

46 I saw a YT headline that the IRGC are claiming credit . . .

Well Hal Lindsey Graham was in Kyiv Friday on his Logan Act Tour — looking out for his personal finance interests.

He was supposed to be on a talking head show today.

Graham also featured on an Iranian Kill List. I'm guessing that something that he ate disagreed with him.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 12:16 PM (rgGn5)

47
3 Rep. Nancy Mace, R-.S.C., is “strongly considering” a run for the seat, according to a person familiar with her thinking.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM

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(damaged goods)

Posted by: Mr. Subliminal at July 12, 2026 12:16 PM (azNOR)

48 Miss Lindsey had the balls to call everyone involved with the Ballsy Ford incident a liar, cheat, and scoundrel.

So there is that.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:03 PM (/+uur)

I thought it very telling that the only conservative Lindsey ever defended was Kavanaugh, and that was because they'd gone to the same school vat some point. Lindsey had nothing to say when normies were attacked/killed by leftists. Nor when a representative was shot and nearly killed by a leftist. Not even when another Senator was attacked and nearly killed by a leftist. The "old school tie" being slandered was the only thing that got him upset enough to say something.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 12, 2026 12:16 PM (lFFaq)

49 I'm reading that when the doctors told his family he had suffered a heart attack, they replied "that's good. He would have preferred that to heart negotiations."

Funny. Slightly cruel, in questionable taste, but funny. VDH winces but secretly smiles inwardly.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 12:16 PM (vTZFs)

50 If the governor appoints a solid conservative, that person would have the inside track in the primary and then in November. Definitely a trade up.
Posted by: Nazdar

McMaster is a garbage human.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 12:17 PM (BAWkL)

51 28 25 Paramount’s New Star Trek Reboot May Move Forward Without Captain Kirk

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All Mr. Sulu all the time?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 12, 2026 12:09 PM (ndZc7)

Opening scene mutiny led by goateed evil Spock starts with Spock Killing Kirk in the first thirty seconds of the movie.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 12, 2026 12:17 PM (w/O5Q)

52
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Steve Guest
@SteveGuest
4h
Never forget Lindsey Graham’s amazing sense of humor—during the heated Kavanaugh confirmation fight:

Protester: Kavanaugh should take a polygraph.

Sen. Lindsey Graham: "Why don't we dunk him in water and see if he floats?"

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (6wpGE)

53 The "old greek homos" being slandered was the only thing that got him upset enough to say something.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (Kt19C)

54 It was unseemly when people cheered the death of Charlie Kirk and I think also unseemly in this case even though he was far from my favorite republican.

Meh. Whatever.

Its time to get real. I wasn't cheering for Miss Lindsey to croak. But I won't miss him either. On the balance ? Addition by subtraction. And another old codger that held onto power until he couldn't.

Why are we ruled by a bunch of dudes and chics in their 70s ? Why are we supposed to like it ?

I'm only 54. Yet I'm looking at my day to day and trying to figure out how to exit stage left and just enjoy my time. You telling me Lindsey was such an intellectual tour de force that we just couldn't collectively do without him ?

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (5V1rK)

55 I had Rastafarians in the Library with a bong
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:08 PM

Ask not for whom the Rastafarian bongs.

He bongs for Jah and Haile Selassie.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (0sNs1)

56 I think there's time for the S.C. governor to appoint a temp to take Graham's place until a special election can be held.

From "RightJournalism dot com:
Names already being floated in early conversations for a potential appointment include Mark Lynch (who ran against Graham), Nancy Mace, John Warren (who ran for governor in 2024), Andre Bauer (former Lt. Gov.), and current Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette. Caton noted these are just the names circulating and that Governor Henry McMaster will ultimately make the appointment, with significant input expected from President Trump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (jehhT)

57 If.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I just read there's a rumor he'll appoint Joe Wilson who is 7 years older than Miss Lindsay and who's son is evidently going to be the next governor of SC. I love rumors.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (l26NL)

58 Mourning? Why? CongressMONSTERS dropping like flies just like MissionSpecialist/Scientists nationwide, meh.

This is how AI WAR I starts heating up; the slow speed 911 (people, not buildings) the 9/10 thinking that is until it isn't. One does not need theWargames-Movie/Wopper computer run by grok to predict this.

The desperate and deliberately evil know, that Good Dies the hero or lives long enough to become the Villian -- their villian, that's what's happening now. Agent Orange isn't the target, but it is intuitively obvious (even to the GROK/Wopper) that the only way to hurt the target more is to give him back something broken.

Agent orange should return the favor, for all the left of launch bravado, why aren't they using it? like the scene in stMovie/Wrath of Khan -- ordering Reliant to drop its shield -- but in this case not just that but to target the population centers both their own, each other, and their neighbors rather than the military targets. The 'war' would end in an afternoon. If not now, when?

Why? Well, there is profit in war, but only at a distance, which is why Brennan, his undead, and Dimon are the obstacles to the real peace.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 12, 2026 12:19 PM (zmxbb)

59 As for all the conspiracy theories going on, I think our government is to blame for everything having to be something untoward. However, the reality might be much more simple - he had high blood pressure. He wasn’t amazingly fit. A heart attack like a widow maker is not really a far stretch.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:19 PM (Dd38x)

60 He's dead now, and only a classless person like Ana Kasparian would post something like "good riddance!" Which is exactly what she did.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Why, it's almost as if Progressives are by nature uncivilized and tasteless.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (XeU6L)

61 36 There are 35 seats up for election this fall, 22 held by GOP and 13 by Dems, the usual 33 of this cycle plus filling Vance's and Rubio's terms.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:13 PM (NcvvS)

There are 5 (R) and 4 (D) retirees.
So 12 open senate seats.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (/+uur)

62 Dick Morris says Sen Graham was a trusted advisor to President Trump and was the only senator he would listen to.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (y171U)

63 Lindsey was just another criminal in a suit that stole millions from the treasury, profited from endless "wars" and the deaths of Americans abroad all the while wrapped in the flag and singing "God Bless America" and denying his homosexuality publicly.

He will be quickly forgotten and will not be missed.

Posted by: The Truth at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (ftsic)

64 Women often get hysterical when subjected to trauma.
Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM

Calmly telling them to "Calm down." is often efficacious.

Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (0sNs1)

65 As for all the conspiracy theories going on, I think our government is to blame for everything having to be something untoward. However, the reality might be much more simple - he had high blood pressure. He wasn’t amazingly fit. A heart attack like a widow maker is not really a far stretch.

His father died from a heart attack. They do run in families. My dad's dad died at age 50 from one, my dad at age 70.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 12:21 PM (lJ0H4)

66 Dick Morris says Sen Graham was a trusted advisor to President Trump and was the only senator he would listen to.

Because Dick Morris would definitely know that.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 12:22 PM (vTZFs)

67 >>Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 12, 2026 12:15 PM (ExV1e)

Early this morning, someone said that the governor would likely appoint the lieutenant governor who lost the primary to succeed him. The LtGov was Trump-endorsed, FWIW.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)

68 And still Chuck Schumer lives on …

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 12, 2026 12:23 PM (nGraA)

69 By George, I think he figured it out! Not Democratic Socialists of America but . . .

Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
DSA = Destroying Society Altogether

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 12, 2026 12:23 PM (ndZc7)

70 If I'm the governor, I appoint myself - solves all issues of bad faith accusations arising later (like favoritism, corruption, or bribery). But I know nothing about the SC Gov, or whether he's allowed to appoint himself...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 12:24 PM (tOcjL)

71 Sen. Graham had his moments, high and lows both.

Legendary constituent services, military service.
I'm not aware of any political scandals or personal life scandals.

Condolences to his family.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 12:24 PM (wVcYX)

72 Somewhere, in an undisclosed location, Anthony Fauci is living in a bubble.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 12:24 PM (cI/Fd)

73 And still Chuck Schumer lives on …
Posted by: Gonzotx at July 12, 2026 12:23 PM (nGraA)

Only the good die young.

Posted by: Billy Joel at July 12, 2026 12:25 PM (wVcYX)

74 65 As for all the conspiracy theories going on, I think our government is to blame for everything having to be something untoward. However, the reality might be much more simple - he had high blood pressure. He wasn’t amazingly fit. A heart attack like a widow maker is not really a far stretch.

His father died from a heart attack. They do run in families. My dad's dad died at age 50 from one, my dad at age 70.
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 12:21 PM (lJ0H4)

It's easy to forget that 3 democrat congressmen have died in office this term. No conspiracy stories needed - when you have a government run by people in their 70's, 80's, and even 90's this kind of thing will happen fairly often.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 12:25 PM (edUvp)

75
Is this a goth girl thread?
Posted by: banana Dream
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No

Posted by: Harper Lee at July 12, 2026 12:26 PM (XeU6L)

76 Opportunist, Nikki Haley is probably already making phone calls and badgering to be the replacement.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 12:26 PM (dIske)

77 Opportunist, Nikki Haley is probably already making phone calls and badgering to be the replacement.

Severely Conservative !!!

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:26 PM (5V1rK)

78 76 Opportunist, Nikki Haley is probably already making phone calls and badgering to be the replacement.
Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 12:26 PM (dIske)

That'll be fun.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 12, 2026 12:27 PM (eOFY+)

79 Its time to get real. I wasn't cheering for Miss Lindsey to croak. But I won't miss him either. On the balance ? Addition by subtraction. And another old codger that held onto power until he couldn't.

This is the correct attitude. You may not have liked everything he did, none of us did, but it's petty and low to revel in the man's death. It's okay to revel in the death of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, but he did some good things, and was generally a decent human being. That's enough right now.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

80 It's easy to forget that 3 democrat congressmen have died in office this term. No conspiracy stories needed - when you have a government run by people in their 70's, 80's, and even 90's this kind of thing will happen fairly often.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 12:25 PM (edUvp)

Da, tovarich!

Posted by: Soviet Politburo at July 12, 2026 12:27 PM (wVcYX)

81 cont'd:
Why? Well, there is profit in war, but only at a distance, which is why Brennan, his undead, and Dimon are the obstacles to the real peace.

As long as intentions are directed overseas, the 1960's Klingon MADMANI can preside over 9/11 and the Kirk assasination aniversary with a parade and a smirk with a megaphone that proclaims -not REMAIN KLINGON, but rather the Truth: REMAIN SINWAR.

Try and stop him if you think you can.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RemainKLINGON
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
KLINGON Ambssador LIBBing out: Remeber this Well, there will be NO PEACE as long as (charlie) KIRK lives...
(or even if he dies, until all of you are dead).

Because the only Common Ground with the Desperate and Deliberately Evil is to put you in it.
https://tinyurl.com/EvilsAdvantageOverConscience
...the more brazen and relentless one’s acts of brutality, the more likely it is that one will be allowed a second chance, and find even powerful men of conscience coming to one’s door offering to forget, to forgive...

LET's GO BRANDON.
The REAL POET Virgil wrote about how the WORST punishment in Hell was reserved for those whom in times of crisis did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 12, 2026 12:27 PM (R7JDj)

82 Calmly telling them to "Calm down." is often efficacious.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (0sNs1)

Always preface that with a hormone comment.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:28 PM (/+uur)

83 If you’re over 70, overweight and don’t exercise… then add to that lots of international travel (which is hard on the body) and a very stressful job (politics) then a heart issue makes perfect sense. In recent pictures he looked like he’d definitely aged….

Me personally I will be retiring at 65 or even earlier if I can afford to. Life’s too short to spend toiling away in an office… unless you really love it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:29 PM (ugElV)

84

*drools*

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at July 12, 2026 12:29 PM (cI/Fd)

85 Obviously he died of COVID!!!!!

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at July 12, 2026 12:29 PM (R+iUD)

86 >>Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (/+uur)

Didn't disagree at all. Dems were hoping also to unseat some incumbents, e.g. Collins.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:30 PM (NcvvS)

87 Names already being floated in early conversations for a potential appointment include Mark Lynch (who ran against Graham), Nancy Mace, John Warren (who ran for governor in 2024), Andre Bauer (former Lt. Gov.), and current Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette. Caton noted these are just the names circulating and that Governor Henry McMaster will ultimately make the appointment, with significant input expected from President Trump.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Trump will give input, McMaster will ignore. The guy is a snake.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 12:30 PM (BAWkL)

88 the sushi has an alibi

Posted by: putin at July 12, 2026 12:31 PM (SaAcJ)

89 There’s something to be said for good genetics, Heart disease sucks and it isn’t something you want to hear about.

One thing I noticed about Boomers as a class is they tend to flit around anything that promises to extend lifespan. Like a negotiation with reality.

“I’ll stop eating beef and pork, quit smoking, drink Brussels Sprout smoothies daily, quit drinking alcohol, run 5 miles daily, stay out of the sun, wear wool next to the skin”, and on and on and on. The problem is, they want to share their wisdom with everyone else and feel compelled to force it on everyone.

Neil Armstrong when asked by LIFE magazine about his exercise routine training as an astronaut said “I believe we only have a finite number of heartbeats, I’m not going to waste mine running around the block”.

NASA itself about had a heart attack over these comments, and ole Neil soon “clarified” his comments, now waxing enthusiasm for daily vigorous exercise, naturally

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:32 PM (OWbRf)

90 Life’s too short to spend toiling away in an office… unless you really love it

I wonder how many people really love their work, vs. they just lack the imagination to do anything different than what they've always done. Politics is a bit different, in that you get the frisson of power, and the thrill of people bowing and scraping. Still, even a Pelosi or McConnell has got to know that there is more to life than that, and they largely missed out.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

91 76 Opportunist, Nikki Haley is probably already making phone calls and badgering to be the replacement.

Why settle for the Lesser Deep State Evil? Susan Rice.
Leading the charge like the French Revolution half-naked Liberty to purge the world of the Normal People who dare challange gov't's role to decide:

Who must be Sacrificed, so that They may live.

Why shouldn't the Will of the People be preeminent and in evidence everywhere, yet existant in no one.
hm...what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 12, 2026 12:32 PM (nfx+D)

92 You ever notice that whenever it seems we're about to make headway with our plans, someone always gets taken away and our plans come to nothing?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 12:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

93 I love rumors.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (l26NL)
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Me too!

Posted by: Standartenfuehrer Hans Landa at July 12, 2026 12:32 PM (amcLV)

94 Is McMaster the guv of SC related in any way to the army McMaster that was Trump’s national security advisor in first term? Probably not….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:32 PM (26GAh)

95 As I said earlier this morning, there will be no real senate voting done before the new senate is seated next January. The save act is dead with zero hope of coming back.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 12, 2026 12:33 PM (0N4FZ)

96 > Opportunist, Nikki Haley is probably already making phone calls and badgering to be the replacement.

Didn't Nooky Haley land at some think tanks and get some public-affairs sinecures?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 12:34 PM (xE0sV)

97 Speaking of scumbags, by the way, didja see this AWFL?

https://tinyurl.com/ytrj9kyy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 12, 2026 12:34 PM (ndZc7)

98 Did Graham manage to squeeze in his 20 minute conversation with Mitch?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 12, 2026 12:34 PM (3A+/F)

99 Me personally I will be retiring at 65 or even earlier if I can afford to. Life’s too short to spend toiling away in an office… unless you really love it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:29 PM (ugElV)

Right there. That's the statement. Sir - you have written a sentence that matters. Ought to be on the front page of the blog. I'm not mocking you in the slightest. You've hit it.

Why do these fucks - all of them - hang onto these jobs long after they've scammed the system for millions and screwed all the interns until they're private parts are sore ?

They're not normal people. None of them. Those ego's alone are dangerous. Because any normal person would surf in, do a few things and scam a few million, then get the fuck out and ride off into the sunset.

These dudes and dude-ettes that hang on ? That is not normal.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:35 PM (5V1rK)

100 The Mace connection re Annie Andrews

Previously, she was the Democratic Party's nominee for South Carolina's 1st congressional district in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, which she lost to incumbent Republican representative Nancy Mace after Mace attacked her work with children.[3] She is a professor of pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. (Wikipedia)
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MS NOW, JEen Psaki talks with Democratic candidate for Senate in South Carolina, a week ago

'New candidate has the best shot yet at biting 'swamp creature" Lindsay Graham'

Posted by: L - No nic... at July 12, 2026 12:35 PM (NFX2v)

101 We didn't do it.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell's staff at July 12, 2026 12:35 PM (R+iUD)

102 Neil Armstrong when asked by LIFE magazine about his exercise routine training as an astronaut said “I believe we only have a finite number of heartbeats, I’m not going to waste mine running around the block”.

Oh, that's very good. Another is when notoriously bald Jake Garn was going into space (because he was head of the Senate appropriations subcommittee that dealt with NASA), was asked about his bald head for some reason. His reply: "Each man gets a finite amount of testosterone. If you want to waste yours growing hair, that's up to you."

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

103
Not that I cared much for him, but he wasn't an asshole for the sake of being an asshole, like McCain. He had consistent positions, wrong many of them may have been, but I never thought he was a backstabber. May God have mercy on his soul.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 12:36 PM (O0L8i)

104 Sorry for abundance of typos...

Beating v biting.

Posted by: L - No nic... at July 12, 2026 12:36 PM (NFX2v)

105 Still, even a Pelosi or McConnell has got to know that there is more to life than that, and they largely missed out.
Posted by: Archimedes

There is also the fear of dying if you stop doing something like work, and it’s actually a real phenomenon.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Dd38x)

106 The REAL POET Virgil wrote about how the WORST punishment in Hell was reserved for those whom in times of crisis did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Posted by: MANFRED
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A favorite of JFK's;

'The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 12:37 PM (XeU6L)

107 I wonder how many people really love their work, vs. they just lack the imagination to do anything different than what they've always done. Politics is a bit different, in that you get the frisson of power, and the thrill of people bowing and scraping. Still, even a Pelosi or McConnell has got to know that there is more to life than that, and they largely missed out.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

I don’t know if I ever really loved my work. I definitely enjoyed it (even a lot) in stretches and was very good at it (still am)…. But when you do one thing (even in a STEM field like mine) for a long time, the boredom factor becomes real. I find it hard to get real excited about the next launch when I’ve already witnessed hundreds. And changing course to a completely different career in midlife… certainly after 50 would be IMO very difficult. Almost certainly a big step down in income to start at the bottom. So for me, I’ll toil away until retirement kinda enjoying but not loving my work and somewhat bored. I suspect many people are similar

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:37 PM (26GAh)

108 46 Graham also featured on an Iranian Kill List. I'm guessing that something that he ate disagreed with him.

it wasn't the sushi

Posted by: putin at July 12, 2026 12:39 PM (SaAcJ)

109 They're not normal people. None of them. Those ego's alone are dangerous. Because any normal person would surf in, do a few things and scam a few million, then get the fuck out and ride off into the sunset.

These dudes and dude-ettes that hang on ? That is not normal.
Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:35 PM
+++++

Pfffft...

Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at July 12, 2026 12:39 PM (2Ez/1)

110 I wonder how many people really love their work, vs. they just lack the imagination to do anything different than what they've always done. Politics is a bit different, in that you get the frisson of power, and the thrill of people bowing and scraping. Still, even a Pelosi or McConnell has got to know that there is more to life than that, and they largely missed out.

And here we go. We're talking around the Boomer Mentality. A generation that just wants to be in charge.

That really is all it is. A certain segment of Boomers demand to be in charge. The Ultimate Karens. Hell - they're setting themselves on fire to make sure things are arranged the way they wish after they're dead. Just getting everything the way they want it until they're last gasp isn't enough.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:39 PM (5V1rK)

111 I mostly like doing what I do

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 12:40 PM (Ia/+0)

112 I don’t know if I ever really loved my work. I definitely enjoyed it (even a lot) in stretches and was very good at it (still am)…. But when you do one thing (even in a STEM field like mine) for a long time, the boredom factor becomes real.

I hear you, brother. I was a research chemist, but after almost a half century in the lab (including college and grad school) I figured that was enough, and retired. I'm as happy as I've ever been, and still follow science, but it isn't the center of my life (with the exception of my family) the way it once was.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

113 >>> Calmly telling them to "Calm down." is often efficacious.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (0sNs1)

Always preface that with a hormone comment.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:28 PM (/+uur)

If all else fails a good technique is to provide them with a comparison to other females in their peer group,

"You know, I bet Sally wouldn't have completely lost her shit like this".

This context provides a helpful base to reorient her view of the situation while opening her perception to calming paths to peace.

Posted by: banana Dream - relationship advice you can use at July 12, 2026 12:40 PM (3uBP9)

114 >>> 107
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I don’t know if I ever really loved my work. I definitely enjoyed it (even a lot) in stretches and was very good at it (still am)…. But when you do one thing (even in a STEM field like mine) for a long time, the boredom factor becomes real. I find it hard to get real excited about the next launch when I’ve already witnessed hundreds. And changing course to a completely different career in midlife… certainly after 50 would be IMO very difficult. Almost certainly a big step down in income to start at the bottom. So for me, I’ll toil away until retirement kinda enjoying but not loving my work and somewhat bored. I suspect many people are similar
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:37 PM (26GAh)

It doesn't help that most CEOs are DEIfficient and they persist in hiring $10/hr "Sam" and "Peggy" from who knows where.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell's staff at July 12, 2026 12:41 PM (R+iUD)

115 Off turtle-adjacent sock!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 12:41 PM (R+iUD)

116 One of the reasons Graham was reelected is his office's strong advocacy for South Carolinians. He inherited that formidable machinery from the late Strom Thurmond. I had a Finance instructor at USC Columbia who used to be an IRS agent. She regaled us with stories involving that Thurmond advocacy. She said when his office made an inquiry on behalf of a constituent they dropped everything and got the Senator an answer/ resolution tout suite.
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 12:13 PM (lJ0H4)

I wonder who will be inheriting that apparatus now. And hopefully it will be someone that isn't as gung-ho on war anytime anywhere and only being pro-border enforcement on election years.

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 12:41 PM (3tZV2)

117 54 And another old codger that held onto power until he couldn't.
Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:18 PM (5V1rK)

71 years old.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 12:41 PM (6wpGE)

118 That really is all it is. A certain segment of Boomers demand to be in charge. The Ultimate Karens. Hell - they're setting themselves on fire to make sure things are arranged the way they wish after they're dead. Just getting everything the way they want it until they're last gasp isn't enough.

Pelosi was born in 1940, and McConnell in 1942. Neither is a boomer.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t)

119 A Israeli, a Russian and a Ukrainian walk into a bar, and the bartender says..

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 12:42 PM (cI/Fd)

120 26 12:36 PM (Dd38x)
106 The REAL POET Virgil wrote about how the WORST punishment in Hell was reserved for those whom in times of crisis did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Posted by: MANFRED
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A favorite of JFK's;

'The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.'
Posted by: Mike Hammer

2026: Best episode of the Apprentice, ever! MORE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9hX43pTpE
METAL TRUMP: Sad but TRUE!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 12, 2026 12:42 PM (i30VY)

121 68 And still Chuck Schumer lives on …
Posted by: Gonzotx at July 12, 2026 12:23 PM (nGraA)

That fucking idiot is just a puppet for some aide in a mask standing behind him. I was watching some hearing and he repeated word for word what was being said into his ear. He has not one actual thought in his head.
Literally a puppet.

Posted by: Reforger at July 12, 2026 12:43 PM (TSpzX)

122
And here we go. We're talking around the Boomer Mentality. A generation that just wants to be in charge.

That really is all it is. A certain segment of Boomers demand to be in charge. The Ultimate Karens.

___________

Boomers are the sociological equivalent of Global Warming. Everything, but everything, wrong gets pinned on them.

Sorry to be alive and living in a house, but it's the Good Lord who says when my time is up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 12:43 PM (O0L8i)

123 >>> Calmly telling them to "Calm down." is often efficacious.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (0sNs1)

Always preface that with a hormone comment.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:28 PM (/+uur)

If all else fails a good technique is to provide them with a comparison to other females in their peer group,

"You know, I bet Sally wouldn't have completely lost her shit like this".

This context provides a helpful base to reorient her view of the situation while opening her perception to calming paths to peace.
Posted by: banana Dream - relationship advice you can use at July 12, 2026 12:40 PM (3uBP9)

Comparisons to her mom or sister are especially reorienting and calming.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

124 A Israeli, a Russian and a Ukrainian walk into a bar, and the bartender says..
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 12:42 PM (cI/Fd)

"who is paying?"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:43 PM (rbvCR)

125 Wait till SC votes for the trash Nancy Mace the carpetbagger from NC. Should be run off.

Posted by: Bob at July 12, 2026 12:43 PM (hWhmF)

126 119 A Israeli, a Russian and a Ukrainian walk into a bar, and the bartender says..
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 12:42 PM (cI/Fd)

Raquel Welch, those aren’t buoys!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:44 PM (ugElV)

127 I don’t know if I ever really loved my work.

I never have. And I've meticulously structured my life-style to Upper-Middle Class so that I don't have to do it a day longer than necessary.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:44 PM (5V1rK)

128 Boomers are the sociological equivalent of Global Warming. Everything, but everything, wrong gets pinned on them.

Sorry to be alive and living in a house, but it's the Good Lord who says when my time is up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yay Hadrian.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 12:45 PM (lJ0H4)

129 Dick "toe sucker" Morris?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 12:45 PM (Cqx++)

130 Calmly telling them to "Calm down." is often efficacious.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at July 12, 2026 12:20 PM (0sNs1)

Do not tell them to "calm down" since this only causes extra problems. Merely explain that "you are acting like your mother, and I know I didn't marry your mother because if I had we would have a clean house and home cooked meals"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:46 PM (rbvCR)

131 Whatever you think of Graham, he served his country for many decades.

We should honor him by invading a country somewhere.

Posted by: Kasper_Hauser_in_mourning at July 12, 2026 12:46 PM (1f+mC)

132 Surprisingly NASA didn’t have a dedicated exercise program for the astronauts per se. They were expected to be adults and stay in shape. The participation varied.

John Glenn made a big show of jogging all the time, annoying his compadres. Scott Carpenter was quite lean and in excellent physical condition.

A lot of the early guys smoked like chimneys. Some have speculated that Wally Schirra’s famous “Grumpy Commander” schtick on Apollo 7 was due in part to nicotine withdrawal. Obviously they weren’t allowed to smoke on the missions, but it is surprising the medicos didn’t take nicotine into account and maybe provide pills, or a patch. Or a frickin’ can of Copenhagen. Kinda strange.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:46 PM (OWbRf)

133 Put me in, coach. I'm ready to play geopolitics again.

Posted by: Jamie Gorelick at July 12, 2026 12:47 PM (wVcYX)

134 I'm only 54.

There's not a damned reason in the world "we" should be "ruled" by Old Dudes in Their Fifties. Now you think about that.

Nancy Mace (damaged goods). I'm afraid many observers would want a much closer look at her goods to judge just how damaged they are. That attitude is wrong, but they come by it honestly.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 12, 2026 12:47 PM (zdLoL)

135 13 3 Rep. Nancy Mace, R-.S.C., is “strongly considering” a run for the seat, according to a person familiar with her thinking.

oh please God no
Posted by: Black Orchid
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People in front of her, Ralph Norman, Yvette whatshername who is Lt. Gov, etc. Mace is unlikely to win a primary and probably whoever is selected as the appointee if they want to run, will become the next senator. Usually such matters either have a placeholder or more often, someone who gets the pick who then runs for the office.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

136 Couldn't out last McConnell, that's a tough L to take.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 12, 2026 12:49 PM (5yDGQ)

137 92 You ever notice that whenever it seems we're about to make headway with our plans, someone always gets taken away and our plans come to nothing?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July

I don’t know if it’s nothing, but I do find that I need to remind myself God’s timing isn’t always our timing.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:49 PM (Dd38x)

138 125 Wait till SC votes for the trash Nancy Mace the carpetbagger from NC. Should be run off.
Posted by: Bob
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You missed how badly she did running for governor finishing well back of the pack. She is simply not that good of a politician.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)

139 Rep. Nancy Mace, R-.S.C., is “strongly considering” a run for the seat, according to a person familiar with her thinking.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 12:02 PM (/+uur)
==========================
"thinking" is perhaps not the right word when it comes to Nancy Mace

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 12:49 PM (3dxnp)

140 There's not a damned reason in the world "we" should be "ruled" by Old Dudes in Their Fifties. Now you think about that.

Easy. I wouldn't "Rule" a damn one of you even if you paid me. I'm in the "getting rid of responsibility" business. Not the "get more responsibility" business.

Don't even call me to help set up the lighting for the Town Holiday Display. That will be a firm "no".

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:50 PM (5V1rK)

141 132 Surprisingly NASA didn’t have a dedicated exercise program for the astronauts per se. They were expected to be adults and stay in shape. The participation varied.

John Glenn made a big show of jogging all the time, annoying his compadres. Scott Carpenter was quite lean and in excellent physical condition.

A lot of the early guys smoked like chimneys. Some have speculated that Wally Schirra’s famous “Grumpy Commander” schtick on Apollo 7 was due in part to nicotine withdrawal. Obviously they weren’t allowed to smoke on the missions, but it is surprising the medicos didn’t take nicotine into account and maybe provide pills, or a patch. Or a frickin’ can of Copenhagen. Kinda strange.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:46 PM (OWbRf)

I imagine that since most of these guys were test pilots they were already in pretty good shape and had an exercise routine from military service? So NASA probably didn't need to go "You know you're looking a little chunky to fit in your suit and for our weight calculations."

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 12:50 PM (3tZV2)

142 105 There is also the fear of dying if you stop doing something like work, and it’s actually a real phenomenon.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Dd38x)

I've seen it.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 12:50 PM (6wpGE)

143 Didn’t Nancy Mace come 5th in a recent GOP primary for SC guv? She’s not even popular amongst Republicans… no one’s gonna appoint her and she won’t win any election

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:50 PM (2mApq)

144 92 You ever notice that whenever it seems we're about to make headway with our plans, someone always gets taken away and our plans come to nothing?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July
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People die, the dogs bark and the caravan moves on.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

145
I'm not sure that jogging, working out, etc. do much for an astronaut. Except, perhaps, for an EVA, how much exertion is there in space?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 12:51 PM (O0L8i)

146 143 Didn’t Nancy Mace come 5th in a recent GOP primary for SC guv? She’s not even popular amongst Republicans… no one’s gonna appoint her and she won’t win any election
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at

This is because she is delulu.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Dd38x)

147 I don’t know if it’s nothing, but I do find that I need to remind myself God’s timing isn’t always our timing.

Right? Who does he think he is? Does he know who I am?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

148 Death grabs Lindsay Graham
mindful graphic webwork

https://bit.ly/death-grabs-lindsay

Don't usually just use a common template, but I was in a hurry. And getting lazy in my old age.
Probably still not the first with this one.

Posted by: mindful webworker - put another quarter in at July 12, 2026 12:52 PM (ci8WY)

149 >>I mostly like doing what I do

I did, too. IT, my main activity for 40+ years, 30+ as a consultant. Final project featured the customer PM from Hell. Put up with it for a year, gave a month's notice. A week or so later, on an internal call, the PM on our side asked if he could give the news to the group. Said, 'Sure.' Three of the five guys on the call yelled, 'Take me with you!'

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:52 PM (NcvvS)

150 It's hard to say what "good" and "like" is with respect to work. I guess that means I've never really liked it. But I have in the past felt accomplishment and I did like that.

I would say the best feeling is I go to work, it's all a blur, I'm crazy busy, and before I know it I need to leave it's late and I've gotten a ton done. The worst is everything is vague and undefined, I spend all freaking day putting out other people's stupid fires, it's late and I'm farther behind than when I started.

My job is transitioning from ever enjoying any of the former to getting a lot of the latter, hard hot and fast.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 12:52 PM (3uBP9)

151 I wonder who will be inheriting that apparatus now. And hopefully it will be someone that isn't as gung-ho on war anytime anywhere and only being pro-border enforcement on election years.
Posted by: buzzion

It depends on whether or not they are being paid in dollars or yuan.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 12:52 PM (diia5)

152 People die, the dogs bark and the caravan moves on.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

153 143 Didn’t Nancy Mace come 5th in a recent GOP primary for SC guv? She’s not even popular amongst Republicans… no one’s gonna appoint her and she won’t win any election
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

She did some things in that race that thoroughly pissed off Gov. McMasters. Pamela Evette may be the frontrunner for the appointment as her and McMasters are close. Probably several others if they want it and she doesn't.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

154 Whatever you think of Graham, he served his country for many decades.

We should honor him by invading a country somewhere.
Posted by: Kasper_Hauser_in_mourning at July 12, 2026 12:46 PM (1f+mC)

My vote's for Belgium. Snotty attitude in the World Cup and what about that International Court crap?

Burn the place down to the ground.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (/HDaX)

155 >>> This is because she is delulu.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Dd38x)

Delulu would be a great cocker spaniel name.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (3uBP9)

156 Easy. I wouldn't "Rule" a damn one of you even if you paid me. I'm in the "getting rid of responsibility" business. Not the "get more responsibility" business.

Don't even call me to help set up the lighting for the Town Holiday Display. That will be a firm "no".
Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026

Exercise has many physical benefits, but there are also tremendous mental benefits. Just throwing that out there for no particular reason or purpose.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Dd38x)

157 Don't usually just use a common template, but I was in a hurry. And getting lazy in my old age.
Probably still not the first with this one.
Posted by: mindful webworker - put another quarter in at July 12, 2026 12:52 PM (ci8WY)

The version I saw was, "Is Soros even in this thing at all?"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

158 Ive had my differences with Miss Lindsay, but as a resident of SC with many veteran friends, I can say that his constituency services were flawless.

A vet needed a ramp and some concrete or a handicapped bothroom and the VA seemed to be slow? His team knew how to put some stick about and get things done pronto.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (wBaIH)

159
Right? Who does he think he is? Does he know who I am?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

____________

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.

- Jeremiah 1:5

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (O0L8i)

160 We should honor him by invading a country somewhere.
Posted by: Kasper_Hauser_in_mourning at July 12, 2026 12:46 PM (1f+mC)

My vote's for Belgium. Snotty attitude in the World Cup and what about that International Court crap?

And French adjacent.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)

161 145
I'm not sure that jogging, working out, etc. do much for an astronaut. Except, perhaps, for an EVA, how much exertion is there in space?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 12:51 PM (O0L8i)

It's being in enough shape/strength for the return vs the departure. Return to gravity after time away is incredibly hard on the body.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (tOcjL)

162 his enthusiasm for spilling American blood

And Jan 6th proved he didn't need a war to justify asking for American blood.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (NnhvP)

163 There is also the fear of dying if you stop doing something like work, and it’s actually a real phenomenon.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Dd38x)

Or I can just concentrate on shooting more pool and playing the greatest version of Tulsa Time known to man.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (5V1rK)

164 155 >>> This is because she is delulu.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Dd38x)

Delulu would be a great cocker spaniel name.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM

I had a horse we called Luna. It was short for Lunatic.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (Dd38x)

165 Lindsey was hated by all the Jew haters because he backed Israel.

I’ll give him some props for that.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (Xe8e7)

166 Exactly, they didn’t need to be told.

And being the Most Amazing Physical Specimen increased chances of being selected for the first flights or a prime crew. They were all buddies, but also competitors.

Jim Irwin basically had a heart attack on the Moon. The astronaut doctor, Chuck Berry was worried, but he was getting O2 in the spacecraft and in a zero G environment, which is about the best they could do for anyone.

So the next mission they amped up Potassium in the food and drink, ultimately leading to John Young dropping F bombs about how he’ll never drink the special orange juice ever again on a hot mic. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (OWbRf)

167 In the days of old, often and surprisingly, in saner times, leaders were challenged to duels and one of the combatants had his throat slit and the winner went on to govern. Mortal combat would weed out the geezers and parasites..

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (cI/Fd)

168
There's not a damned reason in the world "we" should be "ruled" by Old Dudes in Their Fifties. Now you think about that.

Wild in the streets

www.imdb.com/title/tt0063808

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (Cqx++)

169 I don’t know if it’s nothing, but I do find that I need to remind myself God’s timing isn’t always our timing.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:49 PM (Dd38x)

Bu... but... I thought he liked us and wanted us to be happy? Can't be too happy being ruled by foreigners and perverts.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

170 >>Do not tell them to "calm down" since this only causes extra problems. Merely explain that "you are acting like your mother, and I know I didn't marry your mother because if I had we would have a clean house and home cooked meals"

'She did not lose her temper so much as abandon it.' -- S & J Robinson.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (NcvvS)

171 My vote's for Belgium. Snotty attitude in the World Cup and what about that International Court crap?

Burn the place down to the ground.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (/HDaX)

Luxembourg… they’re getting a little uppity

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (26GAh)

172 Welcome To The Land Of The Free!
https://youtu.be/Ft2mlNqHjYM
Jason Stills

World Cup fans enjoying America and each other.

It got dusty in here.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Sentimental Old Me at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (wVcYX)

173
Ive had my differences with Miss Lindsay, but as a resident of SC with many veteran friends, I can say that his constituency services were flawless.

___________

That's the way you keep getting elected. Answer your mail and bring in the smoosh and you're in like Flint.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (O0L8i)

174 So the next mission they amped up Potassium in the food and drink, ultimately leading to John Young dropping F bombs about how he’ll never drink the special orange juice ever again on a hot mic. LOL

Colonoscopy preps contain lots of potassium. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)

175 Exercise has many physical benefits, but there are also tremendous mental benefits. Just throwing that out there for no particular reason or purpose.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Dd38x)

I stay busy enough just trying to outsmart the 40-something ladies with daddy issues. And amusing myself pouring driveways or building a deck the way that pleases me instead of the way that's cheap.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (5V1rK)

176 Also, I think some people are wired, or they get rewired, to be active. I am on vacation. It’s raining. I already ran this morning, everyone is doing nothing and looks like they are fine doing it. I am jumping out of my skin. Hahah.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (Dd38x)

177 Delulu would be a great cocker spaniel name.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (3uBP9)

It is a name that rolls off the tongue, especially when the dog is being called for loudly by the woman of the house.
Of course then everyone would think she is some sort of Shiite fundamentalist and is ululating for some reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)

178 Chuck Berry was an astronaut doctor?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (Cqx++)

179 Sen. Lindsey Graham Dies at 71:The senator died from a 'brief and sudden illness,' his office said.

Check him for polonium poisoning.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (p11yt)

180 There is also the fear of dying if you stop doing something like work, and it’s actually a real phenomenon.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Dd38x)

I'm retired and so far, I've successfully fought that phenomenon.

So far.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (/HDaX)

181
Luxembourg… they’re getting a little uppity

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (26GAh)

___________

Liechtenstein. Little double landlocked bastards.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (O0L8i)

182 - So glad I found out I'm not a boomer.

Sometime back I saw something on a new category. Essentially too young to have been at Woodstock. Too old to have grown up with computers.
Baseball, the British Invasion and fishing were the drivers of my formative years. And then, at probably too young an age, girls.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (dAv7M)

183 @25/Anonosaurus Wrecks: "Paramount’s New Star Trek Reboot May Move Forward Without Captain Kirk"

Pffff. Let me guess, the writers and directors never watched the original series either?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (O7YUW)

184 Mike Collins mentioned that, he was no exercise enthusiast but believed it important to be in good shape to begin with. Zero G means the heart takes it easy, too easy. The return to 1 g earth gravity is kind of a rude shock to the body. Atrophy of muscles and such.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (OWbRf)

185 I'm retired and so far, I've successfully fought that phenomenon.

So far.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July

Keep that up. Please and thank you.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Dd38x)

186 You got France. You got Netherlands. Then there’s Belgium which is 1/2 and 1/2. Seems superfluous.

Imagine if Belgium teamed up with France for a soccer team? Mama Mia!!

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Xe8e7)

187 Exercise has many physical benefits, but there are also tremendous mental benefits. Just throwing that out there for no particular reason or purpose.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Dd38x)

In my experience, the mental benefits even outweigh the physical, which are substantial. There’s no other activity that can drain away a day of work stress more effectively than a 4 or 5 mile jog… or longer. And it helps my sleep too… it’s like a magic pill without the pill

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (26GAh)

188 Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (dAv7M)

Probably the Generation Jones item.

I read up on it and I think it has a lot of merit.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 12, 2026 01:00 PM (/HDaX)

189 @AmyMek
ENEMY WITHIN: Texas “Imam” Omar Suleiman Celebrates Lindsey Graham’s Death

Just hours after Senator Lindsey Graham’s death was announced, self-proclaimed “Imam” Omar Suleiman posted:

“In other news, Lindsey Graham is dead…Bye Lindsey. May you live an eternity in ruins for the ruins you helped create in Gaza. Ameen”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 01:00 PM (diia5)

190 Delulu would be a great cocker spaniel name.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 12:54 PM (3uBP9)

Heck of a movie studio name, too!

Posted by: Loocy! at July 12, 2026 01:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

191 There is also the fear of dying if you stop doing something like work, and it’s actually a real phenomenon.
Posted by: Piper

I'll be busier after I retire than I am working. I have so much to do that just doesn't get done because there's just not enough time in the day.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 01:00 PM (p11yt)

192 Despite the (R) attached to Graham, I'd like to see where he was spending his grift. What NGO's did he favor? Which commie adjacent outfits was he funding.

Whether he was aware of what his grift was being spent on is debatable... but I'd still like a ledger.

Verification is the sincerest form trust.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 01:00 PM (jehhT)

193 Easy. I wouldn't "Rule" a damn one of you even if you paid me.

But we're not talking about you. You made this about a decadal age cohort. Now you have to answer for everybody in their 50's. You're not up to it. Get back in your trench and keep digging.

You can't stay young by thinking like a teenager, and I'm going to apologize to a couple of actual teenagers for comparing your limp lame ass to them. You're not "boss" of anything, and we're thankful for that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 12, 2026 01:01 PM (zdLoL)

194 Keep that up. Please and thank you.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Dd38x)

Anytime, ma'am. I aim to please.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 12, 2026 01:01 PM (/HDaX)

195 Do not tell them to "calm down" since this only causes extra problems. Merely explain that "you are acting like your mother, and I know I didn't marry your mother because if I had we would have a clean house and home cooked meals"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 12:46 PM (rbvCR)

There is flying cast iron in these words.

Posted by: *CLANG* OWW!!! at July 12, 2026 01:01 PM (TbWk/)

196 Pelosi was born in 1940, and McConnell in 1942. Neither is a boomer.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Don't let evidence get in the way of a good rant.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

197 I think some people are wired, or they get rewired, to be active. I am on vacation. It’s raining. I already ran this morning, everyone is doing nothing and looks like they are fine doing it. I am jumping out of my skin. Hahah.
Posted by: Piper at July 12

That’s my wife on vacation. Always needs to do something, see something. I’m like I’ll be on the beach for 12 hours doing nothing. Thank you very much.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:01 PM (Xe8e7)

198 144 92 You ever notice that whenever it seems we're about to make headway with our plans, someone always gets taken away and our plans come to nothing?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July
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People die, the dogs bark and the caravan moves on.
Posted by: whig

TRUTH/IRL: The Knife appears at your back when you are on top of the world for the simple reason that you made the classic smart person mistake -- thinking you are the smartest person, when you're not. Because those smarter, those embedded enough to work in the shadows allowed/enabled/let you do all the heavy lifting for them.

Up, Down, Left, Right -- all are their playthings. getSMART, kaos agent's do not toot toot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4TC1xMyZDI
IT TAKES A VILLAIN -- to tell us the truth

Lex Luthor: We create our own purpose, now go find yours
Joker: Their morality is a bad Joke.
ctHILLARY: We're going to take things from you in the name of the Common Good.

LET'S GO BRANDON: Finish the Process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9hX43pTpE

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 12, 2026 01:01 PM (Pffb2)

199 So the new theory is that is actually the Silents that are such a pain in the ass.

More than anything said here in quite some time ... makes sense.

Silent Generation ... born 1928-1945.

Shall we take a look at our Political Masters from this lens ?

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:02 PM (5V1rK)

200 [io]
'She did not lose her temper so much as abandon it.' -- S & J Robinson.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (NcvvS)

I dated her, too. Briefly.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 01:02 PM (rbvCR)

201 >>> I had a horse we called Luna. It was short for Lunatic.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (Dd38x)

The stables that keep our horse has all sorts of crazy names for their horses. Our's is Maria and I'm not sure how we ended up with a normal name horse . But there's a horse called FIFO and I'm like that's a computer term! But my kid told me it's named that because it's one of the first rules of barrel racing and queuing kids. First In First Out. OK.

Most of the horses are named after vehicle parts, strangely. What ever, it's their stables and I pay for all the horse care and meds, food, Halloween horse costumes, horse summer camp, horse snacks, $$$, etc...

Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 01:03 PM (3uBP9)

202 Compromised Immune System the cause ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 12, 2026 01:03 PM (3shEo)

203 I'm willing to grant Graham a plenary indulgence on the basis of that famous photo of him insouciantly straightening his tie while being howled at by a protestor (I believe it was during the Kavanaugh hearings).

Posted by: Paco at July 12, 2026 01:03 PM (2L+MU)

204 Chuck Berry was an astronaut doctor?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (Cqx++)

Successful astronauts could duck walk while playing a guitar like ringing a bell.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Sentimental Old Me at July 12, 2026 01:03 PM (wVcYX)

205 Deke Slayton was grounded because of an intermittent Atrial fibrillation. That sucked. I don’t know if he eventually died of a heart attack. I doubt it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 01:03 PM (OWbRf)

206
Bu... but... I thought he liked us and wanted us to be happy? Can't be too happy being ruled by foreigners and perverts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 12

Oh he loves us. Never doubt. Happy by picking and choosing what we believe in the Bible to make our lives easier is probably not in the cards, however.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 01:03 PM (Dd38x)

207 >>Liechtenstein. Little double landlocked bastards.

Check Andorra, too. They've been quiet. Too quiet.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 12, 2026 01:04 PM (NcvvS)

208 178 Chuck Berry was an astronaut doctor?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 12:57 PM (Cqx++)

No, but he sure could rig a toilet.

Posted by: Technical abilities at July 12, 2026 01:04 PM (TbWk/)

209
I don’t know if it’s nothing, but I do find that I need to remind myself God’s timing isn’t always our timing.
Posted by: Piper
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A mildly blasphemous old joke:

You want to make God laugh? Tell him what your plans are.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 01:04 PM (XeU6L)

210 "How sweet it is to do nothing all day long, and after having done so, to rest."

Posted by: My favorite beach house sign at July 12, 2026 01:05 PM (2Ez/1)

211 I won't miss him.
Do better this time, South Carolina.
Posted by: Reforger at July 12, 2026 12:06 PM (TSpzX)

Yeah !!! You tell em.

Posted by: J. Cornyn TEXAS at July 12, 2026 01:05 PM (TTv1m)

212 That’s my wife on vacation. Always needs to do something, see something. I’m like I’ll be on the beach for 12 hours doing nothing. Thank you very much.

That's the way my wife and I are at home. She always has to be doing something volunteering somewhere, overextending...

Me, I'm content to sit on my deck and look at the woods, or read a book when I'm feeling ambitious. My to do list has one or two items on it, and I rarely get to it. I spend enough time on the clock, checking items off the list.

It works for us, since I do the cooking, and we usually don't see each other for much of the day. We each do what we want, although she sometimes tries to enlist me in her projects.

THIS is retirement. I love it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

213
I can proudly say I've been at the bottom of every org chart I've ever been on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (O0L8i)

214 Sometime back I saw something on a new category. Essentially too young to have been at Woodstock. Too old to have grown up with computers.
Baseball, the British Invasion and fishing were the drivers of my formative years. And then, at probably too young an age, girls.
Posted by: TeeJ

A marketing and news term was the baby boom and and something that even the ancients knew--generational replacement leads to societal disruptions especially when one cohort is too small or very large.

And it is more like a bell curve distribution with those on either tail of the distribution more resembling those closer in age than any formal demarcation line. Those at teh end of the Baby Boom share more experiences with X and those early Baby Boomers are more like late Silents in experiences that affect attitudes.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

215 Graham also featured on an Iranian Kill List. I'm guessing that something that he ate disagreed with him.
Posted by: Community Notes
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And, in a surprise move, for seen by absolutely no one...

The IRGC claims that they assassinated him!

(Shoots arrow at barn. Runs up.and paints bullseye around arrow)

Posted by: buddhaha at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (a8Wd8)

216 I’ve pointed out to many yuuutes that the boomers they’re blaming all their problems on are mostly retired. Their boss is almost certainly GenX maybe even millenial. Boomers are by and large out of the workforce and out of decision making positions. In politics Trump is a boomer obviously. But his cabinet is very non-boomer. And look who is setting the direction of the Dems, 20-something’s. Not boomers.

The retort is being a boomer is about having. Boomer mentality not your age. So a 32 year old is a boomer I guess if he believes in shit like being in time for meetings or not spending money you don’t have.

50 years from now when ever boomers is long buried they’ll still be blaming da b00mErS for everything.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (Xe8e7)

217 Bu... but... I thought he liked us and wanted us to be happy? Can't be too happy being ruled by foreigners and perverts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

No and no.

Posted by: He can't WAIT to drop us into hellfire at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (TbWk/)

218 You can't stay young by thinking like a teenager, and I'm going to apologize to a couple of actual teenagers for comparing your limp lame ass to them. You're not "boss" of anything, and we're thankful for that.

I'm thankful not to be responsible for any of you as well. Now go "apologize" to all the teens you want. Hands in your pockets. Don't be a creeper.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:07 PM (5V1rK)

219 With respect to the people of South Carolina, no big names in the state GOP would primary against Graham. 5 or 6 challengers would split the anti-Graham block into splinters.

I am happy that he is finally gone. RIP.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 12, 2026 01:07 PM (qFwJc)

220 Jogging was the fitness craze. Then my heart spun a bearing or something.

Posted by: Zombie Jim Fixx at July 12, 2026 01:07 PM (wVcYX)

221 I've got to roll over and tell Tchaikovsky the news.

Posted by: Beethoven at July 12, 2026 01:08 PM (2Ez/1)

222 182 - So glad I found out I'm not a boomer.

Sometime back I saw something on a new category. Essentially too young to have been at Woodstock. Too old to have grown up with computers.
Baseball, the British Invasion and fishing were the drivers of my formative years. And then, at probably too young an age, girls.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 12:59 PM (dAv7M)

Similar to what some call Xennials for Millennials born in the early 80's. Have some things in common with Gen X and kids born in the late 80's early 90's, but don't really completely fit in on either group. Remember record players and cassettes and CD's. Possibly even had a rotary phone in their house as well as a computer. I really like being born in that time period because I think it gave a lot of us an adaptability that is more difficult for those older and younger than us, because the tech transition was happening so fast and frequent as we grew up.

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:08 PM (3tZV2)

223 Dr. Annie Andrews is supported by the 314 Action Fund and EMILYs List.

Others groups backing her include:
End Citizens United, Vote Mama PAC, and Committee to Protect Health Care

Posted by: L - No nic... at July 12, 2026 01:09 PM (NFX2v)

224 Jogging was the fitness craze. Then my heart spun a bearing or something.
Posted by: Zombie Jim Fixx
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Over-revved. Threw a rod.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 01:09 PM (XeU6L)

225 THIS is retirement. I love it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

Thank you. This confirms my desire/plan to retire ASAP…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 01:09 PM (ugElV)

226 I think it gave a lot of us an adaptability that is more difficult for those older and younger than us, because the tech transition was happening so fast and frequent as we grew up.

Posted by: buzzion

Nice to hear from you. How are Piper and Mitch?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Riz8t)

227 One would think that Scogg would be more respectful of Lindsey Graham, what with them having the same hobby, and all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 01:09 PM (1z8ji)

228 Know that whatever ire is being placed on boomers they will in an instant transfer that to genx. It has already started in many cases. As boomers die off, fade in to the background they are not as useful as an excuse. There must always be an excuse. Those of us that are genx get ready for it. And as a genx I will prepare for this inevitability as I have other things in my life, by not GAF because that is the genx super power.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 01:10 PM (3uBP9)

229 202 Compromised Immune System the cause ???
Posted by: Jackson K.

Eh, apparently Lady Lindsay from one staffer's reports has had high blood pressure for years. And deep vein thrombosis is also possible from long flights--combine the two and yeah, you can get a heart attack at 71 which is close to the average life expectancy of a male anyway.

Doesn't rule out foul play like for Scalia, but Scalia had a lot of pre-existing medical issues too. We won't really know what happened in either case as our system is designed to smother weird shit and that makes most official pronouncements grist for conspiracy.

That is what a low trust society that our creeps in high offices have given us--we assume they lie even with no reason to do so because they can.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)

230 One would think that Scogg would be more respectful of Lindsey Graham, what with them having the same hobby, and all.

You mean trolling? I can't think of anything else...oh, OHHHHH.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

231 $$$, etc...
Posted by: banana Dream

Yep! My horse is in a horsie retirement home, he earned it. He jumped every jump, he suffered through the letter box (dressage), he taught all my kids how to ride by being both a saint and a pain in the tail. In the beginning if you just sort of got the cue right, he did it. As they got better, he stopped doing it until you asked correctly. And if you were bugging him, pulling him, yanking on his mouth over fences, you were going to have an unscheduled dismount. I go through phases of wanting another horse, and maybe one day. In the meantime, I have Ben Had who takes care of me.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 01:12 PM (Dd38x)

232 202 Compromised Immune System the cause ???
Posted by: Jackson K.

Monkey Pox, in some cases, is fatal.

Posted by: Dr. Quest, Not A Closeted Homosexual at July 12, 2026 01:12 PM (ftsic)

233 Thx CBD. Wasn't a Graham fan ( called him Miss Lindsey) but I can't ever , even when leftist aholes die , cheer. Everyone dies , cheering it seems like cheering for your own death

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 01:12 PM (m2wmY)

234 I blame global warming. Al Gore has blood on his hands.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)

235 I could probably retire now but I want to wait until the last kid is out of the house to do it. A few more years.

I’m look forward to it. My vision of retirement is do all the fun stuff I do on weekends and vacations but do a lot more of it without a schedule to worry about.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:12 PM (Xe8e7)

236 Bu... but... I thought he liked us and wanted us to be happy? Can't be too happy being ruled by foreigners and perverts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

No and no.
Posted by: He can't WAIT to drop us into hellfire at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (TbWk/)

Thank you for your insight, Jonathan Edwards!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 01:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

237 Shock from being stuck on a plane and the only movie was the live-action Moana.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 12, 2026 01:13 PM (hL/zs)

238 - @188 A B A

That's the one. And thinking back, I should have probably just included the girls in the first group. Baseball and such at 9, girls at 10 so...

Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 01:13 PM (dAv7M)

239 228 Know that whatever ire is being placed on boomers they will in an instant transfer that to genx. It has already started in many cases. As boomers die off, fade in to the background they are not as useful as an excuse. There must always be an excuse. Those of us that are genx get ready for it. And as a genx I will prepare for this inevitability as I have other things in my life, by not GAF because that is the genx super power.
Posted by: banana Dream

Meh, generational warfare is likely to be replaced by immigrants legal and illegal, college educated socialists versus those of us wanting freedom, and other such messes. I think some of the attacks on the Baby Boom generation come from envy--they lived during one of the best times in history for a youth to be experiences in the Western World and the rest of us only had part of those experiences, not the full package.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

240 >>I really like being born in that time period because I think it gave a lot of us an adaptability that is more difficult for those older and younger than us, because the tech transition was happening so fast and frequent as we grew up.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:08 PM (3tZV2)

I didn't think that sort of thing mattered to the dead?

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 01:14 PM (5MUB0)

241 The retort is being a boomer is about having. Boomer mentality not your age.

No. We can argue "age" - but lets look at what happened.

If you were "white collar", before NAFTA, you did very well. If you were "blue collar" ? Not so much.

Now, lets talk 401K and IRA and such. Where did that wealth go ? The first folks getting on that train ... like me in the late 90s with all that matching money ? That went straight into the accounts of those already there.

To deny that Boomers profited, and still do, simply from being the right bunch at the right time to reap the rewards of Peak American Wealth is just a lie.

Just is.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:14 PM (5V1rK)

242 Thx CBD. Wasn't a Graham fan ( called him Miss Lindsey) but I can't ever , even when leftist aholes die , cheer. Everyone dies , cheering it seems like cheering for your own death

I make an exception for "people" who deliberately cause the deaths of others. As I said earlier, Hitler, Stalin, Mao - yeah f*** those guys. Ted Bundy and Charles Manson? - they're toast, and good riddance. It's silly to suggest that Graham belonged in that category.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

243 227 One would think that Scogg would be more respectful of Lindsey Graham, what with them having the same hobby, and all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ladybugs?

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)

244 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026

Lindsay Graham went on Internet forums and repeatedly changed his handle?

I may not have agreed with everything Mr. Graham said or did , but since he cared for his sister and/or other siblings when he was a young man, I have to admire him for that. Being 21 and losing your dear father ( or mother) is too young.

May God be merciful to Lindsay and comfort those who loved and miss him

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:15 PM (9AdGW)

245 RIP Senator Graham. He did a very good job helping GOP nominees get confirmed in the Senate, including Kav

Posted by: Jonah at July 12, 2026 01:15 PM (gwrBY)

246 I’m look forward to it. My vision of retirement is do all the fun stuff I do on weekends and vacations but do a lot more of it without a schedule to worry about.

Posted by: Facts

That's the spirit!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)

247 Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:14

Agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (9AdGW)

248 I retired back in April. What day of the week is this?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (2Ez/1)

249 Know that whatever ire is being placed on boomers they will in an instant transfer that to genx. It has already started in many cases. As boomers die off, fade in to the background they are not as useful as an excuse. There must always be an excuse. Those of us that are genx get ready for it. And as a genx I will prepare for this inevitability as I have other things in my life, by not GAF because that is the genx super power.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 01:10 PM (3uBP9)

The Zs and Alphas have already started casually throwing Gen X in with Boomers. No reasons given, just guilt by association. Which I find amusing since we are the generation known most for simply not giving a fuck and staying out of other people's shit.

Posted by: Got to have a fall guy when the culprits are gone at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (TbWk/)

250 The generational war is so weird to me. When I was 25 I gave absolutely zero fucks what people who were 45 or 65 were doing. It never occurred to me to blame my boss’s generation because he was a dick to me.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (Xe8e7)

251 Know that whatever ire is being placed on boomers they will in an instant transfer that to genx. It has already started in many cases.

And ... nope. What's happening now is the next generational boom. Millennials.

Enjoy.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (5V1rK)

252 245 RIP Senator Graham. He did a very good job helping GOP nominees get confirmed in the Senate, including Kav

LG: "Boy, y'all want power. God, I hope you never get it.”

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)

253 >>If you were "white collar", before NAFTA, you did very well. If you were "blue collar" ? Not so much.

Bullshit.

You are only proving your avarice, and your covetous nature...nothing else.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 01:17 PM (5MUB0)

254 "Sen. Lindsey Graham Dies at 71:The senator died from a 'brief and sudden illness,' his office said.
Check him for polonium poisoning." Posted by: rickb223

"Natural Causes" is probably most likely, but certainly not the only possibility. Looking happy and healthy is Ukraine then "sudden illness" is odd. Seems a little late for the "sudden death" thing from Covid mRNA treatments.

Some covert assassination is somewhere in the mix of possibilities I suppose, though polonium would be a little too obvious (or a good cover for some not Russia actor), and Graham seemed like a friend of DeepState, mostly.

More details should be forthcoming.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 12, 2026 01:17 PM (vbXSk)

255 Don't worry about it until your annual Medicare evaluation.

Posted by: L - No nic... at July 12, 2026 01:17 PM (NFX2v)

256 Zs and Alphas have already started casually throwing Gen X in with Boomers. No reasons given, just guilt by association. Which I find amusing since we are the generation known most for simply not giving a fuck and staying out of other people's shit.
Posted by: Got to have a fall guy when the culprits are gone at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (TbWk/)

See my comment above. Boomer is now a state of mind not an age. You can be a 30 year old and be a “boomer” because you think like one.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:18 PM (Xe8e7)

257 >>> Meh, generational warfare is likely to be replaced by immigrants legal and illegal, college educated socialists versus those of us wanting freedom, and other such messes. I think some of the attacks on the Baby Boom generation come from envy--they lived during one of the best times in history for a youth to be experiences in the Western World and the rest of us only had part of those experiences, not the full package.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

Definitely a lot is envy based, and yeah there is stiff competition in the marketplace of envy.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 01:18 PM (3uBP9)

258 I retired back in April. What day of the week is this?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 01:16 PM (2Ez/1)

I go by book threads, so it's Sunday.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 01:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

259 233 but I can't ever , even when leftist aholes die , cheer. Everyone dies , cheering it seems like cheering for your own death - Smell the Glove

I hadn't ever thought of it that way, but it rings very true.

Posted by: Paco at July 12, 2026 01:18 PM (2L+MU)

260 166 Jim Irwin basically had a heart attack on the Moon. The astronaut doctor, Chuck Berry was worried, but he was getting O2 in the spacecraft and in a zero G environment, which is about the best they could do for anyone.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 12:55 PM (OWbRf)

I did not know that about Jim Irwin on Apollo 15, that he had brief irregular heart rhythms
on the surface of the moon. Apparently it was a pre-existing condition. He was the first moonwalker to pass away twenty years later at age 61 from a heart attack.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 12, 2026 01:19 PM (y171U)

261 Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 01:13 PM (1Ff7Z

I don't even think Jonathan Edwards thought that . It's a shame that is the only of his writings taught in high school because he was a voluminous writer and wrote frequently about the love of God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:19 PM (9AdGW)

262 You are only proving your avarice, and your covetous nature...nothing else.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 01:17 PM (5MUB0)

Sure. The whole "rust belt" thing is just imagined.

Garrett ... its a wonder why you ain't 50 points up already.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:19 PM (5V1rK)

263 @242 agreed. The demise of evil should be cheered. Graham may have been misguided but not evil

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 01:19 PM (m2wmY)

264 As if you could have chosen your birth year.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 01:19 PM (2Ez/1)

265 No and no.
Posted by: He can't WAIT to drop us into hellfire at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (TbWk/)

_____________

"So that thus it is that natural men are held in the hand of God over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it; and God is dreadfully provoked: his anger is as great towards them as to those that are actually suffering the execution of the fierceness of his wrath in hell; said they have done nothing in the least to appease or abate that anger, neither is God in the least bound by any promise to hold them up one moment. The devil is wailing for thorn, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up; the fire pent up in their own hearts is struggling to break out; and they have no interest in any Mediator; there are no means within reach that can be any security to them. In short they have no refuge, nothing to take hold of; all that preserves them every moment is the mere arbitrary will, and uncovenanted, unobliged forbearance of an incensed God."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 01:20 PM (O0L8i)

266 Lindsey was always a reliable vote. Tax cuts, senate confirmations, he was there.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:21 PM (Xe8e7)

267 285 I do not want McMaster in Graham's seat. South Carolina Republicans are all Centrist Democrats, but some are worse than others.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 10:23 AM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at July 12, 2026 01:21 PM (4NO2D)

268 Deke Slayton was grounded because of an intermittent Atrial fibrillation. That sucked. I don’t know if he eventually died of a heart attack. I doubt it.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Atrial fibrillation is not usually related to the broad category of "heart attacks".
The usual fatal event from AFIB is a stroke. The heart gets out of sync in terms of what part is squeezing when, so some fraction of the blood winds up just swishing around in the heart, instead of out into the arteries, and clots form. One hits the brain and...
I've learned quite a bit about this over the last couple of years. The wife's on metoprolol and Eliquis.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 12, 2026 01:21 PM (a8Wd8)

269 153

I agree. (opportunity for a rare photograph)

Trump says he has someone in mind, so that's an X factor.

There's a lot to be said for appointing a caretaker (someone who is respected, probably old, & won't run for the full term).

Then, let it be a jump ball in the GOP primary. That way, nobody thinks they got scr**ed & goes away mad.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (RCjYY)

270 Lindsey was always a reliable vote. Tax cuts, senate confirmations, he was there.

A good troop mobilization ? Miss Lindsey was always ready to fund the team to get to the big game.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (5V1rK)

271 Thank you for your insight, Jonathan Edwards!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 01:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

Hanging by a thin thread over the flaming pits, man. Sinners in the hands of an angry God and he's getting shaky.

Posted by: Did you see the hang time on THAT hellbound soul? at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (TbWk/)

272 237 Shock from being stuck on a plane and the only movie was the live-action Moana.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July

Oh no….

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (Dd38x)

273 >>The whole "rust belt" thing is just imagined.

When you foist your suffering on others, you are nothing more than a bitter, jealous child.

If you can't navigate the changes in your life, it is always someone else's fault.

Got it.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (5MUB0)

274 264 As if you could have chosen your birth year.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
=====
Envy is beyond all of that and the politics of resentment is the grist for every monstrous political movement.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)

275 I don't even think Jonathan Edwards thought that . It's a shame that is the only of his writings taught in high school because he was a voluminous writer and wrote frequently about the love of God.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:19 PM (9AdGW)

Don't know, because you're right: schools only taught that sermon of his, none of his other writings. Convenient target is all. No offense intended to his denom and their beliefs.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

276 - whig

If the boomers were 45-65, I fell right in the middle.
Tack on older sis, younger sis and no dad,,, I could have turned out sooo much worse.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 01:23 PM (dAv7M)

277
Envy is the stupidest vice. Unlike Lust, Greed, Gluttony and Sloth, there's no antecedent pleasure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 01:23 PM (O0L8i)

278 Slayton later was cleared and went to space on the US - Soyuz test project

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 01:23 PM (m2wmY)

279 My X feed has two things in it today. The Graham death and a dude getting demolished by a bison.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 12, 2026 01:25 PM (u73oe)

280 If you can't navigate the changes in your life, it is always someone else's fault.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (5MUB0)

Big talk, from a guy with a Vespa and a Messenger Bag and a set of Designer Crocs that all match.

Are you texting me hands free, right now, riding 30 MPH down a sidewalk ?

Look ... from where you - I dunno', ride ? Life has never been better. I get it. You'll get it later.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:25 PM (5V1rK)

281 "no offense intended to his denom"

I first read that as "demon."

Luca Signorelli gives good demon.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 01:25 PM (RCjYY)

282 My X feed has two things in it today. The Graham death and a dude getting demolished by a bison.

Can I have a do-over and get demolished by the bison?

Posted by: Zombie Lindsey Graham at July 12, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

283 Does the Palmetto state have palmetto bugs?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

284 I saw a post on X that Graham was very much a "get the R elected" type, not really caring if they were hardline on some things or not. Probably would have done better with him having more leadership in helping get Senators elected, since scumbags like McConnell have always seemed all too happy to let a candidate wither and die on the vine if they defeated his preferred toady in a primary.

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:26 PM (3tZV2)

285 Luca Signorelli gives good demon.

Luca Brasi swims with the fishes.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

286 >>Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:25 PM (5V1rK)

You can banty insults all you want, you have displayed that you are without value. You know only envy and you covet the gains of others because they have a displaced sense of worth.

I pity you.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 01:27 PM (5MUB0)

287 283 Does the Palmetto state have palmetto bugs?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026

Yes. It’s cute we called them that down here, isn’t it?

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 01:27 PM (Dd38x)

288 My kids are GenZ. They think we (wife and so) were so lucky to have grown up when we did, 80s and 90s. They hate AI and realize social media has fucked up their generation. They yearn for a simpler more analog world they’ve never known.

They’re not alone. Kids today are into record players, Polaroid cameras are back, music from pre 2010 is really popular with that age group. Friends, the Office, Seinfeld are popular streaming shows . Theres a huge nostalgia movement by teenagers for their parents’ time. It’s interesting to see.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:28 PM (Xe8e7)

289 Luca Brasi swims with the fishes.

Dang. Sleeps. Luca Brasi SLEEPS with the fishes.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:28 PM (Riz8t)

290 >>My X feed has two things in it today. The Graham death and a dude getting demolished by a bison.

This needs more Bison Link.

Posted by: garrett at July 12, 2026 01:29 PM (5MUB0)

291 283 Does the Palmetto state have palmetto bugs?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 01:26 PM
*****

We have camellias.

Posted by: Mississippi at July 12, 2026 01:29 PM (2Ez/1)

292 John needs to police that moostache.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 01:29 PM (4NO2D)

293 283 Does the Palmetto state have palmetto bugs? - jim (in Kalifornia)

You mean the cockroach air force? Very definitely.

Posted by: Paco at July 12, 2026 01:29 PM (2L+MU)

294 Does the Palmetto state have palmetto bugs?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Yup. Big 'nes

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 01:29 PM (lJ0H4)

295 >>> My X feed has two things in it today. The Graham death and a dude getting demolished by a bison.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 12, 2026 01:25 PM (u73oe)

I feel really sorry for bison because when I see them standing out on the wide plains, all alone, I can tell they just want a friendly belly rub, or some skritches right between the horns. But no one is approaching them, even though that's literally all they want, some up close playful time with their favorite human critters.

Posted by: banana Dream - please befriend a bison, won't you? at July 12, 2026 01:30 PM (3uBP9)

296 As a South Carolinian who voted for Miss Lindsey in his first Congressional campaign in 1994 (remember the Contract with America? Term limits? Lindsey forgot that part), I have very mixed feelings. I wanted Lindsey out, but not like this. I know PDJT endorsed him this time so he considered him on our side. I had 2 big problems with him: Ukraine and his J6 comments.

I woke up this morning with the horrible thought that McMaster might appoint Nikki or Nancy. I think he'll go with Evette, but I'm usually wrong in my predictions. (In 2016, I thought Trump was a Clinton plant to eff up the R primary)

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 12, 2026 01:30 PM (hPLSE)

297 They’re not alone. Kids today are into record players, Polaroid cameras are back, music from pre 2010 is really popular with that age group. Friends, the Office, Seinfeld are popular streaming shows .

Ummmm...I wonder how they'd do without 500 channels available whenever they wanted.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

298 Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 01:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

I wasn't judging you personally . Its unfortunate, but not surprising that many people only have read this and so think "That's what what puritans are like"
The public school system would want high schoolers to have a negative view of both religion and Puritans

I would hate to be judged on a snippet from one sermon and I haven't written a fraction ( no books let along the amount of sermons ) from Jonathan Edwards. It's surprising that he wrote as much as he did having a beloved wife, and I think a large family and being a pastor . He died too young and was a great loss to the people of Princeton who had only recently called him to be their President before he died .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:30 PM (9AdGW)

299 Ummmm...I wonder how they'd do without 500 channels available whenever they wanted.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

You mean how would the shows do?
There were a lot of channels back in the 90s. Cable was a thing after all.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:31 PM (Xe8e7)

300 If the boomers were 45-65, I fell right in the middle.
Tack on older sis, younger sis and no dad,,, I could have turned out sooo much worse.
Posted by: TeeJ
======
The world could have turned out much worse during your youth is something people forget as well.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)

301 >Friends, the Office, Seinfeld are popular streaming shows .
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 12, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

302 Spring reverb. Boss pedal. Wah wah.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 01:32 PM (Cqx++)

303 My kids are GenZ. They think we (wife and so) were so lucky to have grown up when we did, 80s and 90s. They hate AI and realize social media has fucked up their generation. They yearn for a simpler more analog world they’ve never known.

Not wrong. There is a general idea that things always "progress". History says that is not true.

Now we'll see how it goes. But its a pretty stark divide right now. Between those that want AI driven cars and those that absolutely do not. Other stuff like that.

Of this I am sure. Because this is what I do every day. We've got to the point where I can automate things more than somebody else can come behind me and keep running. Thats's a problem.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:32 PM (5V1rK)

304 Graham’s reported net worth is only 1.4M. He clearly wasn’t doing nefarious things with his money like many in Congress. That is a plus.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 01:33 PM (Dd38x)

305 Punch up "Luca Signorelli demons."

They would make EXCELLENT illustrations for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

I wouldn't be surprised if someone already thought of that. I'm thinking of Signorelli's "The Descent of Sinners into Hell."

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 01:34 PM (RCjYY)

306 Generational tribalism. Silly arguments when you consider that Cheech and Chong got along together just fine.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 01:34 PM (cI/Fd)

307 I woke up this morning with the horrible thought that McMaster might appoint Nikki or Nancy. I think he'll go with Evette, but I'm usually wrong in my predictions. (In 2016, I thought Trump was a Clinton plant to eff up the R primary)
Posted by: screaming in digital

That is my pig ignorant guess but Evette ran second in a statewide runoff that Mace finished 5th AND Mace threw shade at Evette and McMasters so she is not getting the appointment for temp. I do think she will run as well as perhaps Ralph Norman for the permanent seat, dunno about whether Evette wants to go to Washington or not or wants to be a placeholder to be a bridge for someone else from the state GOP establishment.

Also don't know if McMasters can appoint himself or if he would do so.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:35 PM (E4rtv)

308 Of course it wasn't called "Princeton University" then. It was "The College of NJ". One signer of the Declaration of Independece was also a clergyman- John Witherspoon . Several years ago woke dopes tried to take down his statue because he had a slave but there's no evidence he treated her badly, but older and cooler heads prevailed and the statue stayed up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:35 PM (9AdGW)

309 You know, not retired I at least keep track of days.

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 01:35 PM (Ia/+0)

310 Spring reverb. Boss pedal. Wah wah.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 01:32 PM (Cqx++)

Just call him "Rusty Trombones" and get it over with.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 01:36 PM (rbvCR)

311 Gaffney SC is on I-85 and the "butt" of the peach water tower there faces north, appropriately.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 12, 2026 01:37 PM (nDXEV)

312 Funny, but it feels like a Saturday.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)

313 500 channels available whenever they wanted.
Some sun activity has wiped out ME TV and many more. Till Oct website sez? natural phenomenon known as a Sun Outage, and it happens twice a year.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 01:38 PM (Kt19C)

314 You can banty insults all you want, you have displayed that you are without value.

Your insults are comments with value. My comments are valueless insults.

Where is the kickstand on a Vespa ?

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:38 PM (5V1rK)

315 304 Graham’s reported net worth is only 1.4M. He clearly wasn’t doing nefarious things with his money like many in Congress. That is a plus.
Posted by: Piper

I treat most of that as guesstimates--until further reporting, we have no idea about off shore accounts, trusts, non profit foundations, etc.

John McVain had a lot of money parked in his 'foundation' as well as political operatives.

But for some people, money is not that much of a goal, other things are. Lindsay might or might not be that sort of person but the quality of reportage nowadays is lazy arm chair swiveling to a computer screen and like the DMV, if the computer says so, then the reporter believes that to be true.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:38 PM (E4rtv)

316 Early boomers absolutely won the the birth year lottery. Between 1930 and 1945 people had few kids due to the depression then war. So all the kids born in the late 40s and early 50s had no competition for jobs their entire working life. Combine that with the biggest economic boom in the history of the world in the 30-40 years post WW2.

Good time to be alive. I don’t hate them for it. But I think a lot of them also don’t recognize how lucky they were.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:38 PM (Xe8e7)

317 Cheech and Chong got along together just fine watching gladiator movies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Kt19C)

318 I wasn't judging you personally . Its unfortunate, but not surprising that many people only have read this and so think "That's what what puritans are like"
The public school system would want high schoolers to have a negative view of both religion and Puritans

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:30 PM (9AdGW)

The Puritans founded this country. Sure, they were intolerant of other denominations. They wore those silly black clothing. They didn't like music. They courted in bed during the winter. They... wait a minnit! Second look at Puritanism??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 01:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

319 Vox wah pedals always sounded weirdly cooler to me than the Dunlop Cry-babies. More baby-like.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 12, 2026 01:39 PM (nDXEV)

320 293 283 Does the Palmetto state have palmetto bugs? - jim (in Kalifornia)

You mean the cockroach air force? Very definitely.
Posted by: Paco at July 12, 2026 01:29 PM (2L+MU)

Terrifying little bastards. Terminate with extreme prejudice on sight.

Posted by: You may need a quad.50 though at July 12, 2026 01:39 PM (TbWk/)

321 If Pamela Evette wants the job it is probably hers.
Nancy Mace was on George Santos' list of sex pests. Which was otherwise mostly full of men. If she runs she is nuts because she won't win.
Mark Lynch already lost the primary so it might piss voters off if he's on the byline again. That said he seemed solid.
Best bet looks like to draft Evette, put Lynch in her seat as LtGov, and tell Mace to go away.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 01:39 PM (gKWVE)

322 Good time to be alive. I don’t hate them for it. But I think a lot of them also don’t recognize how lucky they were.
Posted by: Facts

Oh, I do.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 01:40 PM (lJ0H4)

323 Not wrong. There is a general idea that things always "progress". History says that is not true.
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Exactly. 'Progress' is not necessairily improvement.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 01:40 PM (XeU6L)

324 Ummmm...I wonder how they'd do without 500 channels available whenever they wanted.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

You mean how would the shows do?
There were a lot of channels back in the 90s. Cable was a thing after all.

Nah, I was just saying (badly) is that while it's natural to look back fondly at the best things of the past, it's usual to ignore the bad parts. Thus, when I was growing up, we had 3 channels, mostly garbage, and if we were lucky, a snow-filled UHF channel or two; none of which were on our schedule. Also, we had to get up to change the channel.

It was grueling, I tellz ya.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 01:42 PM (Riz8t)

325 Vox wah pedals always sounded weirdly cooler to me than the Dunlop Cry-babies. More baby-like.

Not a thing I could ever master. Its hard enough just to play the notes. And I always liked a bend up and down.

But was never a Wah guy. Or a Flanger guy.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:42 PM (5V1rK)

326 Kids watching friends have no idea what a TV channel is. 1 channel or 500 channels is irrelevant. It’s all streaming.

I cut cable about 2011,2012 something like that. My kids have no clue how traditional TV works. I’m not sure if they even understand what a TV network is.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:43 PM (Xe8e7)

327 90 I wonder how many people really love their work, vs. they just lack the imagination to do anything different than what they've always done.

don't sell us short. some of us love our work *and* lack the imagination to do anything different.

Posted by: anachronda at July 12, 2026 01:43 PM (qdr3M)

328 Mark Lynch already lost the primary so it might piss voters off if he's on the byline again. That said he seemed solid.
Best bet looks like to draft Evette, put Lynch in her seat as LtGov, and tell Mace to go away.
Posted by: gKWVE
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I voted for Lynch in the primary, mostly as an anti-Lindsey vote. Some PAC was sending really nasty mailers against Lynch with rather bizarre accusations. I wonder why they bothered. He was never close in the polling and Lindsey ran away with it.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 12, 2026 01:43 PM (hPLSE)

329 I was taught to not speak ill of the dead...

So I'll shut up now...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 12, 2026 01:44 PM (mP0Kj)

330 "Exactly. 'Progress' is not necessairily improvement."
******
Ok, we'll take back, air travel, satellite communications, microprocessors, penicillin and air conditioning.
You're welcome.

Posted by: The Patriarchy at July 12, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)

331 I cut cable about 2011,2012 something like that. My kids have no clue how traditional TV works. I’m not sure if they even understand what a TV network is.
Posted by: Facts
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I'm waiting for some term to evolve which replaces 'dialing' the telphone.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

332 I have come to believe in Plato's cave metaphor about politics and events-except his putative guardians are stuck in the cave metaphor as well. We all see shadows on the wall and think those reflect the real picture of the world but unlike Plato assuming his guardians knew the real world (by excessive belief in rationalism), the 'guardians' are just as prone to self deception, folly, and human pigheadedness as the rest of us.

So we throw our 'darts' at the target and presume that they are some facsimile of the 'truth' when that target is just a shadow on the wall like our darts.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)

333 Also, Graham had no children, so that may be one reason he was indifferent to accumulating wealth.

Regarding the vacancy: Governors who appoint themselves to the Senate are often signing their political death warrant. I'm thinking especially of Gov. Wendell Anderson (D-MN) who appointed himself to Walter Mondale's former Senate seat in 1978.

Voters no like.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 01:46 PM (RCjYY)

334 Good time to be alive. I don’t hate them for it. But I think a lot of them also don’t recognize how lucky they were.
Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:38 PM (Xe8e7)

My personal frustration with Boomers is their ossified and denial-laden view of things, as though the economy of their day, the buying power of their day, the politics of their day, the values of their day, the sociocultural makeup of their day is exactly the same now as it was then. You try to explain that you can't reason with the Democrats of today and they look at you like you've grown a second head. You show them the decline of the American dollar, wage stagnation and consumer and educational inflation and they can't comprehend that a part time job at the sock hop on weekends won't pay for a house, car, gas, groceries and college tuition anymore.

Posted by: Things ascend and decline at July 12, 2026 01:46 PM (TbWk/)

335 Kids watching friends have no idea what a TV channel is. 1 channel or 500 channels is irrelevant. It’s all streaming.

I cut cable about 2011,2012 something like that. My kids have no clue how traditional TV works. I’m not sure if they even understand what a TV network is.
Posted by: Facts

Next week on Batman...

Same Bat time. Same Bat channel.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 01:46 PM (p11yt)

336 325 Vox wah pedals always sounded weirdly cooler to me than the Dunlop Cry-babies. More baby-like.

Not a thing I could ever master. Its hard enough just to play the notes. And I always liked a bend up and down.

But was never a Wah guy. Or a Flanger guy.
Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:42 PM (5V1rK)

I have an old EH Queen Wah that you could set to auto-phasing or manually imitate actual vibrato, not tremelo.
A nauseating effect that worked well with a great Ampeg bass rig.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 12, 2026 01:47 PM (nDXEV)

337 279 My X feed has two things in it today. The Graham death and a dude getting demolished by a bison.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 12, 2026 01:25 PM (u73oe)

This isn't surprising. Park rangers warn Yellowstone tourists to stay in their cars, but I guess some people don't listen.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 12, 2026 01:47 PM (y171U)

338 It was Lindsey Graham's campaign that was sending the anti-Lynch stuff.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 12, 2026 01:47 PM (qFwJc)

339 I'm waiting for some term to evolve which replaces 'dialing' the telphone.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

"Dad, what even IS that weird square library-card-thing that saves documents?"

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 01:47 PM (gKWVE)

340 Fenelon, I don't know if you were around the other day when I was making an opinion on kittens.
I have found that a kitten with an age-similar peer is a lot less work, and socializes better in a house than a solitary kitten.
Mine seem to have a heck of a lot more fun, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

341 Ok, we'll take back, air travel, satellite communications, microprocessors, penicillin and air conditioning.
You're welcome.
Posted by: The Patriarchy at July 12, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)

And there we go.

How about the Guillotine for political opponents ? Covid ? Phone Tracking and Arrests for those that attended a Transition of Power that got out of hand ?

All progress. All good ? No. But, again, there are always some - here, a lot - that have that impulse to just defend that Its All Better Now Than It Used To Be.

Or, Honestly - and this is the truth - the opposite. Nothing We've Got Now Isn't Worse. That's the reflex.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:48 PM (5V1rK)

342 And, in a surprise move, for seen by absolutely no one...

The IRGC claims that they assassinated him!

(Shoots arrow at barn. Runs up.and paints bullseye around arrow)

Posted by: buddhaha at July 12, 2026 01:06 PM (a8Wd

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Here's the video:

https://tinyurl.com/4hymkwyt

Trump should give Iran the benefit of the doubt and believe them this time. And then Trump should blow everything up, like he should have done in the first place.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 01:48 PM (RkR9o)

343 Not to spit on a dead guy, but he was a piece of shit. He finally figured out NeverTrump wasn't going to fly in his state so he cravenly flipped the script.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 12, 2026 01:49 PM (4gWXv)

344 The rise of the smart phone has taken away expedient bludgeoning weapons in the home.

Posted by: Those rotary phones were SOLID at July 12, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/)

345 326 Kids watching friends have no idea what a TV channel is. 1 channel or 500 channels is irrelevant. It’s all streaming.

I cut cable about 2011,2012 something like that. My kids have no clue how traditional TV works. I’m not sure if they even understand what a TV network is.
Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:43 PM (Xe8e7)

There's a post I've seen repeated twice on X about a kid explaining to a parent about the DVD player their teacher used to show a movie. Its Disney+ but you have to put a round thing into a box and then the movie plays.

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:49 PM (3tZV2)

346 What Jonathan Edwards wrote to Sarah ,his future wife

https://tinyurl.com/yc56n6vz

Can't be summed up as a grim puritan really . And now I need to go to church ( Going to visit the Anglican Church in North America ) so I don't have time for the estimable , articulate and highly intelligent ( really !) A. H. Lloyd to argue with me about Puritans. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:49 PM (9AdGW)

347 It is the stringy bits trapped between my toes that is the best part of Tourist season here in Yellowstone.

Posted by: Yellowstone Buffalo at July 12, 2026 01:49 PM (rbvCR)

348 - whig - world back then could have turned out worse.

I guess that depends on your take of what the term God really means.
My take, He wrote the history of the world, past, present and future before He laid the foundations of the world.
I'm just ever so thankful He, in His grace, granted me the gift of faith.
I sure did nothing to deserve it. Let alone earn it.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 01:51 PM (dAv7M)

349 The rise of the smart phone has taken away expedient bludgeoning weapons in the home.
Posted by: Those rotary phones were SOLID
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Western Electric model 500, ftw! Although the older, phenolic receivers probably made better cudgels.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

350 316

"All the people born in the late '40s had no competition for jobs their entire lives."

??? REALLY? What'd I do wrong? I didn't get in on that!

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 01:52 PM (RCjYY)

351 This isn't surprising. Park rangers warn Yellowstone tourists to stay in their cars, but I guess some people don't listen.
Posted by: Joemarine

I saw that video. They weren't close to him.
They were walking on the road.

Something had him wired up. He was rolling in the dirt and snorting. (Maybe start of the rut?)
He originally chased a white pickup and that's what brought him close to the road. They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 01:52 PM (p11yt)

352 Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Posted by: Bison bison had had had had had at July 12, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)

353 This talk of how he was a Neocon who supported retarded overseas military adventures *should* give you pause about the Iran war.

Should.

But it won't because there's maybe a dime's worth of difference between you and Graham.

Posted by: Junior Varsity Rapist at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (XFKSA)

354 I have come to believe in Plato's metaphor about old greek homos.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (Kt19C)

355 347 It is the stringy bits trapped between my toes that is the best part of Tourist season here in Yellowstone.
Posted by: Yellowstone Buffalo at July 12, 2026 01:49 PM (rbvCR)

The old timer who got tossed, I feel bad for him cause that must have really, really hurt.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (y171U)

356 348 - whig - world back then could have turned out worse.

I guess that depends on your take of what the term God really means.
My take, He wrote the history of the world, past, present and future before He laid the foundations of the world.
I'm just ever so thankful He, in His grace, granted me the gift of faith.
I sure did nothing to deserve it. Let alone earn it.
Posted by: TeeJ
=====
Well said. We can never be too grateful for what we have and should not be envious of what we do not.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)

357 My personal frustration with Boomers is their ossified and denial-laden view of things…You show them the decline of the American dollar, wage stagnation and consumer and educational inflation and they can't comprehend that a part time job at the sock hop on weekends won't pay for a house, car, gas, groceries and college tuition anymore.
Posted by: Things ascend and decline at July 12, 2026 01:46 PM (TbWk/)

This is my in laws. My MIL didn’t go to college. My FIL has an associates degree. They were born in the early 50s. They had good solid jobs, good middle class life, picket fence the works.

And while they kinda get it, their attitude is still a lot of “these lazy kids” attitude. Especially with buying a home. They just don’t get that the $80k home they bought in 1985 would now cost $800k but their jobs (from which they long retired) only pay 3-4 times what they earned.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (Xe8e7)

358 Bison sends guy flying

https://tinyurl.com/4haxyerw

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:54 PM (3tZV2)

359 Something had him wired up. He was rolling in the dirt and snorting. (Maybe start of the rut?)
He originally chased a white pickup and that's what brought him close to the road. They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Posted by: rickb223

News report said it is rutting season.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 01:54 PM (lJ0H4)

360 348 - whig - world back then could have turned out worse.

I guess that depends on your take of what the term God really means.
My take, He wrote the history of the world, past, present and future before He laid the foundations of the world.
I'm just ever so thankful He, in His grace, granted me the gift of faith.
I sure did nothing to deserve it. Let alone earn it.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 01:51 PM (dAv7M)

Amen brother.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 12, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

361 >>>This isn't surprising. Park rangers warn Yellowstone tourists to stay in their cars, but I guess some people don't listen.

Posted by: Joemarine

>That was hilarious. Dude, it's not a petting zoo. The bison was feeling frisky. A moose or bear would had stomped a mudhole in him.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 01:54 PM (cI/Fd)

362 Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 01

Thanks very much. It probably would be much better but I am too old for two kittens right now. And there don't seem to any kittens left at the house that had the sign and if I go to the animal shelter they practically want to do a home visitation To see if you're suitable.

He seems to be calming down a bit now and I'm doing my best to keep him entertained with toys. That was so kind of you to check in about this. I appreciate that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 01:54 PM (9AdGW)

363 The Russian military is not helping their own situation. What goes around, comes a.... round:

https://tinyurl.com/djm863mc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 01:54 PM (RkR9o)

364 Nancy Mace came in fifth for the governor primary a few months ago.

If she runs for Senate I doubt she would do much better. It all depends on how many candidates there are, and I expect quite a few will run for this safe seat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 01:55 PM (6ydKt)

365 Most of the legacy politicians with any brains divorce themselves from the grift they get... at least on paper. Their personal accounts likely show a sizable income, but nowhere near what they're squirreling away.

Exception exist for idiots like Omar who just wiped everyone's nose in her shit. Until it became public and people started asking questions.

Ms. Lindsey has a fuck-ton of money stashed away in various think tanks, endowments, and what not.

I want to see a ledger.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 01:55 PM (jehhT)

366 late to the thread...

"Is South Carolina in play for the Democrats? Probably not, but the good people of the Palmetto State have been electing Graham for quite a while, so their judgement when it comes to the proper conduct of a United States Senator is just a bit suspect."

Has Graham supported the Save Act and other efforts at electoral security?

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 01:55 PM (Q+gd/)

367 The old timer who got tossed, I feel bad for him cause that must have really, really hurt.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (y171U)

I don't feel that bad because the dummy stopped running and just looked when the bison got stuck in the tree.

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:55 PM (3tZV2)

368 My personal frustration with Boomers is their ossified and denial-laden view of things, as though the economy of their day, the buying power of their day, the politics of their day, the values of their day, the sociocultural makeup of their day is exactly the same now as it was then.

Exactly. All coinage is relative. What can you buy for it ?

Well ... any good trade job starts at $25/hr. I personally know - more than many of you I suspect - that a Journeyman or even a good Licensed Tradesman makes $50 + benefits.

So lets compare. What can you buy for that ? And nobody can just be a single-earner now.

A bag of fast food is $10 for one worker. He makes $25 starting out. In my day ? $15 and it cost $5. Everything is roughly the same.

Except for the big stuff. My first house was pretty sweet - cost $80K. Now that same house costs $250K. Vehicles ? Not even close.

Gas ? It was up around $2 once I was working and making real money.

Unless you are Garrett. Things were just so much better for Garrett.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:56 PM (5V1rK)

369 "All the people born in the late '40s had no competition for jobs their entire lives."
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[cough] Bullshit! [cough]

Actually, complete bullshit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

370 Regarding the vacancy: Governors who appoint themselves to the Senate are often signing their political death warrant. I'm thinking especially of Gov. Wendell Anderson (D-MN) who appointed himself to Walter Mondale's former Senate seat in 1978.

Voters no like.

Posted by: mnw
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Depends on whether McMasters just planned to be a placeholder or not. Going to Washington and its putrid political culture is not a small decision and quite a few pols would rather stay where they are than go to DC.

And depends on SC law whether he can even do such a thing but his term as governor is done in January 2028 under any circumstance and the primary is done as to who his successor will be.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

371 >>> Posted by: Junior Varsity Rapist at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (XFKSA)

You're late, faggot. Gonna get your pay docked.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 01:57 PM (R+iUD)

372 Lindsay was a hit at parties scooting his ass across the floor like a dog with an itchy butt.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 01:57 PM (Kt19C)

373 Me personally I will be retiring at 65 or even earlier if I can afford to. Life’s too short to spend toiling away in an office… unless you really love it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 12, 2026 12:29 PM (ugElV)
==
A personal choice. In my professional life I watch people retire and die rather quickly. I enjoy what I do, and as long as I can I'll get up every morning and head to the office. I'm targeting 70 to retire form full time work and then try and lean into more project work.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 12, 2026 01:57 PM (UQRAm)

374 "Is South Carolina in play for the Democrats? Probably not, but the good people of the Palmetto State have been electing Graham for quite a while, so their judgement when it comes to the proper conduct of a United States Senator is just a bit suspect."

Has Graham supported the Save Act and other efforts at electoral security?
Posted by: davidt
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No, SC is not in play for the Democrats. Their person running for the Senate is someone who lost to Nancy Mace in a primary for a House seat.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)

375 Tourists in national parks are retarded when it comes to wildlife. Especially foreign tourists.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:57 PM (Xe8e7)

376 Trump should give Iran the benefit of the doubt and believe them this time. And then Trump should blow everything up, like he should have done in the first place.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 01:48 PM (RkR9o)

Totally. We need merciless and devastating retaliation now! As a bonus, we'll know it would please Lindsey.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 01:58 PM (h7ZuX)

377 My oldest friend died of cancer back in February. I went to his funeral in March. His older, by two years, brother was there and he looked great.

7 days later he had a massive heart attack and died.

They are very sneaky those massive heart attacks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 12, 2026 01:58 PM (qFwJc)

378 Has Graham supported the Save Act and other efforts at electoral security?
Posted by: davidt

On the campaign trail, yes. Other than that, probably not.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 01:58 PM (BAWkL)

379 Everything is roughly the same

Back hole, bonus hole

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 01:59 PM (Kt19C)

380 Bu... but... I thought he liked us and wanted us to be happy? Can't be too happy being ruled by foreigners and perverts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 12:56 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I think he has a different definition of happy than you might have.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 12, 2026 02:00 PM (UQRAm)

381 >>> 375 Tourists in national parks are retarded when it comes to wildlife. Especially foreign tourists.
Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 01:57 PM (Xe8e7)

I knew someone who worked a summer job at a National Park and even back then the employees called some visitors 'tourons'.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 02:00 PM (R+iUD)

382 Pertaining to nothing else ... some of you have noticed the nic. The Boss Pedal.

First mass produced, semi-digital effects pedals ever made. Great stuff. Saw a ton of working in the bars bands using them.

Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 02:00 PM (5V1rK)

383 Say what you want about Graham, but he was a staunch backer of Israel and Trump.. RIP... No RINO's as replacement...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 12, 2026 02:00 PM (N4DXf)

384 "Also, Graham had no children, so that may be one reason he was indifferent to accumulating wealth."
+++++
And starting wars.

Posted by: But I'm not speaking ill of the dead at July 12, 2026 02:01 PM (2Ez/1)

385 Bison sends guy flying

https://tinyurl.com/4haxyerw

Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:54 PM (3tZV2)
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Detained. Mug shot:

https://tinyurl.com/56md6sau

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 02:01 PM (RkR9o)

386 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 12, 2026 02:01 PM (BAWkL)

387 Unless the job is professional golfer or something I doubt many people truly enjoy their work. I’m content at work, I don’t dread Monday mornings like some people do. I sit at a desk in an air conditioned office and design cool things. So it’s enjoyable in a certain level.

However, if the pay were $0 you’d never see me in the office ever again.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 02:01 PM (Xe8e7)

388 The Russian military is not helping their own situation. What goes around, comes a.... round:
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By contrast, when PT boat crews began mounting T9 37mm cannons, cannibalized from P-39's, in the bow of the PT boats, it worked out extremely well.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

389 Unless you are Garrett. Things were just so much better for Garrett.
Posted by: Boss Pedal at July 12, 2026 01:56 PM (5V1rK)

What is wrong? I thought fat people were supposed to be jolly and extroverted.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 02:02 PM (rbvCR)

390 367 I don't feel that bad because the dummy stopped running and just looked when the bison got stuck in the tree.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:55 PM (3tZV2)

You are right. I didn't catch that.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 12, 2026 02:02 PM (y171U)

391 7 days later he had a massive heart attack and died.
They are very sneaky those massive heart attacks.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Anecdotally, I've seen many cases where a loved one dies and the reaper seems to be in the neighborhood so why not him too.
Usually it's the husband following the wife, but it's gone the other way too.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 02:02 PM (gKWVE)

392 If she runs for Senate I doubt she would do much better. It all depends on how many candidates there are, and I expect quite a few will run for this safe seat.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Money and the hurryup campaign is going to exclude a bunch of wannabe Senators--those who already have a statewide campaign apparatus for the governor's race are probably the ones that are best able to take advantage of it. That means Evette as Lt Gov and close loser of the runoff for the governorship, Ralph Norman perhaps, and mebbe one or another US House rep. And probably Mace again because she doesn't want to retire from public life.

Doubt the current AG would scrap his nomination win for the governorship but that is also not outside the realm of possibility. We are talking about an open seat in a state where typically senators serve for decades.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

393 Tourists in national parks are retarded when it comes to wildlife.
Remember retards in Yosemite who would smear peanut butter on a pressurized camping gaz. Bear would bite thru, escaped freezing gas would injure bear.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 02:03 PM (Kt19C)

394 nood

FWP

Posted by: banana Dream at July 12, 2026 02:03 PM (3uBP9)

395 Say what you want about Graham, but he was a staunch backer of Israel and Trump.. RIP... No RINO's as replacement...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 12, 2026 02:00 PM (N4DXf)
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Speaking as an Israeli and an American, the things that Graham did right do not justify the ever some many things he did wrong.

I hope a better politician takes his place, someone who truly understands and believes in the MAGA agenda.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (RkR9o)

396 Has Graham supported the Save Act and other efforts at electoral security?
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 01:55 PM (Q+gd/)

Trump said he talked to Lindsey on the phone last night and they mostly talked about trying to get the SAVE Act through the Senate. So he supported it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (6ydKt)

397 Anecdotally, I've seen many cases where a loved one dies and the reaper seems to be in the neighborhood so why not him too.
Usually it's the husband following the wife, but it's gone the other way too.
Posted by: gKWVE

Broken heart syndrome is a known term for it. Nearly happened with my grandmother, she had a massive heart attack a day or so after my grandfather passed and barely survived. She was in the hospital for his funeral.

Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)

398 Also long ago, on a visit to Yellowstone and the Tetons, I came across a small traffic jam on the entrance road. There was a moose maybe 20 yards from the road so there were several cars parked on the shoulder. Most were smart enough to keep their distance while taking photos but there were a few vying for Darwin awards.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (R+iUD)

399 Thanks, but I'll keep my Google Maps, Android Auto, YouTube Music, Amazon, Spotify, Walmart Plus, Rockauto, and Buc-ee's.

But mostly Buc-ee's.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (2Ez/1)

400 Buffalo. Jeeze Louise, it’s okay to call them Buffalo.
———

Wages have been stagnant since 1974, btw. They have hollowed out the dollar and destroyed manufacturing in wide swathes across the country. We do have Dollar stores, Casinos, and Methamphetamine to take up the slack, thankfully.

And millions of illegal aliens to drive wages down and keep them there. Younger generations are just lazy and need to work harder, sheesh

Posted by: Common Tater at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (rQ950)

401 By contrast, when PT boat crews began mounting T9 37mm cannons, cannibalized from P-39's, in the bow of the PT boats, it worked out extremely well.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 02:02 PM (XeU6L)
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RIP, Ensign Charles Parker.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 02:05 PM (RkR9o)

402 T9 37mm cannons
Your fish head wife don't have cannons like that.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 02:05 PM (Kt19C)

403 I’d give up google maps and Amazon in a heartbeat to go back to 1995 way of living.

Posted by: Facts at July 12, 2026 02:06 PM (Xe8e7)

404 370

The way it's usually done, the guv resigns, & by pre-agreement, the Lt. Gov appoints the former guv.

In McMaster's case, I don't think the entire scenario makes any sense for him. If he wanted to be a senator, he could appoint a placeholder, & then run in the GOP primary for the full term.

Voters wouldn't necessarily resent that-- timed-out governors try to move up to Senate all the time.

I wish Rep. John Campbell hadn't already announced that he has no interest.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 02:06 PM (RCjYY)

405 Tetons!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 12, 2026 02:06 PM (Kt19C)

406 @)%*(^#)(

NOOD

FWP

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 12, 2026 02:07 PM (R+iUD)

407 315 304 Graham’s reported net worth is only 1.4M. He clearly wasn’t doing nefarious things with his money like many in Congress. That is a plus.
Posted by: Piper

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The best way to play the game is to not get reimbursed in cash.

Mr Graham why by a yacht when you can "borrow" mine.

Don't buy a private jet Mr. Graham, you can "use" mine whenever you need it.

If you can have the bank account of a typical white collar manager and live the life of a billionaire...

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 02:07 PM (THY4u)

408 That means Evette as Lt Gov and close loser of the runoff for the governorship, Ralph Norman perhaps, and mebbe one or another US House rep. And probably Mace again because she doesn't want to retire from public life.

Doubt the current AG would scrap his nomination win for the governorship but that is also not outside the realm of possibility. We are talking about an open seat in a state where typically senators serve for decades.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

I think McMaster will appoint Evette to replace Graham and she’ll have a decent shot at winning the primary and election with McMaster and Trump’s endorsements.

But we’ll see when McMaster makes his choice.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 02:08 PM (6ydKt)

409 I don't feel that bad because the dummy stopped running and just looked when the bison got stuck in the tree.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2026 01:55 PM (3tZV2)

I think maybe he was hoping the beast had lost sight of him...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 12, 2026 02:09 PM (/HDaX)

410 327 90 I wonder how many people really love their work, vs. they just lack the imagination to do anything different than what they've always done.

don't sell us short. some of us love our work *and* lack the imagination to do anything different.
Posted by: anachronda at July 12, 2026 01:43 PM (qdr3M)

; )

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 02:10 PM (6wpGE)

411 396

With or without Graham, the SAVE Act is as dead as the Ayatollah Khomeini.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 02:10 PM (RCjYY)

412 315 304 Graham’s reported net worth is only 1.4M. He clearly wasn’t doing nefarious things with his money like many in Congress. That is a plus.
Posted by: Piper

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The best way to play the game is to not get reimbursed in cash.

Mr Graham why by a yacht when you can "borrow" mine.

Don't buy a private jet Mr. Graham, you can "use" mine whenever you need it.

If you can have the bank account of a typical white collar manager and live the life of a billionaire...

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 02:07 PM (THY4u)
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If the 1.4M figure is true, then despite the perks you mentioned, Graham may very well have been sincere in believing that everything he did was for the best of the US.

After decades, if he was self centered, there should have been a much larger balance in his account. Simply look at many of his peers.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 02:11 PM (RkR9o)

413 But it won't because there's maybe a dime's worth of difference between you and Graham.
Posted by: Junior Varsity Rapist at July 12, 2026 01:53 PM (XFKSA)
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Once the cold war ended we should have focused all our efforts in eliminating Iran. That we got diverted all over the place in diversions, and LG was good at that, is a testament to the stupidity in the State department.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 12, 2026 02:19 PM (UQRAm)

414 Broken heart syndrome is a known term for it. Nearly happened with my grandmother, she had a massive heart attack a day or so after my grandfather passed and barely survived. She was in the hospital for his funeral.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)
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True. My grandfather died of a massive and sudden MI within days of learning of his brother's death. Cardiac disease ran in that family and I worried about my father. He lived to be 85 because he did not smoke cigs as his father and uncles did.

I do hope Sen. Graham has an autopsy for tox screens and had blood work for this right away. Plus to rule out a blood clot from travel. It is concerning politically.

Piper, I appreciate what you've said.

While I did not agree with him at all during Trump One, the fact that President Trump in his second term considered him an ally is telling to me that skunks can change their stripe. As well he could be brilliant as a former JAG officer.

May he RIP and comfort to his sister and family.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 12, 2026 03:16 PM (hzuYO)

415 Fuck you CBD

Posted by: Kruger at July 12, 2026 03:54 PM (+0EC3)

416 178 Chuck Berry was an astronaut doctor?

Used to be, but he got let go cause he insisted on being paid in cash before he did anything

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 12, 2026 04:50 PM (3/XaG)

417 This is hilarious coming from ace of fucking neocon spades. This place is a den of neocons warmongers lousy with deathlove fleas.

Posted by: South and Proud!! at July 12, 2026 05:53 PM (D1dHA)

418 417 This is hilarious coming from ace of fucking neocon spades. This place is a den of neocons warmongers lousy with deathlove fleas.
Posted by: South and Proud!! at July 12, 2026 05:53 PM (D1dHA)

So you don’t pay attention here at all. This is a den of isolationists and Code Pinkers. Many here on AoS would rather the United States not have a DoD or a DoS. Others here blast and badmouth the United States joyfully while attacking people with a pro-US mindset as an idiot mindlessly singing Yankee Doodle Dandy,

I respect CBD but he seems to veer between the extremes, IMO.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 05:59 PM (4g5V+)

419 Michael Berry, is that you?

(Hearing his show tomorrow will be interesting. Mr. Berry is much happier when the government is pointing the guns at we the people than at foreign threats.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:02 PM (4g5V+)

420 "Broken heart syndrome is a known term for it. Nearly happened with my grandmother, she had a massive heart attack a day or so after my grandfather passed and barely survived. She was in the hospital for his funeral.
Posted by: whig at July 12, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)"

Well, the M.E. prelim is out. It literally was a broken heart: aortic dissection (meaning a tear in the aorta) with atheriosclerotic heart disease.

Posted by: cheshirecat at July 12, 2026 06:11 PM (E4Afo)

421 I saw Lindsey Graham in person just once, probably about 10 or 12 years ago in New York City. I showed up sat in the second row and scowled because I had no use for him as a rino squish. But I have to report, In fairness, that the guy could flat do speeches and engage in audience on the hustings.

He was incredibly funny and had all of us laughing (in spite of myself). He was actually brilliant in person. On television he always looked like he was doing a hostage video and I'm not sure why that was ... but that evening gave me an idea of why my fellow Carolinians kept reelecting the guy.

Posted by: Beverly at July 12, 2026 06:16 PM (reMys)

422 Anyhoo...

Posted by: 13times at July 12, 2026 06:36 PM (fnZRl)

423 In the realm of taking the good with the bad, here is some good with respect to Lindsey Graham: I read that he was worth less than $2m.

If true, one can safely assert that he was an honest man. Let's give him that at least.

Posted by: Phil Christensen at July 12, 2026 07:05 PM (gxAox)

424 In the old days, when someone died, there'd be respectful if noncommittal comments, and then that chapter of our lives was over.

Today, the dead are mocked. Charlie Kirk, the two Minneapolis anti-ICE agitators, the millionaire Titanic gawkers...everyone is mocked.

Not a slam against the 'author'. Everyone is like that now. Life is cheap.

Posted by: bravokilo at July 13, 2026 01:59 AM (Tfkkz)

425 Yeah, we SC Voters are "suspect"! We usually have a "choice" - either Lindsey or a FULL TIME DEMOcrat so we hold our noses and keep a FULL TIME DEMOcrat out! Lindsey has had some good policies, but he's sided with the DEMOcrats too often with Judges and Justices. That "cross the aisle" thing seems to be a ONE WAY street so WHY do it? I've always admired him for taking care of his little Sister and his Service, but he could have been more conservative when it mattered!

Posted by: BLSinSC at July 13, 2026 09:23 AM (vD9Q6)

426 Horde, a true absolute miracle has occurred. No question. My mother has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty decided her time is not complete.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 03:06 PM (+82YS)

427 Fenelon, I don't know if you were around the other day when I was making an opinion on kittens.
I have found that a kitten with an age-similar peer is a lot less work, and socializes better in a house than a solitary kitten.
Mine seem to have a heck of a lot more fun, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

Always better to have kittens in pairs. But I have introduced singlet kittens in with other cats up to about 15 years old successfully. Adults usually cut kittens slack about their insanity and teach manners and younger cats still respect the elders even when they are aged.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:03 PM (uhVAy)

428 Horde, a true absolute miracle has occurred. No question. My mother has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty decided her time is not complete.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 03:06 PM (+82YS)

Great news publius!

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:03 PM (uhVAy)

429 In the old days, when someone died, there'd be respectful if noncommittal comments, and then that chapter of our lives was over.

Today, the dead are mocked. Charlie Kirk, the two Minneapolis anti-ICE agitators, the millionaire Titanic gawkers...everyone is mocked.

Not a slam against the 'author'. Everyone is like that now. Life is cheap.
Posted by: bravokilo at July 13, 2026 01:59 AM (Tfkkz)

You don't beat evil by joining it - quite the contrary.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:05 PM (uhVAy)

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